~I bleed red~ | An Ink x Reader

(So sorry about the late post! I caught the flu and couldn't write for a few days cause I felt too blah. Anyway, here it finally is!)

~Y/n's POV~

"Gaster?" I gawked at the figure in front of me.

"Hello again, Y/n." He smiled at me, before he could say anything else I tackled him into a hug. He was surprised, but returned the hug warmly.

"I missed you..." I muttered into his shoulder, he was much taller than me so my feet were lifted off the ground.

"I missed you too." He whispered back me, neither of us letting go.

"How are you alive? Didn't Error destroy you?" I asked, turning my head a little ways towards his.

"It's going to take more than that to get rid of me." He answered while setting me down back on the ground and letting go.

"Well, I'm glad you're alive."

"I'm glad I'm alive, too. I've heard you and Ink have gotten rather close." He smirked.

I blushed and looked away, how did he know?

"Aha, no need to look so shy about it. I rather predicted this. You two are very much alike." He chuckled at my crossed arms and little huff that left my body.

"Shut up..." I muttered embarrassingly.

"What are you doing here?" I questioned while looking back at him.

"You were crying..." He answered, looking at my drying tears and puffy eyes.

"Oh... yeah." I wiped away any remaining wetness on my face and rubbed my eyes.

"Mind if I ask why?" He asked with a concerned note in his voice.

I hesitated, do I tell him? I trust him... He saved my life after all. I'd just feel like a bother to him, surely he doesn't want to hear my emotional baggage.

"It's alright..." Gaster patted my shoulder, fresh tears strolled down my face without my consent.

I felt the sudden need to explode, so I did. It was like a dam broke inside of me as I nearly yelled all of my woes to the skeleton.

"I just don't think that anyone thinks that I'm useful, just because I don't have magic! Error even told me that he doesn't think I can handle anything! The only thing I'm special for is timeline jumping but that never helps anyone! Ink basically ignores me every time we have an issue with an alternate Sans! I know he thinks that I'm not capable of helping in any way! And... I think he's hiding things from me, for my 'protection'. I'm just sick and tired of it... I want to help! I want to fight..."

I took a deep breath after unloading my baggage, the world seemed just a bit lighter. Like a small weight had been lifted from my shoulders.

Gaster had stayed silent the entire time, taking in all I told him. His eyesockets opened, I didn't even realize they had closed.

"What if I told you that you can do some magic with that piece of Error's soul in yours." He said seriously with small grin.

"What?!" I shouted excitedly, causing me to glitch a small bit.

"Here, give me your arm." With my consent, he held my arm in a straight line in front of me. He adjusted my hand so my palm was facing the black void and my fingers were pressed against each other.

He placed one of his skeletal fingers on my pointer finger's knuckle and his thumb on the center of my palm, then gave a tight squeeze that caused me to yelp.