Where Are Your Parents? | SBI FD

Yeah, deal.

Tommy smiles as discreetly as he can when the woman doesn't even notice Wilbur dash off. He hopes there was at least some money in there. He'd really like some warmer blankets.

He stops smiling and gets scared for real when the bookstore owner starts running after his older brother. The boy can't look for long, he still has to keep up his lost child act. He's not sure if Wilbur can even come back to the market, now that their plan was compromised.

He needs to change his story, get the woman to take him towards Tubbo's family and have them be with him till Wilbur returns, or if his brother can't he'll go back and tell Techno.

"Could we look around?" He mumbles and looks up at her with teary eyes.

"Yeah of course, which way should we start?" She picks up her purse while Tommy pauses to think which way would lead them back to his friend.

Pretending to be lost now isn't very difficult. He truly doesn't know where Wilbur is now. He hopes Tubbo is still with his parents, he really doesn't like having to lie. He doesn't unless his brothers tell him to.

He trusts Techno and Wilbur, he knows that when they say to lie it's to keep them safe. The blonde takes his thumb out of his mouth and let's go of the naive woman's hand. He smiles when he sees Tubbo's mother, May, as she insists he calls her. He starts running towards her, before turning back to explain to the other woman.

"This is my friend's mom, she'll keep me with her. At least till my brother comes by again." He explains quickly, his anxiety about Wilbur was getting worse and he really just wanted to be with someone he knows.

And besides, Tubbo's mom is nice to him. Don't get the ten year old wrong his brothers love him too, but they're not really the same as May. He never says anything about it to them, because the one time he mentioned how much he liked May he could tell Wilbur was very hurt.

The woman walks him over to May. They talk and he hears May reassure her they'll watch Tommy and take him home if they have to.

He finds Tubbo sitting behind a stack of hay bales, making baskets out of reeds. Tubbo was always building something, whether it was for Tommy to sell tomorrow or just for something to do. Baskets were the easiest for Tommy so he sits next to him and starts one himself.

"Wilbur ran away," Tommy whispers to his friend. Tubbo's the only person to know Tommy's an orphan. He trusts his friend not to turn him in, though his brothers would definitely be upset with him for telling anyone. He just can't help it, his friend trusts him, he couldn't just lie. "Someone was chasing him."

"Oh, that- that doesn't sound very good Toms." The boy sets down his project and turns himself to face Tommy. Tommy doesn't make eye contact. "What happened, who was chasing him?"

"Someone caught him stealing. He just took off, I don't really know what to do so I came here." He focuses on weaving the reeds and keeping himself calm. He always thought his brothers were untouchable, that their plans could never go wrong.

"Well I think you ought to look around town for him. If you're both lost maybe you'll just find each other right?" He smiles. Proud of his (not-so-good) good plan.

"I guess I have to... It's almost time for dinner anyways, I don't want him to go home alone." He knows it's one of those days where Wilbur is overprotective of Tommy. He doesn't want him to be worried long. Matter of fact, Tommy would rather stop being worried about his older brother as well.

"I'll see you later Tommy, and if you don't find him you can always just climb through my window again, I'll leave it unlocked." The brunette pats his shoulder and gently takes the basket from him.