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You left down the escalator by yourself, heading quietly back down towards everyone else who were still watching the end of the movie. Alphys was so into the show, whispering little things about it to Undyne, that she didn’t even notice your return. Papyrus gave you a smile, motioning silently for you to come and take your seat back that was beside him while Undyne gave side glancing dirty looks.
Your stomach twisted at the glare Undyne was giving you. You adverted your eyes, focusing on Papyrus's hand that was resting on where you would be sitting in moments. You were still not sure what Undyne had against you, why she would hate you so quickly, but you figured it best to be forgotten for now. You would let her become your friend in her own time.
It was sometime later that Frisk and Sans returned. Sans's pace was slower then before, his shoulders slightly slumped and smile weak. Frisk on the other hand would wince every so often as they walked hand in hand back to the couch. Frisk noticed you staring, doing their best to flash you a smile as they hid partially behind Sans, as if trying not to be seen by the others.
Sans looked to Frisk, who gave a small nod before letting go of his hand. Sans then quickly took his seat between you and Papyrus as Frisk went to sit between Sans's feet.
You were about to watch the move again, when you noticed some more movement in the corner of your eye. You looked over, seeing giant, towering Papyrus bending over his own lap so that he could be low enough to whisper to Frisk. Whatever he said caused Frisk's face to suddenly light up and you swore you could see something wet on their face. They nodded and Papyrus quickly scooped the child from the floor and placed them easily into their lap.
You smiled at the scene that unfolded. Sure, you had missed a lot of the shows so far and things had been constantly heavy, but you figured in the end it was completely worth it for moment like this.
You went back to watching the movie, but found yourself unable to be still. You started to bounce your leg, run your nails back and forth in patterns on your pants, and at some point believed your pinky finger started to twitch. You couldn't ignore it, the small whispering in the back of your mind wanting to know exactly what happened between Sans and Frisk. You took a deep breath, figuring that you might as well ask Sans what's bothering you, because then maybe with an answer you can finally focus on something else than end of the world scenarios.
“Sans.” You whispered as you leaned as close as possible to Sans without actually touching him. Sans didn’t say anything back, instead only turning his head slightly to face you. “What happened?” Sans still refused to say anything, only shrugging his shoulders in response in a way of saying ‘I have no idea’. You rolled your eyes. "Come on!" You said a little more forceful. "Tell me what when on!"
“<span class="sans">hum?</span>”
“You know! Between you and Frisk. What did you talk about?”
“<span class="sans">later.</span>”
“Okay? So, later as in after the movie later or?”
“<span class="sans">later, later.</span>” You let out a defeated sigh. You looked back to Sans and then Frisk. As your eyes fell on the kid you could visably see them shaking every little bit in Papyrus's arms. They were not watching the movie and you could not see their face.
“Fine, later then.” You didn’t want to push Frisk, whatever Sans and them had talked about really took a toll on the poor kid. It wasn't going to be something that you would just let slip by.
The movie soon ended and it wasn’t long before Alphys put in the next Mew Mew Kissy Cutie movie. Even though you had missed a majority of the previous one it didn’t seem to matter much as the story was easy to grasp. What more stood on your mind was Sans and Frisk and the new weight on your shoulder’s know what was coming. Occasionally you would shake your head physically, giving yourself some kind of grounding motion to let you chase away the thoughts. You couldn’t do anything right then, so logic dictated that you should worry about it now.
It was after the end of the second movie that the floor became more open to suggestions besides Mew Mew Kissy Cutie, since Alphys had finally run out of movies. Sans had managed to stop her from subsequently trying to show everyone the entire first season of the regular show. While Sans had been stalling, it gave Undyne and Papyrus to pick out another anime, this time one with a ton more action and fighting and something that would help keep you better distracted.
Everything continued like that and after a while your worries were lost to the sea of colors and engaging plot. Everyone occasionally would leave to get snacks and at some point Alphys and Undyne brought out pillows and blankets for everyone to share as they watched. You had even managed to get Undyne to talk to you, just a little bit, as you watched. You had found that she had a passion for the fighting abilities of the hero's and tucked away the small gem of knowledge for later. You thought that, if you could learn more about Undyne then maybe, eventually, you would fine some way to befriend her.
At some point, you had no idea when, you started to grow tired. It was a tired that crept up on you, not letting you know that you were as exhausted as you were until it was too late and if you even tried to drive home you would fall asleep at the wheel. It was moments like these that you hated yourself; you had work tomorrow and all this was going to do was make it fifty times harder for you to be able to function normally. However, as you did your best to keep your eyes open, you knew it was worth it.
You placed the pillow you had halfway between the back of the couch and the armrest, allowing a weird angle that combined you still being able to see the screen and being somewhat comfortable. You eyelids kept drooping and begging to close despite how many times you forced them back open. You were listening to the anime more as a thing of white noise rather than absorbing any of the plot. You were not sure how, or when, but at some point you closed your eyes and when you opened them again the TV was off, the room was quiet, and there was a warm and heavy weight in your lap.
“Hmm?” You looked around in the dark, seeing outlines and shapes of different furniture and chairs. You were still at Alphys’s place, that much you could tell. You looked to the couch, but found it empty and bare of any other life forms. It was when you looked down that you corrected your sleepy statement, finding Sans fast asleep with his head in your lap.
You could feel your face quickly turning red and a small tingle travel through you. You mind became a sudden battle in your sleep induced haze. One part of you said you needed to move and find another place to sleep, while yet another deeper part was crying out to just stay and enjoy the contact of someone else against you. A dark and cunning voice made sure to inform you that, if you did indeed stay then you were using Sans to satisfy your own wants, even though he was the one to place his head in your lap to start.
‘Should I move? Should I not? Should I move?...’ The words kept replying in your head as you stared at Sans. It wasn’t often that you were so close to someone. It was warm and comforting, but you couldn’t settle down. Your heart was racing and you could sit still. In the end, despite your wants, you resorted to moving Sans.
Besides, you needed to pee anyway.
You looked around, trying to find some kind of a pillow you might be able to slide Sans onto, hopefully without waking him. However, you found that the only pillow near by was the one you were leaning against. Carefully, you pushed it in the small crevise between you, Sans, and the couch. Once it was settled and in as best of an angle as you could managed you gently took Sans by the shoulders and started scooting out from underneath him.
‘Cute…’ The words rang through your mind as you noticed his mouth hanging open slightly with a tiny dab of what looked like translucent blue goo.
You paused, shaking your head to get the words and your own tired, ridiculous instincts to leave you be. Sans was a friend, that was all he was and just because someone was nice to you didn’t mean you had to fall for them.
You resumed moving out from under Sans, finding his body lighter then you expected him to be. When you thought about it, he was a skeleton so it made sense for him to not really weight much, but it still caught you off guard. It didn’t take very long for you to move Sans off of you allowing you to be free, to which you quickly got up and started heading down the hall.
You headed towards the back of the lab, finding on your way that Frisk and Papyrus had made some kind of chair-blanket-pillow fort combination near where the food had been. You could hear small whispers coming from the tent and a small light coming from within. You decided to leave them be and head past hoping to find your desired destination.
You came to the door of which you had passed before that was notated as being the bathroom and went inside.
Your heart immediately sank. For some reason someone had played a cruel joke and labeled an elevator as a bathroom. You ended up leaving, hoping that perhaps down the hall there would be an actual bathroom. However, you came only to a pair of double doors that lead back outside.
You groaned and pulled yourself back inside the cool air-conditioned building that was the lab. There had to be some kind of bathroom somewhere, so you decided to search the lab again, hoping that you would eventually find it.
You meandered about the first floor, making sure not to disturb Frisk and Papyrus who had seemed to have gone to sleep now. You also did your best not to knock something down as you wondered about in the dark to wake up anyone else who might have been sleeping nearby. You came up empty handed and with your bladder starting to become unbearably painful.
The only place you hadn’t actually checked yet was upstairs and with how little you were paying attention you the surrounding area when you were last up there you figured it was probably a good idea to pay the next floor a visit. Carefully you stepped on the escalator that was still running and patiently waited for you to reach the top.
Once there you walked down the hall, carefully inspecting everywhere you could to see if there was some kind of door you might have missed before or even some kind of sign of a bathroom. Yet again, much to your horror, there wasn’t anything that remotely seemed to be a bathroom. Really the only thing you found besides more anime and anime figurines was a bed with Undyne and Alphys snuggled up against each other sleeping soundly.
With a sigh you headed back down. You knew what was going to have to happen next; you were going to have to go outside and find some kind of place to do your dirty business. You were literally out of options and from what you remembered of your last visit to the hotlands there was nothing besides dirt, lava, and magic bridges.
You headed back into the couch, looking for your shoes as you had taken them off while watching anime. It took a bit of searching, but you eventually them and silently slipped them on.
“What are you doing, /human/?” You almost screamed at the sudden voice, spinning around to see the shadowy outline of Undyne. “Hope you weren’t planning something.”
“What?” You quickly said in a rushed whisper, confused and slightly frustrated at Undyne's sudden accusal. “I’ve just gatta use the bathroom and I can’t find it! So, I'm going out side. No 'plans' here.” You said, glad that the darkness was hiding the probably brilliant shade of red your face was right now. Undyne bellowed out a laugh, loud enough you were sure it would wake someone up, but all it did was cause Sans to snort in his sleep and roll over to wrap his arms around his pillow.
“Look, you’re not going to find a bathroom here.”
“Well, I would love to know why, but I’m about to burst here! Do you know where I might find one?”
“I don’t know.” Undyne said, crossing her arms against her chest and shifting her weight onto one foot, lightly tapping the other against the ground. “Why would I want to help a human?”
“Because I’m your guest?!” You said exasperatedly.
“Hey, this was Alphys’s idea. She wanted to have a party and thought it was a good idea to let Sans bring you long. If it was my choice I would have met you at the entrance with my spear.” Undyne spat her words at you, making sure to layer them with as much disgust as she could push into each syllable. You were starting to reevaluate the possibilities of Undyne actually becoming your friend.
“Well then how about you help me and I won’t pee on your floor?!” You bit back through gritted teeth.
“Really? You would embarrass yourself like that, just to make a point?” You nodded, putting on your most determined face that you could, despite that she probably couldn’t see it anyway.
“Yes! Now, please Undyne, if you could just show me where some kind of restroom was then I will gladly be on my way.”
“Tsk.” Undyne said, unfolding her arms and waving for you to follow her. “Fine. Follow me you welp.”
With a small sigh of relief you followed her, heading towards the front door of the lab. Your relief didn’t last long though as she headed outside into the sweltering heat of the Hotland landscape. The light of the lava lit the both of you up, letting you see that Undyne was wearing a pair of black shorts that you wondered if they might have even been boxers and a thin sleeveless tank top.
“Um, where are we going?”
“You want to go to the bathroom, don’t you?”
“Yes?” You said timidly, scared slightly by the octave raise in her voice the moment the two of you were outside.
“The shut up and follow.” Undyne then stomped off ahead, moving towards the area you knew the elevators to be. You hurried to follow her, able to catch that she was mumbling something to herself about ‘dumb humans’.
You scowled. What in the hell had you done to her to warrant her anger? Maybe you had done something to insult her? If you had, you just wished that she would tell you exactly what you had done wrong so that you could fix it.
You both came to the elevator and quickly moved inside. You stood as far as you could to one side of the elevator while Undyne leaned against the wall of the other, arms crossed, and eyes closed. She didn’t say a word and though you wanted to find something to talk about you continued to only draw a blank in your mind. Multiple times you found yourself with your mouth hanging open, yet the words refused to pass and so the trip was taken in silence.
The elevator dinged and once it’s metal doors were open you both exited. You followed a few steps behind Undyne, not really sure where she was taking you at all, but even simple questions were starting to become hard to say. Eventually, you both passed through the front doors of some kind of resort, maneuvered around the more dry side of a water fountain with a robot spitting water, and eventually she came to a stop in front of a empty counter.
“Here you go.” Undyne said, nodding in the direction of the counter as you came up to it.
“Um... This isn't a bathroom...“
“Yeah I know. The bathroom is on the other side. Just hop over the counter, head to the back, and its the last door on the left.”
You studied her face to see if she was joking in any way shape or form, she had to be since it was the only thing that made any kind of sense as to why she would ask you to hop over a counter. You waited for the punch line, the ringer, a thrown on ‘just kidding’ at the end making it funny. However, she only waited and it because clear she was really wanting you to do just as she said.
“No way!” You said as you glanced around in the area behind it. There wasn’t anyone there, but it was obviously a well established resort of some kind. There was no way you were going to break and enter just to pee in a bowl of water. “There’s got to be some bathroom than this one!”
“Nope. You’re shit out of luck. This is the only one and if you don’t like it you can... do whatever it is you’re going to do right here. This isn’t Alphys’s lab, so I don’t care.” Undyne waved a hand dismissively as she spoke before putting her arms back into their crossed position and leaned again the wall.
“How can this be the only one?!”
“I don’t know.” Undyne said, shrugging her shoulders, still refusing to look at you. “Fucking Mettaton is obsessed with humans, decided that his restaurant just had to have 'bathrooms'; or at least that’s what Papyrus told me when he installed his. Tsk.” Undyne shook her head slowly. “I swear.”
“How can you all not have bathrooms?! It’s basic biology! Everyone has, ya know, ‘nature’s call’ and shit!”
“You mean like sex?” You could feel the flush creeping across your face.
“No! I mean like, having to go number 1 and number 2, expel the waste of you food you ate, your body’s natural process to remove toxins!”
“Oh, well, monster’s are made of magic; we don’t do that.”
“What?!” You could feel your face becoming hot again from a mixture of embarrassment and simmering frustration. Sure, it was interesting that Monsters didn't need bathroom, but-
Your body then shot a warning through you that you could tell was going to be the last and final one you could get. You would deal with this and Undyne once you were out, if she was still here.
“Nevermind! Excuse me!” You said before you hoisted yourself up and over the counter ignoring the alarms going off in your head.
You headed to where Undyne had directed you, ducking in, and hurriedly doing your business. You finally had true release of the pressure building up in you though you swore you wouldn’t let yourself cut it that close ever again. Once the initial euphoria finished your mind wondered back to Undyne.
You washed your hands, taking a bit of an extra long time to fully clean them, letting yourself instead try to think of what to say to her. All you had to go off of besides your own intuition was what Sans said; that she was actually kind and wasn’t really so bad. You gave a sarcastic chuckle, she was willing to let you pee yourself because she didn’t like you.
Maybe this felt bigger then it was because you were tired, a little hungry, and obviously stressed with all of the stuff going on in your world right then. You tried to reason with yourself, trying to make sure that your anger wasn't misplaced. You came up with no answers and only feelings that you were being attacked and without reason.
You finally knew what you were going to say as you turned off the water for the sink. You were going to come out strong and ready, to face her at her own mental might. You placed an hand on the door handle, took a few deep breaths, and pushed open the door ready to fight.