I wanted to get this chapter done today. Tomorrow, I start my college classes, so I'm going to be pretty busy from now on. Hope you like it.
Chapter 38: Double Date
After leaving Sans's basement, John and the others decided to hang out around the town, catch up with some of their friends.
Near the town center, a familiar monster noticed them and happily dashed towards them.
"Mk?" Jerod said surprised to see his armless friend.
"YO!" MK said as he ran towards Jerod to playfully tackle him. Jerod opened his arms to give him a hug but then Mk lost his footing and tripped into Jerod, knocking them into the snow.
They laughed as they picked themselves up.
"Yo, hi guys! I didn't think I would see you guys again. What are you doing here, aren't you suppose to fight the king?" Mk said
Before Jerod could say anything he felt someone wrap their arms around his waist.
"Hey punk."
With a loud Nyah, Undyne suplexed Jerod. But Jerod refused to let that happen, when his feet touched the ground he flexed his core muscles and lifted Undyne up, suplexing her instead. They laughed heartily and helped each other up.
"Hey, why didn't you tell me that you were stopping by here!" Undyne complained as she punched Jerod's shoulder.
Jerod chuckled as he rubbed his shoulder. "Well we kinda just got here."
"So, is there another one of our friends going to pop out of nowhere?" John asked. Suddenly he picked up and pulled into a tight hug.
"HUMAN...ER...JOHN! I'VE MISSED YOU!" Papyrus said as he swung John around. He stopped and began shaking him. "BUT FEAR NOT FOR I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, DID NOT THINK THAT I WOULDN'T SEE YOU AGAIN! I HAVE SO MANY NEW PUZZLES, JAPES, AND GAMES TO PLAY WITH YOU!"
"Uh Papyrus?" Delilah said as she tapped her shoulder. "I think my brother is going to puke if you shake him anymore."
Papyrus looked at John and noticed his face was green and his eyes were spinning. He gently put him down.
John inhaled as he regained his balance. "Ugh, hey Pap. What's up?"
"OH NOTHING MUCH, ME, UNDYNE, AND PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE UNDERGROUND SAW ALL OF YOU ON METTATON'S SHOW YESTERDAY! WE THOUGHT YOU WERE HEADING STRAIGHT TO THE KING AND HEAD HOME!"
"We did see the king and we convinced him to let us go." Delilah said
Undyne's eyebrow rose and she smiled widely. " I knew you guys would find a way to get him to not kill you."
"So, does this mean that you are staying here?" Asked MK
"Not quite, we still want to go home. So we are trying to find a way to break the barrier without sacrificing anyone's life." Iris said.
Caleb wrapped an arm around MK. "So I guess that means that we are stuck here for a little while longer. Guess what that means?"
"More filler?" John asked.
"Well yeah but what else?"
"I don't know." Mk said.
Caleb playfully shoved Mk. "TAG! Your it!" Caleb yelled as he started running. Mk smirked evilly and chased after him, Frisk joining as well.
Undyne chuckled. "That kids sure are a handful. I better make sure they don't get into trouble."
"Aw c'mon Undyne, how much trouble can they get into?" John said
"Enough trouble to create a new holiday."
"Oh, you better hurry up then." Jerod said. Undyne waved and ran after them.
"Well I'm going to go back to the 'Libarby'. Maybe there is something I missed that can tell me more about the barrier and Artifact." Iris said.
"Alright, see you later Iris." Delilah said as she left. "Well I am going to go and teach you Papyrus how to cook properly."
"WHAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY SPAGHETTI!" Papyrus said.
"No offense, but you aren't getting anywhere if you keep cooking the way you are now. Diego wanna help?"
"Sure." Diego shrugged.
Papyrus groaned "FINE, FOR OUR FRIENDSHIP I'LL INDULGE YOU. BUT LET ME JUST GIVE THIS LETTER TO JOHN FIRST." Papyrus handed a large letter wrapped in chains to John. "THIS IS FROM UNDYNE. SHE WANTED ME TO ASK YOU TO DELIVER IT TO ALPHYS WHEN YOU HAVE THE CHANCE. SHE ALSO SAID TO NOT OPEN IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES."
"Uh thanks?" John said as he put it in his pocket.
"ALRIGHT YOU TWO, LETS GET COOKING!" Papyrus said as Delilah and Diego dragged him inside his house.
Jerod looked at John. "Looks like pretty much everyone has something to do, what do you want to do man?"
John rubbed his head. "Well I guess I could give this letter to Alphys and um actually I was wondering if you wanted...to come with me. Just the two of us."
"Are you asking me on a date?" Jerod asked.
"Sure, if you want to." John gulped.
"Yeah! Sounds like fun!" Jerod said.
John grinned. "Alright lets get to the Riverman's boat and..."
Jerod grabbed his wrists. "Nuh uh, if were going to do this date then were doing it on foot."
"What! But that's such a long walk!" John whined.
"C'mon a little exercise won't hurt. Can't you be a little patient with me?"
John puffed his cheeks. "D-did you just... Alright fine! You lead the way." John grumbled as Jerod led them into Waterfall.
They wandered silently down the path that they walked a couple days before as a group. They observed They passed by the glowing marsh fields when Jerod broke the ice.
"Hey, are things alright between us?"
John looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"I mean, sorry about making you have to walk such a long way. I didn't really thi-"
"No, no it's okay. If I want this relationship to work between us then I got to be willing to do some stuff I don't really enjoy."
"Well your right but at the same time I do need to think about your feelings."
"Love is hard!" They both groaned at once. They looked at each other and laughed.
"This is just so new for me." John said. "I've never been in a relationship before. I just hope I don't mess this up."
"Don't sweat it. Just be yourself that's all you can be for me."
Then Jerod's phone vibrated and he looked at what was sent to him. Undyne posted a selfie on the Undernet and behind her was Frisk and Caleb having a full on snowball fight with pretty much all of the kids from snowdin.
"They seem to be having fun." John smiled.
"Maybe we'll have time to play with them after we deliver this letter."
They continued chatting as they walked down Waterfall until they reach Alphy's place.
They knocked on the door but no one answered the door.
"I guess she's not here, let me just..." John slipped the letter under the door. "Alright lets head ba-"
"O-oh n-no, is that another letter?" Said Alphys through the door before John and Jerod could leave. "I don't want to open it. C-can't I just slide it back out?"
"Alphys read the letter!" Jerod shouted.
They heard a yelp through the door then some shuffling. Next thing they knew the door opened.
"W-what are you two doing here?" Alphys asked.
"Hey Alphys, we're just giving you this letter." Jerod said.
"O-okay I'll check it out." She tugged on it and it would open. "Um... It's shut kind of strongly, isn't it? Hold on, let me just..." She went back inside where they can hear a buzzsaw kind of sound and she came back out with the opened letter. She had a confused look on her face.
"Hey, if this is a joke it's...wait...Oh my god that is adorable! And a little weird, I'd never consider a polyamory relationship. You know what, yeah lets do it, Let's go on a date just the three of us!"
"What!"
The next half and hour was a blur as they both stood there in shock as Alphys dressed herself and took them to the garbage dump for their date. She kept talking about anime and Undyne when she shouted something that got their attention.
"Huh?" John said.
"I said Undyne is coming right this way. We can't let her see you two with me!"
"Why?"
Alphys didn't answer when Undyne bursted into the area. While her focus was on John and Jerod, Alphys hid behind a garbage can.
"Hey, there you two are! Wait what are you guys doing here?" Undyne asked.
John and Jerod gave nervous glances at each other. "Uh... we're on a date." John said.
"Really? Cool, since when were you two a thing?"
"Since last night when he punched me."
"John!" Jerod said embarrassed.
"Huh, okay... Anyway when Papyrus told me that he gave you the letter, I realized that it might be a bad idea if you two deliver it. So give it to me!" Undyne demanded.
"Uh we don't have it. We gave it to her already." Jerod said.
"WHAT!" Shouted Undyne.
"Yeah but I don't think she read it yet. If you hurry to her lab then you might just make it." John said.
"Oh crap. Alright I'll see you punks later!" She said as she ran off.
Alphys came out of her hiding spot.
"Y-you guys are actually in love?" Alphys asked.
John took Jerod's hand. "Yep, sorry about unintentionally tricking you Alphys but that letter was actually from Undyne not us."
She smiled meekly "Y-yeah I should have figured that out. Only she would write something so...passionate. And the truth is I actually have feelings for her as well. But...she's way out of my league. Undyne is so confident and strong, and I'm just a nobody, a fraud."
"Hey, Jerod is out of my league and we're a thing." He grabbed his arm and showed his biceps. "Look at him, he's a stud and I'm just a fat dork, yet we're together."
"C'mon Alphys, don't beat yourself up so much. If that letter is true then she must like you as well. Why don't you go talk to her?" Jerod said ruffling John's hair.
"But I told her so many lies that she thinks that I'm cooler than I actually am. They say be yourself but I don't think I like who I 'myself' is."
"Okay stop right there." John said with a serious expression. "Look I get it, you don't want to change what you two already have going on and your scared of not being accepted. But if my time down here has taught me anything is that life is too short to have regrets. Maybe she will accept you, maybe she won't but at least you will know instead of stressing about what she might think."
Alphys fidgeted in place and looked a little hopeful. "Y-your right. I'm going to tell her the truth. But how!? I don't know what to say and I... I don't have the confidence. How do I practice for something like that?"
"I know, lets roleplay!" Jerod said. John stared at him dumbfounded. "What?"
"Thats... actually a brilliant idea! Yeah what do you think Alphys?" John said.
"That actually sounds kind of fun! Lets do it!" Alphys said excited.
"Alright, I'll be Undyne and Jerod you'll be Alphys. Alphys pay attention." John said. Alphys nodded. "Alright lets start"
John pulled up his hoodie and used it to cover one eye while Jerod picked up an old pair of goggles from the ground and put it on.
"NYAHH! Hey Alphys, you looking pretty cute today!" John said in a gruff voice. "By the way, I'm going to say Nyah alot because I am uncreative with my catchphrases and I like to think I'm a cat!"
Jerod tried to hide an amused smile. "Th...thanks Undyne. I never really know what to say when you talk like that. But I know that you mean that platonically." Jerod said in a nasally voice. "Um anyway can we talk?."
"Talk, to you? Hmm... I guess so. I often seem excited to listen to you for some reason. Actually I get extremely emotional by even the smallest of things, like that one time you dropped you phone in the river and I tried to beat the river up. Anyway, I will make intent eye contact with you so you sweat while you talk. So, what is it?" John asked.
Jerod stifled a giggle "Yo your one hot hotbaby!" He barely managed to finish the sentence before he fell down in a giggling mess.
John and Alphys were not amused, when John acts he likes to stay in character. "What!? A...Alphys!? What's gotten into you!? H-Hotbaby!? How dare you call me that!? First off I'm a baby knight..."
As soon as he said that Jerod fell into another giggling fit.
"...Captain of the babies! Treat my position with respect, or I will strike you down! Now as I suplex a boulder for no reason, is there anything else you want to tell me?"
"I love you Undyne." Jerod pecks John on the lips before he continues laughing his butt off.
John tried to stay in character despite everything feeling dizzy now.
Alphys gasped "WH-WHAT!? I WOULD NEVER..."
"Alphys! What are you d-doing! You shouldn't kiss me...!" Jerod giggled as he covered his face. Suddenly he was pulled into a tight embrace. He looked up and saw John giving a coy smile "But, you're so good at it..." Suddenly he was pulled into a tight embrace. He looked up and saw John giving a coy smile. "And so am I." He pulled him into a deep ten second long kiss, when they pulled back Jerod looked absolutely flustered. "Alphys you need to stop watching those videos online, it rots your brain." He pushed Jerod to the ground as he did a heroic pose. "NGAHH! I'M UNDYNE AND I'M PILING ON THE SMOOCHES!"
"What did you just say?"
Everyone froze as they looked and saw not just Undyne, but all their human friends as well as Papyrus.
John and Jerod's face went red. "Uh, how long have you been standing there?"
"The whole time...we saw everything." Delilah said.
"Are you two on a date? And what is Alphys doing with you?"
"Yes" Said John.
"No" Said Jerod
They looked at each other.
"No" Said John
"Yes" Said Jerod
"Actually they were just role-playing as the two of us." Said Alphys.
"ALPHYS!" John and Jerod shouted.
"Uh, Undyne can we talk for a bit? Alone?" Alphys said.
"Sure, c'mon." she said as they went over to a corner of the dump.
"So." Delilah said as she got up in Jerod's face. "Role-playing huh?"
"Y-yeah we were." Jerod said.
"It's the truth, Alphys and Undyne have a thing for each other and we were just showing her what she was supposed to say, but someone got a little out of hand." John glared at Jerod.
Jerod sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "Heh, sorry I was just having too much fun."
"Dude you're a terrible actor." Caleb said.
"But it was hilarious." Frisk said.
"Also it looks like it didn't get in her way, look." Iris pointed to where Undyne and Alphys were. Undyne was hugging Alphys who was whimpering softly.
"Alphys. Shhhh." Undyne said. Suddenly she picked her up and tossed her into a trash can. "Alphys I...think you're neat, too, I guess. But, you've gotta realize that most of what you said really doesn't matter to me. I don't care if you watching kid cartoons or reading history books. To me, All of that stuff is just NERDY CRAP! What I like about you is that you're PASSIONATE! You're ANALYTICAL! It doesn't matter what it is! YOU CARE ABOUT IT! 100-PERCENT! AT MAXIMUM POWER! ...so, you don't have to lie to me. I don't want you to have to lie to anyone anymore. Alphys... I want to help you become happy with who you are! And I know just the training you need to do that!"
Alphys shuffled out of the trashcan. "Undyne... You... y-you're gonna train me...?"
"Hell yeah I'm gonna train you and Papyrus is going to help!"
Papyrus immediately ripped off his battle body revealing sports getup underneath. "IT'S TIME TO JOG 100 LAPS, HOOTING ABOUT HOW GREAT WE ARE!"
"Ready? I'm about to start the timer!"
"WAIT!" Jerod shouted. The group looked at him. "Me and John are joining you. Lord knows he needs the exercise."
"W-what?" John sputtered.
"Great Idea punk. Consider this a double date now lets go!" Undyne shouted as her, Alphys, Papyrus, John, and Jerod dashed off.
In the end, it was a pretty fun first date.
I hope you found this chapter as funny and cute as I found it. Wish me luck on my classes tomorrow.
HAVE FUN!