Protect One Another - US!Papyrus x Reader

Chapter 5/24 -- Muffet's Bakery

Papyrus glanced at Y/n, his famous lazy grin plastered to his face. She looked at him, a little confused as to why he was smiling at her. The tall skeleton motioned for her to sit on one of the stools in front of the corner. She did as she was instructed, and he sat next to her and reached for a nearby silver bell resting on the mahogany counter. He clicked it and it rang throughout the room. In mere seconds, the doors to what Y/n thought were the kitchens flew open and a person came skating out. Yes, skating. She looked like a spider, six arms and eight eyes, a pair of half-moon spectacles resting on her small nose. She had a small horn on the right side of her hairline, her hair was short and black and had two small pigtails on either side of her head. Her skin was purple, and she wore a complimentary colored suit.

"G'morning Muffet," Papyrus said, waving her over to their spot. She spotted him and smiled, whizzing over to them, and leaning on the counter.

"Good morning dearie, how may I help you?" Muffet said, her voice calm and flirty sounding. "Oh, I see you've brought a friend!" Muffet smiled at the girl as she pulled out a notepad from one of her many pockets.

"O-oh yeah. My name's Y/n." Darn stutter, geez. I need to get out more. "It's nice to meet you, Miss Muffet."

Papyrus noticed his friend was uncomfortable and motioned for Muffet to stop staring at the human and turn to him. "She's new here," he whispered. "Please be nice, and don't offer her spiders." Muffet nodded slowly, then smiled.

"Understood," she whispered back. She turned to the human again and held her notepad ready. "Alright sweetie, what can I get you for breakfast?" She tried to sound as sweet as she could, but still managed to make Y/n stutter. She tried several times to get the words out but ended up sitting there uncomfortably.

"We'll just have some pancakes, Muffet," Papyrus interjected. Saved by the master, thank you universe. Muffet nodded with a grin and excused herself. When she had left, Y/n put her head down in shame. Papyrus started to snicker, pulling out a cigarette from his pocket. "Wow, I didn't think it'd be that bad," he said, lighting it and putting it in between his teeth.

"You didn't even let me talk!" Y/n shot back, irritated. "I-I could've ordered on my own. Without your help!"

"Sure, sure," he said, waving her off. "And I'll bet you would've done it with the same confidence as you had when telling Sans no to some sweets he brought for you." Y/n rolled her eyes and rested her chin on her crossed arms again.

They sat in silence for a while until Muffet reappeared with two plates stacked with pancakes. "There you are," she said, sliding each plate in front of them, handing Papyrus a bottle of honey. "Here's your topping...it's the only one you ever use after all. And I held off on the spiders this time, enjoy the breakfast dearies! Oh and Papyrus," she lowered her voice dangerously, "Pay. Your. Darn. Tab. Or I will feed you to my pet."

 She smiled at them and winked at Y/n, skating off to meet a customer at another table. The girl looked confused and turned to see Papyrus drenching his pancakes in honey. He pulled the cigarette from his mouth and tossed it into the trash, taking the honey bottle in his hand then pouring it into his mouth. He's a freaking skeleton, where does it go?!

"Uh, Paps? What did she mean when she mentioned spiders?" Y/n asked, taking a bite of her pancake. They were so soft and fluffy, and tasted like there were chocolate chips on the inside.

"Oh, she usually puts spiders in her dishes," he replied simply.

"Wait but isn't she- "

"A spider monster?" he continued. "Yeah. Just don't think about it to much, alright kiddo?" Y/n pushed the thought out of her head and continued eating in delight, swinging her legs on the stool childishly, remembering all the times she had sat on a stool eating pancakes as a kid...