#doublestrings

These two set my relathionship standard way too high

JuneTheGlassesBearer made this wonderful piece of art! Look at it! Fanart just makes me want to work all the harder on my stories.

June now has a art book on Wattpad too, so I would recommend to go check it out.

I also want to thank JuneTheGlassesBearer once more for helping me out with all this! They were a big help with how Shears would react to certain situations and things. Keeping Shears in character is something I strive for, as then it wouldn't be Shears if i didn't. So, a big thanks to them!

They were also a big help for the next chapter I am making for this story. One that I have been looking forward to making for a while now....

-Chapter Start-

It said a lot that Error didn't even flinch at being stabbed - in body, mind or SOUL - anymore.

It also painted a grim picture when Error could look perfectly fine and calm when one of his bones are ripped off - like his arm and/or leg for example. - his body.

All these things were normal occurrences to him. They happened nearly everyday by someone.

Usually it was Ink.....Most of the time it was Ink.

It was one of the main reasons Error didn't want Shears to leave his little AU without him. UnderSwap was one thing, Berry would make sure nothing would happen, or get in contact with someone who can help him if something were to happen. Honey - who was acting so weird now - would make sure nothing would upset Berry, meaning that Shears would be safe if he ever somehow went to UnderSwap-01 without him, even if he does hate Error with all his SOUL.

-Apologizes are nice in a way, he never got one from someone who hated him, but Error always understood actions more then words. Words can just be as important as actions, he knew this, but it is harder to lie with actions. Actions can reflect what is in the SOUL and back up the words.-

But the other AU's would not be so forgiving if Shears were to land there and happen to mention that he even knows Error, much less is a trusted and dear friend to said glitch of a skeleton. Ink might get it in his empty head to hurt Shears. The others wouldn't even think about it, they would hurt Shears.

So that's why, after a week was up, Error made sure to destroy some AU's far away from TailoredTale. It was a toss up, stay close to Shears and risk Ink wondering why Error is staying in one area for so long, or go far off and act normal.

Risking Shears is never a option, so Error went with the last option.

Which lead him to now; Being stabbed via Ink's paint brush.

With a grunt, Error looked to the skeleton in front of him, who had their paint brush at the ready.

Standing to Error's middle chest, Ink wasn't the shortest Sans nor the tallest. Wearing a white t-shirt with paint stains on it, brown shorts, brown boots with paint stains on it as well, and a fluffy blur jacket tied around his waist. He also had Fingerless brown gloves on his hands, blue arm and leg warmers lined with rainbow, his paints strapped around his chest and paint brush in hands. Ink's scarf was tan, with tons of paint stains on it.

It's only fitting that the Creator had so many paint stains on him. He was a stain on Error's life after all.

"Error, stop this N O W ."

'I would if I could.' Error mentally grumbled. Sighing, cracking his neck once, Error just gave Ink a blank stare. Really, with how much his ribs are hurting and how one was already on the ground somewhere, Ink should know better then to demand that. Then again, there is only way to end this. And Ink won't take it, no matter times Error has and will ask. "wILL yOU sTOP CReaTiNG tHEn?"

Dodging the giant paint brush once more, Error knew what the answer was. It never changes.

-With Shears-

"Okay! Just one more stitch...." Shears brightly smiled once the final stitch was done. Giggling, Shears looked down at the dress and accessories he had made.

"You are a fool! He's not going to accept your feelings."

"Do you think I do not know this?" Shears huffed, glaring into the endless white. "I know Error will most likely reject my feelings for him, but that does not matter! As long as he knows and stays my friend, then that is all I need."

"Then you're more then a fool! I'm not going to help you at all. Let yourself heal on your own."

Glancing down at his hands, Shears looked to all the little cuts, scratches and bruises on his hands from sewing and stitching everything he needed. It hurt, but it would all be worth it in the end.

Shears wanted to dazzle Error. To show just how enchanting he could be for the other. While there may be no chance for Error to return his feelings, Berry was right. His little love rival was right, Error would still be his friend no matter what. Error called Shears on of 'his'. That meant more to Shears than anything in the world.

"It does not matter what you do. I will tell Error what I feel." Shears grimly stated, face stern and hard. Nothing and no one would force Shears to stand down from this. Not even that malware that is inside of him.

"Don't come running to me when he leaves you for good."

"I will not have to, as Error will never leave me." Shears lightly scoffed at the very idea. Yet the Voice did not respond, finally going quiet. Lightly huffing once more, Shears looked back down at his hands.

Seeing how much his hands are scuffed and cut up, Shears tightly frowned. Then, a smile grew up one his face. Gather some more threads, Shears started to work on the last piece his outfit he planed to wear for Error.

So what if that stupid malware in him wouldn't heal him. Shears could work around that easily.

"Gloves would be perfect! Ffuffuffuffuffuffu~!" Shears giggled, lightly blushing at the thought of Error. "Oh my dear Error, how I can not wait to see you once more."

-With Error-

"aRE wE doNE yET?" Error groaned out, rubbing his tear marks as he looked to a panting Ink. "i mEaN....DoN'T YOu havE a lIFe? oR doES iT REvOLvE aROuND mE?" Error couldn't help but shiver in disgust at the very thought of being Ink's life.

"I won't stop fighting you until you stop destroying!" Ink snarled, eyes flashing red. "If you would just stop, we wouldn't have to be doing this almost every time!"

"sO, nEvER tHEN." Error sighed, waving around his hand. Ink could only grimace at the motion, as the hand held the rib that had broken off of Error. "thaT'S GreAT. MoThEr FuCKiNG GReaT."

"I don't see why your the one complaining." Ink frowned, getting his paint brush ready to fight once more. "Your the one that doesn't have a life."

"hEY!" Error frowned a bit, feeling a little insulted. Not on his behalf, but on the others that he spends time with. Just because Ink doesn't know about all of them - which if Error has his way, Ink will never know what he does in his free time - doesn't mean they're not real. "i DO haVE a lIFe oUTsiDe OF dEsTroYinG yOU knOW."

"Knitting and making dolls don't count." ink rolled his eyes, watching for a opening to strike. "Face it Error, you only live for destruction. You have no friends. No family. No one to love or call your own. You have no life."

'That's not true.' Error harshly glitched for a moment. 'I have Nightmare and his little gang, the Chara's and Berry....Maybe Honey too. He's Berry, that makes him mine too by association I guess. They're mine. So, they're my own. Not really friends though... And love? I have Shears-'

Error's eye sockets went blank and dark. Mind screeching to a halt like a car going hundreds miles a hour suddenly hitting the breaks for a red light.

Ink, seeing that Error was now distracted, flew in. Lifting his brush, Ink swung it down, hard.

*CRACK!*

-With Shears-

"Now then...." Shears took in a deep breath, sitting tall. "Error, I have something to tell you...No! That will not work."

After finishing the outfit he planed to wear, Shears slipped it on. He never knew when Error was going to come back, only a estimate that Error gave him. Shears wanted to be ready no matter what.

The main part of the dress was a solid dark green. Magenta flowers going around it, close to the bottom, with ruffles of a light green and a dark green under it. His shawl was now wrapped around his waist, making a bow in the back. The dress itself was strapless, so Shears made a black choker with a fold ring hanging off of it to wear around neck, holding the dress up. Also attached to the ring, other then the dress, was makeshift, long, open sleeves. They were blue and black, looking like butterfly wings.

Light pink long socks on his legs and feet, and then he made ribbons and bells to go on his sandals. So that when he walked, he sounded like a butterfly flying in the wind. Shears also made a headpiece to go on his skull, attached to his flowers on his head. It too looked like a butterfly wing.

The final piece to the whole outfit was a pair of gloves, lightly colored. Made as to not let Error see how much damage Shears did to himself, making the whole outfit.

The whole plan was to make Error's SOUL flutter.

But for now, Shears was trying to plan out what he is to say. Hoe to confess his love to the one and only Forced God Of Destruction, Error.

So, that's why he was sitting down, the little Error doll in hand.

Lifting up the doll, Shears looked into the little button eyes. Imagining it was Error himself right in front of him.

"E-E-Error...I-I...I lo..." Shears stuttered out, face getting more and more pink as he went on. Eventually, the pink overtaking his whole face. "...ove...y-y-y-you....I-!"

Giving a little squeal, Shears buried his face into the doll. Taking in deep breaths, Shears tried to calm his fast beating SOUL and brightly flushed face.

'If it is this hard just saying 'I love you' to a doll that looks like Error,' Shears's face twisted a bit in distress. 'then how hard will it be to say so to the real Error?'

Error deserved the perfect confession. One in where he knows that Shears will always love him, even if Error himself doesn't return that love.

Taking in one more deep breath, Shears lifted his head. Looking back down at the doll, all Shears could see was Error smiling at him. It didn't calm his blush or SOUL down, but it did make him more determined than ever to get this right.

"Error...I-I..l-lov-ve..yo-ou!"

-With Error-

Ink's eyes were wide, face twisted in worry. Shocked, Ink tried to move his brush, but found he couldn't. Gulping, Ink took in the sight in front of him.

When he swung his paint brush, it never came down on Error. Never made it to it's target.

Error had caught it.

With one hand, Error had caught his paint brush. Refusing to let it go. Error didn't even look like he was all there, let alone consciously catching a hit directed at him. The glitch's eyes were blank and dark, looking like darken blood. Error glitched harshly, face slack. If Ink didn't know better, and had seen Error lift a hand so nonchalantly to stop and grab the brush, he would think that Error was unconscious.

"Error! Let go this instant-!" Ink cut himself off when Error's head snapped up. Silently screaming, Ink pulled with all his might when he caught sight of Error's face.

ERROR signs littered all over the glitch now, body glitching at a fast pace. Eyes slowly coming back and glowing with magic and life.

The last time Ink saw that, Error had destroyed over a hundred AU's. That had been years and years ago though, so long ago that Ink forgets what had set Error off. All Ink knows is that when Error is too emotional or too lost in his anger, ERROR signs come to life all over him. It was one of Ink's main fears, because it was hard stopping Error when the glitch is normal. it is impossible when Error is too far gone.

Before Ink even knew what was going on, Error yanked the paint brush out of his hands. Frozen, all Ink could do was watch while Error made a portal, threw the paint brush in it, with his Gaster Blasters glitching into existence right behind him.

"inKY."

Ink shivered at the tone. Dark yet darker. Error's face twisted in so many emotions that Ink couldn't even tell what the other was feeling right then.

The Gaster Blasters's mouths opened, magic coming to life inside their glitching skulls. Error lifted his sweater just a bit, slamming his broken rib into place. Using strings to bind it in place. Letting his sweater fall back down, Error just kept staring at Ink the whole time. Ink shuddered, feeling something crawling up his back.

"R U N ."

-With Shears-

"This is going to go horribly."

"I thought that you were finally leaving me be." Shears sniffed, smoothing out his dress from where he was sitting. After feeling like he had enough confidence to say the words to Error, Shears started to make a gift. One made from his very SOUL.

"You know I can never leave you. Besides, why would that glitch want a virus like you?"

Shears stiffened, before forcibly relaxing. Slowly putting down the threads he had been using to make the gift, Shears glared up. "Error would not care about any of that. His SOUL is made of gold!"

"How do you know that? You've never seen his SOUL! And why should that matter? What about your own SOUL?"

"What do you mean?" Shears frowned in confusion, hand coming up to his chest.

"Your SOUL is so tiny. Worthless and weird. Tell me; Why would a God with a so called 'SOUL of gold' want your tiny blackened SOUL?"

That struck Shears. But he hanged on. The stitched up skeleton refused to give in on this. It would be like giving up on Error, which is something that Shears could never do.

"What Error wants, is up to him. Not you." Shears closed his eyes. A soft smile working it's way up on his face as he thought back to Error. "So, your words do no matter. Only Error's."

"Tch! Your just going to get your SOUL broken! Idiotic fool that you are, you don't see that this is just going to end badly! Fine! Do whatever you want."

"I have already planed to." Shears opened his eyes, still smiling.

Placing his hands to his chest, Shears smiled and willed his feelings to Error. Hoping that his love would reach the God, no matter where he was.

-With Error-

Error all but flew back into the Anti-VOID. The tall glitch drenched in so much blood and dust. The portal behind him showing a destroying AU, now silent and covered in dust and blood as it crumbled into nothing.

Almost none of it his own.

"Well, well! Look who it is!"

"Welcome home dumbass."

"Looks like you get that time off you always wanted, Hahaha~!"

"Just how many AU's did you destroy? You're lucky they were all copies!"

Blood smeared and splattered off of him as he fell on to his knees, the portal behind him closing up tight. Dust flaked off him, but Error paid none of that any mind. Not even the Voices could get to him right now. Not when his own thoughts were roaring at him for his own stupidity.

'Love?! Shears?! Nononononononon0n0n0n0n0n0n0n0!' Error was hyperventilating, sweat starting to form on him as he started to claw at his own face in distress. 'I can't love Shears! I can't! I'm nothing but a worthless glitch!'

Blood started pouring off his self-inflected wounds, mixing in with the rest of the blood on him. The Voices started to grow louder and louder, mocking him as always. Error was glitching harshly and at a fast pace, so close to crashing.

'What if Fate finds out?! What Ink does?!' Error started to choke, tears forming but not falling. 'They may not be able to kill me, but Shears can die! Oh stars, what would Shears think of me! A glitch loving him? Not even Shears could accept that..... I'm a broken, worthless, good for nothing God that doesn't deserve such things. He might think I'm a pervert or something for falling for him...'

With so many negative emotions in him, Error slammed his down on the white ground. A sickening crack sounded out, echoing out in the endless white. Error lifted his head slowly, the cracks and scars on his skull worse. Even the Voices went silent at the sudden abuse Error laid on himself.

Looking to his blood stained hands that were sticky with dust, Error knew that he was the last thing Shears needed.

He was a killer. The most hated Monster in the whole Multiverse. One that was trapped in a endless cycle that will never end. Error was a glitch, a error as his name implied. With nothing to him but destruction. A destroyer that was choking on Fate's threads, a puppet to his fate. Not even having death to look forward too, as trying to die does nothing. He was fated to be nothing more and nothing less then what he was.

Error is destruction.

Destruction does not love.

Destruction does not fall in love.

Destruction does not feel.

Destruction is just that. destruction.

And....And yet...

'And yet, I've fallen for someone I can never have.' A humorless chuckle rang out. 'Fate is cruel to those they hate. Even when Fate doesn't know it!'

*Drip*

Blinking, Error raised a hand to his cheeks. Pulling away his hand showed blue. Glancing down, Error saw blue mixing in with the red. Another blink making even more blue fall from him.

*Drip-Drip*

"tEaRS....?" Error hoarsely whispered. "i'M.....CrYiNG?"

It was like a dam broke. More and more tears falling from his eyes. Clinching his skull tightly, Error curled up, putting his head on his knees. After so many years, Error was crying. His SOUL breaking even further for what will never be. For what he can never have. For wanting something that he can not even wish for. Error let the tears fall, not making a sound as the Voices started up once more. Mocking him for his tears.

'Shears....I....I wish I could...' Error's hands started to leave new cracks on his skull from how hard he gripped his own skull. 'But I can't.... You'd never want something like me... I'm lucky to call you a friend. Why...why push that? Why mention something that would never come to pass? Why say something so absurd, something that you would never want or return to me?'

Taking in a deep breath, Error tightly closed his eyes. For once, wishing for something that he can never have. He tried to will all his love, all his feelings for Shears, to go away. The SOUL inside him breaking even further, making the strings holding his SOUL together stitch even further so that his SOUL would stay in one piece.

'I love you Shears.' Error moved his hands down his face, to his chest. Tightly gripping his sweater, right above where his SOUL was, Error gave a broken smile. 'I'll never be able to say it. I'll never be able to show it. But...but I wish I could. But you wouldn't want me. I want...I want-!'

"....i'M sO soRRy.... i DiDn'T mEaN ToO...." Error struggled to say, biting his lip enough to make it bleed. Conflicting emotions playing inside of him.

'I never meant to fall in love with you. I'm not meant for love, not formed for such things. You may never know Shears, but I love you. Maybe...no. I'm destruction. Formed for nothing more, living for nothing more. I can still be a friend...but..I-I can't...' Oh, how Error just wanted the pain to stop. He was so used to pain, but this was a new kind. To just rip out his SOUL and end it all, yet he knew it wouldn't work. He's tried it before. Wishing made it worse. He wanted to love Shears, wanted to give all and everything to the enchanting skeleton...but....He couldn't.

Why?

'Fate has deemed it so.'

-With Shears-

A small upside down black heart floated in small gloved covered hands. In the middle of the upside down heart was a dot of magenta.

Pulling the SOUL close, Shears looked down at it.

Softly whispering to it, doubts were heavily swallowed with a thump.

"Soon."

But....

Would hope be enough encouragement?

-End Chapter-

Here it is! I know it took a while, but it is here. DoubleStrings for Life!

I know this chapter isn't as long as my other ones, but I do think it is the most emotional heavy one...for right now that is.

I'm telling you all right now, Error is going to have a way worse breakdown in the next chapter. WAY worse. Please keep in mind that Error is not fully sane, and has many, many issues. While this story is lighter then others, it will still get heavy and dark at times. There is no way out of that with Error. Hell, Shears has issues too that are slowly unraveling. So, yeah, it will get heavy at times. Can't be helped.

For Error to realize his feelings, it had to be one of two things. First option was in a dramatic moment, where Shears's life is on the line. Either that, or Shears even dying and Error finally realizes what he feels for the skeleton. The next option was a random moment. Like, someone mentions something and Error thinks about Shears.

I went with the random moment as you call all see. Error did not take finding out about him loving Shears well. Having so many emotions coming up, making him lash out in one of the only ways he knows how; Destruction. Luckily for Error, he only destroyed a lot of copies. Meaning, he now has a vacation of sorts as he destroyed a ton of copies. The balance is in no way tipped in his favor, but it is no longer close to spilling over like before....for right now that is.

The next chapter is the one we have all been waiting for! I nicknamed the next chapter 'The Confession Chapter' in my head for a while.

An old doublestrings drawing i just recently finished!

@harrish6

I do not own the picture, JuneTheGlassesBearer made this! String Stitches!Error(Flaw) and Shears look so good. And Shears is so tiny compared to Error, it's adorable. This Ship is my OTP and life, no one can say any different! Someone had asked me in my inbox what would Shears make Error to wear, and if Error would wear it. I had asked JuneTheGlassesBearer the question so that I could pass it on, as I can only state that Error would wear anything Shears would make with pride. They told me that Shears would make Error a yukata. So, here is Error - where he is holding hands with Shears - in a male yukata. The one in the corner makes Error look like a ninja as it is not a yukata - which I love! Flaw/Error in Naruto, he would take all the abused children and missing-nin under his wing, making the villages and ninja's so paranoid!

Anyway, I will be using what Error is wearing - where he is holding Shears's hand - in this chapter. Just to give everyone a visual. So, when I say Error is wearing a yukata, he is wearing the one in the picture above.

I just made this ship this month, not even a week ago, and it already has a ship name! DoubleStrings! Here's hoping that many other names come alive and that this ship goes down in history. I ship DoubleStrings (ErrorxShears) too much to even think on stopping this crazy train now!

I also came up with a new nickname for this Error in the story. It used to be Threads, but to me it didn't really fit. It didn't go with the others nicknames, nor is this threadverse - made and owned by JuneTheGlassesBearer - so I wanted to come up with something that went with the others.

Blue Strings of Mercy!Error is Static. Twisted!Error is Glitchy. HWHBB!Error is Erratum. String Stitches!Error is Flaw from now on. The reason I call him Flaw is because he knows he is full of flaws. Shears also has flaws and both are missing pieces and have open spaces to be filled - that are going to be filled in by one another.

I also came up with a nickname for Become Mine And Mine Alone(BMAMA)!Error. His nickname is Delusion. This is for many reasons. Many, many reasons.

The reasons for these nicknames are for me to be able to keep track of them all when I talk about them all. Calling them all Error would be confusing at best, down right headache inducing at worst. It also takes less time this way as I don't have to put the titles with it all, so that everyone can know which Error I am talking about.

On to the chapter! I am filled with MOTIVATION and IMAGINATION!

-Chapter Start-

"thIS ONE iS EcHOtaLE." Error waved his hand, making a portal move to come close to him and Shears, showing a very tall Sans that had cracks on his skull much like Gaster had. "tHE saNS aND GastER fusED togEthER IN tHE 'EcHO' AU'S."

They have been at this for three days. Error showing Shears all the worlds and AU's through his portals. Only pausing to sew and knit together, Error to play some music, or for Shears to sleep. As Error didn't need to sleep, he would either leave the AU to visit others - give the Charas some dolls or checking in on Nightmare's gang - as he had the time for now and come back just after Shears wakes up or just before. It was a nice change for Error, who was used to the endless screaming and destroying. Made him wish he had overdone the destroying before so that he could take a break like this years ago. Thinking on it, Ink would have done something drastic if he did it too many times. Best to think on this option later on to see if it was something he could try more then once.

Shears brightly smiled, standing as close as he could by Error, leaning on him lightly. Error had twitched and glitched, glancing down at him in confusion, but said nothing against it and went on to showing him all the different worlds that the Multiverse had to offer. In one hand, he held the Error doll, the other hand held onto Error's scarf. After realizing his feelings, all Shears wanted to do was be as close to Error as he could. Basking in the feeling of falling in love, something he honestly thought he would never be able to do.

"So many worlds..." Shears muttered before gently smiling up at Error. "It makes my own look so small does it not?"

"yET yOUr'S iS bEttER thEN thEIRs WILL EvER bE." Error scoffed glancing out to the many portals.

Shears blinked, now curious. "Why is that so my dear Error?"

"bEcaUSE yOUR hErE." Error bluntly stated this as a fact, a flash of color catching his eyes. Moving to find the flash, and not seeing how flustered Shears got, a few things happened after Error caught sight of the fast moving colors and found out what it was.

First Error jerked out of Shears hold, eyes burning and forgetting for a moment that all the portals were one way. That they would interact and go through, but the others on the other side can not. "iNK!"

Ink was moving across the AU's at a fast speed. Most likely to check up on all his creations. It took a moment, but Error recalled that Ink can't see him and Shears. Instincts were a hard thing to ignore, especially for Error. He had moved before he knew what he was doing.

Next, because of Error moving so fast, Shears stumbled and about fell. But because of his LUCK stats - which were WAY higher then the average Monster, in fact most likely higher then anyone's - he didn't fall flat on his face. Instead, he caught himself by grabbing onto Error's coat. And as Error is stronger then the average Monster, and Shears is quite smaller then Error, it was a simple thing to do. The only issue, is that this took two hands to do this.

Seeing something else move, Error's head snapped to attention. All Error and Shears could do was watch in shock as the Error doll went flying into a portal.

Error blankly watched it go through, a thud sounding out and a very familiar voice soon calling out. "What the-!?"

'Shit.' Error was just about to look down at Shears and offer to make a new doll. He knew the smaller one favored the doll for whatever reason, so he was just about to get ready to make a new one and that be that.

What he did not expect was to see Shears gunning for the portal, jumping after the doll for all he was worth.

"shIT!" Error cursed, wanting nothing more to start banging his head on the floor. 'Why would Shears do that?! It's just a stupid doll! I can make more and better ones anytime!' Error had a feeling this is was all his fault, because it always was. But there was no time to drown in dark thoughts right now. His presence in the AU is going to cause problems, but he had to get Shears back. Hopefully that certain Monster will know Shears is innocent and not try anything there.

Not even a second later after these thoughts, Error was gone and through the portal.

-UnderSwap, Original, Before Shears Jumps In-

"What the-!?" Honey called out from by the front door as he walked in, something soft yet hard hit his skull. Rubbing his skull, he looked to the floor to see a dark doll. Picking it up, multicolored button eyes greeted him. So, that was the hard thing that hit him. Blinking, he took a closer look. Scowling, Honey figured out that it was a doll that looked like Error.

Stomping to the couch, Honey held the small doll with his pointer finger and thumb, it was hanging down by it's scarf. He was just glad that Berry was up in his room, he didn't need to see this thing. It made him wonder if Error was doing this on purpose, as how else would a Error doll get in here?

With a harsh sigh and glare to the doll, Honey was about to sit down when a thump sounded out behind him.

Honey shot around, blinking in shock to find a short skeleton - a Sans - in a kimono, shawl, and with flowers on his head. The eyes though made Honey shiver, they just gave off a feel to them.

The skeleton was pouting harshly at him, pointing at him angrily. "Unhand my precious doll this instant you-you ruffian!"

"Wha-?" Was the only thing Honey got out before everything hurt.

BANG!

THUMP!

The skeleton apparently didn't want to wait, taking off his shoe and throwing it in a split second. So fast that Honey would have been impressed if not for the pain as fell back from the force of the throw, hitting the ground with a huge thump that made his bones rattle.

'I shouldn't have gotten up today...' Honey whined internally while he laid there, hearing the skeleton say something to someone, letting him know that someone else has landed in the house from stars knows where. Although he didn't hear anyone moving or coming in...

Moving his upper body up, the shoe falling to the ground, Honey rubbed his face before opening his eyes. His eyes flared orange, hand now harshly gripping his own face, not registering the pain anymore.

"E R R O R ."

Error stood there next to the smaller skeleton. Multicolored eyes stared down at him, and all Honey could feel was hatred and anger. His vision turning orange from the magic, Honey shot up. Summoning his magic, he-

BANG!

As one, all three skeletons looked up. A bedroom door was now thrown open, a very small skeleton jumping onto the railing to see what was going on the first floor. Honey paled at seeing his brother, Berry, out of his room. "Bro! Go back-!"

"Brother?!" Berry gasped out in shock, not noticing the two new arrivals. "What is going on-!" Berry had started to say, only to still and stop once he caught sight of the two others downstairs. Starry eyes go wide and bright.

"Bro, don't-!" Honey started to say, but it was too late.

"ERROR!" Berry screamed out in joy, flinging himself off the railing to Error with the brightest grin ever.

Now, Error had some expectations when coming through the portal.

First expectation was that Honey - Underswap!Papyrus - would attack him without remorse, not paying what he was doing all too mind. He was right on the front, so he had moved Shears behind him to protect the other from any attacks that might come. Honey wasn't paying Shears any mind, the smaller skeleton would get stuck in the cross fire if he wasn't careful.

Then the expectation of a fight happening before leaving with Shears was pretty much the only one left.

Turns out Error was wrong. Sure, the first one had happened, mostly, but after that? Time to start at the beginning then. Error swiftly and silently came in to see Honey sprawled out on the floor, doll laying a few feet from Honey, one of Shears's shoes on Honey's face for whatever reason, and now he had Berry excited to see him - Which he should in fact, not be. The last time he saw the starry eyed skeleton was when he let him go after he kidnapped him. He should not be that happy to see him...unless it is to gleefully strangle him. - and jumping from a dangerous height to normal Monsters right into his - the most dangerous Monster's - arms.

Error caught the smaller skeleton - Really, Berry hasn't grown at all in the years. He still only came up to his hips if that. - and loosely yet carefully held him, looking massively confused for all the world to see.

"Error!" Berry brightly smiled, star eyes dancing as he leaned back, hands clinching Error's scarf as he looked up at the destroyer so happily. "I missed you!"

Something in Error warmed....and broke.

Slowly, Error smiled down at Berry sadly, eyes speaking so many words that he wanted to say. "i....i MISSed YoU tOO bErRy." The glitch quietly admitted.

While Berry was talking up a storm to Error, who was giving him most of his attention, Shears stiffened behind Error.

Stepping around Error, Shears watched with wide eyes as Error and this so called Berry talked to one another, smiles on their faces and eyes, with only one thought going through his head as he stared.

'Love rival.'

"-WE CamE foR ThE doLL." Error then glanced to Shears's feet, one of them missing a shoe. "...anD shOE, thAt'S aLL."

"I see!" Berry smiled as he jumped out of Error's arms, bouncing to where he brother stood frozen. Berry picked both up, only for Honey to grab him by the handkerchief around his neck. Huffing in annoyance, Berry was able to toss the shoe to Error - who caught it with no trouble - before Honey dragged him into the kitchen, Error doll still in hand.

Error blankly watched it all before turning to look down at Shears, shoe in hand. "hErE ShEaRS." Error said, offering the shoe.

Shears just turned away with a glare that looked like a pout, refusing to talk to Error. A green monster taking over.

Error frowned in confusion, not really getting what was wrong. He glanced to the shoe, then to where Berry and Honey are standing out of sight in the kitchen. A light bulb went off in his head. Error sighed, he really messed things up, didn't he? Well, time to try and make things better, as he can never make things right.

When Error knelt down on one knee, shoe in hand, Shears's head whipped around to look at the glitch in shock. Error smiled at the smaller, now closer to his height yet still smaller then him even when kneeling. Shears flushed at the smile, SOUL going a hundred miles, and it got worse when Error held up his shoe and lightly grabbed his arm; Helping him put on his shoe.

"i'M soRRy i DiDn'T gET yOUR dOLL bAcK." Error apologized, thinking that Shears silence was because of the doll. "AS soOn AS bErRY ComES bACk, i'LL GeT iT foR yOU..oR i coULD makE yOU a nEw ONE iF yOU'D likE?" Error asked as he slipped the shoe back onto Shears's foot. "a bEttER oNE? yOU'VE sEEn tHE oTHER mONSTERs thROuGH tHE poRTalS, i COuLD maKE yOU oNE oF tHEm."

The green Monster died before it even got a chance to show itself to Error.

"Oh, my dear sweet Error!" Shears smiled gently, eyes soft yet holding something in them that Error couldn't read. "I am not angry about that, I do not wish for a new doll. But I do wish to hold the doll you made for me sooner rather then later. I know you will get it back for me, so please, do not worry over that. I trust you."

Error cheeks slowly turned yellow, making Shears giggle. Laying a gently hand on Error's shoulder, now that he could reach it as Error was still kneeling, Shears put his foot down. "But I wonder something..." Error looked to him in question, tilting his head. Shears's eyes were filled with something that he couldn't read as he tilted his head to the kitchen. "Who....Who is Berry to you?"

Error looked slightly befuddled at the random question, but answered anyway. "bErRy...iS oNE oF mINE. OR, i ShoULD saY thAT i SeE hiM As mINE, EvEN thoUGh i ShouLDn'T." Error looked down, letting go of Shears while he did so. To Error, Berry was in the same category as Nightmare's gang or the Charas, but he knew he didn't have that right to claim him as such. "bUT...iN a FiT oF maDnESS...i...TriED To DEsTRoy THIs AU. i ToOK bErRY AWaY." The glitch shook his head, whispering it all as if admitting to all his sins. "loNeLineSS DEsTRoyED mY mIND. i...iT WaS So nICe TO juSt BE bY soMEONE alIVE. SomEONE bREathING. bUt i lET hIM GO aT tHE END...i knEW i COuLDn'T kEEP hIM, tHE anTi-VOID wouLD havE maDE hiM inTO anoTHER gliTCh."

A small hand light touched his cheek, making Error raise his eyes once more. Shears's gentle smiling face greeted him, eyes warm yet so sad at the same time.

"Loneliness can kill a person just as much as turn them into something different, my dear Error. I know this well." Shears lightly ran his thumb down the blue marks going down Error's face. It broke his SOUL, knowing that that the taller had cried so much that he had been branded by it. "I do not blame you for whatever you have done in your time of madness. It is no one's fault but Fate's and that Creator."

'"I do not blame you for whatever you have done in your time of madness."' Error's eyes burned. How long has he wanted that? For someone to tell him that they didn't blame him for all the destruction that he was forced to cause? It was something like out of a dream for him made all the sweeter because Shears said it. His friend is telling him this.

His only friend was telling him that he didn't blame him or hate him.

"C-CaN i HuG yOU?" Error blurted out, face serious even as his cheeks were stained yellow by now. He raised his arms up, but stopped his hands before they could touch Shears. He had no idea what he was doing or asking for, but he wanted it. To just let everything out, to let Shears know that Error was...he didn't know what he was anymore. But he thinks that's okay. Error wasn't the best with words, he knew this. So he'll show it. "....pLEaSE?"

Ffu...ffuffuffuffu~!" Shears flushed pink, nodding before letting his hand that was on Error's cheek slip past to go over his shoulder. His other hand doing the same. "Of course you can Error! You can hug me anytime you wish."

Even kneeling, Error was still slightly taller even though he was closer to Shears's height. So, Error's hesitant hands brought Shears to his chest, laying his head on top of the other. Feeling Shears breath, the other's SoulBeat made him feel warm. Made his SOUL feel lighter then it has in years.

Something in his SOUL whispered that he would like to keep Shears right where he was, not wanting to let him go. Maybe for just this once he could listen to his own SOUL instead of Fate?

Shears, meanwhile, was feeling flustered and like he could float away if Error wasn't holding him down. Nuzzling his head into the taller's chest, Shears smiled at hearing the strong SoulBeat in the chest before him. In Error's strong arms, Shears felt safe from everything and anything.

Love, it made Shears want to stay where he was, never wanting to let go of Error for anyone or anything.

-With Berry & Honey, Before Error & Shears Hug-

"Brother!" Berry huffed, finally able to get out of Honey's hold by the time they were hidden from sight. "That is enough! What is the problem here?" Barry shook his head, arms crossed and Error doll still in hand.

"My problem?" Honey raised both his brows, face sarcastic while he whispered harshly. He gestured to the living room. "My problem is that we have the Destroyer in our living room, the one who, you know, kidnapped you and tried to destroy our AU! The one who you hugged for some weird reason! Berry, he was your kidnapper for star's sake!" Honey then took in a deep breath, as if that would calm him down. "Never mind that for whatever reason, he now has someone with him." Honey scoffed. "Maybe Error kidnapped him too? Can't see any other reason someone would hang out with that no good monster. Don't even know why he's still alive-"

"Honey!" Honey straightened at the sudden snap. Berry had never sounded like that, so he was rightfully shocked. The taller brother looked down at Berry's serious face, not knowing what he did wrong.

"Listen to me for once in your life; Error wasn't in the right frame of mind when he took me and attack our AU." Berry harshly waved his arm when Honey opened his mouth, stopping the other from talking. "No. I said listen to me. Do not talk to me right now, just listen. Do you understand me? Nod for yes."

Honey gulped, a bead of sweat coming down his forehead. He nodded after a moment, feeling slightly scared. He had never seen his bro get like this ever.

"Good." Berry nodded before pointing to the living room. "In there is a Monster who has been through too much, even when he took me and destroyed everything. But you know what? Error didn't do anything too bad to me. Oh, he threatened me. But he never went through with it. The most he did was tell me about the Multiverse and knit together as we watched UnderNovela together." Berry breathed in, eyes no longer stars as he stared up into his brother's face. "Now. I want you too look in there, watch them for a moment, and then look me in the eyes and tell me for certain that Error has kidnapped the other. Because I can tell you just from being in there for a second that Error did no such thing."

With a slight glare, Honey stood straight, peeking around the corner expecting just about anything. Maybe even Error threatening the other for whatever imagined slight the glitch came up with.

Just about anything didn't include seeing Error kneeling down, helping the dress wearing skeleton put back on his shoe with gentle and soft movements.

Feeling numb, all the tall skeleton could do was watch. Seeing Error so open, the other skeleton soon loosing his pout to smile. When the other touched Error, Honey had tensed, thinking that everything was about to go to hell. But it didn't. Instead, the Destroyer had looked so lost, yet so bittersweet in a way Honey couldn't even beginning to explain. Then, Error opened his arms, not touching the other. Laughter, then the one in a dress hugged Error.

Seeing Error slowly and hesitantly hug back was something Honey never thought he would see.

"Are you starting to see now?" Berry questioned softly, before his eyes turned back into bright stars. Not waiting for a answer, Berry bounded into the living room with a bright grin. "Error! I want a hug too~!"

Honey watched blankly as both Error and the other let each other go. Error with a blink and puzzled look and the other with a harsh pout. The pout grew deeper when both Error and Berry hugged once more. Honey sighed, closing his eyes and felt like he was at war with himself as he walked out of the kitchen. "I think I'm just going to go down to Muffet's....."

Error lightly took the doll from Berry before letting the smaller go. Getting up, he handed the doll to a still pouting Shears. Shears took the doll and swiftly put it back into his sleeve for safe keeping.

"i thInK WE shOUld bE hEaDIng OUT NOw." Error sighed, getting ready to make a portal. He hadn't missed the glares that Honey were giving him. Although, they felt less threatening then usual....

"Wait!" Berry latched onto Error, making the other flinch and glitch at the sudden touch. "Please! Stay just a little while longer?" Berry beamed up at Error's stricken face. "I missed you. Please, just hang out here for just a while longer?"

Twitching, Error glanced around before his eyes landed on Honey. Honey's SOUL dropped at the scared look directed at him. The Destroyer of Universes looked scared. No, looking closer, it wasn't so much as fear, but of uncertainty. It was like the glitch was expecting him to attack him while he had the chance, to scream and yell until the glitch had no choice in the matter. But that implied that the glitch would listen to him. Which was weird on it's own. And while a part of him wanted to do that, not wanting the kidnapper anywhere near his brother...

Another, larger part of him could still hear his Bro's scolding. Something in him was questioning what was going on, what did he miss so badly? In the end, he wanted answers. So, Honey was willing to listen and follow his bro's lead to get those answers. For now, Honey would watch Error as close as he can to figure out just what was going on.

While the stare down of Honey and Error was going on, Berry felt something crawling up his back and drilling a hole into the back of his skull.

Slowly turning his head, Berry's starry eyes shrunk down to small dots.

Standing there was a pouting Shears. His hands tightly made into fists, a dark shadow all around him. The blue clad skeleton now knew what death felt like. In the hypnotic eyes, he could see his end in them. Berry gulped, sweat starting to form, clinging tighter to Error for safety just made the shadow darker and pout deeper. Hit with a weird and strange idea, Berry kept his eyes on the other. Then, he lent forward, and lightly nuzzled his skull into Error's chest.

The pout grew to dangerous levels.

The dark shadow might as well have became a storm cloud.

And if the other could, Berry knew by now that he would be on fire now at the least. That, or picking up off the ground from being hit. The fists were shaking more and more, showing how much the other was holding himself back from doing anything hurtful or crazy.

'Oh my stars....' Suddenly, the fear was gone when the smallest skeleton in the house realized what was going on. Excitement and hope bloomed inside his SOUL. 'Is...Is this love?! Is he in love with Error?! OH MY STARS! YES!'

Berry could have jumped for joy and started dancing. Finally! Finally Error has a chance at love.

Now if only said love would stop looking at him like he wanted Berry to die a horrible death. That, or break his arms. Berry had a feeling the other wasn't feeling picky at the moment with how hard the other was pouting at him.

Quickly letting go of Error, Berry brought back his attention.

"Error, who is your friend?" Berry smiled happily when Error looked down to him.

"thIS IS shEaRS." Error gestured to Shears, looking worriedly confused at the dress clad skeleton's pout. "hE'S fROM tailoREDtalE."

"Then why don't you and Honey show Shears around the town!" Berry brightly grinned as he waved his brother over. "I'll get lunch ready for when you get back! I know it's been a while since you last ate Error...." Berry sadly frowned at the last part before perking right up. "So I'll make you the best lunch ever!"

"WhAT." Error glanced to look at Honey, who was still just staring at him. Error didn't take this as a good sign. "bErRy i ReaLLy dOn'T tHINk-"

"No." Everyone turned to a stone-faced Shears. "I will cook for Error." Berry suddenly felt like he should run when Shears looked down at him, grimed face. "Only. Me."

With raised brows, Honey suddenly noticed the tension in the room. Glancing around, it seemed like Error was the only one oblivious about it. In fact, the glitching skeleton seemed down right confused. 'Just what is going on?! First the Destroyer and his friend shows up, and now this? What's next?!'

Clearing his throat, Berry tried to think up something to try and ease the tension away. It seems Error has attracted quite the jealous type. Which he should! It just means that Error will be loved twice as much if not more! "Um...Oh, I know!" Berry beamed up at a still pouting Shears, just wanting to get along with Error's hopefully soon to be DateMate. "Why don't we make something together? I'm a good cook you know!" Berry winked with a grin. "Error even said so once he tried my Taco!"

Berry said the wrong thing.

Shears frowned tightly, mind grinding to a halt. While this...this Berry sounded and seemed like a good Monster, this could not stand. This small and admittedly adorable Monster was in his way of love - his only love. This Monster had cuteness where as Shears did not, giving him a leg over him already just in the look department! Now, here was this small Monster bragging to him that Error already said his cooking was the best?!

No. This will not stand.

'Challenge accepted my dear Love Rival.' Shears folded his arms, if he was holding a fan, he would have snapped it shut tightly. "If this is the way you want this to be, then it shall." Both Berry and Honey sighed, only to nearly fall face first once Shears continued. "You shall cook your best dish, as I make mine. Then, and only then, Error will eat and decide who the best cook is." Shears lightly sniffed, nearly stomping as he started to walk to the kitchen.

"Oh, no! that's not what I-" Berry tried to explain as he followed Shears into the kitchen.

Soon their voices faded the farther they got. Leaving both Honey and Error by the front door.

"bUT...i DoN'T nEEd TO EaT." Error said aloud, scratching his tear marks while he looked to the kitchen. Like he was still talking to Shears and Berry instead of thin air. "SO....WhY?"

Honey shifted, feeling awkward. "Well...." Honey grimaced when Error's head snapped to look at him, eyes watching him as if waiting for any threatening movement. "My Bro did say...you probably didn't eat in a while right?...." Honey tried to look for a conversation starter, this was getting a bit too awkward for him. Of course the Destroyer looked like he didn't even notice the tension or weird air around him. If he did, he wasn't showing it at least. "When was the last time you ate?" Honey ended up asking, having nothing else to say.

Well, it was either that or 'Can you please leave already?'. 'Please' added in because his Bro would be angry if he wasn't polite about it.

"WhEN bErRY gAVE mE thAT tHING HE caLLS a TacO." Error admitted without hesitation. The glitch shifted a bit, not understanding why the other wasn't hitting him or yelling at him now that he had the chance. He could understanding not yelling as the others would hear it, but Honey could still threaten him if he wanted to....So why hasn't he yet?

Honey choked a bit. The last time Berry was even around Error was when he was kidnapped, and that was- "That was years ago! Over ten years at the least!" While Honey hasn't forgotten what happened that day, too many RESETS have happened for him to keep track of how many years it has been. But he knew for sure it was over ten at least, over a hundred and something at the most. Which, both are way too long in either case.

Error just shrugged, not seeing what the big deal is. "i DON't NEEd tO eaT." Error stated this once more, not caring all too much. "EaTiNG tAkES tIME, TiME i DOn'T uSualLY havE. nO pOINt In IT foR mE."

"What about hunger pains?" Honey couldn't help but ask before he knew what he was doing, or remembered who he was taking to.

"EventUaLLy thEY jUSt blEnDED IN wiTH thE REsT oF tHE pAIN." Error rubbed the back of his head, not getting what Honey was searching for. Maybe the taller was looking for something to exploit? Jokes on him then. "bEsiDES, EvEN iF i diDN't GeT uSEd TO iT, i'VE haD woRSE paINS IN mY loNG lIFE." Error suddenly grinned. "lIKE tHE TIMe INk DeciDED tO shaTTER mY riB cagE, oR whEN dREaM shOT oNE oF hiS aRROWs thROuGH mY skULL. YoU gET uSEd TO iT aFTER a WHiLE."

"I'm going to Muffet's." Honey blurted out after a moment of silence. He shivered as he felt the multicolored eyes on his back as he walked out the door. It was only when he shut the front door, did he stop for a moment.

Too many thoughts and images were going through his head, too fast for him to really stay on long enough. Error was so different then the last time Honey saw him. Error was calmer, saner, and a lot more confused then anything. The glitch wasn't laughing insanely and trying to kill off everything just because he could-

"In there is a Monster who has been through too much, even when he took me and destroyed everything."

Berry's words cut through his thoughts, making him place his head into his hands, covering his eyes.

"But you know what? Error didn't do anything too bad to me. Oh, he threatened me. But he never went through with it. The most he did was tell me about the Multiverse and knit together as we watched UnderNovela together."  

'What can drive another to insanity?' Honey asked himself, starting to stumble to Muffet's. 'Error still took Berry...but...What could Error have gone through though? What does Berry know that I don't?!'

"bEsiDES, EvEN iF i diDN't GeT uSEd TO iT, i'VE haD woRSE paINS IN mY loNG lIFE."  

Honey nearly fell, eyes widening as uncertain thoughts hit him.

"lIKE tHE TIMe INk DeciDED tO shaTTER mY riB cagE, oR whEN dREaM shOT oNE oF hiS aRROWs thROuGH mY skULL. YoU gET uSEd TO iT aFTER a WHiLE."  

Just as Honey got to Muffet's, opening the door with the intention of drowning himself in honey, a unwanted thought passed through his skull.

'Pain can drive even a saint into insanity.'

-The Swap!Bro's House, In The Kitchen-

Berry glanced into the living room just in time to see Honey leave. With a huff, he took enough time to see Error sit down on the couch before he turned his focus on Shears - who was putting on a the frilly pink apron that Undyne had given him. Apparently it was 'Kawaii~!'. Hesitating, Berry slowly put on the only other apron he owned, a light blue one that had 'Don't BERRY your feelings in sweets!' on it. His brother had gotten it as a joke for him.

"You know...." Berry glanced up to Shears, who was getting out a pot to use. "We don't have to do this. We can cook something together!" Berry tried to sound as cheerful as he could, but his smile died as soon as Shears pouted down at him, a fire in his eyes that made Berry want to take a step back before running for his life. Steeling himself, Berry refused to run! He was a royal guard in training! He could take a jealous skeleton who was most likely in love with Error...right?

"I do not wish to cook with you." Shears had to stop himself from slamming the pot onto the stove. "This is a challenge little one. One that I plan to win."

"But it doesn't have to be!" Berry tried to explain, slowly getting out his skillet. It felt like he was pulling out a weapon for self-defense for some reason, and he really didn't like that feeling. "I don't see why this has to be a challenge!"

"I will not lose to you." Shears rolled up his sleeves as best as he could, staring down at Berry with a grim face. "I refuse to. In this race for Error's love, I can not and will not lose to anyone." Shears took in a deep breath, turning away from Berry. "Not when my once thought to be insane dream can come true. You will not win Error's love!"

'I don't think I'm getting through to him.' Berry dropped slightly with a sigh, starting to get ready to make a taco. If you can't beat them, might as well join them in this case. Berry will go through with this crazy challenge for now. Later on, he will sit Shears down and explain that he is in no way, shape or form, after Error's romantic love.

For star's sake, he saw Error as like a father-figure more then anything! Berry wasn't aiming to be Error's DateMate. Now, to just make Shears see this and that Berry is in fact wanting Shears to get together with Error.

Peeking over to see Shears stirring the pot, now filled with water and spices, with a serious look upon his face and Determination in his eyes made Berry realize that it was going to take some time for Shears to see and understand all this.

-Two (Insane) Hours Later; TimeSkip Brought To You By A Very Confused Error!-

"I'm back-!" Honey started to say, only for the words to die on his lips at the sight that greeted him when he opened the front door.

Food - Honey hoped to all the stars above that it was food and just food - was on the walls and ceiling in and around the kitchen. Pots, skillets and there was even a blender was thrown around on the ground, dishes of all kinds in the sink, and so many plates of food were on the kitchen table. Some looked very questionable - Like they could and would kill a Monster. Honey is sure one is moving. - and others looked like they are not even food.

And then, if it wasn't already insane enough, at the kitchen table was his Bro and the two guests. Berry looking nervous, twitching and sweating as he glanced around. Shears was standing by Error, who was sitting, and pouting up a storm as he clung onto Error's arm. And then Error...

'Poor Error.' Honey never thought he would feel for Error like he did now. Error looked so lost and confused that Honey just wanted to go over and help the poor Monster. Like, give him a map or a GPS of some kind to make him less confused and un-lost.

Of course, Honey did wonder why some plates looked like someone bit through them, or why pieces of metal were all over the kitchen floor, but he thought it was best to just not ask. Some things he is better off not knowing.

Honey glanced to the honey bottle in his hand, the one he bought from Muffet's. "How much honey did I drink?" Because he had to be seeing things for this all to be true.

Error had no idea what was going on, and he was starting to think he would never understand either. Shifting, Error lifted up a small bowl of soup Shears had placed in front of him, making sure not to bite through it anymore. Minding his strength was hard, but Shears had been so worried once he saw him eating through plates and forks, spoons and even a knife like it was nothing. He didn't want to worry the other.

"So, how is it my dear Error?" Shears questioned softly, leaning into Error, not taking his eyes or pout off of a sweating Berry. "Is it good? The best you ever had?"

Honestly, Error didn't understand food, he never will. Really, it all tasted the same to him at times. Only chocolate had stood out to him when he ate it all those years ago, which was weird in of itself. Food is a concept that had never truly appealed to him, nor was it something important to him. Yet, right now, the soup warmed him in ways he couldn't explain. Shears made this for him. Took his time and poured emotions into it - just for Error. Not even when Berry first made him that Taco did Error feel this warm. The soup made his SOUL feel lighter...

It was nice.

"yES." Shears's head shot up to see Error smiling gently down at him, eyes warm. "iT's THE bEsT DisH i hAVE EvER haD, mORE THeN juST GoOD. thANk yOU ShEaRS."

Pink crawled it's way up Shears's cheeks, a shy smile working it's way to over take the now pink face. Shears sighed, closing his eyes and leaning onto Error. "Only the best for you my dear Error."

"i shOUlD bE thE onE sayING ThAT." Error pointed out factually, drowning the rest of the soup. Error didn't deserve nice things, he knew that. But Shears? Shears had the right to all the nicest things in the whole Multiverse.

Berry chuckled softly at Shears's love-struck face, then cleared his throat. Turning his head to his brother, Berry smiled. "Hello Brother! Welcome home!" Berry gestured to all the food. "Why don't you try some while I clean up?"

"I will help." Shears sighed sadly, not wanting to let Error go. But it was the right thing to do. Not counting the fact that he felt victorious at winning right now. "It is only right that I do." Shears said, noticing Berry opening his mouth to say something. Berry closed his mouth, smiled and nodded.

The two tall skeletons watched them go back into the kitchen.

Error jolted when Honey walked up to him, pulled up a chair, and sat besides him at the table. Honey looked around at the mess, then looked to him, before offering up his honey bottle like it was that hard core whisky that Berry one time mentioned to him. Something about Swap!Grillby giving him some, him trying it and it doing nothing, and then Honey tried it and got shit-faced drunk within minutes.

For one weird moment Error wonder if there was actual alcohol in the condiment. It would explain so much on why the skeletons loved them so much and used them as if they were medicine to their depression.

Honey sighed when Error shook his head in negative, looking suspicious at the bottle of honey. He should have saw that coming. "Suit yoursel-!" Honey would have spat out any honey he had in his mouth if he had took a drink in that moment.

Error had just lifted up a fork, and bit through the whole thing like it was butter. Munching on it like it was a candy bar.

Taking in a deep breath, Honey downed the honey in the bottle in one gulp. 'To each their own.'

It was quiet for a while. Eventually Error got up and started looking around the living room. After watching Error poke the TV a few times, Honey got up and walked to the Destroyer.

"So, what'cha doing?" Honey couldn't help but ask, peering around Error to see if something was on the TV.

"i'VE sEEN anD HEaRD oF thEsE...'TV'S'." Error frowned, getting up after poking the screen once more. "i'VE nEvER uSEd ONE. I onLY knOW THE namE BECauSE bERRY onCE SaiD mY poRTaLS aRE liKE TV'S." Error then glanced to the couch. "AnD hE ExplAINEd WhaT a couCh Was TOO! IT's soMEwhERE tO SIt." The Destroyer stated this fact proudly, like it was a hard thing to figure out.

After a few seconds of staring, Honey realized that no, Error is not joking or playing him. This Monster in front of him really didn't know what a couch was or even a TV was before his Bro explained it to him. Over star knows how many years ago.

"Why not just steal one if you were so curious?" Honey couldn't help but scowl, asking this sarcastically.

Error didn't notice or care about the other's tone, looking at the TV and couch almost wistfully. "i nEvER hAD tHE TImE. iT woULD TaKE a lOT oF tIME tO HOOk uP a TV iN thE anTi-VOID."

"....You live in the Anti-VOID." Honey shivered, remembering that endless white. He could see someone turning insan- 'Oh shit...'

"oF couRse i DO. WhERE elSE woUld i lIVE?" Error snorted in humor.

"Well...." Honey shifted, putting his hands in his pockets. A thought not leaving his head. "I thought you lived in your own AU....?"

Error laughed, he couldn't help it. "yOU thoUGht i HAD a AU?" Error shook his head, grin over taking his face while Honey shifted once more. "i USed TO, i aDmiT tO thAT. buT noT anY mORE. i hAVE noWhERE elsE bUT thE anTI-VOID."

"You used to?" Honey focused in on that, frowning and not understanding. "What happened to it?"

"i GoT RipPEd ouT fROM IT WhILE iT WaS dEsTRoyED. I WaS TakEN TO tHE anTi-VOID." Error bluntly told the other. He had no reason to hide this part of his past away, so why bother. Honey asked, so he might as well answer.

"Much like you did to Berry. Fitting, for someone who likes to destroy." Honey couldn't help but growl out with a glare, only for that growl and glare to fade away at the sudden stone-faced Error.

"i aM OnlY GoinG TO saY thIS onCE tO YoU." Error lowly said, glitching harshly. "i WiLL nEvER enJoY soMEthING tHAt i AM FoRcEd TO Do."

Before Honey could even register what was being said, Error was out the front door, it slamming shut behind him. And if it couldn't even get any better, he turned around only to see a very disappointed Berry looking up at him, and a very angry Shears looking at him.

"How dare you." Shears looked up at him as if he was something he would find at the bottom of his shoe. "I had thought that you might hold a bit of...No matter." Shears shook his head, eyes holding Honey down. "It seems like I was wrong in the end. You are no different from the rest of them. Those who do not see the reasons, the 'whys' of what is going on. Blaming those who are not at fault. You are worse then even the dirt on the ground!" Shears didn't even look to the other two as he left the house, lifting up his dress as he walked as fast as he could without falling flat on his face. "Error! My dear Error, please answer me!" Shears called out, slamming the door after him as he left.

Honey slowly looked to Berry. "Bro...."

Berry shook his head, disappointment all over his face. "Brother, why?"

"I....I don't understand." Honey whispered, slumping down into a sit right where he stood. He rubbed the back of his skull while Berry walked up to him. "Why did he say 'forced'?" Honey looked to his brother, looking so lost that it hurt Berry's SOUL. "What am I missing bro?"

Licking his lips, Berry sighed. "It's really not my place to say...." Then Berry sadly smiled, eyes no longer stars. "But then, if I don't say anything, who will?"

It was like if you knew if someone was getting abused and they didn't want to say anything. it isn't your place, but what if the other never said anything? Would you keep quiet until there is nothing left?

Berry couldn't. He would ask for Error's forgiveness for this later.

"Brother," Honey lifted his head, SOUL stopping at the serious and grim face looking to him. "Fate is a terrible person...."

When Berry finished explaining, Honey screamed and yelled denials.

When the denials ran out, Honey cried and sobbed, letting his brother hold him.

When the tears ran out....

All that was left was the guilt that would never leave him, the burning anger at those who lied to him, and the cold harsh truth.

Honey had hurt someone who wasn't a fault, not truly.

His hands are just as dirty, more so, then the Destroyer's, for he had raised a hand to a innocent willingly even if it was lies that had blinded him.

"Can you feel your sins crawling up your back?"

Honey laughed at his own voice. it was something he had said to the human child far more to count. And wasn't that a kicker? Not only was he wrong about Error, he was wrong about Frisk. It wasn't Frisk's fault, it wasn't the first fallen human's fault, but the last human's fault. Other's complain about their AU's Chara or Frisk during a genocide run. But it wasn't their fault.

So, Honey laughed. Laughed as his rose-tinted glasses were shattered. Laughed at all the lies/ Laughed at being worse then trash. Laugh at it all.

All Berry could do was watch as his brother fell apart, knowing there was nothing he could do to make the other feel better.

"Can you feel your sins crawling up your back?"

"Yes!" Honey laughed hysterically, face hurting as the tears kept falling.

It seems his tears hadn't ran out yet. That was fine.

It just reminded him of Error's tear marks, making him laugh and cry all the hard.

'I can feel my sins over taking my entire SOUL.'

-With Shears-

It was only luck that Shears didn't fall flat on his face as he fast walked through the snow. He didn't have time to really look at the familiar buildings, which was a blessing. Even then, he saw so many different Snowdin's before that it wouldn't have shook him up too much. He only stopped to ask some residents if they saw a dark colored skeleton Monster go pass them, which some of them did.

'Why don't you give up? He probably left you.'

'He did no such thing! Error would have never left me behind!' Shears huffed mentally, still calling out for Error as he moved around the town. "Error?! Please, Error, answer me-!"

"....SheaRS?"

Shears paused, and looked around. Seeing nothing but a few buildings, but hearing the voice come from the left, Shears quickly went around the building. Peeking around the building, Shears smiled at finding Error, who was sitting in the snow, leaning on a tree. The dark skeleton was covered in snow and looked very wet.

Hurrying over, Shears's smile fell into a concerned frown. "My dear Error, are you alright?" Bending down so that they were at eye level, Shears lifted up a hand to lightly touch Error's cheek. "Why are you all wet? Did something happen?"

"i thoUGH IT woULd hElp ME CaLM DoWN." Error shifted, leaning into the hand. Lightly gripping the other's wrist, Error lightly rubbed the stitching on the other to calm himself down. "....i'M TiREd." Error whispered lowly, as if admitting to a grave sin.

Kneeling down now, and making sure that none of his clothing touched the snow, Shears used his free hand to guide Error's head to look at him. While flustered from the other's touch, he knew now wasn't the time to show such things. Not when Error needed him.

"What do you mean Error?" Shears softly questioned once the other was looking at him. "You must explain it to me for me to understand what you mean."

"....aLMosT EvERyoNE thINks i lOVE dEstrucTION bEcauSE i CauSE iT." The Destroyer eventually started to explain. "AnD whILE i'M FinE wiTH DesTRuctION- i haVE tO bE wiTH alL thE yEaRS oF beiNG thE DesTRuctiVE foRcE OF tHE BalAnCE - i DoN't LOvE iT." Error sighed, briefly closing his eyes. "i'M TiREd OF thE otHERs thINkING tHAt i lOVE iT. THAT iT's mY FauLT, THAt EvERyTHiNG iS mY FauLT. AnD moST oF aLL..." Error slumped forward before shaking his head in negative. "nO. i...I juST...JuSt aM So TiREd oF aboUT EvERyThING." Error then sat up, leaning into Shears's smaller hand once more. "bUt i DoN't THiNk i CouLD EvER geT TiREd OF yoU thoUGH."

Lightly coughing, Shears ignored his fluttering SOUL and now very hot cheeks. "I thank you for saying so Error." Shaking his head to get rid of the flutters, and failing, Shears went on. "It is okay to be tired, did you know this Error?" Sadly sighing when Error shook his head in negative, Shears gave a small smile. "You have lived a long life, have endured many hardships, more then any other perhaps. You have the right to be tired of the Multiverse's wrongs to you. It is okay, just as long as you do not loose yourself like you have done before."

"yOU dON'T havE tO woRRY aboUt THAt." Error scoffed, rolling his eyes thinking about his insane days. Or, what he could remember from those years. "insaNiTY mIGhT maKE evERyThiNg mORE EasiER - NO loGic NEeDEd - AnD colORfuL IN SoME plAcES, iT diDn'T hELp ME iN thE lONG rUN." Error then grinned, taking off Shears's hand off his cheek and holding it in his own hand. His larger hand engulfing the smaller as he gently held it. "nOW i hAvE yOU thOUGH! YoU mAkE my lIFE So MUcH mORe colORfuL SheaRS." Error bluntly stated this fact aloud with a grin. "mUCh bEtTER tHEN anyONE elSE tOO. NO oNE ElsE haS mAdE mY lIFe tHIs colORfUL bEfoRE."

It was like someone hit Shears's SOUL.

And he loved it.

"Ffuffuffuffuffuffuffu~!" Shear giggled, swooning slightly. It was a good thing that Error had a hold of his hand, or he might have fell over into the snow. "Oh, my sweetest Error! You such the loveliest things to me~!"

"WeLL, yOU aRe tHE loVeliEsT moNSTEr i'VE eVER sEEn." Error said this nonchalantly, shrugging while he watched Shears in slight worry. Changing colors like that can't be healthy. Error thinks he might remember reading something like that before.

Good thing Error was keeping a eye on Shears. Because after his last comment, Shears swooned so hard that he happily lost balance and fell to the side. It was Error's reflexes that stopped Shears from falling into the snow. One arm now around the other while he knelled, no longer sitting, and his other hand still keeping a grip on the smaller one.

"ShEaRS?!"

"Ffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffu~!"

"SHeaRS?! SpEaK TO mE!"

"Ffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffu~!"

-One Hour Later-

It took some time to calm down Shears, but soon both Error and Shears were in front of the Swap!Bro's house, hand in hand.

To the Monsters watching them walk by, it looked like a lovely couple walking by. With the smaller nearly floating as he stayed as close to the taller as he could.

Shifting, Error sighed while Shears knocked on the door gently. The door opened, and Error was greeted with Honey-

Who looked like shit.

Honestly, it looked like a breeze could dust the Monster. Dark marks under his sockets, body slumped like the strings holding him up were cut, and faint orange marks going down his face, showing that he had been crying. All in all, Error wondered just what in the hell did he miss when he left. Did Honey watch some UnderNovela somehow for the first time? That AU was a tearjerker after all.

"Oh...um..." Honey just muttered, making sure not to look at the two as he moved out of the doorway, letting the two walk through.

"Oh my stars! Error!" Berry gasped at the sight of the tall skeleton. He was soaking wet! The only thing that didn't look soaked was his sweater, but that's just because of his coat taking the water damage. "Please take off your boots and head to the bathroom. I'll go and make something up for you to wear." Berry quickly stated, trying to think on what they would have that would fit Error - and wouldn't cause him to have a panic attack wearing.

"iT's FiNE." Error said, even though he did let go of Shears hand to take off his boots. "i ONCe StayEd iN FroZeN IcE WatER fOR oVER a WeEK. I lIVED. sO i'LL bE finE."

Berry winced, in the corner of his eyes he could see his brother gagging as if going to throw up. After learning the truth on everything that Berry himself knew, Honey hasn't been taking it well obviously. "No matter! I, the sensational Berry, refuse to let you go cold any longer!" Berry giggled, making a dramatic pose to try and lighten the mood. "I shall dress you in the finest my dear sir!" Berry joked, getting a smile out of Error.

Shears, meanwhile, was not smiling.

-Inside Shears's Mind. AKA; Welcome To Shears's Mind theater!-

"Oh Error, please accept these clothes!" Berry gasped dramatically, a love-sick look on his face, batting his eyes coyly up at a flustered Error. "I made them myself, just for you to wear~!"

"yOU diDn'T havE tO bErRY." Error smiled, knelling down to take the clothes. His cheeks yellow. "YoU alREaDy mADE ME a GreaT hOme CoOkEd mEaL, anD nOW thIS?" Error shook his head, smile growing on his face. "ThIS IS tOO mUCh!"

"Nonsense!" Berry denied, coming close to Error, hand coming up to take one of Error's. "Besides..." Berry flushes, shyly looking away as he bits his lip.

"BEsiDEs?" Error repeated, tilting his head in confusion.

"I made these clothes just for you." Berry admitted aloud, shifting as he looked away. "I could...maybe make you food and clothes and everyday from now on...?" Berry whispered into his handkerchief.

The taller skeleton frowned, leaning down closer to hear better. "WhAT WaS ThAT lASt paRT BeRRy? i DiDn'T hEaR yOU."

"I...I can't hold in it any longer!" Berry cried out, putting a hand on his forehead in distress. "Error, I must tell you...that...that I-!"

"bERRy?!" Error gasped in alarm when Berry sudden shot forward to him. "WhaT'S WRoNG-?!"

"I'm in love with you Error!"

And then, lips connect-!

-Outside Shears's Mind. AKA; The Curtains Close Due To Shears Having A Panic Attack Before The Show Finishes.-

"No!"

All the other skeleton Monster jolted at the sudden exclamation.

Error blinked, turning his head to look down at Shears, who had one hand formed into a fist on his chest, the other hand pointing to Berry. Fire unlike anything Error had ever seen in the hypnotic eyes, and he had no idea why this was.

"I refuse to let this happen!" Shears pouted harshly, turning his head away from the others, but keeping a eye on Berry. "I will make Error's clothing. No. One. Else."

Tension was once more in the air. Berry sweated, lifting his arms in a 'Show no harm' or 'unarmed' gesture. On one hand, this was great! Shears obviously loved Error very much and was willing to go to extremes to show and prove this. On the other hand though, Shears was twisting everything he did into something romantic. That Berry for some reason was in love with Error. And while Berry loved Error, he wasn't in love with Error.

Two completely different things. Now, how to get the other to see this?

"I just meant getting Error some clothes, not making-" Berry tried to explain, but Shears was hearing none of it in his jealous fury.

"Do you have fabrics and sewing supplies here, or will I need to buy some?" Shears cut off Berry, steamrolling on. All Error did was blink, and the next thing he knew Shears pulled out a tape measure from his sleeves and was using it on him. Lifting and moving him around to get his height and length numbers. Error, being very confused, just went with it.

"Um...." Berry glanced to his Brother, who was just as confused as Error yet still looking out of it, before deciding to just go with it all. Oh, he wasn't going to make anything, just find some old clothes. That way Shears will win no matter what. Stars help him if he won, he honestly thinks Shears might do something drastic then or die from a Soulbreak. "I have some in storage. Undyne had given me some left over from when she was making her cosplay. I also have a sewing machine, but it's all in my room..."

"Then we shall have our challenge there." Shears nodded once, snapping the tape measure back and putting it back in his sleeve. Shears smiled up at a very puzzled Error. "Please stay here my dear Error. I will bring you the finest outfit I can put together for you to wear."

Before Error could even say anything, Shears was already following Berry up the stairs and into the bedroom to get everything ready. Both Honey and Error watched blankly as Berry ran to and out the room, carrying fabrics and other things. After a few moments, Berry went in and shut the door, the sound of scissors cutting fabric and a sewing machine working coming out of the room, only to be muffled once the door shut.

It was only when Honey shuffled forward that Error realized he was left alone with the Monster that wanted him dead. Not being able to die is all well and good, but that still doesn't change the fact that he can be in pain. Error didn't want Shears to see that, or get in the way if a fight broke out.

With Shears safety in mind, Error swiftly turned around to face Honey. Honey stumbled back, shocked at the sudden turn, and then nearly doubled over, face in pain, once Error spoke.

"i'M soRRy."

"You're...sorry...?" Honey hoarsely whispered, eyes wide as he stared at Error.

Error nodded in positive. "I'M soRRy i SnapPEd aT yOU anD WoRRieD tHE oTHERs." Error rotated his shoulders, not understanding why Honey looked like the Reaper himself was over his shoulder. "i KNoW yOU DoN'T CaRE abOUt ME oR mY ReaSONS," Error noticed Honey flinching violently at this, but didn't stop or pause in talking. "buT knOW i WaSn'T IN tHE RiGHt fRaMe oF mINd BaCk tHEn, WhEn i ToOK bERRy. iT woN'T hAPPnE aGaIN."

Honey wanted to laugh, but couldn't.

-"Fate is a terrible person....."-

Here, Error was apologizing to him.

-"Error had told me about the Multiverse Brother. Did you know that where creation is, there must be destruction?"-

Apologizing to him, the one who had helped hurt the one who had no choice.

-"Ink is creating too much Brother. Do not give me that look Brother! Too much creativity can be just as bad as too much destruction. I'll explain to you how Error explained it to me."-

He felt sick. Gagging, he wondered if he could throw up his own SOUL.

-"Think of the Multiverse as a box, the AU's as bubbles. These little bubbles grow more as time goes on. Time much like the air that you blow into bubbles to make them bigger. Now, imagine the box getting fuller and fuller, the small bubbles growing more and more as time goes on while Ink makes more and more bubbles to go with the older ones. Now, let me ask you this; What happens when those bubbles touch one another?"-

"hONEY?" Honey's head shot up, meeting concerned eyes. He felt like someone hit him. Error was concerned for him. "ARE yOU okAY? ShOULD i GEt bERRy?"

-"The bubbles would go pop! But not just the bubbles that touched will go, the force of the pop could cause others to pop as well. So, to make sure the bubbles can grow and not touch one another, someone has to pop some lone bubbles to give the others room to grow in. But they have to be careful, as popping too many bubbles can make the box too empty. If that happens, then the bubbles would have a hard time growing and might get sick."-

"N-No..." Honey lightly shook his head, nauseous as he moved. How....How could he be so blind?!

-"Do you not see now Brother? Error is needed. If he wasn't, we would all be dead long ago. Ink has been out of control since he first started creating. But even if Error is needed, he was forced to do this. Fate has deemed it so. Taken from his AU as Fate destroyed it, everything he had known and loved taken from him. Memories of his loved ones, his own brother, gone. He will never get them back. His knowledge scattered at best because of this; Error didn't even know how to drink from a cup or how to eat a taco when I met him. The Multiverse has done him wrong. Done our destructive force of balance wrong, the one who keeps us alive."-

Sure, Error kills, but how is it truly his fault? Ink could stop creating any time, making Error stop too. Yet, Ink kept going, forcing Error to keep destroying and taking all the abuse from everyone. The Charas and few Frisks, Error and even Nightmare's group, he had them all wrong.

-"Error is not the only one. Where there are 'good' Monsters, there are 'bad' ones. Just like with the humans. The Charas, or for example our Frisk, is the consequence to the human child's actions. Once the human child kills a Monster, they take over and force them to see their consequences. Even in the next run, they show the human child how wrong it is. This is so that they can learn, yet the human child never does and pins the blame on them. And most listen to them."-

How can Honey make this right? Can he even make things right? How....How does one apologize to a God?

-"Then think of Nightmare's group. Think of HorrorTale. Where Monsters eat one another along with humans, the AU where they are slowly starving. Now remember this; Ink made their AU's. Oh? What's with the shocked look Brother? Ink is the Creator, he made all the AU's but the first one ever. Ink got curious on what happened after a Genocide Run and made HorrorTale, wanting to know what would happen. Error has told me about many other AU's that have been lost to time or his destruction, HorrorTale isn't even the worst one. Ink made these Monsters, they are his so called 'children' just as we are. Yet he hates them. Because of how he made them, he hates them. Yet Error loves them. Well, Brother? Will you answer me this, why is this? Why does Ink get away with all this, makes wonderful and horrible AU's for Monsters to live in, get everyone to hate them and hurt them? Oh, you don't know? But Brother...I told you the answer already..."-

With a dry gulp, Honey got on his hands and knees. He saw Error's shocked look before he bowed his head, forehead on the floor.

-"It is because Fate has deemed it so. Ink is without Fate's strings. Oh, don't cry Brother. Fate is a terrible person for sure, but at least we are not within Fate's sight. Error is, as Error still fights Fate even when he is choking on Fate's strings. He has cried enough for it to stain his cheeks, yet he still goes on for the Multiverse. A Multiverse that hates him. It's just not Fate after all. it's Ink's fault too. It's the whole Multiverse's fault. It's my fault, it's your fault, it's everyone's fault. Remember that saying Brother? The one that medics and doctors use?"-

'If you are not apart of the solution, then you are apart of the problem.' Honey finished in his head. 'My bro really is the best...I did him wrong as with Error. Berry shouldn't be treated like a kid, he's older then me. Error shouldn't be treated like dirt, not when he's the reason we are still alive.'

"uM....WhAT ArE yOU DOiNG?" Error asked awkwardly, glancing around as if waiting for someone to pop out and yell 'HAHA! YOU JUST GOT PRANKED!' at him.

"Error..." Said skeleton jerked his head to look down at Honey in shock and alarm. "Please forgive me!"

"...FOR whAT?" Error eventually asked. He felt so out of depth, it wasn't funny. Had Honey finally snapped and went insane? Because that can only be the reason for this.

"I...Berry told me everything.." Honey admitted, making Error's brows raise. Glancing up and seeing that Error wasn't angry at this, he went on. "I hurt you, hated you, for something that was out of your control. I shouldn't...I'm so sorry!"

"StAnD uP." Error demanded, only going on when Honey was actually standing and not bowing at him. Error still can't believe that someone would do that to him. "yOU diDN'T knOW. YoU havE noThINg TO Be soRRY oVER."

"I should have looked for answers harder!" Honey denied, shaking his head with a glare. "I should have asked more questions, should have saw how much pain you are in. I'm a Judge!"

"AS i aM. yEt i FInD mOSt oF thE JuDgEs TO bE blINd anD baiSEd. jUSt BEcaUSE yOU hAVe LV doEsn'T mAKE evERyoNE a kiLLER. WhaT EvER happEND tO SelF-dEfenSE? oR kIlLIng To pROteCT? doN'T woRRY oThER jUdgE, YoU aRE noT thE onLY bLIND oNE IN thIS mUlTivERsE aND faR frOM thE laST." Error crossed his arms, feeling a headache coming on. "i CoaT mY SOUL iN maGIc uSualLY. IF soMEOnE CHECKED mY SOUL, THEn ThEY woULD oNLY SeE sO muCh, oR eVEn noThiNG aT aLL. So, NO OnE WOuLD knoW UnlESS i oR iNk TolD thEM." Error shrugged, not understanding the big deal was here. "bEsiDEs, i'M uSEd To tHIS. The pAIn, ThE haTE. So, YoU hURT mE? SO WhaT? IT happENS TO ME alMOSt EvERyDaY."

"It shouldn't...." Honey muttered lowly, glaring at the floor and fists shaking. "It's not fair..."

"bUT iT doES. FaiRnESS DoEs NOt maTTER To FaTE." Error snorted at the very thought of a fair Fate. "WhILE i'M shoCKEd BeRRy TOlD yoU EvERytHING, i'M nOT angRY AT yOU oR hIM. ThERE is nOThiNG to BE soRRy oVER. NoT oVER somEthING thAT i Am USEd TO And ExpECt."

Wincing, Honey rubbed his face. "Can we just agree to disagree over that?"

"iF thAT's WhaT yOU WanT." Error shrugged in answer. "iF thAT iS tHE CAsE, tHEn i AccEPt yOUr 'SoRRy' EvEn iF i Don'T NEEd iT."

'Yet I still feel like shit even though you took it.' Honey wasn't warm to Error, wasn't friends or understood the other, that would take time. But now, he understood that Error wasn't at fault, not truly. The glitch was stuck in a hard place and doing the best he could. And Honey made it worse, didn't he?

Getting tired and feeling down from everything that had happened, Honey stumbled to the couch and sat down. Flicking on the TV and paying no mind to the channel it landed on, Honey looked to Error. "Wanna watch something?"

"SuRE." Error shrugged, making sure to sit as far as he could from Honey on the couch. Honey noticed, but didn't say anything or do anything but frown.

'How badly did we all mess up? How could we be so wrong?'

These questions and many more swarmed Honey, and would not leave for a long time.

Error, meanwhile, was trying to figure out why the the big blue Monster on TV was crying at not getting his 'cookies', whatever those were. 'Are cookies really that good?'

-With Shears And Berry-

Berry glanced up from the pile of clothing he had grabbed, halfheartedly trying to find something that would somewhat fit Error and not cause any panic attacks, to Shears, who was sitting at the desk and was hard at work sewing something together.

'I think this has gone on far enough.' Berry sighed aloud, putting down the clothing in his heads gently. While in awe how far Shears was willing to go for Error, Berry thinks it's time for a talk. Here's hoping that there are no misunderstandings here.

"Shears?" Shears's head snapped up, seeing Berry going to sit on the bed near the table. "Can I talk to you about something?"

Slowly lowing his hands, and scissors, Shears shifted in his seat so that he was facing Berry. "You may." Shears eventually stated, seeing Berry's serious and earnest face.

"It's about Error." Berry hurried on at seeing Shears starting to pout. That told him that this wasn't going well for him, so he would have to steamroll this. "And your love for him. nothing bad I promise! I just want you to know that it's going to be a tough and long road for your romantic relationship, one that you will have to start."

Shears's hands slowly came together in his lap, eyes confused and slightly cold as they looked down at Berry. "What do you mean."

It wasn't a question.

With a gulp, Berry forged on bravely. "Error is clueless about a lot of things-Not that it's his fault!" Berry quickly assured, feeling unnerved by Shears's stare. "So he wouldn't notice if someone was interested in him unless they stated this clearly and bluntly. Then, there is also the fact that Error...well, he doesn't have the best opinion about himself." Berry sadly frowned, just thinking about it. "Error doesn't think he is lovable. And if he loves anyone, in any way shape or form, he will show it but expect the other to not want his love. Error loves unconditionally, but fears that no one wants his love. Only fearing his LOVE. You are going to have to be the one to get the ball rolling."

"Are....are you advising me to confess my feelings to Error?" Shears asked, bewildered. Why was his love rival giving him a leg up? Didn't Berry want Error for himself?

"Yes." Berry bluntly stated with a happy beam. "Error deserves love, all kinds of love. You've shown just how much you love Error to me, so I honestly think you are the best fit for Error. No normal Monster with a crush would go this far; Making clothing for Error just because he was wet and you didn't want any other to do it. While you do seem possessive of him at the least, Error is a possessive Monster too. It works, and I want only what is best for Error. From what I can see, you are the best match for Error."

'He's giving up...because he sees I'm better for Error?!' Shears was shocked, just how pure was this little Monster? "Are...Are you sure about this?"

Berry nodded with a grin, happy to see that the other was finally getting that he wasn't in love with Error. "I've never been more sure about anything else. Error deserves so much, deserves love without LOVE. I want someone to make Error happy, to smile and be loved." Berry shifted, looking up at Shears with bright starry eyes. "And you can do that...right?"

"If he accepts my feelings, then I would try my hardest to make him the happiest he can be." Shears softly answered, lightly shaking his head. "But....I do not think he feels the same for me."

"There's only one way to find out." Berry pointed out, face bright and voice optimistic. "If he doesn't return your feelings, do you really think Error would hate you or something? Error wouldn't do that, he would still be your friend no matter what. You're one of his after all."

"I know....but that does not stop my worry." Shears sighed, going back to his sewing. "I will just have to find out how to confess, and see where it leads to."

"That's right!" Berry hopped off his bed, going back to the pile of clothing. "But I'm sure everything will go fine!"

Shears giggled, gaining Berry's attention. "You are the nicest Love Rival I have ever seen. I truly must be lucky."

Berry blankly looked to Shears, who was not paying him any mind anymore.

'He still thinks I'm his love rival?! WHY?!'

-Two Hours Later-

Both Honey and Berry watched Shears pace around the living room, waiting for Error to finish getting dressed. Even though it was only a few moments since Shears had handed off the newly made clothes to Error, the other was worried nothing would fit right or it wouldn't suit Error's taste.

Honey and Berry firmly believed that Shears could have given Error a sack to wear, and the glitch would proudly wear it and love it because Shears made it for him.

Error's clothing in the dryer, besides his boots and sweater. After Shears had finished the clothing, he had handed it off to Error. Error had about changed right then and there, if it wasn't for Berry stepping in and telling him to go change in his room. Honey was too shocked and Shears was beyond flustered to say anything while a confused Error went into the room to change, only opening the door slightly to hand his wet clothing to Berry to put in the dyer.

'What if it doesn't fit him?' Shears worried, tightly gripping the skirt of his dress as he walked back and forth. 'What happens if he hates it!? Oh no!'

Before Berry could try to calm the other down, the bedroom door opened. Heads snapped up to see Error walking out of the room. Shears flushed and gasped, while Honey's brows raised and Berry clapped his hands in delight.

Error walked down the stairs, the skirt of the male yakata swishing with every step, not making a single sound. Even in the black sandals, Error was silent and swift. It was weird to Error a bit, but that's only because he was showing his arms and without his usual wear. At least his sweater covered up his throat, even if most of his arms were showing. Error had to admit though, this 'yukata' was pretty comfortable, even if it was a pain and a half to put everything on.

"Wowie Error!" Berry clapped in delight once more, face in awe. "You look so good in that! It reminds me of that anime Undyne watches."

"Yeah, looks good." Honey lightly complimented the Destroyer, who glitched at it. 'Baby steps, baby steps...'

'He looks like a prince~!' Shears mentally swooned, face pink and eyes sparkling as he stared up at Error. 'So tall, so strong, so handsome~!'

Berry noticed Shears staring and mentally laughed. Turning to Error, he lightly nudged Error, who didn't even move a inch, to Shears. "Error, don't you have something to say to Shears?" Berry whispered to the taller one.

Blinking, Error gave a nod and walked up to Shears.

Once standing in front of Shears, Error smiled, eyes soft. "thANkS foR tHE clotHEs shEaRS. TheY'RE niCE." Error chuckled deeply, raising a hand to rub Shears's head. "i WiSh yOU coULd makE aLL My CloTHEs, tHEsE aRE sO nIcE anD coMfY."

"R-Really?!" Shears stumbled to Error, trying to get as close as he could. "Y-You would do so?!"

"oF couRsE." Error answered, not getting why Shears was so shocked by this. "tHEN aGaIN, iT's OBvioUS thAt YoU WouLD maKE suCh GreAt CloThinG. WiTH hOW EnchAnTiNG yOU aRE, iT'S oBvioUS thAT anYthinG yOU mAKe WoulD bE SO tOO."

"F-Fffuffuffuffuffuffuffu~!" Shears giggled, feeling dizzy. Before he knew it, he was swooning hard and fast.

Error's eyes widened, once again moving fast to save Shears from hitting the ground. 'Is he sick?!'

"OH MY STARS!"

"ShEaRS?!"

"Ffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffu~!"

"Well, Shears got his prince charming-"

"BROTHER!"

"What?"

"SHeaRS, WhaT iS WroNG?!"

"Ffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffuffu~!"

-A Few Hours Later-

"Come back soon!" Berry called out with a wave as the portal shut.

Both Error and Shears stayed until Error's clothes were fully dry. Once that was over, they said their goodbyes and promises that they would come back. Although, Error only promised after many reassurances that it was okay from both Honey and Berry. When that was done, Error made a portal back to TailoredTale, helped Shears through it and then himself. Waving for a moment, Error closed the portal.

"It was nice seeing Error again." Berry stated, running off to grab something and go to the kitchen table.

Honey looked to the stains on the ceiling, from that cooking challenge his bro had. "It...It was a experience."

"And now, we can start one of those clubs that Undyne and Alphys talks about!" Berry brightly said, pulling out a marker to write on a huge piece of paper that he had gotten out.

Now, that got Honey nervous. "W...What'd you mean bro?"

With a bright grin, Berry stopped writing and lifted up the paper. "A shipping club!"

'DoubleStrings For Life!'

"....You're so cool bro."

"I know! I'm the sensational Berry after all!"

-End Chapter-

After talking with JuneTheGlassesBearer, they told me that Shears would be the jealous type. So this is going to be fun to write. Because while Shears is the jealous type, Error is the possessive type. There is a difference after all. And to make things better, Error doesn't understand jealousy all to well. So I pity the person who actually makes a move on Shears. it would be like a way of suicide or like going to war with only a spoon as a weapon. Not a good idea.

Although, jealous Shears is also amusing too, especially to write. You'll all get to see what I mean later on in the story. Because Shears was only slightly jealous here, because Error was giving Berry so much attention. it's going to get worse - better for us - when the get together. For the both of them.

Also, Shears can't glare, he just can't make that facial expression. It comes off as more as a pout then anything.

JuneTheGlassesBearer explained to me a lot about Shears and how the character would react to certain things, so I am going to be sure to use what they have told me in the story. I want Shears to as exact as I can get to their picture.

And yes, Berry and Honey are the start of the shipping clue for DoubleStrings. I had to put it in there.

Honey hasn't warmed up to Error, but he now knows the truth. He feels sick with himself, and it's going to stay that way for a while. I think after finding out most of everything, I would be too if I hated and hurt someone who was not at fault. He doesn't hate Error, but he doesn't know him really. Honey wants to change this, but doesn't really know how.

Berry is not a child, he is the older brother here. He just comes off as childish and looks it too. He used to act and be Innocent, after Error shattered his world view and took him back to his AU - making the AU RESET back to normal, for his brother. But that isn't healthy. So, when Berry told the truth, he was more mature and showed that he was not a child and not to be treated as such anymore. Berry just shattered Honey's world view much like Error did to him.

Error will not always be wearing the Male Yukata, he will usually wear his usually clothing unless stated otherwise. Just wanted everyone to know in case of confusion.

Next chapter, Error will realize his feelings for Shears and Shears starts to plan his confession.

For those asking when Ink and everything else comes in, they come in after the confession. Think of this like the first arc if you want to.

Also; MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A HAPPY NEW YEARS~!

It might be late on the Christmas part, but I hope everyone has/had a good one and a great New Year! I give you all my blessings and well wishes!

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