Reaper turns and begins to come over to us. S!Reaper shuts the conversation down before S!Geno could hear. I chuckle at this. S!Geno quickly runs and hugs S!Reaper happily. S!Reaper's face ignites. S!Geno compliments S!Reaper sweetly.

"SH-Shut up, Geno! Let me go!"He snaps

"No. Just trust me. I have a feeling something is gonna go wrong. And that dude is giving me a bad vibe."S!Geno says

"What? But Reaper is nice! He's on our side!"He says

"Not him! The guy with him!"S!Geno says

S!Reaper looks at me. He is clearly confused. The sun has gone down so it's dark now.

"Did he tell you anything about getting others for help?"He asks

"No, he didn't even get into that!"I say

"Then who is with him right now?"He asks

"And looks like Nyan cat farted on him?"S!Geno asks

I quickly suspected who they were talking of.

"That may be...Fresh Sans..."I say

"Isn't he some parasite?"They ask

"Some say yes, but he really is no friend of mine."I reply

I look ahead and see a figure behind Reaper. At first they're just a silhouette,(above image), but as Reaper came closer, it became clearer that it was Fresh. And that Fresh had a knife. Reaper is clueless as always again and I shake my head. Fresh begins to raise the knife and that made me panic. S!Geno holds S!Reaper closer protectively. To them, it's unclear what Fresh may do. But I know that's he is aiming right at Reaper. He's gone after Goth and is right behind Reaper of all people after all. He clearly hasn't learned his lesson from last time he tried to attack someone I care about.

I run over quickly. Reaper looks at me and smiles. He opens his arms to me, offering a hug. As much as I would like to hug him, now is not the time. I shove him aside quickly. Out of the way or ability to get hit by Fresh he goes. I quickly kick Fresh away. He was shocked.

He stumbles back, the knife flying from his hand. I land on my feet and get up quickly. I clench my fists. He comes right towards me. He swings a fist but I catch it. I twist his arm and shove him away again. I throw some punches and fire some bone attacks, pinning him down. I make sure he doesn't get out somehow but put a bone cage around where he's pinned, just in case. Precautions are good protection tools.

"Stay down. You aren't hurting him, or anyone I care about, on my watch!"I snap

"But it seems in your sleep I do!"He responds

I tense.

"How...How did you know?"I ask

"Everything happens for a rad or unrad reason, Geno broseph! And you're looking at the rad reason for those nightmares right here, bud!"He says

"Oh...joy. Here's your reward!"I say, summoning a blaster above him and blasting it

I turn and walk back to S!Geno and S!Reaper. They stare at me in awe.

"That was amazing!"S!Reaper says

"How'd you manage that? I thought that parasites would be harder to fight."S!Geno says

"First encounters seem like that. First few battles. But once you get past the weird speech or appearances that can annoy you, he's just any other opponent."I say

"Ah, okay."They say

An arm wraps around me. I jump and look to see Reaper there. He smiles at me nervously. He begins to talk but I hear absolutely nothing. I just gaze up at him. He softly feels my cheek, right below my odd eye. My face warms and his ignites a bit. He lowers his hand but wraps his arm around me. I reach up and hold his arm with both of my hands. Then, I feel something slash my chest. I grip him tighter and that's when I hear him.

"Geno!"He yells

He holds me tighter and I grip him. Then I feel something zip past my skull, glazing it. I fall back but he grabs me and holds me. I look at him to notice he has just thrown his scythe at Fresh who was within a bone cage. A knife hits the ground. He looks at me, crying already. I look down to see a slash mark across me and could feel one on my skull. I feel it gently. I look back up at him. He was absolutely panicking.

"Geno! Please stay with me! I can't lose you!"He cries

I shake my head.

"I'm not going anywhere, silly. Not anytime soon at least."I say

"Geno! This is serious! Please! You're gonna be okay! I'll make sure of it! I'll-I-I-I-'ll-"He cries

I reach up wipe his tears.

His face ignites.

"Calm down, Reaper. You're panicking. It's gonna be okay. Besides, I just faced, defeated and got rid of my nightmares. I don't think I'll be getting nightmares anytime soon. Plus, I don't want to leave you. Who knows what trouble you'll get yourself into."I say, the last sentence being a tease

"W-What are you saying, Geno?"He asks, looking at me in shocked confusion

"I'm saying that I'm here for you."I tell him, lifting a hand up.

I feel his hand on my back. I look to see he's holding it from within his sleeve. Then he releases the hand holding my leg. He kneels and I'm in his lap now. He looks at me, his face brightly ignited. He leans in closer and grips my hand tight.

"I'm here for you as well."He says, then leans in and kisses me quickly

I feel my face ignite.

"Reaper!"I say, looking at him

"What? I told you this is serious.~"He says

I press against him, holding him tight.

"I know."I say

I shut my eyes and nuzzle my head against him. I could hear his soul beating quickly. Then, I couldn't hear it. I open my eyes worriedly and look around. Reaper is gone. S!Reaper and S!Geno are staring at me in shock and joy.

"Woah! Cool!"S!Geno cheers

"What?"I ask, but notice that it sounds like another voice spoke with me.

Reaper's.

"Are you kidding me? You did the unimaginable! You both! You-"S!Reaper begins

"FREEZE!"A voice yells

I look around and see we were surrounded by Epic, the skeleton I saw before, knives by Fresh's magic he's using from within the bone cage and a bunch of other figures.

"I never freeze."Reaper's voice says

"YOU. ARE. NOT. BLACK. PANTHER. REAPER!"S!Reaper snaps, faceplaming

I look around but Reaper isn't in sight. And yet, I find myself running to S!Geno and S!Reaper. Knives start firing and I grab them. Then, I jump. But I got much higher then expected. And much farther than expected.

"You guys! You fused!"S!Reaper says

Thoughts and memories of watching a certain show with Shino came rushing back to me.

"Are you guys ok?"S!Geno asks

We what now?

That thought sounded like Reaper talking, er, yelling in my head.

Gah! Reaper! A little warning when you are gonna internally yell, please!

Sorry, Geno. So we seriously fused? Like those characters?

I guess so.

"It's the true, it's the true..It's the true kinda love.~"S!Geno says in a teasing singing voice

We land and jump again. I recognize the lyric and knew what he's teasing or hinting to. We look down and I notice we really did fuse. But my wound is still visible. S!Geno is looking at us. S!Reaper is looking at him.

"Seriously?! Now's not the time to tease about that."Reaper tells Swap!Geno

Swap!Geno chuckles.

I'll get a portal ready.

Ok.

"Hey! They hurt both Genos? They gonna die!"S!Reaper says, then begins yelling in anger

...Le what?

"Reaper, please. Calm down. It isn't as bad as Geno's."Swap!Geno says

I notice Swap!Geno is blushing. He clearly hasn't heard his Reaper speak like this about him before. Reaper and I stay quiet.

"Your wrist is bleeding!"He snaps

'I'll be fine."Swap!Geno insists

They debate on it for a bit.

Then, S!Geno looks at us.

"Are you okay? Those were some hard hits Geno took."He asks

We're silent. Then, I jolt as shades appear.

There we go.

Reaper, warnings are not one of our talents or skills I see. Why even this?

Sorry. But I know you're gonna say you're ok when you're NOT and it's best he can't see your eyes. He can tell if it's the truth or not. I know from talking with him earlier.

Ok then....

"I'm okay."I say

"No you're not!"He says

"Yes I am. Or you're not either like you were telling S!Reaper. Besides, we got this."I say

"Do you...?"He asks

I open a portal and guide us through it. We land outside the house and look around to make sure no threats were around. S!Reaper and S!Geno were released and they were amazed to see where we are now. We are on the surface after all. The pain from the wound hit me again and bam! We unfused. Reaper caught me when we split, I could hardly stand. S!Reaper already was banging on the door. I close my eyes, hugging Reaper tight. But I smile. I'm back. I'm safe. We're back. We're safe. And we've made up. Surely everything is okay. I know everyone was mad at Reaper, telling by how Cross acted. But surely he got back on good terms with everyone. Surely he made up with everyone before coming after me. Surely he did. Surely.

I passed out, but when I awoke, I learned that I gave Reaper too much credit.

"What were you thinking, Reaper?"One voice yells

"Where have you been? Who even are these two?"Another snaps

"How dare you! What did you do now to him?"A third growls

All these voices were yelling while I woke back up. I find bandages on my wounds. I was laying in a bed, head on pillow and tucked under blankets. I open an eye and look around. Goth was beside me, gripping my hand. Reaper is not in sight, or the voice owners. I try to speak but fail. I have no voice. But Goth still notices that I'm up.

"Geno! Thank goodness you're up! You're okay! Science's plan worked!"He cheers.

I look at him confusedly. What is he talking about? What is going on? I try to speak but couldn't.

"Oh right, side-effects."He says, releasing my hand

I lift myself up, making sure I can sit up. Then, I use something human Ink taught me. Sign-language. He ignores it at first.

"You're showing your other eye. You rarely do that."He says

I nod.

"What are you doing? I don't know sign language."He says

I sigh. Goth goes to the door. He opens it.

"Does anyone know sign language?"He asks

"I do!"S!Geno answers

Goth has him come in.

"Sign away."S!Geno says

I begin signing.

"He says he could cover the eye up again. Reaper made him feel okay showing it. Speaking of Reaper, he's asking where Reaper is and what's going on. He wants to see Reaper."S!Geno says

"What? Geno, you don't have to worry about Reaper. He's getting what he deserves for hurting you. You're safe now. Not much."Goth says

I look at him and shake my head.

"Reaper didn't do that! I was there with my Reaper! Reaper never hurt him!"S!Geno says

"Sure he didn't. Then why'd he hide his scythe?"Goth says with a shake of his head

I sign. I can explain that.

"What's he trying to tell?"He asks

"The truth. He says Reaper never hurt him. Reaper saved him and they're getting along. Now will they stop yelling at him and let him in? He still wants to see Reaper. Reaper hid his scythe because he realies there's no threat. He can get jumpy when stressed or tense. He says you have to listen to the truth, unlike how everyone out there are ignoring it. He says I can explain and to believe me."S!Geno says

Goth shakes his head.

"You're worrying about the wrong person! Your other brother did it, Error!"S!Reaper snaps

"HeLlo?"E!Pap says

"He'S mY oNlY bRoThEr."Error says

"Oh! So this isn't a timeline where you, Fresh and Geno are related!"S!Reaper says

"WaiT! FrESH hUrt GeNo?!"Error and other voices yell

"Yes! That's what I've been trying to tell you! Listening skills people!"S!Reaper says

"Who are you?"Raven asks

"Swap!Reaper nice to meet ya! Now if you don't mind, I'll be getting my alternate self back with Geno."S!Reaper says

"Not until he wakes up and gets checked by Science."Dust says

"Science, get in here."Goth says

"He's awake?"Dust asks

Goth nods.

"But be quiet, he can hear you all and is not happy with us."He says

"Us? Why us?"A bunch of voices ask

"I think the wound on his head did something."He says

I grab a pillow and throw it at him. He looks at me and I shake a fist. Then I sign something.

"He says you're a horrible liar. He's angry because nobody is listening to the truth and doing wrong to Reaper, both of them."S!Geno says, loud enough for everyone to hear

I look at S!Geno and smile. He winks at me. He knows. He gets it.

"Science just get in here."Goth says as the noise level got reckless

"Coming!"Science says

"Also, he wants to see Reaper soon!"S!Geno says

It goes silent.

"What? NO!"Raven snaps

I start climbing out of bed. I've had enough of this. My wound on my chest hurt a bit, but that's nothing. S!Geno helps me up.

"Easy, take it easy. Slow and steady..Don't hurt yourself."He tells me

I nod and greet Science when he enters. He shuts the door behind him and was shocked to find me up. He had papers in his hands.

"Wow, this doesn't match up with everyone's idea of Reaper hurting you. You would be dust right now."He says

I do the thank you getsure and then sign some more.

"He says with great enthusiasm: THANK YOU! SOMEONE FINALLY GETS IT!"S!Geno says

I try to peek at the papers in his hands.

"Oh! I took some sketches Ink made of your wounds and took some pictures. I wanted to try and figure something out between fact and rumor. You can take it."He says, handing me the papers

I hug him in thanks. He smiles and says no problem. I sit on the bed and examine the papers. I have Goth come over. I point to the scratch marks or grooves along the cut in both the skull sketch and picture. I point to Goth's scythe that he had summoned protectively. I shake my head a it and make an X with my arms. I sign some things.

"He says, telling by the marks shown, and his knowledge, it couldn't have been a scythe that hit him. These are made by knives. Again, he says I can explain."S!Geno translates

Science gives me some medicine just in case. I sip it and he takes it from me. He says I'm all clear, just need to heal now. I smile. I get some pain from my head and shut my eyes for a moment.

"Science! Get back here!"Goth snaps

Goth chases Science but they both leave the room.

"Welp, Science messed up."S!Geno says

I look at him. I tilt my head confusedly.

"Welp, at least you can't talk. Dunno if that makes it better or worse for you. I'll go get Reaper."S!Geno says, leaving as well but with a smirk at the last sentence

I get up to follow him, but stop. Something feels different. I can still hear Science and Goth running and yelling. I look around but I really am alone.

I check my wounds but feel something on my head. They go up as soon as the surprise feeling went through me. I feel soft, fluffy, small ears. I jolt. I turn and see just below my bandages around my chest to my waist, a tail sprouting. I'm confused once the surprise passes. What the? Did this come from Science's medicine? What's in that stuff? He really has to label his stuff better. He seems to be going through a lot of trial and error lately. Was that why Goth is chasing him? How long will this last? Or the side-effects? Hmm....

Creak.

I hear it as I was trying to figure things out. I look to see the door opening. I can see a head peek in. But before I could take the time to recognize them, decide wether I want them to come in or not, and really anything, their face ignited. They took their head out and shut the door. I frown nervously. I hear footsteps going faint, meaning they ran off. That's what I thought at least. What if they were gonna tell the others or something? I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

Then there's a knock.

"Geno?"Reaper calls from the other side

Guess everyone finally left him alone. They let him go and gave the truth a chance. But how do I answer him? Or explain this?

"S!Geno told me you can't talk. Everyone is still mad at me for what I did..."He says

I facepalm. I really did give him too much credit.

"...I wouldn't be surprised if a small part of you were too."Reaper says

I could hear his honesty.

"So...Just knock once if I can come in. Knock twice and I'll leave you alone."Reaper tells me

I smile. I walk over to the door, knowing what I'll knock. He's finally willing to give me space. But then, I feel a big, pounding pain in my head. I stumble back and bump into the bed. But of course a pillow went to the side and knocked a box off a nightstand. This made a loud banging noise.

"Geno?!"He calls

I slowly get up, unable to answer. The pain in my head goes away. The door swings open. I look and next thing I know, the door shuts. I sense someone is here and turn my head. There's Reaper. My face warms.

"Reaper!" I try to yell, but still couldn't speak

"Geno! Are you okay? Are you....You...."Reaper asks worriedly, trailing off

I'm silent, shakily holding onto the bed. I feel my ears lower. My face is burning and the tail sways. I look at Reaper, unsure of what he may do. His face ignites and I could see worry in his eyes. He softly places a hand on my cheek. He leans close and smirks.

"Did Science give you the wrong thing?"He asks

I nod.

"And you're showing your eye still?"He asks

I nod.

"Well, to be honest, you look-"He begins

I cover my ears, knowing what he's gonna say. I shut my eyes. I feel two hands grab mine and lower my hands.

"Listen, Geno. Please?"He says

I hesitate, but nod. He hugs me. Then he kept whispering sorry. That's all he could do or say. I guess the pressure or what they were telling him was upsetting him. I smile at him and hug him back. He jumps at this. He pulls back and looks at me in confusion.

"Wait, you're okay? You're not upset?"He asks

I nod. I nuzzle my head against him. His face ignites and he froze up. I look up at him and he nervously looks at me.

(Reaper is holding back so many compliments rn)

"Y-o-u o-k-a-y?"I sign

"..Mhm."He says

I smile.

"G-o-o-d."I sign

I head to the door.

"What are you doing?"He asks

"C-h-e-c-k-i-n-g o-n e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e."I excuse it as

"Okay...."He says, then goes into a meditation position, hovering in the air

He's trying to do something I guess. I head to the door.

"Oh ya, almost forgot to mention,"He says, coming closer from behind

I feel a hand touch my ears. I jolt, feeling my face warm. The hand rubs my ears. My ears go down. The hand leaves my ears. Then I feel a hand touch my tail gently. I know I'd be yelling right now. My face burns. The ears go right back up.

"..You look cute like that. You always do."He says

I turn around and whack his hand away from my tail. He tucks his hands behind his head as he hovers about. He looks at me and gets a perplexed look in his eyes.

"D-O-N-T Y-O-U D-A-R-E D-O T-H-A-T A-G-A-I-N O-R I W-I-L-L-!"I sign, but he stops me by placing a hand on my cheek

"Geno? Are you sure you're ok? Your face is very red and warm."He says

"I-I-T I-S N-O-T-H-I-N-G."I sign, looking away nervously

"Ok, then..."He says, but something seems to be coming together in his head

I nod and leave the room before he could do anything else.

He's catching on. He's noticing....Is that good or bad? And in that sense, how long will it take for him to figure it out. Don't focus on that now! Check up on everyone.

This is interesting to witness.

What the? Give a little warning! Can we schedule these visits or something? Come on! Now of all times you come?!

;3