Burgerpants rested his head on the dirty counter. "Mettaton?" He called out, not expecting a reply.

"What is it?" A faint robotic voice answered, growing louder with each clomp of metal footsteps on the wooden floors.

"When can I go home?" The sleep-deprived employee yelled back, his eyes growing wide. Normally, his boss never responded whenever he yelled for him.

Finally, Mettaton entered the lobby. "Not yet, dearie. Your shift isn't over yet! What if a customer comes in? Someone needs to give him a hotel key!"

"It's 11:30, who would come here this late?" Burgerpants asked with a yawn. "Not to mention that I'm the burger guy, not the receptionist!"

"Burgerpants, you're any job I want you to be." Mettaton declared, sighing. "Now, I have to go back to Alphys' lab. Don't leave until I tell you to!" He strode out of his hotel, waving as he walked away.

Burgerpants groaned. All of the other employees had left for the night hours ago, but no, of course he had to stay. He couldn't even have some dinner, all of the food here was basically inedible.

But after about 10 minutes of staring at the door, he finally decided to eat the sandwich with bread that was too close for comfort to being cardboard. He gnawed on the 'bread' for a few minutes before throwing it across the room.

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"Hello?"

Burgerpants was awoken by a quiet voice breaking the silence.

"I-is anyone here?"

He slowly stood up, rubbing his eyes. "Yeah, hello?" He locked eyes with a tall, skinny monster that resembled a humanoid rabbit.

"S-s-sorry, did I wake you up?" The tall monster asked timidly, walking toward an awestruck Burgerpants.

"Nah, it's fine." He muttered. "Uh, so, why a-are you here this late?" Burgerpants lead the other monster to the Mettaton fountain and sat down on the ledge.

"My house, uh, burnt down yesterday. I've been looking for a new place to live temporarily until I get enough money to get a new one. But I guess this place is just a hotel now?"

Burgerpants nodded. "Yeah, sorry. M-maybe if I talk to my boss, he, uh, could get you, uh.. An apartment here?"

The tall monster's eyes grew wide. "Really?"

He shrugged. "I could try asking him. But who knows when he's coming back."

"What do you mean?"

"He leaves to go to Alphys' lab one night with me as the only employee still there. He says he'll be back in the morning, but he comes back, like, a week later! Then I have to run the stupid hotel by myself since my coworkers don't come back, either! I just hate it!" Burgerpants' quiet voice turned into a yell. "It stresses me out so much, and- and- and, uh, you don't care, do you. Why would you, anyway, we don't even know each other."

The monster next to him who was listening patiently gave him a small smile. "I do care."

"Why?" Burgerpants muttered, looking down at the ground.

He wrapped his arm around his shoulders. "Hey, I know when someone needs a friend. And I know that you do."

The cat monster's eyes grew wide. Why would this random guy want to ever hang out with a monster like him? "Thanks, uh, I guess."

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Nicepants is my OTP and nothing anyone says will ever change that.