Ever since we broke the barrier, things have been going great! Well, mostly... Toriel has started working on a teaching career. So far she only works as a substitute teacher. The Royal guard has disbanded for the most part, but they're still willing to protect any monsters they need to. Frisk has become the number one ambassador for monsters. Not many humans are exactly super trusting of us monsters, but some are willing to give us a chance. I'm not so sure what the king is up to. Of course he is still a king to us, but without a kingdom to rule there isn't much he can do besides sit around and drink tea. Dr.Alphys has been doing more research and experiments of course. She has become quite fond of a country known as 'Japan.' I still don't understand the whole big deal with Japan and anime, but I seem to be quite popular there. I've been continuing my show, but my budget has been cut slightly. Most of the money that does come in gets used to pay my employees, or for bills and such. Production goes on in a small wing of Alphys' lab that she let me have. It's a pretty nice deal, actually. Hopefully, though, we won't be needing it for long. I've been saving up whichever money I get for myself to open up a restaurant here on the surface. Though, if I've learned anything from Grillby's experience, humans won't trust the monster food much either. Most monsters were living in apartments. I was sharing a studio apartment with Toriel and some froggits. The living space was a bit cramped, but it worked. We only really had Toriel's paychecks to work with. Thankfully, Toriel has a unique ability to basically make something out of almost nothing. Despite her loving and carefree attitude, something was missing. I knew exactly what I needed to do. I had to set Toriel up with someone.

"Oooh Toriel~" I cooed in a sing song voice. She was sitting down at the kitchen table working on a spreadsheet labeled 'Monthly Budget.'

"Yes, Mettaton? May I help you?" She looked up at me. She was smiling, but you could see the lack of sleep in her eyes.

"Toriel, it's a Saturday! You shouldn't be working so hard, darling. Come on, let's go get some coffee." I smiled at her. She looked reluctant, but I was determined to get her out of the apartment.

"Oh, that sounds fun, Mettaton. It really does, but I need to get some work done." Her shoulders dropped. It was obvious by her body language that she wanted nothing more than some peace.

"Toriel, darling, all you ever do is work! You won't be long, I promise." She sighed, not willing to put up a fight.

"You win this round, Mettaton." She grabbed a purse and walked over to me. "Let's go." She smiled.

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(Hope you all enjoyed that chapter! We have a lot planned for this story, so get ready to have a really good time! 😉

~Hayley)