Protect One Another - US!Papyrus x Reader

Chapter 14/24 -- Meeting the Mystery Man

Art isn't related, but I thought it was cute so there ^^

Written: 4/8-10/2021

Edited: 4/10/2021

Words: 2448

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Y/n flopped onto the bed as gracefully as she could, wincing slightly at the pain in her arm. She threw her good arm over her face and started to giggle to herself. Papyrus called me sweetheart. And honey...Oh my gosh that idiot... I didn't even notice, I was so focused on what was happening- oh God I must have been so red- or maybe he wa- Ok no. Nu-uh nope not going there. Be quiet brain, he was just trying to calm me down. He was just trying to distract me. He only called me those stupid pet names because he needed to...just to...to...aw who am I kidding...

I liked it. Why am I even trying to deny that I liked it?

She scolded herself for thinking all of it. After a minute or two of silence, a thought struck her and she groaned.

Tomorrow night she had to go to her training with Flowey. Her arm was in no condition to fight though, it would take weeks, maybe months to heal. She sighed and pulled up a blanket over her body. It'd be better if I just take a nap. Worrying over tomorrow isn't going to do me any good. Besides, maybe Flowey will understand and give me the night off or something...

*You fall asleep. . .

I was in Waterfall. It seems everything must happen here. I walked along the dirt packed corridors, luminescent gems lighting the way as I crunched the blue-black grass. I stopped every now and then to listen to an echo flower, sometimes hearing interesting conversations. One of which caught my attention.

"Why not tell me your wish."

"I don't really want to..."

"Why not?"

"You'll laugh..."

"Pff- no I won't. C'mon bro, you know me better than that."

"Ok...Promise not to laugh? Please?"

"Cross my soul and hope to die. Go ahead."

"My wish is...to someday see the surface. To feel the sun and the fresh air. To meet new people and make new friends, and to help them. I do like it in the Underground, but it gets small after a long time ya know?"

I heard laughter after the voice finished his wish. I rolled my eyes, yet continued to listen.

"YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T LAUGH!"

"Heheheh, sorry. It's just funny. That's my wish too...kinda."

"Huh? What do you mean 'kinda?'"

"Mine was simpler. I just wanna see real stars...I heard a ton of stories about their beauty when I was working with  ☝︎✌︎💧︎❄︎☜︎☼︎."

The name didn't reach my ears. I was curious, but the conversation only repeated when I touched the echo flower again.

As I continued walking though the calming woods of blue and black, I heard the voices of the echo flowers calling around me. "Beware the man who speaks in hands," "Beware the man from another world." The voices were a mix of feminine and undefinable, and the warning was obscure, I couldn't understand what they meant.

I came into a clearing. The trees lined the sides of the clearing and opened to the shimmering blue river. There was a long low boat tethered to a tree on the shore. In the middle of the bank sat a black figure. They seemed to be wearing a black cloak and white turtleneck, their head focused directly ahead, a crack running down the right side of their skull.