Requested by: Pacatos

Error sat down on the couch in the dark. He was staring at the tv. It was on but there was only static on the tv. It had been like that for the last two hours ever since Ink had left to go to the store. He had actually been upset all day.

Yesterday night, he found out that Ink has been cheating on him with Dream for the past month. He didn't say anything in the morning but he would today once Ink came back. He knew that Ink was really going out with Dream today and on his way back he would quickly pick up some groceries. Then when Error asked why it took so long Ink would make up some excuse. He would say there was a lot of traffic or the lines were super long in the store or something like that. He knew that because that's what Ink always did. At first it was odd but then Error brushed it off. He figured he was being too paranoid but he wasn't. Something was wrong and now he knew exactly what had been going on.

One hour later, Ink finally showed up. The door opened and he walked in, flicking on the light. He looked at Error and raised a brow. "Hey, babe. What are you doing? Where's dinner?" He asked, waking over to Error and putting a hand on his shoulder and kissing his cheek.

Error slapped Ink's hand and shoved him away, wiping his cheek. "DoN't TouCh mE" He hissed, glaring at Ink.

Ink stumbled back slightly. "Babe? What's going on with you?"

Error shook his head and stood up. "doN'T cAll Me Babe! i'M noT yoUr bAbE, iNk!"

"C'mon, Error. Tell me what's wrong."

Error twitched. "yOu wAnnA kNOw WhAt's wroNg wIth mE?! i'M uPseT bEcAuSe yOu'Ve bEeN ChEaTing oN mE wIth dReam!"

Ink scratched the back of his neck. "Oh so you found out about that. Look it was one time a few months ago. I was drunk and things got out of hand but I never did it again," Ink lied. "I didn't want to tel you because I knew you'd be mad." He hugged Error. "Can you forgive me?"

Error twitched again, his glitches flaring up more. He shoved Ink away. "don'T lIe tO mE! yoU'vE BEen dOing it FoR @ mOnth! ŸoU EvEn weN7 oU7 wĮTh hiM tOdaY! No! I Can'T foRgiVe yOu! We'Re ovEr!"

Ink slapped Error and grabbed him by his neck. "Oh, so you think you have the right to talk back to me? You think you can push and yell at me just because you're angry, huh?" Ink asked, increasing his grip on Error's neck, making the smaller tear up and glitch more.

Ink slapped Error again and then threw him against the wall. He kicked Error in the face and then pushed down on his ribs. "You think you can run, huh? You think you can leave me? Fine. Go ahead and leave!" He started to stomp on Error, ignoring the cries of pain as the smaller curled up. "After all I've done for you! I accepted your pathetic little confession to me and took you in! For four fucking years I took care of your dumb ass! Ink grabbed his paint brush and started to beat him with it. "And this is how you repay me?! Answer me you little slut!" He hissed.

Error cried out in pain and curled up around himself tightly. "i-I'm śØRR¥! I-į-I søRR¥! p-p|3@$ë s-s7øp!" He cried, tears running down his face as he coughed up blood.

Ink scoffed. "It's too late for Sorry, Error! I've given you too many chances! You want to leave so I'm gonna let you leave!" He stepped on Error's neck, slowly pushing down on it as the smaller gasped for air. "But understand this: you're nothing without me! No one will want someone like you! A glitch that wasn't even supposed to be made! An ugly, greedy, little bitch! I'm the only one you had and now I don't even want you anymore so you can go!" He kicked Error into the wall and opened up the door, kicking him out of it and onto the cold snow. "And don't come crawling back to me! Don't even think about going to the cops either! They won't believe you! They'll just toss you aside like the live of trash you are! As a matter of fact, you should go ahead and kill your self because no one will shed a tear when you do! No one will even care!" Ink sneered as he finally stopped beating Error. He spit on him then walked back inside of his house, shutting and slamming the door behind him.

Error whimpered and glitched up hardly, tears running down his face. He coughed up a large amount a blood and managed to pull himself to his feet. He started to stumble and limp away from the house, crying out for help as he did so.

Error wiped at his face as he continued to limp and stumble. He had been with Ink for four years. When they first got together, Ink seemed nice and Error loved him a lot but the more he spent time with Ink the more he started to see Ink's true colors. Ink would get angry at him about every little thing. He would slap him and hit him sometimes. He would yell at him and tell him he was worthless and other things like that. At first, Error thought it was fine. He just thought Ink had a little anger issue but he was wrong. He quickly learned that Ink was an abusive person. A very abusive person. It just got worse and things went on. He would hit him even more and tell him more things. Ink would tell him he was useless, he shouldn't have been born, and that he was the only one that would ever want him. Soon enough it got to the point where he felt trapped. He couldn't run and he couldn't tell anybody.

He only had two friends. Blue and Fresh but he hadn't been able to see them ever since he got with Ink so it had been years since they talked. He didn't even know if they remembered him. He doubted they did. That was thanks to Ink telling him he was forgetful and no one would remember him. All of his friends would leave him and find someone better.

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Error had tried to go to the police a few times but Ink always got to him before he even got close to the station. Ink threatened him and told him if he tired to go back he would break his legs. Ever since then he never tired to run. He stayed quiet and never told anyone. Because of Ink he because severely depressed and began to believe everything Ink said. He began to believe that he deserved everything Ink did. He started to hurt himself, cutting himself a few times every single day. His body was littered with scars that he made himself and a lot of them from Ink. He even tries to kill himself a few times but he never had the guts to actually do it.

Error really should have left Ink when Ink's violent tendencies started to show but he didn't. It was because he was cared and because he didn't want to leave Ink. Ink was the first one to treat him nicely. Ink was the first person that ever loved him. He was bullied in middle school and high school. Ink was his first loved and he was already mind warped enough at that point. He thought if he left then he would go back to being alone with no one so he stayed. He clung to the little love that Ink had for him and lied to himself. He told himself Ink really loved him and he didn't mean what he said or he did. He kept telling himself that for the four years he was with Ink.

After ten minutes of stumbling and limping Error had made it to the park before he collapsed on the floor, curling around himself. He cried and cried out for help weakly. He doubted anyone would hear him or even come. It was eleven at night and he could barley even talk at this point but he still kept calling out for help anyway.

Error looked up slightly when he heard a voice calling out to him. He couldn't see very well but he knew who the voice belonged to. "f-fR3$H..." He called out, weakly reaching out for him before he completely passed out.

Fresh quickly ran up to Error and picked up the smaller. He immediately ran to the hospital as fast as he could. He shoved the doors open and ran inside, calling out for help. A few doctors rush over and quickly took Error from Fresh's arms, rushing him into the ER. Fresh tried to follow him but a few nurses held him back and sat him down in the waiting room. Fresh let out a heavy sigh and out his hands in his head. "Error what happened to you..."

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A few hours later, a nurse came up to Fresh. "You're allowed to see your friend now. Follow me and I'll take you to his room."

Fresh nodded and hopped out of his seat, quickly following her to Error's room. He quickly went inside. "Error?!"

A doctor who was in the room, shushed Fresh. "He's sleeping right now. He needs as much rest as he can get right now."

Fresh nodded and apologized, pulling up a chair beside Error's bed and sitting down on it. "What happened to him?"

The doctor, we'll call him Jermey, shook his head. "I don't know what exactly happened to him but here's a run down of all of his injuries." Jermey pulled out a paper and handed it to Fresh.

Fresh read over it, making a face at how many there were. He sighed. "How long will it be until he can leave the hospital?"

"A couple of weeks to a month. He has severe injured after all."

Fresh sighed and nodded. "Okay, Thank you."

"We tried to contact his family but we couldn't find anyone to call on the list."

Fresh shook his head. "He doesn't have any family left. I'm one of his friends."

Jeremy nodded. "How unfortunate. You can stay here with him as long as you like," He told him then left the room.

Fresh nodded and rested his head on the bed. He took Error's hand and intertwined their fingers. "I'm here for you.." He murmured out before he went to sleep.

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Fresh woke up early the next day. He woke up at seven and stayed beside Error.

Error started to wake up two hours later. He slowly blinked his eyes open and let out a painted whine. "W-WheRe...?" He murmured, trying to sit up. He winced and Fresh laid him back down. "You shouldn't try to move yet."

Error looked over to Fresh. "fResH..? whY aM I hEre..?" He asked quietly. He didn't want to raise his voice any louder since his throat hurt. 

"I found you at the park yesterday night. You were beat up really badly so I took you to the hospital. What happened to you..?"

Error went quiet as the memories of last night flooded back to him in an instant. He looked down and sniffled, wiping at his face as he started to cry.

Fresh got into the bed beside Error and hugged him gently, wiping his tears away. "I'm sorry, you don't have to answer that now," He told him softly. He rubbed Error's back when the smaller buried his face into his chest and cried into him. Fresh stroked Error's skull and held him close as he cried, letting him cry it all out.

Fresh cupped Error's cheeks once he finally stopped crying. "Are you okay now?"

Error nodded and shut his eyes. He leaned into the touch, clinging to any and all kind of affection. He really needed some after what he went though.

Fresh smiled just a bit and nuzzled Error. "Do you want to talk about it now?"

Error shook his head but he still said a small bit. Just enough for Fresh to grasp what had happened. "I-iNk... I-It wAs InK.." Was the only thing he murmured out. He would be willing to talk later but not anymore today.

Fresh got what Error meant but he was still confused. He knew Error and Ink had been dating for so long so he didn't understand how Ink could do something like this to Error.

Fresh nodded. "Okay, you just go ahead and rest a little more."

Error nodded and held onto Fresh, nuzzling into his chest as he slowly fell asleep.

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During Error's stay in the hospital, Fresh stayed with him the whole time, constantly. He only left to go to the bathroom or to go get them some food.

It had been about a month and a half since Error first cake into the hospital and today he was going to be released. Error and Fresh has also gotten together during that time. Fresh had asked Error first and Error quickly accepted. He was naive and innocent. He would probably get back together with Ink if he asked but Fresh wasn't like Ink. He would protect Error with his life.

Fresh gently shook Error until he woke up. Error yawned and sat up, hugging Error and nuzzling into his side.

Fresh smiled and rubbed Error's skull. "Hey, are you ready to leave now?"

Error nodded and sat up. "yeAh"

Fresh shifted out of the bed. He gently pulled the IV out of Error's arm and then picked Error up bridal style, carrying him out of the hospital and all the way to his house. He set Error down on the floor once he was there and took Error's hand. He intertwined theirs fingers and led him to their room. "This is our room. It isn't much but we can decorate to your liking!"

Error nodded and smiled, hopping on the bed and nuzzling into it. "OkAy!"

Fresh smiled and sat beside Error. "I've got to go out for a while. We can have movie night when I come back, okay?"

Error gave a small nod and looked down. "yOu.. yOu'Re nOt gOinG tO gO oUt anD SEe SomeoNe eLSe arE yOu...?" He was paranoid.

Fresh shook his head. "Of course not. You can call me as often as you like to check up on me."

Error nodded and hesitantly let go of Fresh. "okAy. bE saFe.." Error kissed Fresh on the cheek.

Fresh nodded and kissed Error's nose before he ran out. He had some business to take care of.

Error sighed and laid back on the bed, looking out of the window as he waited for Fresh to return.

Fresh left the house and took a trip to Ink's house. He teleported into Ink's house and walked to his room, humming. He had been stalking Ink for the past month and knew that Ink would be taking a nap at this time. He went into Ink's room and whipped out a hammer. He walked up to Ink and hit his skull with the hammer as hard as he could. It wouldn't kill him but it would knock keep him asleep until he got Ink where he wanted him. Fresh grinned and looked at Ink's limp body as he twirled the hammer around. "You're going to regret ever messing with Error."

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Fresh ended up coming back to the house hour later. He looked around with a small hum. "Error?"

Error came running downstairs and hugged Fresh tightly. Fresh smiled and picked Error up. "Ready for our movie night?"

Error nodded. "YEs!"

Fresh chuckled and carried Error upstairs. He laid on the bed with Error and turned off the lights, turning on the tv and going to Netflix, purring on a movie.

Error purred and nuzzled into Fresh as he watched he movie.

The two of them watched movies for hours until it was nearly midnight.

Error yawned and shut his eyes. "frEsHy, I cAn'T sLeep.. i'M stIll ScAreD..." He whispered.

Fresh rubbed his head. "You don't need to be scared. Didn't you hear? Ink moved away?"

"reAlly..?"

Fresh nodded. "Yup. He moved to a totally different continent so you don't have to worry. I'll protect you."

Error smiled and shut his eyes, feeling much more relaxed. "thAnk You.. I Love yOu.." he murmured before he fell asleep.

"I love you too," Fresh whispered back, kissing Error's cheek. He stroked Error's skull. "No one will ever hurt you again."

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