"kid... are you okay?" i asked the kid after she calmed down enough to stopped sobbing. i was shocked to be tackled to the floor. it was lucky we were on the grass or it would've been hurt.

a lot.


i somehow managed to get a glimpse of her while a was asleep. i didn't really think much of it since i was half asleep by that time but then it hit me.

undyne was chasing her.

i didn't know what really happened. i wasn't even sure how long it has been since i saw her and undyne.

as i said, i didn't really think much about it then so i fell right back to sleep.

i quickly opened my eyes panicking.

different place.

i must have sleep walk through a shortcut because i woke up on my other post in the waterfall instead of where i fell asleep near the bridge of hotlands.

maybe i was dreaming?

i sometimes sleepwalk and it has never been a problem until today.

i promised the old lady i would at least try to keep an eye on the kid.

also paps liked the human. i cringed slightly. what was i supposed to tell paps if something happened?

of all the days, this is the first time in weeks that i managed to fell sleep and walked right into a shortcut. I berated myself thinking that the human and undyne might still be in the bridge. even if it was a dream, i should at least take a look. i took a shortcut there but i didn't find the two.

a tall monster was there and i asked if he saw a human and undyne. he told me that someone in a human costume was being a jerk for carrying a cup of water at him.

that someone went back to the bridge where they came from a little while ago.

i was confused and somewhat relieved but what happened to undyne?

i went back to the bridge and then to the waterfall. if the kid wasn't at my post but she shouldn't be far from the hotlands yet.

i walked around the fields of echo flowers when i heard a weird noise being echoed.

i went closer to one of the flowers and heard a small voice saying, "I don't wanna die"

it sounded like the kid, though i'm not sure...

the kid didn't really talked much and her voice was small but i followed the echoes of the flowers and got to the out of place bench in the middle of the fields.

i saw the kid just staring at her feet, looking troubled. it looked like she didn't noticed me. i knew that if the kid was okay she would have sensed my presence as she had the first time we met.

something was wrong.

she was holding a knife, dusts on her shoulders with a creepy smile on her face. i blinked and shook my head. i realized that i was imagining things again.

i didn't like the kid even before i saw her. because of her, i lost my time with the old lady. she was also a human to boot.

she was creepy and a freak in my eyes. monsters are all different so it wasn't her appearance that ticked me off. she was stronger than me but she was so small and looked so frail, i don't like it.

i dismissed the fact that i thought she was small and weak at first glance. she have this aura around her that says she doesn't care about much anymore. after the puzzle play of papyrus, i was having these hallucinations(visions?) of her doing all sort of creepy things.

though somehow, right at these moment, seeing her face, those images left my mind.

i heavily sighed making my presence obvious to her.

she slowly turned her head up and looked at me. at first, it looked like she doesn't see me and was looking through me.

and then dawned recognition. i expected her to smile weakly like she had done everytime we met. i was gonna asked what happened but suddenly i was on the floor.

this filthy little piece of s-

she was crying. it was silent.

so silent that if she wasn't on top of me, i wouldn't even hear it. what happened?

she looked like she fought a great battle, she was covered with cuts and bruises and looked like she was burnt in some places.

undyne must have given her a run for her money. i'm not sure why it bothered me that much. keeping my promise didn't really meant that i should keep her safe from anyone else.

so why was i getting angry all of the sudden?

i tried hugging her since she didn't really give me anything else to do. noticing what i did made her broke down.

she was hugging me tight crying her eyes out. she was muttering something unintelligent. i can see she can't really form words at her state.

i tried tracing circles on her back remembering that this gesture comforted paps after he woke up from a bad dream.

i didn't know how long we were sprawled in the ground. she stopped sobbing for a while now but her grip on me didn't loosen. my anger was still there but i didn't really know who it was directed to.

it certainly wasn't at the kid.

after a while, she pulled herself up looking at her hands on my shirt.

she was avoiding my gaze.

i propped my elbows up to look at her face. "kid.. are you okay?" it felt like she didn't really hear me.

i reached out my hand to wipe of her tears-

she jumped out and scrambled to her feet. Bowed apologetically and all but ran away from me.

what just happened?