Chapter 1: Troubles of the Mind

February 28, 201X

"I-I don't what I sh-should do Dr.G-Gaster." A yellow reptilian monster sitting down in a teal chair says to the man across from her in an identical looking chair as she looks out the nearby window at the many buildings of the city as her fingers fidget in her lap.

"I know having an important person in your life working for the police can be stressful, but Undyne is just doing her job and she's protecting this city she cares about and all of it's residents which includes you Alphys." The doctor replies sincerely to his stressed out patient across from him, then following her gaze to the window, glittering with the specks of snow that fell to the ground before it.

"I know, b-but I really worry about her. Sh-she can be so headstrong and rush into situations. I-I just can't help to be w-worried!" Alphys continues as she starts to visibly sweat and tell her worries to her therapist.

"I worry about my children the same way you worry about Undyne. But I don't let it consume me." Gaster says, looking down as he talks. "I know them well enough that they'relive life safely every night. Even though we rarely talk." Gaster continues as he raised his head to look at Alphys as he looks at her with the small white pupils in his otherwise empty eye sockets, with tears forming at the corners of his eye sockets as his voice became shaky. Then claw-like fingers work themselves around his bony fingers and he realizes his patients eyes have moved from the window to his eyes.

"Th-thank you. Thanks you for letting me know I'm not alone in m-my struggle ."Alphys smiles, then releasing Gaster's hands as she tries to stretch her body after an hour of her droning her worries to , her therapist. Then, grabbing her purse themed after Mew Mew Kissy Cutie, the best anime ever! And then she walks over to the white wooden door that led to the waiting room with Gaster following suit but instead walks over to the counter he sits behind,waiting for his patients to arrive.

"Same time next week? Gaster asks her the same question he had asked her last week and the week before and so on as he surveys the waiting room with it's pastel orange walls, old gray rug, two tables covered in tabloids, newspapers, worn books, and magazines, six chairs with a different colored fabric composing the upholstery of each chair, and the coat rack in the corner beside the door.

"Sure, as always." Alphys replies as she pulled her green coat off the coat hanger along with a red umbrella before she waves goodbye to Gaster, left the room, and began her walk home. Starting with going down the elevator, exiting the the sliding doors of the elevator when they opened up to the lobby of the building as she walked out the double doors to the outside. As she opens the umbrella to sheild herself from the falling snow and the snow beneath her shoes crunches as she made her way home to her apartment as she saw many children playing in the snow, happily enjoying their lives, she smiles a genuine smile as she marvels at the winter wonderland before her.