Whispered Promises of Love | Inkmare |

Chapter 1

Ink
Nightmare

The groups are still fighting, and it doesn't seem like it would ever end. At least, for the members of the Star Sanses and the Bad Sanses. For their leaders, however, it was a much MUCH different story.

~In Nightmare's room~

The two lovers were laying tangled in each others arms, not sleeping, but just enjoying the others company and the feeling of warmth emitting from both of them. Ink gave a small huff as he snuggled closer to Nightmare, laying his head just underneath his neck as he got comfortable. "I don't wanna get uppp!" He whined softly.

"I don't either, Ink, but would you rather the others to find out about us?" Nightmare chuckled a little, gently petting his partners head to give him some comfort. His lover gave another huff in response and stayed close to him. "A few more minutessss!" Nightmare just smiled and let him stay close to him for a few more minutes, knowing how stubborn Ink was. After those few minutes passed, he gently wrapped a tentacle around Ink's waist and helped him off the bed. "Alright alright. As much as we both don't want to let go, we have to for now."

He kissed Ink's cheek and let him go. Ink wasn't very happy to have been moved from his comfortable spot, but he gave him a kiss back and promised to be back tonight before disappearing into an ink puddle.

~At the Star Sanses base~

Ink slipped out of the ink puddle into his room in the base and plopped down onto the bed with a sigh. He was really annoyed that him and Nightmare had to keep their relationship secret but he did understand what consequences that would come with telling everyone. He knew they wouldn't take it kindly.

He was about to close his eyes to rest for a bit when he heard a knock on his door. "? Come in!" He called out and sat up from the bed as Dream opened the door and walked in. "Glad to see you up finally! Swap said he hadn't gotten a response from you for hours so he assumed you were sleeping." He smiled at him. Ink gave a nervous little smile back. "Yeah sorry! I ended falling asleep for a while..I hope Blue knows I didn't try to ignore him!"

Dream waved his hand in a dismissive gesture, laughing gently. "Oh I'm sure he knows. He was just a little worried but like I said, he assumed you were sleeping." He stretched a little. "Anyway, I came up here to let you know dinner was ready. You can come down whenever you want to!" He turned and left the room, closing the door behind him as Ink watched and then let out a relieved sigh. "I really need to manage time better when I'm out.." He mumbled, picking up one end of his scarf to write a note of it on there. Once he wrote the note, he let it go and swung his feet out and stood up, getting off the bed.

He opened his door and headed downstairs, carefully treading down the carpeted stairs and then sliding the rest of the way down the rail. He landed on his feet and headed towards the dining room, where Dream and Swap were already eating. Ink's plate was of course in his normal spot and the two gave him a nod to show that they knew he was there. He sat down in his spot and started to eat.

~A few hours later, towards midnight~

Ink stared at the clock, waiting as the clock finally blinked with the time. 12:03am. "Finally. Let's go." He mumbled to himself and went over to his window, carefully pulling it open and slipped out into the night.

He eventually made it to Nightmare's castle and carefully made his way into the castle and up to his room without being seen. He slipped something under the door, and it immediately opened, a tentacle pulling him quickly into the room. Another tentacle closed and locked the door to make sure no one would bother them.

The tentacle around his waist brought him over to the bed and pulled him against Nightmare's chest. His tentacle let go and he wrapped his own arms around him, nuzzling his face into his neck. "I missed having you here.." He mumbled, keeping his partner close. Ink smiled and cuddled him closely. "It's only been a few hours and you already missed me?" He teased.

He rolled his eyes and nipped his neck to shut him up. "Oh hush. Did you get here without being seen?" Ink nodded. "Of course I did. I've been trying to be extra careful. As much as I hate hiding this.." Nightmare lifted Ink's chin gently and looked him in the eyes. "Ink, you know I love you dearly..and it would pain me to ever see you harmed. This is for your safety, so that you can be protected."

Ink knew he was right as he heard him speak. However, it still upset him to hide it. For now though, he just cuddled close to his partner and enjoyed the time they had now. Nightmare could tell Ink was upset and just sighed softly, making sure to keep him close and let it be known that he loved him.

As the night slipped further and further towards dawn, the two slept right beside each other, enjoying the warmth and comfort that they both gave to the other.

However, back in the Star's base, Swap pushed open Ink's door. He didn't mean to come in during the night, but he realized that he'd left something of his in Ink's room when they were hanging out the other day. He looked towards the bed and was surprised to find that Ink wasn't there. He then noticed the window was open and got worried that something had happened to him. He rushed out of the room, forgetting why was in there in the first place, and ran to Dream's room, shaking him to wake up as he explained what happened.