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Alphys POV
It might have been a sunny day, I’m not exactly sure. None of us are. But, I was going through the garbage dump looking for some materials for my next project.
My memory was wiped when I saw her.
I knew who she was. I had seen her around the Royal property before. She is the head of the Royal guard after all.
She noticed me and stumbled over. Trying not to trip over all of the trash beneath us, it looked like it was a challenge.
“Hey, what's up? The name’s Undyne. Yours?”
I didn’t realize I was such a daze until I got snapped out of it.
“A-Alphys…” I finally spoke, attempting to hold in my blush as she proposed to shake hands.
After I reached and failed a couple of times, she gave up and put her arm back down.
“Uh, well...You seem cool, call me if you wanna talk.”
She reached down and grabbed a piece of paper under her legs, along with a half-broken pen. After quickly writing something, she threw the pen behind her, making a clunking sound as it collided with some metal object. I could see Undyne’s face as she cringed.
“Here.” she handed me the paper with her phone number on it.
In that one moment, it felt like that little wrinkled piece of soiled paper was my only world.
“Th-Th-thanks.”
I grabbed it. But in my mind, I tugged it too aggressively.
It didn’t look like she cared, in fact, she smiled.
“Gotta go. He needs me.,” she said.
I was afraid that I was making a weird face. I had an old crush on Asgore, after all.
She stumbled away and left me behind, staring at the piece of paper, as it was practically folding over itself in the wind.
It was around 8:26 when I decided to pick up my phone and dial the number on the yellowish paper. I hesitated to hit the call button. Should I actually go through with this? Will I screw this up? I clicked the button and waited for her to pick up.
Ring...Ring...Ring...Ring
I gave up and put my phone down and continued to watch the anime that was in a separate computer tab.
“Hey, what’s up? Alphys, right?” I scrambled to turn off the show as I heard the dreaded words, “” What the hell is that playing in the background?”
“Uhhh, nothing…”
“So, what did you wanna talk about?” she asked.
“Can you meet me at my lab tomorrow, any time.” it was as if the words came out without my knowledge.
I told her my address and we scheduled a time.
This was one of the best days of my life.
Undyne POV
It was an ordinary day when I was going through the garbage dump looking for some swords to kick butt with. And I saw her staring at me. If I could recall I think that I knew that she was the Royal Scientist at the time.
I tried to walk gracefully to her. It failed and my main goal after that was to just make it over to her without getting a face full of meaningless trash. At one point a small needle got through my boot and pricked me in the bottom of the foot. Not the best feeling, but I’ve certainly felt worse in battle.
When I got to her I said, “Hey, what’s up? The name’s Undyne. Yours?”
She hesitated to answer. I didn’t understand what the matter was.
“A-Alphys…” she replied with noticeable stutters.
Reaching out my hand, to shake hands I waited for a few seconds as I witnessed Alphys try to reach my hand, but falling short about an inch each time. I put my arm back at my side.
“Uh, well...You seem cool, call me if you wanna talk.”
I bent down to pick up a piece of paper and a garbage pen. The paper was torn and worn, but it would work. I wrote my ten-digit number and chucked the awful pen behind me. It made an annoying sound as it banged against a rusted metal piece of garbage.
I gave it to her and she yanked it out of my hands. Cool.
She thanked me and I told her that Asgore needed me, and she gave me an odd expression, like guilt and regret in one face.
I left, and Alphys hesitated to leave.
My phone started to ring, and I waited a few times to pick up. I usually do.
“Hey, what’s up? Alphys, right.”
Then I started to hear this very high-pitched girl screaming something in a foreign language that I didn’t understand.
“What the hell is that playing in the background?”
“Uhhh, nothing…” she replied.
At the moment I thought that she was doing some weird stuff, and was a little suspicious. But shook it off.
“ What did you wanna talk about?” I asked.
“Can you meet me at my lab, tomorrow, at any time?” It was an odd contrast to how she talked earlier. She sounded more confident in what she had to say.
And she just told me the address, I was going to meet her the next day at noon.
That day turned out to be a really nice and weird experience.