Lost Cause: Growing up

Chapter 6

Author: sixth chapter

Fresh: enjoy home slices!

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Error skipped happily along the sidewalk making sure not to step on any cracks. "You're gonna love it brother, there are so many friendly people and PJ is super nice and..." Error kept ranting to his brother but his brother was stuck in his head. His eye sockets hurt, he adjusted his shades. Orbit looked at him suspiciously, he glared at Fresh as if he were to leave his brother again.

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"We're not supposed to talk to strangers." the creepy man's grin widened. "Oh, I'm not a stranger. I'm a friend." he registered himself as a friend but these kids had never seen him. "Whose friend are you?" the man growled lowly under his breath. "I thought I was your friend." the man stated. The youngest child hid behind the other. "I-uh, we, don't want to be friends with you." the oldest stood up to the grown up and started to walk away.
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Fresh faked a yawn and smiled nervously. Orbit 'hmph' and looked away from him as if he were the most disgusting thing he'd ever seen. "See Fresh, it's cool! Come on!" Error, oblivious to the silent conversation that was said above him, jumped around happily trying to show his brother everything. Fresh found it incredibly uncomfortable that his once anti-social, hated being touched, and hated most things in general brother was quick to forgive him. Not to mention, he had a break down the night before.

Orbit knelt down in front of Error adjusting his glasses and smiling brightly before hugging Error. "Bye Orbit, bye Fresh," he said and rushed off to play with Classic. "Blueberry will be back to pick you up." Orbit slightly yelled. Fresh followed behind Orbit as the feeling Error had mentally given him faded. "Dangit," he mumbled. Orbit didn't listen, he didn't want to listen. Fresh couldn't blame him, he just felt that ridiculous smile creep up his face. That empty smile.

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"Well, what do you want to do?" Error and Classic were figuring out what they should play until Ruru came up with a small smile on his face. "Hey guys!" he said innocently. He was putting his plan in place. Classic growled under his breath and glared at him. "What do you want?" Classic asked flatly. Error stared curiously. "I wanted to apologize for my terrible behavior. I'm very sorry for hurting your feelings other me." Ruru posed dramatically and pretended he was crying, "To prove I'm sorry, I have planned a game of hide and seek." he wiped a fake tear away. "I, um, have never played 'hide and seek'." Error had heard of this game though he never knew what it was. "Well, other me, hide and seek is a game people who hide and someone has to find them. Quite easy." Ruru heel turned away from them and snickered. Now he felt pity for the skeleton. This made him naive.

It made his plan easier.

First step: Get rid of Classic.

Ruru turned back around and smiled with fake cheer. "So, shall we start?" he chirped the words out and clapped his hands together. Classic started at him and grabbed Error sleeve and gently pulled on it. Error's family had done this before to either say no or walk away. They did this often. He slowly nodded his head still a bit unsure. Ruru leaned forward in Error's face and patted his head and chirped the word, "Okay!" he got back from the stunned Error who blinking. 'What the heck just happened?' he thought. "The first rule, you are not allowed to hide with other people," Ruru said shaking his finger (when I was a kid, we'd hide together if the place was dark. For example, the closet). Error sunk back. He had never been left alone, not even when he was kidnapped. Nightmare would never leave him by himself. Last he remembered being alone was in the Void. He hated it.

'I...be...with...you...'

Error smiled loving that that voice came back. He felt a bit happier with having someone there with him. Even if they didn't have a physical form. "Okay, I have already asked everyone and allowed people to join in. Fell, is gonna start counting so I suggest you hide," he said and walked away. Ruru whispered in Fell's nonexistent ear and ran looking for a place to hide. "Go hide Error, I'll be close by kay?" Classic his permanent smile seemed to get smaller and slightly forced. "Okay." he got up and walked away looking for someplace to hide.

Second step: Get rid of Error.

Now Ruru just went with is straight. He thought this was going to be easy. He followed Error causally. Error ran for a closet. Ruru smiled mischievously and once Error closed the door, Ruru locked the doors. He then walked away happy with his work. He ran into Classic. "Where's Error?" he asked curiously. Ruru looked at him with fake concern. "I thought you two would hide near each other," he said. Classic started sweating and tried making up an excuse to calm himself. "I'm sure he's just hiding in a really good spot," he said. He hid somewhere else, unfortunately, not near Error.

After about five minutes, Error was getting worried. He started pulling at the doorknob anxious to get out. He cried for help so bad but he was only getting utter silence. He, eventually, gave up. He felt like he was in the Void again. His cried echoing and his screams feeling the emptiness. He felt so betrayed. There was no one here with him and Classic had left him.

"Where is my son?!"

He heard yelling. He looked up realizing he wasn't in the Void he was still in the closet. He banged on the door without a second thought. "Classic!" he screamed. "Error?" he heard someone enter the room. "Yes, please, let me out!" he banged on the doors as the other person pulled at the door. "Classic, what are you doing in here?" Error heard PJ and started yelling for him to open the door. Ruru watched feeling slightly bad. PJ unlocked the door and Error had light hit his face and he threw himself at Classic.

"I don't want to go back to the Void."he whispered. "Don't worry, no one is going to hurt you again," he said soothingly. Classic and PJ took Error to his father as he wiped tears from his face. Blueberry noticed his son and ran at him and was quickly looking him over for injuries. "Where were you? Who hurt you? What happened?" he ranted after seeing no injuries on his child. "I was playing hide and seek after Ruru asked me and someone looked me in the closet. I thought I was back in the Void," he said wrapping his arms around his father's neck. "You're not gonna go back there. Not with me here. Now, I think it's time we go home." he said and Blueberry, picking up a tired and scared Error, when home angry. He did not what his little baby boy going back to that daycare, but at the same time, Error needed to have the right social skills with children. After all, there weren't any kids at his home. Blueberry sighed and tried to focus on getting his kid home safely (forgetting the snack).

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Author: I'm so tired.

Fresh: Zzzzzz....