No, I'm not dead yet.

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Numb.

That was the only way you could describe Error right now.

Not eating, not sleeping, barely talking to others.

He wasn't leaving the castle to destroy.
And there wasn't any need for that.

At first, Error was a crying mess, then he was suddenly calm, and then the only thing he could feel was anger.

Nightmare himself was shocked at the pure rage that seemed to radiate off of Error.

A few thousand AU's haven't been able to escape the destroyer anger.

And after the anger came... Emptiness.

Error didn't thought that losing Trivial was gonna affect him like this.

But a the same time, he thought that maybe it'll be better like that. Not for him, but at least for Trivial

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Killer glanced uneasily at Horror, who was sitting beside him on the couch.

The other was twitching, seemingly like he wanted to do something... But wasn't quite sure what.

Horror, feeling watched, turned his head towards Killer, who blushed - embarrassed at being caught, and quickly looked away.

Horror slowly stopped twitching, and tipped his head at Killer.

Killer slowly returned his gaze at Horror, and his blush deepend when he realized that the other was still looking at him.

There was a few moments of tense silence.

"Soooo...." Killer breathed out. Horror's posture seemed to straighten up upon hearing Killer's voice. "I can tell that none of us likes the.. situation, we're currently in."

Horror blinked.

"And I was thinking that..." Killer's gaze fall on to the floor and a frown appeared on his face. "Or, you know what? Nevermind."

Horror raised a brow at Killer. Killer sweat dropped at that.

"Well, uh.... I'm not exactly sure how, but I was thinking that we should cheer him up!" Killer hung his head "But given the circumstances, I don't think that cheering him up is even gonna work. I mean - let's be real here. Trivial was the main reason Error even bothered to put up with us. Never before had he showed any kind of interest in joining, but then Trivial arrives - and, look - Error suddenly decided to stay!" Killer throw his hands in the air in clear irritation.

"... Trivial managed to change everything... Just by b-being here." Came Horror's raspy voice. Killer blinked and looked towards him.

"Huh?"

Horror sighed and gave Killer such a blank look. Killer took that as a clear confirmation of Horror saying he is an idiot.

"Error decided to stay... Nightmare became le-less violent... Dust became more o-o-open..." Horror clenched his hands together, taking a few deep breaths. "Cross is now... way more playful." He smiled slightly at that sentence. "Which is a good thing."  He turned his head towards Killer once again, just to see him looking at him with wide eyes. "You're also more... Loving." Killer felt his face get hot, signaling that he was indeed blushing.  "And I..." Horror pointed at himself. "Finally felt... normal again. Well... As uh- 'normal' as a can-cannibal can g-get."

Killer could only raspy out one sentence.

"Holy shit."

Horror blinked in confusion.

"This has to be most I've ever heard from you Horror!" Killer said with a bright smile on his face and open arms. "Give me a hug!"

Horror just smiled and leaned against Killer. He doesn't understand why Killer is so happy, but hey, he's getting hugs out of it.

But then Killer leaned away and looked Horror straight in the eye.

"Error is not getting away from our loving hugs!"

Killer grinned, already knowing what they're gonna do to make Error feel better.

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Cross's face scrunched and he seemed to look at nothing in particular in the distance.

"Hey, Cross. You okay?" Came Dust's voice as he looked at Cross with worry.

However, Cross didn't even glanced at him.

"That bastard is planning something."

"What?"

"Nothing."

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Error was looking down at the bear Trivial loved to play with.

He got it from Nightmare and it quickly became his favorite plushie. Trivial couldn't sleep without it, so Error could only hope that the kid was getting a good rest without it.

But the thought of Ink getting frustrated because Trivial wouldn't sleep was very unpleasant.

He barely noticed that someone was knocking at the door.

He groaned and snapped "WhAt?"

"It's me..." Error's eyes widened and he heard Horror's voice. "Can... I come in..?"

"..." Error thought about it for a moment. Usually it was Nightmare or occasionally Dust that tried to get him out of his room. So getting Horror might be some kind of a trick of them both. But at the same time, he didn't really care. "sUIt YOurSeLf."

Horror heard a click which signalled that the door was open. He didn't even hesitate to go in.

Error looked from the spot on his bed to face Horror. The latter looked like he wanted to say something but stopped when he noticed the plushie in Error's hands. He looked to the side trying to hide the look of pure sadness on his face.

Horror seemed hesitant as he stepped towards Error and reached towards the toy, but stopped when he noticed that Error's grip on it tighten.

"Can I...?" Horror asked, almost a desperate edge to his voice

Error was very reluctant, but after a few seconds he relaxed and simply gave the bear to Horror.

Horror gently brushed his fingers against the plushie with a sad smile on his face. "He liked this one..."

Error looked down not knowing how to answer that. He actually couldn't believe he almost felt insulted.

Almost.

It was like Horror needed to tell Error which toy was Trivial's favorite. If course he'd knew! Trivial is Error's kid-

Error felt his hands turn into fist's and gripping the sheet underneath him.

Error tensed up again as Horror suddenly grabbed both of his hands and started to pull him up.

"Come!" Error blinked a few times at that sentence. He didn't want to go anywhere, but he wasn't even leaving his room anymore, so he might as well.

He let Horror drag him away, not noticing the plushie on the floor on his room.

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Error didn't know where the hell Horror was taking him, since the other one asked him not to look.

Somehow he wanted to get away and go back into his room, but at the same time his SOUL seemed to get peaceful the more they were closing the distance to their destination.

In the end they finally got there.

He felt his body froze at where they've arrived.

Trivial"s room.

"Error!" Came Killer's cheerful voice but Error barely paid it any mind. "Hey Error." Error finally looked at Killer and confusion clouded his mouth as he saw Killer with a jar of cookies in his hand. "Pfft- What? Trivial would kill for those."

Error's eyes widened and realization was clear on his face.

'Oh, right.' A sad smile appeared on his face. "Trivial loves those." He opened the jar and took one of the cookies into his mouth 'Rightfully so'

He didn't notice the smiles on Killer and Horror's faces.

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Cross was having a good day. For the most part.

He wasn't assigned to any missions, he ate a lot of chocolate, and he took a good nap.

So of course his 'best friend' was gonna ruin it.

It was in the evening when he was just hanging around in his room, and his door were literally kicked open.

"CROSS!" Killer screamed already being inside Cross's room

'Ah fuck' Was the only thing that crossed his mind as he stared wide eyes at the skeleton in front of him.

"What?! What is so important to actually kick my door open, huh?!"

Killer grinned at that "We~..." He said in a singing voice. Cross immediately knew that whatever idea his friend came up with, he was not going to like it. He knew that, but he sure as hell didn't expect what came out of his mouth next.

"Are going to get Trivial back."