A Truce?!

Unexpected Relationships..

"So.. You're that creepy guy..?" Swap asked, slightly fiddling with his gloves.

"Erm........ Yeah..... H...ello..."

"Why do you talk like that? If you don't mind me asking..?"

"......Undyne.... incident. Hard to find...... right words." Horror was embarrassed by this, kinda.

"Oh! Okay! Cool.. Well- not.. cool, but.. Interesting!!"

".......Food."

"Food?"

"..Hungry."

"Oh, are you-- hungry..? Is that what you mean?" Swap smiled.

"Mhm.."

"Oh, I can make you something if you want-"

"Me-- make it.. I- I like.. to make food."

Swap was still having a hard time understanding this tall skeleton man.. but he already could tell that he wanted to be Horror's friend.

"Hmm.. we can both make it! It could be fun, who knows?"

".......Okay?"

Horror led Swap to the kitchen, where he got out the ingredients to make the thing he had been craving all morning...

"...Okay.. butter on the pan. Butter helps not stick."

Swap melted the butter onto the pan, following Horror's suggestions.

"Now..... get bowl.. and four eggs.."

Swap got out four eggs, and waited for the next instructions.

"Crack them in the bowl... and then.. Put milk in.. makes them fluffy..!"

The eggs were cracked, and the shells were thrown carelessly onto the counter. A bit of milk was poured into the glass bowl.

"Now.. salt and pepper.. a tiny bit.."

The salt was picked up, and sprinkled into the bowl. He opened the small lid on the pepper container, and it unsuspectingly dumped almost half the contents into the now-black-covered eggs. Swap backed up. "....Oops. Sorry Horror.."

"Not.. problem. Just scoop it out.. like.. this.."

Horror grabbed a spoon, and scooped out most of the pepper, leaving some in the bowl.

"See....? Good.. as new.."

Swap smiled at that. Maybe the multiverse was just... too cruel to this gang after all. They seemed so kind..!

"Haha.. thanks, Horror! Now what do we do?"

"We.... beat the eggs. Like this."

Horror grabbed a fork, and began beating the eggs. The fork moved in a way that could send Swap into a trance if he stared long enough. It went into the eggs, then up, lifting the mixture.. and then back down into them.. in a  circle-like patern.. it was mesmerizing, in a way.

After a while, the eggs had been mixed with the other ingredients perfectly, and then poured into the pan.

"Eggs... cook really fast.. I'll put stove on high for a tiny bit.... and then, when it starts bubbling, you turn down the heat.. and then you go in with your spatula so that the eggs don't burn.."

It was obvious how passionate he was with this topic of making food.

When it started bubbling, not very long later, he grabbed a wooden spatula and scraped the bottom of the pan. Around the edges, in the middle.. left, right. Until the eggs were all solid. He then put two slices of cheese on top of the scrambled eggs, and put a lid over the pan. He counted down from 20.

"20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14.. 12, 11.. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 1.."

Swap took notice of the missing 13 and 3. Strange.

"Uh.. you forgot a couple numbers."

"It doesn't matter.. I think." He pulled off the cover, and emptied the pan into two bowls.

"Eat."

"...Huh?"

"You and me eat now.. enjoy our work." He closed his eyes, smiling. His smile looked creepy and somewhat unnatural, but it was genuine.

He was the first to start eating.. scooping up the eggs and downing them like it was his last meal.

"Wait- Horror, calm down! You'll choke..!"

"I'm okay!" He finished the bowl almost as quick as he started.

"..Dang.."

Horror's smile was wide, as if he had just made a new friend for life.

And he had.

~Ellie