Chapter Two
Anime is Fun to Share with New Friends
Sans and Shadow had a pretty uneventful walk. When they managed to stumble to her house forty minutes later Sans decided this was the time to bring out his phone.
"Give me your number Doll, I need it for tomorrow."
"Hehe 'Doll'? What happened to Shad, Sansy~?" Shadow slurred at him leaning on him a little more than she already was.
The man grabbed onto the drunken girl and realized that she is going to need help getting inside. "Give me your keys."
"Okay~!"
Sans thought to himself that it was way too easy to get those from her. He quickly unlocked her door and helped her to the couch. Sitting next to her he asked again for her number. This time she handed him her phone. Sans put in his information then texted himself with her phone before handing it back.
"I'm going to leave now, are you going to be okay on your own?" Sans asked looking slightly worried for the girl.
"I think I'll be okay. Thanks for taking me home, Sansy~!" Shadow purred. She walked Sans to the door then locked it behind him. Soon after that Sans left for home and Shadow fell asleep in bed with a rather big grin on her face.
Shadow woke up in the afternoon to a phone call from a certain snow haired man.
"Hello?" Sans could tell he just woke her up.
"This is Sans. Did I wake you?"
"Yeah, you did. It's fine though. What did you need?" Shadow yawned a bit as she spoke.
"Anime night?"
"Oh shit, that's tonight! What time do I go over? When can I come over? How many people are going to be there? I'm rather shy."
Sans snickered a little and started answering her questions, the time ended up being four thirty in the afternoon. He gave her his address and briefly told her that four people including himself and Paps would be there. After confirming the information Shadow hung up with Sans and ran to get ready.
"It's anime so I should fit the theme, I also need to look nice for a good first impression" Shadow said aloud to herself as she looked through her clothes.
She stood there for what seemed like an hour staring and going through things to wear. She was trying to decide whether an anime shirt would be good, or if she should be dressed up like an anime character. In the end she decided to do a bit of both. Grabbing a Fairy Tail shirt she cut it up into a tank top that came up to her midsection then paired it with a red tank top and a cute black skirt that had multiple layers to it. Spinning around a bit in front of a mirror Shadow applied make up, threw her hair into the same ponytail but this time she put on a large black bow to give her more of an anime look. Looking satisfied with herself she pulled on a pair of plain black heels and ran out the door. Then promptly walked back in the door when she realized it was only three, and he lived fifteen minutes away from her.
After wasting an hour on drawing sceneries she ran out the door and started heading over. The drive was a very calm one. She had her anime music blasting as she poorly sang along to the Japanese lyrics. If only she knew what they were saying, she had a very nice voice and being able to sing it properly would sound pretty nice. Soon enough she had arrived at the house. She parked in front and turned off the car. After hopping out she quickly called him and stood outside the door grinning like a weirdo.
"Hey Shad, you almost here?" Sans' smooth voice could be heard from the phone.
"Open your door", was all she replied to him.
"What?" She heard someone heading to the door and opened it. Sans was staring at her in confusion, then laughed as he hung up, "You know there's a doorbell Shad."
"But this was a lot more fun than using the doorbell." She said playfully with a grin.
Sans sighed a bit and let her in. When she walked in she was greeted by a rather tall man that looked a bit like Sans. He had snowy hair and a rather big grin on his face. His eyes were a bright orange color. He also seemed to be wearing a costume completed with a really cool scarf.
"HELLO HUMAN, I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU." His voice boomed at her. Shadow looked very taken aback but quickly recovered.
"Hello there Papyrus, I'm Shadow but my good friends call me Shady. It's very nice to meet you. Would it be okay with you if I called you Paps?" Shadow chirped holding out her hand to him.
He excitedly shook it, "I SUPPOSE YOU CAN CALL ME 'PAPS' MY BROTHER ALREADY DOES SO THAT WOULD BE OKAY. ALSO I THOUGHT YOUR NAME WAS SHAD. SANS TOLD ME IT WAS. IF YOU WANT THOUGH HUMAN I CAN STILL CALL YOU SHADY", Papyrus said in response.
"I can promise you my full name is Shadow Knight, your brother decided it would be funny to call me Shad even though I clearly told him I liked Shady better." Shadow said giving Sans a small glare.
"I didn't mean to rattle your bones with that", Sans commented.
"YOU'RE A KNIGHT?!" Papyrus asked.
Shadow giggle with a light smile, "No I'm not, it's my last name like how yours is Skeleton but you and Sans are not skeletons."
Soon enough a knock was heard at the door and everyone turned to face it.
"Hey skull faces let us in will ya?!" A loud voice yelled.
Papyrus ran to the door happily and let in two females. One had red hair and looked slightly fish like, it was mostly her ears that gave you that feeling. Then there was a smaller rounder girl in a lab coat with short spiky yellow hair and what looked like a dinosaur tail.
"Whoa, why is there a human in your house?" The fish lady asked, making a spear come out of thin air as she aimed at Shadow, "Need me to take out the trash?"
Shadow jumped a little and ran behind Sans, peeking out from behind him she looked at the fish lady praying she wouldn't hurt her. What did she do wrong?
"Whoa, I'd put that down unless you want to have a bad time", Sans said smoothly with a wink, however, his open eye started glowing blue.
"Oh, she's the new friend you wanted us to meet then, huh?" The spear vanished and the fish lady held out her hand to Shadow. "I'm Undyne, nice to meet ya punk!"
Shadow looked up at Sans, seeing him nodding at her as a sign that it was okay. She slowly approached the fish lady with a nervous smile, "Um h-h-hello Un-n-n-nyne. I'm S-shadow n-nice to m-m-me-meet you..."
Poor terrified Shadow got her arm shaken roughly by Undyne as she grinned down at the girl. "Great to meet you Shadow. This beautiful gal here is my girlfriend Alphys!"
Shadow smiled softly at the girl who looked just as terrified as she did and held out her hand, "Hey there Alphys, I'm Shadow but my good friends call me Shady."
"H-hi t-there, nice to meet you" She replied with a small stutter before taking Shadow's hand.
With all the introductions done they all awkwardly took a seat on the couch. Shadow sat between the end of the couch and Sans. Sans was originally at the end but Shadow wedged her way in there, her only explanation to him was, "I'm shy."
Sans gave her a smile before focusing on what Papyrus was doing by the T.V. He seemed like he was hooking up a laptop so he can use the T.V. as the screen.
"TO CELEBRATE THE HUMAN JOINING US WE ARE GOING TO WATCH AN ANIME CALLED FAIRY TAIL TONIGHT!" Papyrus said to everyone.
Soon enough Papyrus finished hooking everything up and started it. With that everyone fell silent. After a few episodes Alphys and Undyne seemed to be really into it. Alphys when on about the great shippings, and Undyne was excited for the next fight scene. Soon enough Papyrus made some popcorn for everyone to eat. Then excitedly told everyone that spaghetti would be for dinner. Shadow didn't know why but she was slightly scared.
Shadow ended up moving between Sans and Alphys. "Alphys, do you ship Natsu and Lucy yet?"
"Oh my god yes! I shipped them by the end of episode one!"
"Oh my god, oh my god! Aren't they like so cute! I freaking love them together. As the show goes on they just keep getting closer, it's so great!" Shadow gushed at Alphys, it seemed both of them lost all their shyness.
"By the way, I love your outfit it's so cute, you look like an anime girl!" Alphys chirped.
"Thanks, I was trying to fit the theme of the night and this is what I came up with. I'm really glad you like it!" Soon enough Shadow and Alphys hit it off and exchanged numbers.
"I'm so going to watch this later with Undyne, I'll message you about it okay?"
"Oh my god, yes, please do. I don't really have any other friends so it'll be nice to talk to someone about it!" With that the room seemed to pause. Everyone looked confused at the poor girl that froze where she was sitting.
"HUMAN YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS BEFORE YOU MET SANS?" Papyrus asked.
"No, I didn't. People were too mean. Honestly, they call you monsters but if anyone is a monster it would be them." Shadow's voice lost its spark as she spoke to them about it. Her eyes holding a lot of sadness, as if there was something she didn't want to say to them yet. No one questioned her though, they could tell she wasn't ready to talk about it.
"I'm not much of a fan of humans myself punk", Undyne said with a sigh. Shadow perked up a bit at that. It seemed like she now understood Undyne's earlier reaction to her.
"Ah, so that's why you tried to spear me?"
"Yeah, sorry about that punk. I hope I didn't scare you too badly."
"I was terrified honestly. I thought that this was where I was going to die", Shadow said with a bit of a frown.
Undyne just smiled in apology. The room ended up silent very quickly. Papyrus went into the kitchen to start the spaghetti also to avoid the endless silence. The anime was on pause as they waited for Papyrus to finish making the food. At some point Shadow stood up.
"I'm sorry for bringing up such a sad subject. This wasn't how I wanted meeting you guys to go. I hope you can forgive me for my rudeness." With that she marched into the kitchen. Her cheerful voice could be heard asking Papyrus if he wanted any help. She was met with a very loud yes.
The rest of the group looked at eachother and Sans started to speak, "I didn't realize she was that lonely. She started working at Grillby's not that long ago. She went right up to him and asked him for a job. I didn't like it at first but Shad proved to be true to her word. She didn't want to be around other humans. I can only guess the reasons why."
"W-well she seems like a really pure hearted soul, I think they must have been too harsh for her to handle. Some people don't take other people's harshness well." Alphys said.
"Yeah, that punk kinda reminds me of Papyrus in a way. Always bright and cheerful. We just did a good job hiding Papyrus from the harshness of our world. I guess the punk over there wasn't as lucky." Undyne replied.
"THANK YOU FOR THE HELP SHADY, THE SPAGHETTI LOOKS PERFECT. IT'S SO MUCH FUN COOKING WITH FRIENDS!" Papyrus' voice could be heard from the kitchen, along with Shadow's giggles.
Papyrus starting serving everyone. To their surprise, it was actually edible this time. Quiet fell again as everyone started eating.
"Wow Paps, you did a really amazing job this time", Sans said grinning at his brother, "I didn't see it cumin."
"SANS! DON'T TELL PUNS, WE WERE DOING SO WELL TODAY!" Papyrus looked pretty upset but he still had a grin on his face.
"You're smiling bro."
"I AM AND I HATE IT!"
Shadow let out a string of giggles listening to the two. It seemed she finished her food rather fast and was leaning on Sans during her laughing fit. For some reason seeing her laugh and smile brought a smile to everyone else. Soon enough the whole room joined in. After everyone calmed down and finished eating they put Fairy Tail back on and had a rather peaceful night.