A Happy Mistake {On Hiatus}

12 - Good Night

{You should probably read the A/N at the end. It's...quite important.}

Solis' POV

We reached the door of the apartment and PJ knocked. A skeleton that kinda looked like Error but a bit less glitchy answered. He was wearing a hoodie, green glasses, a light brown sweater and had a red scarf tied around his waist.

"O-oH! pJ, yOu'rE baCk! i wAs G-getTinG wOrrIeD, yOu cAmE baCk lAteR t-tHaN n-noRmAl..."

"Sorry Gray, I just found these two who need somewhere to stay."

I swear I heard that name somewhere before. Probably from the Dreamscape. I smiled. "My name's Dream, or Solis!"

"m¥ n4me'$ 3Rr0r, ßu+ y0u c@n cAlL m3 eRra+um."

"And before you ask, we're kinda from a different multiverse. We came here because we accidentally fell into the Void. We also kinda became five-year-olds due to this place's code. You can CHECK us if you don't believe us. Or..."Error pulled strings out of his eye sockets as I summoned my bow and an arrow, and then we both made them disappear. "But you can ask Erro-Erratum about it. He knows more than I do."

"Oh o-oKaY! yOu caN c-cALl mE gRadIeNt, oR gRaY f-FoR shOrT. a-AlsO, i-iF yOu d-doN'T m-mInd mE aSkIng...wHaT haPpenEd tO yOu, eRrAtuM?"

"eH, 1t'$ n0th1n9. hApp3nS 4lL +h3 t1mE."

I then remembered that he was seriously injured. He didn't look like he was in pain, though having that little of your full HP should make any normal monster practically unable to walk. But he seemed to have really high pain tolerance. How much pain has he taken but not shown? I should probably heal him later.

"w-WeLl, y-yOu guYs cAn c-cOmE iN."

Gradient opened the door and motioned for us to come in. 

"hUh. $0 th1S i$ aN 4paR+m3nT."

I looked at Error in confusion. "Wait, you don't know what's an apartment?"

"dR3aM. 1'\/e l¡v3d iN An eMp+¥ wH1t3 \/0Id fOr a$ lOn9 aS 1 ¢aN r3mEmßEr."

"Oh yeah, sorry."

"+cH. ¥oU s4y s0rRy tOø ofT3n."

I then realised Gradient and Paperjam were staring at us and my cheeks heated up. Then another skeleton (seriously how many skeletons are in this universe?) came around the corner.

"Oh, PJ! You're back!" 

"Hey Screen! These two need a place to stay, so I took them back."

"Hello! My name's Bluescreen, or Screen for short!"

Error looked at me with a look that clearly said "God I'm so sick of explaining this sh*t" and spoke up.

"0k@¥ th1$ m4Y sOunD ¢r4z¥, ßu+ d0n'T 1nt3rRupT." Error took a deep breath. "Ok4¥, mY n@m3'$ ErR0r, ßu+ yØu cAn c4Ll m3 eRr@†uM, aNd h1S n4m3's dRE@m, 0R $oL¡s. w3'Re fr0m 4 d1ff3Ren+ mUl+¡v3RsE, wHeR3 1'M thE f0r¢3d 90d oF d3$tRu¢t1On, @nD ∂Re-S0Li$ ¡S †hE gU4rd¡aN oƒ pø$1t1\/iTy. | g0+ ∂rI\/3n t0 $u1¢iDe ßec4u$E oF m¥ fOR©3D jΩb, 4nD dE©¡dEd tØ jUmP 1nt0 +h3 \/01d. But, TH1$ |diO† @nD hiS wOnd3rfUl fr1enD tH3 sQu¡d ∂e¢1dED t0 Ru1N mY SuIc1D3 at+emP†, wH1¢h eNd3d w¡tH dRe4M, 1 m3An sOl1S, ƒalLin9 iNt0 tHE vO|d w1TH m3. ßu+ th3N 1 mEt ∂e$t1n¥, wH0 jU$t wouldn't lE+ mE d1E, $1n©3 ¡'m hEr "cHo$En ¢h1lD" oR s0m3tH1nG. S0 nØW w3'rE $tU¢k 1N +h1S muL+¡\/ErS3 aS ƒ1vE-¥3aR-0lD$." He said all of this mostly emotionlessly, other than the occasional eye-rolls. But I could sense a bit of self-hate from him. Come to think of it, his aura almost always had some self-hate in it. How did I not notice he was suicidal earlier?