Impure Saint (MareNight)

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Mare shot up instantly, rushing towards the front door. Dream was quick to follow, confused and worried.

"Anti?" Mare's voice became soft at the sight of the two skeletons just inside of the frame of the door. His steps became slow and carefully as he approached, trying not to frighten the smaller skeleton that was hidden behind Anti.

Anti's breathing was rugged and his eyelights when basically pinpricks, he looked scared, terrified even. "I..I'm sorry for intruding so early..."

Mare cut him off, his eye watchful of the child that was attached to Anti's leg. "It's fine," he gave Anti a second to gather his breath, "what happened?"

"Ink... it was Ink!" Anti choked a bit, "He attacked me and demanded to know where Error and Virus were."

Dream perked up roughly and Mare's eye narrowed, "Are you sure it was Ink?"

"There's no one else it could've been..." Anti held back a whimper as the child clutching his leg moved closer.

Mare noticed how Anti was shaking... Anti had no reason to lie, he and Ink were friends after all. Well, until Ink found out about Vega, who was Anti and Virus's daughter and currently the child that was latched to Anti's side. She looked just as scared as him.

Mare frowned and nodded softly, "Dream do me a favor and go get Night for me."

Dream gave a concerned and confused look but nodded, a thousand thoughts running through his head but he did as asked. It's only fair...

Mare sighed and turned his attention to Anti, "We'll talk about this a bit later, you need to relax a bit... do you have any injuries?"

Anti shook his head, "Bruised ribs but I'm fine."

"Alright, I'm gonna get breakfast started then, you and Vega rest on the couch until then."

Anti nodded gently, carefully lifting his little girl before heading towards the living room. Mare sighed roughly and shook his head at nothing in particular.

~*~*~

"Kitty? What's going on?" Night yawned softly as he entered the kitchen, coming up behind the taller and hugging him around the waist. "Dream woke me up saying you wanted me." He mumbled before burying his face into Mare's back.

Mare smiled at his boyfriend's sleepy state but continued cooking, "If you're up for it, I'm gonna have a small meeting today, if you would babysit Anti's lil' girl with Dream while we discuss the matters."

There was a pause, "Anti is the one with those four robot arm-claw thingys and that green hoodie with the plus signs, right?" His voice came out muffled, still gripping to his tiredness.

Mare chuckled softly, "You may be tired but you're spot on."

"Mare?"

"Yes?"

"Babysitting deserves compensation."

"And here I thought you liked kids." Mare joked playfully, musing as he lowered the heat on the pancakes.

Night huffed, letting go of Mare's waist. "I love kids, but I want more cuddles."

Mare laughed a bit but smiled softly, pulling Night to his side. "Cuddles or more make out sessions?"

Night blushed and grumbled a bit, "Both..."

The taller grinned, ignoring the pancakes for a moment. He leaned down, catching the smaller in a soft kiss.

Night kissed back without a second thought only to whine when Mare pulled back, the other being to tall for Night to get him back. The smaller let out a tiny growl but to his bewilderment Mare growled back.

Night just started at him with wide eyes, blush spreading across his face. Mare laughed at his reaction, going back to the food but not without teasing Night. "My my, did I find one of your turn ons?"

Night blushed darkly and stuttered, "M..Mare! D..Don't say stuff like that!"

The taller laughed, a very bright grin on his face, "Hm, why not? You enjoyed it last night."

"Hush!" Night yelped, his face flushed royal purple and the same white spots that littered over it making themselves known.

Mare chuckled happily at his reaction, moving the now cooked pancake to the plate before beginning to make another. "You're so easy to fluster Puppy."

Night crossed his arms, puffing his cheeks out in annoyance. "Do you wanna loose cuddle privileges Mister?"

Mare huffed at that, pinching Night's puffed out cheek. "Try as you might, those cuddles are mine."

Night giggled softly at that, "Fine, you'll get to keep cuddle privileges."

The taller purred lightly at that, "Good, because if I lost cuddle privileges you'd loose kissing privileges."

Night whined at that but huffed in expectance, "Okay..."

Mare only chuckled at his reaction before noticing Night perk up to look at something. He watched out of the corner of his eye as Night gave a soft smile to whoever it was.

"Hello sweetie," Night's voice was gentle, he sensed the child's nervousness. "Did you want to see what Mare's cooking?"

The little girl nodded and she got closer to the two, raising her hands up to Night and making a grabby motion, "Up!"

Night only smiled and chuckled a bit, picking her up carefully in his arms, holding her high enough to see what's going on.

Mare smiled when he saw Vega in Night's arms, the little sweetie clinging to the other's shirt.

"Pamcake!" Vega smiled brightly, giggling with glee. Mare found it amazing how fast little kids recovered, then again, she was too young to realize what was going on.

Night smiled brightly at her, "Thats right sweetie, pamcakes!"

Mare chuckled lightly, "Yep, pamcakes."

Vega let out another sweet giggle before finally taking notice of Night's crown, she raised her hands to it and Night let her grab it without protest. They both watched as she held it up excitedly, "Pretty!"

Mare smiled, "Yes, very pretty."

Night blushed again but smiled, laughing a bit at Vega's enthusiasm towards his crown, which was even better when she attempted to return it to his head, the crown sliding sideways.

All three of them shared a few laughs, Vega giggling the most.

"You two are something else."