~I bleed red~ | An Ink x Reader

Chapter 16

A strange sensation was felt at the tip of my pointer finger and a light electric blue shot of it like a spider web. It was short, but traveled a good distance before falling on the ground and disappearing.

"Woah." I said astonished by what just happened.

I heard the door behind us open, I had forgotten about the others.

I whipped around and saw Ink shut the door behind him. I turned back to see Gaster's reaction and...

He disappeared.

"What are you doing out here, Y/n?" Ink asked while walking towards me.

I quickly put my arm down and internally panicked, do I tell him about Gaster? Was he even there? If he was, I don't think he wanted Ink to know.

"I'm just- uh- getting some fresh air." I answered, that was what I was originally doing after all.

"Me, Error, Dream, and Reaper are about to go out and warn the other AUs. Geno can't survive outside this place so he'll be here to keep you company." Ink informed me.

"Ok..." I muttered carelessly, I already knew I couldn't go. I can't summon portals so once again I'm useless.

"Are you alright?" He questioned, noticing my depressed expression and placing a hand on my shoulder.

"I'm fine." I snapped, I instantly felt bad but said nothing else.

His eyes looked hurt at my sudden outburst but Error called from the doorway telling him to hurry up.

"I'll... see you soon." He summoned a portal going who knows where and disappeared.

I let out a loud groan and plopped myself on the ground with my face in my hands. I. Hate. My. Self.

I better go inside... I've been out here long enough.

I sat back up and walked through the still open door, I shut it behind me and had no idea where everything was.

There were 2 doors on opposite walls from each other and a large staircase in front of me. I knew the left door was the one they went through before so I decided to go through that one.

I entered a decent sized living room complete with a couch that looked like it could fit up to 15 people, large flatscreen TV mounted to the wall, glass coffee table, and a grand fireplace with orange and red flames dancing inside. This place was definitely a mansion.

The wounded skeleton from before walked out of a door that was placed a little ways from the TV. He looked upset, but put on a fake smile when he saw me.

"Heya, Y/n, was it?" He questioned, squinting at me with his one eye. I dared not ask what happened to the other one.

"That's me." I said while rubbing my arm awkwardly.

"You hungry?" He asked, his eye darting to the room he just came from.

"Yeah." I simply answered, I wasn't in the talking mood.

~Time skip brought to you by Gaster~

Geno had given me some food and led me up to where me and Ink would be staying.

It was a pretty empty room besides the single bed that stood against the center of the back wall. There was a walk-in closet and wardrobe which made up the furniture of the room.

I was currently laying in the fluffy bed, trying not to cry again. A part of me wanted to tell Ink all of my feelings, but the other side was telling me not to. The latter was starting to win, I just need to keep my emotions bottled up and there won't be any drama.

I closed my eyes and bundled up into the blankets, I felt so tired...

I heard the door open but I didn't bother getting up, in fact I pretended to be asleep. Maybe they would leave me alone...

I heard them go to the side of bed so they could see my face, most of it was covered in blankets but I still did my best to keep a neutral expression.

I felt them pet my hair a tiny bit and lean down to plant a bony kiss onto my exposed forehead. I had a feeling that it was Ink.

"Sleep tight, babe." He whispered into my ear and gave one last pat to my head and walked out of the room.

I opened my eyes and let out a soft but heavy exhale of breath. My face was burning up but I didn't dare uncover it. I almost forgot we were dating...

I felt a strange feeling start to resonate within my soul, I summoned it to see why it was feeling that way.

Black blood was oozing from the center, falling onto the bedsheets. I started panicking, do I tell Ink?! I decided to, surely he could help.

"INK!" I shouted in fear, I was doing my best to keep my calm but that was hard.

Instantly, the door burst open and my rainbow boyfriend was at my side in concern.

"What's the matter? Are you hurt? Are-" He stopped dead when he saw the blood, his eyes were pinpricks in their sockets.

"Oh my God... I need to get you to Dream." He quickly picked me up bridal style and rushed me out of the room at a speed I have never seen him go.

He didn't stop even at my pleas to slow down, he only halted when we were downstairs and in front of Dream who was explaining the situation to some other Sanses.

Dream was about to ask what was wrong when he saw the blood oozing from my soul, now dripping onto my stomach.

He bolted up and told the other Sanses that he would be back, then ushered Ink into the nearby empty room.

"Can someone please tell me-" I was cut off by Dream poking my soul to get some of the blood on his fingers. It was an indescribable sensation but not unpleasant.

The moment it was on his fingers it had turned a magnificent glittery gold, I stared at it in complete awe.

Ink also poked my soul, why they didn't just get the blood that was pooling on my shirt was beyond me. At Ink's poke I had to hold back a rather embarrassing sound, I figured souls were more sensitive based on who was touching them.

When the blood touched Ink's finger it stayed it's normal black.

"What does it mean?" He asked, looking disappointed at his finger.

"Nightmare did something to it... But what, I'm not sure." Dream answered, still examining the drop on his finger.

"How can you tell?" I questioned him, still being held up by Ink.

"I recognize my brother's work anywhere, this is definitely it."

"Wait, Nightmare is your brother?!" I exclaimed in surprise, nearly falling out of Ink's grasp.

"Do you think it's any coincidence that our names are so similar?" He raised a bone-brow at me.

"Well- I guess you're right."

"Do you have any idea when he could've done this to you?" Dream asked while trying to get the blood off his finger.

I strained my memory to think of the times I've seen Nightmare. The only time I've been in his presence was during the timeline jumps... Then it hit me. He's grabbed my soul in some of those timelines, could it affect this timeline's soul?

"Yes." I answered, remembering the feeling of not being able to breathe while his tentacles gripped my soul like a vice.

"Tell me everything."

(Merry Christmas everyone! Again, so sorry for the late post. Here's your present, though!)