I Want To Help You (A Bill x Error 404 Story)

Chapter 7: An Old Friend

"Um... I was thinking about... something," I said.

"Something? Like what?" 404 asked.

I sighed; what should I tell him. I mean, I don't what to be rude and bring up the love topic again. It seemed to make him upset and I didn't want to be the cause of that.

"Bill. Answer me."

Oh boy. Think Bill, think!

"I was thinking about... ways to tease Nightmare!" I said hoping he would buy it.

He didn't.

"Whenever you think of that, you always get an evil grin or a smirk on your face. You seemed to be thinking of something that bothered you," 404 said matter-of-factly.

I blushed slightly, realizing he paid a lot more attention to me than I noticed.

"It was nothing," I muttered looking down at my hands.

"Sure it was 'nothing'," 404 said while doing air quotes.

After that we switched topics and I was relieved he stopped his questioning. We talked about people we ship, our daily lives, and some of our family and friends.

"Do you even have a brother?" 404 asked.

"Yes, I do. His name is Absurd," I told him.

"Cool."

"What about you?" I asked.

"What about me?"

"Do you have a brother?"

Silence.

It seemed as like the multiverse stopped.

What did I say? Most Sans have brothers, right? I don't understand why he's so quiet.

I shook my head and cleared my thoughts when I noticed something.

I looked over at 404 who was had his head hung low.

And he was crying.

Wonderful. Me, out of all skeletons, made 404, who is usually emotionless, cry. I am such a great friend.

"404?" I whispered.

He was still crying, but he answered. "Yes?"

It broke my soul seeing him so upset.

"I'm sorry for bringing it up."

"It's fine. You didn't know."

Something told me that it wasn't fine. I mean, he is literally crying. For a Sans who doesn't show emotions, that's probably not a good sign.

I went over to 404 and wrapped my arms around him and gave him a hug. He returned the gesture and layed his skull on my shoulder. I rubbed circles on his back, hoping it would help calm him down. The crying eventually stopped and 404's breathing, instead of being shakey and fast, went back to normal. I had no idea what to do so I just talked to him.

"Are you okay now?" I asked, concerned.

"Yeah, and thanks for calming me down," 404 said while pulling away from the hug.

"No problem."

"Awe, that's cute. You guys are bonding," A voice called out.

I looked in the direction of the voice. "Who are you? Show yourself!"

"Calm down, Bill. He's not an enemy; he's a friend," 404 said.

"...Fine," I said.

"Hello."

I turned around and came face to face with a skeleton with a patch over his right eye and an extra eye on his forehead(?).

"Who are you?" I asked him, narrowing my eyes slightly.

"Jeez, calm down. My name is Omnipotent, but I prefer to go by Omni," the skeleton, Omni, said.

"He's my best friend," 404 chimed in.

"I thought I was your best friend!" I teased.

"I can have more than one best friend," 404 said while rolling his pinpricks.

"You're Bill, correct?" Omni asked.

"Yes and how do you know my name?"

"He has omnipotence, meaning he can do anything," 404 explained.

"So that's how you got your name," I said.

"Yep," Onmi replied.

"How do you guys know each other?" I asked.

Omni looked at 404 and 404 nodded his head. I was confused, did they have bad memories of when they met each other? Or was I just overthinking this?

Omni started talking, "We were both in the same AU. We've been friends for a while, since we met at a young age."

"I thought AUs only had one Sans?" I said confused.

Omni chuckled, "Usually, but not our AU. We had four Sans. Well, technically now five."

"Five Sanses!?"

"Yeah."

"So what were their na-" I was cut off when Omni shook his head, signaling it was a touchy subject.

"Me and Omni were two of the original Sans in that AU. There was another one named... Infected. I created King Multiverse, so I guess, in a way, he is from our AU," 404 explained bitterly.

He clearly didn't want to talk about the fifth one and I wasn't going to push him.

We chatted for a few more minutes until 404 said he had to get back to his mission. What that mission is, I'm not sure.

He left, leaving Omni and me alone.

I looked at Omni and before I could say anything he said, "You must be special."

"Huh?" I asked, very confused where he was going with this.

"404 almost never talks about his past. You two must be close," he explained.

"You better not mess it up."

I felt like he was threatening me, but I decided to ignore it.

"What reason would I have to ruin our friendship?" I asked him.

"Trust me, I've seen his close relationships with people. They almost always end up hurting him."

"Why?" I asked, shocked. I don't see why anyone would want to hurt him.

Omni ignored my question and said, "I'll tell you about our past, but only because I don't want you to bring it up in front of 404."

"Okay...?" I said hesitantly.

"Me and 404 lived in our AU, Alphatale. The other Sanses that lived with us were Alpha and Infected, my older brother. It was the first AU created, but it only lasted a few years. 404 eventually started dating Alphatale Chara. They were always very close. A little bit later, Infected decided he had enough with  everybody and attacked his own AU. He is also known as the first destroyer. 404 and Alpha knew he was going to attack and fought him. I joined in, but didn't directly fight him. Long story short, Infected killed Alpha in front of 404, scarring 404 for life. He blamed himself for Alpha's death. There's a lot more backstory to it, but that's the important parts," Omni finished.

"Wow, that's a lot to take in."

"Yeah."

"One question, though," I said.

"What is it?"

"Who is Alpha?" I asked.

Omni's face grew dark and he said, "You better not bring this up in front of 404."

"I promise I won't."

Omni sighed.

"Alpha is his younger brother."

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By: Twinkle (Me)
Time: 2 hours 20 minutes