Ink POV
Shit. We have to go home in a few days. I don't think I'm ready for that. I'm not ready to go back to my mom.
I don't wanna live. I also don't wanna die. I don't feel happy and I don't feel sad either. What's wrong with me?
I just feel all numb and scared. I wanna cry and for no reason. I'll figure it out later. I felt Error hugging me. I hugged back.
"You're overthinking again." He said.
"I know."
"What's it about?"
"My mom."
He gently kissed my neck and then looked at me. I smiled sadly and kissed him to.
"She won't hurt you. Not while I'm with you." He said, putting his hand to my cheek.
I kissed his palm and let him hold me. I felt safer now. Less afraid. Stars I'm getting weak aren't I? I shouldn't enjoy this.
"If you're protecting me then who's gonna protect you?"
"Well, it can go both ways."
I giggled.
"Damn you for making me laugh."
"Oh hush. You love to laugh and you know it."
"Aight, ya got me."
He chuckled and got up. I fallowed him to the living room and he turned on the tv. He insisted on cuddling me while we watched which, fuck it. I like it. Does it make me weak?
Probably.
Do I give a shit?
A little.
But dammit it's comforting and warm and I love it! So I let him cuddle me. It felt nice. I started thinking again.
What if he doesn't really care? What if he's just staying with me because he feels bad for me?
No. No. I know that's not true. And I'm still thinking it. Ugh. I just wanna lay in bed and do nothing.
Yeah. Yeah that sounds nice.
I got up, went to our room, turned on Big Mouth and wrapped myself in the blankets.

Error POV
Inky got up and went to our room. Did I do something wrong? Say something that upset her?
No. She's probably just tired.
T-then why didn't she fall asleep on me? If she was tired she would've done that. She has before and never cared to get up. What am I doing? All she did was get up. It's not that big of a deal.
I decided to go for a walk. It was still cold outside but not as bad as it would be at home. We'll be back before Christmas. When we get back I know there's going to be so much snow that nobody will be able to step foot out their door.
  Not literally but, there's gonna be a lot of snow is what I'm saying.
  There's some snow here but not a lot. There's enough for kids to throw snowballs though. Honestly it was fun to watch.
  I even joined in on one. My team lost but everyone that participated was covered in snow.
  Inky would love this. It'd give her an excuse to legally throw things at children. Her dream world.
  I remember once she told me that she and her brother used to throw glass bottles at their garage.
  I asked why and she said,
  "We had nothing else, what were we supposed to do?"
  I felt so bad. But everything is changed now, and I'm gonna help her get better.
  I have been for a while and she seems to be grateful for that. I was about to leave the park before I saw a dog. I got really excited and asked if I could pet it.
  The owner scoffed and walked away.
  ...
  Maybe we could get a dog!