Sweetheart (Errorink)

Civil Proposition

Ink's POV

Three weeks. That's how long it's been since the incident. Three whole weeks, and it hasn't stopped. Every AU I head to.. they all shout at me or whisper about me to one another, nothing positive. Not even the Frisks of the AUs consider this situation a mistake, so maybe this was all my fault and I'm to blame. Blue took the situation well, he knew me and he knew how forgetful I could be even if it's the Multiverse on the line, so I'm at least grateful for that. Other than that there hasn't really been a single good moment within these past few weeks, Error's been winning more fights, Nightmare's been more active probably thanks to all the negativity this event sparked.. nothing's going right.

UnderSwap, OuterTale, SeaTale, UnderTale, FellSwap, SwapFell, every AU I went to was all the same, nothing but ridicule. I was starting to get sick of it, but I was also sick of how I couldn't fix the mistake I made. I had been desperately trying to repair every AU, but most of them couldn't be restored for whatever reason; it might've been from when Error had messed with them, but I couldn't be sure. What I could be sure of was that Nightmare was currently approaching me, probably to make fun of me and to try and turn me against Dream.

"Hey."

"Don't just act all buddy-buddy with me, I know you want something."

"What could I possibly want from you? You're a wreck, acting like everything's fine to Dream when in reality you hate what's going on. Aren't you sick of it yet?"

"It'll pass, just like every other event in the Multiverse. Even if it lasts for hundreds of years I won't give in to the negativity that you adore."

Nightmare looked away for a second, for whatever reason.

"Everyone says that."

"Name one person, other than me, who has said that to you."

"Cross."

Cross.. of course. Cross had been so hopeful in the beginning, whenever Nightmare tried to speak with him he'd just turn and leave but.. eventually he gave in and joined Nightmare's Gang. Thanks to his choice I hadn't been able to talk to him about how his choice was a mistake, and that he should've held onto hope instead of giving into the negativity that Nightmare portrayed as 'purity'.

"He says my aura comforts him."

"Of course, you manipulated him into thinking that."

"I did no such thing, you can even ask him that yourself if you wish."

"How? I have no contact with him, and even if I did I doubt he'd wanna speak to me."

"There's always room on my team for a 'beloved' creator~"

"Over my dead body."

"Sure, come find me once you change your mind."

Without another word, he had disappeared. Seriously, another spot on his team for me? That's something I very much didn't expect him to say to me, why did he let his guard down like that? I could easily just accept his offer and tell Dream the coordinates to his hideout. I should accept it eventually and do just that, teach him not to let his guard down at all. Ah, I should be doing my job.. even though it's not that enjoyable anymore thanks to everyone shouting at me and trying to tell me how I should be doing my job, but oh well! Making a portal with Broomie I jumped through, mentally preparing for the next AU.

-Time Skip :)-

Three months. That's how long it's been since the accident. Nothing's changed since then, everyone still shouts and screams at me, telling me it was my fault this happened. Lately Error's been winning a lot more of our battles, which just adds more fuel to the fire since now the inhabitants of the AUs are suspecting that I'm purposely losing the fights to put them in danger. Nightmare.. I can't stop thinking about what he told me. If it were two months ago I'd still have said no to his offer but.. Dream and Blue have distanced themselves from me, they constantly avoid me and I've noticed they teleport away almost immediately when they spot me in an AU. I understand Dream doing it since the shouts and negative emotions of the AUs make him weaker but Blue.. I can't understand why he's doing it. Maybe he just dislikes me? Yeah, that would probably be the case, nobody really likes me anymore. I'd have more of a chance of survival living with Error than continuing to do my job in these circumstances.