Me: This is a special drabble.
Shamir: Why?
Me: You'll see why.
Undyne: Fuhuhu! Shock finally writes something fun!
Me: ...Okay, no. It's not completely FUNky.
Sans: this looks FISHy. i doubt it's going to be...
Shamir: ...dropping the BASS?
Undyne; FINISH THAT PUN AND I SWEAR I'LL CRUSH YOU BOTH. *Undyne supplexes a boulder, one of her eyes twitching in fury*
Sans: ...shamir, that bass is done with DRUMS.
Undyne: ...I'LL CRUSH YOUR BONES TO PIECES! *Undyne throws the boulder towards Sans*
Sans: ...welp. bye. *warps out*
Shamir: That wasn't necessary, Undyne. I know he's annoying and I...
Me: ...Shush, buddy. Undyne's just sensitive about fish puns. My apologies, Undyne. *hugs both Undyne and Shamir*
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CRUMBLING WALLS AND A DINING DISASTER
It was a quiet day in Snowdin, and Sans was napping out as usual, while Papyrus was preparing breakfast for the two. The scientist skeleton was asleep on the large couch in the living room, and as always, dreaming of his beautiful lizard girlfriend, his legs twitching under the fluffy blanket Papyrus covered him with. For Papyrus, this routine was never changing - with the exception when Shamir came down for a few spaghetti, but even then, staying alongside the jaguar was somewhat boring - for he and Sans never stopped dishing out bad cat puns, or even talking about books the jaguar might've read.
Today was such a day, for Shamir's light taps on the large wooden door could be heard, and Papyrus, after carefully setting the breakfast table for three, opened the door. There was something changed in the jaguar's usual expression - his gruff demeanor looked like it vanished, giving out an aura of calm and, in some places, doubt - making Papyrus wonder what could've brought the feline this early here.
"SANS. WAKE UP, SHAMIR IS HERE." Papyrus tossed his brother off the couch, while the latter smiled awkwardly.
"heya, buddy. sorry, i've been sleeping again." Sans shifted his gaze towards the kitchen. "heh."
"It's alright, Sans." Shamir waved his right paw lazily. "I hoped I could spend some time with you two for a while."
Sans picked up a very strange emotion from Shamir's voice, and he could hardly believe that the great feline of the Underground was worried about something. "it's very unlike shamir to be concerned over something..." the skeleton thought, "...well, apart from the safety of the underground. can't blame the guy, he is trying." He then smiled casually towards the feline as he sat on his chair, Papyrus seconding him, while Shamir sat down the last, and they looked at the plates of hot spaghetti before them - Sans took care to pour some ketchup on his, much to Papyrus's annoyance - Shamir started to slowly eat the food before him.
"you okay, shamir?" the skeleton asked as he noticed Shamir was not extremely interested in food.
"...No." the jaguar shot his azure eyes towards his friend, as a frown formed on his snout.
"wanna tell me what happened?" Sans tilted his head and pushed the spaghetti aside.
"SANS, WHY WON'T YOU..." Papyrus's eyesockets widened, but the scientist skeleton shushed his brother.
"...let him speak. somethin' troubles him."
"It's not what I did that troubles me," Shamir sighed, "it's the aftershock that makes me worried."
"eh? don't tell me you..."
"Yes." the jaguar looked away as he stopped eating. "I fought Ratoveros."
The two skeletons' jaws dropped the moment Shamir said who he fought, and Sans was surprised that his friend actually got the courage to stand for himself, but Shamir wasn't sure on how to explain everything to his parents - after all, what proof could he bring that Ratoveros wasn't the right leader? His concerns were doubled by the fact that his mindset was so easily twisted, and he couldn't let that happen, no matter the circumstance.
"and...what happened? all i can remember was a surge of magic, and then..." Sans blushed, "...and then alphys' face all over me."
"I..." the jaguar's paws were slightly trembling with both fury and disappointment, "I killed him."
"THIS IS WORTH OF A SHOW! SHAMIR FIGHTS THE ROYAL GUARD'S LEADER IN A FIGHT TO THE DEATH, ULTIMATELY KILLING THE LATTER."
"paps..." Sans sighed, "...if my puns are terrible, your headlines make it even worse."
"Still..." Shamir said, closing his eyes, "I have to come clean about it."
[New Home]
"You did what?!" Toriel's eyes were alit with flames, as she looked at her son.
"What was right." Shamir sighed. "He was a real threat to us all!"
"Threat or no threat, you should've talked first, my son." Asgore said.
"Reasoning was out of the question." the jaguar's fists pounded in the large stone table, making a few cracks. "He put me through such suffering, and spoke ill of you each time he had the opportunity."
"You're aware I must give you a punishment for killing one of our own..." the kingly monster said, as he started pacing back and forth. "And I must set an example out of you."
"Yes," Shamir's head hung low, imagining what kind of punishment would he receive.
"Twenty years in helping out Gerson, maybe..." a first thought ran through the jaguar's mind, "Or perhaps, thirty years in cleaning the garbage dump..." But he never expected such a punishment - his mind was brought back to reality when he heard the two royal monsters decreeing it officially - the Dreemurrs hoped that this could appease the monsters' desire to perhaps see Shamir killed for his crime.
"...You shall help Undyne and Alphys in their path. And you shall live in their house, I do not wish to hear your protests."
His eyes widened as the two monsters said those words, and he still couldn't believe that his parents thought of this. It was completely unexpected, it was lenient, as opposed to the outright killing his father would perform on criminal monsters - and he secretly thanked his father for giving him a punishment he could carry on - while the monsters still eyed him as if he was a clear disgrace to the Underground. He sighed as the stares felt incredibly hurtful, and knocked on the door of the two young female monsters' home.
[Undyne and Alphys' Home]
"...You shall help Undyne and Alphys in their path."
His parents' voices resounded in his mind, as he couldn't help but feel a great amount of shame and self-hatred, and wanted to atone as much as possible for all of his mistakes. His thoughts were interrupted by the sight of Undyne, who lightly greeted him and gave a curious look as she saw the small travelling bag Shamir was holding in one of his paws.
"I thought I could move in with you..." he could reply to her gaze. "...on a permanent basis."
"It's fine by me, Captain."
"Please, don't call me like that." he placed a paw over her shoulder, catching her off-guard, "I am just Shamir. No need to be so formal with me."
"It's funny, most monsters say you're arrogant." she smiled as she pushed away the jaguar's paw, "Let's just hope that these are only words."
"...I understand." he blinked, "You're still upset I haven't..."
"No, Shamir." she said, leading the way, "In fact, you're teaching me a very important thing."
"Which is...?" he tilted his head in curiosity, as they stopped before a large white door.
"Patience."
The brief exchange was enough to puzzle the jaguar - he pushed her away constantly, and yet, she was patient - a part of him was somewhat uneasy, as she proved her strength well enough, but another couldn't help wondering if he could learn anything from her. "This is certainly strange..." he thought as distinct pitter-patter echoed down the hallway, giving out their owner - Alphys - who looked at the jaguar in curiosity, hoping that Undyne had a reasonable explanation why he was going to stay in the guest room.
"help... in their path."
"He's going to stay with us for real, Alphys." her sister said, as she opened the door.
"Why? Doesn't he have a home?" the lizard tilted her head in questioning.
"He wanted to stay with us. And I'm not goin' to refuse him." Undyne said.
"And besides..." the jaguar let a small smile form, "...I want to bond with you."
"Sure you're not lying?" Alphys folded her arms in disbelief.
"I'm not." he sighed. "Please,...give me a chance."
[One evening...]
"knock-knock."
"who's there?"
"fish."
"fish who?"
"wish you were here with me."
"Sans, that was..." Alphys chuckled.
"...terrible, but punny." the small skeleton grinned.
The two were latched in their embrace, a little blushing, and then broke the hug as Sans showed her an envelope. Alphys' eyes shone with curiosity and took the white paper from his bony hands, tearing the envelope, revealing a reservation for a classy diner Muffet watched over in her spare time, alongside Grillby.
"Wow..." she blushed redder, "So...we're for a night out? I can't wait to see Muffet and Grillby's Diner..."
"so, ready, honey?"
"...Sure." she said, her face a full crimson red.
They warped in front of the diner, which looked extremely small and cozy on such a chilly night - and Alphys could see quite a lot of monsters in there, even the Royal Dreemurrs - she felt a little at ease seeing the two goat monsters. Muffet also waved towards them, both replying with awkward smiles, while Sans was busy leading his girlfriend towards the separate table just for the two of them - the atmosphere was outright romantic, if there was any good word to describe the diner at this particular hour - and Sans knew that it must've been the Dreemurrs idea, the candles alit with gentle flames on each table, as if they were romantics at heart themselves.
"What can I get for you two, lovebirds? Ahuhuhu~" Muffet said as she looked at Sans and Alphys with curiosity.
"i'll get the usual. be sure to ketchup with me." Sans grinned as the bassist gave out a rimshot.
"Ahuhuhu~ I've mustard the pace to keep with you." Muffet replied. "And what about you, Alphys?"
"I'll take...a nice salad with vinegar dressing. I want to try something new."
"Ahuhu~ I'll see what I can do about it, dearie." she gently blinked with all of her eyes towards the lizard.
Minutes of awkward silence went down between Sans and Alphys, as they were struggling with starting a conversation - making out was easy, but talking was out of their league - and Alphys was also very nervous around crowds, even if she had Sans with her. The other monsters didn't mind them too much, they were too deep in their own issues and talks, but Sans could often catch a faint wink from Asgore, as if...encouraging him? "tch, i must be seeing things. asgore's not usually that bold, he's mostly henpecked by tori." the skeleton mused as he beamed a grin towards the kingly monster, "...but it's not like he doesn't enjoy it. he loves her so much."
Alphys was also worried, and could catch a small heart of fire igniting from Toriel's paws. "What the..." she thought, but the moment she saw Toriel's gaze, everything clicked into place. "I have to be stronger than this...I'm far too skittish."
"So, Sans, till the grub comes up..." she began talking, "How's Shamir progressing with his scientific studies?"
"ya mean, with stargazing?" he chuckled lightly. "i'm glad that the crystals above are shaped just like the surface's stars...he seems to really like learning about them."
"You could say he's CATching up with you?" Alphys dished out a pun, a smile forming on her face.
"he didn't read enought LITTERature on the subject." Sans retorted, still chuckling.
"Still, things are going PURRfect." she started laughing heartily.
"you've got to be KITTing me."
Every monster started laughing at the puns the two were dishing at each other, even Muffet, who tried so hard not to spill the plates she carefully carried around. As she placed the two plates, the giggling spider girl dished out another pun, "Your puns are certainly enterTAILing.", making them both laugh with glee, but Alphys couldn't help notice just how contagious Sans' puns were.
"This is imPAWsible! Sans' puns are far too hilarious, and he's turning everyone into a SANSational comedian!"
"part of my charm, honey." he snapped his fingers in a cool manner. "they're too PAWerful to resist."
"Okay, stop, stop," Alphys laughed so hard she could feel her belly hurt. "You're making me spill my salad!"
"sorry. i'll make sure to COOL it down."
"SANS!" she said as a large stain of oil fell on her dress. "I told you..."
"sorry, sorry!" he sighed in defeat. "i'll invent something that gets that stain away in no time."
They were still eating in silence, exchanging a few glances at one another and drinking an excellent wine - recommended by Grillby, no less - their evening was indeed hilarious and enjoyable. It felt like they were taking a great step ahead with their relationship, and even the other monsters were impressed at how good they were going along - but their evening was still far from over.
Muffet just let in two new workers for the diner, but she was aware of who they were exactly - she was a fan of pranking Sans as much as the two - and left them as waiters for the remainder of the evening. Grillby was also aware of this, and he thought what the two workers planned was indeed a very good revenge for all the times Sans placed his debts on a tab, while the other monsters were quite unaware about what was going to happen next.
The slender waiter just came down with two large bowls of soup, but their clumsiness tossed one of the bowls right on Sans' black pants, making a total mess out of it. "Sorry, sorry! I'll ask for my colleague to clean you up!" her voice said as the larger waiter came down, tossing the other bowl on Alphys's beautiful black dress.
"you've GOAT to be kidding me, guys." he grimaced at the sight of the two waiters.
"Sorry, we'll get onto it..." the slender waiter apologized, while the larger one apologized towards Alphys.
Just as they were about to scramble out, the larger waiter tripped and fell on the table, breaking it in two, while the slender one was somewhat grinning, making Alphys a little annoyed. "Look, we were having a great evening...Thanks for your service, but it will be enough." she said, but it seemed like the slender waiter had other ideas in mind.
"FOOD FIGHT!" she said as she started throwing with a pie in Alphys.
"Food fight!" the larger one said as he threw a bowl of spinach towards Sans.
No sooner than that, everyone joined in the food fight, making a huge mess in the diner - they were lucky that Muffet had eight hands, otherwise she would've refused the two - but Alphys was not amused with what was going on right now.
"STOP!" she bellowed. "I was having a very nice evening until now! Who do you think you are for ruining..." she paused as the cap on the slender waiter fell off, giving out a flashy red hair, which could only belong to...
"UNDYNE!" Alphys roared as her glasses fogged out. "What in the Underground's name do you think you're doing?!"
"are you REELy serious about this, undyne? a food fight? in the middle of our date?"
"That had better not been a pun!" Undyne retorted, "or I will supplex your bones right in the soup!"
"welp, that look like it's a SARDINEty." Sans dished out another pun, visibly confused by the situation.
"Why have you gone through this? Did you plan on embarassing me?" Alphys said through her teeth.
"I didn't want to lose my little sister, that's all..." Undyne shamefully admitted. "...So I thought that, if..."
"If you ruin my fun I will quit seeing Sans? Who do you think you're kidding in here?" the small lizard was ready to shock her sister.
"that COD've gone better..."
"Sans, shut up." Shamir revealed himself.
"YOU TOO? Are you two serious?!" Alphys looked with furious eyes towards the jaguar, and then turned towards Undyne. "You and I have something to talk about, Undyne. Now. We'll warp home."
"welp, i'm out too, shamir. i still don't understand why did you do this." Sans said as he warped out.
"I'm about to witness a screaming match city in the house..."
