Chapter 4

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Ink POV
  I woke up still in the anti void. I feel like I'm going crazy here. The blankness and emptiness of it only made me worse.
  A burst of pure terror started and I began screaming as if I were getting killed. This woke Error. You'd have to really know him to see the fear in his eyes.
  When it was over I did my best to explain the bursts to him. I don't know if he believes me or not but he didn't even question it.
  I was still shaking. Why? I can't get cold. I don't have anything to fear. He did look a bit concerned.
  Again I don't know why. He has nothing to be concerned about. He hates me and... holy shit he loves me. Or I think he does.
  "Ink, I want to give you something before you go..." he said.
  "O...okay? What is it?" I asked.
  He gave me a new puppet. It was still of me but, it had a new design and was made better.
  I smiled and looked back at him. He was looking the other way and I could tell he was nervous. Any other person would think he's annoyed.
  Really though, I'm starting to think more and more that he does love me. My question is do I love him back?
He opened a portal and practically threw me out of the void. I could walk but it still really hurt.
I fought threw it though and finally got home. Blue was sobbing as Dream tried to comfort him.
"Is he ok?" I asked
"Yeah, he just misses Ink-"
They both looked up at me.
"Ink!" Blue said almost jumping on me.
Dream picked him up and put him on the couch. I sat by him as Dream healed me.
"Jesus what'd he do to you!? We've looked everywhere." Dream asked.
"N-nothing. He didn't—he didn't do anything." I lied.
He glared at me.
"Look, I'm fine. R-Really."
Blue looked at Dream, they were both more concerned than relived now.
"Well, get some rest kiddo. You need-"
I burst out laughing.
I couldn't move.
I couldn't breathe.
I started crying as I laughed. It was painful. It's never been painful. Except when Error almost broke my jaw.
It began to get so painful that I passed out. I didn't dream. I didn't have nightmares. I was just passed out.
  When I woke up I was in bed. Nobody was there and the house was pretty quiet. Until, that is, I can start to hear again.
  "Look, I told you she's fine. Just give her some time to rest." I hear Sci say.
  Dream and Blue begin to argue about what happened and whose fault it is. Soon they'll both be sobbing on the ground apologizing to each other and hugging.
  Sometimes I wonder if they're more than friends. I remember the new puppet. I took it out of my hoodie pocket along with the old one and set them both on my nightstand.
  It's weird though. One of the new ones eyes doesn't look like a button or anything you'd use on a doll...

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