I bleed for you ~A sequel to I bleed Red | An Ink x Reader~

Chapter Fourteen: Brothers

"What brings you by? And how come Ink isn't around? He's usually following you around like a lost puppy."

Wow. All the Sanses really did think the same, didn't they? 

"Um... that's kind of why I'm over here. I wanted to talk to you two about Ink."

I walked back over towards the couch and flopped down with a sigh, I felt a lot more comfortable with Night here. Nightmare followed my lead and sat down next to me. "What's wrong? I can tell something really bad happened if he's not here."

"I agree, I don't think you've noticed how much time you guys spend together." Dream pitched in, his bone-brows furrowed in concern.

"Where to even start... You guys know how me and Ink were going to spend some time at my parent's house?" I questioned them, figuring that Ink would've told everyone where we were going. They both nodded in unison.

"Well, he was acting strange the whole time we were there. He just felt so... anxious. That isn't like him and it made me worried. I thought it was just because we were meeting my parents but I was wrong. Earlier today I was checking on him because he had slept in really late- which also isn't like him- and he was talking to either nobody or someone I couldn't see. He really freaked out when he saw I was in the room, like he was about to have a panic attack. I tried to get him to talk to me, like how we usually do... but he teleported away. It hurts... it really hurts." 

I started to sob again, and both of the skeletons quickly rushed to comfort me. I was now sandwiched in a hug between the two of them, it felt nice. I could feel the pulses of their auras bouncing off in waves in the air. Dream was doing his best to give off positive vibes to me, to make me feel better. While Nightmare seemed to be trying to restrict his negative vibes, but it was difficult because my negative emotions were fueling his power. Despite that, it felt good to know how much he cared about me that he was trying to restrain himself from making me feel bad.

"Y/n... everything's going to be alright. We'll help you through this." Dream hugged onto me even tighter, fighting back his own tears at my sadness. 

"Yeah, I'm gonna beat the shit out of him." Nightmare growled, I could feel his aura start to shift towards anger.

"Night! Don't say such things! Ink is our friend!" Dream scolded him, letting me go from his embrace to cross his arms and scowl at his brother's behavior.

"I'm joking... sort of." Night mumbled under his breath so only I could hear. 

I couldn't help but chuckle at their sibling bickering, it was nice to see them together after so long. I wondered how long they've actually been apart, I never got the full details on when Nightmare became that goop thing. It must be weird on Night's part since he doesn't remember any time passing at all.

"Do you know what Ink was talking about specifically?" Night asked me curiously, putting a hand on my shoulder. I couldn't help but be reminded me of Error, he got straight to business.

"Night, now is not the time to be interviewing her. She needs support from her friends right now." Dream reprimanded him once again, pulling me towards his chest in another hug. 

"That's what I'm trying to do! Wouldn't it make you feel better to know what Ink was up to, Y/n?"

I contemplated on that question for a moment before answering, "It would... I just want to know whats making him upset. Was it something I did...? What if he doesn't want to be with me anymore?! What if-" Dream cut me off by pulling my face directly in front of his. He had the most serious expression I have ever seen him wear.

"Y/n. I know you did nothing wrong. Ink seems to be going through a hard time right now and that is NOT your fault. You mean more to him than you realize, I see it in his dreams. He cares about you more than all the multiverses combined, don't ever doubt that. He loves you, and you love him. This isn't going to break that." 

Just like that, I was in tears again. Dream looked worried that he had said the wrong thing but relaxed when I collapsed into his chest and wrapped my arms tightly around him. I didn't realize Ink cared that much... I knew he cared a lot but more than all the multiverses? That's quite a lot.

I felt Nightmare somewhat awkwardly start patting my back, not exactly sure what to do. He was exactly like Error in the fact they both weren't good with consoling. They would probably really get along if Error could forget what happened while he was working for him. I could feel some unpleasant memories fill my already overstimulated mind, memories of Nightmare before he became good...

I felt myself become lightheaded as more sobs escaped me. I thought I had gotten more control over timeline jumping... apparently not because the world was soon extremely different.

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