[Oh... oh, that's what that feels like... That must be "soft." It's so nice. He pushes himself into the touch, forcing himself into the other's palm and resting there. It's warm. It's so warm...
He's so content to finally feel someone touching him that Mettaton almost misses Keats' comment.]
...
[So. He caught on, huh?
Leave and regret it. Stay and hope you don't...]
when... w-when alphys met me, i'd completely given up hope on finding a body that looked the way i wanted it to. i wanted to be a star. i wanted people to notice me, for once. i wanted to be able to interact with everyone else, the way... the way people like me always do. people that... [Even now, even when it's totally obvious, he's still choking over the words. He can't bring himself to say it. "People that are ghosts."] people that don't have bodies.
[Sigh. An exhale of warm steam leaves his vents.]
...we made a deal: i'd possess a rudimentary body she built and pretend she made me, and she'd give me the body i always wanted once she became the royal scientist.
...i'm sorry. [I'm sorry this is what you have feelings for. I'm sorry I'm a liar. I'm sorry I'm still terrified of you knowing.]
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He's so content to finally feel someone touching him that Mettaton almost misses Keats' comment.]
...
[So. He caught on, huh?
Leave and regret it. Stay and hope you don't...]
when... w-when alphys met me, i'd completely given up hope on finding a body that looked the way i wanted it to. i wanted to be a star. i wanted people to notice me, for once. i wanted to be able to interact with everyone else, the way... the way people like me always do. people that... [Even now, even when it's totally obvious, he's still choking over the words. He can't bring himself to say it. "People that are ghosts."] people that don't have bodies.
[Sigh. An exhale of warm steam leaves his vents.]
...we made a deal: i'd possess a rudimentary body she built and pretend she made me, and she'd give me the body i always wanted once she became the royal scientist.
...i'm sorry. [I'm sorry this is what you have feelings for. I'm sorry I'm a liar. I'm sorry I'm still terrified of you knowing.]