Training start
Tonight was the night that you would finally do what you originally meant to. After getting some decent rest and decent food you strolled into the shower of your not-so-beautiful temporary home. The hot water was doing wonders for your state of mind like a friendly pat on the back, but more hot and liquid-like. The calm you felt reminded you of the 'treatment' Papyrus gave you. He was just so sweet and you knew he would do well as a server. His smile was so pure and child-like unlike his brother's lazy grin. You washed your hair to the thought of the older skeleton and wondered what he was doing. Realizing you were letting you mind wander to places you did not want it, you quickly finished your shower and checked your phone. Several new messages.
Mi baby 5:12 pm:
Why haven’t you called yet?
5:23
Where are you?
5:40
I checked all your friend’s houses. Who are you with?
That one irritated you quite a bit. Who does that? It was really creepy. You decided to change his name in your phone.
Mike 6:03
Are you with a guy?
Sans 6:05
Hey hun are we gonna see you tonight?
The last one broke your concentration and brought you back to the world. That’s right. You were going to teach Papyrus how to carry plates tonight. A sigh followed by a smile accompanied the almost silent tapping of your phone.
6:07
Yeah I gotta pick some stuff up and then I’ll be over
Sans 6:10
Cool! I’ll let Paps know
You pulled on a casual knee length skirt with a white t-shirt that read ‘bad to the bone’ and giggled to yourself thinking of Sans’ reaction. You laced up your boots and headed out the door, but before you even made it to the stairs your phone rang. The sound made your heart drop and without thinking you answered, “Hello?”
“_____! SANS HAS INFORMED ME THAT YOU WILL BE JOINING US TONIGHT. IS THIS TRUE?” Papyrus’ voice both shocked and relaxed you, and you couldn’t help but bust out laughing.
“Yeah, I’m on my way to the store to pick up some supplies for your training then I’ll be right over, okay Pappy?” It felt so good to have someone so genuinely excited to see you.
“SANS THE HUMAN CALLED ME PAPPY!” you heard a slight sound of protest coming from the older brother, but you couldn't quite hear what he said, “OH HUMAN I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, AM SO GLAD WE CAN BE SO CLOSE! PLEASE HURRY WITH YOUR ERRAND,” you didn’t want to keep the tall skeleton waiting.
“Okay, see you soon!” His excitement was contagious. You hurried along to your car and made your way to the store, growing more and more impatient at every red light. Who gave those lights the right to slow down your trip anyway? You laughed at yourself as you pulled into the parking lot. It was just going to be a quick trip for some plastic plates so you could teach the skeleton without making a huge, and possibly dangerous, mess. It wasn’t terribly crowded, so the trip was quick and easy. You had settled on a few light blue shatterproof plates as well as some matching cups, and with them now in tow you were finally off to the bone brothers’ house.
6:45
Hey I’m outside
You decided to text Sans instead of knocking since it felt more personal that way and, for reasons you did not want to admit, you wanted to be as friendly as possible with him. He was a monster so there was no way. There was absolutely no point in getting your hopes up, plus he is way too sweet to be a rebound. “You gonna stand there and space out all night kid?” Sans was holding the front door open and smiling.
“I might. It is pretty fun,” you walked in and immediately went straight to the kitchen. It was time to make up for the past few nights. Papyrus promptly scooped you up into one of his bone-crushing hugs.
“I’M SO GLAD YOU DECIDED TO JOIN US TONIGHT _____! THE OTHERS WON’T BE HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT FEAR NOT! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, HAVE PLENTY OF THINGS FOR US TO DO TOGETHER UNTIL THEY ARRIVE,” his voice was as loud as ever.
“Others? Pappy did you forget about your training?” You were starting to get a little worried that he wouldn’t be ready to integrate with his human co workers at this point, and it would be all your fault.
“DO NOT WORRY HUMAN, I WOULD NEVER FORGET SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS TRAINING,” your eyes narrowed at the expression he took once you were released from his grasp, “WHICH IS WHY I AM GOING TO TRAIN YOU.”
“Oooookay? What kind of training do you have in mind?” it was really hard not to giggle.
“SPAGHETTI TRAINING.”
“I know how to make pasta.”
“WE WILL DO IT ANYWAY! SANS YOU LAZYBONES GET IN HERE FOR BONDING TIME WITH THE HUMAN!” you could hear a faint ‘okay’ coming from the other room, and sure enough Sans waltzed in a moment later.
Papyrus’ idea of making pasta included smashing vegetables with your hands and nearly setting the kitchen on fire heating the noodles. The whole experience was strange, but incredibly fun and it wasn’t long before the ‘others’ he had mentioned earlier arrived and the tall skeleton excused himself to greet them.
“Thanks. Paps is havin a really good time. He hasn't made it this way since we were in the underground,” Sans’ voice was a whisper as he stared in the direction his brother had gone.
“Yeah?” you found that you enjoyed looking at his grin more when it was genuine.
“ARE WE READY FOR THE FRIENDSHIP DINNER?” Papyrus belted out walking in with the new guests. One tall muscular fish monster and a small yellow possible dragon, and from their body language it was obvious they were a couple. Seeing the two gave you a warm feeling that made you completely forget about the skeleton-induced butterflies in your stomach.
“Pappy! You haven’t forgotten about our training, have you?” you held out the plates of noodles you had prepared and gave your best imitation pout, but before he could even respond the fish woman’s uncovered eye lit up with excitement.
“Ah man! Training! I like you already punk!”
“UNDYNE WAIT,”
But it was too late. She was all over you waiting for instruction. Without missing a beat you grabbed some plastic bags to put the food in while they practiced and soon enough you were stacking plates up and down her scaly arms, “Get these to the table quick and don’t drop any!” She nodded and turned to run, instantly dropping them. “Papyrus to the rail!” you yelled picking up the plates and resituating the protected pasta on them. He jumped into training mode and received his own stack. Somehow this had turned into a game and everyone in the room was laughing. Alphys would only take two plates and slowly padded to the table, Undyne continued to try to take too much too fast and dropped everything again and again, Sans carried one plate at a leisurely pace, and Papyrus finally managed to get three plates to the table. By the time everyone was done with it the spaghetti had gone cold, so the girls opted for snack food and they put on an anime that everyone had seen. Sans took Papyrus up to bed and was reading him a story.
“So punk how do ya know the brothers? We don’t see a whole lot of friendly humans,” Undyne asks, petting her now asleep girlfriend.
“Through a program at work. I’m training Papyrus to be a server at a human resturant and these two are too friendly to stick to business,” you laughed, Undyne nodding in approval. After a moment of zoning out to the bright colors flashing around the screen you decided to speak up once more, “Hey, uh, I hope we can be friends too, if that’s cool.”
The monster eyed you down for a moment, then quirked her brow and gave you a large toothy grin, “We trained together didn’t we? That makes us friends, just don’t go hurtin anyone.” You nodded to her, completely understanding her concern.
It wasn’t too much longer before you were passed out on their couch, a certain someone throwing a blanket over you. He moved your hair out of your face, tucking it behind your ear, and earning himself a confused look from the overprotective fish monster. Before she had a chance to say anything he blinked out of the room. There was no way he was getting away from her tomorrow, she decided.