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"Just tell her already. Trust me, she likes you back!" Alphys was pacing the top floor of her lab, occasionally kicking aside spare parts with her clawed feet. The whole area was a mess, with at least 5 different projects being worked on at any given time and the guts of 20 more scattered about.
She was also out of clean lab coats. She had to do laundry for the first time in over a month just so she wouldn't smell like grease and oil. She was disassembling an old security camera as she paced, unscrewing panels and putting the parts in the copious amount of hand-sewn pockets lining her coat.
Mettaton stood in the corner, looking vaugley annoyed.
"I've seen her journal, there are entire pages filled with sketches of you! She loves you back, so just confess already!" Alphys' heart beat faster.
"But... she's so cool! And talented! She's the captain of the royal guard. And she plays piano, and she's insanely good at drawing! And im just... me. All i can really do is take things apart. Im out of her league!" Mettaton smacked his forehead.
"It doesn't work like that! You don't have to be super talented to win someone's heart, you just have to find someonw who appreciates what you've got!" Alphys stopped pacing and sat down, holding her head in her hands.
"But i don't even know what i have besides red flags and a load of unfinished junk!" Mettaon crossed the room and put his hands on Alphys' shoulders, making her look up at him.
"Just tell her. It won't hurt you." Alphys pondered that for a moment.
"...you know what? You're right. I will. I'll try, and if i fail i can just shut myself in the True Lab forever, surviving off vending machine chips."
"Thats the spirit!" And right on cue, as if those fateful words from Mettaton had been prophetic, the doorbell rang. Alphys straightened up and marched determinedly down her escalator to the door. She hesitated for a moment, working up the courage to open the door.
With a deep breath, she pressed the button to open it, revealing one very sweaty Undyne, who stepped into the lab almost as soon as the door opened, remarking about the heat.
"Seriously, it's like an oven in here. I dunno how you live like this." Alphys inhaled, then exhaled. Mettaton gave her a thumbs up from the corner.
"Undyne... I... uh... there's something i need to tell you."