Author's note: I previously submitted this to the lovely alainaprana on tumblr, for the unofficial International Floof Day. I submitted this under a different name, so if my name doesn't match up with the submiters name, know that we are one and the same. I did not rip this off. Some of this may be inaccurate after a certain point in the comic.

Geno's childhood was mostly filled with visits to and from the hospital, due to the disease he had been born with. Momma told him that he had even been in NICU for a handful of months when he was born, which he figured out was intensive care for babies.

With the sameness of a repetitive chore, these visits blurred together, until Geno didn't actually remember much from his younger years. There were a few things though, that he would like to think he would remember forever, as clearly as if they had happened yesterday.

'Auntie?'

'Yes Geno?'

'How much longer?'

Auntie Comyet laughed, much to Geno's annoyance. His skeletal face flushed a very deep red, and the small white glitch over his right eye grew slightly larger, almost blocking his vision. He huffed, causing Auntie Comyet to laugh a little harder, before she managed to cut herself off.

Glancing at the huffy 1 year old, Comyet couldn't help but tease, 'Why Geno. I have never seen you so eager to get to the hospital before!'

'Momma is there,' Geno answered simply, 'and Momma promised me a present when I got there!'

Comyet hummed thoughtly, eyes still occasionally flickering between Geno in his booster seat next to her and the road. She knew CQ well, they had been friends since art school. So well in fact, that when Geno had been born, Comyet became Geno's unofficial Aunt. And she was like an Aunt in all but name to Geno. She was never afraid to help out or pitch in for the care of Geno, especially with all his medical problems. Yet, despite how much she and CQ were friends, Comyet was still wondering if it had been wise of CQ to not tell her son the truth right off the bat.

It was a moot point now, he was going to find out soon enough after the 30 minute drive from their house to the hospital, CQ having had moved closer shortly after Geno was born, and Comyet having had followed. Despite his young age, Geno was very mature and knowledgeable. Sometimes on his visits the nurses would coo over him as he showed off his relatively extensive vocabulary. Comyet had never felt the need to talk down to him. Comyet thought that as such Geno could have handled the truth, and wouldn't have needed CQ to surprise him.

Geno interrupted her thoughts by asking, 'Well?'

'Well what?' Comyet asked curiously.

'Ugh!' Geno groaned with the long suffering tone of one who has faced great hardships, such as the slowness of adults, 'Well how much longer until we get there?!'

Comyet laughed yet again, further annoying Geno, before nodding her head towards the road. 'It appears as though we have already arrived.'

Geno whipped his head around, the expression of excitement on his face different than the usual looks of apprehension that show up when they drive into the parking lot of the intimidating grey building.

Geno impatiently waited for Auntie Comyet to unbuckle his seat belt before he jumped out of the car. Barely containing his excitement, he grabbed Auntie Comyet's hand before dragging her across the parking lot to the lobby doors, looking both ways first of course to make sure no cars were coming. Despite being bed-ridden most of the time, when he was not, Geno was a very energetic child, refusing to be picked up when he could just walk.

As such the secretary was greeted with the sight of a toddler apparently dragging an approximately 24 year old adult into the building when the secretary raised their head at the sound of the door opening. An eyebrow raised, the secretary looked at the two questioningly when they came to a stop before his desk.

'Wow kiddo,' the adult said, 'ease up on your grip sometime you almost dragged me off my feet!'

The young child grinned, looking pleased with themselves, before turning to the secretary in a decided manner. 'We are here to see Momma please!'

The secretary turned to the adult and said, I need the name of the patient you wish to see.'

'Momma isn't a patient!' the child exclaimed. 'She isn't sick! Right Auntie Comyet?'

'Right Geno,' Comyet smiled reassuringly.

The child, Geno, turned back to secretary and said, 'She just has a present for me.'

Comyet said, 'His mother's name is CQ.'

The secretary checked their records, then told Comyet the room number. Geno hurried off towards the elevators while Comyet followed at a slightly slower pace, the secretary still staring at them with both eyebrows raised now.

Geno got to push the button that summoned the elevator, but Comyet had to push the button once they were inside the elevator, since he didn't know which floor his Momma was on. Feeling his stomach lurch, he gave a slight giggle. Comyet looked a bit queasy. A ding signaled their arrival to their floor. Walking out, Geno looked left and right before starting to head to the left, but Comyet snagged his sweater and turned him back to the right. Taking his hand, Comyet lead him through the hallways, before stopping at a room.

At that moment, a nurse came out, but stopped when she saw Geno.

'I am sorry, but no children under the age of twelve allowed on this floor.'

'But I always come here,' Geno said confused.

'That may be the case, but you are not allowed on this floor, and definitely in this room.'

Comyet opened her mouth to speak.

'Wait!' A voice called out from inside the room. Momma CQ gently opened the door.

'Momma!' Geno cried, before jumping into a hug with his Momma.

'Thank you Comyet for getting him here safely,' CQ said to Comyet warmly. Turning to the nurse, she said a little more forcefully, 'Trust me Nurse Baker, he will be fine in here. He wont get them sick.'

Looking at CQ a moment and her steely gaze, the nurse relented and left.

Watching her leave, Geno asked his Momma, 'Get who sick?'

Laughing lightly, she just said enigmatically, 'You'll see.'

Opening the door all the way, Geno saw the room was filled with what looked like baskets. Confused, he tapped Momma CQ's shoulder, indicating he wanted to be put down. Gently put on the floor, he wandered over to the first basket, and looked in.

In the bassinet and swaddled in blankets was a tiny baby. A look of wonder crossed Geno's face as he watched the baby sleep. 'There are babies in these baskets!' Geno exclaimed, causing Momma CQ and Comyet to laugh.

'Yes Geno,' Momma CQ said, 'and there is someone I would like you to meet.'

Following Momma CQ, Geno looked in all the baskets that he passed, and saw all different types of babies, from Monsters to Humans, in all shapes and sizes, before stopping in front of one that was slightly different than the rest. It was black, and the baby in it was wrapped in a black blanket. Momma CQ lifted the swaddled bundle up, before indicating to Geno to sit in the chair that she had been sitting on before she went to the door.

Once Geno was sitting, she handed him the bundle. Sleeping in the bundle was a baby skeleton. The baby looked almost exactly like Geno, except that his bones were black, and he had blue stripes running from his closed eye sockets to his slightly smiling mouth. Momma CQ watched Geno's face, and was happy to see his eyes fill with stars as he looked at the baby skeleton.

Momma CQ gently knelt down next to the pair, and said softly, 'Geno, I would like you to meet your new brother, Error.'

Geno gently clutched the baby to his chest, but the slight movement jostled the baby awake anyways. Blinking bleary eyes, he looked at Geno's face. His small smile grew larger, and he cooed. Geno felt his smile grow larger too as he stared into the baby skelly's mismatched eyes.

'Error,' he whispered.

His heart seemed to swell, and he vowed to himself that he would be the best big brother a skeleton would be. Even with his sickness he would protect Error and play with him and make sure that he was always happy. As baby Error giggled in his arms, Geno lowered his head to Error's, bumping them slightly, and said, 'I love you Error, I always will. And I will always have your back.'

Author's note: I plan on expanding on their childhood a little more, but I do not know when I will update. I guess it depends on how positively received this is. So please let me know in the reviews. Thanks for reading! And Fave, Follow, and Review!