Today had been an incredibly bizarre day, not that Napstablook minded too much. What with flashes of white light, the barrier being broken, and his cousin Mettaton actually accompanying him...perhaps this day had certainly turned things for the better.

Before Napstablook could wonder what'd make the day even better than it already was, he caught a glimpse of the human heading his way.

Wait—the human actually remembered him? Even after all those days had gone by without a word, they still wished to come back and visit him...?

While the child chatted with Mettaton for quite a bit, Napstablook did nothing but stare at them. He didn't want to look rude, but he couldn't help it. He just still couldn't quite fully understand the meaning of the human's kindness and compassion. Just, why him, exactly? He wasn't popular...nobody ever took notice of him...he practically cried over everything...why would anyone want to be his friend?

Napstablook was too caught up in his own thoughts to realize the human had approached him to say hi. The ghost flinched, mouth twitching into a smile as he looked up at them.

"...Oh, hi...human...I'll never forget how nice you were to me...even though I was pretending to sleep...and blocked your way...and didn't move right away when you asked me to..." He fought against tears, but he knew that there was nothing to cry about. "...No had ever been so nice about my fake sleep before..."

The child laughed softly. "Well...if you had moved right away, I wouldn't have gotten the chance to cheer you up. Seeing you happy was worth the wait."

Napstablook peered up at them with big, twinkling eyes as he trembled with pure joy. "Th...thank you..." He paused, trying hard to remember if the human had ever told him their name. "Uh...this is awkward, but what's...your name? Everyone seems to know it, now, but me...seems like I've been missing out lately...I was just sitting at home listening to tunes...then there was a flash of light outside my window...I saw the snails on the farm disappear..."

He remembered that part the most, mainly because he cried for 10 minutes straight over the loss of his snails, only to have them reappear just moments later.

"Then I heard a knock at the door...the flash of light wanted to come in, but I closed the blinds...now everyone knows your name except for me..." He felt guilty, as if it was somehow his fault, but the human didn't look like they seemed to mind.

"My name is Frisk," they said with a smile.

Napstablook took a moment to soak it in, nodding slowly. "Frisk...okay, I won't forget it." He smiled, but it slowly disappeared.

"Did you forget?" Mettaton asked.

Napstablook blinked and looked down at his hand, a few tears dropping down onto it. "I just cried the letters onto my hand so I won't forget," he answered rather proudly.

Frisk opened their mouth to speak, but noticed that Napstablook was now ogling his hand in distress.

"Oh no...the letters in my hand are joining together...oh no...I'm going to forget your name..."

"B-Blooky—" Mettaton tried hard not to laugh.

"Oh no...I'm trying to cry more tears into my hand...oh no...the tears are forming a big pile...oh no...your name's getting really long..." Napstablook frantically tried to fix his dilemma, but Mettaton gently took his hand.

"I'll remember it for you," he said with a wink, and Napstablook silently nodded, feeling better. Mettaton turned to face Frisk with a dazzling smile, setting his other hand on their shoulder. "Frisk darling, I greatly appreciate how compassionate you are to my dear cousin...I haven't seen him this happy in a very long time." He gave Frisk a hug. "Thank you."

"It's not a problem at all." Frisk giggled. They stepped back and waved goodbye, but suddenly remembered something. "Oh, Napstablook! I almost forgot—Undyne says hi."

Napstablook seemed surprised. "Undyne says hi? Then tell her...I say..." he pondered on this for a few seconds, "...something cool."

Mettaton laughed, and Frisk chuckled. "Sure thing. I'll see you around!" They waved once more, walking out of sight soon afterward.

"I'm so happy for you, Blooky." Mettaton embraced Napstablook tightly. "It makes me happy to see you so happy." Once he pulled away, he saw that Napstablook was crying. "B-Blooky...why are you crying!?"

"Because...I...I've never had such a...good friend..." Napstablook whispered.

Relieved that they were tears of joy and not tears of despair, Mettaton couldn't help but get teary as well as he hugged his cousin again, sharing his content.

That marks the end of my first Undertale fanfic ;)