Dreamcatcher

9. Help From a Friend

Usually Error was a bit more polite when asking Swap to come with him into the Antivoid. Apparently that wasn't the case today.

He'd been in his house in Underswap with his brother and Dream. Dream insisted that Swap should have a break from his duties and spend time with his brother, but Swap had dragged Dream along too - wanting to make sure the positive skeleton didn't overwork himself either. So currently Papyrus and Dream were chatting away on their sofa as Swap prepared some of his magnificent tacos. He'd have to show Alphys the meal's improvement later, especially now they were edible and delicious!

His brother lay idly on his back, cigarette in hand (Swap hated his bad habit, but let it slide for now) different to Dream who sat up in a formal position, hands politely together on his lap. They both got along well and Swap hoped his brother wasn't boring Dream with his science-y knowledge too much.

Humming a tune to himself, his tune, Swap smiled as the smell of the taco's cooking relaxed him, bringing a familiarity that provided comfort. A tense and melancholic feeling still lingered in the air between him and Papyrus, but cooking always calmed his soul (something he did have control over) and they'd began to get used to the acceptance they'd most likely be trapped in a time loop again.

Swap glanced behind his shoulders again, two carefree faces looking back at him. However, just as he was about to call out to them, he felt a light pressure around his wrists. Dream and Papyrus's expressions which morphed to shock and panic was all he saw before strings yanked him backwards into a portal.

He could hear the faint yell of his name, most likely Papyrus, and the irregular static sounds he knew exactly who belonged to as the portal shut. As soon as Swap was dropped gently onto the Antivoid's floor, he quickly jumped up and gave a scowl to his capturer.

"Error! We talked about this! You can't just kidnap me whenever you need me!" He exclaimed, crossing his arms in a disappointed manner.

Hopefully Dream would help calm his brother. Papyrus was friendly to most, though his and Error's history meant their relationship was much rockier and the threat Papyrus would act rash with his kidnapping (again) was slightly nerve-racking. -Especially when Error didn't care at all as much for his brother as he did Swap and would dust him in a blink.-

Faint guilt also churned inside of him at having been taken away from his brother when they'd just begun to spend proper time together again after the whole.. event with the RESET. Shoving the guilt and annoyance down, Swap looked over at Error more closely - confused as to why the other hadn't given a snarky response.

To say Error looked like a mess was a bit of an overstatement, considering the skeleton usually looked far to abnormal with his glitches, strange marks and messy clothes. Though, Error's glitchy self didn't look normal either. 

His scarf was heavily crinkled, Error's hand curling around it anxiously, his foot also tapping roughly on the Antivoid's ground, which echoed. While much more portrayed Error's unusual attitude, Swap found the most peculiar to be the bright blue blush that was etched across Error's skull, attempting to be hidden in his scarf. Error got embarrassed but never to this extent, so Swap wondered what had riled up his friend so much.

"Error" He called out again, more curious than cautious. This did the trick as Error's eyelights shot up to look at Swap as he stumbled on his speech.

"Sw-wap! I-" Error paused, groaning and burying his face in his hands. Swap's confusion continued to grow as he stepped closer to the other. "Sorry for dr-ragging you away fro-om D-"

"Kidnapping, you mean." Swap corrected. Error rolled his eyelights. That relaxed Swap some more as proved Error wasn't too troubled that he wasn't his usual, childish self.