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The wind rushed in over the water. The sun was setting over the beach, and Undyne could feel the perfect moment approaching. The light dress Alphys wore over her bathing suit rustled in the wind, and she had to grab at her hat to keep it from flying away. Undyne thrust back her shoulders and let her hair be wildly tossed by the sudden gust. She was ready.
“Alphys!” she burst out. "I have something to say!“
Alphys clung to her hat, and looked up at her. She seemed nervous. Maybe she had caught a little bit of Undyne’s mood. "W-what is it? Um, I…I have something to say, too? I think. No, I do!”
“You all right?” Undyne asked. "You look like you’re going to puke.“ Maybe she should put it off. Nothing messed up a mood like someone being actually sick, and she really didn’t want the mood messed with.
"I kind of feel like I’m going to, but…” She trailed off and looked out towards the sea. She was very still, her normal nervous energy seeping out of her. "Undyne?“
"Yeah, babe? We can go inside. I’ll say it later!” Undyne dropped her hand on Alphys’ shoulder. She grinned, trying to sooth Alphys a little, but not sure how. She gripped the material of Alphys’ dress and took a step back towards their rental.
“Undyne, wait! Stop a second! I’m fine, I just – I just really have to say this, and I have to do it now!”
“Okay, sure! I like this energy! Let’s hear it!” Undyne turned back towards her.
“I have s-something for you.” She let go of her hat for a second to pat at the pockets of her sundress. Panic flashed across her face and then relief as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a neat looking blue shell.
“Oh, hey, that’s like…what’s that from? Oh! That’s from that farming game!” Undyne lit up.
“Y-yeah.”
Undyne reached for it, but Alphys pulled it away.
“I got it for you, but…there’s a condition! No, shoot, that r-really isn’t how I wanted to say this, god.”
Undyne suddenly remembered what the blue shell in the game was for. But that couldn’t be right.
“Um, Undyne? Will you…will you…” her voice kept getting quieter. There was another gust of wind, and Undyne missed what she said next.
“What? Sorry! I can’t hear you!”
Alphys closed her eyes, her hand clenching around the shell. When she looked at Undyne again, there was an intensity in her look that thrilled Undyne to her very core. "Undyne! I love you so much! I want you to marry me!“ It drained out of her, in an instant. "I mean, um, please? If you w-want?”
Undyne stared at her, open mouthed, through the whole proposal. As the last of Alphys’ confidence drained away, Undyne found herself grinning. “I’m so pissed off right now!”
“W-what?”
“I set up this vacation! I rented this romantic cottage! I waited until sunset to ask you to come out here! And after all that planning, you beat me to it! I can’t believe it!”
She grabbed Alphys around the waist and lifted her into the air. Alphys’ hat fell off, got caught in the wind, and quickly disappeared, lost in the sea.
“W-what are you–”
“You won, Alphys! You’re amazing! I thought I had it, but you snuck in at the end and kicked my ass!” She swung Alphys around. "I guess that means I have to pick the venue first or something. And the theme!"
"Is that…yes?”
Undyne looked up at her, staring. Had she skipped a step? Wait! She totally had. "Fuhuhuhu! Alphys, of course I’m marrying you! I am going to marry you SO HARD you’ll forget what it was like not to be married! You’re going to be so freaking married, and so cherished and loved by me for the rest of your life! IT’S GOING TO BE AMAZING! Because you’re amazing, and I’m amazing, and—NGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!“ She threw Alphys into the air and caught her again. "LET’S DO THIS, ALPHYS!”
Alphys looked a little green, and she sounded like she’d lost her breath. But she was smiling. "Yeah! Let’s get m-married! We’re going to do this!"
"YEAH! THAT’S THE SPIRIT!” She hugged her, tight, and then gave her a kiss that she could only hope showed Alphys her intense, burning passion.
They ran back to the cottage and Alphys threw up in the bathroom. Undyne was so proud of her, for putting herself out there like this. Why had Undyne wanted to be the one who proposed first? This was so much better! She called Papyrus while Alphys was cleaning herself up, and he started crying on the other end of the line.
Alphys was a pale yellow when she finally unlocked the bathroom door and emerged. Undyne set the phone down. She could still hear Papyrus talking and crying, but now she could also hear Alphys.
“I’m…god, I’m sorry. I don’t know why I got so sick.”
“Are you kidding? Puking your guts out right after you propose just shows how sincere you are!”
“Does it?”
“Absolutely! I’d probably be in there if I’d beaten you to the punch!”
“Were you…were you really planning on…p-proposing, too?”
Undyne grabbed a necklace out of her own pocket and shoved it towards Alphys. "I said I’d marry you, already. Will you marry me, Alphys?"
A few tears were leaking out of Alphys’ eyes and she wiped her snout on the back of her arm before she took the necklace. "Undyne, oh my god, it’s beautiful. It’s exactly like the one from Princess Striker. I can’t believe it.”
Undyne helped her put it on.
“Of…of course I’ll marry you, Undyne. I’m…I’m going to marry the hell out of you!”
“Yeah! We’re going to marry the hell out of each other!” She held up her hand and Alphys tentatively high-fived her.