Bab 4: Chapter 4
They were finally inside the grocery store. Frisk had only just started to get over his dizziness when Papyrus picked him up and put him inside the shopping cart, thankfully not in the child seat but in the main part where all the groceries went. Nonetheless, Frisk was annoyed.
"Papyrus, I can walk," Frisk complained.
"Yeah, slowly," Papyrus said pushing the cart into the store. "I told you already, Frisk. We need to get back quickly, and we can't do that if you're walking on your short legs. Besides, this is much more fun!"
Papyrus put one leg on the cart and used the other one to accelerate. Then he put both legs up while he and Frisk rolled quickly through the aisles just avoiding the other customers who were leaping to get out of the way.
"WEEEEE!" Papyrus yelled.
"Papyrus, we can't do this in here!" Frisk yelled while Papyrus used his feet to change their direction. "We'll hit someone! We have to stop!"
"You worry too much, human! I, the Great Papyrus, know exactly what I'm doing! Weeee!"
Frisk held onto the sides of the grocery cart as well as he could and tried to avoid throwing up until Papyrus finally came to a complete stop. He looked around and saw that they were in the bakery section.
"This is my favorite part of the whole store," Papyrus said. "Their donuts are the best. Here, try one for yourself."
Papyrus picked up a donut with chocolate frosting from a display case and handed it to Frisk.
"Hold on," Papyrus said after getting one for himself. "We need juice."
Papyrus quickly found and picked up two large jugs of orange juice or their closest Underground equivalent. He opened one jug and sat it down in front of Frisk. Then Papyrus threw his donut in his mouth and immediately washed it down with as much orange juice as he could chug.
Frisk sat there with his donut in his hand and the opened jug in front of him staring on in amazement along with half the store as Papyrus chugged down an entire giant jug of orange juice.
Papyrus noticed Frisk was staring and asked, "What's the matter, Frisk? Oh, I know what you want."
He trotted over to the café right next to the bakery and came back over to the cart.
"Here, you go, Frisk," Papyrus said oblivious to all the disgusted stares as he threw a bunch of napkins onto Frisk's lap and handed him a bendy straw.
Papyrus finished the last of his orange juice and dropped the empty container in the basket.
"Come on, Frisk," Papyrus said pleadingly. "I know you're depressed, but you have to eat something. The juice will give you tons of healthy vitamins and stuff. The donut isn't that healthy, but it's so delicious that it's sure to make you happy."
Frisk obediently took a bite out of the donut and smiled. It was delicious. The juice wasn't bad either.
Papyrus continued pushing the cart around the store, but only a third as wildly as before since there was an open container in his cart. Frisk took notice, and after finishing the donut, drank the juice as slowly as he could. Papyrus moved around as quickly as possible only stopping to pick things up he needed when they were in the appropriate aisles.
When they finally reached the personal hygiene aisles, Papyrus picked Frisk up out of the cart and put him on the ground.
"Alright, Frisk," Papyrus said. "I don't know what type of toothbrushes humans like or anything about how you keep yourself clean, so you can pick all that out yourself. I'm gonna look for some skull polish."
Before Papyrus walked away, Frisk asked, "Papyrus, am I your prisoner?"
Papyrus turned back around and was awkwardly silent for a moment.
Then he finally said, "Well…um…think of it more like being a patient in a mental health ward but much more fun…"
"How long am I staying with you?"
"Sans said we would keep you with us until you were better…in the head. I'm going to look for that skull polish now. Hurry up and get what you need. Don't worry about the price. I'll take care of it. Also, no wandering off."
Papyrus turned away to look for his polish. Frisk sighed and went to work looking for whatever the Underground's equivalent of the surface's personal hygiene products were. He was their "patient" now, and he would have to deal with it.
Frisk gathered all that he thought would take care of his needs. The only thing he needed was the toothbrush they came for in the first place, so he walked over to the wall of toothbrushes. Just like on the surface, they were all either different colors or had pictures on them, except in the Underground's case, they all had pictures of Mettaton. He picked one off the wall and looked it over.
At that moment, Frisk felt his soul get pulled out of his body. He turned around to see Undyne looming over him and staring him down. She wasn't wearing her armor, but she was more than ready to fight. She pulled a spear out of nowhere and continued glaring.
"I never would have expected to find you here, human," Undyne said. "But it doesn't matter, I'll take you down once and for all."
Before Frisk could react, Papyrus jumped in the way.
"Undyne," Papyrus said. "The human is in no condition to fight."
"Why are you defending him, Papyrus?" Undyne asked angrily. "You know what humans did to us. I can't believe it. He's brainwashed you! I'll kill the little brat."
"No, Undyne, please! He has no will to live! He's way too sick to fight!"
"Bull! Get out of my way, Papyrus! I don't want to have to hurt you!"
"No!"
"Move it, traitor!"
"This isn't right, Undyne!"
"Papyrus…"
"STOP!" Frisk yelled at the top of his lungs getting on his knees in front of Undyne. "Undyne, you're right. I'm dangerous. I can't be allowed to live. Papyrus was just trying to protect me, but I don't deserve it. Kill me. Go ahead. I won't fight back. I swear. I just want it to end. Please, just do it. Take my soul to Asgore. Break the barrier. Do whatever you want. Just make sure no one else gets it, especially not Flowey. Please kill me. Go ahead. It's okay. I want you to do it. Please. I'm ready. Go ahead…"
"What the hell?" Undyne asked lowering her spear. "What is the matter with you, human?"
"It's like I was saying," Papyrus said. "Sans said he's manically depressed. Yesterday, he tried to drown himself in a river."
"Oh, my God," Undyne said looking over the human in pity.
"Sans and I are nursing him back to mental health."
"Papyrus, he's a human. We still have to fight."
"But not like this, that would be dishonorable…"
"Wait, dishonorable?"
"Yes, it's dishonorable to kill an enemy who has no will to fight back. It would be the same as assisted suicide. The more honorable thing to do is wait to fight until he has recovered. Then, he'll give you a real challenge. That would be the honorable thing to do, and I know you're honorable, Undyne."
Undyne stood there looking thoughtful for a second, then she dissolved her spear.
"I don't want a dishonorable battle, human," Undyne said. "I'll let you go for now."
"Thank you, Undyne," Papyrus said. "You won't regret this."
"He's in your custody until he gets better, Papyrus," Undyne said turning around and walking away. "See you later."
"Bye, Undyne!" Papyrus yelled after her. "I'll call you."
Frisk looked down at the floor and started crying again.
"It's alright, Frisk," Papyrus said kneeling down next to Frisk. "You're going to be just…"
"WHY DID YOU STOP HER?!" Frisk yelled in frustration with tears streaming down his face. "I was almost free! I would have been free if you hadn't stopped her! Why do you keep stopping me every time I get close?!"
Undyne peaked around the aisle at the two of them. Papyrus, not knowing what else to do, picked Frisk up.
"Frisk, why are you so sad?" Papyrus asked rubbing his back. "You can't really hate yourself and your life that much. Can you? Everyone's life matters and everyone has a reason to be happy."
"Not me," Frisk said sadly. "I haven't had a reason in a long time."
"Uh, let's go home," Papyrus said lowering him into the cart with his toothbrush.
Undyne watched Papyrus and Frisk walk away and stared at the ground lost in thought.
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