Grillby x Reader -Hungry for Food? Or the Flame?

Its was a usual white, snowy day in Snowdin and you were craving something to eat. So what better place to go to than Grillby's, and on the plus side you where a huge fan of that place. Including its one and only 'hot' bartender and owner, Grillby. 

As the snow crunched under your feet, and the snow fell slowly and gracefully onto the Underground's floors the light beaming from Grillby's was in sight. You smiled, as you took a breath, watching it evaporate into the air and making the warm hands in your hoodie pockets squeeze together happily. 

You sighed tiredly, approaching the door once you went up the step into the tavern. Opening the said door, you walked in closing it behind you. Everyone greeted you like the usual, but you also gained the attention of the bartender. He nodded and you returned the gesture, going up and sitting on the bar stool as he disappeared behind the bar into the kitchen. Knowing exactly what you wanted, since you were a regular costumer like your other good friend Sans.

"hey kid, what brings you here? The food or the fire?" A voice you knew 'far' too well teased, as a small blush dusted your cheeks. 

'Speak of the devil...' You thought annoyed. 

Looking to him with a glare and your hands made into fists on the counter, "Sans what the hell?" You lowly growled in embarrassment, earning a chuckle from the skeleton. 

  

"what? To 'hot' to handle?" He teased again, making you growl louder and scream internally. But in your honest opinion, you loved his 'humerus' jokes. This time though, it was taking a seriously annoying turn for you at the moment. 

"Sans" You started, trying to sound as calm as possible. 

"Could you kindly stop your harassment? I'm just here to settle my craving for food at the moment" You stated, still glaring daggers at him. 

"hungry for Grillby you mean?" 

That was it, it was enough to set you off all right. Sliding off your seat and standing up, fists now at your sides and your face as red as a rose you screamed. 

"Oh my god Sans! Quit it! Okay! I have a fricking crush on Grillbz, I admit it. But pleases stop with the constant teasing already and let me eat my meal in peace!" 

The whole bar went dead silent, as stares were given all around the room. Focused to the front of the tavern. 

The Skeleton looked at you a little surprised, but then he grinned and got out of his seat.

"welp, my work here is done. see ya 'round kid" Sans walked to the door with a wave and left. The bar stayed silent but they carried on with what ever they were doing. Leaving you feeling a little guilty, as you frowned sadly and got back in your seat. Slouching over and tapping your fingers in a random pattern on the counter, and that's when a certain fire elemental came out with your order. 

I opened the kitchen doors with the effort of my foot and one hand, and the other occupied hand I had ____'s meal which consisted of fries, a burger, and a (f/d) . Looking over to her I approached,  noticing she was sadder than she was when she walked in. So I placed the order in front of her slowly. She looked up, eyes locking with mine and pulled a small smile. Taking a chip and lazily eating it, as she kept her eyes on the food in front of her.

The awkward silence was deadly, I had no idea what to say. All I could do was just watch, as she ate her meal in silence. So I decided to clean a nearby glass, wiping it down with a cloth thoroughly. Gently setting it down in front of me as I finished.

Normal P.O.V

You let out a long sigh, looking to the glass Grillby just placed down. 

A thought crossed your mind, and you decided to go with it. Grabbing the glass and setting it upside down, making the bartender raise an eyebrow as he crossed his arms and slightly tilted his head in confusion.

You started by clapping twice, and tapping on the top of the cup three times. Clapping again, as you moved it to your right a couple of inches away from you. This was only making Grillby more and more confused. Clapping once more, you turned your right hand upside down grasping the cup, lifting it and taped the opening to your left palm, placing the edge of the cup back down onto the counter table, right side up. Not letting go of the cup. 

The fire elemental watched you closely with great confusion.... you weren't paying any notice to this.

Lifting the cup again, and tapping the bottom to your left palm, holding the bottom of the cup with your left hand, hitting the counter gently with your right hand in front of you, crossing your left arm over your right, and placed the cup upside down on the table.

You repeated this as a rhythm, as you got a beat going. And almost subconsciously, you hummed softly, which then turned into singing. Catching Grillby totally off guard.

"I got my ticket for the long way round,

Two bottle a' whiskey for the way,

And I sure would like some, sweet comp-any,

And I'm leavin' tomorrow wha-do-ya say?

When I’m gone,

When I’m gone,

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone,

You’re gonna miss me by my hair,

You’re gonna miss me everywhere, oh

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone,"

There was a slight pause as you did an instrumental, everybody had there eyes on you. But know one was more astonished than Grillby himself. Your voice sounded amazing, and not to be cheesy, but it sounded like an angels. Then you started again with the second verse.

"I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘round

The one with the prettiest of views

It’s got mountains, it’s got rivers, it’s got sights to give you shivers

But it sure would be prettier with you"

Grillby had an image flash through his mind, of you and him walking through all kinds of majestic and magical places. With him holding your hand with a smile, your eyes are brighter with excitement. Like you were both on an adventure. Together. Just the two of you, having the time of your lives. Living them together.

The song seemed to slow down, your voice getting softer.

"When I’m gone

When I’m gone

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

You’re gonna miss me by my walk

You’re gonna miss me by my talk, oh

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone"

And with that, you finished placing the cup upside down. The bar remained silent. You sighed with a hint of relief. But a small frown was still on your face.

"......That was amazing ______. But I do hope you don't go to soon...." Grillby spoke softly with a smile, making your head snap right up to look at him in the eyes. Realising what just happened as you came into reality, your face turned to suprised turning many different shades of red. For all different reasons of course. 1) He complemented your singing 2) Your embarrassment couldn't be worse and 3) His smile. God damn that smile! 

You whine to your self, 'I just wanted some food and then go home! Not this!' 

While you were ranting on to yourself, the flame man infront of you was getting a little concerned. So he let out a cough to gain your attention. Which it did.

"Are you alright? I'm sorry if what I said upset you" He apologised, and this made you shocked.

"W-what?! No! Its okay, really it's nothing" You waved your hands in front of you in defence with a fake grin. Your hot headed friend was not fooled, not even for a second as he leaned his crossed arms on the counter innocently and leaned forward. Examining your face with narrowed eyes. And in this moment, it was 'burning' up. 50 shades of red to be precise. 

You tried leaning back a little to maintain some space, but he just kept coming forward! Eventually this resulted in you leaning so far back, you fell off your chair.

"AH!!" You yelped, falling on your back then your head landed more roughly. Leaving it sore, as you whined and poor Grillby was left shocked.

"Ow~"

"_____! Are you alright?" He slightly panicked as he faslty came around the counter to your side.

You hissed, as you tried to sit back up but failed as you flopped back on the floor.

"Ow~!" You whined again loudly, as Grillby sighed and put a hand behind your neck bringing you up slowly.

"Where does it hurt?" He asked.

".... mostly the head...." You groaned in pain, making the flame monster nod. And with out saying anything else, he picked you up bridal style and walked through another door, opposite side to the kitchen doors. You thought it must have been the way to his upstairs house, but you were to busy focusing on the fact that Grillby was carrying you!

So you stayed silent, looking up to his face now and again until you reached his mini kitchen. It was pretty cute you'd have to admit. A small smile made its way onto your face, until he sat you on top of his kitchen table. Walking to his fridge and opening the freezer.

"Uh.... G-Grillby, I'm fine...." You reassured, but he didn't pay any mind to what you said. Taking out a random cloth and putting some ice in it, as you heard his flames hiss at the cool, frozen cubs. 

'How does that work?'

Grillby walked over, as he bunched the corners of the cloth together and tied them up.

"Here...." He said, holding the hand made ice pack out to you. "It'll make your head better" 

Taking it hesitantly, you placed the ice pack on the back of your head with a slight hiss.

"Thanks Grillby...." You managed a smile, as you then saw a small blue crawl onto his cheeks. 

'Eh?'

Chuckling he replied, "Its no trouble" 

Your smile widened a little at that, also you loved his laugh. It was hot and adorable at the same time. Then your eyes were drawn to the small window in front of you. It was dangerously snowing outside, looked bad enough that you couldn't walk back home. You groaned annoyed, making Grillby look confused.

"What's the matter?"

Turning your attention back to Grillby, you nodded off to the window with an annoyed look. He turned his head in the direction you gave, his eyes widening a little as he turned back to you with a sympathetic look. 

"That's not good, but" His face looked slightly more happier. "You can bunk here for the night if you want...." He suggested, and the thought of that didn't sound too bad. But then again you didn't want to be a bother.

"I dunno, I'd hate to be a bother...." You rubbed the back of your neck shyly.

"No No, I insist. I can make a bed up with the extra mattress" Grillby insisted.

--As he Walked to his Room--

In his room he got out a spare mattress and set it up next to his bed. While he was doing this you came in and stood at the end of his bed with the ice back still on your head.

Sighing, you waited for him to finish. Once he did you flopped right onto it back first, facing the ceiling. 

"Thanks Grillbz" You started, earning a 'Your welcome'. "Hey, am I...." 

He looked over his shoulder from his wardrobe to you, humming in response.

"Am I a bad friend?" You asked a little sadly, frowning a bit. Is made him concerned, as he continued rummaging through his wardrobe for something. 

"No, of course not. Why would you say that?" He asked back, "Aha" He said to himself, bringing out an over sized plain white t-shirt.

"Well...." You sat up, "I kinda yelled at Sans earlier....I just got so frustrated!" You finished, clearly showing your frustration through what you just said. 

Turning around, he walked over and handed you the t-shirt. "Here, you can wear this for tonight. And as for Sans, what was he frustrating you with? Puns? That's normal" Grillby chuckled, this made your cheeks dust with pink for a few split seconds as you took the shirt with a small 'Thanks' and the blush disappeared.

Sighing you looked in a random direction, "Yeah, mainly the puns. Main thing was, he was teasing me at the same time.....So I lost my 'cool'" You chuckled, making the fire man roll his eyes playfully with a small smile. 

"Just apologise, he's a very laid back person. I'm sure he'd forgive you, your good friends after all" Grillby reassured, gaining a small laugh and smile from you. Making him blush a small hue of blue.

"Yeah, your right..." You held up the t-shirt infront of you. It was frickin huge! At least it would cover all of you.

"Uh Grillby...." He hummed in response.

"Can you just leave the room for a sec for me to change please?" His blush grew.

"Sure" He chuckled a little nervously, as he went out and shut the door behind him.

You changed into the shirt.... and it was down to your knees! Well, you were much shorter than he was, being a monster and all....

"Okay done!" You chimed, and the said monster entered. Apon seeing you in his shirt made him blush hard, considering it was adorable. He hoped you didn't notice...

"L-Looks great, ready to go to bed then?" You blushed at that, but nodded.

"Wait.." You gained his attention. "Aren't you going to get changed into something more comfortable?-" You got your answer, as he all of a sudden took off his black vest, undid his bow tie, and took everything that was covering that heavenly toned torso off. Exposing him in all his glory.

Your face was unexplaindly red, as you just stared. 

Feeling something glaring at him, he looked to you in your frozen and flustered state. Again finding this adorable, he did blush still but he also let out a husky chuckle. 

"See anything you like miss?" He teased, knowing you out of your state as you let out a squeak. Hugging your knees to your chest and hiding your face in them. He laughed.

Great, now he thinks your weird.

"I was just teasing" Grillby stated.

You kept hiding. The fire man let out a sigh as he took of his pants since you weren't looking, and stayed in his boxer shorts as he knelt in font of you.

"_____?" He grinned, trying to make you look up. "Look up" 

Whining you slowly brought your head up, but Grillby did the rest. Suddenly he hooked his pointer finger under your chin, and brought it up for you to only stare into his non glasses covered face. 

"There you are" He laughed again.

"Hi.... can we go to bed now? Please?" 

"Sure" Grillby smiled as he out of no where huged you, making you gasp as you both blushed.

"Your a great friend (nickname), never doubt that" As he finished, he un-huged you with the biggest smile, stood up, and got into his bed. During this time, you were taken back. But then smiled softly as you got into the covers and laid your head on the pillow. The shirt smelt like him, of grease and a hint of smoke. This soothed you, as you closed your eyes and slowly fell asleep.

'Today was actually alright.....'

'I wonder what tomorrow is going to be like....'