Chained Puppet

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Dark's aura flared red and he snarled at him, "ANYWAY. .  . What I meant was that you started it all in the beginning by coming to my domain. Before you lost your memory, that is"

"Ah" Anti nodded, "So really I deserved YOUR wrath? It was revenge?"

"Revenge is petty and ignorant. I am beyond such trivial things. . . . . . . . . but yes"

Anti burst out in a small giggle, hiding his face in his knees and shaking. Dark huffed.

"It's not that funny. Shut up."

"It's SO funny! I get under your skin, don't I!?"

"No! Why would you think that!?"

Anti shot up out of his bed and put his hands on his hips, "You're raising your voice. You're getting upset because you know it's true. I bother you!" he grinned.

"Tch" Dark rolled his eyes, "There's a lot of people that bother me. You're not special"

But Anti wasn't thrown off and still smiled, "Then why are you really here? If you wanted to go after the puppeteer, you would have from a distance. Being here visible to him makes him stay away and we all know that. As long as you're here defending us, he won't show."

"What are you saying, Anti?"

"You're protecting me"

"Don't be ridiculous. I'm waiting for the right moment to strike. This is to protect my family. It has nothing to do with you"

"I'm sorry"

". . . . . . ." Dark was thrown off a bit from that, "What?"

Anti rubbed the back of his head, "I said I'm sorry. I know that I did something to piss you off and to make you hate me back then and it obviously still bothers you. So I'm sorry. And I know I'm still keeping secrets from you. Marvin and I are keeping secrets from everyone right now but you already knew that. I know it's hard for you to trust others. I feel that way too. But maybe we could . . . . . .start over?"

Dark took his words into account. Anti was right. Here this whole time, he had been thinking of this glitch as the OLD Anti. Eventually he'll remember things but he had to remember, himself, that for now . . . . this wasn't the same person.

He took a breather in a sigh, "I just can't be pissed off at you. Of course we can start over. I-"

Anti rushed over and hugged him, wrapping his arms around his waist. But it only lasted a split second before Anti bolted away in surprise of himself, "S-sorry. Anymore I just . . . .  really like hugs"

Dark gave him a soft smile. He reminded him so much like Damien, it was weird. Or perhaps Wilford.

"It's fine. Don't worry about it"

"So HOW did you set the TV on fire if you didn't have your magic?"

Anti was once again hanging out with Marvin in his room. After him and Dark's little heart-to-heart moment, he wanted to get away from anything depressing. Dark was okay but his auras were constantly moping the atmosphere down and he knew he didn't mean to. It was just the way he was.

Marvin snorted at his question, "Even if I didn't have magic, I still experimented with potions" he rubbed the back of his head, ashamed, "I just didn't take in account that potions are liquid and could fry the TV is all"

Anti bust out laughing and Marvin wanted to slap him but settled for something better.

He shoved him off the bed, making the glitch yelp and groan, "Ow~"