Eric 
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Smiled brightly at Ash's words of confidence he stuck his pinky finger out and took Ash's. "I promise to accept you for all that you are and will become. and to be there with you the whole entire way of this journey." He said with a smile. Eric felt like a little kid who just got praised by mom, he even thinks he was glowing from his friends kind words. 

Eric had never had a friend like Ash, but what he said about his soul is another thing that made him shiver. He looked at the floor and started to worry. He had a deep darkness unlike any other and now it would be reflected by the end of his change. Ash said that he would stand by Eric but doubt is now moving through his entire being now. He did not know if this would affect their relationship. It scared him to the core that Ash might be afraid of his true colors. 

He clenched his stomach in pain. These pains were getting worse, they were ripping throughout his whole body and all he could do was take it. In a weird way Eric felt that a small saving grace was that he knew that they would not be ending anytime soon