Undyne awoke early in the morning. She got up from the bed, adjusted the cover around Alphys and gave her a quick forehead kiss ; the lizard woman shifted slightly but kept sleeping. The fish lady left the bedroom and quickly went through her morning routine.
It was her turn to take the morning shift for the city patrol. It almost felt like the Royal Guard all over again (which Papyrus never failed to point out whenever they would patrol together) except they weren't supposed to kill humans now, just to prevent them from hurting monsters.
Before heading out, Undyne stopped in front of her piano, on which still rested the echo flower offered by her girlfriend last summer. Smiling brightly, she took away the special soundproof dome Alphys had constructed, whispered a message to the flower then put the dome back. Satisfied with herself, the aquatic monster put her jacket on and left the house.
She paused on her porch for a minute to take in the gold and orange hues of the sunrise. Then she reminded herself she had a job to do and ran to the outskirts of Ebott, where she was to join up with Papyrus and Doggo who were finishing their night shift.
The skeleton pretty much always volunteered for the night shift, which everyone else on their informal team was thankful for. Having a teammate who considered sleeping to be a waste of time had its advantages.
When Alphys woke up, her girlfriend had already left for her patrol. She shut her alarm clock off while keeping her face into the pillows. Ah, hearing this alarm finally stop was so good. Everything was so peaceful now she could feel herself drift back into sleep…
But she fought it, as she had a lot of work to do and she would never be able to finish it all on time if she slept in now. So she got up and headed downstairs. She went straight to the echo flower in case Undyne had left her a message. Echo flower messages had quickly become a thing between them.
On top of the soundproof transparent dome the lizard woman had created was a small speaker, and at the base was a button to activate it. She pressed it with her claw to hear her girlfriend's message… which caused her whole body to turn bright red. Good thing no-one else could hear it.
Still, Alphys quickly replaced Undyne's echo with her own just in case before she went to her lab in the basement.
As noon arrived, Alphys put down her tools. Undyne should be here soon for lun-
A loud bang on the lab door interrupted her thoughts. Here she was.
"Alphy?" the fish lady called.
"I'm here!" the lizard woman replied as she went to the door and opened it.
She had barely done so that Undyne was already placing kisses all over her face and lifting her up.
The aquatic monster shut the door, then carried her girlfriend all the way to the kitchen and sat her down at the table, where lunch was already served.
"Oh, I d-didn't know you already made lunch", Alphys said.
"And nothing's broken or on fire this time!" Undyne laughed.
They hadn't seen the fire department in a while, actually. The two monsters wondered how these people were doing now.
"So, what are you working on today, babe?" the fish lady asked, sitting down as well.
Her girlfriend went on a lengthy explanation about her researches. Undyne didn't understand all of it, especially given how fast Alphys talked, yet she kept listening intently. It was clear the scientist was very passionate about her current work, and as always it was so beautiful to see. Once Alphys was done, Undyne smooched her snout and told her for probably the billionth time how cute she was. It still made the yellow monster blush even now.
"Need any help in the lab?" Undyne offered.
"Well, actually… I c-could use a hand", the scientist admitted, smiling. "But no explosion."
"Got it!"
[What was Undyne's echo flower message? Use your imagination ;) ]