No More Freshness

~∆~Ch.4~∆~

"Fresh, you idiot! You made mom cry!" Error screamed, his voice glitching more than normal. Fresh just replied with a quick "sorry", not even looking away from the TV.

He had decided to make a new approach to his ever-growing emotions: pretend they aren't there, and pretend that he's okay. So far, it had worked. But today, he had snapped. His mother had merely asked if he was okay, and he had just lost it.

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Fresh stared at the table, not knowing that his mom had walked in and was watching him. He sighed and a tear ran down his cheek as he began to be lost in thought. His mom saw and a tear ran down her own cheek as she walked up to him.

" Fresh, honey, are you okay?" She said hesitantly. His new emotions were obviously confusing, especially with what has happened, so she wanted to be careful. He snapped his head up, surprised, and his sorrow was replaced with anger.

"Am I alright? Am I ALRIGHT!? What do YOU think, momma!? My brother is dead. My best friend is gone! And I have these stupid emotions I can't control, and no one knows how to help me! Face it momma, I'm a mistake! You know it! I'm just a stupid MISTAKE that was made when your marker wouldn't work! And I'm not even a good mistake, am I!? I'm just a waste of money, a waste of time, a waste of space! Error bro said it himself!

" Back when Geno was sick, and Error couldn't control his glitches, I was just background for you! 'Oh, he doesn't have feelings! It. Doesn't. MATTER!' And no, it didn't matter then. But it matters now. Because now, I can understand the whole thing! It doesn't matter, because I don't matter! You and Error made that perfectly clear! The only, ONLY people who understood me and my ways are DEAD! And the only other possible option I have is Uncle Asy, but oh? What happened there? He freaked out when Error glitched and had a mental breakdown! So now he's gone to the asylum! He's gone too! And I have no one who understands me! Because you. Obviously. DON'T!" He screamed at his mother before storming off to his room. In his blind haste, he grabbed the razor and cut at his wrist. He had cut so much that he had gone dizzy and was forced to calm down.

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Fresh felt his brother's glare, and looked at him to return it, but stopped when his brother's expression changed suddenly. Tears now ran down Error's face, and he looked genuinely worried, but for who? Certainly not for Fresh, who he had said was a mistake and was unloved. Yet, the look on his face was definetly for him. Error sniffed, glitched a little, and looked at his brother.
"L-look, okay? I'm sorry for doing all that to you. And saying all that to you. I'm a horrible brother. Gosh, Geno would have my butt the first time I even looked at you wrong. But... I don't don't even know why I did those things. I guess I was mad at you, for not caring about Geno, but I know now that that wasn't your fault. You were actually trying to feel something, weren't you?" Error stated.

When Fresh nodded and looked down, he continued. "And... I thought that maybe if I hit you enough, you'd finally feel something. Stupid, I know. I'm so sorry b-brother. But... I saw you a while ago. When Decans got mad and stromed out." Fresh flinched at Deccy's name.

"I saw... I saw you, with the razor, and your arms..." He glitched more and more with his words. A tear ran down his face, but he didn't dare look up. He looked at his arms, not bothering to show Error. He had failed Deccy, broken his skele-promise already. Fresh got up to leave, but Error grabbed his shoulder, flinching a little at the touch.

"I'm not done. I... I want you to know that your not alone. I know how you feel."

Fresh gasped as Error lifted his sleeves to show him thousands of cuts. He looked up at Fresh and glitched before finishing.

"More than you may even know."