Undyne huffed, wiping sweat from her brow as she left her classroom. It's been days, and Monster Kid's obsession with her was getting out of hand.

He didn't have a kid crush on her, thankfully, he seemed to really love fighting. Mettaton was his old idol, but he must have saw the new fighter blood of Undyne and attached himself onto her. She wasn't really sure what to do about it, social situations weren't her thing. Whenever she had a problem, Gerson told her to kill it, which she couldn't do because he was illegal. And wrong.

Undyne was never supposed to be a person of power, nor of strength. A follower was her intended role, given to her by the Storybook of Legends. Not a good guy, not an evil doer, just one who followed instructions. Lead Snow White into the forest, pretend to take her dust, and let her run free. Such a short and simple destiny, there wasn't many conditions she had to fill. Just to be strong enough to take someone to the woods and pretend to kill them.

As if Undyne would let the Evil King's child hurt her girlfriend. Undyne knew they couldn't ever be romantically involved in the public, that Alphys' life would forever be better on the path set for her, and she was okay with that. Undyne only had to serve the new Evil King long enough to get Alphys into the forest, from there she could switch sides, become Alphys' personal guard. Keep her safe from the new Evil King, wherever they were.

It'd be risky, but Undyne was willing to pull through with that plan. Maybe she could sneak in and cuddle with her at night, or escort her from her daily duties as a Queen. A little secret relationship, just between them. Everyone would think Alphys was dating Mettaton, and Undyne was okay with that. It was fine.

However, it wouldn't work with Monster Kid following her everywhere. Even to the bathroom! The kid tried to sneak inside before she almost round house kicked him out. He clearly just wanted attention from a role model, but Undyne was not that girl. She was about to lose it as this point. He had good intentions, and he didn't understand any better, but Undyne didn't know how to get him to go away.

The major problem with his stalking was that Undyne, well, kind of had a big secret girlfriend no one could find out about. And going on dates with her were becoming more impossible with Undyne's stalker. To think that it wouldn't the many, many fans of Snow White's destiny that would put a strain on their relationship, but a single little boy who has a destiny with shoes and wanted one with swords.

Running from him was becoming more of chore than she thought. Undyne already ran to and from school everyday, but at this rate she'd be having more of a workout. The busy person inside of her cheered at the thought of more intense workouts, but the romantic side of her was getting annoyed from this situation. She just wanted to hold Alphys' hand, just once, without the fear of anyone bursting in and ruining it without a second thought.

Was this how their lives were going to be for the rest of their existence? Constantly dodging and weaving, left and right, just for a slight chance of romance? Undyne already committed herself to Alphys, she'd do anything for her, but this was going to be harder than she expected.

Sweat trailed down her blue scales as she checked around the back of the school from a window, looking for an escape. She was only on the first story, and while her climbing skills were nothing compared to Sans and Grillby's, it wasn't too high to cause any damage.

Bringing out her mirror, she ducked behind a collection of lockers, clicking away on Alphys' own magical mirror energy.

'Wanna meet up? - Undyne'

She checked out into the hallway. Monster Kid, likely still looking for her, scampered past a few people quite a distance away. Kid sure did have some dedication, that was for sure.

'Oh, I can't. I'm too busy meeting up with you. - Alphys'

'Where? - Alphys'

Undyne's mouth pulled back into a toothy grin at the joke, quickly replying to her amazing girlfriend. She loved Alphys so much.

'Behind the school. MK is stalking me again and we could probably chill for a few minutes. Like a mini date? - Undyne'

'Sure! I'll be there in a minute, Grillby accidentally caught a book on fire when he got too angry reading it so I have to get rid of it first. - Alphys'

'Cool, see you there - Undyne'

The moment their conversation had calmed the storm of words, both parties were quick to delete the messages, one after another disappearing from their inboxes until no evidence was present. Only another step in their game of hide and seek from the public eye. One peek over a shoulder, one wrong kiss, one stutter of a word, and it could all be over. Be careful, be safe. For their relationship.

Crisp air cut across her scales as she pushed open the nearby window, pushing her bag over the edge before she followed, jumping down onto the grass below. The schools first floor was a tad higher than most normal buildings, but it was an entire castle, so the change did make sense. What didn't have any logic behind it was why a school would be held at a castle, Undyne thought that was a waste of money. Then again, the school was funded by the Queen, and it was the most popular. They had enough money to likely build a second castle just for show.

Surprisingly, it didn't take Alphys too long to arrive, considering she had to escape from the constant media that seemed to trail her much like Monster Kid did for Undyne. Once Undyne experienced a fraction of attention from one child, she understood immediately the struggles Alphys went through.

"Hey," Alphys said, stopping next to her. "You just want to hang out here for a bit before the lunch bell rings?"

"Yeah, then we can go find our spot," Undyne said, "It's a good thing we both got to be released from class early. My teacher accidentally stabbed his hand. What happened in your class?"

"Teacher got turned into a frog."

Undyne blinked a few times.

"It's more common than you think," Alphys said, "He's Froggit's Dad, so he turns into a frog sometimes. Has to call in his wife to kiss him back. I just went to Grillby's studyhall to wait until lunch, but this works."

"That sounds like a boring class, being in all of those Princess things," Undyne said, "If I had to learn how to properly wear dresses everyday I'd throw up."

"I like some of them, sometimes!" Alphys said, "Like science. It's not a Princess specific class, but I love it. My Mom won't put me into any higher advanced science classes, though, it sucks. I wish I could sneak out of my crown class and watch you and everyone else in Defense and Training."

"That'd be awesome! I could kick those punks butts and you could cheer me on!" Undyne said.

Alphys giggled. "Yeah. Oh, did you read that romance story I gave you?"

"Do you mean the dragon one?" Undyne asked, "Because I read it, then got confused, then had to read it again. Who's your OTP again from here? There's so many characters I forgot which one's you shipped."

"There's a lot of ships," Alphys said.

The shorter continued to ramble on about her favorite ships, Undyne listening with interest. Ships weren't really her thing, nor was reading, but it made Alphys happy, so Undyne was willing to partake these activities with her anyday. Sure, she didn't understand, and she had the attention span of a turnip whenever character development was brought up, yet she tried her best to listen. Alphys looked cute whenever she was passionate about something.

Undyne hated it whenever Alphys' destiny was brought up. Her outer beauty wasn't anything to go by, while adorable, it didn't compare to her true personalities beauty. Undyne loved it whenever she laughed so hard she'd snort, or when a butterfly once landed on her snout so her eyes went crossed and she fell backwards off of a log. To her, those were what she thought about. Much less her personality.

When Alphys wasn't struggling with anxiety, she was amazing to watch. Her skills in science were uncompared, and her personality blossomed forth the moment she talked about the stories she read. Her red and white frilled dress shifted in the wind, catching the words tumbling from her mouth and whisking them away. This was the girl she loved.

"I love you so much," Undyne groaned, "Agh, I needa go punch something!"

"Wait, why do you need to punch something?" Alphys asked.

"You make me feel so many darn emotions!" Undyne said, waving her fists around. "Just let me go punch a few trees real quick."

"While that is really, really hot," Alphys mumbled, fanning her now intensely blushing face. "Do you wanna... kiss me instead?"

Ever since they started going out, her confidence inside of herself was boosting, a fact Undyne was rather happy about. She loved Alphys, and seeing the small lizard finally start to appreciate things about her that Undyne admired was a good thing. Alphys deserved to love herself just as much as Undyne did.

"Heck yeah I do!" Undyne roared.

She leaned over quickly, giving her a small peck on the lips. Kissing was a bit difficult for her, especially with her teeth, so small kisses would work. Not to mention Undyne wasn't one who liked to talk about love, she preferred to show it. By punching trees and killing bears mainly, but kissing worked.

"Yoooooo!"

The two monster girls snapped away from each other, turning towards the very obvious child standing around the corner. Having somehow trailed Undyne outside, bouncing from one foot to another as he gawked.

"Undyne is dating Alphys White!" Monster Kid cheered gleefully, like him finding out was a good thing. "I have to tell everyone! Yooo, you'll become so popular!"

There was nothing to do but to stand in shock as the kid ran off towards the front of the school, a large grin on his face.

"What do we do?" Undyne asked, her soul thudding against her chest.

"S-Stop him!"

Kicking Undyne into gear, both girls ran after him, Undyne picking up Alphys so she could arrive faster.

He couldn't tell anyone! They had to stop him!

~~~~~~

Monster Kid rumbled into the cafeteria, happily bouncing on his feet with the biggest grin on his face. Sans turned from Papyrus, who was getting a school lunch due to having forgotten it at home that morning. He's seen Monster Kid around, particularly around Undyne. As a now constant appearance within his life, Sans knew the guy a little bit better. Didn't make him any more of a friend, but he knew him enough to talk to him now.

"You're looking pretty more energetic today, kid," Sans said, "How come?"

"Alphys and Undyne are dating!" Monster Kid whispered excitedly, "I'm going to tell everyone right now! It's going to make Undyne so much more popular!"

Sans almost dropped his bookbag at the words. His eye sockets, now wider than the void of Monster Kid's obliviousness, stared at him with intense fear. If this got out, which was a guarantee from Monster Kid, Alphys' and Undyne's lives would be ruined. They'd be a scandal.

"Kid, I don't -" Sans said, in a hurry.

"Hey guys!"

The sheer volume of Monster Kid's voice overpowered the cafeteria, causing quite a few students to turn. This was a good chunk of the school. One person knowing was bad enough, but everyone? Did he not realize the consequences on Undyne's life by telling the world that she was dating the most famous legend?

Far too late did Undyne and Alphys appear, Undyne skidding to a halt inside of the cafeteria. Both looked, horrid faces observing the state of the cafeteria. There wasn't enough time to react, to do anything. Monster Kid had everyone attention, this was their end. He was going to tell everyone.

"I saw something super duper cool about Alphys White!" Monster Kid said.

Sans took one last took at Papyrus, who was covering a gloved hand against his mouth, his tray having been long ignored. Undyne and Alphys were in the same state, the poor Princess on the verge of tears. This was the first time Sans saw utter fear in their eyes.

Undyne and Alphys loved each other. It was risky, but they had sacrificed so much to do this. So much to find true and real happiness.

Would he be willing to risk everything he's built, everything he has, for his friends?

There was no hesitance. Yes, he would. For their happiness, he'd sacrifice everything.

"It's about -"

"It's about me," Sans said. He stepped forward, no change for regretting it as he peeled off his hood from his skull, revealing his face to the entire school. "I'm the son of the Evil King."