Homesick

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Techno finished his last email and rubbed his tired eyes. He'd finally been officially promoted to an Assistant Editor and as much as he enjoyed it, it took much more time than the simple accounting position he had previously. Maybe that socioeconomics paper had been a little too good.

He closed his laptop with a soft click and poured out his old tea. Slightly opening Tubbo's door, he found the boy asleep and he smiled. Tubbo had been having a bit of a sleeping problem lately and Techno would often hear him tossing and turning in bed.

He closed the door softly and headed to bed, starting to drift into sleep almost instantly. He was about to fall asleep when he heard a loud thud followed by muffled talking.

A little alarmed, Techno forced himself awake and climbed out of bed. He quickly rushed to Tubbo's room at the sound of something shattering.

Techno's fear was quickly shoved to the side as he flung the door open, finding Tubbo on the floor with broken glass surrounding him.

"Jesus- Are you alright?" Techno said as he carefully entered the room, taking note not to step on the sharp fragments.

"D-Did I wake you? I-I'm sorry-" Tubbo hiccuped and wiped his tears, starting to stand.

"No!" Techno quickly said and paused when Tubbo flinched, "Stay there, don't move. Don't want you to get cut, do we?"

Tubbo hesitated before nodding. He watched Techno assess the room before flicking on the light and grabbing the broom.

"Dad- I-I'm sorry..."

"It's ok, Tubs," Techno smiled before shoving his rising fear down and starting to clean the glass. Tubbo watched him and gingerly climbed back into bed.

"I-I didn't mean to wake you... I know you're really busy..." Tubbo mumbled as he pulled his knees to his chest.

Techno finished and went to throw away the glass, "I had just gotten to bed, so no harm. Are you hurt?"

"Just a little sore from falling off the bed. I'm fine," Tubbo said as Techno came back in.

Techno sat down on the bed in front of Tubbo, "Alright now tell me what's going on."

"I dunno," Tubbo glanced away and stared at a bee on the wall.

"I think you do know. You can't hide this stuff from me, Tubs. I can't help you if you don't tell me," Techno smiled and gently ruffled his hair, "I know that's a 'Do as I say, not as I Do' thing for me, but it's true."

Tubbo curled up tighter, "I dunno."

Techno frowned and stood, "Alright, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. That's your choice."

"Wait-" Tubbo called out and Techno stopped in the doorway, "C-Can I sleep with you tonight? I don't want to be alone..."

"Of course, Tubs," Techno smiled and Tubbo followed him to his room.

Tubbo frowned at the messy room, "Why do I have to clean my room consistently but you don't?"

"Because I'm the parent," Techno flashed him a smile and climbed into bed.

"That's not fair..." Tubbo said and laid down as close to the edge as possible, hesitant to get too close.

"Mhm," Techno mumbled as he drifted into sleep almost instantly.

Tubbo watched him fall asleep and shifted slightly. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to fall asleep.

Techno woke up to quiet whimpers and softly groaned. Reaching over, he pulled Tubbo close to him and tucked the boys head under his chin. When Tubbo curled into him and his whimpers died down, Techno allowed himself to drift into sleep again.

The next morning, Tubbo slowly drifted awake. He looked around confused before hearing Techno shift behind him.

His eyes landed on the alarm clock and he immediately sat up, causing Techno to almost fall off the bed, "Dad! I'm late! It's almost third period!"

Techno groaned and buried his face into his pillow, "It's fine... I already called us in sick..."

"Really? But that's lying, we're not sick," Tubbo frowned.

"I am sick," Techno looked at him, half his face still buried in the pillow.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah. I was sick of having to wake up extremely early every morning," Techno smiled and closed his eyes, "And that means I gotta get plenty of rest."

"What if I tell Mom that you're letting me skip school? She was supposed to pick me up today," Tubbo smiled as Techno jolted awake.

"Don't tell Niki- I'm already keeping you home from school, what else could you possibly want?" Techno sat up and looked at him.

"Hmm," Tubbo looked down and smiled, "Ice cream! Oh, and some new books! And something bee related!"

Techno groaned and threw the blankets over his head, "We can do that this weekend..."

"Go ahead and sleep, I can call Mom now," Tubbo smiled at Techno as he glared from under the blankets.

"Who taught you to be so cruel? Whatever happened to my sweet, innocent Tubbo," Techno grumbled as he got out of bed.

"Schlatt and Mr. Sapnap and Mr. Dream happened," Tubbo said as he got up and left Techno to get ready, "I can't wait for today!"

Techno just grumbled something in response and Tubbo snickered as he entered his room. He stopped at the bed before shaking his thoughts away and getting changed for the day.

When Niki came to drop off Tubbo's homework, she found Techno passed out on the couch with Tubbo happily reading out loud to him.

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