100 Themes Challenge

Pessimistic

Nightmare walked through the gloomy halls of his castle, a frown plastered on his face as his tentacles swayed and fidgeted by his back impatiently.

Error, his beloved mate, barely visited him now. And if he ever does, he has little to no time before he is beckoned once more to do his job at destroying AUs.

Don't get him wrong, Nightmare knows the importance of Error's job as one of the multiverse's pillars and destroyer but sometimes, he can't help but be the easily jealous partner in their relationship; especially when the artist's, Ink's, scent lingers upon Error during their meets.

A lingering thought of Error cheating on him in exchange of Ink keeps popping in his mind but Nightmare wants to hold on to Error's promise that he's the only one the glitchy skeleton loves.

Nightmare opened the door to his office, where he heard the soft buzzing of Error's glitches.

"Hey, Night. How are you?" Error's glitching voice sounded out in the room, making Nightmare feel shivers crawl up his spine. He smiled to his mate and was about to reply but the smile quickly fell to a frown when Nightmare saw a stain darker shade by his lover's cheek.

He lifted a phalange to wipe it off, it was ink.

Nightmare didn't need to question further as the glitch immediately began explaining upon seeing Nightmare's face, "It was Ink's. He puked by my face when he got too close" Error said.

"And why was his face close to yours'?" Nightmare asked calmly, though, dread and denial has started to seep into his SOUL.

Error shivered, Nightmare has different levels of calm and this calm is the 'I'm boiling in rage but I'll let you explain yourself first' type of calm.

He coughed, "Trapped me in hardened ink and neared me to kiss me, he got too excited and overwhelmed and puked" Error explained.

Nightmare stared at him for a few moments, his gaze hard and calculating, his tentacles flicking rapidly behind him. Finally, he gave off a deep hum, wiped off the ink to a napkin from his inventory and walked around Error to sit behind his desk.

"Night?" Error asked.

"I'm glad you visited me today Error, that's really thoughtful of you, but I'm rather busy to spend time with anyone. I need to pass some paperwork before the deadline" Nightmare said, not looking at Error.

Error slumped, "Nightmare, mate, I promise you, there's nothing between me and Ink. He's just being his annoying self" the glitch explained but Nightmare held a hand up, signaling for the glitchy skeleton to be quiet.

Nightmare looked at him, though his eyelightss are hardened, "We'll talk about this some other time, alright Error?" he started.

Error flinched, Nightmare usually calls him 'my love' now.

"But I'd rather have some alone time for now. I'm busy" Nightmare finished and went back to writing.

"Of course Night, I'll be a string-pull away if ever you need me" Error said before vanishing through a portal.

Minutes passed, Nightmare stopped scribbling on the paper and put his skull on his hands. Sometimes, he thinks of reasons why he's always the unfortunate one.