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3rd Pov.
The quiet sound of a far away band playing music filled the silence of the day as (Y/n) walked down the street. She hummed quietly along, the song quite a popular one in their city. She tapped her fingers to the beat against her forearm, bright (e/c) eyes roaming around the park she chose for her walk. Despite being the middle of the day, there weren’t that many people out beside her, luck being on her side and giving her some peace and quiet.
The choice to go to the smaller, less popular park was the correct one after all.
Her eyes settled on a bench, or rather the small white lizard in glasses sitting on it, fidgeting with her hands and sleeves. (Y/n) smiled, turning towards where her friend was already waiting. She sped up her pace, forgetting the sightseeing and going straight towards XAlphys. Before she could do it however, a different figure beat her to it, making her stop completely in her tracks.
The tall figure conversed with XAlphys casually, his expression calm and stoic. His hands were casually clasped behind his back, the white of his pristine bones broken only by the small hole in each of them, with an x shape on top of it. He easily towered over the lizard, needing to turn his head at quite an angle to be able to converse with her. (Y/n) supposed it probably was a problem with most people, as the only monster she’s seen remotely close to his height was King XAsgore himself.
(Y/n) couldn’t help but stare as XGaster continued his talk with XAlphys, too nervous to approach in case it was related to important work. It was no secret that the scientist was not fond of sharing what he’s working on, his assistant being the only other person to be aware of his plans. (Y/n) didn’t want to cause any problems should she overhear something she wasn’t supposed to and, thus, settled for standing a good distance away and taking the sight in while she could.
She hoped that the conversation wasn’t about something important considering XGaster’s casual appearance. She doubted that he’d work in a turtleneck and a long, purple coat over the top of it. Then again, she’d never seen him in a lab coat, so perhaps it was indeed what he wore even while in his lab. She reckoned he’d look unfairly attractive either way.
She was brought out of her, admittedly common, thoughts by the sound of retreating footsteps as XGaster walked away from XAlphys, who let out a quiet sigh and slumped against the bench. With a small frown, (Y/n) approached her friend, taking a seat right next to her.
“Lab emergency? We can reschedule if it’s important. You know I wouldn’t mind.” XAlphys jumped at her words, but then relaxed, realising it was just her.
“No, no. It wasn’t that luckily. He just needed to remind me of something, that’s all.” Despite the reassurance, (Y/n) could tell that there was something her friend wasn’t telling her. She didn’t push though, figuring that it must be something connected to their work that others weren’t allowed to see.
“Also, you were staring. I could feel your gaze the entire time.” (Y/n) made an undignified sound at that, her face turning bright red at the unimpressed words of XAlphys.
The poor, poor lizard monster had to listen to a few too many rants about XGaster and was taking any occasion to jab at (Y/n)’s lack of taste in men.
“Did he notice? Oh sweet XAsgore please tell me he didn’t. I didn’t mean to, I swear I just decided to wait until you were done talking in case it was super secret important lab work.” She defended herself quickly, hoping that it wouldn’t sound like excuses. It obviously did, despite being the truth. Her crush on the unapproachable skeleton might be apparent to anyone who even remotely knew her, but she was no creep and wasn’t about to creepily stare at him whenever he’s out in public.
“He didn’t. He was too busy telling me I have to sort everything he’s been working on when I’m done here.. Again. ” XAlphys made a quiet, unhappy groan, clearly not thrilled for the hours of paperwork that awaited her the moment she stepped foot in the lab again.
(Y/n) didn’t like that look on her friend’s face one bit. She knew that XAlphys was always busy, their hangouts becoming quite rare because of that fact. With how tired the lizard looked, she clearly needed a long break. One XGaster must not be able to afford for their research to be pushing his assistant so hard.
Despite knowing it was very, very idiotic of her, she voiced her idea anyway, hoping against hope that XAlphys would agree, if only to lessen her workload.
“I could help? I know you’re technically not allowed to show anyone, but you need a break. I’d be more than happy to do the sorting so you both can focus on more important things than misplaced paperwork. I wouldn’t tell a fly, I’d even ignore the content of the documents, I swear.” She offered, her words coming out fast and a bit jumbled, but still getting her point across well enough.
XAlphys looked up at her, simply staring for a long while, the gaze making (Y/n) just the slightest bit nervous. While her friend was never really intimidating, sometimes the look in her eyes was… worrying to say at least. As if she knew things no person should, not without losing their mind at the very least.
“You know I can’t (Nickname). You’d need to look at the content of the papers to sort them correctly. XGaster is very particular in how he wants his documents to be segregated. I can’t just let you do it instead of me, even if it’s very tempting. I’d get into so much trouble!” Despite the no, it was clear that XAlphys was seriously considering the idea if the way she was biting her lip said something.
(Y/n) took it as her chance and wrapped her arm around XAlphys’ shoulder, pulling her into a side hug and smiling down at her.
“I’d take the blame if anything were to happen. And we’ll make sure I only come in when XGaster isn’t in his lab. You could oversee everything while working on something else. You know I wouldn’t do anything to sabotage you, or your work. I just want to help my best friend not be so overworked.” XAlphys ran her hand down her face, closing her eyes before groaning.
The lizard fixed up her glasses before giving (Y/n) a nod, to which she bit back the urge to whisper-yell ‘yes!’ to herself. That would be embarrassing, especially in public.
“Alright! Just… be careful. Don’t touch anything other than the papers. Leave and come exactly when I tell you on the dot . And no peep about what you see to anyone ! You may be an idiot, but you’re my idiot that I don’t want to die for being caught where she shouldn’t be.” XAlphys grumbled out, lightly pushing the human, earning a proud grin and a shove in revenge.
“Awwww, you care for me! And here I thought you merely tolerated me because I’m friends with XUndyne and helped you talk to h-” (Y/n)’s mouth was promptly covered by two scaled hands of a very flustered lizard. She barked out a laugh, smugly looking at XAlphys who was now blushing just as darkly as the human had been when XGaster was mentioned.
“I take it back! You’re not my idiot! I’m going back to the lab!” XAlphys yelled out, throwing her hands up in the air for a second before jumping off the bench.
Despite her words, (Y/n) saw her friend pause when she didn’t immediately follow. She snorted, shaking her head in amusement before getting up too, quickly jogging up to XAlphys and following her back to the lab.
She’ll finally be able to help not only her friend, but the brilliant mind of XGaster too, however small sorting paperwork might be.