Starter for @bow-tie-bartender.
It had been a long few days in the labs. Gaster hadn't been able to leave the night before, so he had simply worked through until his shift ended the next day. Actually, he worked past his shift end. It was late when he left Hotlands and took the Ferry to Snowdin.
The exhausted Skeleton took notice of the lights on inside of Grillby's bar. He paused, thinking. It had been a few days since he'd had any real food to eat. With that decided, Gaster made his way to the front door and entered the building. What surprised him was the lack of patrons inside. Wasn't the bar usually filled with Monsters?
Gaster's eye light fell on Grillby as something clicked. 'Are you closing for the night?' His hands signed slower than usual, which was likely due to exhaustion. 'Sorry, I did not mean to barge in.'