Our First Christmas

Chapter 4.

Christmas time!

After taking his wrapped homemade gifts down to the Christmas tree, Asriel realized that Frisk had not come with him. He went back upstairs to see what was keeping his human friend, only to find said friend still in their room, sitting on the floor facing away from the door, surrounded by pieces of newspaper.

"Frisk," Asriel asked, "what are you doing?"

"Re-wrapping some of the gifts I made," Frisk answered simply, "there were some things I had to fix."

"Some things you had to fix?" the goat boy responded curiously, "But, I thought they were perfect."

"Yeah, but, I just realized..." the human boy replied casually, "...the stuff I wrote on them wasn't right, so, I corrected it and now I'm going to properly label them."

"Oh," Asriel inquired, "well, do you want some help?"

"No," Frisk said quickly, "I'm almost done, besides, I don't wanna spoil the surprise."

About a minute later, Frisk finished what he was doing and finally took his homemade presents down to the living room, where he added them to ridiculously large stack of gifts. After that, he went on to help the rest of the family put their own presents for each other among the pile.

When the mound of presents was complete, the family went on to set up all of the extra seats for everyone who would be joining them the next day.

Later that evening, after everything was set up and the family had their fill of yesterday's leftovers for dinner, they all settled down in the living room. Undyne turned on the television, which was showing Christmas movies and shows on just about every channel

"It's already ten o' clock," Papyrus noted, "that means Christmas is only two hours away!"

"I hope we can manage to stay awake until then." Frisk, who was sitting on Asgore's lap, said.

"I know I definitely don't feel tired yet." Asriel, who was sitting on Toriel's lap, stated.

Sans yawned and sank down in the chair he was sitting in.

"You are not going to sleep yet, Sans!" Papyrus asserted.

"I'm not falling asleep," Sans countered, "I'm just getting comfortable."

"Uh huh," his brother responded flatly, "if you fall asleep, I'm waking you right back up."

"I have no problem with this," Alphys said, "I've stayed up well past midnight more times than I can count."

The family relaxed quietly in front of the television, in the heat of the fireplace, for the next couple hours, until they saw the final minute until midnight coming to an end.

Sans then looked over at his brother and saw his head hung with his eyes closed, much to his amusement.

"Hey, Pap," the short skeleton prompted humorously, jabbing the taller one in the shoulder, "falling asleep already?"

The younger skeleton's head snapped up instantly, his eyes shooting open.

"I'm not sleeping!" he claimed, "I was just...relaxing!"

"Uh huh," his brother prodded, "and you were worried about me falling asleep early."

"I was. NOT. Sleeping!" Papyrus argued.

"Guys," Frisk interjected, "look, thirty more seconds!"

The family then watched the clock as it finally ticked down to the final second, then, as soon as 12:00 a.m. flashed across the clock, that was it.

"It's Christmas," Frisk said blithely, "it's Christmas!"

"Our first Christmas!" Asriel added.

The human child lunged over to hug the monster child.

"See, bro," Sans voiced, "I told you I could stay awake the entire time...unlike you."

"I WASN'T SLEEPING!" the tall skeleton uttered.

After managing to stay up for another hour, Frisk and Asriel finally fell asleep and were taken to bed by Toriel and Asgore.

A few hours went by, before Frisk awoke and looked at the clock, then he looked up at the ceiling, deep in thought.

"Merry Christmas, Frisk." he suddenly heard.

A smile immediately grew on the human boy's face, as he recognized the voice; Frisk sat up in bed and, in the middle of the room, he saw the familiar visitor.

"Gaster, you showed up," a thrilled Frisk said softly, "Merry Christmas."

However, his smile fell slightly.

"Uh, sorry you couldn't be here completely." the brown-haired child sighed meekly.

"Oh, don't be," the looming skeleton man replied, getting down by the boy's bedside, "you know I wasn't holding you to it."

"Yeah, but," Frisk voiced solemnly, "I really wanted to make it happen."

"I know," Gaster said, patting the human child's head comfortingly, "and that's nice, but, you shouldn't be worrying about that so much, you should be happy about what you have now."

Frisk leaned against the skeleton man's shoulder as he listened to him talk.

"You have so many friends, human and monster," the scientist went on, "and you have a lovely home with a wonderful family that loves you to bits."

The human child then looked him in his broken eyes, still leaning against him.

"Does that include you?" Frisk asked diffidently.

The looming skeleton smiled warmly in return.

"Yes, Frisk," he affirmed softly, "yes it does."

Frisk responded by hugging Gaster tightly.

Minutes passed and, once the human child had fallen back asleep, Dr. Gaster took his leave.

Despite going to sleep so late, Frisk, Asriel, and the rest of the family, managed to get themselves up, bathed, dressed, and fed by 8:30 in the morning.

Come 9:00 a.m., their guests, Muffet, Mettaton, Napstablook, and Mettaton, arrived.

"Does everyone have a seat?" Toriel asked.

Everyone in the living room confirmed that they did have a chair to sit in.

"All right, then," the goat woman voiced, "time to hand out presents."

"But, first." Asgore spoke up.

He then set his video camera up on a tripod.

She and Asgore then went about handing the presents out to their recipients, while setting their own off to the side. It took nearly five minutes for all of the presents to be handed out, as soon as they were, everyone began to unwrap them.

Of course, as everyone opened their presents, Asgore personally held his camera to film it, zooming in and out every time a new one was unwrapped. He surprisingly made unwrapping gifts with one hand, while holding a video camera in the other look easy.

"Asgore," Toriel sighed, "why not let me hold that while you unwrap yours?"

"If you insist." her ex-husband replied, handing the video camera over to her.

She then focused it on him.

"Do you like what you have gotten so far?" the goat man inquired.

"Oh, most certainly," Toriel said, "thank you for the new waffle iron, Gor-Asgore."

"Well," Asgore affirmed, "you have always talked about wanting one, all I needed was a time where I could get to the store and get one hidden without you seeing it."

"And what about your gifts?" his ex-wife asked.

"Mine are wonderful as well," the goat father replied, "so nice of you to get me new hedge-clippers."

Toriel smiled, then turned the camcorder back to the rest of the family.

"How do you like your new headphones, Blooky?" Mettaton asked his cousin.

"They're really nice," Napstablook responded, "so is the new ipod, thanks Mettaton, you didn't have to."

"Yes," the robot replied, "and thank you for this new drawer box, it will definitely get a lot of use."

"You're welcome." the ghost said in return.

Alphys then approached him with another wrapped box.

"Here, Mettaton," she said, "I got you something that I'm sure you'll love."

The robotic man quickly tore off the wrapping paper and opened the box within it, he gasped aloud at what he saw inside.

"Why, is this what I think it is?" he asked blissfully.

"Yep, body decor," Alphys affirmed, "I know you've been saying that you wanted to look flashier for some of your shows, without having to undergo another modification every time."

"Oh, Alphys," Undyne called, "you still gotta open the one I got ya."

"Oh, right," the lizard woman replied, taking the gift from her, "I can't wait to see what it is."

She unwrapped her present and found a game titled "Tales of Zestiria".

"Ooh," Alphys inquired, "this is an RPG isn't it?"

"Yep," Undyne affirmed, "and it's supports two players."

"Well," Alphys said, "now you have to open mine to you."

Undyne did just that and found that she was given a game titled "Mortal Kombat X".

"Oh my God!" Undyne uttered, "Papyrus, guess what we're doing tonight!"

Muffet then opened her gift from Sans, which turned out to be a new double boiler for bakery.

"Oh, Sans," the spiderwoman said happily, "this is perfect."

She then rewarded him with a loving kiss.

"Ugh, really," Papyrus groaned, "there are children present."

"Hey, relax," Sans replied, "it could've been worse, I couldve done this."

He then went in and kissed Muffet on her neck, making her giggle madly, much to the taller skeleton's discomfort.

"Have you opened all of your presents yet?" Papyrus asked his brother.

"Yeah," Sans affirmed, "as a matter of fact, I opened them all at once."

He then directed his attention to his pile of gifts.

"Got some games from Undyne, some lab stuff from Alphys," the short skeleton noted, "got a new lamp from Toriel, got a new apron from Muffet, got a new jacket from you, and then some from others."

"So, that miscellaneous stuff is basically fan mail?" Papyrus queried.

Sans responded with a shrug.

Meanwhile, the children were opening their many gifts, Monster Kid doing so with his teeth.

"Oh, wow," the armless child reacted, "a new scarf? Thanks guys!"

Frisk helped him put it on.

"This'll go great with the new sweater I got." Monster Kid stated.

"What did you get, Frisk?" Asriel asked.

"What didn't I get?" Frisk replied.

He looked over his haul.

"I got clothes, school supplies, books, art supplies, games, toys, candy," the human boy noted, "and that's only stuff from the party guests the other day, Papyrus got me some new puzzles, Toriel got me some new coloring books, Asgore got me a new teacup, Sans got me a lab coat and safety goggles for the lab, Undyne got me toy weapons, and Alphys got me some games and movies."

"I got...basically a lot of the same stuff you have," Asriel replied, "except different games and movies."

Soon, everyone had opened just about every gift, until all that was left was the little things, tactfully wrapped in newspaper, from Frisk and Asriel. Frisk was quick to pick up the ones from himself to Asgore, Toriel, and Asriel.

"You guys should open Asriel's first," the human boy said, "and I'll open Asriel's to me, then we'll go to mine."

The goat parents happily unwrapped the gifts from their biological son.

"Oh, look at that," Toriel said placidly, holding up a handmade necklace, made with clay bead, three in the middle spelling out "MOM", "it is lovely, dearest."

Asgore looked fondly at the handmade wristbands Asriel had given him, one with the word "KING" on it, the other with "DAD" on it, and promptly slipped the on.

"They are a perfect fit." the goat man said gladly.

Frisk opened his gift from Asriel, which turned out to be a heart-shaped locket that had the words "Best Friends Forever" engraved on it, much like to the old one Asriel used to have with Chara, except this one was blue.

"I got you one so we could match." Asriel laughed, revealing that he had a similar locket around his neck, except his was green.

Frisk smiled in return.

"Now you have to open mine." he stated.

The human child handed his homemade gifts to the two goat parents and the goat child.

"Oh boy," Toriel voiced, "I cannot wait to see-"

She stopped when she saw what was written on her gift, "From: Frisk, To: Mom".

"M-Mom?" the goat woman responded, dumbfounded.

Asgore then got her attention and showed her his present, which read "From: Frisk, To: Dad".

Asriel could only look up at them curiously.

"Well, go on," Frisk urged, "open them."

The stunned King and former Queen finally opened their gifts and found that they seemed to have gotten the same thing.

"Oh my," Toriel said docilely, "they are handmade picture frames," she looked at the writing on the bottom, "and mine says...'Best Mom Ever'."

"Mine says 'Best Dad Ever'." a dazed Asgore stated.

Both of them had pictures of themselves and the two children.

Asriel finally opened his own present from Frisk and found that he had also gotten a handmade picture frame, with his reading "Best Brother Ever" at the bottom.

"Brother?" the goat boy spoke in awe.

"Well," the human child offered, "if those two are your mom and dad and also my mom and dad, then, would that not make us brothers?"

Asriel looked on in stunned silence for several seconds before the biggest of smiles grew on his face.

"Y-Yeah," he said joyously, "yeah, that's right, we are, we are brothers!"

He squeezed Frisk tightly and looked up at his parents.

"Right?" the goat child inquired, "Is that right?"

"Well, of course that is right." an astounded Asgore laughed.

"You are our son," Toriel told him contently, "and so is Frisk, so, you two are most certainly brothers."

They then hugged their children, with the rest of the family joining in.

"There's just one problem." Frisk said.

Everyone looked at him curiously.

"I'm not sure how I'm gonna top next year." the human boy stated, much to the amusement of everyone in the room.

I apologize for how horrendously corny that was, just like the Thanksgiving fic, it was hard to avoid, especially since it is a holiday-theme fic.

But, thankfully, I got it done ON TIME!

I hope everyone had a happy holiday season, whatever it was you celebrated, if anything. In any case, I hope everyone has been well, my family's Christmas was about as good as it could have been, considering...things...but, no matter, everything is going to be okay.

Happy Holidays everyone!