runs up to him and gives him THE BIGGEST HUG AND SMOOCH <33 "I missed you Momma <3"
!!?
Mettaton's met many monsters, humans ... fans of all walks of life — and in meeting those various souls, he's received all kinds of hugs, gifts, even smooches that weren't given to a ghost (mtt brand™ psa. smooch ghosts. or else).
But there's one hug that's unlike any other — when it came to a certain human. Where they can only reach around his legs to properly hug him if he isn't already kneeling or bent at the waist, speaking to them. What's more, the impact from their sprint before leaping in for that hug. He remembered it to a T and so now ... To feel that embrace again after so long, well, even a robot can't forget the feeling. Despite the various fans who've hugged him around his legs, the feeling was never quite the same.
"???" Mettaton? Short-circuiting? Fans within chassis whirring? As if!!! Well, at least ... Suppose the surprise was much too great for him. In fact, he couldn't even process it was actually them for a moment! Frisk? Way to knock that smug charisma right out of his systems. For now. "Pfft — I —?" What??? What?? What does he even say???
Hotland's Idol is staring down at them with his arms helping balance himself from their impact, that bright smile has never changed! Talk about déjà vu, all that's missing is the strobe lights and the music. "Sweetheart... were you even trying to make a grand appearance?" Muscle memory permits him to bend at the waist to hoist them up. There's so many things he wants to do but he's shell shocked.
"I must say, you never lost your spark! Here I thought with you being an ambassador, you would've somehow forgotten about me. Walking different paths, as you do." Robot's SOUL beams when they smooch his cheek and all that he can do (for now) is spin them in a tight hug, those arms making loops around himself and them. "I'm supposed to be the one rocking worlds here, not you."
