A Second Chance (Papyrus X Flowey/Asriel)

Dis-guys good at Disguising

The start of costume making was smooth sailing, minus a few complaints from the royal monster, only stopping half way through tailoring the coat when they stopped for a snack break. "How many times are you gonna poke me with those pins of death before I dust again?" Asriel groaned, Papyrus giving a scoffing chuckle in response. "Maybe if you'd stop squirming it wouldn't hurt so much?" "It's not my fault I'm ticklish." The goat huffed, grabbing the last few chocolates and stuffing them in his mouth. "Hey, aren't you going to eat anything?" He asked through muffled chewing, a very pleasant noise Papyrus totally didn't despise. "I'm just not hungry, after seeing what my brother was making for breakfast I don't think I could stomach it" he shrugged, though slightly wincing at the accidental pun that made the other roll his eyes. "Hardy har, you have eaten today right? The whole half-dying thing probably wasn't good for you yknow." Asriel scolded like a disappointed mother, a comparison he furrowed his brows at. "Y-" "Reading thoughts. Can't lie." "..ok so I haven't, I just haven't had the time!" He quickly tried to defend himself, only getting an angry look in return. "I'm not coming back to life just to watch you dust yourself on accident! Eat the rest of these, or else I'll walk out there and get you a meal myself." Asriel demanded, holding out the snacks he was previously munching on. "Fine, fine!" the skeleton groaned, taking a few of the chocolate bits and biting down with a complaining sigh.

After a minute of spiteful chewing, Papyrus finally finished what little was left of the treat. "Happy?" "Very." The two bickered, though eventually turning into muffled laughter. 'Arguing practically like an old married cou-'
"Anyways! Let's get this tail done!" Papyrus interupted the others train of thought. "oh- uh, alright?" Asriel stuttered, suspicious of the suddenly determined Papyrus.

"I'm just energized after those sugary treats, if that's what you were thinking." "Righto buddy, just steady those hands when you- ow!" "Sorry!"

It took a few hours, but soon the final few stitches were in place, Papyrus giddily shaking his hands as he stepped back from the newly transformed Asriel. "So, how do I look?" He tiredly grinned, making a dorky pose similar to the ones Papyrus always made. He wasnt, however, expecting the "MARVELOUS!" that escaped the other, tears practically forming in his eye sockets. "Christ, don't hurt yourself buddy, it's only a costume-" "Only a- ONLY A COSTUME? THIS IS MY MAGNUM OPUS!" The skeleton insisted, grabbing his phone from the table and taking a rapid amount of photos. "Okay, okay! I get it, just get me a mirror already." the goat monster sighed, taking a seat on the soft racecar bed and hiding his flattered smile. "Right! Don't move an inch, I'll be right back!" Papyrus elatedly jumped, leaving for the bathroom in a hurry. Asriel couldn't of noticed as he was fiddling with his sleeve, but in the rush to grab a mirror, Papyrus hadn't closed the door, a gust of wind pushing it open ever so slowly.

And because they can never catch a break,

"heya bro, do you still have that-"

Eye contact. Or maybe it was something else, considering the short skeleton in the doorway didn't have any eyes.
"oh, i didn't know paps had company, i'm sans, the skeleton." The smiling monster reached out a gloved hand to shake, Asriel hardly able to make a sound as he stood to shake it. "Nice to.. uh.. meet you" he mumbled as he leaned down, reaching his arm out to meet the others before immediately recoiling. "heh! the ol' whoopee cushion in the hand, they always fall for it." Sans chuckled to himself, Asriel only barely stopping himself from rolling his eyes.

"don't ya know how to greet a new friend? what's your name, pal" "My name? It's.. uh,"

"SANS?"
The two turned to the doorway hearing the name, Papyrus looking from his brother to Asriel and back again. In one glove he held a mirror, the other a box of other craft supplies he'd found while searching. "i was jus' getting to know your friend here, you didn't tell me you were having company?" "I DIDNT? IT MUST HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND, NYEH HEH!" He sweated, Sans looking somewhat confusedly at his sudden change in demeanor. "alrighty then.. i'll see ya around, new dog." he waved nonchalantly, eyesockets not leaving Papyrus' totally-not-stressed expression. "talk to you-" Papyrus closed the door, "-later."
"HOW. DID HE. NOT NOTICE." "I THOUGHT THIS WAS YOUR MAGNUM OPUS??" "IT IS, I just didn't expect it to work so well!"
Asriel refrained from facepalming, but the idea was evident in his expression. Papyrus however only got more confident, unloading his handful of extra supplies. "This changes everything! We won't even have to hide the horns if it's good enough it fooled Sans!" "A) how the hell would we hide my horns? B) that smiley bag of trash needs glasses. No offense, but we can't just blind everyone in Snowdin." Asriel deadpanned, though one or two ideas on how they'd blind the underground did cross their minds. "A! I was thinking space buns, and B! Maybe we can't, but I have faith in our costume skills! We can just say you're.. a different breed?" The tall monster smiled nervously, not surprised to see the unamused face of his other. "..Right. I'm not leaving." "Awww come on! You deserve to see the Underground again! ..and.." The skeleton muffled a few words after, Asriel only raising an adorable eyebrow thanks to the costume. "I.. don't really want to faint anymore, we don't have much of a battle body budget and-" "FAINT??" The royal suddenly stood up, Papyrus resisting a flinch to summon a bone. "Papyrus you fainted? Why didn't you tell me??" He questioned with a slightly softer worry in his tone, posture slouching. "I just didn't think it was important! It was only one fall, it's probably just the side-" "Papyrus what do you mean not important? what if you didnt wake up? I new I felt sick but if I knew you were fainting I wouldn't have let you leave" he slowly started to ramble, the worry he felt when he first started feeling again giving him a deja vu. "Fl- Asriel, I'm ok! This isn't like before, at least I don't think so," He paused, Asriel only looking slightly more frazzled. "You don't have to worry, The Great Papyrus wouldn't dust over something like this!" He finished with, giving a signature Papyrus Smile to add some comforting dorkish flare.

He could tell it worked, not only thanks to the whole shared emotions ordeal, but because he was suddenly engulfed in a fluffy hug afterwards. "Don't hide stuff from me, not stuff like this. We share a soul Paps, we're in this together." The goat monster huffed, Papyrus putting shaking arms around him in return. "I.. I won't."

"Now, how about a walk outside?"

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(Wowie! Welcome to chapter 11, this one took awhile, sorry about that! Consider this my Christmas gift to you guys, happy holidays BTW! This one was tough to write, but I've got so many ideas, don't worry about an end coming too quickly. Happy reading folks! Ps, what do you think would be a good ship name for these two?)