Cross sighed. X was sleeping, and he was bored.

Error came to visit him whenever he had the chance, but that made the time between visits even more lonely, and it had felt like a while since the other had last come, not that he had a way to tell time in this place.

He heard the glitchy noises signifying one of Error's portals, and a huge smile instantly appeared on his face as he turned to greet the other. Maybe he had even brought his other friend who he talked about so affectionately!

"How long have you been waiting there, kid?" Error asked with a smile, looking at the younger, somewhat childish skeleton.

"Don't call me kid!" Cross complained, as he always did when Error called him kid.

"What, do you not want to leave?" Error asked with a smirk.

His eyelights wide and shining like stars, Cross hugged Error tightly, tears trickling down his face even as he smiled so brightly.

"C'mon, kiddo," said Error, smiling as he opened a portal. "You can finally meet Blue, and an ally I made recently- specifically, a guy called Nightmare. He and I are working together now, and we made a deal- what I gave him isn't important, but he'll allow you and I to live in his castle with his gang. Personally, I argue that it's less of a gang and more of a self-help group for those rescued from the so-called 'dark' AUs, but I wouldn't tell him that," said the glitch with a crackling, staticky laugh. "He probably wouldn't take it well. Now c'mon, first stop is Outertale- we've got to take a bit of a detour to get where we're going."

Cross nodded, a big smile on his face- Error had told him about the stars and how pretty they were. "Will we get to see the stars?" He asked curiously.

"Of course, kid. Outertale isn't actually a stop we have to take, I just want to stargaze for a bit before we go meet up with Blue," Error said with a smirk, beckoning Cross over to the portal.

A smile on his face, Cross followed his friend into the portal, into a whole new life, a second chance for them both.