Sweetheart (Errorink)

Unacceptable Phraseology

I haven't looked over this chapter for typos or anything because a bitch tired as fuck goodnight :)

Ink's POV

We were all sat together at the table.. well, almost all of us anyway. Error was oddly nowhere to be seen, I would've thought by now he'd have adjusted to me being here enough that he'd eat with us but.. I guess not. Unlike all the other times it was.. not silent, everyone was just talking to each other so maybe Error not being here was normal?

(I)"Hey, where's Error?"

(H)"Huh? Oh, he rarely shows up to eat with us."

(K)"He just rarely eats in general."

"I've tried to get him to eat more, but it doesn't go well so I've given up trying. It doesn't seem to make him weaker so I let him do whatever he wants."

(I)"That's not normal! If he's a member of your Gang you should force him to be healthy!"

"He's not an official member of the Gang, he's more like a homeless person we take care of from time to time."

(I)"Why couldn't I have that treatment? Why was I forced to join the Gang?"

"You weren't, you chose to join. You could've asked for the same treatment as Error but you simply joined. That's not my fault."

(H)"And now there's no easy way out.."

"Do you want out?"

(H)"N-no, I was just saying it's no easy task to leave the Gang, that's all."

(I)"How come?"

(K)"Well, you know the hideout coordinates for one. You know some private stuff about Nightmare and the rest of us.."

(C)"You're saying all this stuff when in reality Nightmare would have a breakdown and beg you not to leave if you say that you don't want to be in the Gang anymore."

"Hmm.."

(I)"Manipulation..?"

(C)"Separation anxiety."

(I)"Ah, I see.."

(D)"Hey.. does it bother nobody that Ink just gets free passes?"

(I)"Huh?"

(D)"We rarely get sick days, yet he gets a week off because 'ooh his poor friend Blue got hurt!'"

(K)"Dust, stop."

(D)"No, because I'm right! It's unfair that he just gets off work whilst we have to work our asses off to just get a free day! Same with sickness, we have to be SO sick to get a sick day, but he gets it because he's upset!"

(K)"Dust."

"I agree that maybe I'm making an exception with Ink, however he isn't a good use for the Gang at the moment; do you not agree? Ink doesn't attack Dream or Blue, he can't do much for us at the moment. You can be of use in missions, which I why I send you instead of Ink."

What? What was he doing, did he expect Dust to fall for that manipulation tactic?

(D)"W-well.."

Was he seriously falling for it?!

(K)"Do you think Error's alright? We don't really get to see what he's doing during dinner."

(I)"Maybe he's sewing?"

(K)"Error doesn't sew."

(I)"Wh.. what? I've seen him make dolls before, he sews stuff!"

"That's knitting, there's a difference."