-Chapter Start-

Blurry eyes started to focus as they blinked open sleepily. White greeted their sight. Error jolted up at the color, breathing quickening. 'It was all a dream!? All a horrible dream that I can never have! WHY?!'

Waking up more as a few tears fell, Error found that Fresh was holding him to his chest, Error was curled up and hands clinching his shirt. Finding out that the white was just a shirt that his head had been tucked in, Error started to calm down. Error tried to shift away slightly, only for Fresh to tighten his grip as he grumbled a bit, a smile on his face. "Ha...Radi...cal..."

"FReSh?" Error asked, lightly tugging at the others T-shirt.

Fresh was having a good dream. Error in his arms as Ink cried out in pain below a pile of mountain dew that had fallen on him. All Fresh could do was laugh at the pained moans of his fallen enemy, cuddling a giggling Error tighter. "Ha! This is totes radical!" Turning to Error, he grabbed the others chin and lifted up his head. Happy, sparkly eyes looked up at him. "FReSh?"

Fresh leaned down closer, sockets half-lidded, watching Error's lips move as if in slow motion. "fReSH GeT uP!" Then all of a sudden Ink shot out of the pile of Mountain Dew! Cans flew about as Fresh pushed Error behind him, Error clinching and tugging at his jacket. Ink's paint brush was pointed straight at him and Error! "NO!" "FrESh!"

Error flinched back when all of a sudden Fresh shot up with him still in his arms. Breathing heavily, Fresh's eyes jolted around before settling on a startled Error. Error just blinked up at Fresh, confused and a bit worried. "FrESh? ArE yOU oKAY?"

Taking in a deep breath, and seeing the concern in other darker one's eyes, Fresh was able to calm down. "Yeah Dawg! I'm totally okay." Bringing Error closer to him, soon the glitch was in his lap cuddled close to him. "Waking up to you is the most radical thing ever!"

Error tilted his head a bit, confused. "wHy iS THaT?"

"Totes awesome to wake up next to you!" Fresh grinned, not really explaining why that was, before nuzzling Error's head much to his joy and confusion. "We should sleep next to one another more often~"

"SuRE!" Error just agreed. He had to admit that it was nice to be held, not even Ink has done that. "DoES tHAt MEaN YoUR sTaYInG hErE?" Error couldn't help but be excited at that thought. Fresh was so much fun! 'Maybe everyday could be like this!'

Now while it was tempting to stay and see Ink's expression at him being in his home holding a giggling Error who was telling Ink that Fresh was there to live with them from now on, he knew he couldn't do that. He wouldn't want Error to get in the way of one of his most radical fights with Ink.

But the thought of Error living with him was a very appealing idea...But he had no true home like Ink does, and he wouldn't want Error to go without. Then there is the fact that Ink won't let his toy go, and said 'toy' was clueless on what Ink has done. 'But...maybe I could fix all of this...'

"Sorry bro, I can't live here no matter how much ya pout." Fresh chuckled at the smaller one's pout. "Me and Ink don't get along ya see." Understatement of the century, but he didn't want to scare off Error. No, for the first time he needed to be more delicate in this new plan of his.

Now that confused Error. Ink wasn't bad to him, a little weird with all these different 'rights and wrongs', but not hurtful. And Fresh was great! He played with him and was the first person to touch him. So why shouldn't they get along? "wHY?" Error simply asked.

"Let's just say he isn't always nice, he wears a pretty mask." Fresh answered. The Fresh smiled brightly down at Error. "But enough of that! Now we have ta think on whut radical things we are going to do today!"

Before Error could answer, Fresh gently laced his fingers with one of Error's hands, his free one wrapping around Error to bring him close. A mischievous gleam in his sockets. "How about I teach ya some new things my rad bro?"

"OkAY! I-" Was all Error could say before lips met his. It was only for a few seconds, but it felt longer. Fresh's face was slightly flushed as he looked down at a very confused Error after he pulled away, Error's cheeks turning yellow. "w-WhAT wAs THat?" Error had no idea what Fresh just did, only that it felt nice. 'But why do I feel so warm? It wasn't this warm a minute ago...' Error shifted slightly, only stilling when Fresh let go if his hand to lift his chin up, making them meet face to face. Error did not see the spark in Fresh's eyes, nor would he have understood it even if he did. "F-FrEsH? WhAT aRE yOU DoINg?"

Pecking the others now yellow cheeks, Fresh couldn't hide the big grin growing on his face. "I'm kissin' ya~" Error couldn't help but giggle at the butterfly kisses being peppered on his cheek. "Kisses are-Oh!" Error jolted in surprise when Fresh suddenly jerked back, his face distressed. "I forgot!"

"WhAT dID yOU fORgET?" Error questioned worried. Fresh gave a smile, hiding his smirk, sockets half-lidded as he grasped the shorter one's right hand and started to kiss the finger tips. "Kisses are special Error, and I need ya to promise me somthin' important before I can kiss ya again." Fresh leaned down so their faces were only inches apart. "Ya do know whut a promise is right?"

"nO." Error's sockets widened in wonder at this new information. Fresh smiled gently, his free hand coming to caress the darker ones cheek in a slow manner. "aRe thAY bOtH sOMeTHiNG ImpOrtaNt?"

"Oh, yea bro. They are both very important." Fresh chuckled lowly. "Kisses can only be shared with only one other person. So you have to pick them very carefully~" Fresh purred out, Error blinked in confusion. "Kisses show how much ya care about another, how much ya love them. And if ya go around kissin' every bro, then it doesn't mean much does it?"

'Love? What's that?' Error unconsciously leaned on the hand that was holding his cheek. 'It sounds important...I think I remember that word in the story Ink read to me before, the one with a princess.' "lOVe?"

"Caring, affection, wanting them to be happy." Fresh gave out some examples before going on. But Error resolved to ask Ink when he gets back to get more information. 'But, I do like it when Fresh smiles and laughs...And these kisses make me feel warm, and something else I have never felt before. It felt nice...Is that love? Is that what love feels like?'

"And so I need ya to promise not to kiss others if ya want me to kiss ya ever again." Fresh gave a grin, eyes bright. "A promise is when you say you will do something, then do whut ya said ya would do. So if ya promise ya won't kiss another, then ya have to make sure ya won't do that."

"Oh! i SeE!" Error gave a little nod, seeing what Fresh was talking about. "AnD wE wOULD HAvE tO maKE thiS PRomiSE tO eACh OThER?"

"Yep!" Fresh agreed. "I can't give out my kisses ta just anyone my fine bro-tato chip! And I have decided that ya would be the best there is, ya make me so happy after all~"

'I never knew this was so important!' Error thought in wonder. 'Why didn't Ink tell me a bout this sooner if it was so serious?!' Then a thought struck him. 'Is it because Ink doesn't want to give me kisses? Does he not love me? Care for me? Want me happy? Or maybe Ink already promised someone else!?' Error tried to think on the kind of person Ink would promise his kisses to...He couldn't come up with anything. But then again it's not like he has seen many Monsters or humans after he got out of the white room. Well, it was something to ask later. Besides, Error is not sure that he would want Ink's kisses anyway. He sometimes get too frustrated with him - Why does he have to create? Why can't he just make colors or draw what he wants, not what Ink wants? - to be able to even think of just giving him and only him something so special.

Turning those thought away, Error reached up to lightly cup Fresh's face in his hands. A soft smile took over his face, eyes shining. Fresh has been nothing but good to him, making sure that he was happy and he was fun to have around. He is very different from Ink, but that was okay to Error. And if this made Fresh happy, who was Error to say no? Fresh's cheeks were soon dusted in a light purple, his SOUL beating wildly. "I PRomISE tO sAVE ALL mY kISSes fOR YoU FReSH~"

Before Error had any time to react, Fresh shot forward making Error fall onto his back on the bed with a flop, with Fresh landing on top of him. Error giggled at all the little kisses being peppered all around his face, Fresh wrapping his arms around him tightly.

"HAhAhA~" Error giggled, lightly tugging at Fresh's shirt. "FReSH thAT tICklEs~"

"I." Kiss. "Promise." Kiss. "To." Kiss, kiss. "Only." Kiss. "Kiss." Kiss. "You~" Fresh said in between all the butterfly kisses. Then Fresh shot up to lightly peck Error's lips. "Ya make me so happy my radical glitchy bruh!"

Listening to Error's little whimpers, giggles, and squeals made Fresh SOUL flip and flop, his breathing fasten, and his palms sweat. He felt dizzy but so alive! He has never felt this before, and he wanted to keep this feeling all to himself. But he had to do this carefully.

'Soon, I just have to wait for the right moment. But before that I have to make a few changes, get a few things, a few more virus to other AU's and then Ink will do the rest of work for me. Soon Error will be running to me, begging me to take him away from this place. Remember, slow and steady wins the race~'

The morning was filled with giggles and little kisses, the perfect lazy kind of morning.

-With Ink-

The morning was filled with screams and little tears, the worst busy kind of morning.

Ink's sockets were now surrounded by black, showing how tired he was as he went on auto-pilot. His arms numbly going about what he needed to do to save the AU's that were infected. Ink couldn't feel his body, his mind blank as he went about his job.

He was so tired that he felt sick, that there was a hundred pounds forcing him down. But even as his bones shook, he had to go on. no matter how much he wanted to just give up and sleep.

'Just a few more Ink, just a few more then you can go home and sleep.'

Soon he was lost in his actions, his thoughts fading as he kept going. But he knew he was lying to himself.

There was more then 'just a few'.

-With Error and Fresh-

The next three days passed by too fast for Fresh and Error. They spent those days playing, getting to know one another, and sharing little kisses.

Error couldn't get enough of those kisses, they felt warm and soft. Something he has never really experience or can explain. But what he did know is that he liked it when Fresh was with him, he felt warm by his side and protected. He felt happy.

When he mentioned that to Fresh on the second day, his face lit up and his smile took over his face. Error barely had time to blink until his face was showered in kisses.

But Fresh always off hand mentioned these random things about Ink; how he was a fake, how their jobs clashed, that Ink is good at lying, and other things like that. It made Error question how well he knew his teacher, but resolved to ask Ink about it. He wouldn't mention Fresh to Ink of course, Fresh had already told him that Ink hated him and would make him stay away from him. And Error didn't want that.

But on the third night, just before they fell asleep holding one another, Fresh jolted up and hurriedly got his stuff back on.

Fresh could feel familiar magic building up and get nearer, meaning that Ink was coming home. He had to suppress a smirk, the magic felt beyond tired. And if it wouldn't have scared Error, Fresh would have dusted Ink here and now. He wouldn't even be able to defend himself in his state!

"FrESh?" Fresh quickly turned, seeing Error in his kitty pajamas siting up on the bed watching him in confusion. "WhAT aRE YoU dOInG?"

After shoving on his hat, glasses, and jacket, Fresh shot to Error. Lightly cupping the others face in his hands, Fresh dove in for a passionate kiss without a word. Soft lips met his and immediately kissed back, making Fresh nearly purr in delight. How badly he wanted to make the kiss deeper, to steal Error away right now! But, no. He had to wait. He didn't want to scare him away, a happy Error is what Fresh wanted.

Pulling away, Fresh grinned at the flustered face in front of him. Error panted, out of breath and face flushed yellow. The moonlight bathing him like a holy light. Fresh's fingers curled tighter around Error's face. "F-frEsH?"

"Ink is comin' back to his crib." Fresh forced himself to let go of Error, slowly sliding his hands down his face before moving away from the bed. "I have ta go before he sees the radical me." Seeing Error sadly frown and give a little displease whine almost made Fresh loose what little control he had left, but he had to make sure he had everything ready for Error before he comes to him.

"I'll come back, don' worry!" Error watched with wide sockets as Fresh made a colorful portal come to life in the middle of his room. Fresh turned to him as he took a step in. "Totes been radical my lil' glitch heart, call for me if ya need me~" And with that Fresh stepped through, the portal closing right after.

Error curled around himself, feeling cold without Fresh holding him. Not having anyone with him made him remember the white room, where he had no one but the Voices. No warm arms to wrap around him that made him feel safe, no soft kisses, no laughter, no happiness. 'Why did Fresh have to leave? Wasn't he happy and having fun like I was?'Error sniffed, trying to hold back his tears. 'What did he say about Ink? Something about him coming-!'

-BANG!-

"InK'S hOmE!" Error gasped in realization. Scrambling off the bed, Error grunted when he fell off it. His blankets going with him, pooling around him and on top of him. Hearing the front door shut, Error yanked off the covers and dove for the door.

Quickly running out of his room, ignoring the 'no running in the house' rule, and to the living room, Error was met with a sight he has never seen before.

Ink was limping, sockets devoid of life, black lining the sockets making them look tired and lifeless. He sagged forward, not really seeing anything. All Error could do was blink in confusion and shock as he passed him with out a word.

"I-iNK?" Error hesitantly asked, only going on after Ink paused. "i DiD mY WoRK! AnD I FiNIShEd tHAT pRoJEcT-!"

" T. I do not have time for you." Error flinched back at the dark interruption. He has never heard that tone from Ink before. Error shook lightly when Ink went on without even looking at him. Slowly going into his room, shutting the door, and hearing a click, singling that Ink has locked the door.

'He sounded just like the Voices.'

Error quickly shook that thought out of his head, eyes watering. He denied it even as he remembered Fresh's little warnings. 'Ink isn't like that! Sure he makes me learn to create things, things that I don't like, and gives him weird rules to follow all the time, but he does it to make me learn! He's been nice, giving him water and a bed. That was more then the voices have ever done!'

"Let's just say he isn't always nice, he wears a pretty mask."

Error glitched as Fresh first warning came to mind, but he pushed it back. "INk iSn'T lIKe THAt! HE wOUlDn'T FOrGEt AbOUT mE oR lEAvE mE ALOnE! He'S JUsT slEEpY!" Error gave a shaky laugh to himself. "He'LL bE oUT iN THe MORnING WiTH foOd REaDY lIKE bEFoRE hE lEFT!"

Ink doesn't come out of his room for the next five days. Error loosing hope as each day passes, with him sitting by the door waiting for Ink to get up. Fresh's warnings and little things he said about Ink coming to mind as Error refused to move. Silently crying to himself, wishing that Ink would come out or that Fresh was there with him. To hold him and tell him everything is okay. To make him happy.

Then on the sixth day, Ink shot out of him room, making Error grin with hope. Only for the smile to fall when the truth comes out.

The sixth day changes everything.

It would be the day that Ink would regret, the day he wished he had done everything differently.

It is the day that Fresh was waiting for.

-End Chapter-

Well, here it is!

Ink is beyond tired, in all ways; magically, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Ink just moving to finally get into his bed - snapping at what ever is in his way not realizing it is Error - and sleeping the next few days away like the other Sanses can do. He pretty much went into a mini coma after doing all that work.

Error is confused and torn, not wanting to think bad about Ink even if his actions are pointing otherwise to him. He has no idea what Ink is doing or even what is going on, and that is scaring him.

The reason that Error is so attached to Fresh, even if it was only a few days, is because of all the physical affection and that Fresh wanted Error to be nothing but happy. Ink, while caring for Error, doesn't have Error's total happiness in mind. He wants Error to learn so that he can live safely in this Multiverse. And Ink never touched Error out of respect after the first incident, where he got strung up with string, thinking that Error is afraid of physical contact.

Fresh is more manipulative in this story, he wants Error to be happy with him, not scared. So he is not going to go on a killing spree - or at least not yet - and especially not in front of Error. Fresh has to plan this, and he's got a plan already in motion and ready. He twist his words and uses Error naive nature and obliviousness to his advantage.

Error is now attached to Fresh, linking him to the feelings of happiness, comfort, and warmth because of this. He links Ink with teaching, respect, and safe as he was the one to take him after the white room and show him how things work. But now after everything that is going on that is going to change. And in the next chapter, Error is not going to look at Ink the same way ever again.