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46 - Work

Note: I know that I wrote somewhere about the correlation of Killer's and Error's birthdays, but I can't find that specific place, and I've forgotten whose birthday came first. In light of that, I'm making it officially canon in this multiverse that Killer's birthday is before Error's. (And I won't forget this time, since this note is here!)

Comments are appreciated and welcome!

Please enjoy!

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Killer.

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Blue was gone. He had been imprisoned by our enemies, and the multiverse had prohibited us from trying to rescue him; we wanted to, but we couldn't. That had been about five months ago, and I was turning the age of seventeen today, Horror was almost sixteen and a half, Dust was coming to fifteen and a half, Cross was a week away from being fourteen and a half, and Error was nearly fourteen; Dad said that we were growing too fast for him. I was..hesitant about the prospect of being a legal adult..Cross had fears that we would be separated, and as much as I didn't want to give them any thought, I often found myself dreading it, even if there was no guarantee that it would happen. I only had one year left of my childhood; I wanted it to be a good year! When Dad woke me up, I smiled at him.

"Good morning, son." He greeted.

"Morning, Dad." I returned.

"Did you sleep well?"

"Yeah, I slept great."

"Happy birthday, Killer."

"Thanks, Dad."

"The others are already awake; breakfast is only waiting for you."

"What?!" I sat up quickly, looking at the time; my alarm should have gone off hours ago! "But how?!"

"Your little brothers decided that you deserved more rest today."

"..When was the last time I was the last one to wake up?"

"Likely the last time you were ill."

"I..I'm going to get dressed..I'll be out in a couple minutes."

"We'll be waiting."

"All right."

Dad promptly left the room, and I walked to my closet, picking out my favorite shirt; today would be a good day to wear it. In addition, I wore a black scarf that Error had made for me on my last birthday; it looked great with my favorite shirt! After dressing myself completely, I left my room and made my way to the kitchen, where I smelled..chocolate! I half-ran the rest of the way to the kitchen when the delightful aroma hit me; chocolate was the best food in the world! Chocolate waffles graced my presence within a minute, but they were gone within a few more; they tasted amazing! After breakfast, Dad allowed me the choice of what to do, and I made the only logical choice that one would have after eating breakfast: presents! It was too early for cake, and everyone was full right now anyway. We all sat down in the lower living room, and everyone had their gifts for me ready; I was so excited! The first to present his gift was Dad.

"Here you go, Killer." He handed me a box, which I quickly unwrapped and opened.

"Wow!" I looked at the ship in a bottle curiously; I wondered how it had gotten inside.. "Thanks, Dad!"

"You're welcome, son."

The rest of the gifts came quickly, and I loved every one! Horror gifted me a lava lamp for my collection, Dust had carved a horse that looked fairly realistic, Cross gave me a trick book for the blasters, and Error had made a winter hat for me! I gave them all a big hug when the gifting was done; they were the best family I could have ever asked for! The day passed with board games and a few movies, and, of course, there was cake! Chocolate cake, to be exact, and I loved chocolate cake, along with everyone else in my family! I felt a bit sad when the day ended, but it had to come at some point. Dad tucked me in when I went to bed, and I was glad about it.