𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟 ☬ℑ𝔫𝔨𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔢☬ ☬𝔈𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔨☬

Chapter 6: Mood Swings

~○Dream's PoV○~

Ever since Ink came back we were all so relieved and happy once more. Especially Reaper and Cross. Of course though they haven't let him leave their sight. Ever

Quite literally. When Ink goes to sleep, one of them stays up for half the night and then they switch. When he goes to eat they sit on opposite sides of him. Even when he goes to protect an AU or just relax in general they're always there

But then again they were worried most of all, so you have to cut them some slack. I mean, their little brother went missing! If Night went missing I would have been just as worried as they were for Ink

Anyways, Ink was sitting on the couch drawing, Reaper was sitting next to him texting someone, probably Geno, Cross was on the armrest on the other side of Ink, Blue was in the kitchen making something, probably tacos or something, and I was reading a book by the tall ass shelf in the corner of the room

Blue came out of the kitchen with a platter that was covered my a metal lid. Oh lord, what's it gonna be now? Dont get me wrong, I love Blue and everything, but he tends to cook things with unedible ingredients

He sat the platter down on the table that was in between the chairs and couches

"I have prepared the most magnificent dish for this evening! Ink, would you like the honor of having first taste, me friend?"

Ink looked at the platter in small horror, it wouldn't be noticeable if I couldn't sense people's emotions. He looked back up at Blue and smiled

"Sure Blue! What is it this time?"

You could easily tell he was trying his best not to teleport somewhere else, anywhere other than here, we all were

"Well I'm glad you asked! As you may know I am an expert at making tacos so I have prepared a special taco for each of you! Each has a little something that represents you!"

"Huh, that's really creative Blue! Alright, I'll try one."

Blue took the metal lid off of it to reveal a golden taco, a rainbow taco, a taco with a cherry on top, a taco with chocolate shavings on top, and a taco with blueberries in it

Ink took the rainbow one and shakily bit into it. His eyes widened once he chewed and swallowed it. He let out a small hum of satisfaction and smiled at Blue

"It was really good! What'd you use?"

Oh no. Thats the one thing you don't want to ask a cook

Blue laughed a bit and did a heroic pose

"Why, my friend, I have prepared yours with a mixture of a variety of things! I found Skittles in a drawer, paint from your sash that you always have, and last but not least, a little whipped cream on top!"

Well that's not to bad I gue- wait. Did he just say.. paint from his sash.. ?

Ink looked at him with a green exclamation point in his left eye and an orange question mark in his other eye

"Erm, may I ask, how much of the paint did you use?"

Blue looked up at the ceiling and put his hand to his chin in a thinking manner. He looked back at Ink and shrugged

"About half of each, why?"

Oh.

I know what this means.

Mood swings....

Not to much later, when everyone else ate their tacos, Ink started to cry. Reaper and Cross hugged their younger brother and pat his back

"What's the matter Inky?"

Reaper looked at him as he asked that

"I'm so sorry. I d-don't know why I even tr-try making you happy wh-hen all I do is mess everything up.."

And it begins.

Reaper looked at Ink in suprise and then sorrow. He started rocking him back and forth and whispering little 'shh's

"Hey, hey, you don't mess everything up! And you do a wonderful job making people happy! Just look at all the friends you have."

Ink suddenly pushed Reaper away and looked at him angrily. He had a target in one eye and an 'x' in the other, both blood red

"No! Stop lying to me! That's all everyone does, lie! I'm sick of it, I'm sick of everyone treating me like a baby and that I can't do things on my own!"

Reaper looked at him in suprise at the sudden outburst, but quickly caught onto what was happening. Cross still didn't know though

"Inky, I would never think that your a baby! Sure your my baby brother but I would never lie to you!"

Ink looked at him with his eyes widened before he had a hige grin on his face. He now had a star in his eye and a sun in the other

"Really? I love you brother! I love you to other brother! I love everyone! You all make me feel so special! But... sometimes it seems like you all spoil me. I don't deserve any of you. You all would be better off without me..."

And just like that he had a tear shape in his left eye socket and a blue circle in the right

Cross sighed and made Ink face him before he hugged him. He started to pat his back in a comforting manner once more

"Hey, you are one of the only people that bring light to my eyes. Don't ever think your anything less than important."

Ink started hyperventilating while Cross was in the middle of his statement. I could only see his left eye and it was a green explanation point

"Wh-what if yo-ou all forget about me?! What if I'm not important to anyone and no one needs me anymore?! WHAT IF YOU ALL START HATING ME?!?!"

He had a panic attack but luckily we got him to calm down, which led to him going to sleep. Well, that was interesting, to sat the least