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It was almost noon, so Tommy had no idea why he wasn’t sleeping, he knows he should because at six pm he will have to go to work and if he doesn’t sleep he will be dead on his feet.

Still, he is up and is about to go shopping for himself and his roommates that have a normal work schedule, so they work at acceptable hours.

As he got ready he began to think about how this will go, because he knows this can go only two ways.

One he has enough money to buy everything he needs and walk out peacefully without any problem or two he won’t have enough and will have to resort to stealing and will end up running like a madman to not get arrested.

He hopes for the first one.

The walk was peaceful even though he lived in the poorer district, not that he lives in the worst one it’s just not the best one he lives in, he isn’t complaining tho! He only gets mugged sometimes and he can usually run away so that’s good. (Is it really?) 

All in all the walk was really peaceful. When he arrived at the shop he began to put the things needed to the cart, he quickly pulled out his wallet and started counting.

As he finished he swears If anyone could see him right now all they could see is a random kid overwhelmed with happiness, because he had enough money to buy all the shit they needed and would probably last them a week!!

When he finished paying for his food he realized it was almost three in the afternoon the thought of ‘how did the time pass so quickly it was just noon’ left as fast as it came to his mind as he hurried home.

Just after he arrived he heard the door open and a yell that sounds oh so happy and familiar “TOMMY, I’M HOME!” the person yelled. “Welcome home, Tubso! How was work?” The boy asked calmly.

“It was alright! Sam, the boss you remember him, right? Anyway, he said that tomorrow I don’t have to go to work because it’s an off day for all of his workers for some reason!” He exclaimed happily.

“Well, Big man I don’t think I will have an off day anytime like you, so slowly I am going to head to work, y’know. Wives to feed, men to stab, and all that shit. You can find the food in the cabinets there is still some cereal and I just bought milk, so be grateful for the Big TommyInnit!” 

“Sure if you say so ‘big man.’” The shorter said mockingly. “EY DON’T MOCK ME YOU BITCH! I WILL STAB YOU! BE HAPPY YOU WON’T STARVE TO DEATH!” Tommy yelled offended by the tone his friend used.

At that moment Ranboo walked through the door with no surprise shown on his face by yelling that he was so used to

“Hello Toms and Bo, I hope everything is alright.” He spoke as he smiled at the two. “Yeah boob boy welcome home, it’s just bee bitch being a MEAN WANKER!”

He glared at the short boy as he spoke the last words loudly.

At that, Tubbo didn’t respond just glared at the blond. Ranboo only bursted out laughing. “What are you laughing about bitch?” Asked Tommy offendedly. “Is that the best insult you can come up with? ‘Mean Wanker’?” Said Ranboo still laughing. 

With that, all three were laughing because of their own stupidity.

Not too soon after that Tommy looked at the time and it was time to go to work. He hurriedly got ready and as he left the place he lived at he yelled out a loud “BYE, DON’T STAY UP LATE AND THE FOOD IS IN THE CABINET! I WILL BE BACK IN THE MORNING!” and the door closed behind him.

He quickly passed the dark alleys and his footsteps in his opinion could be heard everywhere. It was at that time He regretted getting a job so far, but then he remembered that he is in fact underage so no other will bother with hiring him. He only got the job because he literally lied about his age saying that he’s 20. He still doesn’t know how his boss believed him, but he takes what he can with no complaints, thank you.

For a brief moment, he’d swear his life on it that he had heard something from the alley that he just passed by. He froze for a moment, then he realized his mistake and started running as fast as he could, while still being quiet, which was harder than it seemed.

He heard footsteps behind him and he started panicking but, that all left as he saw the coffee shop he worked at. He sped up just so he could hear the bell ringing as he swung the door open and closed it as fast as he could, locking it just until the stranger left.

For a second he thought that it would never happen and he would have to call the cops but he saw the man walking farther and farther away until he couldn’t see him.

As he unlocked the door he walked to the back grabbed a rag and headed towards the table starting the wipe them clean.

After he finished he quickly took out the trash paranoia still high after the events. He rushed back inside and locked the door deeming it safe to relax, as he calmed down he approached the front sitting down at the counter and just scrolling down Twitter or Instagram. He began to feel bored but that’s what he gets for taking the night shift.

He shuffled a bit to get as comfortable as he can in an uncomfortable chair and laid his head on the counter, a moment of bliss passed through him as his forehead hit the cold surface. He slowly felt tiredness creep up on him for not sleeping over twenty-four hours.

As he closed his eyes he could feel the void of nothingness reach and gently pull him closer and closer, and before he realized everything was starting to fade into the background. Soon everything was just a blur of colours and shapes. As he drifted quickly yet so slowly he didn’t see the man heading towards the door.

He only shot up when the bell chimed. Quick to take in his surroundings desperate to not get kidnapped (he is not a child, excuse you.) He stood as the man walked over with tiredness in his eyes. He didn’t expect anyone at this hour so he was quite surprised when he saw a customer.

He realized he was staring so masking his emotions he put up a customer service smile and said “Hello sir, what could I get you?” trying to sound as alive and energetic as he could. The man only stared for what seemed like minutes only for it to be a few seconds then spoke “Hi, I would like a latte with 2 espresso shots.’

That’s when Tommy noticed that the man sounded as tired as he looked. “Right it’ll be ready in a few seconds, you can wait at one of the tables.” Said the blonde as he ran to the back and started making the coffee.

When he finished he could proudly say he only burned his hand three times. He walked out and yelled the order even though there was only one person in the shop that walked towards the counter Tommy asked “Who is the coffee for?” As he asked the person answered.

‘Wilbur’

With that, the name was written down on the cup by the younger who at that time didn’t realize his fatal mistake that day.

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As the man left Tommy wondered for a brief second about the weirdo that just left. (Why didn’t he look more closely?) I mean, who wears coats like that anymore, and were those fake glasses? 
Tommy is disgusted by the style.

Tommy just sat back down and texted his partner if everything was fine at home. Sleep didn’t welcome him back in her arms, no matter how desperate he was, so he just waited. Slowly zoning out

As he shook his head he realized that an hour has passed already ‘weird’.

Slowly but surely his shift was finally over. He closed the shop and began his fast-paced walk back to his apartment, where he knew people he loved were waiting for him.

As he walked he enjoyed the weak breeze that went by and the sun that was about to come up.

When he arrived he knew none of his roommates would be awake so he made sure to be very quiet to not to wake either of his platonic lovers because he knew they needed the sleep.

After he closed the door and made sure it was locked, he walked to the kitchen. When he opened the fridge he was just a little surprised as he stared at the container with a little note.

He opened the box and saw that there was some cooked instant food that he bought. On the note, there was messy handwriting that said

‘Hey! I know that you’re going to finish late..or early (it depends) anyways I made you some food because I knew you would be hungry. After you left Boo told me that he too had an off day tomorrow so I was wondering if tomorrow you just wanna laze around with us or just spend time together? Wake us up at least at 9 am or I’m going to gut you! <3’

-Much love Tubbo

”Well… that was a Tubbo moment, that’s for sure.” The blonde said slightly concerned about his own well being. Luckily it was only. 8:30, so he had half an hour to eat and put on something more comfortable.

While he was eating he thought about things to do today. After a while he gave up halfway because he had no idea what Tubbo planned for them. The only thing he could do was to pray nothing too dangerous would happen to them.

When he finished his things he went to wake up the other two. He decided that waking up Ranboo first was the best idea. He gently nudged the taller, knowing that his taller roommate was a light sleeper and this would wake him up.

Slowly Ranboo opened his eyes, confused as to who woke him up. He saw a blur of blonde and knew who it was. He lightly smiled but that smile was replaced by a grin. Because he cannot let Tommy go free for waking him up, and he also knew the blonde needed some sleep as well.

Tommy looked at Ranboo and saw his smirk, he was confused as to why the other was smirking, until suddenly hands were thrown around him and he was pulled toward the bed at an alarming speed.

He will forever deny that he squealed. A very high pitch scream rather or a manly yell is more fitting.

Ranboo laughed out loud, trying to be quiet as to not to wake up the shortest, because honestly, no one wanted to face his wrath this early. He hugged the blonde close being mindful to not to squeeze the other too tightly. He reached towards the fluffy hair and started to run his fingers through it, carful not to pull any hair or to draw any blood.

The blond instantly melted in his hold becoming a pile of goo while the other was working with his hair. He muttered a low “this is completely unfair” with a pout but was relieved to feel the darkness creeping up on him and pulling him down and down.

The ender just softly smiled at that and continued scratching his head enjoying every second “It is fair Toms, next time don’t wake me up so early, you little birdie” he said fondly and there was no undertone to his voice meaning he wasn’t mad or anything like that.

The nickname just made Tommy melt more. He enjoyed what he could before Tubbo would drag them out. Before the darkness could consume him, he muttered an almost gibberish sentence to Ranboo “wake Tubbo up, he asked me to wake up both of you and he even threatened me, so do it..” and with that he was out like a light.

Ranboo just continued his work as he nodded to himself. He carefully reached toward his phone and set a timer to a hour later. After he did that, he too laid down not minding that he laid on the right side as he put Tommy in the middle.

Before he closed his eyes he saw Tubbo turn around and join the cuddling duo that now has become a trio. As he fell asleep he just enjoyed the warmth of his partners and wished that everyday would be like this, and like that he was out too, dreaming.

When Tubbo woke up he certainly didn’t expect to be cuddling with both of his friends. He was even more surprised when a loud as hell ringing started up.

He looked over where the ringing came from and saw that it was Ranboo’s phone laying there. Another hand reached for it and the loud noise instantly faded. 

When he looked over he saw that Ranboo was awake as well, only Tommy by some miracle stayed dead to the outside world. Tubbo gave Ranboo a quick glance that held the promise of everything bad, and the ender only sheepishly smiled as he apologized.

After that it was a comforting silence that both of them enjoyed before Ranboo spoke up. “Hey Bo, Tommy told me you had plans for today before I dragged him in, and I was wondering when would you like to start them because it’s already 10am.”

“Well if we wake Tommy up now, then we can get going in a half an hour, because we both know how long Tommy takes to get ready even though he just changes clothes” Tubbo said the last part with a snicker. He got up and left the room probably going to the kitchen to make lunch for the three of them. As he left Ranboo  huffed amusedly knowing that it was true before turning his head toward the sleeping blonde.

He gently shook him as he tried to wake him up “Tommy wake up, it’s already ten and we have to get going.” Tommy only stirred a bit but nothing. “Come on Little birdie, Bee is going to kick our asses if we don’t get up.” Said Ranboo hoping that the nickname would register in his partners head and start arguing with him. 

The gods seems to favor him as Tommy blinked his eyes open muttering a quiet morning before sitting up. As everything seemed to make more sense to his gem, his eyes started widening. “Did you..did you just call me little birdie?” He asked wide eyed as he stared at Ranboo.

”Yes, I hope it’s okay, I just wanted to wake you up and it fits you really well.” Ranboo said little red. “Oh, I mean… it’s fine, it was just a little sudden big man, and yes let’s start getting ready.” As he said this he got up and started walking hurriedly towards the shower hoping to take one before going anywhere and also hoping that Ranboo didn’t see his face going red because of embarrassment.

As Tommy took a shower Ranboo got up as well and got ready. He left a room going toward the kitchen and hopefully join the shorter one before he burned down anything. He isn’t saying that he can’t cook, he’s just saying that the brown haired boy is still a little sleepy and we all know that you shouldn’t make food while you are still half asleep.

When he arrived he saw Tubbo making food and was quick to join him. “Need some help there?” At that Tubbo jumped because he didn’t even hear Ranboo walk in, after a second his racing heart calmed down a bit and he answered with a determined “no” as he was confident in himself that he could make the food with zero help, before continuing to make food.

Ranboo accepted the answer and just stood by the side marking sure everything was fine and nothing would happen. 

The floor boards  creaked and both of their head snapped towards the noise. They only saw their third walk towards them with wet but fluffy hair. He was wearing a red hoodie that was white at the end of the arms and torso. He was also wearing some black jeans that had a few rips that weren’t meant to be there. When you looked closely you would see two rings on his finger, also some earrings and some chains on his wrist that neither of them know how he had gotten, but knew that he had probably stolen them sometimes in the past.

As Tommy went to the kitchen he saw his  two roommate making food. “Whatcha’ making boys?” He asked as he went to stand next to them. “Oh, just some sandwiches for the trip. Do you want ham or not?” Asked Tubbo as he made his own food. “Of course I need the ham, big man’s like me need to grow someway, and ham is very good.” Said Tommy while flailing around dramatically.

When Tubbo finished he quickly went to get ready, as Tommy and Ranboo packed everything they considered needed. When Tubbo came back they put on their shoes and left with the door locked behind them.

When Tubbo said said it was a quick trip, Tommy didn’t expect it to be hours of walking ‘till they arrived to who knows where. When you looked around all you could see was just a big field with a lot of beautiful flowers. 

“Tubbo where are we? What are we doing here?” Asked Tommy knowing that Ranboo was curious as well, just too afraid to hurt Bee’s feelings by asking. “Well this is a place that I found when I was wandering around in the past and I thought that it would be a good place to have a picnic and relax a little, knowing that we hadn’t had an off day for a long time.”

Ranboo just hummed in appreciation as he walked towards the field with a mesmerized look. When they found the perfect spot to sit down they settled down and just looked around taking in the view. 

Tommy suddenly got up, startling the other two as he walked towards the flowers and started picking them up. The two looked at the blonde confusedly not understanding what Tommy was up to.

”What are you doing Tommy?” Asked Tubbo, curiosity getting the best of him. “Just getting flowers, wanted to make all of us a flower crown.” Tommy answered without hesitation. When he gathered all the flowers he needed he went back to the spot and started making them. 

The other two just looked at him in awe as he made them with perfection that no other could copy. The first was Ranboo’s, the flowers were alliums that were beautiful purple. The second was Tubbo’s, on that the flowers were random  wild flowers, the only flower that the two could recognize were the dandelions. His own crown was filled with poppies with a little bit of allium and dandelion. All of them were gorgeous in their own way.

As the time passed, all three were just sitting there leaning against each other as they all drifted off into a peaceful haze. None of them were talking, enjoying the moment that was so rare nowadays, content to just lay against each other in silence and locking the new memory deep into their minds to never forget.

Tommy absently realized the sun was setting ‘Wow, it’s so late already and we’re just sitting here, it is kinda sad if I’m going to be honest, the moment we arrive home I’ll have to got to work. I just hope things like this will happen more often’ and with that he began to get up alerting the other two.

“Big T, Big R, it’s time to get up I have to go to work and we have to go home first” Said the blonde as the other two got up slowly. “Awwww, already?…Alright, let’s get going boss man, don’t want to be late now, do you?” Said Tubbo as he began walking.

Tommy and Ranboo looks at each other with a smile before running after Tubbo. They walked beside each other and the silence continued, yet there was no complaining about it, not even Tommy spoke up, he too content with the silence.

When they arrived the blonde quickly changed before he headed out “I’M GOING GUYS, THE DINNER IS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY AND DON’T WAIT FOR ME! BYE, GUYS!” Yelled Tommy as he headed towards the door. Just before he closed the door behind him he heard two voices yell 

“HAVE A GOOD SHIFT TOMMY, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS JUST CALL US AND WE‘LL COME TO GET YOU!” Yelled Tubbo from the bedroom.

”ALRIGHT, PLEASE BE CAREFUL, AND IF ANYTHING HAPPENS JUST CALL US!” Yelled Ranboo from the kitchen probably making dinner.

A quick “ALRIGHT!” was shouted before the door closed with a quiet click sound and the blonde began his walk towards the coffee shop.

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When Tommy opened the door to his working place he did not expect to see one of his co-workers still there. Especially Fundy, because as far as he knew the person that worked the shift before him would always leave before he arrived. He couldn’t say that the surprise wasn’t a pleasant one.

”Hey Fundy, I’m a bit surprised to see you here! I thought you’d have left already to go home.” Said Tommy, knowing that the fox understood the undertone of curiosity in his voice.

”Hey Tommy, it’s nothing just wanted to chat with someone you know, it gets lonely when you live alone. So why not. I hope you don’t mind me here for a few more hours.” Said the fox lazily as he wiped the tables.

”Nah Big F, it’s fine it was just so sudden it left me a little confused.” Answered  the younger, knowing that it could get lonely if you live alone in an apartment, just yourself

(I mean you would know wouldn’t you?)

”I just stay a bit and help with the cleaning so you can relax a bit more if you’d like” Said Fundy as he went to the back to grab a mop. Tommy only replied with a hum and sat up on one of the tables as he grabbed his phone and set some relaxing music, knowing that the older would probably like to relax a bit and enjoy his time there.

When Fundy came back he only stopped for a second at the music but he continued moving and started cleaning, clearly enjoying the music if the swaying was anything to go by. He didn’t even bother trying to get Tommy off of the table, knowing it would be like telling a wall to move to the side.

The two spoke with each other, catching up on each other life’s, and other things, but it was mostly Tommy speaking and Fundy listening and asking questions about the other two while he was mopping the floor.

The two were content with it and it went like that on for hours. It was a little bubble that they were happy to stay in, as it was warm and safe.

However, the safety bubble was swiftly popped because none of them expected the bell to ring, indicating that someone just entered.

When Tommy turned around he didn’t expect to see the weird hobo from yesterday. Staring at them from the door.  As if he didn’t know why he was here. That was only slightly weird.

On the other hand, Fundy just looked immensely creeped out.

Now that was rather off-putting since Tommy was aware that Fundy was a rather friendly person to everyone, even the customers, but he just wrote it down as nothing important because even he found it weird that someone would come to drink coffee at 2 AM like he had no care about his own well-being. ( Why did you have to be so naive? So ignorant?)

He hastily got off of the table and went behind the counter. “Hello sir welcome to Heaven’s army cafe shop, what could I get you?” Asked trying to look happy and casual.

”Yes, hello again! I would like an espresso with some caramel please.” Said the man casually, like he’d been here a thousand times, strange.

”Alright sir, give me just a minute until it’s finished until you’re order is finished please take a seat at one of the tables” As he said he went to make the order. 

That’s when he noticed that Fundy was following behind closely. As the door closed the door behind the two workers, the older of the two, the orange headed began to whisper furiously.

”Did you see the vibes the man gave off?! So creepy!! Please be careful with him man, he seems up to no good!” He ranted, yet he didn’t dare to raise his voice for fear that the man outside would hear them.

“Fundy, Big man calm down, you’re being dramatic. The man seems a little off but it’s not THAT bad. Calm down, just tell me if he’s bothering you and I deal with him, okay?” Asked Tommy a little concerned because he has never seen Fundy so scared and disgusting because of a person. Maybe just maybe he’ll be a lot more careful around the guy because his co-worker knows how to read people better than him.

As the two walked back they immediately noticed the pair of eyes that were on them. The two looked to the way they felt the eyes staring and saw the man looking at them. Wait.. not them… rather it was….Tommy... The older noticed this and was on guard in a second and moved in front of the younger slightly, ready to protect Tommy with all his might, even if it wasn’t much. (Yeah ‘not much’) 

Tommy just stood there shell shocked as the man’s eyes continued to bore into him and not even blinking once. He felt a shiver running down his spine and he couldn’t help but feel like a prey, like all his deepest secrets lay in front of the man like a deck of cards ready to be seen.

A second later, what seemed like eons the man stood abruptly and started calmly walking toward the counter. The two were getting tenser and tenser with each passing second, not knowing what to expect, but ready to protect each other with their own lives.

”Hi, can I get my coffee then?” The man asked slightly amused, like he knew exactly what he did and that was unsettling. “Yea, of course, there you go! Can I get a name for the order?” Asked Tommy after getting out of his stupor, a little embarrassed that he just froze.

”Yes! It’ll be for the same person as yesterday! Wilbur! Thank you for the coffee.” Said Wilbur kindly seemingly harmless.

”Alright, I hope you’ll enjoy the coffee, have a nice day sir!” Said the blonde trying to be as polite as he could while he was freaking the fuck out the inside.

”You too, have a nice day!” Said The man with a toothy grin. As he left, the bells above made a little noise but went silent a moment later as the workers stared at one another.

”I hope he never comes back, that was terrible.” Said Fundy still creeped out by the brown-haired man.

”It’s okay, it looks like he comes at my shift time, so you don’t have to deal with him!” Said Tommy reassuringly.

The fox simply stayed silent and went back to moping the floor, just like that the happiness was gone from the air in the shop.

Tommy simply just sat back on the table that he was on previously and continued chatting in the hope of bringing the mood back up.

Slowly but surely the two were back to just talking about anything that came to mind, not minding that sometimes it was a stupid thing. At least they had a good laugh at that part.

After the man left nobody else came, like normally. Fundy agreed to stay so the younger wouldn’t bore himself to death. The other was overjoyed to hear that even though he argued that he would not be bored, he is too big and cool to be bored.

Fundy just simply amusedly huffed at those words and agreed, knowing that Tommy wouldn’t give up until you agreed, and just like that the the mood was brought back up and happiness filled the coffee shop once more.

What the two didn’t know was that the stranger didn’t leave, he just stayed behind the wall, next to the open window, annoyed that the older-looking male is trying to stray away the blond-haired kid from him. He was too smart for his own, one would say. The one he needed desperately is the young blonde for a reason that is yet unknown to everyone.

Slowly the hours went by and the sun came, yet neither of them noticed as they were intently talking in a conversation that seemed to go on forever. 

Suddenly one of the phones started ringing interrupting Tommy in the middle of his sentence. They both jumped a bit startled by the loud noise before Fundy pulled out his phone and checked it.

”OH GOD, it’s already morning! I didn’t even notice it, isn’t your working hours over child?” Asked The male teasingly, smug that he knew how to push his buttons.

”HEY, I AM NOT A CHILD YOU FOX BITCH, I AM A GROWN MAN WITH A LOT OF WIVES!” Yelled Tommy with anger that wasn’t real. “But yeah it is my off time! Thank you for telling me, let’s close the shop and leave” said Tommy the second part happily. Fundy only stared at him weirdly before a laugh bubbled up from his throat. Tommy continued his ranting, wanting to prove Fundy that he WAS a big man and he needs to stop laughing at him, that’s very offensive.

As the two went too close the two didn’t notice the man leaving in haste not wanting to be noticed.

The two workers said their goodbye and went on their way unaware of the danger that they were in.

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Just as Tommy arrived, he saw Tubbo leaving for work.

”Hey Tubso, just got back anything to do while you’re gone?” Asked Tommy. “Hi Tommy, yes you will have to get some more milk and Ranboo is staying home because he still has an off day. I’ve got to get going, so don’t burn the house down and please don’t fight with each other. Oh and there is food in the fridge as usual!” Spoke Tubbo as he slowly started walking away.

”Ey, I won’t fight boob boy and you better not make any nukes bee boy!” Declared the blond jokingly. Tubbo just winked playfully and ran off to work.

As Tommy walked in it was silent meaning the other was still asleep. Tommy wanted to sleep as well, so why not join his partner when he can get free cuddles this way?

He ate his food in a few bites and walked to their room. When he opened the door he saw Ranboo dead to the world laying in the bed and who was Tommy to refuse a good snuggle? Certainly not him as he made his way over to the bed.

He shook Ranboo a bit in the hope of waking him up. By some miracle it worked and the half asleep male groaned and turned towards Tommy, his eyes slightly open yet slowly taking in what was in front of him.

”Hello Toms, welcome home. Now if you didn’t wake me up cuz you want cuddles, I am going back to sleep birdie.” Spoke the burnet teasingly. Tommy knew he was just kidding, yet he still quickly kicked of his shoes and joined Ranboo on the bed and cuddled against him.

”Awww my little flower just wants snuggles, doesn’t he? My personal sunshine so bright so colorful. You can just go to sleep sweetheart, I wake you up later so we can hang out, okay?” Said Ranboo half jokingly, his voice was kind to the other. Ranboo knew his weakness is being used against him but he didn’t mind because he was dealing with a happy melt down. His partner’s shiny hair and sleepy face just made him melt.

He started purring lowly that got louder as the time passed, yet he paid that no attention to it as he ran his hands through the blond curls.

As the void took Tommy all he felt was a hand running through his hair and the rumbling of his friends chest. He as well started his own chittery purring that wasn’t as strong or loud but it still voiced his pleasantness and happiness.

With this he fell into a deep slumber, letting himself feel vulnerability, because he knew that his platonic lover would protect him at all cost.

Few minutes later the only thing you could hear was two different purring and If you opened the door you would see a blond mop that was’t under the blanket and an enderman coated in purple particles, that was on guard, ready to defend what’s his.

With that, hours passed yet neither were too bothered by it.

When the clock hit 1pm Ranboo decided it was a good time to wake up his roommate. He stared with a kiss on his forehead and then his cheek. 

When that didn’t work he started whispering sweet nothings and wake ups. As he saw that the blonde stirred, he started to shake him and with that Tommy was back to the living world.

“Good mornin’ ‘Boo, what’s the time? Asked, sleepiness lacing his voice.

Now Ranboo will say he only awwed a little bit at the sleepy face.

 “Well, it’s rather afternoon and it is… 1pm sunflower” Spoke Ranboo sweetly and calmly 

Tommy only blushed a little at the name.

”Oh, already so late? Then let’s get ready, you did promise to hang out with me, didn’t you” said Tommy excitedly, sleep completely forgotten and hopped off the bed, hurriedly getting ready.

Ranboo could only chuckle at the childish behavior, yet he smiled fondly a second later happy that his sunshine was so thrilled to just chill with only him. 

He got ready as well and after he finished they both put on their shoe. When they were done, Tommy hastily grabbed the keys and opened the door.

As the two were out the door, Tommy made sure it was locked and went on to their adventure hand in hand smiling and joking.

The two agreed to get ice cream first as they were both hungry a little bit.

As they arrived Tommy got a strawberry and lemon. Ranboo just got a mint chocolate and vanilla. (like the basic man he is) After Ranboo paid they continued their walk without a problem. Still hand in hand they walked, talking and enjoying the scenery. 

Beautiful flowers, looming trees, humming and chirping birds as well as little bees buzzing and butterflies flying around. 

All in all it was a mesmerizing or we could say, a breath taking view.

They sat down in the grass both of them just enjoy each other’s presence in silence. They were both lost in the moment and no one could blame them, they rarely got to do this, to just relax and be happy.

As they basked in the sun they did not notice the foul smell that was approaching and neither the heavy footsteps that got louder and louder as it got closer. They did however hear when the man yelled something slurred by the drunkenness. 

The two were never admit they jumped at the boisterous voice that couldn’t form the words good.

“‘EY YOU TWO! YE’, YOU! THA’ DISGUSTIN’ YOU FAG’OTS!” The man yelled almost incomprehensible to the two. 

Almost is the key word.

The two looked at each other in shock, not knowing what to say to this. Neither of them expected this, so the shock that started to turn into anger froze them.

The old man saw this as they were ignoring him continued his yelling, even louder that it almost couldn’t be possible.

”YOU TWO! DON’ I’NORE ME! YOU INSOLEN’ BRATS, THI’ IS NOT ACCEPTABL’ HER’ YOU UNDERSTAN’ ME?” Shouted the drunken male with no regret in his voice.

Tommy was still in shock but that started to turn into irritation and the need to punch that stranger grew in a steady pace.

Ranboo on the other hand was already  full of anger, instincts about to take over. It was well known that Ranboo had the least control over his instincts out of the three.

Tommy was about to get up when he remembered this fact and looked over to his friend, and he saw that he was almost fully gone so he hastily chose Ranboo’s wellbeing over the drunk asshole’s and stood in front of him.

”Hey Boo, it’s fine calm down, I will handle that bitch, okay? You just stay here and try to get your instincts under control. When you’re done come to me and we’ll go home, Alright?” Asked Tommy, holding his platonic partner’s hands firmly yet carefully, not wanting anybody to die today, and when he said he’ll handle the person he didn’t specify it how, did he?

Ranboo just looked at him, pupil blown wide and purple particles surrendering him more than usual. Tommy took that as a yes and with steady steps he walked towards the man with anger that was almost unbearable.

The drunken man saw that one of them were coming towards him. He took that as a sign to carry on with his insults.

”Heh, you brat, you look wors’ than the oth’r one. You blon’e bimbo! I b’t yo’ jus-!!” He tried to proceed with his offending shouts only to get cut of by a punch to his face, and with that he fell to the ground.

The crack seemed to echo in the silence that was in the park

Tommy looked down at the man with disgust as his eyes were filled with fierce hatred that seemed ready to kill in second.

The man however did not notice that. He just got out an offended grunt, before he was kicked down.

Tommy’s stare didn’t leave the man for a second as he spoke the words with a low voice that got louder as milliseconds went on. “You BITCH! How FUCKING DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ANYONE?! Now listen here you asshole, if you say ANYTHING ELSE I will tear off your arms and shove them up so far up your ass your alcoholism won’t be your only problem. You here me?”

Asked Tommy as anger and some instincts that he likes to bury down fogged his mind, making him unable to think right, yet he had no regrets with his actions.

The man’s eyes were clouded with fear and horror as he could only nod as he trembled violently, with that the blonde headed stepped back letting the man scramble up uselessly and run away, swaying like crazy.

Tomny felt very satisfied with his actions as he turned around only to be met with a Ranboo, looking nervously everywhere.

If Tommy had to guess he felt embarrassed that he got lost to his hybrid traits that fast, he didn’t understand why as he knew that enderman’s were territorial as fuck but he wasn’t surprised.

” ‘Ey Boob boy let’s get going alright?” Asked Tommy as if nothing happened. Ranboo looked shocked for a moment before he agreed and grabbed the others hand and with that they started their walk back home, the milk forgotten and oblivious to the fact they just made someone’s deathbed and left him to lie in it.

On the other side of the park the drunken men continued running unaware that he was being followed. When he arrived to an alley he plopped down to catch his breath. That was his first and last mistake that day.

Slowly another man walked out of the shadows seemingly just passing, yet he stopped when he reached the man. The other individual looked up when he saw that the shoes stopped in front of him.

”W’at do y’u wan’ fr’m me?” Asked the male as his words slurred from the alcohol and the running.

The man kept up his staring and reached into his pocket for something. “Nothing in particular, just saw you hurting something that’s mine.” Stated the man as his hand grabbed the object he needed from his coat. “ You know, I’m a little possessive when it comes to something that I find important.” With that the man pulled out a gun and pointed it towards the male on the ground.

The other individual started sweating as he tried to get up, yet he was harshly pushed back to the hard concrete.

The male holding the gun seemed to ignore everything that spilled from his victim’s mouth as he rambled on “It seems that sadly, you didn’t know that…well it was not nice to meet you! See you in hell, Anderson!” Said the man cheerily, as if he knew he was going to die and rot.

Anderson just started terrified as to how the man knew his name. He knew even though he was drunk off his ass that he did NOT give this man his name. He was sure he never met this male in his life.

Before the man could ask, a bang went off and the last thing he could see was brown eyes that were red tinted looking at him with disgust. Yet as his eyes were filled with black dots he saw the hidden wicked smile that promised no good.

With that Anderson died in a cold alley, eyes blown wide open from horror, yet it was glassy and unseeing, mouth open in shock and his dark red blood trickled down to the ground making a puddle that grew as seconds went by. The body turned pale opposing to the tan yet dirty color that his skin once was.

Nobody walked that way for a long while so they didn’t hear the blood dripping to the ground or the inhumane laugh that echoed down the alley bouncing down the walls and filled the once living body’s ear.

The stranger who shot him stared at the corpse with a sick glee for a moment. And just as he came he left with satisfying feeling in his chest that left him in a happy haze.

When Tommy and Ranboo arrived they saw Tubbo watching the news as always.

”Hey guys! How was your trip?” Asked Tubbo as he saw his roommates arrive finally. “It was fantastic Tubs! We went to get ice cream and just relaxed!” Said, Tommy. Ranboo thought he would leave out the bad part, yet when Tommy’s expression darkened he knew that he won’t.

”Expect for the part when some dickhead came up to us and started calling us slurs. Of course, I handled it like the big man I am, so no need to worry big T!” Said Tommy proudly. 

Tubbo only looked at Ranboo and Tommy with concern silently asking if everything went fine.

“I almost lost myself to my instincts but Tommy helped me so I’m completely fine!” Said Ranboo a little ashamed.

“It’s okay Ranboo! Do either of you know the man’s name?” Asked Tubbo the second part a little too creepily for it to be good. “No, sorry Tubs the man didn’t say anything smart” Spoke Tommy still annoyed at the man.

A few silent seconds later Tommy spoke up. “OH SHIT, WE FORGOT THE MILK! I am sorry Tubbo, it completely left my mind that we needed milk” said Tommy a little guilty that he didn’t buy milk.

“Nah Toms, it’s fine, you had a rough day so it is normal to forget things like milk easily, just please buy milk tomorrow cuz we really need it.” Said Tubbo not minding that they were without any milk, Tommy just nodded at the last statement, writing it down in his brain to buy some milk tomorrow after work.

They ate dinner and talked about their day with each other. Later the Tv was turned off and they said their goodbyes as Tommy went to work and the other two went to sleep, having to wake up early tomorrow for work.

As Tommy left he locked the door and walked towards his working place, unaware of the events that seemed to circle him. 

Unbeknownst to them the moment the Tv was turned off the news displayed a man being shot in the head in an alleyway and that there weren’t any suspects yet.

If they turned the television off a little bit later they would have seen that the corpse was the man who offended Ranboo and Tommy and then maybe Tommy would be more on guard as he walked the dark, cold streets alone.

But that isn’t how it happened now, is it?

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When Tommy arrived he didn’t see Fundy this time. He wasn’t surprised of course! He just wanted some…company!

(Why would you need someone by your side? Aren’t you used to being by yourself at this point? Never mind, pretend I didn’t ask.)

As Tommy stepped in he felt off a little bit but he just brushed it off as being tired after his adventure with Ranboo.

He went behind the counter to grab a bucket and a mop, ready to clean the shop while he’s here, it’s not like he has anything to do. At least he isn’t dying of boredom! That’s gotta count as something, right?

As he mopped the floor precisely, the strange man came to his mind.

Now, Tommy did find him very weird but the male gets coffee when the sun isn’t even up, of course he’s gonna be a bit off putting in other’s eyes. 

He also thought about his partners. Tubbo and Ranboo, the ones that stuck with him through thick and thin, never leaving him when he messed up and that was the thing he loved about them the most.

As he thinks he doesn’t realize he’s getting lost in his memories, luckily the good ones, so he didn’t really mind that.

However he did not appreciate slipping on the wet floor that the mop has been over more times than what is good for the wooden planks, like in slow motion he watched as he fell, knowing there was nothing to grab on, so like any panicking teenager would do, he shifted into a raccoon to twist his body just to land on all fours.

A chittery sigh of relief left him and that was when he acknowledged what he did. He changed back in a second and got up from the floor, pretending that nothing happened.

As he was about to get back to doing nothing the bell chimed and the door opened with a creak.(How long has he been there just watching, gathering information about him outside the door? Just waiting for the best moment to reveal himself and pretend he didn’t just watch someone for almost an hour)

As Tommy hurriedly went behind counter the man approached it with a confident stride. Just when Tommy turned around he was met with the same man that was here a lot of times.

“Hi! I want to get a latte with whipped cream please this time please!” Spoke the man while smiling kindly. That’s when he remembered what fundy said when he was here last time. He was on guard in a second, yet he played it off as being casual.

It is not his fault that on the other side of the counter, the brown haired person’s eyes were too sharp and noticed this.

”Alright, please wait a bit ‘til your coffee is finished please.” Answered the blonde with a sweet smile and with that he walked to the back room and made the drink for Wilbur.

Wilbur honestly felt a little surprised when he saw the blonde headed child tense. He didn’t know why it happened. He thought about that orange fox and his eyes darkened with it. ‘It’s that orange fox’s fault, he probably said something to him about me when I ‘left’.’ He thought to himself. He was sure he was doing everything right to gain the child’s trust, it’s the fox that could become a problem in the future plans, still he must not give up because in the end everyone gave up, this one was different though, so this might take some time. It’s fine, he has all the time in the world.

Unknowing to the man’s thoughts, Tommy made the drink while thinking about what Fundy said yesterday, he must be careful with the man even if it’s unnecessary. With that he walked back to the front the brown honeyed eyes already staring at him with something he couldn’t describe at all and the next second it was gone, like it was never there at all.

“Hey, so here’s your coffee that’ll be $4.56 please. Any name I can write on it?” Said Tommy nervously. The man simply grinned at him and slipped a $5 bill in front of him and spoke up “There, keep the change, and Wilbur just like before please.” 

Tommy took the $5 and put it in a cashier, he was just about to write the the name on the cup when the man spoke up.

”Hey, so what’s your name? Sorry if it’s sudden or a bit weird, I am just a curious man y’know?” Started the man casually like it was okay to ask someone’s name at 3.24AM.

”Uhhhh…My name is….Tommy sir.” Mumbled Tommy as he finished writing the name and handed the cup to the stranger, kinda wishing that the man would just leave and stop asking questions that wasn’t really okay to ask someone.

Wilbur saw that the blonde hea-Tommy was uncomfortable with the questioning, yet he paid no mind to that because of  his own selfishness of getting knowledge of Tommy.

”Ah, Tommy” the way Wilbur said his name made the 16 year old uneasy and he didn’t know why. “Why are you working so late, you don’t look like you’re old enough to work the late shift.” Interrogated the man like it was his business.

“WHAT are you talking about sir? I am twenty years old, not like it’s your business now, is it?” Spoke the teenager annoyed now at the man for asking things he didn’t want to answer.

Wilbur simply just looked at him before speaking up “If you’re sure, child.” At that Tommy was close to kicking this man where it hurts, but then he remembered that this is the only place where they took him in and hired him, and he wanted to keep his job thank you very much.

”Bitch, I am not a child, you old bald dickhead, you can talk to me about how I look when you don’t look like you’re in your fifties balding like it was no one’s business” Listen just because he said he wouldn’t kick the man, that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t diss this man to hell and back, okay? Nobody is allowed to call him a child. He isn’t a child for a long time now. 

He expected the man to get angry and start something or get the manager, what he did NOT expect for the man to do is gasp dramatically and look like you just killed a puppy in front of his eyes.

Deep inside he was fuming though ’How dare you call me that, you piece of shit just wait till I get my hands on you, I make you regret Every word!’

”YOU GREMLIN! I am NOT BALD, that is so offensive you child. You know what I just leave if you’re mean!” Spoke up Wilbur expecting Tommy to lower his guard and ask him to stay for a bit to talk.

That’s not what happened.

”Okay? Sir, no one is stopping you, have a nice day and hopefully you enjoy the coffee.” Answered Tommy with a sickly sweet smile, obviously fake to everyone’s eye that saw it.

The warmth seemingly seeped out of the small shop and the mood dropped below zero, Tommy shivered for a bit wondering why is it so could. He looked up to the man and the man’s emotionless eyes stared right back at him, as he was about to threaten the man with the police all the bad vibes and creepiness were gone with a non-existing gust of wind.

Now he stared at the kind honey brown eyes. He wondered if he just imagined it because of his tiredness.

’Yeah it’s probably nothing, I’m just way too tired for my brain to function correctly’ thought Tommy, and with that it was all brushed off like it never happened (Why would you deny it? You know it was real, it’s not nice to ignore reality.) 

The man just smiled and spoke. “Well if I am not needed, thank you for the coffee and have a nice day too.” Tommy for a second considered he went too far before decided that he didn’t. He just left and the shop was once again empty.

Tommy decided to rest a bit and he laid down his head on the counter the second he sat down in a mini chair. As he slowly drifted off he saw the weird man for a second just standing outside and staring before he was gone in a blink.

’Damm I’m really tired if I’m imagining this much shit, I just sleep for a bit so my mind calms down. God the man was so annoying, I hope he never comes back’ with these thoughts the blonde was pulled by the void yet once again unaware of the eyes that were staring at him intently.

Like this hours passed. The man staring and the boy sleeping peacefully ignorant of the eyes that were studying him. 
The sun rose and yet the man stayed, that’s when he heard it. Footsteps coming right here. Just like that he ran off not wanting to be noticed by anyone.

Now Tubbo and Ranboo know Tommy’s shift was over, yet why wasn’t he home? He’s usually home by now. 
With that the two left the apartment making sure the door was locked and went towards where they knew their partner worked.

When they arrived the two saw a man running off into an alley way the moment they came. The two shared a concerned glance before speeding towards the shop door.

When they opened the door they didn’t expect Tommy to be asleep on the counter, drooling a bit while his purring could only be heard by good ears.

The two boy looked at Tommy then at each other and decided to let the boy sleep, now they just had to agree on who was carrying Tommy. 

Both of them could carry Tommy, because he was just so light no matter how much he ate, that didn’t concern them like it used to. They then played three rounds of rock, paper, scissor and Ranboo won. He silently cheered while looking way too smug to be carrying Tommy.

As he lifted the blonde he was careful not to wake him up. The blonde stirred for a second and opened his eyes. “Boo? Bee? What ‘re you guys doing ‘ere? Asked Tommy while his words slurred.

”It’s okay little gem, we are just taking you home, go back to sleeping, sweetheart.” Spoke Ranboo in a soft tone that he only used with his platonic lovers.

Tommy nodded a bit and a slurred “G’Nig’t” was spoke before his eyes slipped close and the little snores were back. They made eye contact and laughed a bit at their partner before they got going. 

Tubbo closed the shop as Ranboo was carrying Tommy. With that they got going unaware that the same eyes stared at them as they got farther and farther.

When they got home Tubbo unlocked the door and gently pushed it open. Ranboo was through the door in a hurry and was walking to the bedroom in a second. Ready to cuddle and all that. He arrived and put the blonde down carefully. He was about to join when the shortest of the three spoke up.

”Don’t you have work boss man? You had Tommy yesterday now it’s my turn!” Said Tubbo excitement is heard clearly in his voice. The enderman just stared at the bed, ready to call his boss to another off day before he was stopped by Tubbo.

”Nuh uh, it’s me and Tommy’s day today tall man, now get going big man you don’t want to be late, do you?” Said Tubbo smugly as he pushed Ranboo towards the door. At this the tallest of the three groaned and started walking on his own, not wanting to be pushed by Tubbo of all people.

”Alright, alright. I’m going no need to be mean about it” Said the ender a bit sad that he couldn’t cuddle with the two.

”Well bye then Boo! Have a nice day at work!” Spoke the burnet as he retreated to their room. “You too bee! Have a nice day with Tommy wake him up later and maybe you guys could hang out like, Tommy and I did..without the drunk man this time.” Spoke Ranboo jokingly as he closed the door and made sure it was locked.

With that Tubbo kicked off his shoes and joined Tommy ready to enjoy his cuddles with that shorter of the two and decided- even though he was the only one awake- that he too deserved with his partner, something he rarely got to do because of his working hours.

That’s when he remembered that he had work as well, and had to call Sam if he was not going in today. He grabbed his phone and scrolled down in his list of contacts and when he found the name Sam he clicked on it.

it only took a few seconds for Sam to answer. “Heyyy boss, I can’t go in today because I’m not feeling well today, sorry Sam.” Said Tubbo apologetically.

On the other side of the phone, Sam just sighed before it became quiet for a second, then he spoke up “Alright Tubbo but I expect to see you tomorrow, understood?” At that, Tubbo cheered to himself as he agreed, and with that, the call ended with a quick ‘bye’ from both sides.

He quickly set an alarm and went back to cuddling Tommy. He just radiated a lot of heat for some reason. Tommy cuddled Tubbo back, and as the warmth surrounded the short goat hybrid he fell asleep in a second.

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When Tubbo woke up he didn’t expect it to be because of the loud clanging of pots and pans in the kitchen honestly. 

What he expected was the phone alarms going off, telling him it was time to get up and hang out with his platonic lover. For a second he thought of the chance of someone breaking in but he dismissed it the moment he realized Tommy wasn’t next to him, so he was the one in the kitchen, probably cooking.

He slowly got up and stretched his limbs, a satisfied groan leaving his mouth as his back cracked just right.

 Tommy who had a super good hearing for some reason heard that, and let me tell you he didn’t like the sound, not one bit.

“TOBY DON’T CRACK YOUR BACK LIKE THAT! YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE BACK PROBLEMS AND I WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR OLD ASS BODY PROBLEMS!” Yelled the blonde as loudly as he could trying to put as much venom in his voice as he possibly can.

Tubbo in the bedroom just stood shocked for a second before yelling out a loud apology, with that he quickly changed his clothes to a green shirt, and a brown cardigan with little bees on it that TOMMY sew. That was the most important thing to Tubbo. He put on some loose pants and he was out of the bedroom to check what his roommate was doing in the other room.

When he arrived he didn’t expect to see Tommy cooking with an apron that the three of them used when one of them was cooking. 

As Tubbo got closer, trying to figure out what was his partner making, he tripped on some trinkets on the floor and went down straight toward the ground at full speed. 

For a moment all that could be heard was a loud thud, and then the absolute demon wheezing that came from the blond’s mouth at maximum loudness was not in any way acceptable in society.

”OH MY GOD TUBBO WHAT THE FUCK!” Yelled the taller as he continued laughing while the shorter of the two simply laid on the floor rethinking his life choices.

”Haha, very funny! Laugh at my pain, why don’t you, dickhead.” Grumbled Tubbo, not very happy that his partner wasn’t even helping him, couldn’t say he wasn’t surprised though.

Minutes went by like that and Tommy slowly quieted down and lent a hand to the other. Tubbo just looked at the hand for a second debating whether to take Tommy’s hand or just get up by himself. He took the former and he was quickly pulled up.

The burnet muttered a ‘thanks’ under his breath and continued his way to the stove to see what was the blonde making before it was put on hold because he fell.

He saw some eggs on the stove that was done and beside it was sandwiches already packed. 

“Oh, they look really good!.. Wait how did you know that we were going to hang out?” Asked Tubbo confused. “Well Ranboo left a note that was probably for you, that we should pack some food and well I did just that as you can see!” Said the blonde as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Tubbo just stared ahead as he processed this and after a few seconds, he just went to get ready. “You know what…whatever, let’s just get ready!” Said Tubbo trying to save his dignity somehow. 

Tommy just snickered to himself quietly and went after Tubbo to get his shoes on and get out of the stuffy apartment that was falling apart.

(You had worse living conditions before, didn’t you? You had no problem with that. What’s the difference now?) 

As Tubbo went to get ready Tommy started to plan their day. It was a little difficult because they didn’t have a lot of money to waste, and none of them got their payment yet. 

Tubbo arrived and put on his shoes, and with that, they were out the door, Tommy locked it and checked to make sure it wasn’t open.

(Yet it was opened when Tubbo and Ranboo got back, it was locked when they left, Tommy made sure of it, so it was locked, wasn’t it?)

As Tubbo and Tommy walked they talked about their day and their jobs. Made jokes and talked about plans for the three of them. 

They stopped for some ice cream that they had to share because they still didn’t have a lot of money.

Tommy led them to the park where Ranboo took him just the day before.

As they went to find a place to sit, they were in a comfortable silence that neither of them wanted to break. 

A few minutes in and they found a little forest that they decided to go in to explore. As they walked they saw squirrels running, birds flying above their heads, and bugs crawling around everywhere. 

As they walked around and looked at everything and everywhere, they found a clearing with wildflowers all around. Bees and butterflies were flying from flower to flower taking nectar and then taking off somewhere else.

Tubbo and Tommy decided that this was the perfect spot to have the picnic and settled down careful of the wild nature all around. 

“So Tubbo, what are your thoughts on Boober Boy?” Asked Tommy jokingly “Hmmm, I think we should exploit his kindness and use him as a personal butler!” Answered Tubbo joining the bit, just to humor his platonic partner.

Tommy loudly wheezed for a few seconds before answering. “N-no, Tubbo we can’t do that! Remember that he puts spaghetti in everything, even in the cereal.” Said Tommy as seriously as he could before he was laughing again.

At Tommy’s answer, Tubbo started to laugh as well, just a bit more humanly, than the other. They laughed for a good minute then quieted down slowly.

As they joked about other things they ate the sandwiches and other snacks that they packed, time was blurring together but neither of them took notice of that, having too much fun to look at something as simple, yet so important as a clock.

Tommy enjoyed the sun laid down and basked in the sun taking in the view that was oh so simple, yet beautiful. 

The burnet next to him looked down and simply smiled at his partner finding himself lucky to be able to meet such a good person. 

After a second he too joined Tommy, laying down next to him and just closing his eyes letting himself relax. If he had to be honest it made him quite sleepy. 

With that thought he rolled to his side and cuddled himself closer to his platonic lover.

Tommy was surprised at the sudden contact and looked down, he only saw the top of brown hair and realized what it was. He wrapped his arm around the smaller’s body and brought him closer to himself.

With that Tubbo was out like a light, not even a little aware of his surrounding. Tommy was also close to falling asleep, still a little tired after just waking up, not long ago. 

He closed his eyes, the sky blurring into blue and white, and just as he closed his eyes and fell asleep he saw smoke as it filled his lung, oh so subtly just as the darkness took him away to the other side.

A figure slowly emerged from the woods, hair falling in front of his eyes that were brown yet almost red. Those eyes possessed something dark and unexplainable yet possessive and almost, if someone that was a fool looked into them kind (It wasn’t kind, it never was. Not towards anyone, not even Tommy) 

As Wilbur approach the two sleeping kids, he let his maniac smile grow into something that just screamed danger. If someone saw him now they would know he was up to no good, good thing nobody was here except the sleeping children.

”Oh Tommy, you sweet, sweet child. Your fire is so bright yet so hot it can hurt anyone that isn’t kind. All I want to do is just extinguish it, to make you a little obedient doll that knows nothing anymore. It would make me so happy! No worries Sweetheart, soon nobody will be able to save you, not even your so-called ‘lovers.’” Wilbur rambled on as he basically spat the lovers out as if it was some kind of poison, and at some point, he was almost yelling. It was a surprise that neither of them woke up to it. He continued his rambling for a minute before abruptly stopping. 

He looked down at the two and leaned closer. He scanned both before turning his attention to the blonde.

”Oh little Toms, your time is coming to an end soon, be careful sunshine it might not start ticking again!” Spoke Wilbur cheerily as if he just didn’t say the most disturbing thing ever.

With that, he threw the cigarette from his hands that has burned out long ago and stepped on it. With a loud laugh, he strutted out of the clearing leaving two teenagers, unaware that with his laugh he woke one up.

Tubbo tensed as soon as he opened his eyes, hearing a loud laugh that was not a friendly one. He smelt the cigarette smoke next to him and heard the footsteps that echoes through the woods. 

His eyes only opened when he didn’t hear the echo of steps anymore. He shot up and started to shake Tommy, trying to wake him up so they can leave as soon as they can.

“Tommy, Tommy please wake up! Tommy, wake up!” Said Tubbo trying to be quiet. Sadly the blonde stayed dead asleep.

”Tommy…TOMMY, GET UP!” Yelled his patience snapping in half because of his fear. At the loud noise, the dark retreated, waiting for the next time to come, with that Tommy shot up like light, high on alert and ready to run if needed.

After a few seconds, he realized he was with Tubbo in the forest, where they fell asleep. Tommy looked at Tubbo like he just committed murder and asked. “Big man, why the fuck did you wake me up like that? You scared the living shit out of me!”

”Look, I’m very sorry and I will explain everything a little later, but get up, we have to get going, NOW!” Said Tubbo urgently trying to get Tommy and him moving.

Tommy noticing the fear and panic in his voice got up and looked around fast before grabbing his platonic partner's arm and taking off like a bullet. Tubbo made a sound of surprise at that and started running, barely able to keep up with the blonde.

As they were running Tommy was hyper-aware of his surrounding, looking around as he ran, the same couldn’t be said about Tubbo who was barely able to keep up, only focusing on not tripping every second.

Tommy only slowed down when the building where their apartment was came into view. He was slightly out of breath yet he still walked as fast as he could towards it. 

Tubbo on the other hand could barely get some oxygen in his lungs, he started wheezing at some point and when he looked at Tommy and saw that the other was just slightly out of breath he almost tripped on nothing. He was shocked and his thoughts were running faster than he could understand them and he realized that Tommy did this because he showed fear and he probably triggered a paranoid part of his platonic partner’s brain. 

He felt guilt pool in his stomach at that and made sure to push that thought to the back of his mind for later. 

Tommy didn’t even let the locked door slow him down, taking out the keys and unlocking it in a smooth motion. As he dragged Tubbo in he turned around and just as swiftly the door was closed and locked. 

The shorter just stared in shock as he took a deep breath trying to calm his pounding heart down. 

“So Tubbo? Is everything fine? What happened? Did someone follow us? Who was it? Are you okay? Oh god, are we in danger? What if-“ he was silenced by a hand covering his mouth and he stared at his shorter partner.

”Clam down Tommy, let me explain! So as we were sleeping in the clearing I was woken up by a loud laugh that was very close to us. That laugh…oh god, it was maniacal, inhumane, and terrifying! I heard the footsteps fade away and that meant the person-it was a male for sure!- left. He left his cigarette by us and I panicked, sorry about that.” Explained Tubbo slightly panicked as he remember the laugh.

Tommy stared forward as he proceeded with this. His thoughts weren’t his friend, making the worst assumption. Afraid for himself and his platonic lover's safety.

”Okay, let’s think this through. A man was next to us laughing like a psycho and then left. Yeah no, this is normal, yep totally normal!” Started rambling Tommy not calming down either of them.

Tubbo stopped his rambling by putting a hand on his shoulder. “Look, let’s calm down. You have work in a bit so you have to get going. I will tell Ranboo what happened and we’ll figure something out together, alright?” Said Tubbo level-headed.

”Yeah, such a fucking good idea, let’s go to work when some maniac is probably after me or you in the dark, and let’s hope I don’t get kidnapped!” Said Tommy working up himself and continuing his panic.

”I know it’s not the best but we can’t do anything else just wait. I’m sorry Tommy.” Said Tubbo letting the guilt get to him. Tommy realized what he did and quickly reassured Tubbo that it wasn’t his fault and he was just being all panicky and he shouldn’t feel guilty at all.

They talked about it for a bit before Tommy had to leave. There were only two quiet ‘bye’s’ before the door was closed and the lock made a clicking sound.

Tommy blamed himself as he walked, remembering the smoke he saw and smelled before he fell asleep, yet he dismissed it because he was tired. Such a stupid thing for him to do, just because he felt a little sleepy. Why did he dismiss it? It was literal smoke, it could’ve been a serious forest fire! He shouldn’t have fallen asleep in a forest of all places. (He used to be better than this, he was always on guard and now look at him, gone all soft! Pathetic honestly)

Now he has to worry about his and his partners’ safety because some psycho decided that they were his next victims! Good job Tommy, the best decision you ever made in your whole life! 

With that Tommy made his way towards his workplace, paranoia creeping high in him still, looking around every few seconds. It was like that for the rest of the way.

(Yet he failed to notice the shadows moving behind him quickly and quietly and the red eyes glowing in the dark looking at him from the alleyways he passed.) 

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When Tommy arrived he did not expect one of the workers to be here. If he was going to be honest -which he was, thank you very much- he expected to be alone, as always.

(Oh, you poor child always alone by yourself? Such a big mistake to make!)

The last person who worked here and stayed after their shift was over was Fundy, and that was a little weird already, not that he complained about it, of course! Not him, the great TommyInnit, that’s for sure!

As he entered the shop, the bell above the door rang and the person looked up from whatever they were doing.

”Hello Tommy, how are you doing?” Asked his co-worker. “Hey Purpled! I’m doing just fine thanks for asking, what are you doing here on this sunny day, may I ask?” Questioned Tommy humor leaking into his voice.

“First of all, it’s not sunny at all, are you blind and second of all, why should I answer you?” Said the dirty blonde male sarcasm seeping into his voice, yet it was obvious that it was all fake.

Tommy stared for a second before he replied “Because I said so and don’t be such a killjoy….bitch” said the last part as if it was needed. 
Both of them just stood there silent for a second before bursting out laughing.

”Anyways, I didn’t stay for you, so cry about it, My brother left for a trip and I didn’t feel like being alone today, be grateful I’m here cuz I can help you now.” Said Purpled after he calmed down a bit.

”Awww, littwe Purpled didn’t want to be awone, dwon’t be sawd little baby.” Said Tommy mockingly. “Shut the fuck up you dumbass, you are not funny. Let’s just get to work idiot.” Said the other blonde embarrassed by the other’s words.

”Alright, alright, calm down!” Agreed the other, after that the two stayed in a comfortable silence as they cleaned the shop. Tommy the seats and tables and Purpled the floor and the windows.

Both of them continued on like that the silence only broke by the rag dragging on the wood and the glass and the occasional small talk they made.

The bell above the the door rang.

A man Tommy was familiar with walked through it and smiled only for it to vanish  as soon as he saw Purpled. He quickly started smiling not wanting to come off as rude to Tommy.

Only the dirty blond haired male noticed this and stared daggers at the stranger’s head, ready to act if something went wrong.

”Hello Wilbur, would you like your usual?” Asked Tommy as he walked behind the counter, his purple wearing friend following behind closely for some odd reason.

“Yes, just my usual thank you Tommy” Said the taller male with a slightly off putting smile. Tommy only cringed at the sound of his name before hurrying to the back to make a black coffee. That left Purpled and the stranger alone at the front.

”So how do you know Tommy exactly?” Asked Purpled, trying to keep any suspicion out of his tone. “ Well I came for coffee once and I really liked it so I just come in to get myself a drink.” Answered Wilbur trying not to sound Cree or say anything weird. After all he didn’t want to ruin his plans by saying something wrong to one of the blonde’s friend.

Unfortunately for him Purpled has always been good at spotting liars no matter what, I mean that is his power but nobody needs to know that. “Right, coffee, the one that Tommy makes are good?” Asked Purpled not wanting to come off as if he knew the burnet was lying so the male didn’t get defensive or anything like that. 

“Yeah, it’s a surprise, he seems like he’s a little gremlin child so I didn’t expect the good tasting coffee.” If he had to say the truth the coffee wasn’t THAT good and he could get something better somewhere else but he did have a plan to follow, didn’t he?

Again the male in purple clothes knew he was lying and was getting more and more concerned for his co-worker’s well being, he made himself promise that he comes in more often to check on the blonde, as annoying as his bright and annoying work partner was, he also liked the blonde’s company because he was loud sure, but he was a good loud and he didn’t want that to disappear anytime.

”Nah, he isn’t a gremlin.” Is all that Purpled said before Tommy was back with a black coffe and handed it to Wilbur after the male paid for it.  Purpled noticed that the taller of the three focused his attention on Tommy and a weird smile was on his face as he stared at Tommy for a second, before he spoke up.

”So Tommy how’s it going man?” Asked Wilbur trying to seem casual. “Uhm..Everything is fine..thanks for asking sir. When you’re finished please leave because we are closing soon.” Said Tommy kinda freaked out because, why was this stranger smiling at him so creepily?

Purpled knew that it was a lie, however he kinda didn’t expect ‘Wilbur’ to also know that.

”Ah, alright I hurry up then, don’t want to keep you guys open, more than necessary.” Answered Wilbur. He seemed like he was okay with it but on the insides he was angry. ‘WHY, is MY sunshine lying to me like that? I didn’t mess up right? I made sure I did nothing too weird, but then why is he sending me away?’ Was all that was running around Wilbur’s mind as he quickly drank his coffee and left with a loud ‘bye’ and the door bell ringing above the opening.

Purpled eyes were wide as he stared at the door panic setting in, knowing that the stranger might be more danger than what he originally thought, I mean he even knew the closing time and was SO weird towards Tommy while he was basically ignoring Purpeld the whole time. Now he knew that he was going to come every night just to make sure the creep didn’t do anything bad.

That guy was a walking red flag and he wasn’t a known mercenary for nothing.

He knew the male didn’t leave, he could feel his eyes staring at Tommy or glaring at him, and he just ignored it in the favor of having the higher ground.

As Wilbur left the shop he immediately turned  and went to the alley right next to it. He stared inside the shop, watching the two teenager do their own things, while making small talk. He knew something was off about that purple blonde the moment he laid his eyes on him.

He was too sharp to be just a random kid, and he was hellbent to find out who he was. At this point he was sure the blonde even knew what his plan was and that couldn’t be good thing.

Tommy just watched as the burnet left and the coffee shop was silent for a few second before Tommy turned towards Purpled and saw that he was quite tense as he stared toward the door that was just closed. “Are you alright mate? You seem a little tense over there.” Asked Tommy a little concerned for his friend.

”Yeah, I’m fine Tommy. Look how about I visit sometimes from now on so we can just chill and I can help out with the cleaning, sound like a good deal?” Said Purpled, knowing even if the other said no he would still come, the yes would just make it easier and more subtle.

”Uhh, alright ? Not sure why you want to but alright, if you really want to, I’m not going to argue against someone helping me.” 

Suddenly a loud cry was heard from the outside.

When Wilbur entered the alley he didn’t expect there to be a random box there so excuse him for being curious as to what was in it, I mean as far as he knew nothing ran out from the coffee so there wasn’t any stock refill for anything.

As he walked towards the strange box and he saw that it was moving, it wasn’t a lot but it was moving for sure. At first, he thought it was an animal but when he heard the low cries he knew that it wasn’t. 

As soon as he reached it he opened it but he wasn’t expecting the baby to start crying like it was stabbed. 

He looked around alarmed before realizing that Tommy and the purple guy could hear this. As soon as his brain processed that he immediately started running down the alleyway to hide or to possibly leave. Luckily for him, there was an exit and he made a note that if he needed to run this was an escape route. He turned as soon as he reached the end of the dark alley and hid behind the wall. 

He saw his sunshine walk out. ‘Oh my, isn’t he a sweetheart? Going out just to check what’s that noise? Such a naive little angel.’ Thought Wilbur excitement surged through him as a maniac smile crept up to his face, almost abnormal and not fitting as his eyes were glowing, bright red.

When Tommy walked out the back he didn’t expect to see a box in the middle of the alleyway. He was more surprised when he realized the strange noises were coming from there. 

He walked to the box being careful and wary because it was still in the middle of a dark, dirty alley. It could be some kind of bb or something for all he knew. When he reached it his hands outstretched towards it and slowly touching it. With a sudden courage, he pulled the box open.

He did NOT expect to see a literal BABY inside it. with a sudden gasp from Tommy, he quickly grabbed the baby and held it close to his chest. Seems like he did have some common sense and that common sense had a parental instinct, it looked like. From out of nowhere he seemed to have gained the knowledge of how to hold a baby in a second. 

His wings ached to come out from his back and curl around the baby and him, which was weird…wait, please tell me that his bird brain just decide to want a baby right now. Oh, who is he kidding he was keeping the child, finders keepers rule is a thing that he follows.

”Okay…let’s get you inside so you won’t be so cold here, who even left you here?” Asked Tommy last part to nobody as he looked around trying to spot a living being but only saw the lights flicker as rats run from hole to hole.

Wilbur watched as the blonde walked back into the shop and his face stretched into a wide, dark grin. He saw a weakness and he was going to be stupid not to remember it and use that information later. Things just seemed to be in his favour and he isn’t complaining about it.

When Purpled looked towards Tommy about to ask him what was the noise, all his words died on his tongue as soon as he saw the small child in his arms held firmly.

”What the fuck is that?” Asked Purpled suddenly after a few moments of silence. Tommy just dramatically gasped and covered the baby’s ears. “You can’t curse in front of a baby, mate that’s not something you should do. Have some manners!” Said Tommy as he took his hands away from the child’s ears. 

Purpled stared blankly at him and only answered easily “Dude, you always swear. So what you got some parents instincts that suddenly kicked in out of nowhere?” Tommy just as easily answered, “Well, yeah but this is a child and children shouldn’t learn curse words from a stranger!” 

“So what you’re saying is that YOU could teach the baby some curse words cuz you know it?” Asked The taller of the two heatedly.

“Not yet, because I don’t know the baby yet and- HEY DON’T CALL HIM AN IT! HE’S A LIVING BEING!” Yelled Tommy, feeling like he was yelling at a child who never saw a baby…wait he’s not a parent where did this come from? What the actual fuck…?

”Okay let’s calm down, Tommy call your roommates. Now.” Said the purple-clothed boy after a bit. “Yeah! You’re right, let me just-OH COME ON!” Said a shorter blonde at the end of his sentence yelling angrily at his phone.

“What’s wrong?” Asked Purpled worriedly. “My phone is DEAD, and I don’t know why…” said Tommy annoyed with this situation already. 

“Alright, I just call them then, no worries, I got it, you deal with that thing.” Said the dirty blonde-haired teenager as he grabbed his phone.

The other looked at the other with annoyance before he spoke up “ he is not a thing, mate get it right you dumb blonde.” “What the FUCK, you are blonde as well you dumbass…Whatever let me just make the call.” and with that he pushed the call button. It rang one…two…thr- 

“Hello? Who’s this?” Someone spoke on the other side of the phone. It was Tubbo. “Uhhh, yeah hello, I’m Purpled, Tommy’s co-worker, Tommy needs you to come here as soon as you can.” He said calmly like what he said wasn’t cryptic as fuck. 

All that could be heard from the other side was yelling and objects falling or maybe they were just Tubbo and Ranboo falling, yeah, seems like something they’d do.

“What do you mean hurry? Is everything alright? Is Tommy alright? Is he hurt? In danger?” Rambled Ranboo as the lock clicking could be heard. Purpled looked at Tommy as if saying ‘These are your oh-so-beloved and good husbands?’ The shorter just rolled his eyes at the other before muttering under his breath.

The purple hoodie-wearing boy just smugly smiled before returning to the phone and reassuring the other two that nothing was wrong with Tommy and that he was fine.

Though he didn’t forget about the curly-haired creep and promised himself that he would talk to the two about it in private. 

With that, he hung up the phone and the two stood silently, not knowing what to do. A few minutes later the door was almost broken off of its hinges with the force it was pushed open. The two blondes flinched yet nobody noticed (except the two themself who just looked at each other before agreeing to never bring it up.) 

“Guys what the hell, don’t break down the door, we can’t pay for it!” Said Tommy making sure the child’s ears were covered so as to not to make him cry.

”No, Purpled told us to come here and hurry so something IS wrong, tell us what it is.” Said Tubbo impatiently as he staked forward to his partner.

“Alright, alright, calm down! So you won’t believe what happened, we heard a weird noise so I went outside to check it and you know what I found? A fucking BABY!” As he finished his sentence, Tommy angled the baby so he was visible to everyone.

Ranboo and Tubbo stopped dead in their tracks and looked at the baby like it was something they’d never seen. Tommy didn’t know what to think of the lack of enthusiasm, but he knew that this baby wouldn’t be leaving him anytime soon. “So? What do you think guys?” Asked the blonde happily. The other two just stared at him in shock before the two spoke up at the same time

”What the fuck is that thing?” Asked one of them completely baffled as he stared at the baby that was engulfed in some ratty clothes, a little disgusting if he had to be honest because that was so fucking dirty like what the heck.

”Why do I think something is going to happen now, that Tommy is holding a baby?”

Spoke the other, unaware that he was completely right with what he assumed.

All of them were unaware except one of the eyes that were burning holes into the small blonde head with a maniac expression quickly running off quietly as he made eye contact with deep rich purple eyes. 

With that, the shorter blonde was back to fussing and talking to the three trying to figure out what to do with it as well as trying to keep being logical to not make something as drastic as letting Tommy take a random baby that he didn’t even know home.

(In the end, Tommy took home the baby with his two platonic lovers, agreeing to talk about this more after they slept at least a little bit.)

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When Tommy left Tubbo and Ranboo continued laying on the bed just enjoying the quiet. Before they could fall asleep though the taller of the two got up and started heading towards the kitchen with the intent to make food for the both of them. 

As Tubbo watched his platonic partner leave he continued relaxing wondering about random things like nukes, bees and what time can the three of them hang out again. (you always need someone to rely on don’t you) 

Suddenly he didn’t mind getting up as much as before. As he was getting up he heard the younger yell. The “FOOD IS READY TUBBO, COME HERE!” rang through the small flat that the three of them shared. With a loud sigh, he got up fast and trudged towards the kitchen with sleepy eyes. 

When he entered he saw Ranboo putting the food on the plate before placing them down on the table in the living room. Just as he was about to speak up the taller of them suddenly turned towards him and it was a tense silence for a second before Ranboo breathed out a particularly loud sigh as his shoulder dropped from where it had risen due to the panic.

”Hey Bo, come let’s eat some food, I bet you’re hungry because I am, that’s for sure.”

Tubbo only stared at him for a hot second before he shrugged and sat down next to the other.  

……

“Sooooo…you wanna tell me what was that it nah.” Asked Tubbo after a few moments of silence that rang loud between the two. “Uh, I don’t want to tell you right now..maybe sometimes later, just…not now.” Spoke Ranboo feeling guilt pooling in his gut.

As if the shorter could tell what he was feeling, he answered with an “Alright, let’s talk about something else then man.” and with that, the conversation was over.

“So how was work, Toby?” Asked Ranboo determined to change the subject to ease the tense mood that surrounded them.

“Oh, nothing much just fixed some cars and some machines, you know how it is, never easy but it’s good!” Replied Tubbo not minding being called Toby by the taller. He doesn’t mind Tommy calling him that either.

(He abhorred it when others called him that, his partners know that. Nobody else can know that. If they find out…it’s all over) 

“What about you Boss man? How’s Niki treating you? I hope it isn’t too bad, I know you don’t like people too much” Asked the shorter curious and worried about his platonic partner.

Ranboo stayed silent for a second before he saw the worried face on his friend’s face, so he quickly spoke up to reassure the other.

“It’s fine, nothing wrong! Niki is really kind and when I get overwhelmed she lets me take a break in the back or just lets me work in the back, so in all, she’s really kind and patient with me!” Finished Ranboo with a shy smile a relieved smile taking its place when he saw Tubbo relax and let his shoulder drop.

“Well that’s good, I wouldn’t be happy if she was being a dickhead to you, I will be honest.” Said Tubbo chuckling to himself quietly. “Tommy wouldn’t let me work there if he found out, somehow he always knows when something is wrong with either of us, it’s like his sixth sense or something!” Joked Ranboo as he let out a laugh and that caused the burnet next to him to start wheezing.

“OH MY GOD, YOU’RE RIGHT! Remember the time before I was working for Sam, that I used to work at a grocery shop where the boss was a very bitchy person, and I never told you or Tommy about her, and a week later after I started my job, TOMMY just burst open the doors and yelled at the woman for almost an hour before dragging me home, then he chewed me out for not telling him of course but STILL, HOW DID HE EVEN KNOW?”

Rambled on the older not noticing how long he was going on for. The other didn’t mind it though, not one bit, he even paid attention and answered with his own thoughts. 

“I think he has some kind of mother instincts if I’m gonna be honest.” Said Ranboo as seriously as he could. At that, both of them fell silent before laughing again. “Isn’t he the youngest out of us three through? Shouldn’t I be having those ‘mother instincts’ as you say?”

Asked Tubbo curious as to what’s Ranboo’s explanation for that. “I mean you do have those sometimes, they just aren’t as intense or as frequent as his!” Said Ranboo as if that made any sense.

“When did I ever turn into a mother hen?” Asked Tubbo, because he genuinely couldn’t remember a time when he mother henned his platonic lovers.

“Well, you remember when we were younger and Tommy fell and dislocated his wrist?”—“That was completely understandable, he could have been seriously hurt!”—“Or when we went into the shop and some lady was being mean?”—“She was an asshole, I should’ve just punched her the moment she insulted my darling!”—“You threatened to kill her WHOLE bloodline! She almost called the police because of it, and that isn’t all!”

The taller finished with an annoyed huff. The shorter of them just rolled his eyes and muttered a small “She totally deserved it” under his breath knowing that the other could hear it.

after that they relapsed into a small silence, it was a good silence, not a bad one luckily. They both just stared at the empty plate that they finished while they were talking and Tubbo got up and washed them quickly. “Hey, Ranboo.” Spoke up the ram as he put away the now clean dishes. 

Ranboo looked up from the table he was messing with questioning the weirdly tense air around the other. “Yes, Bo? Is something wrong?” Asked the enderman calmly. The other turned around, plates now in their place where they were before, and looked at the other.

“Well…do you remember the night when we went to Tommy because he was late and saw someone running away from the shop window, wasn’t that weird?” Spoke Tubbo in a hushed voice as if a person could hear them at all times.

Ranboo tensed up at the reminder, only being able to remember because he wrote it into his book the one he always kept on himself. “Well, it was very creepy and off-putting but why are you bringing this up? Did something happen?” Asked the taller of the two as he knew his face showed worry. 

“It’s just….. when I was hanging out with Tommy… we went on a picnic in a forest. We sat down somewhere where it looked nobody really visited that spot so we relaxed a bit. We were kinda tired so we had a nap, I… smelled smoke in my sleep and at first I just thought that it was a nightmare y’know, but when I woke up I saw a finished cigarette beside my head and I know that the cigarette wasn’t there when I fell asleep!”

He rambled on before coming to a sudden halt, after some thinking he continued with his rant.

“Not to mention when I woke up because of the smoke, I even heard footsteps and someone FUCKING LAUGHING, and it was NOT friendly let me tell you that, but a motherfucking maniacal one, and I was thinking what if that was the same fucking person that we saw stalking Tommy?”

Ranboo looked at the other with more horror as he continued with his story and he too felt worried about his third partner. “I…think you may be right Tubs… I don’t really want you to be right but I think you are..uh… maybe we should just continue watching from the background and if the person shows up again then one of us will be with Tommy at all times to keep him safe, that’s the most logical thing to do now.”

Said Ranboo with as much confidence as he could even though he too was feeling a little more than paranoid now. “Yeah, I just hope nothing will happen to him, he doesn’t tell us everything I know that, I just don’t want anything to happen to him. I really love him and he helped me with a lot of things!” Spoke Tubbo as he remembered all the times Tommy was there for them. 

“You and me both bee, you and me both.” Answered Ranboo with a quiet voice, it was almost missed if it weren’t for the ram’s good ears. 

“Do you think we should go visit Tommy right now? Just to make sure he’s okay?” Asked the bee hybrid after a second. “Yeah just to make sure he’s okay.” Answered the cat hybrid, and with that, they both got up and dressed themself. 

Just as they were about to leave the phone ringed. Ranboo looked at Tubbo confused but he just shrugged just as clueless as to who could be calling. Ranboo quickly picked up the phone before answering it and putting it on speaker. 

“Hello? Who’s this?” Asked Tubbo curiosity getting the better of him, he couldn’t help it, he just wanted to know why his phone was called. “Uhhh, yeah hello, I’m Purpled, Tommy’s co-worker, Tommy needs you to come here as soon as you can.” The stranger apparently named Purpled, said very calmly on the other side of the phone as if that would explain everything. As if it wasn’t a worrying thing to say!

At that both Ranboo and Tubbo looked at each other in panic hurrying to the door before realizing they didn’t have the key, at that they both hurried back to the bedroom to grab it while tripping over each other and everything else that was thrown on the floor long ago.

When they got the key they ran to the door, Tubbo even falling because of a shirt on the floor as Ranboo unlocked the door, the older got up quickly and left the apartment with the other and with that, the apartment was locked and double checked, just how Tommy liked it.

“What do you mean hurry? Is everything alright? Is Tommy alright? Is he hurt? In danger?” Spoke Ranboo hurriedly speech almost slurring, as he even double-locked the door before straight up started running, Tubbo didn’t even question it he just started to run along with him at a fast pace. 

“Don’t worry nothing is wrong with your ‘beloved’ Tommy just hurry up, you understand when you get here.” and with that the phone was hung up, not easing their worries at all. They arrived just a few minutes later and Tubbo all but burst open the door with all of his strength, the door almost falling out of its hinges from the force of it.

They were ready to yell at whoever needed to be yelled at but Tommy shifty cut them off. “Guys what the hell, don’t break down the door, we can’t pay for it!”  yelled quietly as if the door was his biggest problem. “No! Purpled told us to come here and hurry so something IS wrong, tell us what it is” said Tubbo as he took a quick step forward ready to interrogate BOTH of the blondes if needed. 

The youngest of the four spoke up after he took a deep breath. “Alright, alright, calm down! So you won’t believe what happened, we heard a weird noise so I went outside to check it and you know what I found? A fucking BABY!” Said Tommy as if that wasn’t the most bizarre thing to happen to you. Tommy angled his body so the baby could’ve seen by the other two and with that the two stopped with whatever they were going to say and froze like they were rooted to the ground.

Their mouth opened to say something but nothing came out continuing to just stare at the child like it was some kind of alien. Tommy waited for something to be said but neither of the two said anything and just stared forward with wide eyes. He was kind of worried about the two because they were acting so strange, it’s just a baby.

On the other hand, in Tubbo's head chaos was the only thing that could describe his thoughts. The first thought was ‘Is that thing real?’ the second was a ‘That looks kind of dirty, ew’ and the third was the most important one ‘Why the HELL is Tommy acting like nothing is up and this is completely normal? Is he out of his mind? Did he finally lose it?’  While Ranboo’s mind was just blank nothing more and nothing less.

 Tommy waited a minute for something before asking “So? What do you think guys?” He sounded way too happy about finding a little kid in a box if you were to ask the three of them.  The blonde’s partners didn’t even have a single clue of what to make of this situation so with all the confidence they could muster up they opened their mouths and asked the question the both of them have been thinking of.

”What the fuck is that thing?” Asked Tubbo completely baffled by the situation. Like he gets called by his platonic lover’s co-worker sounding like something bad happened but the youngest of the three just found a child and seemed determined to take it home with them.

”Why do I think something is going to happen now, that Tommy is holding a child?” Asked Ranboo just as stunned as the other but he was also relieved because it wasn’t something bad at least they could work with this…somehow.

“So what do we do with it?” Asked Ranboo and he did not expect an answer from the blonde immediately that fast. “Well, we’re taking him home of course what else?” Said Tommy as if it was the only choice. At that, both brunettes looked at him in horror and tried to talk him out of it.

”Come on Tommy you don’t even know if it’s”—“He’s NOT an it Tubbo, call him an it again and you're sleeping on the floor” —“The FLOOR, come on Toms don’t do this to me! You know how much I  love you so much please just think this through!”—“Tubbo’s right you should think this through, I mean we are kids as well”—“We are almost adults, don’t even try that excuse! And would you rather just leave him in a box in the freezing cold? Come on Boo!”—“Oh shit, don’t use the puppy eyes, please! No! NO, NO, NO, NO!”—“OH GOD TUBBO I SAW THE PUPPY EYES!”—“NO RANBOO- AH I SAW IT TOO! FUCK!”—“DO NOT CURSE IN FRONT OF THE BABY YOU BITCH!”—“OH AND YOU CAN TOMMY?”—“YES, anyways he’s coming with us, this conversation is over!” The two older boys huffed and their silence was the only agreement.

The four decided to go home and close early, there weren’t a lot of people in the shop at this time anyways, before they were out of the shop Purpled pulled Ranboo and Tubbo back for a second. The two looked at the purple-wearing boy in front of them with questioning eyes.

”Guys, this dude came in and he was extremely fucking creepy, now I tell you something but don’t look around… the dude I was talking about is looking at us right now, now don’t freak out stay calm, he can’t know that I know, but maybe he already does, anyways I will come to work every night from now on, I know Tommy can defend himself but that man looks deranged and dangerous as hell. Just keep an eye out when you walk home and lock the doors and windows at home, alright, and be fucking careful we have no idea when he will strike, keep an eye on Tommy but don’t make it obvious that you know, this is the only high ground we get, don’t break it.” As soon as the purple blond hissed out those words he walked to Tommy just talking with him about nothing important.

Now the other two could feel the watching eyes that bore into their skull and they tried to act as natural as they could and started talking about something random. Luckily they have this telepathic thing that came with the whole platonic marriage thing and with a look they made a plan. (It wasn’t because of the marriage though right? It was something else, something worse…) 

“So next week I have a free day on Thursday, so I was thinking of stealing Tommy for a day because I don’t think you will be having a free day.” Spoke Tubbo with a mischievous eye glint. Ranboo only dramatically groans as he spoke “No, I don’t, you’re right. So where are you planning to take him?” Asked the taller of the two curiosity seeping into his tone.

”Well I was thinking of taking him on another picnic but this time somewhere else. I want it to be beautiful and untouched, so it’s going to take a while ‘til I find the right place, but I have a week so meh.”

Spoke The shorter with a smug smile. “Right, don’t tell anyone about the place you find and it can become where you and Tommy can hang out, and I find one where Tommy and I can always hang out!” Spoke Ranboo with excitement in his eyes. “Alright boss man, that sounds fantastic!” and with that, they went after the two blondes making sure they haven’t done anything stupid while they were talking.

They could feel the eyes, never leaving them only when they walked out of the alley and saw the other two talking with each other, as Tommy held the baby like it was always in his second nature. ‘I mean he is an avian’ thought Tubbo idly as he stared at the younger.

He fondly smiled before walking over to him with Ranboo by his side smiling just as lovingly. They exchanged some words, The two oldest subtly nodding at the other blonde, while the dirty blonde-haired boy just smiled and they parted ways

The way home was chaotic, the two burnet complained about how Tommy now won’t pay enough attention to them and they are going to die because of it and all that shit, while Tommy only huffed and told them to stop being so over dramatic, which was answered by the two fake cryings loudly before stopping because ‘Ow Tommy don’t hit us, this is abuse!’ but they stopped it to Tommy’s relief.

As the man stared at them he didn’t realize that now things are going to get so much harder. Because he didn’t even know that two out of the trio could feel his eyes on them and if the two stood a bit closer to the youngest and put their arms around him then that was nobody’s business but theirs only.

As soon as they arrived Tommy took the keys from Ranboo and opened the door in a smooth move. The two still didn’t know how he does that, they always struggled with closing and opening it, it was hard okay! They didn’t know how Tommy could do it with one hand while he had a baby in the other hand like it was nothing.

As soon as they entered exhaustion hit them all, the situation sinking in and they all agreed to just sleep it off and talk about it the next day, and if Tommy double-locked the door that night it was only his business, nobody needed to know that, even though he knew the other two saw it, they didn’t question it, it was just better that way.

As they got ready for bed they made some small talk, and when they got in the bed the three shared with each other, they moved to make room for a fourth member.

They muttered a quiet ‘good night’ to each other and fell asleep even the blonde who usually took more time to relax, was pulled down into the dark nothing by sleep herself.

All of them were unaware that when the man got home, he started planning to get someone to help him with his plan.

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When Tommy woke up he forgot for a second that he took a whole ass baby home. Now this may sound bad but don’t worry, everything is fine, this is a completely normal thing to happen and this shouldn’t sound as bad as it does, calm down everybody!

(Nobody is panicking, who are you talking to?)

As soon as he remembered the small child he looked down and saw him sleeping peacefully while drooling. Most of the time this would disgust a lot of people out but Tommy found it endearing and so very cute. As he moved to get up he realized that there were arms wrapped around him holding him down, making him unable to get up, for a second he contemplated waking up the other two so they could go to work, but he decided against it as they needed to talk about the child laying with them later.

With that out of the way, he snuggled under the covers, put his arms carefully around the baby and pulled him to his chest to make sure nothing happens to him. He felt Ranboo cuddling him from behind as he buried his head into the gold locks that were his platonic lover’s hair, letting out a content sigh and falling back asleep. Tubbo, who was laying in front of him pulled himself closer to the three and slightly tightened his grip around Tommy, as if to make sure he was still there, while grumbling about how ‘he was disturbed’ but with everything still he mumbled something incoherent and fell back asleep. 

Tommy being so close to his loved ones knowing they were all safe, laid his head down comfortably and let the darkness reach for him and drag him into the blackness that had no ground in it to stand on.

With that, all four were sleeping in peace for a few hours, before loud noises that sounded like yelling could be heard through the closed window somehow.

Tommy was the first one to wake up in a hurry causing a chain reaction that woke up the other two. He got out of the bed quickly and went to the window, stumbling a few times in the process. As he looked out he saw two bald men yelling at each other probably high or drunk as fuck. That calmed his racing heart somewhat but he couldn’t make himself relax, no matter how hard he tried.

Slowly the other two felt more awake and got up as well, walking towards Tommy leisurely to check if everything is okay. When they stood next to him and saw his tense shoulders they looked out to see the cause, only seeing two men yelling like they had nothing better to do. With that, they understood what happened and just put their arms around the youngest in the hope to ground him somewhat.

Tommy looked to his left and then his right and saw that Tubbo and Ranboo were right next to him, safe and alright, and as he slowly processed that, he tried to calm himself, somewhat succeeding. “Good morning guys, I hope I didn’t cause too much panic.” Said Tommy in a low voice to at least let the baby sleep. He looked like he needed a good nap anyway.

”Yeah, good morning Toms, and don’t worry you’re fine” Answered Ranboo sleepily putting his head on top of Tommy’s, slightly leaning on him. “Mhm, ‘Boo is right, just a little bit tired” Spoke Tubbo leaning on Tommy as well. He looked like he could fall asleep standing. Tommy only chuckled at the two’s antics before speaking up. “Well that’s good then, but you need to get off of me, 'cause I’m fucking hungry and I need to make food for everyone, so get off!” Proclaimed the last part in a loud whisper. 

At that, both males groaned loudly but got off of the blonde. They made eye contact with each other and a devilish smile toke over Tubbo’s face while mischief filled Ranboo’s eyes. 

As Tommy was making his way towards the door, already pondering on what was in the kitchen, lost in his own thoughts, he didn’t notice the sudden silence that filled the room, not the comfortable one but one that meant nothing good in this flat. As he opened the door about to step out arms were suddenly around him and his feet weren’t touching the floor like they should, his first instinct was to turn into one of his forms and run, but at the laughter, he realized what exactly happened.

He saw that he was being carried towards the bed, the ‘offender’ probably wanted more cuddles that he couldn’t give now. As soon as he saw where was being carried towards to the struggle started. “Ranboo I know it’s you, please don’t do this to me, I have to make food! I can’t just lay here all day we have to eat, talk and I have work at night as well..maybe, but that doesn’t matter right now, what matters is that you PUT ME THE FUCK DOWN!” yelled Tommy the last part as he tried to wiggle out of the long arms, but it was useless.

As soon as he knew that nothing would work, he had to choose the last option and that was to turn into a raccoon, and as much as he didn’t want to do that at the moment, it was something he needed to do in order to escape. With that out of the way he changed into a raccoon, and because Ranboo was not expecting the change, he was dropped to the floor. As soon as he was down he turned towards the door and ran.

Tubbo and Ranboo looked at each other shocked before running after him, going to bed forgotten, just wanting to catch the blonde that always played dirty it seemed like.

Loud footsteps echoed in the apartment and laughing and giggling could be heard as the three platonic lovers ran around in the small space. 

This went on for a while, Tommy just dodging around the two while the other two were determined to get the other. Soon Tommy found himself cornered in the kitchen, his back against the counter and the two burnet looking at him with victory shining in their eyes.

For a second everything was still and after that second passed screaming could be heard. “NOOOO, I WAS CAUGHT, PLEASE SPARE ME OH EVIL VILLAINS!” Yelled dramatically Tommy while the other two just held him while laughing loudly. “Sorry, we cannot do that, you must come with us, or you shall suffer for eternity!” Said Tubbo in faux seriousness, as he held the blonde's hand like he was a hostage, when all three knew Tommy could easily get out of the hold, just didn’t want to. “My evil partner is right, this is a kidnapping! We are forcing you to come with us because you saw our secret identity!” Spoke Ranboo as soon as the other finished in a fake threatening voice.

At that, Tommy just let out a dramatic sigh wiping his eyes even though he wasn’t crying and agreed with the two evils. “Alright, if y-you must, but please, d-don’t kill me!” At the stuttering, the three almost busted out laughing but they could keep it in luckily. “We will see how this goes, so then little birdie we shall take you now!” Just like that the blonde was swept off of his feet and was carried to the living room in a bridal carry, in a second he was softly placed on the couch. Tubbo could be heard wheezing in the kitchen while Ranboo just sat next to the other and pet his hair. “You know, I lied to my evil teammate, I just want to keep you to myself, I bet he won’t mind.” Said the tallest the last part in a loud voice so Tubbo could hear it.

A big gasp could be heard as footsteps approached the other two at an alarming speed. Tommy tried to turn around in time to get away from the attack but before he could do that he and the other was tackled by the shorter with quite the strength, and before he knew it he was on the floor.

Tommy felt something on top of him so he opened his eyes, that he didn’t even notice he closed, and saw Tubbo laying on him while glaring at Ranboo. “How DARE you betray my trust?! I put my faith in you and you just go behind my back like that? No! You WILL pay for this, and he’s coming with me!” Said the oldest, trying to sound evil before getting up and attacking the tallest. 

At that, Tommy burst out laughing before hearing a loud cry from the bedroom. He immediately got up and ran to the bedroom, the other two looking at each other before following the blonde hurriedly. The door was slammed open, almost falling off of its hinges, the youngest walked in looking around if anyone was there. When he didn’t see any threat, he hurried to the child and picked him up, looking over him, to see if he was injured anywhere.

When he saw that nothing was wrong and the child was just hungry, he calmed a bit walking out of the room and towards the kitchen. Ranboo and Tubbo who were almost at the door, just shared a glance, dumbfounded, and wondering as to what the fuck just happened. When they realized that neither of them will probably know the answer they ran after their platonic partner ready to ask if everything was alright.

When they entered the kitchen they saw Tommy heating up some milk in the microwave while looking nowhere in particular, probably thinking about something. The two approached the blonde and Tubbo put a hand on his shoulder, Tommy jumping a bit at the sudden touch.

”Are you okay toms? You look very worried about something, is there something that I or Ranboo can help with?” Asked the burnet softly. Tommy looked at the shorter for a second before letting out a sigh and slumping his shoulders. “I...I don’t know I feel weird, I mean I find this random child and now I want to take care of him at all cost! It’s odd because I’m not even used to doing anything that’s really like… I don’t know, soft or gentle, so I don’t know what to do!” Tommy said, words spilling like water from a faucet. He looked at the two older, confusion and horror shining in his eyes.

”It’s okay sweet birdie, it’s probably instincts, so don’t worry about that, we will always be with you no matter what, we’ll never leave you alone not even now. Look how about you take a deep breath, just like how I taught you and try to calm down a bit so we can think about all of this?” Spoke up the half-enderman, pulling the blonde into his arms, laying his head on top of the blonde curls and purring slightly, trying to calm the youngest. 

He felt the other melt into his chest laying his head on his chest and wrapping his arms around his neck trying his best to calm down. He felt two other hand wrap around his waist from behind and a head laying on his shoulder, slowly moving his hands up and down in a comforting manner. “Boo’s right you know, I will always be with you, we promised that to each other when we were younger and I never want to break that promise sweetheart. If you want to we can take in the child, and we can be a family. I always wanted my own family anyways!” Said Tubbo the last part excitedly. 

Tommy let out a snort at the last part before nodding slightly. “Alright then, we will have a child from now on!” The blond said excitedly. “That’s the spirit boss man!” The oldest said happily and Ranboo just stood there, staring at his platonic partners with an inhumanly fond stare. ‘I would never trade this for anything’ is the only thing that runs through his head as he watches the two.

The thing that breaks the married trio out of their trace is the microwave beeping, signalling that the milk is ready and heated up. Tommy takes the milk out before speaking up. “So how do we feed a baby exactly?” The two burst out laughing at that before calming down after a minute or two. The youngest looked dangerously close to just throwing them out the window, they do not want to risk it right now, maybe some other time. “Let’s just look it up.” Ranboo said as he pulled out his phone and searched it up. After a few seconds of nothing, the tallest found something useful.

“So we need a baby bottle, and we need to fill that up with milk and then grab the baby and tip the bottle in the baby’s mouth, we have to keep the baby’s head higher than his body so he doesn’t choke. Okay, that seems easy enough! Do we have a baby bottle?” Ranboo chattered and after he asked the question nobody answered. “Right?…” Still, neither of them answered so it was clear they had no baby bottle. “Fine, I’m going to steal one, just this once, alright?” the tall burnet said. Tommy and Tubbo looked at him with wide eyes, not expecting him to steal, -most of the time Tommy is the one doing it- and just nodded dumbly.

Ranboo huffed out a laugh before he teleported to the nearest baby store, Walmart or Target. As he entered Target he went to the baby section and grabbed things as discreetly as he could before the teleported back to the apartment, seeing Tommy fussing over the child and Tubbo just looking at the tall blonde with eyes that gleamed with amusement.

After a second Ranboo spoke up. “I’m back guys and I got the baby supplies!” He said as he pulled out some kind of powder and a baby bottle. “What’s the powder for Big R?” Tommy asked curiously. “Well apparently normal milk doesn’t do the job, you need this thing that replaces natural mother milk that all babies should drink.” The brunet spoke up answering the question easily. “Oh…Alright, let me get this milk ready then!” Tommy said as he sprinted off towards the kitchen with the powder and the bottle. “COME GUYS, I MIGHT NEED HELP!” Tommy yelled when the other two didn’t go after him like he expected them to, he thought it was obvious he wanted them to follow him. Ranboo and Tubbo looked at each other, smiled a bit and then ran after Tommy.

When they entered they saw the blonde looking at the package of the milk powder and trying to follow it through. The two older moved to join him and the baby bottle was filled in no time with the milk.

Tommy grabbed the bottle and the baby in his other hand was reaching towards it. Tommy chuckled slightly, as he held the baby in a proper position and put the bottle in the child’s mouth, the kid immediately started to drink it.

A few minutes went like that, the two males staring and the blonde feeding the child. After the baby finished the bottle, Tommy put it in the sink and turned to the two older ones. “What should we name him? We can’t keep calling him kid and child.” Tommy stated as if he expected them to just know baby names, ridiculous!

the three looked at each other, none of them speaking up. Then the youngest just groaned loudly and then sighed. “FINE, I name the baby, because you both aren’t capable of it, it seems like!” Said the avian before going quiet, thinking of a name.

The two just shared a glance with each other with an offended look before rolling their eyes and looking back at their lover.

“Hmmm…let me think…AHA, I GOT IT! Your name will be shroud!” The raccoon called out happily, cooing at the child lightly. The other two just nodded accepting the name, knowing the blonde’s words were final. The ba-Shroud chittered happily arms flailing as he excitedly babbled who knows what.

All three knew that nothing could break this beautifully peaceful moment, so the family of three -now four- enjoyed this moment.

They slowly went back to the bedroom and decided they all needed more cuddles. Tommy got in first laying in the middle with the shroud as Ranboo and Tubbo went to the opposite side, Ranboo laying on Tommy’s and Tubbo laying on Shroud’s side.

Ranboo wrapped his long arms around everyone and tugged all of them closer purring loudly, the ram just sighed happily already feeling sleepy so he quickly pulled up the blanket, it covered them all, he wrapped his arms around Shroud and Tommy and closed his eyes.

Tommy let out chittery purrs and cuddles into Ranboo as he pulled the shroud into his chest feeling safe and content, the new family member was already asleep, legs twitching as he dreamt of nothing in particular.

(All of them were unaware of the danger only one of them was in, but this is life, and knowing the future ruins the fun doesn’t it? Let’s not make this a boring event!)

On the other side of the town

“Techno!” Wilbur whines, Techno didn’t even bother to look up from his books, used to the burnet’s antics. “Please just listen to me for a sec!” The taller said grabbing the book and tossing it somewhere on the floor or the couch, neither of them knew. Wilbur looked at the older pleadingly, Techno only sighed annoyedly and finally looked at the other. 

“What?” Asked the pink-haired male as he went to get back his book. “Well…I found someone interesting!” Wilbur said happily. The other paused for a second then picked up his book as soon as he did he turned towards the younger. “Hmmm…tell me about it.” Spoke up Techno after a bit of thinking. 

“Well, he’s young, under eighteen and he’s a raccoon hybrid, he found a baby not long ago…another hybrid not sure what hybrid though…you know what I’m getting at right?” Asked Wilbur the last part darkly as he grinned at his twin. Techno thought about it for a second before grinning back-not as unhinged as the other-and nodded. Wilbur jumped up from the couch as he began explaining more.

”So, he is very untrusting and he has two other roommates but they seem to be humans, he also works at a coffee shop, a night shift, and he sometimes has other workers with him, it also doesn’t seem like he’s going to trust me anytime soon, I can try more but I’m not sure if it’ll work, maybe you should visit sometimes too, to get a coffee of course!” The younger rambled on about everything he knew and the older just listened and only memorized the important bits, after a few minutes he spoke up.

”Should we get Dad involved?” Asked Technoblade, always thinking logically.

That was a good question that both of them thought about greatly because it was not a choice that was easy to make so they really had to think about it, minutes passed in silence before Wilbur spoke up. 

“Only if we can’t handle it or something unexpected happens, until then it stays between us is what I recommend, you know how he’s like, he likes to get things over with quickly but I want to have a bit of fun while doing this!” With that Wilbur went back to his room and Techno sat back down and continued reading, both of them planning on how to do this correctly.

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Tommy was getting ready to work, and as he did that he was conversing with his lovers about how to take care of the child because -No Toby, you cannot wash the child with dish soap, that’s stupid! Ranboo, you cannot feed the child spaghetti, put that down!- when he got ready he said goodbye, gave a kiss to the baby on his forehead and left, making sure he locked the door behind him.

He walked the street towards his workplace. He wasn’t in a hurry as it wasn’t dark yet.

As you know time passes and in each season it gets darker later and later, making it safer to walk as the sun shone her blinding shines that filled you with hotness and made you want to stare even though you couldn’t.

Now he felt safer walking past the alleys and dead ends, finally being able to see them leading somewhere in the corner of his eyes.

He didn’t know which one he liked -he did- more, the sun or the moon, both were a majestic beauty you couldn’t describe with words, both meant a lot to him.

The sun made him feel safe, wrapped him up in her brightness, and promised him safety from everything that lurked. She made him feel secure, he put all of his trust in her, and he knew she would always have his back and would stand by him to make him see anything he wanted. To make him able to see the danger so no one could attack him with surprise. She made him safe under her bright lights, and he couldn’t be more grateful to her.

The moon couldn’t promise him safety like the sun could, her light wasn’t blinding or as bright as the other’s she couldn’t make him see everything out of the corners of his eyes. Instead, she gave him freedom. She made him invisible in the dark so no one could catch him, she gave him the view of the stars. She made him feel free under her dim lights. Where no one could tell him what he could do, where he could run freely in the forest and the meadow. He couldn’t ask for more from her, he would feel greedy if he did.

The bell ringing above him made him flinch violently as his head shot up.

He looked around realizing that he was so lost in thought that he just switched to airplane mode and his body brought him here. He shook his head a bit weirded out from becoming lost in his thoughts this much.

He walked in, hot air gently brushing against his face as the cafe welcomed him like always. Sometimes it felt like this whole building was sentient, but even if it was, he didn’t mind, it was clear they loved him just as much as Tommy loved this place.

He closed the door behind him and made his way behind the desk where everything was surprisingly already cleaned.

From behind him the back door to the kitchen opened and he only tensed for a second but soon he was hit with a very familiar aura, so he relaxed instantly, putting a name to the person behind him.

As he finished fiddling with the cash register he turned around to be met with amused purple eyes.

“Hey, Tommy. Glad you arrived, didn’t want to clean this place by myself, and there was an order placed so you will have to make that before we close for the night.” Purpled said, explaining everything.

Tommy groaned loudly at this.  Not expecting that anyone would place an order this late, it was rare that it happened and he was glad because it fucking sucked. Still, he would have to do it, he actually liked his shift and the workers here, Tommy didn’t want to get fired from here so he would do it.

The ash-blonde boy simply snickered at him, which was a pretty dickhead move Tommy would say. “Stop laughing at me asshole, at least I can bake, unlike you.” The bright blond boy said in a mutter. Purpled only gave him a ‘Do I look like I actually care?’

Which true, Purpled only worked here for money so he was just fine at the front to deal with the customers. Tommy sighed loudly before speaking up.

“Alright, you useless purple shit stain, I’m just going to do them now, wanna help out? Maybe I can make something for you that you can take home or just snack on it as we clean?” Tommy knew he was trying to bribe the other with food and he hoped it would work, baking was indescribably boring without company, at least to him it was.

Purpled looked like he was really thinking it though even though he knew he would agree, just wanting to mess with the other. After a few seconds, the taller boy spoke up. “Alright gremlin, I will help you in the kitchen but don’t expect much from me.” He agreed with a shrug and started walking towards the kitchen.

“Don’t worry mate, I know you are a nightmare in the kitchen but you can help with washing the dishes, handing me ingredients, or mixing! We’ll see alright? No need to already give up! With Tommyinnit’s superior baking skills, no one can fail under my guidance!” Tommy exclaimed smugly.

Purpled just rolled his eyes in faux annoyance and opened the kitchen door holding it open for Tommy. “Ladies first.” He said with a playful smirk on his face.

Tommy stopped right before the door suddenly and looked at the other. “I’ll have you know I’m the biggest man around here, and if I was a Lady I would be the best woman in the world! A man-slayer perhaps, but who knows! I’m only slaying women with my amazing charms and my good looks!” Tommy rambled on entering the kitchen.

Purpled groaned lightly before putting an end to the rambling. “Okay Tom, we get it you’re a ‘Big man’ no need to continue let’s just get on with this if we want to finish.”  Tommy only huffed out a breath before asking. “Alright, so what do we need to do?”

Purpled pulled out a little paper note from his paper scanning it over before speaking up. “Alright, we need 2 Croissants, 3 Cupcakes, and 3 cookies” he listed as he looked over the paper. Tommy gaped for a minute, before stating what the other was thinking.

“Who the fuck needs this much pastry for the morning? Are they holding a birthday for someone, even if they did why didn't they just ask for a cake?” He asked the correct questions. Sadly the ash-blonde didn't have an answer to any of it, so he just shrugged. The shorter just let out a loud sigh before saying. “Alright Purps, can you get me some flour, chocolate, milk, butter first?” He asked and the Purple wearing clad nodded heading towards the fridge first.

As they slowly but surely finished, Tommy realized the kitchen was a mess. He for some reason still didn’t regret asking the older to join. “Hey Purpled, can you start cleaning up here as I finish up with the pastries?” The other boy saw the mess in the kitchen as he looked around and he huffed.

“You only wanted me here so I could clean up after you,” The ash-blonde said but he picked up a rag and started cleaning the counters and the dishes. Tommy rolled his eyes in amusement before saying. “I’ll finish this in a minute and I join you purple shit, be patient.” He said before continuing with the food.

Purpled muttered a quiet “You’re shit.” but Tommy decided to be the better person and didn’t respond. As soon as he finished he wrapped it up and put it on one of the clean counters. “Alright, now I can help you with the cleaning.” The younger said as he went and grabbed the mop and started to clean the floor.

Both of them fell into a comfortable silence as they cleaned, only being able to hear the wet mop against the floor and the rag against the marble counter. When they finished they gave each other a high-five before heading back to the front, ready to quickly finish there too.

Just as Tommy put the mop to the side and grabbed the vacuum, letting his co-worker clean the table, the door opened.

First Tommy heard a harsh ringing, not the usually soft one he was always welcomed with, the second thing he noticed was that the temperature dropped, to anyone else it would’ve gone unnoticed, but not to the blue-eyed blond. For third and last, he noticed a tension rising as soon as the bell harshly rang, making him want to rip his ears off.

Y M J W N S L N S L N X Y T T Q T Z I! M J Q U R J! X F A J R J!

He instantly turned towards the door only to be met with dark brown eyes. Eyes that were already on him. Sweat went down his back as he felt a shiver run down his spine but he didn’t let it shake his body. He stared back, frozen in place.

He slapped himself mentally to snap out of it and blinked not wanting to shake his head, he looked toward his friend- co-worker only to see him already looking bluntly towards the tall brunette.  His eyes were unreadable, so unusual from how he acts with Tommy.

The short teenager quickly worked up the courage to move his legs and he scurried over behind the safety of something solid between him and the strang- Wilbur. He reminded himself, his name was Wilbur.

He took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself for the disaster.

“Hello, Welcome to Heaven’s army cafe shop! What can I make you on this lovely evening Sir?” Tommy asked with a fake smile and a voice that he only used on some bitches that were dickheads.

Wilbur noticed this and a scowl rose on his face before it was pushed down and turned into a playful smirk. “Awh, Toms you can call me Wilbur, don't worry about that! You don't have to be shy with me, we both know how much of a gremlin you are!” Chartered the brunette as he winked at Tommy.

Purpled just stared in boredom and a bit of shock, not being able to believe that someone could not take a hint after fucking days. He looked at Tommy and he almost snorted at the look on his face.

Tommy looked like he would rather throw himself in front of a train than deal with this maniac’s behaviour anymore, and he wasn’t far off from his assumption. Tommy was so done with this creep, he was so close to just punching him but he couldn't, if he wanted his job securely in his hand.

On the other hand, nobody said he couldn’t make this idiot’s day miserable. “Sir, I have no idea who you are, we only met a few times. I ask again what will your order be?” Tommy said, grinning on the inside yet outside he looked bored.

Wilbur was an inch away from strangling this stupid child in front of him, because who does he think he is?

Wilbur is better than him in every single aspect, suddenly a calm washed over him because it didn't really matter how he acted now. When he kidnaps the kid he stands in front of the will break him.

This could be remembered and once they got him, each of these moments would be made into a punishment, a lesson on how to behave, t o break him, that is all that mattered.

Purpled watched as Wilbur’s eyes darkened with something that just spelt danger. And just as unexpectedly it was gone, replaced with a warm smile.

Tommy just zoned out as the silence went on, grateful that Purpled was behind him so he could just think for a minute.

Suddenly Wilbur cleared his throat with a cough, snapping Tommy out of his thoughts as he looked back to Wilbur. “Tom Tom, no need to be that mean to me! I’m just joking! You’re so dramatic!” Pointed out, Wilbur. Tommy fed up with the nicknames answered with a sharp tongue.

“Listen, sir. I’ll have to ask you, politely to stop with the weird nicknames, we are not friends so please call me Tommy as the tag says, second I raise the question one more time, would you like to order something? If not I will have to ask you to leave or I’ll call either security or the police,  you can choose at last.” States Tommy coldly putting on an indifferent face as he stared the other down.

The ash-blonde-haired boy let out a snort which he quickly covered up with a cough. The Wilbur guy glared at him but Tommy didn't stop glaring at the brunette.

Wilbur felt shocked that his angel would act like that towards him and angry that nothing seemed to work for the blonde. A question popped up in his head as he analysed what the younger said. So with confidence that was half real he spoke up.

“What security Toms? I don't see anyone here that looks like one.” Said the oldest in the shop smugly, straightening himself. Before he could continue this he saw that the other blonde that was wearing purple and was sitting behind his Tommy stood up and walked up to his sunshine, put an arm around his shoulder and cut him off.

“This security. As you heard my co-worker asked you to leave, if you are not going to order anything, please do not make this more difficult or I will have to walk you out and ban you from this shop. As this place’s security, it is my job to make sure everyone that works here remains safe at all costs.” Purpled spoke to the other in a cold tone, similar to Tommy’s yet oh so different.

He knew he could probably take on Wilbur right now and win. He had a knife on him so he could use that. The other two did not need to know that he had a sharp knife though, both for different reasons of course.

The threat was clear as the ocean water. Even Tommy could sense it but he didn't put an end to it. He continued glaring up at the taller with more confidence now.

Wilbur stared at the two, eyes switching between the two before his shoulders loosened up and let out a defeated sigh.  “Alright, alright, jeez, calm down! No need to get so heated up for nothing! I would like to order an Americano!” He said as he waved his hands around as if nothing happened.

Purpled cautiously brought his arms down from Tommy’s shoulder, gaze not lightening up. After a few tense seconds, Tommy spoke up. “Alright, Sir this will be $2.62. Would you like to pay with cash or card?” Asked Tommy with a customer service smile and belt his hand out.

Wilbur grabbed his wallet from his coat and opened it, Giving Tommy a $5 bill. He put it in his hand, fingers lingering more than it should and Tommy harshly pulled his own away instantly.

“Alright, Sir your coffee will be finished in a minute please take a seat until your order is called out.“ Spoke Tommy in a bored tone and with a quick turn he walked towards Purpled, as he passed he whispered in almost inaudible volume.

“Keep an eye on him please.”  That's all he said as he passed him and entered the kitchen not waiting for his reply.

The purple-wearing boy rolled his eyes for the thousandth time. ‘Dramatic bitch’ he thought without any bitterness to it. He heard the coffee machine turn on as he stared at the other that was sitting at one of the tables, brooding quietly.

Neither of them spoke, Wilbur after some second turned to look at the stare that he felt at the back of his neck. Purple met reddish brown, neither of them willing to back down from the obvious challenge.

Hushed apprehension grew in the atmosphere as the stare-down went on, even after the coffee machine stopped.

The back door opened and Wilbur immediately looked towards him, eyes brightening up. Tommy called out the order and Wilbur instantly went to the front.

“Who will be the order for?” The short blonde asked as he took out a Sharpie from somewhere. The other answered with an energetic “Wilbur” and the moment Tommy scribbled on the name he handed it to the other.

“Thank you for ordering at our shop. Have a marvellous evening sir.” Repeated Tommy what was drilled into his head when he started working here.

Wilbur looked hesitant to leave but after a moment he nodded and left without a word.

The moment the bell let out a somewhat soft ring. Tommy let out a loud groan and face-planted onto the wooden table. “OH, MY GOD!” Said the blonde loudly as he didn't even bother with sitting up correctly.

Purple agreed to the sentiment as he leaned back into his chair and let out a yawn. “He was so annoying!” complained the older. Tommy agreed and finally sat up correctly. “Purp you were so badass when you walked up next to me and just put your arms around my shoulder saying ‘This security.’”  He gushed excitedly as if he was hit with sudden energy that Purpled, couldn't relate to.

“I know I’m just so good, but we still need to finish cleaning you know?” Asked the taller. At that, Tommy face-planted into the counter again and let out an even louder displeased noise. The other rolled his eyes before saying. “Yeah, yeah, stop the whining the faster we do it, the faster we finish.”

The blue-eyed blonde huffed before standing up and pulling out his phone. “If we are going to clean we need some relaxing music.” The ash-blonde didn't even bother to ask about it just grabbed the mop and started to drag it across the floor.

Some soft piano with other instruments played quietly in the background as they got back to cleaning, not bothering with small talk. It went unnoticed by the two how the air warmed up and the bell swung unnoticed left and right without making a noise somehow.

In a few hours just before closing time, the shop was clean and ready for another day.

Tubbo and Ranboo slowly made their way to the shop with Shroud in Ranboo’s hand half asleep. They were making jokes and laughing quietly at each other. When they arrived, they looked into the window and saw that Purpled was there as he promised two days ago and that they were still cleaning. It confused the two but they put that aside for later and entered the shop.

As soon as the door opened the bell chimed softly and they were hit by warm air. They could hear some kind of instrumental tune playing in the background as the two packed their stuff and put away the cleaning supplies. Tommy’s head snapped up as soon as the bell chimed, grateful when he was met with three very familiar people.

Like Shroud could sense that Tommy was near he woke up and slowly opened his sleepy eyes.

As soon as he saw him he made grabby hands at him a whined. Tommy almost teleported with how fast he was in front of the little family and took Shroud from Ranboo’s arm gently. The baby was lulled like a spell was put on him and Tommy cooed at the cuteness.

He carefully put Shroud on his hip and let his soulmates envelop him in a hug. “Hi guys, I’m ready to head home, but let’s say bye to Purpled first.” Said the blonde as he wiggled out from his family’s arm and headed to the back.

The two followed him and as Tommy opened the back door he saw Purpled just finishing packing everything up. “Hi Purp, the idiots arrived so I’m leaving, will you be here tomorrow as well?” Asked the youngest in the room.

Purpled grabbed his backpack and slung it over his shoulder. “Sure, I don't have anything better to do anyways.” He answered as he nonchalantly shrugged. The blonde just shot him a smile at that.

“Alright, let’s head out so I can close the shop up.” Said as he lead them out of the shop before reaching into his pocket for his keys, only to realize he must have left them in there. He whirled around and said, “Guys I left my keys in there let me go get it.”  as he handed Shroud over to Purpled.

The two nodded, easily agreeing with him but Purpled shot him a worried glance before he responded. “Tommy, how about I come with you?” Asked the other as he glanced around. Tommy simply shook his head and declined the offer.

As Tommy went into the dark shop he felt odd, he didn't know why but the safe cosy space seemed suddenly threatening. Despite this, he continued to make his way deeper into the shop when he couldn't find his keys at the counter.

He entered the kitchen and he felt even colder, he felt like prey so out of instinct he reached for the switch to light up the dark room. Out of nowhere, the door to the front slammed close. Tommy almost screamed but he was able to hold it in.

His hand immediately went to his pocket knife and pulled it out, careful to leave it somewhat hidden. He reached for the switch a second time and this time he instantly turned on the light.

He whipped around left and right but he didn't see anyone. He checked places a human could fit but he was unable to find anyone. As he proceeded with his search, out of the corner of his eyes he saw something shine, as he twisted his head that way he saw his keys sitting on the clean marble counter with a note.

He gradually approached it and when he was close enough he snatched both. Of course, he wasn’t stupid enough to read the note now. He looked around once more just to be sure.

Nothing.

He walked to the back door of the alleyway. He put his hand on the knob, pulled down and pushed.

The door opened.

Ice-cold dread filled Tommy, siren sounds going off in his head making his earring loudly. He understood what happened now.

When he was cleaning with Purpled someone must have broken in and taken the keys and hide out here until Tommy came back then escaped the same way he came in.

This was a trap.

He heard something move in the alleyway towards him, softly but fastly.

Very fucking fast.

He slammed the door close just as something or rather someone crashed into it. Tommy grabbed his keys and locked the door, making the person unable to get in no matter how hard he tried.

After a few beats, everything got silent, deadly silent, with no retreating footsteps.

They were trying to trick him.

He slowly crouched down and took off his shoes, still making noise to not make it known what he was planning. On the other side, there was still nothing, just suspicious silence. He grabbed his keys firmly in his hand so he didn't make a noise, with a shoe in his other hand he made his way backwards, not touching the switch as that made a noise as well.

He backed away without a noise, grateful they oiled the door hinges so it didn't creek or anything. He went into the front still deadly silent, knowing any noise could give him away. He approached the exit with his back towards it.

The others were making small talk silently so as not to wake Shroud. Purple was the first one to see Tommy and immediately fell silent gaze burning into the other. The two brunettes didn't understand the sudden suspense that weighed this much so they followed the other’s gaze and saw Tommy walking towards them.

Now this would be normal if his back wasn’t towards them, with his shoes in his hand, making no noise.

When he felt the cold air hit his back he relaxed but he didn't let his guard down.

Without turning around Tommy whispered in a barely audible volume. “Ranboo.” His voice was dense with fear and both the hybrid had to literally strain his ears to hear Tommy.

“Grab onto Purpled and Tubbo. Now.”  Ranboo did as he was asked without questions, fear high in him. He grabbed Tubbo and the other tightly who didn't even dare to make a noise.

“I’m going to lock this door and you will teleport all of us instantly, Tubbo Grab my back.” Tommy said sternly, and Tubbo obeyed without thinking about it. “Reach after me when I lock the door.” Tommy continued and Tubbo nodded along listening.

It was still for a moment. . .

Then everything fell into chaos.

Tommy hurled to the door with his eyes distant and hands steady, he grabbed the door yet not dropping the shoes and slammed it close, keys going through the hole without messing up.

All of a sudden all four of them heard thunderous footsteps from the alleyway next to the shop, moving toward where they were quickly.

Ranboo let out a screech and looked to make sure, Tubbo held onto Tommy before teleporting. Everything was purple for a quick second before they all landed on the trio’s apartment floor in a heap.

They all groaned and huffed on the floor before Tommy spoke up. “At least we’re home fast?” He tried to joke but it fell flat with what just happened a second ago.

Slowly everyone got up, Tommy taking back Shroud from Purpled before leaving for the kitchen with a quick ‘I’m going to feed Shroud! Be right back!’” And he proceeded to make his way to the kitchen, clattering around to find what he needed.

The other three looked at each other in shock with some fear laced underneath it.

They all decided to just sit on the couch, and let Tommy explain what happened exactly.

Tommy after some minutes came back with a milk bottle in Shroud’s mouth, bouncing g him a bit.

After a bit of quiet, the little kid fall asleep in Tommy’s arms. The blonde stared lovingly at the child before going into their shared room and putting him into it, covering him up so he won't wake up cold.

When he made his way back into the living room he saw that all three occupants of it stared at him expectingly. 

He sighed tiredly before making his way to the couch, Tubbo and Ranboo making space for him.

It was relaxing if you ignored what just happened. Purpled looked at Tommy and said one word. “Explain.” The other blonde just huffed before nodding.

“Where do I even start? Uhhh...so I entered the shop and I started to feel odd all of a sudden and it was kind of cold too. I didn't see my keys on the counter so I made my way to the back, when I went through the back door I felt even colder, and I felt watched so I reached for the switch when all of a sudden the back door slammed close!” Tommy explained tiredness seeping into his bones.

“So, uh. I flipped the switch and found my keys placed on the kitchen table with a note-WAIT THE NOTE!” Tommy yelled suddenly before stopping. He reached into his back pocket and grabbed a piece of paper, I didn't want to read it so I looked around if I could find anyone hiding. All of a sudden I realize that there was a door to the alley on the side of the building so I checked it out.” Tommy continued with the story as the others listened.

“So I try to open the door and it opens, I'm already kinda shocked because That's actually crept me the fuck out, and out of nowhere I hear extremely fast footsteps heading towards me, so I closed the door and locked it. Just as I did it a person started to bang on it. After a few seconds, it stops but I didn't hear footsteps so I took my shoes off and made my way towards you guys. You know the rest” Spoke Tommy as he shrugged at the last part.

There was no noise for a second before Tubbo spoke up. “What does the note say?” He asked seeming interested in it.

( curiosity killed the cat. But Satisfactory brought it back.)

They all looked towards Tommy with suspense in the air.

Tommy unfolded the note and it read- 

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-Gmbrwqohs  :)

Hushed silence rang in the small apartment before Tommy spoke up “Oh fuck.”