Troubled pasts (a Horrorlust story)

The last chance

Third person POV
The word echoed through lusts head "guilty" soon followed by the sound of a gavel being banged. It was like everything was playing in slow motion, horror was forcefully taken away by police, while lust was desperately trying to get to him, screaming his name while being held back by error and mettaton, it contrasted to the applause and celebrating as the survivor posed heroically, mettaton and error quickly got lust out before he could hurt anyone.

"NO! NO LET ME IN! I NEED TO SEE HIM!" Mettaton was hugging lust in an attempt to calm him down "PLEASE! I-I NEED HIM P-PLease...please" lust broke down in tears as he stopped struggling and fell onto his knees, error joined in with the hug, nobody said a word, lust occasionally mumbled his lover's name.

Errors POV
Mettaton managed to drive us back to my house, after we walked inside, lust continued to cry while mettaton stayed with him, providing comfort, while I stormed upstairs and locked myself in my bedroom.

I tried to process what was happening, my best friend was gonna die.

I felt a tear trying to escape my eye socket, it slowly rolled down my cheek, then another one escaped, then another, then two at the same time, as more tears started rolling down my face, I realised what was happening.

I was crying.

"WhAt ThE...w-WhY aM i CrYiNg? StOp CrYiNg! StOp It!" I wiped away my tears, but they were replaced by more tears, I tried desperately to stop this sign of weakness, but nothing would work. I sat on the floor and leaned against the wall as more tears flooded my eyes, I didn't bother to stop them anymore, I sobbed loudly into my hands.

"WhY...*sniff* wHy DoEs EvErYtHiNg I dO gO wRoNg?"

After a few hours, I heard someone knock on my door "...WhO iS iT?" My voice still breaking from crying "mettaton. Can I come in?" I hesitated "...FiNe" he opened the door and looked at me, he looked like he was crying as well, his black eyeliner was running down his face. Mettaton could tell that I was crying as well, he sat on the floor next to me "I'm guessing you're just as distraught as lust huh?" I nodded "don't worry, he's asleep on the sofa"

He offered me a hug, which I accepted, I buried my face into his chest, crying into his metallic suit. "I'm sorry error, I-I feel like this is my fault...I couldn't save him" mettaton sounded like he was also close to crying again "No, YoU dId WhAt YoU cOuLd, We WeRe JuSt OuTnUmBeReD"

After a few minutes of silence, mettaton decided to start a conversation "so, obviously horror and lust are in a relationship, but how do you know horror?" I started to tear up again, thinking about the past, how we used to hate each other, and how we became best friends.

"Me AnD hOrRoR wErE bEsT fRiEnDs, We UsEd To Be PaRt Of ThE bAd SaNsEs, We NeVeR lEfT oUr BaCkS, wE wErE lIkE bRoThErS, aNd StIlL aRe, I aCtUaLlY pLaNnEd On LiViNg HeRe WiTh HiM, bUt An AmBuSh LeFt Us BoTh fOr DeAd, EvErYoNe ElSe EsCaPeD"

"That's awful. How did you two escape?" "I dOn'T kNoW hOw He DiD, i MaNaGeD tO eScApE mOsTlY uNsCaThEd. We HaDn'T sEeN eAcH oThEr SiNcE, aNd NoW hE's GoNnA dIe"

Mettaton smoothly stroked my skull, normally I would've dusted anyone instantly, but I wasn't glitching out, he chuckled as I started to purr, after I realised, I quickly moved away, a bright blue blush was all over my face.

"Hahahaha! You should see the look on your face right now-hahahaha!" I quickly wrapped him up in my strings and dangled him in the air.

"NoW lIsTeN uP, yOu SeXy SpArKlY pInK TiN cAn, yOu BetTeR nOt TeLl AnYoNe aBoUt ThIs, If YoU dO i SwEaR-"

"Mmmmm~ ahhh~ squeeze me harder~" my face scrunched up in disgust as I released him from my strings, there was a loud thud as his metal body hit the floor "ow! Alright, alright, I won't tell anyone" "ThAnK yOu!"

We both looked around the room awkwardly, mettaton coughed to get my attention "it's getting late, I should probably go" "AlRiGhT, tHaNkS fOr EvErYtHiNg, EvEn If We DiDn'T wIn" "are you sure he's gonna be okay?" I looked at him with sympathy "WeLl...PrObAbLy NoT, bUt We CoUlD bE fRiEnDs, So YoU cOuLd ChEcK iN oN hIm" he smiled "alright then, I'll come back tomorrow. But I really should be going home now, toodles!" He said before leaving my bedroom.

Mettatons POV
I quietly walked downstairs, trying not to wake up lust, I saw him curled up in a ball on the sofa, he looked so adorable. I grabbed my briefcase and my black fluffy fur coat to cover my suit and left errors house.

As I walked around the town I admired all of the lights and buildings, the streetlights illuminating the pavement, the neon signs on various buildings, everyone on their way home from work, people going in and out of clubs and bars, but as I walked further away from the lively parts of town, everything was gradually getting dimmer, there were less people, no cars, the shops were closed, no noise, just the sound of my shoes as I walked, I started to get paranoid, people began to stare at me as I walked past, and they didn't look like fans of mine.

Suddenly someone grabbed me by my waist and pulled me into an ally "W-what the?!" I dropped my briefcase, so I couldn't defend myself, they held me up against the wall, they were wearing a black hoodie and grey dirty trousers, their face was concealed by their hood, but I saw some light brown long hair sticking out.

"hey! Do you know who I am-" they grabbed my tie and pulled me down to their height "listen, you don't know who I am, but I have something that can help your friend" it was a woman's voice, she handed me a file with the word 'confidential' written on it.

"What's this?" "The trial was rigged, they erased evidence proving his innocence, and paid off the judge. Look." I was confused, but I opened the document, there were several pictures of horror, most of them were blurry, but there was a red circled drawn around the magic restraint on his neck "these photos were taken when he was in nightmares gang, he was forced to kill back then as well"

My mind was all over the place, "wha...I...b-but what about the survivor and the video" "it was faked, there were no survivors and I searched high and low, there was no recorded evidence of the massacre, the so called "survivor" was just one of the cops in disguise, all of this is in that file. If you wanna save horror you've gotta do it fast, they know that I stole the documents, so the cops have planned to execute him at exactly midnight! Get this to the police chief, he's the only one who wasn't in on this plan, he can help you."

There was a few seconds of awkward silence.

"Why are you still here?! Go before it's too late!" I grabbed the file and my briefcase and ran as fast as my flamboyant sexy legs could back to errors house.

Third person POV
Mettaton almost kicked down the door, alerting lust and error "nobody panic! It's me!" Error charged down the stairs with a pissed off expression "WhAt ThE fUcK?!" "Look there's no time to explain, the trial was rigged" lust gasped "what?!" He ran over to mettaton "yeah, the cops paid off the judge, and everything was fake, we need to get this to the chief before midnight" "WhY bEfOrE mIdNiGhT?" "That's when they've move horrors execution date to" lusts eyes widened "well let's go!" They all rushed out the house.

This was their last chance.