A Very Long Highschool Fic (Ink x Error)

Chapter Fifteen: We have friends

Ink stopped sketching and put his sketchbook into his bag. "Hey, Error?" He asked, "Do you have any friends?"

That was a rude way to say it. "Well yeah, of course, I do. What about it?"

"I got bored of sitting here doing nothing, so I wanted to find something to talk about." And also maybe prove his innocence without just bringing it up out of the blue.

Error thought back to the group that he usually saw Ink hanging out with. "Don't you have your own friends you can talk about?"

"Oh yeah, I got a bunch! I already know who all of them are though, so maybe you could talk about your own?"

"I mean... I guess I have my brothers and the other guy who taught me how to knit. I'm not as social as you are."

Ink's eyes turned into a blue and pink star. "I don't have any siblings! How many do you have? Are you the oldest? What's the age difference? Could I meet them?"

"Um..." Error processed the many several questions Ink just dropped on him. "I have two brothers, I'm the middle child, we're not that far in age... My big brother's a year older than me and my little brother is almost my age. I see him talking to you a bunch so you already know him, and my older brother would be fine meeting up with you if you don't know him already."

"What!! Who's your little brother?"

"Fresh, but he's pretty secretive so you wouldn't have figured it out just from him." Despite how Fresh talked, he was one of those guys who were like 'you can't know anything about me but my name'.

Ink giggled, "You're right, I never would have guessed you two were related... What about your older brother? And what about that other friend you mentioned? Would I know him too?"

"My older brother doesn't go here, but his name's Geno if you recognize it. And my other friend is Blue. You hang out with him a lot more than I do."

"I wouldn't have ever thought you knew any of my friends, especially the ones I talk with so often!"

"I actually found you through them- I um, I don't think any of them know that... I liked you, though." He stuttered out, "What about your friends?"

"Aww, you don't have to change the subject so soon~" Ink leaned forward and gave Error a little pack. "I've got a lot of friends, so I'll start off with the ones I'm closer too." Error was still sitting there in a corner flustered, so he didn't try to add anything.

"You said you knew Blue, he's one of my close friends. Dream is another close one I bring along a lot."

"He's the one with the crown thing, right?"

"Right!" Ink confirmed. "He's really nice, and we've been friends for a long time. We tried dating for a bit but... Well, I already told you about that!" Ink tried at a smooth transition.

"Oh, so he's the ex you talked about?"

"Yeah, we sort of lost interest in each other romantically and Dream left to go date one of the newer guys in the group, so we broke it off." Ink winks. "But all that means now is that I'm allowed to kiss you!"

Error shuffled uncomfortably. "As long as you're both happy, I guess..." He didn't want to bring up this topic again. "I just don't feel very comfortable with the idea of you using me as just somebody to make you feel better because you miss your last relationship..."

"I promise you that isn't it. I just didn't think it was weird." Ink gave Error a hug, "I'm sorry about having you worry about something like that."

Error hugged Ink back, and then let him go.

"So..." Error tried, "You were talking about your friends or something?"

"Yeah! I was talking about Dream's new boyfriend. He's a lot newer to the group. He's pretty quiet and wears a lot of black and white and giant hoods because he's an edgy nerd."

"Cross?"

"How did you know??"

"He's another person I've talked to sometimes." They weren't really friends, but they did know each other through some specific circumstances. Error got the feeling the guy didn't like him that much, but that was just how he acted towards everyone so it was hard to tell.

"Alright! I didn't think you'd two would know each other, but then again I didn't think you would've known any of my friends... back on him and Dream though, they're a really cute couple. It's only been going on for a week or so though, so I can't make any real statements on it yet. They seem pretty happy though!"

"Well good for him."

"Dream also has a brother, and he's like, the complete opposite of Dream. Total bitch. Dream says it's a phase but it's been going on for, what, eight years? He's not really one of our friends but I include him on outings sometimes anyways."

"So what's his name?"

"Nightmare, because that's edgy enough."

"Oooohhhh!" Error knew the name, and when he thought about it, it should've been obvious to him that his brother was Dream. During the time that Error was around him, he heard him mutter things about him, but he'd never talk about it.

"What, do you know him too??"

"Yeah, he has a mini gang of some students and I had the pleasure of following them around for a bit. They don't actually really do anything, they just go to bars and other stuff to talk about all of the evil stuff they're going to do. It's how I met Cross as well."

"Man, Cross was with them for a while? At least he figured out how to leave, hope he's doing okay."

"I'm also pretty sure Nightmare has a boyfriend. Never would've been able to tell if somebody hadn't told me 'cause they're so casual about it."

Ink laughed at that idea, "Do you know the name of the guy he's with?"

"Nah, can't remember his name."

"Aww, that's too bad. I really wanted to poke fun of Nightmare for it."

"Wouldn't you die?"

"I've been in worse situations. And his reaction would be well worth whatever I break." Ink was way too confident, in Error's opinion at least.

There were a few moments of silence, and instead of being a normal person and just finding something else to talk about, Ink kissed Error.

"Can't we just have a normal conversation??" Error complained, Ink was apparently deaf to the question and just kept kissing him.