3rd Person POV: Nightmare had awoke peacefully. He stretched his joints until there was a satisfying pop. He stood up and opened the door of his bedroom and walked into the main room. Horror, Killer, and Dust were there sitting on the couch. They seemed to be either arguing or congregating. Nightmare couldn't tell. Their tones seemed angry, but Nightmare was too far away to hear what they were talking about. Nightmare shrugged it off though. 

He stepped further into the main room revealing himself. Killer was the first to see Nightmare and he pointed at the ball of goop, making the others turn around and glare. Night was confused on why the three dark sanses seemed so tense towards him and was tempted to ask, but before he was able to open his mouth Horror had slapped Nightmare straight across the face.

He looked up at Horror; holding the side of his face that was slapped and growled.  "What the hell was that for!?"

"That was for hurting Cross! I know you hurt him a lot, but this time you nearly killed him." Nightmare looked at him with a confused expression, his eyebrows raised. Horror sighed, "You know! Murdered, turned him to dust, sliced him to-" 

Nightmare cut him off. "I know what that means Horror, but what do you mean I almost killed him? I've attaked him before..." Horror didn't respond.

"Well he wouldn't be this bad if you didn't try to cut off the circulation to his lungs(?)(Screw it they have lungs now!) and tried to choke him!" Dust stepped in. Nightmare rolled his eyes. "So? I wasn't actually gonna kill him" Dust walked right up to Nightmare's face and growled. 

"Did you even bother checking his HP!? He was near death and his soul was cracking immensely!" Nightmare seemed slightly surprised. Had he really hurt him that bad? 

"Well what do you want me to do?" Horror slapped Nightmare again. 

"How about you apologize!?" was the last thing Horror had said before him, Killer, and Dust teleported away. Nightmare held the side of his face again. When the stinging had stopped he felt a knot in his soul. It was a sort of stinging sensation like very weak acid, but it could still melt you. It was just slow. Nightmare's eye lights dimmed when he realized what the knot was.....guilt.

But how though? Nightmare was.....well the lord of Nightmares. He felt no remorse and gave no one mercy. The lord of Nightmares fed off of hatered and fear, but here he was feeling guilty for Cross....of all people. He looked at the stairway and his knot tightened. Nightmare sighed. He teleported upstairs right in front of Cross's door. Nightmare hesitated before knocking. No answer. He knocked again. Still no answer. "Screw it....." Nightmare thought and opened Cross's door. Cross was whom seemed very dazed,was looking up at the ceiling with bandages around his neck and arms.

Ink's POV: I opened up many separate portals as I made my rounds to check on the AUs. To my surprise, everything was fine. Well sort of fine. Of course Fell!Papyrus was beating up his brother, Lust!Sans had tried to flirt with me, Swap!Papyrus and Classic!Sans we're drunk and starting a bar fight together, and Fresh!Sans was being an annoying parasite. These things were normal though. The weird thing was that none of the AUs were destroyed. All of them were perfectly fine and very stable. "Was Error finally done with destroying my AUs. Has don't he stopped for me?" I thought with a warm smile on my face. I felt a bit of warmth come up to my cheeks as I opened a portal to the void where Error lived

There, he was sleeping soundly on his stomach. I snickered and walked over to him. I frowned at his surroundings however. Error was sleeping in the floor of the void which honestly didn't seem very comfortable. Around him there was nothing. No one to keep him company and nothing to for him to do. I looked at my paintbrush and beamed up. I could make Error something. I could make him a house with a bed, maybe a television to keep him occupied, he can have a fridge and a stove for food, and- oh so many ideas filled my head at this exciting idea. With so many things to do I went to work as Error had a peaceful and deep slumber.

Error's POV: I woke up surprisingly comfortable. Sitting up, my eyes widened at my different surroundings. There were...walls. They were blue and a few posters hung on the walls. I looked down. I was sitting on a bed with black sheet covers. I carefully got off the bed as if it would explode. I walked out of the door that I now had and walked down some stairs. Down here there was a leather couch. In front of it was a flat screen T.V and a bright blue rug. Behind me was a full fledged kitchen with a stove, fridge, microwave, and even a dining room table. I ran my hands down some of the unfamiliar blue walls and heard a high-pithed voice.

"SURPRISE!!!" I jumped and glitched out slightly. Tuning around quickly, I saw Ink with stars in his eyes and a big grin on his face. "Do you like it?" He asked me excitedly, "When I looked at the void it looked so lonely and uncomfortable sooooo I thought you would enjoy having something to do and have some comfort livings!"

Ink's POV: "When I looked at the void it looked so lonely and uncomfortable sooooo I thought you would enjoy having something to do and have some comfort livings!" I said to Error still will a goofy smile on my face. A hue appeared on his face and he looked down. My smile went away and I turned slightly concerned. "Do you not like it? We can change it if you want...." Error said nothing and strode towards me I backed up slightly. Was he going to hurt me? Did her really hate it that much? I braced myself a bit ready to be slapped or hit, but it didn't happen. Instead, I felt Error's teeth on mine and I blushed immensely. I immediately started to kiss him back as he wrapped his arms around my waist and I wrapped my arms around his neck. I felt something wet run across my bottom lip. I assumed it was his tongue asking for entrance and opened my mouth to let him in. His tongue entered and started tasting and coating every inch of my mouth. I moaned into the passionate kiss and whined when he released. A small saliva trail connected our mouths and Error wipes it away.

He chuckled at me now being slightly dazed, "I love it Ink.....thank you..." My eyes lit up again. "You like it really!?" Error never liked my creations and knowing that he loved his new home made me hopeful. He nodded and I squealed. I talked him down in a tight hug and Error chuckled at my reaction. He pet the top of my skull as I lay in his lap. Slowly my eyes began to close from his soft touch. I felt Error kiss my cheek before I fully fell asleep.

Nightmare's POV: Cross was staring up at the ceiling in a dazed. When he heard the door close behind me he turned his head towards me. He looked like he had to hold back a scream as he sat up and went on the far side of the bed. I sighed and sat on the other side of the bed which caused Cross to starts shaking. I felt more of the guilt rise up in my stomach. I hesitated before hugging him gently to try and calm him down. Cross started shaking more and was breathing heavily. I hugged him tighter and rubbed his back soothingly. He stopped hyperventilating, but he was still shaking a lot. I hesitantly let him go. He moved back to the far side of the bed and hugged his knees.

I bit my bottom lip as the pain in my chest get worse. I wanted so badly for Cross to forgive me. I wanted to hug him so badly.....for him to make the pain go away. Cross spoke in a scratchy voice, "A-are you g-gonna hurt m-m-me?" His voice was small and he stuttered a lot which only made the pain in my chest worse. I shook my head. He didn't seem convinced and curled up again. I bit my bottom lip again and finally spoke. 

"C-Cross I..." this was the first time I've stuttered in front of Cross, "I didn't know I had h-hurt you so badly.....I never wanted to k-kill you...." I took in a deep breath. "I'm so s-sorry.....I'm so so sorry...." Cross lifted his head up. He looked surprised, but also afraid that I was just lying and that I would hurt him again. I didn't say anything more and teleported away from Cross and into my room. I curled up on my bed, my tentacles curling around me. The pain in my chest was almost unbearable. The guilt was overtaking me. I wished so badly for it to stop. I wanted the pain to go away. I curled up tighter. I wanted Cross to love me again......

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We did it guys! We got to 1000+ reads. That's insane. Jesus, thank you all so much for supporting me in making this story great. It's because of you guys I get the inspiration and courage to keep writing. I can't thank any of you enough. I just hope you enjoyed this chapter and have a wonderful day!

P.S. What do you guys think of the new cover? I had a fun time drawing it and I think it looks pretty good!

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