Undertale [3] - Try Harder Than That [23]

The main ship in this story is Frans (Sans x Frisk) so if that triggers you then this isn't the story for you

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Knock, knock.

Hearing the sound of a fist pounding on the front door, the couple stirred as they were still yet to awaken from their sleep within one another's arms. Still, the knocking continued until Frisk sat upright in bed, holding the duvet to her chest as she frowned, wondering who was knocking at the door. Sans yawned, groaning as he still felt exhausted, but hearing another knock woke him up a little as he also wondered who it was.

"who do you think would be knockin' at the door now? isn't it early in the morning?" Sans wondered. Frisk paused, wondering who it could possibly be and her eyes widened.

"Shit! It could be Ajax!" Frisk said alarmed, glaring at the skeleton when he jokingly told her to watch the language. "Now isn't the time for jokes, Sans! He can't see us together, remember?" She pointed out, which definitely woke him up from his sleepy state as she quickly pulled herself out of bed. She picked up his clothes and tossed them to him. "Hurry up and get dressed, but don't come out of this room unless I tell you it's safe." She said, going to pull on her own clothes and sort out her messy bed hair. She would have liked to have a shower, but right now they were kind of in a rush.

Allowing for Sans to get himself dressed, Frisk left the room, closing the door behind her as she went to see who was knocking. When they knocked once more she called out "I'm coming!" just so the annoying banging could stop. She opened the door, only to see it was Undyne and Alphys and she let out a sigh of relief. "Oh, it's just you two. Come in." She said, allowing the confused two to come inside, but their confusion was tossed aside once Frisk yelled to Sans. "Sans! It's okay! It's just Alphys and Undyne!"

Sans was glad to hear it was only their two friends, so after he was fully clothed, he entered the room with a grin on his face. "heya guys." He said.

"S-Sans! You're w-w-with Frisk!" Alphys exclaimed happily, causing the others to chuckle at her excitement.

"heh. yeah... we, uh... we've kinda decided we're gonna try and... keep things a secret."

"We figured. Good for you guys." Undyne smirked. "Toriel told us you two were going to try and sort it yesterday. So, you must have stayed over, huh?" She pointed out, raising an eyebrow at the two suggestively who began to blush, knowing what she was getting at.

"Oh, har, har. Very funny." Frisk mocked with a roll of the eyes, but the smile upon her face just showed she wasn't actually angry. "This is kind of dangerous in a way though, sneaking around like this if you guys are going to help keep our secret."

"Yeah, we could get into trouble as well, but we don't care, punk!" Undyne said, earning a nod from Alphys in agreement. "We're your friends. And no matter what, we're not letting  that jerk keep you both apart. Not when it is so clear that you're meant for one another."

Frisk couldn't help but "Awhhh" at what Undyne said, placing her hands over her chest as she clearly was touched. Sans grinned and put an arm across Frisk's shoulders, as he turned his head to kiss her on the cheek. After last night, it was almost like all that time Sans had spent moping around by himself, crying over how he couldn't be with her had just been forgotten. It was an amazing night, with no one to get in the way. It really made him realise that it didn't matter what Ajax or anyone else thought. He loved this girl to the ends of the universe and back and nothing was keeping him from her.

Ajax wasn't going to take away their happiness. Hell no.

It was true that from here on out, they were going to have to be really careful if they wanted to be romantic around each other. They couldn't act lovey dovey in public, that was a no-no. But when out of the public eye, with Ajax having no way to keep an eye on them, acting like boyfriend and girlfriend again shouldn't be too much of a problem.

"still. even if we are going to be sneaking around like this, we can't see each other too often."

"What? Why?" Frisk frowned.

"I see what he's saying." Undyne said, catching Frisk's attention as Alphys nodded with agreement. "Ajax may get suspicious if you keep sleeping at each other's houses almost every night. It wouldn't surprise me if that drove him to take more precautions to make sure you two stayed apart - in terms of romance. You can be friends in his eyes, but you're not allowed to be romantic with one another. That's how he sees it."

"B-B-But, no matter what w-we'll support you guys. A-And we'll do our best to m-make sure Ajax doesn't find out a-about you both." Alphys smiled.

"heh, thanks you guys. we really can count on all of you as our friends, huh?"

"You got that right, punk!" Undyne smirked, giving him the thumbs up.

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After Undyne and Alphys left in the evening, as they had to go one home, Sans stayed at Frisk's for one extra night as he wanted to be able to just cuddle up with her in bed - something he had definitely missed for a while. He smiled happily, sniffing her hair and he commented on how it smelt like she was using a new shampoo. Frisk couldn't help but giggle, clearly happy to have him by her side again.

"I've really missed you." Frisk sighed, going to give him a kiss before pulling away. "I was so worried I'd never be able to kiss you again because you wouldn't let me." She sadly smiled. "But last night was amazing. It really meant a lot to me, Sans."

"it meant a lot to me too." He agreed, nuzzling his nose against hers. "and i'm sorry i tried to push you away. it's just really scary, y'know? the thought of getting caught. it makes me worry what he might do if he finds out." He frowned. "i just don't want you to get hurt because of him."

"I know... I don't want you to get hurt either." Frisk said, placing a hand on his cheekbone, softly grazing her thumb over the bone now and them as she continued to stare into those two eyesockets of his. "I couldn't ever want anyone else. If I was going to be kept from you, like you I would have rather died by myself, continuing to love you. Because I'm yours."

"and i'm yours." He whispered in return, holding her closer as he let out a small emotional chuckle. She tearfully smiled herself and the two just fell silent, letting out quiet sobs as they were clearly just glad to be in each other's presence again. To be able to hold each other again and just to tell the other person that they loved them.

Eventually, they both drifted off to sleep in each other's arms, feeling more relaxed than they probably had in a long time. Being in the company of one another is what gave both of them true comfort.

Ajax was going to have to try a little harder than that.