My Little Mutt (FS!Papyrus x Female!Reader)

Chapter 3- Talking In The Dark

(~Your POV + Time Skip~)

Time passed as I just watched him. He never moved from that spot, he never tried to come closer or talk to me. He only sat there, trying to regain his composure. His one pupil is glowing bright orange in the dark, lighting up part of the room.

'Did I really hurt him that bad...?'

He's shaking even more now than before. He doesn't seem aggressive so I just asked a question to break the awkward silence, "Why did you bring me here?" .. "If I-I-I didn't, M'lord w-would kill y-you." I tilted my head, "So the king and queen of the monsters do exist?" He broke eye contact with me, "W-Well y-yes but I'm talking about m-m-my brother. He's a member o-of the royal g-g-guard, w-w-which w-works for the queen." Now I'm really confused, "If he's your brother, why don't you just call him by his name?" He goes silent, I see him tense up.

'Oh right.. He probably isn't comfortable with a stranger prying into his business. Y/N, what are you doing?! Didn't you learn any manners?'

"My name's Y/N by the way.. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry into your personal life." He glanced over to me, the two white pinpricks for his pupils returned, "It's f-fine. My name i-is Papyrus, but e-e-everyone just calls me Barb." (My reason for why one of his nicknames is Barb is because I think he would drink Barbecue sauce instead of ketchup. XD) He looked upset as he finished, "-or Mutt.."

(~Mutt's POV~)

I'm confused when Y/N smiles and let out a small laugh, "Papyrus, huh? That's a type of plant where I come from. Mutt is a cute nickname but it's also demeaning so I'll only call you that if you're okay with it. If not, I can call you Papyrus." I nodded, "I d-don't mind."

'She doesn't want to call me Mutt in an insulting way so I guess it's fine.'

Y/N stands up, "It's been nice talking to you Papyrus but I can't stay here." I want to say something but then quickly decided to stay quiet. Sans has taught me that I get punished if I speak when not spoken to. I already broke that rule talking to her in the first place. The entrance to the cave is blocked off by a huge boulder and that's why it's been one of my hiding places for so long. Y/N walked over to it and tried to push it out of the way. When that didn't work, she tried to push it open with both arms, resulting in her screaming in pain from that injury she has. I couldn't bear to watch it.

'I need to stop Y/N before she really hurts herself.'

I rushed over to Y/N and grab her, pulling her away from the entrance, "S-Stop.. You'll m-m-make i-it worse." Tears filled her eyes as she looks at me, desperate, "I want to go home." I sat her down on the floor and sat in front of her. "You were h-hiking so you h-h-have several l-layers of clothes on, r-r-r-right?" She looked at me, confused and kind of scared as to why I would ask that. "I-I need to s-s-see the wound. I-I can help. I just want to m-make sure y-you have another shirt o-on or something." I said nervously, breaking eye contact with her to look at the floor. I'm probably blushing too. She replied, "Yeah.. I am.." I politely asked Y/N to take off her big, puffy jacket. When she did, I inspected her arm. Near her shoulder she has dark purple bruising, I gently grabbed her arm, "C-Considering the fact that y-y-y-you can still m-move t-this arm, y-y-you probably cracked one o-o-of t-the bones near your shoulder, m-most likely t-the humerus. It d-doesn't look b-broken or out o-of socket." She smirked, "You really know your stuff about bones. How did you do it? Went to school?" (skeleton joke! :D get it? no..? ok *leaves*) I was trying to stay serious during this situation but I couldn't help but chuckle, "Pfft- no."

(~Your POV~)

He placed his hand on the bruising, I flinch when it started to sting. Papyrus mumbled, "T-This is going t-t-to feel a-a bit weird but it won't t-t-take long." I can feel anxiety raising up in my chest but I know if I struggle with him, it would hurt my arm again. I sat there and his hands started to emit a green glow. At first it stung, so out of reflex, I try to jerk away but he kept me still. Gradually, my arm started to feel... better?? I look at my arm and the bruising slowly faded until it was completely gone. Barb stopped and let go of me, "How d-does it feel now?" I need answers, "What just happened??" .. "I h-healed it. Although, it m-may be s-s-sore f-for another day o-o-or two." I stare at my shoulder in awe before looking back at him, "Thanks.." He was slowly losing focus as he replied with a weak tone, "No.. problem.." Not much than a moment later, his eyes went dull as he passed out, falling backward.

'THE HECK-'

Thankfully, I caught him before he hit his head on the cold, stone floor. Panic rises in my voice as I scream, "Papyrus?!"

Writer~Chan: Ah, our first horrible cliffhanger. This was Chapter 3! It's a bit shorter than the other chapters, yes I know. But to give you a sort of glance at what I'm doing, I'm writing about 950 words each chapter for a few hours which is tiring. Since this is the beginning of my story, I'll definitely try and write more today. AFTER I eat lunch owo.. Cya!!