Requested by - SamIAm769

How long had they been fighting? About one hour almost two hours? At this point, Error was getting tired of his fight with Ink and wanted it to end already. Both of them were badly wounded and Error was getting tired. He was sure Ink could tell that too. His movements were getting slower, along with his reaction time to attacks, and his own attacks weren't as strong. At this rate, he'd end up losing and he was not going to let that happen. Well, he was trying not to let that happen.

Error's eye lights scanned the area as he looked around for Ink. They were currently in the forest and Ink was hiding behind one of the trees around the area. "cOmE OUt, InKy! yOu cAn'T hIdE fOreVER!" Error shouted, turning to the left and ducking when a wave of red pain suddenly came at him. Error shot his strings out in that direction, assuming that was where Ink was since the attack came from over there but Ink wasn't over there. That wave of red paint was just a small distraction for Error. Ink had teleported behind Error and hit him with a wave of purple paint, which materialized into chains as soon as it hit him. The glitch let out a small yelp of surprise as he stumbled and fell over onto the forest floor face first, wiggling around in an attempt to break free. Ink rolled Error over on his back and hit him with a wave of blue paint, to stick him down just in case he did get out of the chains. He put his foot on Error's chest making his glitches flare up as he glared up at him. "lET Me gO yOu raiNboW aSsHolE!" Error growled angrily, Ink pressing his foot down harder him hiss and squirm in pain. "I'm sorry about this but this is the only way to stop you." Ink said, raising his paintbrush, which made Error squirm more. "WOaH! WaIT! SToP! WhAt ThE HeLl aRe yOu-" Error cut himself off with a loud glitchy scream of pain as Ink slashed a wave of red paint on his eye sockets.

Ink stepped off of Error and backed away from him slightly, snapping his fingers and releasing Error from his paint. Maybe blinding Error wasn't the best idea but oh well. It was too late now. At least if Error was blind I'd take him several months to learn how to fight that way let alone destroy his precious AUs. Plus, now he'd finally get a break from all of the fighting.

Error clawed at his eye sockets as he felt his eyes and the area around his eye sockets being burned and melted, his vision slowly leaving him. Error stumbled to his feet and back to a tree, managing to make a portal to the Anti-Void and get through it before he lost his vision completely and everything went black. He fell down to the ground as he kept clawing at his eye socket, his screaming had stopped and now he was just hissing in pain. There was a horrible burning sensation in and around his eyes sockets and it wasn't going away. Error put his hands on the 'ground' and felt around, looking around and blinking to ty and see anything or get a feel for where he was at. Of course, Error knew he was in the Anti-Void and it was just a blank white space but he had one section that had his materials that he had to make puppets lying around.

'Woah, what the hell happened to you?'

'Yeah, you look like shit. What exactly happened during that battle with you and Ink?'

The voices were referring to Error's other injuries that he had gotten during his battle with Ink like several broken ribs. Error blocked them out, already knowing that they were about to starts talking about how he was now blind.

Error kept feeling around in the 'floor' yelping and drawing his hand back when it landed directly on a sewing needle and started bleeding. He pushed the needle aside and patted on the ground for another moment until he hands touched one of his puppets he had lying around. Error quickly grabbed the puppet and held it close, hugging his knees to his chest. He was trying not to panic. Being blind wasn't a big deal, right? He could learn how to live with this, right? So what if he'd have to learn how to navigate around places? So what if he had to learn how to fight all over again? So what if e had to teach himself how to make puppets while blind? So what if he was all defenseless and helpless at the moment? So what if he could never see anything anymore? It's not like he needed to see anyway. It didn't matter if he could never see the thousands of beautiful stars that shined brightly in OuterTale again. It's didn't matter that he couldn't watch UnderNovella again. It's not like those activities were the two things that made him calm down, relax, forget about all of his worries and troubles for a little while, and happy.

Error felt his eye sockets well with tears and down his cheeks at those last thoughts. He wiped at his tears in an attempt to stop them altogether but it was no use. Error laid on his side and pulled his hoodie over his head, curling up as he let his tears fall and continued to cry. So much for staying calm.

Error may seem tough and hard on the outside but on the inside he was really sensitive and fragile so he wasn't taking suddenly losing his vision so well.

Error continued to cry for a while, only stoping when he heard the sound of someone teleporting inside of the Anti-Void. He jumped up and quickly wiped at his tears, summoning his strings. "wH-WhO's ThERE?" He asked, looking around, though, he couldn't actually see anything.

Fresh, who had came to the Anti-Void like he did every day to see 'annoy' Error, held his hands up. "Woah, chill broski! It's just me!"

Error whipped his head in the direction of Fresh's voice. "W-WhAt ARE yoU doInG hErE?"

"Ya know I come around every day, broski."

"Y-yEaH, weLL, I'm noT iN thE mOod fOR yOuR SHIZ tOdaY! gO aWaY aND LEavE mE aLonE!"

Fresh raised an eyebrow and walked up to Error, looking at him closely. Error glitched slightly and backed away from him, slipping on some string he had on the floor and falling to the ground with a small yelp. He put his hand down, it longing in the needle he had moved away earlier again and quickly drew his hand back, hissing in pain.

Fresh raised an eyebrow at Error's actions. Did he not see the needle that was literally right in front of his face as he put his hand down? He was looking directly at it. "Hey, ya don't look too good. Did ya just get back from another fight with Ink? Ya also look like you've been cryin'."

"C-CryRiNg? i hAvEn'T bEeN CryInG. I dOn'T cRy" Error said, which was and obvious lie.

Fresh went silent at that moment for no particular reason. He just wanted to test something.

Error 'looked' around the Anti-Void about a minute after Fresh went silent. "frESH...? aRe yOu StIlL hErE?"

Fresh held up three fingers and suddenly spoke, Error whipping his head back in Fresh's direction. "How many fingers am I holding up?"

"wHy tHe HECK dO yOu wAnT mE tO teLL yOu? YoU cAn SeE How mAnY fIngErs yOuR holdiNg Up yOurSelF!"

Fresh sighed softly and sat down in front of Error. "You're blind, aren't you?" He asked, dropping his untied lingo whenever he tended to talk about something that concerned him, something important to him, or something serious.

"N-nO. WhY woUlD YoU tHiNk tHat? I cAn SeE jUst FinE."

"You're a horrible liar. You put your hand directly on that sewing needle even though you were lookin straight at it. When I went silent you started looking around for me when I was still right in front of you. You avoided my 'how many fingers am I holding up' question. And now that I'm closer up to you I can see that the area around your eye sockets is melted slightly. What exactly happened during your fight with Ink?"

"hE jUst hElD mE dOwn aNd HiT mE riGhT In The eYe soCkETs wITh hiS rEd paInt. i'M blInD nOw, sO whAt? i'LL bE FiNE. It'S nOt lIkE i nEEdEd tO SEE anYway." Error's voice got shaky on his last two sentences; he was on the verge of tears and Error knew it so he just stopped talking right there.

"Error..." Fresh murmured, making Error shake his head. "dOn'T i'M fInE."

"Error, we both know you're anything but fine. If you don't want to talk could you at least let me heal your wounds? You're still bleeding, you know."

"wHy dO yOu EvEn caRe? wHy cAn'T yOu lEavE mE alOnE? jUsT gO aWaY alReaDy."

Fresh sighed softly, "Error listen, I care about you, alright? I consider you my friend and don't like to see you hurt or upset."

"i'M suRE yOu HavE oThEr FriEnDS inStead. gO cArE aBoUt tHem. yOu don'T nEEd tO woRRy abOuT mE. i'M nOt ThAt ImpOrtAnT."

"You're important to me, Error."

"anD wHy iS tHat? beCauSE i'M yOuR fRiEnD?" Error laughed, "BuLl SHIZ"

"You don't seriously think I come over every day to annoy you, do you? I don't even try to annoy you but it seems like everything I do pisses you off but I still come over anyway. You wanna know why? It's because I want to see you. Even if you don't seem to like me very much because I just like being around you. You want to know why I like being around you, why I care about you, and why you're so important to me? It's because I love you. Now will you please let me heal you?"

Error felt his face steadily heat up with blush as Fresh talked and confessed to him, giving a small nod in response to Fresh's question.

Fresh put a hand behind his neck then looked at Error. "I'm gonna have to... uh... you know... since most of your wounds are... uhm..." Fresh trailed off right there, saying nothing more.

"I-i kNOw." Error took his jacket off and lifted up his shirt, showing Fresh his ribcage. "j-JusT Get oN wIth iT." Error murmured, looking away from Fresh.

Fresh blushed softly upon seeing Error's ribs but nodded. He gently put his hands on the smaller's damaged ribcage, making him hiss in slight pain and his glitches flare up a little bit other than that he was fine.

Error was comfortable around Fresh and his haphephobia never seemed to be a problem when he was around him.

Fresh's hands lit up a soft magenta color as his magic activated and he started to heal Error. Once he finished healing Error's ribs, he moved onto his arms and any other place Error was hurt.

Fresh pulled away from Error when he was down, the smaller, putting his jacket back on. Fresh stood up. "I guess I should go now. I don't want to bother you any more than I already have." Fresh just about to snap his fingers and teleport off. "W-wAIt!" Error quickly said, making Fresh raise a brow and look down at him. "What is it?"

"c-cOuLd yOu stAy...please? I...i dOn'T wAnT tO bE alOnE..." Error murmured, looking down and fiddling with his fingers.

Fresh smiled and sat back down, Error leaning on the taller once he found where he was. Fresh wrapped his arms around Error gently and hugged him close to his chest. Error buried his face in Fresh's chest and started to speak after a moment. "i kNoW ThAt iT mAy sEEm LikE EvErY sInglE tHinG yOu dO anNoYs mE... bUt iT doEsN'T... i reAlLy lIke hAvInG yOu arOunD anD I EnjoY yoUr cOmpanY... i onLy acT lIkE yOu pIsS mE oFF sO yOu wouLnd'T fInd oUt abOuT mY feElinGs fOR yOu becAuSe I sUrE yOu wouLdn'T sEE mE tHat wAy... bUt siNcE I KnoW YoU loVE mE hErE I aM aLso cOnfEsSIng. i LovE yOu tOO fReSh... i rEalLy dO..."

Fresh smiles softly and lifts Error's face up by his chin, pressing a small kiss to his teeth for a moment. Error blushed up a storm and buried his face in the taller's chest again, making Fresh chuckle.

"cAn yoU proMise Me soMethIng..?"

Fresh nodded and stroked Error's skull, making the smaller purr and smile slightly. "Sure. What it it?"

"COuLd yOu PrOmIsE noT tO lEavE mE anD tO hElP mE thRouGh thIs...? COulD yOu hELP mE leaRn hOw tO fiGhT anD dEfEnD my SeLf agAin...? i KnOw iT's a bIg pRoMIsE aNd-"

Fresh cut Error off, "Of course, I will. I promise not to leave you and to help you through this. I'd never leave you alone like this. I'll protect you from Ink and any other person. Even when you do learn how to fight while blind I'll still be there for you and protect you. I promise."

Error gripped onto Fresh's shirt as he started crying softly. "Th-tHanK yOu..."

Fresh smiled softly and cupped Error's cheeks, wiping his tears away, bringing him into a kiss. Error kissed Fresh back and wrapped his arms around the taller's neck, Fresh wrapping his arms around the smaller's waist. Error purred into the kiss slightly and broke it a moment later, resting his head on Fresh's chest. "i lOvE yOu, FreSh. thAnkS aGaIn fOr pRomisiNg nOt tO lEAvE mE anD heLp mE..."

"I love you too, Error." Fresh took Error's hand and intertwined their fingers, squeezing his hand and getting a small squeeze in return. "I'll always be with you. Every step of the way."

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