Back in the fog, which was so thick that nobody could see her, Dot summoned a wardrobe. She placed it on the ground and entered, locking it from the inside.
"Ok," she said to herself, "what am I gonna wear?"
Dot knew this was gonna be her first date, so she had to look her best. She looked at a variety of dresses she had; they were of different types and color. She came across a long-sleeved dress with light and dark green stripes, a long sleeveless magenta dress that covered her feet, a short-sleeved purple dress with rhinestones and a poofy skirt, and many more.
"No, too fancy, not fancy enough, too dull, too bright, too long, too short..."
She eventually found a pink knee-length skirt identical to the one she was currently wearing and some pieces of cloth. She sewed the cloth and the skirt together to make the outfit she needed. The result was a pink dress with a knee-length skirt and puffy sleeves. To top it off, she added some sparkles on it to make her stand out.
"Much better."
Deciding to do something different with her ears, she took off the flower keeping them up and replaced it with a simple hair tie. She put the dress on and applied some mascara to her eyelashes. Looking at herself in the mirror, she gasped and a big smile appeared on her face.
"Perfect!"
She unlocked the wardrobe and stepped out, discarding it. She skipped away to Papyrus' place and saw him standing outside the door. She waved excitedly and got his attention, running over to him.
"Hiya, Papyrus!"
Papyrus was very happy to see her.
"HELLO, DOT! SO YOU CAME BACK TO HAVE A DATE WITH ME! YOU MUST BE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS..."
"Well I said I'd come tonight, didn't I? Besides, I didn't dress up all fancy for nothin'."
"TRUE...I MUST SAY, YOU LOOK VERY PRETTY IN THAT OUTFIT."
Dot blushed a little.
"Thanks, sweetie."
"IN THAT CASE, I'LL HAVE TO TAKE YOU SOMEPLACE REALLY SPECIAL...A PLACE I LIKE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME!"
"How thoughtful of ya!"
He walked away from his house, Dot following closely behind him.
"Pretty night, huh?"
"YES, IT IS QUITE LOVELY...BUT IT'S PROBABLY NOT AS LOVELY AS THE SURFACE!"
"I guess you're right."
"IF WE WERE ON THE SURFACE, WE'D BE UNDERNEATH THE MOONLIGHT! AND COUNTLESS STARS...!"
Papyrus continued to go on about how he loved the idea of them being on the surface together. He stopped mid-sentence as he felt something grab him. He looked down to see Dot holding his hand. She sighed happily and rested her head on his arm. Papyrus smiled at her, then turned the other direction, still holding Dot's hand. Dot would've asked him where they were going, but it didn't matter as long as she was with him. He let go when they stopped...and they ended up right where they started.
"MY HOUSE!"
He opened the door, letting the two of them in. Dot chuckled at his silliness before going inside.
"WELCOME TO SCENIC MY HOUSE! ENJOY AND TAKE YOUR TIME!"
"Gladly."
She looked around. The ground was covered in a purple and blue-striped carpet, and various items in the living room included a table with a rock, a stool with a joke book on it, a green couch, a sock, and a TV.
"Nice place ya got here, Pap."
Dot took a look inside the joke book. Inside the joke book was a quantum physics book. Inside the quantum physics book was another joke book. And inside the joke book was another quantum physics book. Dot decided to stop looking through it and closed the book.
"My head hurts from looking through those books," Dot muttered.
"HAVE A SEAT. IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER!"
Dot couldn't say no to his enthusiasm, so she sat on the couch, which made a jangling sound. Finding a bunch of loose coins inside the couch, she received 20 pieces of gold. Then she grabbed the remote.
"I wonder what's on TV down here..."
A striped screen, one she recognized as a "standby" screen, appeared on the TV. Papyrus lit up.
"OOH, IT'S MY FAVORITE GAME-SHOW!"
It said "STAY TUNED FOR A NEW PROGRAM - MTT."
"WHAT! IT'S USUALLY BETTER THAN THIS! THIS IS JUST A BAD EPISODE! DON'T JUDGE ME!"
"I don't judge ya; I hate it when that screen pops up. It's so annoying!"
"I KNOW, RIGHT?!"
Next to the TV, she looked at the sock with a string of notes on it.
SANS! PLEASE PICK UP YOUR SOCK!
ok.
DON'T PUT IT BACK DOWN! MOVE IT!
ok.
Dot laughed between notes.
YOU MOVED IT TWO INCHES! MOVE IT TO YOUR ROOM!
ok.
AND DON'T BRING IT BACK!
ok.
IT'S STILL HERE!
didn't you just say not to bring it back to my room?
FORGET IT!
By the time she finished reading the notes, Dot was still laughing.
"WHAT'S SO FUNNY?"
"Those," she responded, pointing to the notes. "Those notes are comedy gold!"
Papyrus was stunned, but his smile returned to his face a few seconds later.
"WELL, I'M GLAD YOU FIND THEM HUMOROUS."
"Hey, what's that rock doing on the table?"
"THIS IS MY BROTHER'S PET ROCK. HE ALWAYS FORGETS TO FEED IT. AS USUAL, I HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY."
He looked annoyed. Dot took a closer look at the rock, which was covered in sprinkles.
"Uh, Papyrus? Ya know rocks don't eat, right?"
"IMPOSSIBLE! HOW COULD THAT BE?!"
Dot giggled.
"They don't have mouths, silly!"
"OH."
She entered the kitchen, looking at the stove.
"MY BROTHER ALWAYS GOES OUT TO EAT. BUT...RECENTLY, HE TRIED 'BAKING' SOMETHING."
"Really? What'd he try to make?"
"IT WAS LIKE...A QUICHE. BUT FILLED WITH A SUGARY, NON-EGG SUBSTANCE. HOW ABSURD!"
"Hehe, kinda sounds like pie. Ya got anything in the fridge?"
"AH-HA! INTERESTED IN MY FOOD MUSEUM? PLEASE. PERUSE MY CULINARY ART SHOW."
Dot snickered at what she saw. Half of the fridge was filled with containers all labelled "spaghetti" while the other half contained nothing but an empty bag of chips. Then she pointed to the trash can.
"What's that?" she asked, wanting to know what he nicknamed it.
"THAT'S THE TRASH CAN. FEEL FREE TO VISIT IT ANY TIME."
Dot was slightly disappointed that he didn't give the trash can a unique name. She turned back and noticed that the sink was so high that only people as tall as Papyrus could reach it.
"Whoa..."
"IMPRESSED? I INCREASED THE HEIGHT OF MY SINK. NOW I CAN FIT MORE BONES UNDER IT! TAKE A LOOKSY!"
She opened the door under the sink-top, finding the annoying dog.
"WHAT!? CATCH THAT MEDDLING CANINE!"
The dog ran away.
"Oh, no you don't!" Dot shouted.
She tried to pounce on the dog, but missed and hit the floor. Papyrus was distracted by this, taking his attention off the dog, and extended his arm.
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT, DOT?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
She took his hand and he helped her up.
"Thanks, Papy. You're such a gentleman!"
"ANY TIME, HUMANFOLK."
They heard the door slam behind them and realized the dog escaped.
"CURSES!"
On cue, Sans popped out from his room upstairs, playing trombone music. Dot could hear her brothers laughing as well, indicating they were hiding behind the door.
"I know you're in there!" she shouted.
"We know!" Wakko shouted back as Sans closed the door.
"SANS! STOP PLAGUING MY LIFE WITH INCIDENTAL MUSIC!"
Dot laughed at Papyrus' outburst, rolling on the floor.
"That was awesome," she said upon recovering, wiping a tear from her eye.
"DO I AMUSE YOU?"
"How couldn't ya?"
She walked up the stairs. Papyrus waited for her in the living room, as she was able to hear him from upstairs. She decided to leave the door with keep out signs on it for later and looked at a picture of a bone instead.
"A CLASSIC IMAGE. IT ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN LIFE."
Dot shrugged off his comment and walked to Sans' room, which had colorful flames coming out the crack at the bottom of the door. Unfortunately, the door was locked, so she headed back over to the door at the top of the stairs.
"THAT'S MY ROOM! IF YOU'VE FINISHED LOOKING AROUND...WE COULD GO IN AND...DO WHATEVER PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY DATE?"
Dot covered her eyes, interpreting his confused remark as something suggestive.
"Papyrus, ya dirty dog!"
Yakko came back out of Sans' room and blew a kiss to the readers.
"Goodnight everybody!"
Sans also came back out.
"hey dot, stay outta the bone zone this time. ok?"
Dot gagged. It was "finger prince" all over again. Meanwhile, Sans and Yakko chuckled, closing the door behind them.
"Come on, Papyrus. Let's go inside."
Papyrus walked up the stairs and held the door open for Dot.
"AFTER YOU."
"Aw, you're too sweet."
Upon entering the room, Dot's eyes widened excitedly. Papyrus had just about everything anyone would want in their room; a computer, a bookshelf, action figures, cool decorations, and an awesome car bed.
"Whoa...sweet room!"
She looked to the side, where a box filled with bones was placed next to her.
"HEY, THOSE ARE ALL THE ATTACKS I USED ON YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS. GREAT MEMORIES, HUH?"
"Yeah," Dot sighed happily, remembering how he asked her out.
"SEEMS LIKE IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY...EVEN THOUGH IT BASICALLY JUST HAPPENED."
Dot chuckled, then went towards the computer.
"Dang, this thing's old!"
"THE INTERNET! I'M QUITE POPULAR THERE. I'M JUST A DOZEN AWAY...FROM A DOUBLE DIGIT FOLLOWER COUNT!"
"Wait, doesn't that mean you have negative followers? How does that even work?"
"I DON'T REALLY KNOW...OF COURSE, FAME HAS A STEEP PRICE. A JEALOUS TROLL HAS BESIEGED MY ONLINE PERSONA. ALWAYS SENDING ME BAD PUNS IN A GOOFY FONT..."
Dot laughed, immediately recognizing the "jealous troll" as Sans.
Good ol' Sans.
She looked at the closet.
"Hey Papyrus, got any extra skeletons in there?"
"NO WAY! YOU CAN LOOK INSIDE FOR PROOF."
She opened the door and saw clothes neatly hung up. She closed it afterwards and headed over to the bookshelf, taking out one of the books.
"Ya got quite the library goin' on here, Pap."
"THAT BOOK'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 'ADVANCED PUZZLE CONSTRUCTION FOR CRITICAL MINDS.'"
"Sounds pretty big-headed to me," she responded, putting it away and taking out another book. "How about this one?"
"THAT NEXT BOOK'S ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 'PEEK-A-BOO WITH FLUFFY BUNNY.' THE ENDING ALWAYS GETS ME."
Dot giggled at the strange diversity of books. She stopped upon seeing a familiar symbol on a flag Papyrus hung up on the wall.
Hey, isn't that the Jolly Roger?
"ISN'T THAT FLAG NEATO? UNDYNE FOUND IT AT THE BAY...I THINK IT'S FROM THE HUMAN WORLD?"
"Yup!" said Dot. "It's a pirate flag; I should know, I've been on one of their ships."
"WOWIE, HOW COOL! NOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. WHY WOULD A HUMAN FLAG...HAVE A COOL SKELETON ON IT? WELL...I HAVE A THEORY."
"Shoot."
"I THINK HUMANS...MUST HAVE DESCENDED FROM SKELETONS! NYEH HEH HEH!"
"Actually, humans are just skeletons with squishy armor called 'skin'."
"REALLY? THAT'S...MUCH BETTER THAN MY THEORY! HOW COULD I NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT?!"
Then she headed over to the table.
"Look at all these cool action figures!"
"AH, YES. THEY'RE GREAT REFERENCES FOR THEORETICAL BATTLE SCENARIOS."
"How do ya have so many?"
"WELL, LET'S JUST SAY THEY'RE FROM...A CHUBBY, SMILING MAN WHO LOVES TO SURPRISE PEOPLE."
Dot gasped.
"Ya mean...?"
"YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT! SANTA!"
Dot jumped on Papyrus' car bed.
"This is the coolest bed ever!"
"I'M GLAD YOU THINK SO, DOT! IF I EVER GET TO THE SURFACE...I'D LIKE TO DRIVE DOWN A LONG HIGHWAY. WIND IN MY HAIR...SUN ON MY SKIN..."
Both fantasized the image of Papyrus driving his car bed on the highway. Dot inserted herself in the vision, sitting next to him and enjoying the ride.
"OF COURSE, THAT'S JUST A DREAM. SO INSTEAD I CRUISE WHILE I SNOOZE."
"Tell ya what: when I take ya to the surface, we're gonna make it a dream come true."
"REALLY? YOU WOULD DO THAT FOR ME?"
"Of course, honey! It'd be a lot of fun."
Papyrus smiled, clearly touched. Dot loved seeing him happy.
"SO, UM...IF YOU'VE SEEN EVERYTHING...DO YOU WANT TO START THE DATE?"
Dot put on a determined smile.
"Let's do this."
"OK! DATING START!"
Dot's soul became activated as if it was a battle and the entire room went completely black, rendering her able to see only herself and Papyrus.
"Oh, this is so exciting!"
"HERE WE ARE! ON OUR DATE! I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE."
"Me neither, looks like we'll have to wing it."
"DON'T WORRY! YOU CAN'T SPELL 'PREPARED' WITHOUT SEVERAL LETTERS FROM MY NAME!"
Dot was counting on her fingers how many letters in 'Papyrus' were in the word 'prepared'. She stopped counting when Papyrus took out a book.
"I SNAGGED AN OFFICIAL DATING RULEBOOK FROM THE LIBRARY! WE'RE READY TO HAVE A GREAT TIME!"
"Alright!"
"LET'S SEE..."
He opened the book as Dot adjusted her hair tie.
"STEP ONE...PRESS THE [C] KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD FOR 'DATING HUD.'"
"Gotcha covered."
Stretching her arms out, Dot summoned a keyboard and pressed the "C" key. The day of the week appeared with a moon sign, along with a dog radar, a "REEL IT IN!" bar, a crime meter, a population graph, and an egg that most likely had no purpose.
"WOWIE! I FEEL SO INFORMED! I THINK WE'RE READY FOR STEP TWO! 'STEP TWO...ASK THEM ON A DATE.' AHEM!"
Dot gave him her undivided attention.
"HUMANFOLK! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS...WILL GO ON A DATE WITH YOU!"
Rolling his "R's" on "GREAT", Dot nearly swooned.
"Ya already had me since our little fight."
Papyrus gasped and had a big smile on his face, slightly blushing.
"R-REALLY? WOWIE! I GUESS THAT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR PART THREE! 'STEP THREE...PUT ON NICE CLOTHES TO SHOW YOU CARE!'"
He paused momentarily.
"WAIT A SECOND."
"What?"
"'WEAR CLOTHING...' THAT SPARKLY DRESS...YOU'RE WEARING CLOTHING RIGHT NOW!"
Dot laughed at this silly remark.
"What, did ya think I was gonna come naked?"
"WELL, UH, NO. NOT ONLY THAT...EARLIER TODAY YOU WERE ALSO WEARING CLOTHING! NO...COULD IT BE?"
He blushed even more. The face he made was something Dot found adorable.
Aw, he's so cute when he blushes...
However, it made her slightly uncomfortable as well. After all, despite having fallen in love with Papyrus, Dot still wanted to be the cutest.
"YOU'VE WANTED TO DATE ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING!?"
"Ever since I first laid my eyes on ya."
Papyrus looked shocked as the dating hud disappeared.
"NO! YOU PLANNED IT ALL!"
"Ok, ok, ya got me."
"YOU'RE WAY BETTER AT DATING THAN I AM! N-NOOOO! YOUR DATING POWER...!"
A new bar labelled "DATE POWER" appeared. The bar was a quarter full, signifying Dot was getting stronger. She beamed with pride.
"NYEH!" Papyrus declared, sweating. "NYEH HEH HEH!"
A rectangular meter labelled "TENSION" was going off the charts. The dating start turned into a dating fight, but Dot didn't mind, as she was having a lot of fun.
"Aw, yeah! Now I'm feelin' it!"
"DON'T THINK YOU'VE BESTED ME YET! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS...HAVE NEVER BEEN BEATEN AT DATING AND I NEVER WILL!"
"We'll see about that. Can ya keep up with me?"
"I CAN EASILY KEEP UP WITH YOU! YOU SEE, I, TOO, CAN WEAR CLOTHING!"
"Ya already are, sweetie."
"BUT I ALWAYS WEAR MY 'SPECIAL' CLOTHES UNDERNEATH MY REGULAR CLOTHES! JUST IN CASE SOMEONE HAPPENS TO ASK ME ON A DATE! BEHOLD!"
He took off his normal clothes to reveal his secret style: a backward baseball cap, a t-shirt with the words "Cool Dude" on them, small shorts with buttons, gloves with striped trims, knee socks, sneakers, and basketballs on his shoulders. Dot laughed at how adorably dorky, nerdy, and old-school it was. She would've made fun of anyone who wore something like that, but it was surprisingly fitting for Papyrus.
"NYEH! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY SECRET STYLE!?"
"I love it! So 90's~"
She gave him a thumbs-up.
"NO! A GENUINE COMPLIMENT...!"
Dot's dating power filled up three-fourths of the bar.
"HOWEVER...YOU DON'T TRULY UNDERSTAND THE HIDDEN POWER OF THIS OUTFIT! THEREFORE...WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS INVALID!"
Dot lost a little bit of dating power.
"Papyrus, you fiend!"
"NYEH HEH HEH! THIS DATE WON'T ESCALATE ANY FURTHER! ...UNLESS YOU FIND MY SECRET! BUT THAT WON'T HAPPEN!"
"Oh, really? We'll see about that."
She decided to inspect Papyrus' body.
"Maybe there's something in those shoes..."
"THE SOULS OF HUMANS AND HUMANFOLK ARE STRONGER THAN MONSTER SOULS...BUT THE SOLES OF OUR SHOES ON THE OTHER HAND...! ...ARE ABOUT THE SAME."
"Anything in these babies?" she asked, stroking his legs.
"THERE'S NO SECRET TO MY LEGS. JUST HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE..."
"How about the shirt?"
"THIS SHIRT DIDN'T ORIGINALLY SAY 'COOL,' BUT I IMPROVED IT. EXPERT TIP: ALL CLOTHING ARTICLES CAN BE IMPROVED THIS WAY."
"Being honest with ya, this dress was a skirt until I sewed the sleeves and the top to it. So I guess that makes us even."
She ran her hands through his biceps. This made both Dot and Papyrus feel good.
"I SEE. I SEE. YOU LIKE CARESSING MY BICEPS WITH A FLOATING HEART."
"Mmm-hmm."
"BUT WHO DOESN'T?"
"Exactly, sweetheart."
Then she knelt down and took his hand, staring at him with puppy dog eyes.
"HOLDING MY HAND SO I'LL TELL YOU THE ANSWER..."
Papyrus blushed again. Dot felt like she would have melted any minute. Luckily, he stopped blushing after a few seconds.
"NO! I MUST RESIST!"
Dot got up and tapped her foot on the ground. Finally, she realized where the secret was.
"And what about the hat?"
"MY HAT...? MY HAT. MY HAT! NYEH HEH HEH!"
He lifted his hat off his head to reveal a neatly-wrapped box under it.
"W-WELL THEN...YOU FOUND MY SECRET! I SUPPOSE I HAVE NO CHOICE!"
Dot gasped.
"Is that for me?"
"YES! IT'S A PRESENT...A PRESENT J-JUST FOR YOU!"
"Aw, ya shouldn't have!"
Dot sat on Papyrus' bicep to open the present. Inside the box she found a plate of spaghetti. She hopped off Papyrus' bicep and stood in front of him once more.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?"
"Of course I do! It's-"
"SPAGHETTI." he said at the same time as her. "THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, ISN'T IT?"
"Yeah, how did ya know?"
"I DON'T KNOW...BUT YOU'RE RIGHT! YET OH-SO WRONG! THIS AIN'T ANY PLAIN OL' PASTA! THIS IS AN ARTISAN'S WORK! SILKEN SPAGHETTI, FINELY AGED IN AN OAKEN CASK...THEN COOKED BY ME, MASTER CHEF PAPYRUS!"
"Well now I'm impressed! I gotta have a bite."
"YES, DOT. IT'S TIME TO END THIS AND EAT IT! THERE'S NO WAY THIS CAN GO ANY FURTHER!"
Luckily, the spaghetti came with a fork. Dot took a small bite of the spaghetti...her face immediately scrunched up. The taste was indescribable. At that moment, she felt sorry for Wakko, who tried to eat it frozen and couldn't digest it. But she did her best to hide her disgust, which apparently was enough to fool Papyrus.
"WHAT A PASSIONATE EXPRESSION! YOU MUST REALLY LOVE MY COOKING!"
Dot forced herself to choke down the spaghetti for Papyrus when he spoke.
"Yeah," she managed to cough out, "it's so good I almost forgot to swallow it."
She summoned a bottle of Coca-Cola to drink away the foul taste.
"AND BY EXTENSION, ME!"
He blushed again, but Dot was too busy drinking the soda to notice.
"MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN I DO!"
Dot's dating power overpowered Papyrus' and started filling up the bar again.
"AUGH! URRRGH! NOOOOOOOO!"
Dot stumbled as the ground shook beneath her. The entire space turned white, not allowing her to see anything. Suddenly, Papyrus grabbed both of her hands and pulled her close to him. They were floating in the air as a strong, unexpected breeze blew them upwards.
"DOT. IT'S CLEAR NOW. YOU'RE MADLY IN LOVE WITH ME."
"It's true!"
She ended up leaning closer to Papyrus.
"EVERYTHING YOU DO. EVERYTHING YOU SAY. IT'S ALL BEEN FOR MY SAKE."
"Ya know me too well, Papyrus! I don't know how you do it!"
At this point, they were nose to nose with each other.
"DOT. I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY, TOO. IT'S TIME FOR ME TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS. IT'S TIME THAT I TOLD YOU."
Dot leaned in even closer. If they kissed, then their relationship was sealed.
"I, PAPYRUS..."
She was one inch away. But before she could kiss him, the breeze disappeared and they floated back to the ground. Papyrus let go of her and she was able to see him again. Dot was confused. Why were they stopping?
"I...UM...BOY, IS IT HOT IN HERE, OR IS IT JUST ME?"
"Here, use my fan if ya need to."
She handed him a pink fan, but Papyrus refused to take it.
"...OH, SHOOT."
"What's wrong, hon?"
"DOT, I...I'M SORRY. I DON'T LIKE YOU THE WAY YOU LIKE ME. ROMANTICALLY, I MEAN."
Dot was shocked at his apology. She was about to speak up, but he cut her off.
"I MEAN, I TRIED VERY HARD TO! I THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE YOU FLIRTED WITH ME...THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ON A DATE WITH YOU. THEN, ON THE DATE, FEELINGS WOULD BLOSSOM FORTH! I WOULD BE ABLE TO MATCH YOUR PASSION FOR ME! BUT ALAS...I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS...HAVE FAILED. I FEEL JUST THE SAME AS BEFORE. AND INSTEAD, 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...?"
Papyrus felt disappointed in himself for letting Dot down. But to his surprise, she wasn't mad. She put her hand on his back and comforted him.
"It's ok, Papy. Ya know, pretty much every other guy I fell for ran away from me when I flirted with them."
"REALLY?"
"Yeah. But ya actually tried to feel the same way! Ya don't mind the crazy things I do! And ya know what, I couldn't ask for more outta ya."
"THANKS, DOT."
"No problem, sweetheart."
Papyrus felt better, but soon came to a realization.
"NO! WAIT! I CAN'T FAIL AT ANYTHING! DOT! I'LL HELP YOU THROUGH THESE TRYING TIMES! I'LL KEEP BEING YOUR COOL FRIEND...AND ACT LIKE THIS ALL NEVER HAPPENED. AFTER ALL, YOU ARE VERY GREAT."
"Awww, thanks."
"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."
"True, but I wouldn't have minded doin' all the work."
Dot looked away, wondering if she'd ever find the perfect guy for her. If it wasn't Papyrus, then who could it be? Papyrus noticed this and knelt down to meet her at eye-level, putting his hand on her shoulder.
"HEY, SOMEDAY, YOU'LL FIND SOMEONE AS GREAT AS ME. WELL, NO. THAT'S NOT TRUE. BUT I'LL HELP YOU SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"
"You'd really do that? How sweet of ya! But until then, you'll have to let me shower you with my affection. Deal?"
"DEAL."
He shook her hand.
"WELL, GOTTA GO."
"Me too. My brothers are gonna wonder what's takin' so long!"
They changed back into their normal clothes and headed out the door. Papyrus, being the gentleman he was, held the door open for Dot.
"Ya know what? I had fun tonight."
"HEY, ME TOO! OH, AND IF YOU EVER NEED TO REACH ME...HERE'S MY PHONE NUMBER."
He gave her a piece of paper with a number on it. Dot took it and started punching it into her phone.
"YOU CAN CALL ME ANY TIME! PLATONICALLY."
"Got it. Well, see ya later!"
He was about to leave, but Dot quickly remembered something and tugged at his cape.
"Oh, and Papyrus?"
He bent down.
"YES?"
"Thanks for givin' me a chance."
She kissed his cheek, then skipped away happily. Papyrus stood there, flustered and blushing intensely, but managed to pull himself together and walked the other way. Meanwhile, Dot met up with her brothers outside of Grillby's.
"So, how'd it go?" said Yakko.
"It didn't work out, but we're still friends. He even gave me his phone number!"
She showed them her contacts, Papyrus appearing when she scrolled down to the "P" section.
"Faboo!" said Wakko.
"Sounds like ya had fun," said Yakko.
"Yup! And I gotta admit, it was a pretty hot date."
Dot fanned herself as Yakko nudged her playfully. The trio walked forward, ready to leave Snowdin and discover the next area of the Underground.
"By the way," said Yakko, "Sans told us the weirdest thing back at Grillby's..."