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Ch. 20 - A Word From Our Sponsor

Error crossed his arms as Blue fussed over his state. He ignored the way the motion irritated his injury. With the way Error happened to roll his eye lights at the attention, his gaze noticed a colorful new addition to the party. No one seemed bothered, so Error put the weird skeleton from his mind.

"ERROR." Blue said in a voice that asked for no argument. "WHAT'S BROKEN THIS TIME."

Error huffed and turned away to avoid Blues eyelights. He was such a worrier.

"I'm f-f-f-fine." He stated. "It's j-j-j-just a fracture."

"IT IS NOT FINE." Blue huffed arms on his hips. "YOU ALWAYS SAY IT'S FINE. EVEN WHEN A RIB FELL OFF THAT ONE TIME."

"Not t-t-t-true." Error raised a brow bone. "I admitted I n-n-n-needed help when both arms were r-r-r-ripped off."

Blue gave Error an even stirner expression. Error sighed.

Error wasn't exactly known for reassuring others very well.

"Only because you couldn't reattach them yourself." Interjected a childish voice.

Error winced when he received a light bap to his face as Chaos floated into view.

At some point Chaos had snuck up on him, beating Blue to his concerned scolding.

Chaos kept their hand there as they spoke in a disappointed/amused voice. Error was notably uncomfortable with the contact, a few glitches popping up and several Error signs covered his sockets.

He stubbornly refused to acknowledge the hand's presence.

"Dunkle." Chaos said. "You always tell the Chara's how important self-care is. They would be sooo disappointed if I told them you were refusing treatment."

Chaos's smile said they'd be willing to spread the word just to see the Chara's panic as they exaggerated the extent of the injury.

"... f-f-f-fine." Error relented. "T-T-T-Twist my a-a-a-arm, why don't you."

Error glared past the fingers. Not that his gaze held much heat at the threat.

Though Error did remember the last time he showed up at the Chara Realm when he had actually been severely injured. He wasn't interested in being wrapped like a mummy and strapped to a bed again unless it was actually necessary. But at the same time, it was nice to know they cared.

Chaos smiled smugly and stopped holding their hand to his face.

Blue sighed in relief, giving them a smile.

"THANK YOU CHAOS." He turned his blue eye lights on the Destroyer. "ERROR?"

Blue gestured for him to show where it hurt.

"Yeah, y-y-y-yeah."

Error gave an exaggerated sigh, but rolled up a sleeve on his patched up trench jacket, revealing a cracked and slightly leaky humorous. Scars spiderwebbed every inch of his bones, some more noticeable than others.

"Always knew your funny bone was broken." Chaos jokes, nudging Error's other arm.

Both Blue and Error gave Chaos an unamused expression.

"THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO JEST." Blue pointed out, looking back at the damage. "AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL AFTER TREATMENT."

Chaos just shrugged, continuing their hovering. They looked like they wanted to say something, but had forgotten what it was and were trying to remember.

Without further prompt, Blue hovered his hand over the crack to focus the healing on the worst of it. The magic sept into Error's bones, leaving a feeling that could only be described as minty ... somehow.