Chapter 17
After the first stressful meeting with Papyrus things seemed to settle down. You spent most of your time with Sans at his jobs, doing the work while he slept. It wasn’t hard, since most of his jobs were just sitting around looking for humans, excluding the hot-dog stand. On a particularly boring day Sans decided to start teaching you sign language.
Simple things, like how to say 'please', 'thank you', and 'sorry'. He also showed you the finger alphabet, and soon you were able to spell out your name without pause. When you asked him how he knew sign he just shrugged, but you could have sworn you saw his pupils dim a bit. It wasn't really important how he knew it, you decided.
Papyrus took you with him to his work as well, and that was the most fun you’d had since falling down the hole. Once he showed you his basic puzzles you were able to fly through them, and even helped to make them harder. Whenever you finished doing a puzzle Papyrus would pick you up and swing you around in circles. It had freaked you out at first, but you got used to it quickly. Papyrus didn’t seem to have a mean bone in his body and you felt at ease with him around. He wasn't as good at sign language as his brother was, but between the two of you it was very fun to learn.
Making the puzzles was almost as fun as completing them, and you helped both the skelebros design and build new puzzles. You spent the next week drifting back and forth between Sans and Papy, hanging out with them telling jokes or making spaghetti.Soon it became very apparent to you that Papyrus had actually no clue how to make spaghetti properly, and he was reluctant to learn. You settled for simply hiding the salt when he wanted to put the whole shaker in or turning down the heat when he wasn't looking. It was almost a game in itself, and one night of cooking together you had made something that was actually edible.
While you finished stirring the pasta, not as strong as he would have liked, Papyrus set the table excitedly. You could hear Sans snoring from the couch, and it brought you a sense of peace. It was fun, crazy, relaxing, and hectic living here all at the same time. Heading to the living room to wake him for dinner, you froze in place as the doorbell rang. Papyrus let out a yelp and bounded to the door, swinging it wide open. Standing outside is a tall fish like monster you had never seen before.
Her pearlescent blue-green scales are beautiful, and her long red hair is tied up in a tight pony tail. When she smiles at Papyrus you see her teeth are very sharp, and something about her eyepatch gives you the shivers. Papyrus returns her hug, then looks at you.
"I DID NOT LIKE NOT TELLING UNDYNE. NOW THAT SHE IS HERE, WE CAN ALL HAVE DINNER TOGETHER AND BE FRIENDS!" His explanation is optimistic, and he smiles like he did whenever you solved a puzzle. Hearing that name you stiffened, looking at the fish lady through your bangs. Her smile was frozen on her face, looking more like a snarl now, as she fixed her one eye on you. Fear raced through you, everything in you saying to run away.