Returning on their way to Snowdin, Papyrus was walking in his usual confident yet proud fashion all while carrying the Pines twins on his shoulders. Along the way, they were in the midst of a conversation. Dipper rubbed his cheek in slight pain, "Ow. I gotta say Papyrus, I didn't expect you to be so tough. No offense, it's just given how you are I didn't think you'd be able to kick tons of butt.." he commented, although Papyrus took no offense from it. "I HOLD MANY SURPRISES, DIPPER! MANY OF WHICH I WOULD RATHER NOT SHARE FOR PERSONAL REASONS...BUT SINCE YOU ARE MY FRIEND, WHOM I TRUST, I HAVE NO MIND IN SHOWING YOU!" He boasted. Dipper chuckled a tad bit nervously, "Yeah uh, thanks but no thanks." Mabel giggled as she swung her legs a bit while riding on Papyrus' shoulder. "Come on, Dip! You gotta admit that it was pretty awesome though! The way Papyrus just made those huge bones appear outta nowhere like that! It was so cool!" she said praising Papyrus techniques earning a laugh from him, "NYEH HEH HEH! I'M VERY GLAD YOU THINK SO, MABEL! I SEE THAT YOU HAVE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE IN ASKING ME OUT ON A DATE!" he told her.
Mabel grinned with a squeal and hugged his skull. "Papyrus you big lug! I fell head over heels for you the moment I saw you! That's just how awesome you are~" Papyrus was flustered by this. "I AM INDEED VERY AWESOME!" Dipper shook his head with a light smile. "Mabel, you say that when you see every guy you think is cute." he remarked but Mabel crossed her arms with a sour look, "Hmph. You just don't appreciate my taste in men, brother." Papyrus nodded, even though he isn't really catching on that much, "I MUST AGREE WITH YOUR SIBLING, DIPPER. SHE HAS PROVEN HERSELF TO BE QUITE INTELLIGENT, THEREFORE, SHE MUST ALSO BE INSIGHTFUL ON WHICH MALE SHE CAN CHOOSE AS A POTENTIAL DATE!" he stated. Mabel chortled swinging her legs rapidly in glee, "Papyrus you really are my dream boat! You're so perfect it's not even funny eeeeee!" Papyrus cackled in a friendly manner, "I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS, HUMAN! I KNOW ALL THERE IS WHEN IT COMES TO THESE SORT OF THINGS! EVEN THOUGH IT'S TECHNICALLY MY FIRST TIME..." Dipper eyed him, "I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that you've read one of those instruction manuals on how to identify when a girl doesn't or does like you..." he assumed. Papyrus looked beside glancing at Dipper, "THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN INTERESTING READ, HUMAN! I TAKE IT YOU HAVE THAT SPECIFIC MANUAL YOURSELF?" He asked and that caused a look of timidness on Dipper's face as he rubbed his arm nervously, "U-Uh...well um I don't really- "
But Mabel interrupted him with a sly grin, "Oh yeah he totally does. He has one so he could impress a certain red head back home." Dipper shot her an angry look, "Mabel!" Papyrus was now interested, "OOH IS THAT SO? THIS 'RED HEAD' YOU SPEAK OF MUST BE QUITE ATTRACTIVE. BUT I MUST ASK...IS HER HEAD TRULY RED?" He asked, oblivious to how the human biology functions. "Oh her name's Wendy! She's a cashier at the Mystery Shack and boy I gotta tell ya when Dipper looks at her it's like he lost almost all of his body mass haha!" she taunted with a laugh. "OKAY! I think we've heard enough!" Dipper exclaimed angrily. Mabel chuckled mischievously while Papyrus was intrigued, "MY! THIS WENDY INDIVIDUAL MUST BE QUITE SPECIAL IF SHE'S CAPABLE OF REDUCING DIPPER TO A PUDDLE OF WATER! I WOULD LIKE TO MEET HER ONE DAY!" He stated and Mabel patted his skull. "Oh you'll get to." Dipper continued to glare at Mabel with her trying to contain herself from the way he was looking at her. "So anyway, Papy! Where're we going on our date? Are you gonna take me to some fancy restaurant with water that has bubbles in it?" she asked eagerly with starry eyes. "I AM GLAD YOU ASKED, MABEL! I'M CURRENTLY TAKING YOU SOME PLACE REALLY SPECIAL! A PLACE I LIKE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME!" he answered earning an excited squeal from Mabel as she clapped. Dipper rolled his eyes, "What? Is it gonna be out on the hills so you can watch the stars? At least...I those are stars? Or on a boat where romantic Italian music is playing or something?"
"Pssh, honestly Dipper, you have no class at all." Mabel said in a smug tone, and Papyrus nodded with also a smug or sassy expression, "MHM. NO CLASS! YOU MUST THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, DIPPER! THIS IS NO HILL, BOAT, OR RESTAURANT! THIS IS A PLACE I LIKE TO CALL..." he passed by what looked to be a small tool shed abd stopped before placing the twins in front of a large cabin. The cabin had a window frame in the front with the lights being on from within, and a second floor above with circular window frame above on the second layer of the roof on top of the first layer. There was a balcony at the side of the house on the second floor of the house, with the house itself adorned in Christmas decorations. "MY HOUSE!" Papyrus announced before entering. The twins blinked but Mabel's eyes widened with stars forming in them, "He's fitting every single trait I love in a guy..." she whispered in adulation. Dipper could only stare but then simply shrugged, "Eh, works for me." And with that they entered. When they did, they closed the door behind them and looked at the interior of the house before them. As they took several slow steps forward, they saw that they were in the living room, as there was a large saggy old couch beside them, with a flat screen television in front of it at the far end. A few feet away from the couch at its side was a small table that had a book laying on it, at the opposite end was a bigger table which had a rock that was oddly covered in sprinkles. They saw stairs leading up to the second floor where there was a framed painting of a cartoon bone, and two rooms at the sides of the path. One door had many labels that would make a rebellious teenager green with envy, while another looked to be a simple door, but bizarrely had multi-colored flames underneath it.
The twins looked around in examination, liking the interior of it. Papyrus approached them from a small space that led to the kitchen in uprooted level for the second floor. He swung his arms in the air, "WELCOME TO THE SCENIC MY HOUSE!" he welcomed them loudly. Mabel looked around with glee, "Papyrus your house is so cool!" she ran over to the couch as Dipper continued to inspect it, his eyes darting around slowly. "Well, it looks pretty basic and modern. But otherwise it's not bad." he commented. Papyrus placed his hands on his hip bones. "WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, HUMAN?" Dipper thought for a moment before shrugging, "Honestly, I thought it'd have more...I dunno, skeletal decorations." Papyrus took that into thought but shook his head with a chuckle, "HEH HEH NYEH. SILLY, HUMAN! WE ARE NOT PRIMITIVES! WE'D ONLY DECORATE MY HOUSE IN SUCH A MANNER IF IT WAS HALLOWEEN!" He remarked. "BUT IN ANY CASE! MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME! ENJOY AND TAKE YOUR TIME!" Dipper smiled a little as he looked around, "Thanks, man." Mabel was laughing as she hopped up and down on the couch. "Mabel! Get down from there! We're guests remember!" Dipper scolded her, but Papyrus dismissed it, "NOT TO WORRY, DIPPER PINES! I JUMP ON THE COUCH ALL THE TIME WHEN MY FAVORITE TV SHOW IS ON!" Mabel gasped, "Really?! You do that too! WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, PAP! There's so much connection!" she exclaimed in shock and glee. "NYEH HEH YES! TRULY I HAVE NEVER MET SOMEONE LIKE YOU, MABEL! LET ALONE A HUMAN WITH THE SAME INTERESTS!" And with that they started to both jump on the couch together laughing all the way.
Dipper chuckled in amusement at the sight. "Come join us, Dipper!" Mabel called to him. "Oh uh, thanks sis but I don't I cou- " Papyrus cut him off, "NONSENSE! YOU ARE MY GUEST! AND I INSIST!" With his long arms he grabbed Dipper and placed him on the couch in the middle of jumping. As they both jumped up and down in delight, Dipper was thrown in the air continuously as he grunted and yelled swinging his arms. "Papyrus! On my mark! We land on the couch together! Ready!" Mabel told him, "THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS ALWAYS MORE THAN READY!" He responded. "One, two..." Mabel began until they both said, "THREE!" They landed on the couch, launching Dipper high in the air as he screamed before falling down on the ground next to the couch. Mabel was laying on Papyrus as the two laughed from the ordeal. "That was fun!" Mabel happily stated. "INDEED, HUMAN!" The skeleton agreed. Mabel looked over to see a remote on the couch, "Ooh! Hey, Pap! Why don't we watch some TV!" Mabel suggested. "A SPLENDID IDEA!" He reached over taking the remote, meanwhile Dipper slowly got up rubbing his head in pain and had a look of agitation. Turning the television on, he saw that it was a broadcast screen with some music on. "OOH! IT'S MY FAVORITE GAME SHOW!" Papyrus said in a giddy manner. Until the broadcaster stated 'stay tuned for a new program- MTT' earning a look of anger from Papyrus, "WHAT!? THEY'RE USUALLY BETTER THAN THIS!" He looked over to see the confused looks on the twins. He crossed his arms, "THIS IS JUST A BAD EPISODE! DON'T JUDGE ME!"
Mabel patted his shoulder, "I'd never judge you, Pap." She then began to feel it and giggle in a rather obsessive manner. Dipper sighed until he saw a joke book. His eyes widened a bit with interest, "Oh a joke book. This outta be good." he stated. He opened the book, only to find a Quantum Physics book much to his extreme confusion. "Huh. Okay then. I can deal with Quantum Physics." He opened the Quantum Physics book only to find another joke book inside it. His eyebrows rose in surprise, they then furrowed and opened the joke book only to find yet another Quantum Physics book. He repeated this method two more times, until he finally got the big joke, causing his expression to drop darkly not at all amused, and shut the book firmly. He approached the two, "Well, that was a waste of time." He muttered before looking at Papyrus ignoring that his sister was feeling his shoulders making odd yet awestruck sounds. "Hey, Papyrus? You got anything to eat? I'm kinda hungry." he asked him. Papyrus lit up at the question, "AH YES! OF COURSE! JUST GO TO THE KITCHEN OVER THERE! YOU'LL FIND ALL THAT YOU NEED!" He said. "Cool. Thanks." Dipper replied and went over to the kitchen.
Papyrus looked over at Mabel, "MABEL! WHEN IT COMES TO DATING, DOES IT ALSO REQUIRE FOOD IN THE MIX?" he asked her until she snapped out of her trance, "Huh? Oh! Oh yes! Absolutely!" she nodded with hesitation. Papyrus was thrilled by this. "HA HA! EXCELLENT! MY COOKING SKILLS SHALL COME IN EXTREME HANDY THEN DURING OUR DATE!" he stated proudly as Mabel held her hands together while looking at him admiringly. As Dipper entered the kitchen Papyrus then said, "YOU KNOW MY BROTHER ALWAYS GOES OUT TO EAT. BUT...RECENTLY HE TRIED 'BAKING' SOMETHING. IT WAS LIKE...A QUICHE. BUT FILLED WITH A SUGARY, NON-EGG SUBSTANCE. HOW ABSURD!" he claimed. Mabel's eyes lit up in realization. "Oh yeah! Where is Sans anyway! I haven't seen that scalawag in a while." she said. "HE IS MOST LIKELY UP IN HIS ROOM. AND UNDOUBTEDLY BEING LAZY AS USUAL." Papyrus grumbled shaking his head. Dipper approached the fridge only to stop when he noticed something quite strange. The cabinet underneath the sink was stretched out, almost to the point where it was nearly Papyrus' height. Dipper rose an eyebrow at this and looked over to Papyrus, "Uh, Papyrus? Is that normal?" he asked him.
"OF COURSE! I INCREASED THE HEIGHT OF MY SINK. NOW I CAN FIT MORE BONES UNDER IT! IMPRESSED?" He responded. Dipper just blinked, "I'll take your word for it." He replied. "TAKE A LOOKSY! THERE ARE PLENTY OF BONES INSIDE FOR YOUR LEISURE!" The skeleton offered. Dipper's eyes shifted between the sink cabinet and Papyrus before turning to the cabinet and opened it. However, he found the white dog from before during their battle chewing on a bone. Papyrus noticed this and was in shock, jumping out of the couch. "WHAT?!" he exclaimed. The dog quickly ran with the bone in his mouth making Dipper jump out of the way. "CATCH THAT MEDDLING CANINE!" Papyrus pointed as he leaped at the dog but missed, the dog was on his back with its tail wagging "I got it!" Mabel tackled the dog as they rolled over only for the dog to escape her grasp. She got back up chasing it, and leaped at it only to miss and landing on Papyrus' back, "I don't got it." The dog ran out the door causing Papyrus to slam the floor in frustration. "CURSES!" The door above opened, revealing Sans peaking out half of his body with a trombone and played a sound of loss on it "womp womp woooomp' before he went back in his room, taunting his brother much to his fury. "SANS! STOP PLAGUING MY LIFE WITH INCIDENTAL MUSIC!" he shouted above earning a laugh from Mabel as she covered her mouth.
Dipper snorted at that. Shaking his head with a light chuckle he opened the fridge. His face dropped when he saw that half of the fridge was filled with containers all labeled 'spaghetti'. Papyrus noticed this while he was still on the ground with Mabel on top of him, "BEHOLD! MY CULINARY ART SHOW! PLEASE! PERUSE TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT!" he told him. Dipper looked around and saw that the other half only contained an empty back of chips, his upper eyelids lowered a bit and closed the fridge. Mabel eventually got up and helped Papyrus up as well, she then noticed something that caught her eye. Running over to it, it was the rock that was covered in sprinkles, "Hey, Papyrus! What's that?" she asked poking the rock as Papyrus walked over. "THAT'S MY BROTHER'S PET ROCK. HE ALWAYS FORGETS TO FEED IT." He responded. "Aw. Poor little guy." Mabel said in sympathy petting the rock. "INDEED. SO, AS USUAL, I HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY." He continued crossing his arms. Mabel giggled lowly as she rubbed her face with her hands before turning around and having sprinkles all over her face. "Hey guys look! I've become Shimmering Twinklestar!" she quipped before laughing only to cough some of the sprinkles out. "NYEHEHEHEHEH! MOST AMUSING!" Papyrus laughed. Dipper rose an eyebrow when he saw the flames coming out from underneath Sans' room.
"Speaking of which...Papyrus? Shouldn't we be worried about the fire coming out from Sans' room?" Dipper asked in slight worry. But Papyrus waved his hand in a dismissive gesture, "NOT AT ALL, DIPPER. THE FIRE IS COMPLETELY HARMLESS! AND THAT OF COURSE, SYMBOLIZES JUST HOW UTTERLY LAZY MY BROTHER IS. FOR EVEN HIS ACTIVITIES INVOLVE NOTHING BUT APATHY...TO THE POINT WHERE EVEN FIRE IS TOO LAZY TO BURN ANYONE WHO COMES ACROSS HIS ROOM." he said lecturing his brother's habits. Mabel gasped when she ran over to them, "We should go say hi!" she suggested in anticipation. "WHILE I WOULD NORMALLY AGREE, I'M AFRAID I MUST DISAGREE. IT'S NOT YOU IT'S JUST THAT...SANS IS NOT REALLY THAT BIG ON 'GUESTS' SO HE TENDS TO LOCK HIS ROOM A LOT WHENEVER SOMEONE IS OVER." He explained much to Mabel's disappointed. "Aw. He's probably just shy." she believed. "YOU COULD SAY THAT. ALTHOUGH, IT IS FOR THE BETTER TO NOT ENTER HIS QUARTERS. HIS ROOM IS...IT'S LIKE ANOTHER WORLD! A WORLD WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO VACUUM!" he continued berating his brother for his messy habits. "Huh. Sounds like our room." Dipper commented. "UGH! I WILL BE MOST TROUBLED WHEN I REACH THE HUMAN WORLD THEN."
"SPEAKING OF WHICH...SANS!" He yelled out to his brother. "what?" Sans called out lazily from his room. "SANS! GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT!" he demanded. "sorry bro, can't. i'm too caught up at the moment." He responded. "CAUGHT UP? CAUGHT UP WITH WHAT?" Papyrus wondered. "my bed." Sans replied. "WA-?! UGH! SANS! GET DOWN HERE, NOW! YOUR SOCK IS LAYING ON THE FLOOR!" Papyrus pointed at the dirty sock belonging to Sans near the television. "hey good eye sockets bro." Sans quipped. Papyrus stomped his foot, "SANS! DON'T COMPLIMENT MY EYESIGHT! I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR SOCK! COME DOWN HERE AND PICK IT UP THIS INSTANT!" he commanded angrily. "i already did that" he replied. "YOU ONLY PICKED IT UP AND MOVED IT TWO INCHES!" Papyrus yelled. "but i picked it up. problem solved" Sans retorted. "THE PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVE, YOU IMBECILE! PUT IT IN YOUR ROOM!" He told him. "but it was already in my room. it's got my room's smell all over it, so technically it's in my room." Sans stated. "SANS I DON'T WANT IT DOWN HERE I WANT IT IN YOUR ROOM!" Papyrus fumed all while the twins could only look on in amusement as they laughed finding it hilarious. "if you want it in my room so bad then why don't you just come over and put it there?" Sans retorted once again. "I WILL NOT PUT YOUR SOCK IN YOUR ROOM, SANS! THIS IS YOUR SOCK!" he stomped his boot repeatedly. "didn't you just say that it should be in my room?" Sans asked continuing to mess with his brother. Papyrus' skull was red with sweat dripping down as he grind his teeth. He eventually calmed down with a deep exhale. "FORGET IT." Papyrus simply said, giving up. He saw the twins were laughing hard at this. "MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY DAY!" He complained. Dipper took a moment to calm himself, "Dude're you kidding? That was hilarious!" he said laughing. Mabel wiped a tear from her eye, "Comedy gold! You guys remind us so much of Dipper and I!" she stated.
Papyrus couldn't help but grin proudly at that, "WELL! I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO MAKE YOUR DAY, DIPPER AND MABEL PINES! NOW THEN...MABEL! WHY DON'T WE GO UP TO MY ROOM AND...DO WHATEVER PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY DATE?" he suggested in a confused tone not really certain how dates function. Mabel gasped and hopped in sheer excitement, "A room date?! Aaaaahhh! I thought you'd never ask!" she squealed before dragging Papyrus quickly upstairs to his room. Dipper shook his head following the two. Upstairs, Papyrus opened the door, gesturing for the twins to enter and needless to say they were impressed by not just how tidy it was but by how it had rather cool decorations and furniture. "WELCOME TO MY ROOM!" he welcomed them. "Whoa. This is a pretty sweet roo-" Dipper was about to say until his eyes widened at something. "What?! No way! You got a race car bed, dude?!" He exclaimed in shock as he went over to check out Papyrus' bed which was modeled after a red race car. His room consisted of having a large carpet with a flaming pattern on the sides, a box full of bones at the corner, a computer and CPU at the far side of the room, a book shelf next to a closet, a large pirate flag, and a table next to the bed with some action figures on them. Papyrus was very happy to see their reactions, "NYEH HEH HEH! INDEED I DO, DIPPER! YOU KNOW, IF I EVER GET TO THE SURFACE...I'D LIKE TO DRIVE DOWN A LONG HIGHWAY. WIND IN MY HAIR, SUN ON MY SKIN...OF COURSE, THAT'S JUST A DREAM. SO INSTEAD, I CRUISE WHILE I SNOOZE." he stated. Dipper continued to admire the bed, as his age was beginning to show more since this room had every little boy's dream in it. Mabel looked around with a grin, "It's like I've entered boy world." she remarked.
She saw the box of bones in the corner, "What're those?" she pointed at it. "OH THOSE ARE ALL THE ATTACKS I USED ON YOU. GREAT MEMORIES, HUH?" Papyrus replied. "Yeah. Painful ones..." Dipper grumbled rubbed his cheek, Mabel saw it as she then placed a bandage on his cheek gently, "There you go bro." she said with a smile. "MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES, HUMAN." the skeleton apologized, but Dipper waved his hand, "It's alright, man. Water under the bridge." Papyrus rose a brow and looked around, "REALLY? WHERE?" Dipper caught this and chuckled, "No, no. It's a metaphor." he clarified. "AH. HOW INTERESTING. I'LL KEEP IT IN MIND!" Dipper gasped when he saw the collection of action figures on the table, "Aw no way you've got action figures too!?" he ran over to inspect them like an eager 12 year old. "YES! THEY ARE A GREAT REFERENCE FOR THEORETICAL BATTLE SCENARIOS!" Papyrus explained. Dipper looked at them for a moment, now highly intrigued by it as Mabel was checking out some of the books. "Interesting. This is actually pretty clever stuff." Dipper commended him. "THANK YOU, HUMAN. NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING...HOW DO I HAVE SO MANY? LET'S JUST SAY THEY'RE FROM...A CHUBBY, SMILING MAN THAT LOVES TO SURPRISE PEOPLE." Papyrus teased as the twins then slowly looked at him with shocked expressions. "No way..." Dipper muttered. "YES WAY." Papyrus responded. "Get outta town..." Mabel too muttered a little audibly. "I CANNOT." He said. "Are they really?!" They both exclaimed prompting Papyrus to nod happily, "YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT! SANTA!" he revealed. "Dude that is so awesome!" Dipper squealed as did Mabel, "Papyrus you really are the greatest! Even Santa knows you're the greatest that's why you have so much cool stuff!" she said with praise. Papyrus chuckled with a smug look and proud stance, "WELL, I AM VERY GREAT AT ALL." he boasted.
Dipper looked over to see his computer. "Oh hey I noticed you've got a computer set up too." he commented. Papyrus nodded, "INDEED! I'M QUITE POPULAR ON THE INTERNET! I'M JUST A DOZEN AWAY FROM A DOUBLE-DIGIT FOLLOWER COUNT!" he said. "That's almost as much as Dipper's Twitter follower count. Heyo!" Mabel quipped giving her brother a shove making him grunt. "NYEH HEH HEH HEH! THEN YOU SURELY MUST BE AWARE THAT FAME HAS A STEEP PRICE?" He asked. And Dipper made a sideways glance placing his hand on his journal that hung to his hip, "More than you know, man." he replied a little lowly. "GOOD. FOR A JEALOUS TROLL HAS BESIEGED MY ONLINE PERSONA! ALWAYS SENDING ME BAD PUNS IN A GOOFY FONT!" Mabel shook her head at that, "That's harsh." Papyrus sighed but shrugged, "A PRICE I MUST ENDURE FOR THE SAKE OF MY FOLLOWERS!" He declared. Mabel then gave him wide googly eyes, "So now that we've seen all your cool stuff can we start our date~?" she asked eagerly. Dipper sighed, "We're not gonna move until you do, are we?" "Nope!" Mabel replied. Papyrus placed his clenched fist on his chest as he struck a heroic pose, "BUT OF COURSE! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, SHALL GIVE YOU THE BEST DATE EVER!" he declared proudly earning a loud excited squeal from Mabel as she hopped in place. "Aaaaand I want nothing to do with this. I'll be on the cool race car bed stuffing my face in cinnamon buns." Dipper stated as he took his shoes off, leaving only his socks, and sat on the bed, taking out a bag of cinnamon buns, and opening it.
Papyrus and Mabel sat down in front of each other crossing their legs, Mabel was trying to contain herself as best she could while grinning widely all the time. "HERE WE ARE! ON OUR DATE!" Papyrus said with a happy expression, "Ohmigosh ohmigosh! I can't believe this is like happening! This is gonna be so much fun!" she cried out in sheer anticipation. "THAT IT WILL, MABEL! NYEH HEH HEH! AS YOU MAY ALREADY BE AWARE, I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. BUT DON'T WORRY! YOU CAN'T SPELL 'PREPARED' WITHOUT SEVERAL LETTERS FROM MY NAME!" he proclaimed. "And you can't spell Shmabel without saying the name Mabel!" Mabel retorted absently. Dipper stared at her, "Mabel, 'shmabel' isn't a real word." he told her as he was eating the cinnamon buns but Mabel silenced him. "PERHAPS NOT! AND THIS IS WHERE PREPARATION COMES IN HANDY..." Papyrus began until he whipped out a small book. "I SNAGGED AN OFFICIAL DATING RULE BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY! WE'RE READY TO HAVE A GREAT TIME!" Mabel's excitement grew to astronomical levels as she hopped while sat down. Papyrus read through the book as his sockets comically shifted left and right, "NOW LET'S SEE HERE. STEP ONE...COMPLIMENT THEM ON THEIR APPEARANCE." He cleared his throat. "MABEL PINES! I MUST SAY THAT YOUR SWEATER IS AS ORANGE AS THE FRUIT ITSELF! AND I LIKE ORANGES! THEREFORE I LIKE YOU! FOR YOU AS SWEET AS ORANGES!" He attempted and Mabel looked to be more than flattered as he rosy cheeks reddened further clutching them, "Awwww! Ooh Papyrus! You're such a charmer!" Papyrus' expression lit with satisfaction, "WOWIE! IT WORKED! I THINK WE'RE READY FOR STEP TWO!"
Looking back into the book he read, "STEP TWO: ASK THEM ON A DATE!" He composed himself, adjusting his cloth around his neck and said, "MABEL PINES! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL GO ON A DATE WITH YOU! WILL YOU ACCEPT!" he request, and Mabel immediately launched herself from her seat and onto Papyrus hugging him tightly around the neck squealing loudly, "Aaaaaaaah! Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes! I do! I accept!" she shrieked with extreme happiness. Papyrus' eye sockets widened with a shimmering starry appearance and blush forming on his cheek bones, "R-REALLY?! WOWIE! HUGS ALREADY TOO?! MAN, AM I GOOD AT THIS OR WHAT! I GUESS THAT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR PART THREE!" He looked at the rule book while Mabel continued to hug him as she laughed and squeaked, "STEP THREE: PUT ON NICE CLOTHES TO SHOW THAT YOU CARE." He read, but then suddenly froze at the sentence and went silent. Dipper rose an eyebrow, curious as to what happened. "WAIT A SECOND..." Papyrus said making Mabel stop her antics and look at him, "Huh?" He then placed her back down gently in front of him as he was examining her with narrowed eye sockets, " 'WEAR CLOTHING...' " He muttered before saying, "THAT ORANGE SWEATER WITH THE RED HEART...YOU'RE WEARING CLOTHING RIGHT NOW!" He exclaimed jumping up and pointing at her making Mabel more confused, "Who with the what now?" "NOT ONLY THAT...! EARLIER TODAY YOU WERE ALSO WEARING CLOTHING!" He pointed out, Mabel gasped and covered her mouth, "He's figured it out! He's onto me! Shoot what gave it away!?" she thought to herself in panic. Papyrus was now in shock of the sudden realization as he held the sides of his face, "NO...COULD IT BE...? YOU'VE WANTED TO DATE ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING!" He accused her and she gasped rather dramatically before lowering her head, "Papyrus I...-inhales-...yes. Yes I did! I DID!" she revealed in a melodramatic manner.
Papyrus too gasped in a high dramatic fashion, and looking as though there was lighting underneath him giving it a more thriller drama scene to it. "NO! YOU PLANNED IT ALL! YOU'RE WAY BETTER AT DATING THAN I AM! NO! YOU'RE DATING POWER...IT IS..TOO STRONG! AGH!" He exclaimed as he clutched his chest and fell to one knee as though he was harmed. Mabel approached him with a strong look, while Dipper could only look in extreme befuddlement. The whole scene looked like it was from a drama series. "I'm sorry, Papyrus. I tried to keep it from you...but...it was too strong...you gave me no choice." she said sadly looking down when she heard him cackle. "NYEH! NYEH HEH HEH!" He leaped back up and pointed at her. "NYAH HAH! DON'T THINK YOU'VE BESTED ME YET, MABEL PINES! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, HAVE NEVER BEEN BEATING AT DATING, AND I NEVER WILL!" He proudly proclaimed. Mabel grinned as she took a dramatic pose as well, "Oh yeah! Well I, the great Mabel Pines, have never failed on any date I've been on! And so I know all the nooks and crannies in every date! Try your best to defeat me, great Papyrus!" she challenged him. Papyrus laughed in a mocking tone but accepted her challenge, "HA! AND AGAIN, HA! I CAN EASILY KEEP UP WITH SOMEONE LIKE YOU! YOU SEE, I, TOO, CAN WEAR CLOTHING!" He revealed the painfully obvious. "IN FACT...I ALWAYS WEAR MY 'SPECIAL' CLOTHES UNDERNEATH MY REGULAR CLOTHES! JUST IN CASE SOMEONE HAPPENS TO ASK ME ON A DATE! BEHOLD!" In a single motion, he reached over his cloth, tugged it once as it seemed to obscure his view from the twins, and when he tossed it aside, he instantly was dressed in something that made both Dipper and Mabel exhibit stunned expressions. He wore a t-shirt that reads "Cool Dude," small shorts with what appears to be buttons, gloves with a striped trim, knee socks, and sneakers. He also seems to be wearing basketballs on his shoulders, he twisted his baseball cap backwards.
"NYEH HEHHEHEHEH! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY SECRET STYLE!?" He asked rather eagerly. Mabel was rather impressed as she nodded her head approvingly, "Not bad. Not bad at all. But...not GOOD ENOUGH!" she said earning a shocked expression from Papyrus, "Because I always wear a cuter sweater underneath my regular sweater in case someone accepts my offer to go on a date!" she exclaimed. "W-WHAT?!" Papyrus yelled in shock and bewilderment. She then took her sweater off revealing another sweater with the image of a white dog on it, the words bark in circles around the dog, and bones along the sleeves. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Mabel let out a mighty war cry as she savagely took the sweater off, it looked as though Papyrus was being battered mercilessly by her dating power, "NOOOOOOOOO!" He cried out. She then stood over him as he was on the floor in an intimidating yet friendly stance, "And by the way...your outfit is REALLY CUTE!" she complimented as though it was an attack. Papyrus clutched his chest again tightly, "N-NO! NO! A GENUINE COMPLIMENT...!" Dipper had his jaw wide opened with some cinnamon buns still intact and his eyes were wide as dinner plates, he had absolutely no words for what he was seeing right now. Panting, Papyrus looked over at Mabel weakly, "VERY IMPRESSIVE, MABEL PINES. INDEED, THE POWER OF YOUR SWEATER IS TRULY MIGHTY. HOWEVER..." he began when he then hopped back up in a martial arts style, "YOU DO NOT TRULY UNDERSTAND THE HIDDEN POWER OF THIS OUTFIT! THEREFORE...WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS INVALID!" he claimed causing Mabel to take a step back with a gasp but held herself as she put on a rather adorable 'serious' stare taking a stance.
"YOU ARE STRONG! BUT THIS DATE WON'T ESCALATE ANY FURTHER! UNLESS YOU CAN FIND MY SECRET! BUT THAT WON'T HAPPEN! I ASSURE YOU." he proclaimed. Mabel put on a sly grin, "Oh yeah? Watch me." She started to inspect his outfit, thinking to herself as Papyrus stood there waiting, though he was nervously sweating down his skull but held himself trying to play it cool. She looked at the shirt and pat it with her palm, "Bamp." she simply said. "MY SHIRT? AH YES. THIS SHIRT DIDN'T ORIGINALLY SAY 'COOL' BUT I IMPROVED IT! EXPERT TIP: ALL CLOTHING ARTICLES CAN BE IMPROVED THIS WAY." He told her. "I hear ya, skele-bro." She agreed before pointing to his hat, "Bamp." Papyrus looked left and right for a moment, "MY HAT...? MY HAT. MY HAT!" He picked her up and she took the hat off, revealing a wrapped gift underneath and on his skull, "Gotcha!" she said out loud. "NYEH HEH HEH! W-WELL THEN, YOU FOUND MY SECRET! I SUPPOSE I HAVE NO CHOICE! IT'S A PRESENT! A PRESENT J-JUST FOR YOU!" He revealed with some stutter earning a gasp from Mabel covering her mouth with wide sparkling eyes, "Ohmigosh! Just for me! Papy, you shouldn't have!" she squealed happily before taking the present as he placed her back on the ground.
She eagerly opened it and it revealed to be a plate of spaghetti. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?" Papyrus asked her. She looked up at him with a raised eyebrow but then smiled, "It's spaghetti?" she responded. "RIGHT! BUT OH SO WRONG!" Papyrus exclaimed. "Wait, wha?" Mabel tilted her head. "THIS AIN'T ANY PLAIN OL' PASTA! THIS IS AN ARTISANS' WORK! SILKEN SPAGHETTI FINELY AGED IN AN OAKEN CASK...THEN COOKED BY ME, MASTER CHEF PAPYRUS!" he revealed. "Oh no! You offered me a plate of food! This isn't good!" Mabel panicked and Papyrus was enjoying this, "NYEH HEH! MABEL! IT'S TIME TO END THIS! THERE'S NO WAY THIS CAN GO ANY FURTHER!" he proclaimed. Mabel looked around before her expression lit and put on a sly and smug look, "That's what you think!" She reached in her sweater and pulled out an object that looked to be a salt container of sorts. Instead, of salt, the ingredient looked to be a mix of brown and purple, "BEHOLD! MABEL DUST! It's my own creation! I use it to increase the deliciousness of any food that I eat! What's more: it fills the food with the power of Mabel and love!" she announced as she held the Mabel Dust container above her. Papyrus took a few steps back in sheer shock, "W-WHAT?! NO! NO THIS CANNOT BE!" Mabel grinned and sprinkled some Mabel Dust on the spaghetti. "With this Mabel Dust...I not only fill it with my love...but also...the love I have for YOU PAPYRUS!" she declared and took a large bite of the spaghetti staining her lips and cheeks with tomato sauce and some Mabel Dust.
She dropped the plate on the ground and beat her chest like a warrior, "WOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAH!" she cried out. Papyrus screamed in terror as his sockets expanded with 'eyes' bulging out of them, "THAT PASSION! THAT EXTREME LOVE OF FOOD AND ITS INGREDIENTS! AND YOUR LOVE EVEN EXCEEDS THAT OF MY OWN! AUGH! NOOOOOOOO!" he cried out one last time as he collapsed to the ground in defeat. Mabel panted for a few moments before regaining her composure and wiped the sauce and Mabel Dust off her lips. She closed her eyes and looked up, with her hair flowing in the wind even though there was no wind, "It is done..." she whispered. Dipper was still unbelievably stunned at what he's seeing dropping the cinnamon bun that was in his hand. She approached Papyrus as he laid on the floor, she knelt down to him and held his skull up to her, he coughed as though he was injured, "M-MABEL. IT'S CLEAR NOW. YOU'RE MADLY IN LOVE WITH ME. EVERYTHING YOU DO. EVERYTHING YOU SAY. IT'S ALL BEEN FOR MY SAKE." He said weakly until Mabel put her finger on his teeth since had no lips, "Shhh. Don't talk. It's true. I am madly in love with you. I have been from the moment I saw you. I wanted to tell you sooner...but not like this...I just wanted you to be happy." she said sadly. Papyrus struggled a little to look at her, "MABEL." He put a hand on the side of her face, "I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY, TOO. YOU HAVE EXPRESSED YOUR FEELINGS. AND NOW IS THE TIME FOR I, TO EXPRESS THEM IN RETURN. IT'S TIME THAT I TOLD YOU...I, PAPYRUS..." he began as Mabel waited eagerly in anticipation.
The entire ordeal looked as though it had been ripped from a soap opera. The Mabel and Papyrus edition. "I...UM...BOY, IS IT HOT IN HER OR IS JUST ME?" Papyrus said nervously tugging the collar of his shirt. He struggled to try and return the feelings, but found himself unable to, simply because he is unable to return them. "OH...SHOOT. MABEL...I...I AM SORRY." He apologized looking over in shame. Mabel tilted her head, "For what?" Papyrus paused for a moment, "I DON'T LIKE YOU THE WAY YOU LIKE ME. ROMANTICALLY I MEAN. I MEAN! I TRIED VERY HARD TO! I THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE YOU FLIRTED WITH ME AND THAT YOU EXPRESSED YOUR PASSIONATE FEELINGS TO ME, I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ON A DATE WITH YOU THEN ON THE DATE FEELINGS WOULD BLOSSOM FORTH AND THA-" Mabel stopped him though oddly, she was not at all heartbroken by this, "Papyrus. It's okay." she assured him in a soft voice. "WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT...I FEEL JUST AS THE SAME BEFORE. AND THUS I HAVE FAILED, AS A RESULT BY DATING YOU...I HAVE ONLY DRAWN YOU DEEPER INTO YOUR INTENSE LOVE FOR ME! A DARK PRISON OF PASSION WITH NO ESCAPE. HOW COULD I HAVE DONE THIS TO MY DEAR FRIEND...?" he said in a sad tone as he looked down. Mabel silenced him again and put her hands on his cheek bones, "Papyrus. Shush. It's alright. I get it." she said before sitting on his chest as she looked down at him. "Relationships are huge commitments and all and I always think about how I'm ever gonna get a boyfriend and stuff. But...I sometimes feel like...you know I'm not ready yet." she told him as he looked at her tilting his skull. "Don't get me wrong, I think you're pretty awesome. In fact, you're one of the most awesomest people I've ever met. And it would be a blast dating you. But, after a while, I've been thinking...how is this really gonna work with the way we are right now? Like...our age and stuff. I mean, is it really the time? Should I listen to my heart or my head? Heh silly me, I'm just rambling. I guess what I'm looking for is just a dream anyway..." she said with a light hearted chuckle.
Papyrus looked at her with sympathy for several moments, as did Dipper. Until, his expression shifted to that of a strong stern one, "NO. THAT'S WRONG!" She looked at them with a slightly shocked and confused look, "I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS! I CANNOT FAIL AT ANYTHING! AND YOU! YOU ARE THE GREAT MABEL PINES! THE GREATEST ONE OF ALL! YOU POSSESS POWER THAT RIVALS MY OWN! AS SUCH, SINCE I CAN'T FAIL AT ANYTHING...THEN NEITHER CAN YOU!" He encouraged her as he sat up, putting his hands on her shoulders. Her eyes started to shimmer a bit with a weak but wide smile, almost as if she was on the verge of crying, "NOTHING CAN TAKE YOU DOWN! YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT THROUGHOUT THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS! MABEL PINES! I WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THESE TRYING TIMES! I MAY NOT BE YOUR TOTALLY AWESOME BOYFRIEND...BUT I CAN BE YOUR TOTALLY AWESOME BEST FRIEND! AND ACT LIKE THIS ALL NEVER HAPPENED." He offered her and she was more than happy to accept. "You really mean that?" And Papyrus nodded, "ONE HUNDRED PERCENT! IT WOULD BE TRAGIC TO LOSE YOUR FRIENDSHIP. SO PLEASE...DON'T CRY BECAUSE I WON'T KISS YOU. BECAUSE, I DON'T EVEN HAVE LIPS." He said as he wiped a small tear from her eye. "AND HEY, SOMEDAY, YOU'LL FIND SOMEONE AS GREAT AS ME." She launched at him and gave him a tight affectionate hug. "Thank you, Papyrus." she thanked him as he returned the embrace with a smile, "WELL, WAIT, NO THAT'S NOT TRUE. NO ONE IS AS GREAT AS ME. BUT, I'LL HELP YOU SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!" He laughed causing her to laugh as well as she wiped her face and looked at him with a wide happy smile. Dipper too had to smile at this touching moment.
A little later, Dipper and Mabel had to leave to continue forward through the underground. Papyrus rushed over to them before they could, "OH, HUMANS! WAIT!" he called out to them. "I WOULD LIKE TO BORROW YOUR PHONE, PLEASE!" He requested. Dipper rose an eyebrow but was fine with it, "Uh sure man. Here." He gave him the phone, and Papyrus began to put his phone number in it, "HERE'S MY PHONE NUMBER IF YOU EVER NEED TO REACH ME! YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTIME!" He said giving it back, "Oh, thanks dude." Dipper said. Mabel walked over to him as Papyrus leaned down to her level, "Papyrus, that was really the greatest date I've ever been on. I know we're best friends now, but I for one, am glad that I was dating you for those past couple of minutes." she stated before giving him a kiss on the cheek making his skull red with blush, "N-N-NYEH HEH...H-HEH! MABEL! YOU FLATTER ME GREATLY! YOU TOO, HAVE MADE ME EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST DATE THAT ONLY THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS WORTHY TO EXPERIENCE! THANK YOU!" He expressed his gratitude as she giggled. "Oh! One more thing!" She realized, reaching into her sweater and pulled out a much larger and taller one. It was a dark orange sweater, with a sternum, rib cage, and spine image sewn on the front, and bones resembling stripes on the sleeves, with a plate of spaghetti inside the rib cage. "Ta-da!" Papyrus gasped greatly holding his cheek bones together, "W-WHAT IS THIS?" he asked in a sheer stunned tone.
"It's a sweater! I made it just for you. See? It's got bones on it, and a plate of spaghetti inside with a heart coming out of it!" Mabel detailed the appearance of the sweater. Papyrus' sockets glistened as though he was on the verge of tears, "Try it on!" Mabel urged him. He put the sweater on him, and it was a perfect fit. "Ohmigosh it fits! And it's perfect!" Mabel cheered. Dipper nodded his head approvingly, "Not bad at all, Mabel." Papyrus stammered in his words, "MABEL...I...DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY...BUT TRULY...THIS IS TRULY A SPECTACULAR GIFT. ONE THAT I SHALL CHERISH FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS!" Mabel smiled widely before the two embraced, "A THOUSAND THANK YOUS TO YOU, MABEL. AND WORRY NOT, I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, SHALL MAKE AN OATH TO REPAY YOU IN FULL!" He declared making her giggle, "I'm sure you will, Pap. And a thousand more welcomes to you!" she grinned. The two then left waving goodbye to Papyrus and closing the door behind them. "Welp, that was fun!" she said in a bouncy tone. "Heh. Mabel...that was probably either the cutest or the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life." Dipper commented at the entire thing. "Ha. Well, Dippingsauce. Only someone like me can mix those two up." She remarked earning a light laugh from Dipper, "You ain't wrong there, sister. Come on, let's get moving." And with that they were off to where they originally intend to go.
After traversing through the Snowdin forest, the finally made it what looked to be the end. As they noticed that the snow was lacking the more they walked forward. When they did, they saw a massive cave entrance leading somewhere within. Stopping at the cave entrance, the twins looked at each other, then back at the entrance and held hands. They entered the cave, exiting the forest and snow, and leaving the town, coming towards a new area...
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