Papyrus escaped from the window quickly, everything inside him racing anxiously. And it was too soon, oh so too soon, that there was a firm and resolute knock on the front door.

She could not just enter the house like every other time before, she had to call him out on it. She had to knock, and make him walk over with the distinct sensation of shame in his ribcage because he had avoided her. Papyrus had avoided his friend.

Because she had begged...

"OH! HUMAN!" Papyrus cried joyfully, as if everything wasn't the matter and that it was fine, it was fine, totally fine! No betrayal anywhere! No!

He was doing what was best...

He was doing his best... He had been learning a lot about friendship within the last day or two and as it turned out, friendship was very, very hard.

Especially when your friends didn't like each other and murdery feelings abounded.

He could almost feel the murdery feelings off of The Human as she clearly avoided his gaze and pushed past him to enter the house. Papyrus' hopeful mood sank. She knew. She already knew. Her stance was tense and guarded and she knew he had spoken to Flowey. Somehow, she knew.

But she just entered the house without a word and stood there.

"I WAS JUST ABOUT... ABOUT TO... UM... WELL, SINCE YOU'RE HERE! PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING!" Papyrus offered.

The Human set her hand down gently on the table next to Sans' pet rock, seeming to observe it, but again she did not speak. Nor look at him. It was making Papyrus increasingly more anxious and desperate.

"OH I KNOW! PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH A RERUN OF MY FAVORITE PROGRAM?!"

"... I told you not to trust him." She whispered darkly.

A small whine was unable to be suppressed as he managed to turn out towards the rest of the room and away from her. He had one of his gloved hands in the other as he quickly tried to come up with a change of topic. But he had nothing. Nothing except his own conviction.

"I... I KNOW. BUT IT WILL ALL WORK OUT! YOU'LL SEE! I PROMISE!" She lifted her head, the anger clear in her expression like fire but even so, Papyrus could see the pain.

"You promised to be there for me if I let you! Now you've gone and let yourself get manipulated by him when I told you to stay away! And then..! You helped him manipulate Undyne! Manipulate me!"

"I.. I AM SORRY. BUT I SAW NO HARM IN HELPING YOU MAKE ANOTHER FRIEND."

"That's not the point!" She all but shouted.

"YOU ARE RIGHT, YES." Papyrus nodded, realizing why he had felt as badly about all of this as he had. She was right. "I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE UP FRONT TO YOU ABOUT IT. YES, I AM SORRY."

She turned her head sharply away from him.

"A day..." She whispered. The anger had given way for the pain to be more clear, her voice was tight with it. "Can't you just stay away from him? Just a day? I'm just asking for a day...?"

"..." Papyrus' magic was racing, he felt almost... light. Because he knew why she felt safe in asking that. "YOU ONLY ASK THAT BECAUSE..." She glanced his way wearily, "YOU... YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO KILL FLOWEY AGAIN."

Her face dropped in shocked terror, her previously piercing gaze now wide. Papyrus couldn't keep it. He looked away from her now, his gloved hands flexing together anxiously. Her breathing had gotten rather shallow and funny.

"I..." She tried with a fearful tremor.

"I KNOW YOU DO NOT WANT TO HURT ANYONE AND BOTH OF YOU ARE JUST GOING ABOUT ALL OF THIS ALL WRONG! IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY! ONCE YOU MAKE BETTER FRIENDS WITH ALPHYS I AM SURE I CAN HELP THE TWO OF YOU WORK OUT YOUR DIFFERENCES AS WELL! BOTH OF YOU CAN DO BETTER! I'M SURE OF IT! I... I PROMISE!"

Papyrus jumped when there was a loud bang sound. He looked back towards her only to see that she had slammed a fist against the table and that had made the pet rock bounce closer towards the edge.

"H-HUMAN?"

"He's going to hurt you and nothing I've done is going to mean anything if he does..." She told him, but he could hear even if not see, that she was on the point of tears.

"HE WOULD NOT HURT ME! HE IS MY FRIEND!"

"Right... Such a good, old friend." Papyrus felt funny as The Human turned away from him and began to head towards the door. She opened it.

"EVEN IF SOME OF WHAT YOU SAY IS RIGHT-" Papyrus began and she hesitated before walking out. But he knew he would not be able to convince her, even before he continued. And somehow... that felt familiar. But he could not help it. He believed... "EVEN IF WHAT YOU SAY IS RIGHT, EVEN IF SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN... I BELIEVE EVERYONE CAN BE A GOOD PERSON. IF THEY JUST TRY. YOU. FLOWEY. EVERYONE."

Papyrus saw her grip on the door nob tighten.

"... You're just being an idiot, Papyrus."

Then, she was out the door and shut it firmly; cutting him off from her.

Papyrus flinched at the sound but also at her words.

Somehow, that sounded familiar too.