Bone of Contention (Underswap Papyrus X Reader)

Chapter 10: "Muffet's"

You made your way down the sidewalk and watched as the traffic went by, car by car it got busier and busier. The chanting of a nearby protest echoed throughout the city and you let out a sigh. Why haven't you been able to choose whether your a supporter or a hater of the monsters yet?

It seems like such a small thing, but in reality, it isn't. It's a present issue echoing throughout the world, not just in Ebott City. The monster's freedom has been debated for the past six months, but could that soon turn into six years?

What if humanity passed some law that sent the monsters back into the underground? That'd be absolutely tragic! Sans and Papyrus both looked so happy up here and them being ripped from their freedom would be an absolute tragedy!

Would the humans really be that cruel though? Monsters pretty much had equal rights to humans right now but, could that change? Humans were learning to be more accepting so, maybe nothing terrible will happen this time.

As you made your way down the street, you passed a house with an "Anti-Monster" sign up in their yard. It had the silhouette of a monster with long hair and vicious claws being crossed out with a big red 'no' symbol over it.

That didn't look like any monster you'd ever seen, its features were exaggerated and made to look cruel and scary. The closest monster you'd seen to looking like that was the Queen and her past husband. But, they seemed like nice people and nothing like that vicious representation.

You walked past the sign and shook your head, "Who'd ever put that in their yard?" You muttered to yourself.

After walking a bit longer, you finally ended up at Muffet's. Decorating the glass windows outside of the café were little decorative spiders, coffee cups and donuts. You smiled and admired the purple awning above the door. Written on it in a pretty cursive font was "Muffet's Café".

As you walked closer to the door, the monster you recognized to be the Queen of all monsters walked out. She was wearing a black skirt, a white shirt and a purple cardigan. She looked to be in a very happy mood and her eyes were bright.

"Good morning," She spoke with an acknowledging nod.

"Good morning, your majesty." You spoke with a curtsy.

"Oh please, you can call me Toriel. I'm not much of a queen anymore." She laughed somewhat and smiled at you.

"Well, once you're royalty, you're always royalty right?" You joked.

She chucked and nodded her head, "It does seem so," she replied.

"Now, excuse me young one, I must go run some errands. Have a good day!" She spoke as she walked over to the crosswalk.

"You too, Toriel!" You replied to her kindly as she walked away.

You turned back to the café and took a deep breath before walking to the door and opening it, you stepped inside and were surprised to see more people than you expected. By counting heads, you could see five humans and twenty-two monsters. That was pretty good for any café in the morning.

Muffet rolled over to you on her roller skates and adjusted her bow tie. "Ah, there you are deary. I was starting to wonder if you weren't going to take up my offer." She spoke.

"I had a busy weekend, I'm sorry." You apologized.

"That's alright deary, I understand completely" She spoke with a respectful nod.

"Can I get some food before we talk over the job?" You asked her.

"Of course, right this way." She responded as she skated over to the counter.