Chapter summary:Aren't you a sap for cute monsters.
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The loud clap of thunder woke you up. Eyes wide, you stared at the ceiling in mild shock as your heart raced in your ears. It was until the lightning flash that snapped you out of the daze and immediately sat up. The morning light shining dimly through the opened window, the white curtains flying wildly as wind and rain poured in, soaking the floor and curtains in small drops that slowly formed a single puddle.
Groaning, you pushed your blanket off of you(when did you get two?) and went to shut the window, cringing slightly as the silk stuck to your leg.
Mentally telling yourself that you have to change the curtains before you leave the apartment today, you turned and went on with your early morning routine. Showering and changing into fresh clothes, styling your hair in the most simplest ways.
In the kitchen, your eyes wandered to the clock above the doorway and fixed breakfast for you and your best friend, who wasn't up yet. After popping in the toast, you went down the hallway and knocked on the door next to yours. The closet and bathroom on the other side.
A soft groan coming within made you smile softly as you called her name. "Breakfast is on the table!"
A soft thump could be heard, opening the door slightly, You peeked into the room barely able to contain the giggle. "What are you doing?"
"Kissing the floor.." came her voice from the lump in front of her bed as you switched on the lights. "You should try it.." She finished with a groan, sitting up and rubbing her nose as she looked at you through narrowed eyes—no doubt from the sudden light.
"Maybe next time." You grinned, watching as she steadily got up and threw her blanket on her bed before making her way towards you, her hand in front of her mouth as she yawned loudly. She sported a simple white shirt and pink underwear. Blushing in embarrassment, you turned your head. You wished you were that comfortable so early in the morning, but atlas, you had classes to attend.
"Anyways, Breakfast sounds nice." She said through a sleepy grin. You stepped out of her way and followed her to the kitchen, a small shuffle in your step as you kept a respectful distance, knowing how grouchy she is in the mornings before breakfast. A soft chuckle came from you as you sat yourself besides her. Saying a silent prayer-- but she dug in anyways.
You shook your head and began to eat after finishing. The morning was spent silently saved for the occasional rumbles of thunder. You turned your head to look at the window. Another job searching after class, yaay....
After breakfast, you placed the dirty plates in the sink and went to grab your jacket and the umbrella, hoping that'll be enough coverage from the rain until you got to your car.
"Wait! Before you leave," Came your friend's voice, immediately standing from the couch and made a quick beeline towards you. Blinking owlishly, you slipped your foot from your shoe and met her in the middle on the conjoined kitchen and living room.
"I wanted to tell you about the monsters I met yesterday!" She clasped her hands together. "They're a cute bunch--well, except two but that isn't important." The mutter at the end wasn't loud but you caught it, slumping your shoulder and pinched the bridge of your nose. You honestly could care less about people she met, you had a class to get to, dammit!
You called her name followed by a long sigh. "I have classes to get to, I can't be late on the first day." Despite your obvious annoyance, you let her drag you to the couch. The pout from her quickly making you shut up.
"I know. but I wanna talk about my friends!"Her happy smile turned downwards in a frown. "Don't take them away from me."
You cringed at the demand, and quickly nodded before you could voice your thoughts. A forced habit you've picked up from living with your (admittingly) controlling brothers. Their actions were always for your benefit, so you didn't mind much.
"Yay, okay!" She beamed. "They're monsters."
Your interests were peeked when she mentioned monsters. Did she run into Papyrus too? You smiled softly, she and Papyrus would be great friends—with how much energy the two had, you doubt the two would be bored of one another after spending a week together.
"I gave them nicknames since I fucked up with their actual names."
"How did you?" You furrowed your eyebrows in confusion. It wasn't that hard to remember someone's name... but then again, she just met them yesterday. You were curious who these monsters were, or what kind of monsters they were. Did they look like a snowflake? A glob of...something?
Or did they look like Undyne?
"There is three shorties and two trees. Oddly enough, they have the weirdest names!" Her words quickly pulled you back to reality, narrowly escaping the training thoughts that consist of these monsters.
Well, that answers your question... wait..
"Weird how?" You voiced, a sinking feeling blooming in your chest when she nodded with a grin. She didn't want you to take her friends away-- Does that include the monsters you met at the mall? Or did she just mean the ones she had already met?
"The shortest one is nicknamed Small," She giggled. "Get it? 'Cause he was the smallest out of the group!"
You forced a smile and a nod. It was no surprise to you that she already made friends in a new city. She was an extrovert, while you... well, you liked to keep things small that didn't necessarily call you an introvert.
If you made friends with this group she's gushing over, would that count as 'friend stealing'?
Your lips were pushed into a line, debating if you should let her have her monster fun and watch from the sidelines or get other friends yourself? Would Undyne be down for some 'girl-to-girl' time with you? Maybe you could ask if she had a significant other while getting to know each other.
Thinking back to when you two met, which was yesterday, you wondered if it was too early to ask for a hang out. She is a competitive type, maybe play mortal combat or something.
Wait, you didn't even swap numbers.
With that thought tossed out the window, you quickly returned your attention to your best friend as she named each monster via Given Nicknames.
One of the 'trees' was named Lazy while the other was dubbed as; Mean.
Other than Small, there was Grin and Hatred.
You smiled at the names but frowned slightly when you thought of their reactions. Hopefully, she had more morals than to out-right offend them like that, surely Mean and Hatred were nice monsters with unnecessary walls build around them. But then again, you never met them. You don't know their story. With a sigh, you decided to apologize to them if you ever got the chance.
"They're really nice! Small wanted to cook for me tonight, they're coming over."
The last part made you double take. She barely knew these monsters and she already opened them their house to them!?
Inhaling and exhaling, you looked at her through worried look. "Is that wise? What if.. what if they're not as trustworthy as you make them out to be...." you voiced your doubts.
Your friend smiled softly, knowing that you weren't up to meeting monsters because of your brothers... but she brushed that aside without another thought as she wrapped her arms around yours, slightly pulling her towards you and pouted out her bottom lip.
"I know your brothers drilled the idea of all monsters being untruthful, but these guys really are nice. Give them a chance to see our home, especially after I redesigned the place. Could you believe there was only one bathroom!?"
Unable to keep the nervous smile from forming, you turned your head to avoid her gaze, a forced giggle from your lips as you scratched your cheek.
"Yeah... and...My brothers only said that out of worry. I don't think monsters are bad."
"Yes, yes you do." The deadpan expression she had made you rethink your words. Did you?.. I mean, other than Undyne and Papyrus, you never really took the chance to talk to any monsters since they emerged from Mt. Ebott.
You swallowed at her continuous look. "Yeah.. I-i..I do." You muttered, a weight on your shoulders as you dreaded going outside.. into a city filled with monsters and about 30% humanity. What were you thinking on moving here?!
"Oh, and Y/n?" You sudden shift of tone made you flinch, recoiling from her hold you smiled apologetically.
"Can you.. not come home before 10:30? I want them to get comfortable around me before I introduce you." Something about her smile set of red flags, but you ignored it as you froze.
Eyes wide at her request, You shook your head and exhaled. What? Did she really just ask you that? You JUST moved into the city and she wants you to roam outside until her friends leave?! There were literal monsters outside that door!
But... even if she did say you thought they were bad, Papyrus immediately came to mind when you rethought about it. They were just as hopeful and wondrous as he was.
The rationality side of your wanted to protest, to say that you paid for half of the apartment so that meant you come and go whenever you wanted to. But the other side screamed at you to duck and cover, to just go along with her plea and be the good little roommate you'd become.
"Plus.. you'd be busy looking for a job, right?" She tilted her head to look at you though her eyelashes. She blinked with a soft smile.
"But the shops close—" You quickly shut your mouth when her stare became icy. "Right..." You corrected, a frown on your lips.
"Thanks babe, you're the best!" she cried, kissing the apples of your cheek and stood up. Her manicured hands ruffling up your hairdo (forcing you to keep it down) and went down the hall and into the washroom. You sighed deeply and stood up, grabbing your keys and slipped on your shoes.
It was until you go to the front that you had forgotten to grab the umbrella, the lightning flash wasn't helping you as you debated if you should go back up and grab the umbrella from the couch or in to your car. You were already late..
Looking up at the sky, you clenched your fists and quickly threw open the door, a loud war cry coming from you as you ran to your car, using the button on the keys to unlock it when you came in range.
Another cry was muffled from the rumbled thunder as you threw open the door and jumped in, instantly closing it when you seated yourself.
Your determination oozed out in waterfalls as you watched a bunny in a van watch you with her hand over her mouth, her shoulders shaking softly as she laughed at you and your (as loud as thunder) war cry.
Your face instantly flushed red, shoving the key into the ignition and backed out of the parking spot before speeding away. Your face was still hot with embarrassment when you arrived at your university.
Gathering your new books from the back, you shoved your phone and keys in the little pocket slip and threw the straps over your shoulders.
The rain hadn't stopped falling.
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The classes weren't hard, difficult, but not as hard as talking to your middle school guidance counselor. Yes, like you literally wanted to be a star when you grew up.
You rolled your eyes at the memory. Little you sobbing by the water fountains because some mean boys teased you about your dream of wanting to be a ball of gas millions of miles away from earth.
Said boys were now in your messages, so who really won that one?
Walking down the silent hallway, you held onto the strap of your backpack. Walking from lecture to lecture reminded you of high school, the campus was much larger though.
Looking down at the slip, you frowned at the messy writing. Block b? What was this, prison? You snickered at that thought, looking up at the pin board and the campus map.
The class wasn't until tomorrow, it was better to be prepared than.. not... late..
Your thoughts faded as you stared at the struggling professor. Many other students had glanced at her but kept on walking, giggling to their friends as they did so.
You frowned at them and walked past the monster, however, you stopped in your tracks as your inner conflict screamed at your to help the short monster.
A sigh, you turned on your heel and walked back to the lizard lady. She wore a cute polka-dotted button up shirt, dress pants and a jacket that (oddly) hugged the curves of her body.
You blushed at the formal attire, admiring how stylish she looked with it on and how her tail curled around her legs. Ugh, that's seriously way too cute! How could people just walk away?!
"E-excuse me.." You didn't mean to come out small, even so, the sudden voice seems to startle her as she jumped back. The folders flying from her hold. With a soft curse, you quickly began to help her pick up the folders and books.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." You spoke, this time in a more softer tone.
An embarrassed blush dusted her cheeks. "It-it's Okay, I was concentrating on.. other things." The soft smile on her lips instantly calmed you. Nice, no trouble today!
"Nice day outside," The distant sound of thunder made your smile waver. "Kind of." You corrected.
"I..I can't get used to thunder." The professor giggled nervously, scratching behind her ear. "It sounds very much like earthquakes.." she inhales loudly. "But-but that's not important! Thank you for your h-help."
You watched her nervously fidget, toying with the ends of the paper that she held onto. Her blush long gone as she looked at you with gratitude that (not quite the) same wondrous look Papyrus had.
You instantly felt better. Not all monsters are bad,you decided once and for all.
"You're welcome!" You grinned, relaxed after that last thought. This professor was harmless. "I'm..I'm sorry I walked past you earlier... I realized that was pretty Ignoreant of me."
The easy smile she held instantly turned into a frown and she turned her head—but the soft giggles from her made you beam. It was a Stretch, but it eased the tension she had in her shoulders. Which in addition, made you more at ease.
"N-not another pun." She spoke quickly when she noticed your smile and how you were about to speak.
Handing her her folders, you raised your hands in mock surrender. "'Course not. The skeleton in me would rattle."
A groan came from the professor as she stepped off the cemented steps and—oh my god she's so small!
It took every fibre in your being to stop yourself of squealing. Cute attire, smol, and a lizard! Mentally, you fanned yourself.
"My puns are very terrible." You fought off a grin and lost. "Didn't mean to polka you."
Another groan came from the professor, following by soft giggling and another groan as she tried to hide her joy. The thunder no longer bothering her as she stared at you.
"I hope you meet Sans. The two of you would hit it off." She smiled after her silence.
Guessing that Sans was another monster, you shrugged and shifted your weight to your leg, slightly popping your hip to the opposite direction.
"I'll monster the courage to talk."
Another groan, followed by a giggle and a cover-up groan.
You giggled, shaking your head. "I'm sorry, that's my last one. I promise!"
Despite the wondering looks of other college students, you enjoyed the talk with the cute monster professor—she's the new lab professor too! Not that you're taking the class, but it's in the same building as some of your classes. Maybe you can talk to her some more? As friends and not as student/professor, but friends.
The hope shined brightly inside you and you couldn't help but smile widely as she talked passionately about Anime, her girlfriend and her work. She was so cute!
And she was, what humans call, a weeboo. Cuteness meter is overloading!
You took some of the files from her arms and walked with her to the building and up the stairs into the chemistry lab. With her direction, you helped her set up for her class tomorrow morning.
She sighed loudly when she placed the files on her desk, from the far side of the room and popped her back. Thanking you, you waved her off and told her it was okay.
After swapping numbers, you bid her farewell and exited the building. Making your way to the campus parking lot—and suddenly you feel very small.
There were monsters left and right, along with some humans scattered here and there. Not that you minded the humans, oh no. It was the glare they sent you during the walk with Professor Alphys. Maybe the thought you were trying to kiss up the doctor to get an easy pass. You frowned at the thought. Alphys May be kind but that didn't mean she took her students lightly. With the advancement those files had, you silently prayed for those who were going to take her course.
It was some pretty hard shit, after all.
You unlocked your door with a sigh, slipping in and placing your bag on the passenger's side as you slipped in your key and revived the cold vehicle.
"Maybe I should travel a little further from the apartment." You thought out loud, driving out of the campus parking lot and onto the main road. Your phone instantly connected to the Bluetooth and with the help of siri, you played a well-favourite song that you couldn't help but crank up the volume and sing along—although much more civilized than the singing session of the drive here.
You blushed at the memory. That damn family.
Shaking your head, you stopped at the red light, impatiently tapping the wheel until it turned green and you were on your way a little further from your apartment for some job hunting.
After a few more songs, you parked your vehicle in a parking spot. Paying for four extra hours and locked it. Pocketing your phone and keys as you walk down the street with multiple shops opened.
The street was littered with humans and monsters—mostly humans though. You furrowed your eyebrows as the group of humans held up signs and chanted: no more monsters, return underground!
Something swirled inside you as you continued to walk, ignoring the hateful message they sent.
Seriously? They're doing this here? In a monstercity?
You bit back the bitter laugh, ready to walk past them but stopped in your tracks at the large 'help wanted' sign in front of a store. Your eyes instantly went to the sign; Muffet's Busy Bakery was written in purple lights, with a smaller cursive 'BB' underneath it in silky red.
You wanted to go in, you did.
But the looks you were getting from some of the protesters caused you to hesitate your steps. Could you really walk past them like nothing? Would they harass you the moment you walk out?
Could you even get a job that looked so nice?
You bit your bottom lip and continued to walk further down the road. With your heart so dead-on the shop, the other 'help wanted' signs didn't look appealing in your eyes. All of them looked so plain and boring compared to Muffet's bakery, Café?
You yawned loudly, covering your mouth as you turned your heel and determinedly marched towards the purple sign. No protesters were going to ruin this!
When you neared, you saw that the protesters were now standing in front of Muffet's shop. Shouting profanities through the window, the hole-y curtains were shut, the slightly tinted window made sure it appeared anonymous compared to the rest of the shops, the colour scheme wasn't too bad, either. Who knew black and different shades of purple could look so good?
You stopped your march besides the protesters, a hand over your chest as they shouted and chanted.
It made you feel ashamed of your race, truly.
Shaking your head, you huffed and began to push your way towards the door, silently hoping they thought you were just another protester.
Luckily, as dense as they were, you made it through the door before they could grab you when they noticed last second. You pushed the door closed and locked it in fear of them storming in to shout at you.
"Freak-fucker!"
"Monster-loving bitch!"
"You're a disgrace to our race!"
The words kept coming the longer you stood with your back against the door. Each word stuck on you like super glue and each word caused you to shrink under their shouts and chants.
"Do not mind them, deary." A soothing voice called from a few feet in front of you. "They're just ignorant humans. I've already called the police, they should be here soon."
When you lifted your head, your eyes widen slightly at the spider monster behind the counter. Despite the alcohol beverages behind her, she displayed other sweets such as donuts, candy and croissants?
The monster, who you guessed was muffet, was a spider. A literal spider monster. She had five eyes, which four had a bit of eyeshadow, winged eyeliner and fake eyelashes. Her lips were a shade darker from her skin, glosses over by a lip gloss (you could see her fangs pointing out underneath her pouty lips—oh my) and her hair was in a half up and half down, in pigtails.
There, don't talk to any monsters.
You swallowed and pushed yourself off the door, all thoughts of your brother's words slowly shattering the longer you thought about Papyrus, Undyne and Alphys. They were all monsters, very kind monsters.
Nothing like the folktale your brothers used to force you to read. They weren't violent(maybe Undyne, but her intentions were pure.), they were sweet creatures that just wanted a life on the surface.
The king had talked about mages. Mages that sealed them underground—many didn't believe him, even the government told him that there was so records of mages or any fairytale he shared. The first few months were rough for both Humans and Monsters, as many humans would harass the monsters and they'd just smile and go on their day.
Your hand balled at the thought.
The human government basically signed their death warrant, patting the King and Queen's shoulders and throwing them out of the House of Court with nothing but a compromise of land and equality. Any humans that dusted a Monster served no consequences. The other way around, however, was a penalty of death.
Equality, my ass.
You sighed softly and stood in front of the counter, looking over at the menu overhead and down towards the eyes of Muffet.
Of course, with the sudden increase of monsters appearing one day, they were forced to take down some laws that bonded them to this small land.
Traveling and what not, we're still tracked by the government. No matter which part of earth monsters decided to stay, they were tracked by the country's government. Watched over each day.
It annoyed you to no ends.
"You seem troubled, deary." She spoke in soft tones.
"I'm just.. thinking about the past."
Muffet didn't make a sound, but continued to clean the shot glass with a damp cloth. Watching you with her five eyes. It was until now that you noticed her... attire.
A soft blush appeared on your cheeks, starting from your nose and spreading to your cheeks.
She wore a long dress pants (and the way she's swaying back and forth, you'd guess she is wearing roller skates.) along with a matching vest, the cream coloured button up had enough holes for her arms, which held other things such as a notepad and a pen, the glass shot and a cloth and the last two were hovered over the cash register.
The large purple bow wrapped around her next complimented her rectangle eggplant-coloured glasses, a single harness over her left top bicep made you swallow thickly.
Another fricking cute monster?!
You wanted to fan yourself. Boy, did the underground held so much attractive monsters? We're ALL female monsters this cute?
"There is no use dwelling on the past," her voice was smooth, like you could fall asleep to it, but it also held a mixture of mischievous and a motherly tone. Kind of an odd combination, but that's what you were getting when she talked.
"Humans are ignorant, but they grow. Those human in the front will eventually learn that on their own time. You are a very... stubborn species. Ahuhuh~"
Amazed, you watched as spiders from the curtains scurry along the ceiling and down their webs to hang onto the stool, pushing it further out from the counter for your to sit in.
Mouth agape, you sat down and watched as the spiders worked.
"Spider cider?" You muttered in slight confusion. "...maybe a spider donut too."
Her glossed lips pulled into a sweet smile, ringing in your order as she turned and quickly made your orders in front of you. You gasped each time a spider would carry something twice—thrice it's size to one side of the counter to another. You looked over your shoulder and watched in awe as the other spiders worked the clean up the table left by other customers.
The protesters outside were no longer there (thanks gOD) and were now standing in between two police cars.
Turning your attention back on Muffet, you fiddled with your fingers on the counter. With her back turned towards you, you opened your mouth to call her—but your voice was caught in your throat. Swallowing the lump, you cleared your throat.
"A-actually." You squeaked. "I wanted.. to know about... the wanted help?"
...
"I don't hire high school students, sweetie." She turned towards you, holding the cup of spider cider and placed it on the counter along with a coaster.
You laughed nervously. "Actually.. I..I'm a college student." You spoke, taking out your wallet and handed her your card while showing her your Student I.D.
The same Ahuhuhu~ laugh came from her as she swiped your card and handed it back towards you. Your eyes wandered towards the total and sighed in relief. Only 8.30$. Kind of expensive, but still, it was better than overcharge.
You weren't rich, nor were you made out of money. Endless summer jobs were able to barely pay for your half of the apartment... especially after all the reconstruction your friend did.
Picking up the cup, you brought it to your lips and took a sip of the beverage. Eyes widening slightly, you withdrew the cup from your lips to examine it.
"It's infused with Monster Magic, a little bit of alcohol and a little bit of spider dust. Do not worry, it is safe for you humans to drink." She laughed at your expression. Although, she was surprised that you went for another sip, this time longer.
She kicked her leg, sending the wheel to roll towards you and leaned over the counter.
"Are you serious about working here, sweetie?" She asked, watching you swallow her creations. Despite that she had told you it was infused with spider dust, you continued to drink it like it was water. The small hue of purple didn't throw you off and unlike many humans, you didn't swear and spat it out. Interesting.
Putting the drink down, you licked your lip and nodded. "I just entered College, and I need the money to help pay for half of my rent next month. Not to mention, a little spending money would never hurt."
"Fresh out of junior. You're growing to be a fine lady." She complimented, standing up and kicked off her foot, strolling down to the door. You frowned slightly, but instantly brightened when she came back with a clipboard.
"Would you be a dear and full this out?" She spoke, giving the clipboard to a bunch of mini spiders and they brought the board to you.
"I'll be right back." And with a wink, she took out her notepad and went to the monsters sitting near the window, watching the protesters with snickers.
You blushed, nodded your head, and began to fill out the blanks. It was the basics. Where you live, your full name, address, past working experience, phone number, and lastly, A signature.
After reading the fine print, you placed your signature on the marked ex's.
Putting the clipboard down, you picked up the donut and took a bite—an instant moan came from you as you took another and repeated the process.
Holy fluff, this stuff was good!
In a spur of a moment, someone sat next to you.
Their orange hoody being an eyesore among the black and purple colour scheme, but then again it was nice to see a bit of colour after being in the cafe slash bar slash bakery?
Whatever, the sweets are really good.
"Thank you for waiting." Muffet spoke, rolling back in front of you while taking the clipboard.
"Monster candy.. please.." you said in a small voice, aware of the monster beside you. Muffet looked up from her clipboard and slid you two pieces of hard candy while you handed her three dollars. She rung it up and continued to read through your information.
She made no acknowledgement whatsoever to the orange hooded monster slumped over the counter but instead one of her left arms reached under the counter and placed a bottle of... honey near the orange's head. Without looking, Hoody-guy grabbed the condiment, popped off the cap and sat up, bringing the opening to his mouth and took a desperate loooong sip.
However, he stopped mid-gulp to look at you.
"I know I'm a bit of an eye candy and I'm flattered you think i'm sweet to stare at, but let me slide you my name."
He literally slid you his name carved in a spider donut.
When did he get that?!
Stretch.