Mettaton: This one is about me and Nappstablook! My darling cousin Blooky~
Nappstablook: Hey guys...Ben wanted to make this intro feel a bit longer...but he wasn't really feeling up to it...sorry...
(Seriously, coming up with creative intros on every chapter hurts mah mind. So some won't be so long, or won't have intros at all...just letting you know ahead of time.)
"Oh...you came to visit...that's nice..."
"Of course we came to visit, Blooky! We think you could use some company." Mettaton grinned as he strutted inside, followed by Undyne and Alphys. In followed Asriel, and Frisk. "We all think you could use a bit more appreciation, Blooky! You're one of the most impressive monsters of the Underground!"
Napstablook managed a tiny smile as he shyly looked away, wearing his headphones. "Me...oh no...I'm just someone who watches from afar...not really interacting much with anyone...I'm not worth their time..."
"No way! I've always took the time to visit you whenever I could! You're my neighbor!...Well, you were my neighbor until fire started living in my house." Undyne started with passion at the first parts of her sentence, then cutely winds down at the last part. "...Well...that still doesn't matter! You are TOTALLY worth hanging out with!"
"I'm sorry I didn't visit or call you as much as I did, Blooky. I intend to devote all the time I'm not appealing to my fans, to spending time with you."
Napstablook ghostly smile managed to grow bigger, if only by a tiny fraction. "Wow. Thanks guys. This...really means a lot to me." His tears defied gravity and they formed over his head, his iconic 'Dapperblook' hat taking form once again.
"Blooky, you look FABULOUS!"
"The Fab is so real~" Alphys chuckled softly.
Frisk and Asriel both raised a thumbs up in clear approval. The fabulousness of DapperBlook filled them both with DETERMINATION.
Mettaton took a look around Napstablooks house, shaking his head in sad disappointment. "Blooky. Don't tell me you still live like this? You barely have anything in here!"
"I'm not too keen on materials, honestly...I just keep them around to pass the time..."
"Blooky, I can't let you live like this anymore. This place is all dull and dirty and mostly empty! No offense."
"I know...I don't really feel up to cleaning up the place, not many people come by for a visit..." He lowered his head. "Oh no...you're mad at me, aren't you...?"
"Oh no! Nonono! Of course not, Blooky dear!" Mettaton went up to Napstablook, his expression growing softer. "It's just that, as your cousin, I want you to have a living space that's better than this. I can totally give you a proper place to stay. Or I can spruce this place up a bit!"
"NGAH! We'll help with either option, Napstablook! You've gotta have a better place than this! Its so dull and sad and junk!" Undyne bellowed. Then she sighed and rubbed her arm. "No offense..."
"No. Its fine..." Napstablook turned towards the walls. "It does sometimes feel a lot duller out here than usual...though it's not completely bad. It helps me avoid some of the problems outside. Most of the monsters I see before the Barrier was broken didn't seem to notice me."
"That's because you don't like being noticed. While I bask in being noticed. Like, sll of the time. We contrast so much, yet we're oh so close." Mettaton them did something a bit surprising. He walled over to a corner and sat down, and suddenly shut down. Then, a pink ghost appeared from the metal body and swirled around a bit, lightly fluffying his ghostly hair. "That's better! For the moment!"
"Happstablook...but why?" Nappstablook said with a bit of confusion at seeing his cousin temporarily abandoning his metallic body.
Happstablook floated over to his ghost cousin and wrapped him in a hug. "Like I've said, I haven't been spending as much time with you like I used to. Well I also said that that was going to end. My stardom has become very important to me because the Underground needed some entertainment to keep them occupied. I have gladly taken up that role because it coerced into my dream of becoming a star. But I didn't forget about you, Blooky. I wouldn't DARE forget about you. And do you know why?"
"No...why...?"
Happstablook lightly nuzzles into his much more shy cousin. "Because...I may be the biggest star in the Underground...but you're MYbiggest and brightest star. You really brighten up my life, Blooky. And I haven't done my part to do the same for you. Well...no more!" He pulls away slightly, a bright smile on his ghostly face. "I solemnly swear, Blooky. I will devote a majority of my time to you. We're going to be family again. Do you think you can find it within yourself to forgive me for leaving you alone?"
Nappstablook stares at his pink ghost cousin for a couple moments, thinking about what he had said to him. One by one, his cousins left him behind, left him all alone. Either out of anger, or wishing to follow their own paths. None of them have ever come to visit after they left. He remembered when Frisk was given access to Happstablook's house with the Mystery Key, and had curiously read the six diaries that he left behind:
Dear Diary: Shyren's sister "fell down" recently. It's sad. Without her sister to speak for her... she's become more reclusive than ever. So I reached out to her, and told her... that she, Blooky, and I should all perform together sometime. She seemed to like that idea.
Dearer Diary: I like to buy a new diary for every entry I make. I love to collect diaries.
Dearest Diary: Our cousin left the farm to become a training dummy. That leaves just Blooky and I. Blooky asked me if I was going to try to become corporeal, too. He sounded so... resigned... come on, Blooky. You know I'd never leave you behind. And besides... I'd never find the kind of body I'm looking for, anyway.
My Darling Diary: I met someone... interesting today. Last week I posted that advertisement for my Human Fanclub. Today was our first meeting. Only one other person came. Honestly, she's a dork. And she's obsessed with these awful cartoons. But she's kind of funny, too... I want to see her again.
Diary... My dear: My diary collection is going fabulously. I have like five now.
Dear Diary: She surprised me with something today. Sketches of a body that she wants to create for me... a form beyond my wildest fantasies. In a form like that, I could finally feel like... "myself." After all, there's no way I can be a star the way I am now. Sorry, Blooky. My dreams can't wait for anyone...
Nappstablook looked up towards Happstablook. "You were only chasing your dreams...and you found a way to achieve them...I never hated you for that...sure...I haven't seen you personally for a very long time...but it was fine. I was happy for you. I never missed any of your shows...not even once...even if you weren't here by my side...you always managed to cheer me up just by doing what you did best...being a star beloved by the monsters of the Underground. So...Happstablook...there's nothing to forgive. And..." He smiled. It was still fairly small, but it's the widest he's ever smiled so far. "There's no need to say 'again'...because we never stopped being family."
Happstablook felt the ghostly tears running down his face as he glomped Nappstablook and began crying. "BLOOKY!"
"Happsta...!"
Alphys found herself lightly crying as well. She removed her glasses for a couple moments in order to help wipe them away. Undyne couldn't help but shed a few tears from her eye as well. Asriel and Frisk helped wipe each others tears while smiling happily at the two ghosts.
After their tearful hug ended, Happstablook pulled away from Nappstablook and his starry face returns full of dazzling sparkles. "Alright Blooky! Today is your day! We're doing whatever you want to do! Today is Blooky's day! What do you usually do?"
Nappstablook stared in silence for a couple moments, before he held his head up. "Well...I mostly just lie on the ground and feel like garbage...it's quite relaxing..."
Happstsblook paused a little. "...Can I feel like sparkling garbage?"
"Of course."
"Marvelous! Prince Asriel! Prince Frisk! Undyne! Alphys! Come join the both of us in the ritual in feeling like garbage!" Happstablook and Nappstablook both lied on the ground and stared up at the ceiling. Asriel and Frisk eagerly joined in, lying on their backs and facing the ceiling.
Undyne and Alphys looked at one another, shrugged, and walked a bit into the room to lie on the ground...
(Thirty Minutes later)
Toriel and Asgore had come by to pick up Asriel and Frisk, with Chara in tow. When they opened the door to Nappstablook's house, they found that they, along with the others, were just lying on the ground staring at the ceiling. Chara stared at Asriel and Frisk in annoyance, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"I'm probably gonna regret asking this...but what are you all doing?"
"We're lying on the ground feeling like garbage." Frisk answered, his usual neutral expression looking significantly more peaceful.
"I've never felt so relaxed...so peaceful...the shining lights of the stars are giving us comfort and warmth...they fill us with hopes and dreams..." Asriel added, his eyes halfway closed in a soft gentle daze of serenity.
"Ngah...couldn't have said it better myself, kid..." Undyne said quietly.
"It's like the universe itself is opening up to us..." Alphys said, her eyes full of wonder and her glasses filled with stars.
"Simply dazzling, my darlings..." Happstablook says, lying next to Nappstablook.
"I told you it was relaxing...didn't I...?"
Chara rolled his eyes. "You're all idiots. Asriel, Frisk, get up! You're royalty, you're not supposed to willingly feel like garbage! Tell them, Mom and Dad!" he looked to his sides for support, only to see that they disappeared. "What the-?!"
"I can feel the energy of the cosmos flowing through our souls..." Toriel said softly while lying on the ground next to Asgore. They were tenderly and lovingly holding paws.
"This 'feeling like garbage' sensation...it sounds so negative and yet the positivity feels so much greater..." Asgore said, one paw holding Toriel's while he sagely strokes his golden beard with his other paw.
Chara facepalmed. "You all look ridiculous."
"Come on, Chara. Join us. You'll feel more relaxed." Asriel said, patting the ground next to him.
"No way! I'm not gonna feel like garbage because I'm not garbage!"
"Come now, my child. Moving into the garbage pile is nothing to be ashamed of." Toriel said softly. "Papyrus said he has a garbage can...we can all move in at any time."
"Why would you want to move into a garbage can?! That makes no sense!"
"You're trying to talk to a group of monsters about logical sense in feeling like garbage." Alphys wondered, not taking her eyes off the ceiling. "Though to be fair...we were all petty garbage at some point of our lives..."
"True..." Frisk said.
"Definitely..." Asriel agreed.
"Uhuh..." Undyne yawned.
"Indeed..." Asgore mumbled.
"Yes..." Toriel sighed.
Chara was absolutely baffled by all of their relaxed faces. Asriel patted the ground again. Chara groaned and walked into the room and lied down, expecting it to be a waste of time. After the first minute, a look of shock spread across his face.
"Woah..."
"I know, right?" Nappstablook said, his eyes never leaving the ceiling.
Asriel and Frisk were calmly enjoying the serenity of the ritual that is feeling like garbage. "Hey Frisk...do you think Sans does this sort of thing?"
(Sans and Papyrus's House)
"SANS! YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP ANY OF THE GARBAGE IN YOUR ROOM! WHY ARE YOU JUST LYING IN THERE?!" Papyrus shouted at his elder brother, who was lying in a garbage can and staring at his ceiling with a lazy gaze in his eyes, his grin peaceful and resigned.
"sorry, paps...i'm far too busy to pick up garbage at the moment..."
"WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE BUSY WITH?!"
"...feelin' like garbage..."
"YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLE! I'M LEAVING!" Papyrus threw his arms up and stomped out of his room.
Sans chuckled softly. "hehe...i guess i'll smell ya later?"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!"
Flowey managed to pop up from under the boards, and laughed. "HAHAHAHA! Now you really ARE a Smiley Trashbag!"
The citizens of Snowdin were baffled by the sight of a screaming flower being bathed in a cyan light, and flying out of Sans' window...
Me: Heh. Look at that! A flying Flowey!
Flowey: SHUT UP!
Me: Until the next drabble! *lies on the ground to feel like garbage*