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Papyrus wondered for a brief moment if it was possible for anyone to die of embarrassment. "I-I'm not going in like this," he muttered very quietly, looking at his new, black boots while he could only imagine how his face was as red as his cape and scarf. He wasn't surprised at all that none of his "knights" heard him.

Razz pretended to clear his throat, and Papyrus didn't need to look up to know that Razz was looking at him with an all too smug look on his face as he did so. "I said, friends and family-"

"I'm not going in! No way!" Papyrus yelled, his voice slightly cracking and high pitched. He crossed his arms and shut his eyes tightly.

"Razz, how could you ask the king for so much? Why must he walk in his own home with his own two feet like some commoner? He should be carried like royalty!" Blue said excitedly with a hint of mischief, making Papyrus quickly look up at him in shock.

"W-wait, don-nyeh!" Papyrus yelped as Edge suddenly hooked one arm around his back and the other under his knees, carrying him bridal style into the house. He automatically wrapped his arms around Edge's shoulders and looked at him in disbelief. "E-Edgy! I can walk by myself!" He said loudly, quickly adjusting his crown before it could fall off his head. Though, he had no doubt that even if his crown fell, Blue or Razz would pick it up before it hit the ground and put it right back on his head.

Just that thought alone made his face heat up more than it should've.

"Not when you've got us, My Prince," Edge said, smirking. "Why walk and risk yourself getting hurt, when you can be safely carried by your own knights in shining armor?"

Papyrus choked up, too embarrassed to respond, and buried his burning face in Edge's scarf. He could hear Edge chuckle at him, as well as his other Blue and Razz, and as soon as they entered the house, he could hear even more chuckling.

"Wow, you guys royally went all out," Sans said, beaming at his little brother who refused to look at him, or anyone else in the room for that matter.

"For royal," Slim said, smiling lazily.

"Nice costumes, royally fitting for you all," Stretch said, smirking.

"Should’ve known you’d go all matching. Should’ve bet on it, royally." Red said, grinning.

The Prince and his Knights groan in frustration at the puns.

Papyrus turned his head to the side slightly as to speak without Edge's scarf muffling his voice. "I-I'm already going through a-a lot right now, brother and friends. The last thing I want to hear a-are puns," he said, still avoiding any sort of eye contact with anyone.

Sans chuckle, "Ok...Your Highness."

Papyrus turned his head so quickly to look at his brother, he almost felt a bit of whiplash from it. "Don't you dare start calling me that!"

Sans raised his arms in defense, shrugging, "Alright, alright. So, a prince costume, huh? Not exactly scary, bro," he said.

"I wanted to be scary, but Edgy, Blue, and Razzy wouldn't let me! They wouldn't even let me see the inside of the store except for the changing room!"

When Edge, Blue, and Razz received confused, questionable, and weird looks from their brothers and friends, they simply replied in unison, "You don't wanna know..."

"As for not letting you be something scary, you know that's simply not true, Your Highness. We gave you a choice. If we wore what you suggested than you'd have to wear what I suggested." Razz's said rather smugly.

"Th-that's not a choice, that's an ultimatum. H-how could I pass up the opportunity to see my knights in shining armour in actual shining armour? It's...It's like a dream. And I don't wanna wake up anytime soon if it is," Papyrus said, his voice just above a whisper and his whole face glowing bright red. He expected them to tease him more, embarrassing him to the point of dust in front of his brother and friends, but after a couple of seconds passed, nothing happened. Instead, he heard his brother speak after what felt like a whole minute of nothing but his beating soul.

"Uuuuh, bro?"

"Yes, Sans?" Papyrus said, his voice slightly muffled in Edge's scarf.

"I think you should have some mercy on your knights. You're kinda overwhelming them a bit with your kindness."

"Nyeh?" Papyrus said as he lifted his head up, confused. He was surprised to see Edge look flustered beyond words, his face a deep, crimson red and his mouth quivering as if holding in a cry or a laugh. He looked at Blue and Razz and they looked just as flustered as Edge, each of their faces a deep shade of their own magic and their mouths quivering like a leaf.

"Um, guys? Are you okay?" Papyrus asked. Blue, Edge, and Razz all nodded silently in response. Papyrus blinked in shock. 'Wowee! They're speechless! I guess...being my knights means a lot to them just as much as it does to me, m-maybe even more so. That's...that's so sweet of them,' he thought, feeling the pinpricks of tears starting to well up in his eye-sockets. 'Oh, how could I be so ungrateful? Here I am feeling all embarrassed when I should be embracing these moments gratefully with them...my knights in shining armour,' he thought, quickly blinking back his tears and wiping them off with the back of his sleeve for good measure.

'They've done so much for me today...they always do, really. The least I can do for them right now is be a prince worthy of the best knights in the entire multiverse!' he thought with determination.

"Papyrus, are you crying? Why-"

"I'm just happy, my knight," he said softly, smiling at Edge fondly. "Nothing more, nothing less, so there's no need to worry about me. Although, I am feeling quite tired after today's events. Can you take me to my bedroom so that I may rest my eye-sockets for a little bit before dinner?"

Edge blinked at him twice, both surprised and stunned at his sudden change in behavior. "Y-yes, My Prince," he said softly, blushing and walking towards the stairs, followed by a baffled Blue and Razz.

As Edge walked up the stairs, Papyrus looked over Edge's shoulder with a warm smile to see Blue and Razz. "My knights," he said softly, dreamily. He giggled when Blue and Razz blushed and looked away with matching, bashful smiles on their faces.

"Hey, bro. Since, I'm your older brother, does that mean I'm king? Canyour knights carry me to my room too?"

"W-what? No! They're my knights, mine! G-get your own!" He shouted, before clasping his mouth shut quickly with one hand, blushing madly as he couldn't believe what he just said. He buried his face in Edge's scarf again, feeling incredibly embarrassed for his outburst.

"M-My Prince...I didn't take you for the possessive type," Razz said, his skull flushed bright red as he looked away.

"I-I'm not, I swear! I-I-I don't know where that came from!" He said loudly when he raised his head away from Edge's scarf to speak.

"I was, uh, just kidding bro. I didn't mean to-"

"I know you were just kidding! I-I just don't know what came over me!"

"Wowzers...," Blue muttered just loud enough for everyone to hear, his face flushed deep blue. "I-I didn't know you were capable of being selfish, My Prince," he teased, chuckling a bit.

"I'm not selfish!" Papyrus yelled, starting to feel frustrated that no one was listening to him. "J-just take me to my room! Now, Edgy!"

"Yes, My Prince," Edge said, face flushed deep crimson. He tried so hard not to smirk, but failed to do so as he asked, "My Jealous Prince."

"Nyeh!" He screamed as Edge carried him away in his room, Blue and Razz following them and chuckling as they did.

"Heh heh, our little bro's are something else," Slim said.

"You said it. I don't think I've ever seen my bro look like a stop sign before," Red said, chuckling and making his friends laugh.

"Heh, yeah and I never thought Papyrus had it in him to be so...not Papyrus." Stretch said. He looked at Sans and raised a bone brow, giving him an amused smile. "What was that about, Sans?"

Sans shrugged. "No idea. I've never seen him like that either," he said, then returned Stretch's amused smile with one of his own. "And that's king to you, Sir Stretch. Now, go fetch me some more ketchup," he said as he grabbed an empty ketchup bottle from his inventory and waved it in front of Stretch. He laughed, "kidding, kidding. I'll get it," he said, but before he could get up from the couch, Stretch grabbed the ketchup bottle and got up from the couch.

"Right away, Your Highness," Stretch said, bowing before winking at him and making his way towards the kitchen.

Sans blinked, taking a moment to process what had just happened. He blushed when Stretch came back with a bottle full of ketchup and kneeled today give it to him. He chuckled nervously as he accepted it. "Heh, heh. Very funny, Stretch."

"A compliment from the king himself! Truly an honor, Your Magesty!" Stretch said, bowing again.

Sans felt his blush grow further across his face, hating how his joke backfired him so quickly. "Ok, seriously, jokes over so-"

"Quit fooling around, Sir Stretch. You're a knight, not a jester!" Slim said loudly and got up from the couch, kneeling before Sans. "I apologize on the behalf of my fellow knight, My King. He's a new recruit, you see, so please have mercy on his soul."

"Hey, c-c'mon now guys, this isn't funny anymor-" A tap on his boulder interrupted him, and he slowly turned his head to look at Red, his eye-sockets widened in dread as Red smirked at him with wiggling bone brows. "Don't. You. Dare."

Red looked at him in the eye-sockets while getting up from the couch and kneeling before him alongside Stretch and Slim.

Slim gasped in exaggeration and looked at Stretch. "Sir Red has defied King Sans!"

"He must be punished for defiance, Sir Slim," Stretch said, looking at Sans with a smirk. "Waiting for your command, My King. How will Sir Red be punished for his awful crime?"

"Please, have mercy on me, Your Highness. My King," Red said teasingly with a wink.

Sans buried his head in his hands and curled into a ball on the couch, his face flushed entirely in embarrassment.

"I just totally screwed myself didn't I?"

"Yep," his knights said in unison.