The Bartender and The Flower (GrillbyxReader)

Chapter Five

I was in utter shock as I felt my neck, the burned wound still fresh and sore but not bleeding. Why did Grillby get so possessive and why did I get excited about it? I was snapped from my thoughts by the commotion coming from downstairs. What the hell was going on? I thought as I left the apartment my legs no longer feeling like jelly. I hurried down the stairs only to be met with a blast of heat and saw the bar on fire. I near panicked thinking it was a human's doing until I saw Grillby, he was standing in the middle of the room his back facing me but even I could tell he was angry as I heard shouting and his signature growl following suit. I caught Sans's eye as I looked about noticing all the monsters staring at Grillby with fear, Sans waved me over with concern on his face though his permanent smile made it hard to notice.

"Hey kid why don't you stay next to good old Sans for a bit," He said in a whisper like he didn't wish to catch anyone's attention. Well, his intentions seemed to have failed as I got the urge to suddenly duck, thanks to my soul, barely dodging a fucking spear?

"What the fuck?" I said looking to where it came from to see a blue-skinned woman with fish frills on either side of her face, she wore her long crimson hair in a ponytail and one yellow eye with a slit pupil the other eye covered by an eye patch. I could practically feel the daggers coming from her narrowed eye like I was the trash beneath her feet. She wore a black tank top with jeans and red knee-high boots, I saw she was holding another ice blue transparent spear looking like she was about to throw it at me again. I took a deep breath just watching her, the wooden floor full of flames parted as Grillby moved in front of the woman.

"THEY'RE HUMAN, THEY CAN'T BE TRUSTED!" The woman yelled making the flames scatter wildly as Grillby's temper rose seemingly controlling them. I slowly sat down on the ground not wishing to risk it standing up which seemed to please Sans as he placed a hand on my head. He flashed me a wink before going back to looking at the woman, I was confused as to why I was on her shit list. Surely it wasn't just because I'm a human right? Right? Shit, is all I thought as I watched the fight or talking going down between the woman and Grillby, seeing the woman glaring at me once again from around Grillby's side.

"I think it's about time you left Undye, I won't repeat myself," Grillby demanded in a low threatening tone I've never heard before, I was about to calm down when Undyne turned to leave but then she span around when Grillby looked away. No one seemed to have time to react as she threw her icey blue spear at me but I was prepared to catch it mere inches from my chest, I was pissed now. My magic rushed through my hand shattering the spear into shards which seemed to shock everyone. Even Undye looked at me with a troubled look, it wasn't until now I saw a little human behind her and Fuku staring in horror at me.

"Take it outside if you wanna fight me, I'm not fighting with bystanders in the crossfire," I said looking at Undye the woman seeming to think it over as she glanced about. I raised a challenging brow when she faced me once more before she backed down with a "tsk". This seemed to give everyone the all-clear as idle chatter picked back up and Sans helped me to my feet. I brushed myself off as I watched the scattered flames slowly extinguish themselves dying away before leaving a clean wooden floor once more. I didn't have time to react before Fuku tackled me into a hug making me almost slam into the bar from her momentum. I inwardly sighed stroking the flames on her head as she buried her face into my chest, I gave her back a pat when her squeezing got to be too much. I saw movement in the corner of my eye and looked up to spot the human that had been hiding behind Undye seeking comfort from Sans as they looked at me. They wore a blue sweatshirt with two purple stripes laying horizontally followed by denim shorts with black leggings underneath and a pair of brown boots. They had pale skin with brown bob-cut hair and chocolate eyes to match that stared at me hesitantly.

"You must be Frisk, am I correct?" I asked which seemed to spook them some more before nodding, I gave Fuku a pat to release me as I reached my hand out to them. They stared at my orange glowing hand my soul still slipping out a bit making them scared till Sans gave them a wink causing them to take it.