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It had been a week since Alphys had been dragged to the club and seduced into dancing with a beautiful redheaded dork who she may have gone home with??? If the woman's friend hadn't gotten sick.
A whole week. A whole week consisting of daydreaming about grinding with a stranger, of remembering the make outs on the dance floor, of staring at the newly added contact in her phone.
UNDYNE 000-413-63#0
A week of trying to decide whether or not to send a text. It couldn't be that hard, right? Well, like, she'd texted her the next day to thank her for the fun night, and had gotten a response several hours later that literally only displayed “np thanks to u too” and that had been that. She'd been too giddy to reply, shocked that Undyne had answered in the first place.
Were people supposed to text the cute strangers they flirted with all night after it was already over? Was it some kind of Cinderella spell that ended when Alphys woke up the next morning, feeling hungover but satisfied?
Alphys groaned, clutching her phone and burying her face into her pillow. It's been a whole week. She needed to get it together and make a decision, but--
Would Undyne be annoyed? Ignore her?
What would Alphys even say?
“Th-this is impossible!” She gasped, lifting her face from the pillow to breathe. “My shoujos never covered this dilemma before!” She propped her phone against the wall in front of her pillow, chin resting in her hands, eyebrows knit as she stared at it.
UNDYNE 000-314-63#0
Undyne. It was such a cool name for such a cool chick, and Alphys was dying to be able to talk to her again. It was driving her bananas. They'd been so close, and Undyne had started kissing her jaw, her ear...
Oh god
Alphys' face was beet red as she once again groaned into her pillow. She peeked up after a moment, her phone's screen was dark for only a second when it buzzed. She squeaked and ducked under her blanket because oH goD What if thAT Was hER?
Shaking, she reached out and grabbed her phone to read the text.
METTATON: Alphy you dork just text her already gorgeous. I know you haven't yet, but it'll be worth it. The chemistry you two had... oh la la!
A frustrated noise turned into a giggle.
YOU: I'm surprised you even noticed with that guy all over you!
METTATON: Darling, you were absolutely lost as you danced in her arms. Even with such an... attractive person being with me, it was hard not to notice every now and then. Catty and Bratty told me that all you've done is hope she texts you. You silly seductress, just text her already!
Those traitors! They ditched her at the club and had the nerve to tattle to Mettaton!
“Argh!” She could not do this. She absolutely could not do this.
just text her come on just do it omg
She sat at her desk, abandoned doodles beside her laptop, an anime paused on the screen as she glanced at her phone. She'd left it on the bed, but still its presence teased her, calling her. She bit her lip, wandered over, picked it up, put it down, circled the room. Repeat.
Frick.
This is getting ridiculous.
Alphys sighed. She supposed she couldn't do it, after all. She wandered into the kitchen to make herself some lunch, noting that Bratty wasn't home. She put the pot to boil, staring at her phone left on the counter, drumming short, bitten-down nails on the surface.
A quick text possibly couldn't hurt? She swallowed, fingers so close to her phone. It wouldn't take long. She kept that thought in mind as she took her food back to her room, sitting back down at her desk and resuming her staring contest with her phone. There was a moment of silence. The smell of noodles was tempting and filled her with determination.
She took a deep breath, swiped up her phone, and quickly tapped out a message. Was it good enough?
YOU: hey Undyne ^^ how's it going?
Her finger hovered over the send button, her breathing heavy. i can do this i can do this i can do this i can do this
MESSAGE SENT
That was basically the worst idea ever!! It's already been a week, of course texting Undyne had been a bad idea! The spell was gone! Alphys had no idea why she even bothered!
Alphys gave a yell, scrabbling at her hair and wandering around the room. Her heart was pounding, sweat building on her palms.
She finally settled down, stopped pacing the room. Now it'd been a good ten minutes since the text literally the worst! idea! ever!
Leaving her phone on her desk, Alphys burrowed into her blankets, screaming into her bed.
Undyne still hadn't responded.
It's been way too long. Alphys could feel the disappointment starting to settle in. She really should have known better, but she let Mettaton and Catty and Bratty talk her into thinking this meant at least a date or something. She should have known she wasn't even worth that.
It was just some girl at a club, that was it. There was no reason to be so upset about this. There was no reason to expect anything more from it. She just wasn't used to anyone giving her the time of day, especially someone like Undyne.
She wished they could at least go get a coffee or whatever it is kids do these days for first dates. Or something.
She curled up under her blankets, sighing, embarrassed, disappointed.
When her phone went off about twenty minutes later, she nearly screamed and her heart jumped to her throat, especially when she saw the text.
UNDYNE: hey cutie heh heh. its good. hbu?
Shaking, relieved, and giddy as hell, Alphys could barely believe her eyes.
YOU; oh i'm doing great! just watching a movie and stuff.
Nice. So eloquent. At least they were having some semblance of a conversation?
Undyne responded again. Alphys was filled with determination.
She ended up texting her all night.
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