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It was a lonely day in the anti void. Nothing new comparing to many different times. Error was caught up watching undernovela but he was bored. He didn’t have enough energy to sit up or do anything at all. It all felt like a big heavy weight on his back he had no idea how to get rid of.
He explores his mind as he goes through his memory’s, that one time when he destroyed that one underfell AU, the other time he destroyed some weird AU where people where dancing? The other AU fully made out of chocolate, Then he remembered, Ink.
It had been a while sense that bastard came to visit him, he didn’t hate ink though, as much as he was an annoying asshole he couldn’t help but think highly of him, sure they had they’re very rough start (almost killed each other the first few times they met) but after a while he got to notice how bright ink can be, everything he does and all that he says was something that even if he didn’t understand fully, appreciated.
There was even one time when ink went out of his way to bring error 4 boxes of chocolates because he was mad at him. Ink always talks way too much when he’s around Error too. Asks a bunch of stupid questions and even if error enjoys quiet he likes inks presence. Him just talking to error when he could be anywhere else, doing anything else, why did he hang out with me so much anyway?
Nononon wait huh, how? What did I do to gain his attention?…that chatter box can go anywhere in the multiverse and still hangs out with me, why? He has so many places to go and explore and he’s still hanging out with me. How come??
Error thought to himself.
Error though and went hard, nothing could connect. Someone with inks personality doesn’t fit on error. How the fuck?????
Error sunk into his blue beanbag, so much thinking had him stressed out. The plain thought of ink is so frustrating it makes him angry, not only that it makes him furious. But at the same time he can’t help but miss him. Was this a normal feeling he should have? Is he really worthy of all this attention and “affection”?
Just as he though that a familiar voice was behind him.
“Heya Bud! Whatcha doin?” Ink said snarky. “GAAAH!” error jumped from inks sudden presence. How the hell was he so quite!?
He was wearing heart shaped glasses error had given him, the first time he went to the anti void he freaked out and had a total breakdown over the whiteness of the place. Error decided to help him and got him the glasses so now he sees everything as if it were pink. He always wears them when we comes to visit.
“Offf…sorry error didn’t mean to scare ya, wanted to see how you where doing sense i haven’t shown up to talk to you in a while, sooooo sorry about that by the way! I promised to come very very soon and it hasn’t been very soon and…” blah blah blah…
Error looked at inks face as he was totally panicking and going over the same things he said one again. This just made him more curious. He seems to care about me but why? Damn it.
“Soooo yep, real big apologies error, never meant to forget about ya, I promise!”
Error had a slight confused smirk on his face “don’t worry about it really, no big deal”
Ink sat down next to error making sure to keep distance. And after a while of very uncomfortable uninterrupted silence. Error broke the ice.
“Ink”
“Hm? What’s up?”
“Why…..why do you care?”
The question hit ink very suddenly……Care?
“What do you mean by care?”
“I mean all of it. You keep coming to this dump over and over again. Sometimes you complain about the mess and empty space while wearing those stupid glasses. You keep coming and coming and coming and still never once you think it’s stupid. You could have so much better things to do, Why?”
“Oh well….”
Ink paused.
“it’s to see you of course! Your the most colorful thing in the void! I’d want to come here all the time if its just to see you!”
Ink smiled slightly kicking his feet
Error starts talking a bit rapidly, confusion and frustration with a bit of glitches are in his voice.
“But why? Why me? Why do you want to come and see me? Sure I get it I can be very cool at times but still it all seems pointless, all you do is open that stupid mouth of yours and say things I don’t understand. I don’t even respond most of the time, Why do you wanna see me. Why do you make it seem like you care about me.”
“Oh that’s easy! I’m interested in you!”
“What?”
Error stared at ink blankly
“See from the moment I met you, you seemed to be this big bad guy who wanted to destroy AU because ‘anomalies, anomalies’ blah blah blah… “ ink giggled a bit
“but what interested me the most is how much spirit you put into it. And your whole reasoning in the first place. Why would someone come destroy everything outta no where? It seemed to bazar to me (still is to be honest). But the more I talked to you the more I realized how much we are alike”
“We don’t have anything in common ink. What are you on about?”
“Oh you silly glitch!” Ink chuckled sticking out his tounge “see you and I are here. Just here. We don’t know why or don’t know how but we do the things we do not because we want to. But because they benefit us in some way or the other. It’s suuuuuperrrr silly but still very interesting! You seem to want to mean something in this hell of a place and who wouldn’t? I do too, but we do things because of our own messed up shit, we never stop because we haven’t found what else to do in…well this place. I want to know your story. I want to know this whole antagonistic vibe you have on! You know?”
Error stared at ink much more confused, he tried to comprehend what ink was saying, he wasn’t mad but even more frustrated. So was he just using him for information? Just some messed up toy to obtain knowledge? After he has it will he never come back? Will he just simply go away and just-
“But you know..” ink stopped errors train of thought. “It’s also just because I like you, I guess it’s a little more than me wanting to know more about you and your mysteriousssss wayyys! Haha!” Ink says while moving his fingers in a goofy manner
“You always make me smile with how you reply to me, your funny that way! It just makes me want to come more and more to see if I can get that soul of yours to open up to me”
Error blushed a bit then moved his face away from inks. Covering it with his scarf
“Haha!” Ink laughs “You know glitchy, I really care about you, I’m sorry if I don’t know how to show it very well but yknow..I feel like you’ve changed me in a way I could never do myself, even if I weellllll…don’t even understand what that means” ink looks up front of the void
Error took a second to take these words in. The ink who seems so nice to everyone, the ink who always made snarky remarks, the ink who always annoyed everyone and made it a hell to be next to, the ink who always tried to save countless AUs without hesitation or second thought, ink. He may be a bit confused and stressed about his motives but... He can’t seem but to care about that idiot too. Even idolize him a little, maybe even want to be with him for as long as the multiverse goes on?
Error feels crazy, what is he saying? That’s insane he..could never. Or maybe?
“I care about you too you know…” error says holding the scarf closer to his face
“Hehe, I know error, I know.” Ink smiles and sinks deeper into errors blue bean bag while looking at him with delight, he can’t help but want to be with him a little longer.