Sub to Error!
Having anxiety, I decided on holding Kai close to me, gently rubbing circles on his back. The anxiety was for no reason, but Jay presumed it to be PTSD. Kai also knew I was stressed a ton, given I was focused more on the anxiety than anything else. Normally I was focused on things like fishing and video games, but none of that was seeming to help. Kai just laid there on my lap, snuggling up with me and quiet as ever. He didn’t even need to speak, all he needed to do was to just exist. Even him just being here in silence helped put me at ease a bit. Of course, not fully, however I was still there.
“Y-you… sure you’ll be okay…?” As he spoke, I placed a gentle kiss on his forehead, then nodded him and cuddled him close to me. He and the others were all I needed, especially in a time of anxiety where things felt so unbalanced.
Jay, snuggling into me, held me close by as he softly kissed my neck. I was sitting on his lap, playing Minecraft on my PC, doing the usual repetitive little tasks I typically do when I have anxiety. Jay was the one to suggest the charcoal farm thing, since all it required was some dirt, trees and coal.
“Ah, you missed a tree.” Jay pointed out as I walked by one. I was too focused on replanting some of the trees that I missed a few of them to be cut down. “Many of them, actually.”
“Heyyyy… I know that, hun… It’s not like… Ugh, fine… I’ll get it…” Stepping back to get the trees I missed, I felt Jay’s hand digging into my hair, just gently combing through it. “Mmm… My head hurts…”
“You want me to get you meds? Or should I carry you out?” As he spoke, I started to blush softly and clung to him. My brain was also working overtime and I wouldn’t have been surprised if I blew a creativity nerve, given I had no motivation to draw thanks to the anxiety. Jay carried me bridal-style to the bathroom, where he grabbed a cup, filled it with water, grabbed the meds and fed them to me carefully.
Once back to the bedroom, he sat down and pulled me into his lap, holding me close to him as I continued to play.
Sitting in the Data Center, I sort through my files, feeling unsafe with my current body. I like being half shark, half dog but full alien, but I liked my shark tail, shark instincts and shark teeth while having dog ears, dog paws on my feet and optional dog paws on my hands while having some dog instincts. I wanted to be the same as I was before. I had been having anxiety for over a week at this point, the most I had since months prior when Red had raped me and I wanted to come forward with the information.
Jay sat behind me, watching me scroll through the settings and adjusting myself. He could tell something was off. I liked being country, but I wanted to keep what was left before. But some part of me hated the unfamiliar new.
“Hun… you can go back to your old self, y’know… How you previously looked… I won’t be mad at you… None of us will… We want the best for you and for you not to rush things or feel uncomfortable. If what you looked like before made you happy, you can go back…” After Jay finished speaking, I nodded and cuddled into him, whining like a happy puppy. “I don’t want you being upset, baby… you know I love you too much… You being uncomfortable is the last thing I want from you… Shhhh… I’m here hun… It’s okay baby boy…”
Slowly my body took on my previous look as I continued to cuddle into Jay, crying into his chest softly as he ran a hand through my hair gently.
Cog, being somehow lost in Metropolis, ran into Jay while looking around for the train. The two both locked eyes and just stared for a moment, given it had been a hot minute.
“...You good man?” Jay quietly asked, worried and concerned for Cog. Cog nodded and started to step forward but tripped over his own feet. Jay reached out a hand to Cog to help him up. Cog, now blushing, looks up to Jay.
“Mm… I wanted to talk to you and the others though at some point… I think… I finally understand what love is. And sex. But mostly love. Sex… I have no interest in it… it kinda doesn’t feel right to me. I’m more… into romance. Kissing, cuddling, snuggling, nuzzles… I… I’m biromantic… and ace… I think those labels feel right to me.” Cog spoke, as Jay softly nodded.
“I mean, that’s fine. I don’t really care. You’re still the same guy as you were yesterday. Nothing really changes how I think of you.” As Jay spoke, Cog’s blush only grew more.
“Look… I wanted to say I think I really like you guys a lot, as in–” Cog was cut off by Jay, who only made a “tsk” noise.
“I already kinda knew that… You were blushing like mad, and the last time you saw any of us you kept blushing… Ya big goof… Here, we’ll invite you to the suite. You can stay with us and we’ll see what the others think of it.
Eventually, about a week later, Cog had settled in and was welcomed into the polycule, and so were three new children - triplets birthed by me, Error. All on April 28th of 2026. Named respectively Otto, Wolfgang and Heidi. Of course, Cog was clingy towards me after I gave birth, along with Jay, who was way too busy trying to worship me in the process.
“Error, hun… Hey, look, it’s alright… You’ll feel 100% soon, trust me… you don’t always need to feel like you 100% of the time…” Jay’s soft voice lingered as he held me close, the others (including Cog) wrapped around us, all whispering and providing comfort in a huge snuggle pile. The kids were at school, and I was having a moment of not feeling like myself. I felt broken if anything. “I know you think you’re broken, but you aren’t. You’re my love, you’re everything I could have ever asked for in a partner and I love you more than words can express for that…”
Cog, using a tablet to speak, said: “You can always play Minecraft, there’s repetitive tasks in there that are proven to help with anxiety. Maybe start a small farm?” The others nodded, agreeing with Cog. I knew that there were also mods I could try playing as well that I found to be fun, like certain furniture mods, and mods that added different things like liminal spaces.
“Hun… Look at yourself…” Jay rubbed my thighs, both being wrapped in bandages by Cog and Reed. I was having such bad anxiety and BPD that I had an episode and self-harmed again. It was all because I had cut off a friend of mine, and my sibling was home back at my adoptive parents place for the summer from college. I felt horrible for some things like the BPD episodes they triggered, but they were understanding and willing to try and see my perspective and understand BPD more. As long as, of course, I would try to catch myself and tell them I’m noticing I’m having an episode. “You were so close to two months… I know you can do it… I want you to aim for three this time, okay?”
Nodding, Jay held me close and then leaned down to kiss my wounds. Holding my hands in his, he then started to kiss my hands softly, then my forehead and cheeks, and then my lips. Clinging to him, I snuggled into him more as he held me, nuzzling me softly.
“Now please, cariño… Rest for me, let your stomach ache fade, and tomorrow we’ll see if your anxiety is any better…”
Both Jay and myself stood in the kitchen, making churros together. Obviously, Jay had me aside from where he was cooking on the counter. Aside from me was my knife, glowing in all its bioluminescence. A bit of demon blood was on it from killing demons earlier in the day. I had injured my leg badly as well to the point where I needed forearm crotches due to my leg being slightly unbalanced with how badly I was hurt after battle. It’s only temporary, but the pain was still there and hurt like mad.
“You know, baby, you did so well earlier~ I’m so proud of you my love~” Jay’s voice echoed through my ears. Groaning a bit, I shifted closer to Jay, knife in my hands as my eyes went to my typical yandere-eyes. The pink whites with the red hearts replacing my irises.
“I’d do anything for you… Anything… Even if it means killing… If I can’t have you, no one can…~” As I spoke, Jay chuckled and placed a finger under my chin, lifting my face to look up at him in the eyes. His free hand slipped aside of me, pinning me to the counter.
“You know I’m the same way, my sexy, hunky boy~ Your body is mine~” The two of us crashed lips into each other, making out right there in the kitchen.
Jay and myself, our anniversary. June 1st. We had been together for three years but married for two now. Our love was something perfect, unmatched, unfazed. No one else had what we had. While on Earth, couples break up every single day, Jay and I had never once split or argued. We talked things out and worked through things. Jay made me feel special, loved, wanted, heard, seen, and I made him feel protected, worth every bit of love, like someone special, speechless with fiery lust, breathless with love. He and I just cuddled and snuggled. Not much movement was required apart from him rubbing his hand through my hair.
“Cariñooooo… You know how much I need you… How much I’m obsessed with every part of you… Every single part of you belongs to me, and I’m only sharing with the polycule because I love them too… But you… You are everything to me. My universe. You are my reason why I wake up. My reason why I kiss every single inch of your face in the morning. You deserve nothing less than love. And I’d absolutely die for you, mi amor… Mi perrito… Mi cariño…” As he spoke in that loving voice, I could feel every inch of my face burning up. Candles flickered around us, making the room smell of lavender and campfire. Hiding my face in his chest, I silently listen to his heartbeat while whining.
“Baaaaabe… You leave me more than speechless constantlyyyyy…” As I spoke, my body glitched as he pulled me closer, kissing my face all over and wrapping his legs around mine. His hands pulled the blankets over us and his hands trailed down to my hips, my tail wagging fast. A little “nya” escapes from my mouth as I whine and whimper, wanting endless love. Today was gonna be more than perfect.
In the suite, Jay and I were busy just being adorable. And of course…
“Who’s a good puppy? Who’s a good boy? You are!” Jay spoke in a baby-ish tone, holding one of my rubber toy bones as I growled and tugged at it while in puppy form. My front two paws were off the ground as I tugged slightly harder and Jay pulled at it, trying to grab it from me. “Give. Give me the toy.”
As I dropped it, he gave it a gentle low throw so as to not break any of our vinyl records or any glass objects. Running to catch it, I grabbed it off the ground and growled, biting and chewing it. Jay, smiling and looking at me, sat beside me and pet me gently as I barked a bit. My puppy tail was wagging a bunch, to which it then changed to my shark tail, which only wagged much faster now. This is the thing that brought me joy - being surrounded by my loved ones.
Error Shark, written 6/5/26 (June 5th 2026)Yawning a bit, I snuggled against Jay. I could feel his warmth under me as I buried my face into his chest. The two of us were just waking up, and Jay was the first. I felt his fingers intertwining through my hair as I softly and gently breathed. Waking up, I whined a bit and barked softly.
“Awwww… Hi pup…~ You slept like such a good boy~” His voice was calm as he continued running his fingers into my hair. His hands trailed my body and then wrapped around me, making me feel like I was on top of the world. Jay wanted me to start waking up earlier in hopes it’d improve my mood and help with my anxiety, which is something I was scared of but I didn’t wanna remain changeless forever. I wanted to be a bigger person and change. If others like Steven Universe could change, then so could I. “I’m glad you’re up early, mi amor… Because now I can see your eyes shine in the sunlight like when we first met…~”
Blushing a bit as I start to tear up, remembering all the good memories I had with him. There was barely any bad, maybe one or two small minor things. Everything else was happy, positive. He’s my world, my everything. The reason I wake up, the reason I choose to fight, the reason I choose to live, the reason I wish to keep fighting to stay alive and be here another day. (Writing note: I started crying while writing this because it’s true.)
Reed brought both of us coffee in bed along with cereal of our choosing, and all 12 of us partners just cuddled up in or around the same bed, watching old school cartoons on Cartoon Network from 20 years ago in 2005. The kids eventually woke up and joined us, laughing at the same jokes we laughed at when we were kids.