"What are you doing here, Dust?" Ink demanded again. "Playing Santa for a good cause... for once." I replied for the millionth time. I was bound in Ink's paint chains on the floor while the he interrogated me. Dream was nowhere to be found. "And I still don't believe you, now your REAL reason for being here?" Stars they were just going in circles. "Blue, don't suppose you could help me?" I asked my phantom boyfriend. His gaze was apologetic. I can do about as much as your brother, Dusty. I'm sorry. My head drooped. "I should have expected as much.." Ink looked annoyed. "You really are crazy if you think Blue would come back, just to help you." Don't be to harsh, remeber Ink doesn't know what we had.. "What we still have." I muttered in reply, feeling my soul ach again, knowing he was still technically dead. "You're impossible.." Ink groaned. He walked off, dialing someone on his phone. "Hey Dream, I know you didn't want to be bothered but..."

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usty? "Yeah Blue?" Are you mad? "No, not really." Are you sad? "I'm always sad, Blue. Since the day you died, I'll always be sad." But I'm still here? "I don't know how to explain it. Yes, you're here, and I'm happy you are don't get me wrong, but it's not the same. Call me selfish, but I really miss embracing you, kissing you, cuddling you, loving you.." Dust.. Blue tried to wipe away my tears, but he failed. I'm sorry.. "Dust..?" Dream and Ink had come in, both not expecting me to be in tears. "Don't be sorry, I'm just being a depressed emo boy." I joked feebly, though it was currently true. Mweh heh heh heh! Don't make me laugh, we are having a moment! I looked to the living Star Sanses. "Don't mind me, I'm just a highly unstable, typically deadly skeleton who was breaking and entering to drop off Giftmas shit and disappear just as quickly." I wiped my tears on my shoulders. "... What was Blue to you?" Dream asked.Well I'm his lover of course! "..." I gave Blue the 'not now I'm thinking' look. "I feel.. a deep love from you. And terrible sadness that's dampening my positivity." Dream explained. "You've got to be kidding me." Ink looked between Dream and I. "I do love him.. he loves me back.." I replied simply.

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Naturally my use of the present tense made them uneasy. "Your saying he's still here." Dream stated, not asked. I nodded, glancing at Blue. "He's the one teaching me to be good." I replied. "He's.. teaching you.. to be good." Is there something bad about that? Blue asked, knowing that he couldn't be heard. I just nodded. "I'm lost without him. He is the only good in my life and I want to pay it forward." Both could tell I wasn't lying. "And you're sure it's not all in your head?" Ink asked. "The whole seeing Blue thing?"
"I know my boyfriend!" I immediately got defensive. I'm real. Blue assured. "I know you are. They don't." I wish they could see me too. "You don't know how many times I wished that. Even now, they think I'm talking to thin air." So you ARE aware of how crazy you look. I chuckled. Now he was cheering me up. Go figure. "Only as crazy as I sound."
"We lost him, didn't we?" Ink asked. "Yep." Dream replied. "What will we do about him?"
"He was being honest about going good. I think we should let him go."
"Only if you're sure.."