Contains swearing and innuendos.
“...I...w/hy are you...crying?” Error questioned quietly, Nightmare shook his head frantically, hauling his hood over his skull and down his face. The glitch stared, confused, he had no idea what to do.
A part of him wanted to find Dust, Horror, any of the other destroyers. Yet, another part just wanted to see what would happen if he stayed and attempted to comfort the oil monster. He thought for a minute, listening to Nightmare trying to walk away, collapsing immediately.
“...d...did I...hurt you?” He asked, Nightmare shook his head again. “...I’m gonna...get into trouble if the others see you...crying...near me...” He mumbled numbly, Nightmare’s tendrils curled in on himself, rubbing at his cheek shakily.
“...i-it’s not...your fault, don’t w...worry...”
“...but you...started crying when I got hurt...” Error replied, uncertain. “...doesn’t that mean that it’s my fault...?”
“I just...n-no, it’s not...” Nightmare managed to sit upright “I...I got a fright, heh...”
“A little...don’t worry about i-it...” He released his hood, steadying his breathing. “...c-c’mon, I can...take you back to your room and you c-can rest for a bit longer...” He shuddered slightly as he got to his feet, quivering a little.
“We can...destroy some other time...y-you need rest...” He wiped at his eye, sighing. Warily, Error followed him back to his bedroom, sitting down on the bed as Nightmare watched him. “...you know, I...I really am sorry...?”
“...you’ve already said that...” Error pointed out, the oil monster let out a nervous laugh, nodding a bit. “...I...”
“...lie down, okay?” He said quietly, Error did as he was told, laying back on the bed. “...here...” Nightmare handed him the puppet “...that should help, right?”
“...mhm...” Error stared at him, still so confused. “...Nightmare?”
“...thanks...” He muttered, Nightmare paused, blinking repeatedly.
“...what for?” He tilted his head, Error smiled slightly.
“...just...thanks.” The glitch shut his eyes, feeling Nightmare’s eye on him. Pouting a little, Nightmare sat down on the edge of the bed, prodding Error’s shoulder lightly.
“...why are you thanking me?” He enquired “All I’ve really done is hurt you...”
“...” Error opened his eyes, sighing into his pillow. “...you can be nice when you wanna...” He mumbled “Plus, m...my haphephobia isn’t as bad anymore...”
“Oh...” Nightmare shuffled closer to him, Error watched, a tendril touched his cheek. “...sleep.”
“...can I go get something?” He queried, Nightmare mused for a bit, nodding.
“Just come back, okay? You need sleep.” He stated, Error got out of bed, opening a portal. He entered his anti-void, a puppet dropping from above, he went back to bed. The portal shut, he showed the puppet to Nightmare. “Oh.” His cheeks turned lavender, embarrassed. “Uhh...why d’you have me?”
“I have everyone...” Error laid back, hugging the puppet. “Now, I can hug you without annoying you...”
“You wanted to hug me?” Nightmare gazed at him, bewildered. Error grimaced, avoiding eye contact as he nodded.
“...I haven’t hugged anyone ever.” He told him “But...I know you don’t like that sort of stuff, so...I’ll just hug your puppet.”
“Heh...and what about Classic’s puppet?” Nightmare could feel his cheeks heating up more, followed by his tendrils.
“Oh...right.” Error grabbed the other puppet, hugging it as well.
“...but...y’know, Error...I do accept hugs.” Nightmare grinned a little “The others here...sometimes they need it...”
“Mhm...so, if you ever want a hug from me, just ask, alright?”
“...okay...” Yawning slightly, Error closed his eyes again. It took him a couple minutes to properly begin dozing but, soon enough, he was asleep once more.
Cautiously, Nightmare edged to the other side of the bed, slumping down beside Error. He slipped an arm underneath him, pulling him backwards carefully, not wanting to hurt him. He hugged him, shutting his own eye and managing to fall asleep not long after.