Platonic soulmates

Broken

(Few weeks later Tubbo pov visiting Tommy in prison)

I was nervous. was he going to be the same as before. Everyday he tried to escape the death was reported everywhere but he never succeeded. I walked into the prison entrance. There was tests and contracts and more tests. Finally we got to the main cell. I had to stand infront of a lava wall for minutes I'm guessing that was where Tommy was dying all the time. Soon the lava started to come down exposing Tommy in his cell. He was covered in a blanket and sat in the corner of his cell. I looked over at Sam he nodded. I guess I was going in. I stepped on the platform feeling it slowly move towards Tommy's cell. When it got there Tommy looked up.
'Dream is that you.?' He wanted dream. I guessing dream was the only one who visited him. Until today.
'No not dream. It's me Tommy. Your best friend tubbo.'
'Oh..' he sounded disappointed he didn't want me to be here. I guess I deserved it.
I went over to him. He didn't look like Tommy. His clothes were ragged and his body was covered in burns.
'Tommy are you ok? You don't look to good.' He laughed.
'Of course I'm fine it's not like my best friend shoved me in prison forever..' I already felt guilty but hearing it from him makes it even worse. He stood up walking over to a chest. I noticed he was thinner then when he got took away.
'Have you been eating Tommy?' He looked over at me processing the question.
'Dreams hungry when he gets here he has my food. He deserves it.' Dream was starving Tommy and no one knew. No one cared to visit Tommy to find out. I felt Tommy looking at me. He was holding a book.
'Can you give this to dream for me you took his visiting time. He would want to know I'm ok.' I took the book of Tommy. Reading through the pages. I stopped on one page. It read "Dear Tommy by the next time I visit I would like a confession that you tried to harm tubbo and myself. If you do write the confession I'll let you have food next time I visit." The next page was the confession if I gave this to dream he would have what he wanted. I soon saw food come through a gap in the wall. All Tommy did was stare at it. He didn't move to take it.
'Can you take that away I'm not very hungry today.' He went back and sat in his corner. I picked up the food tray and traveled back to the other side.
'Sam have you checked on Tommy recently?'
'No but dreams been taken care of him he updates me on Tommy after he visits.'
'Well you might want to check on him.'
'Why? Is there a problem did he learn how to escape?' I showed him the book and the food tray.
'This is the problem. Dreams manipulating him into not eating and giving dream his food. Tommy waits for days hoping dream will visit so he can give his food to him.' I could tell Sam didn't know about this. He would never let Tommy starve.
'Sam when is dream coming!' I looked at the lava. I was only gone for a few minutes and he already thought it was tomorrow.
'He's been asking that everyday. Dream cares about Tommy. Unlike the other people.' I sighed.
'I haven't been visiting because we were planning to take down dream. I finally got a free day and he doesn't even care that I visited.' I had to get to Tommy. To find out what he knew about dream.
'I can pretend to be dream. Then he'll tell us what dream does.' Sam was considering the idea. I would never look like dream but it was worth a try.
'I'll do it. Your not really dreams structure. You just need to pull this lever then the lava will do what it did before.' I nodded hoping this would work.

(Tommy's pov)

I sat in my corner watching the clock go by. I knew dream would visit me soon. He wouldn't leave me. I saw the lava start falling. I rushed over to it waiting for dream to appear. There he was. I saw dreams green sweater.
'Dream!' I waved as he came across. I was so excited dream was here to visit me.
'Hello tommy.' I smiled. Waiting for the barrier to fall. As soon as it did I ran over to dream and hugged him. It felt so nice.
'I have been doing what you asked I remembered that I should give you my food and I wrote more confessions if you need them.' I watched as he looked around at the walls. Yes I had been drawing on them. Mostly pictures of dream and myself in logtshire. He looked at one of them.
'Do you like it it's me killing tubbo like you said I did. I remembered that I shouldn't talk to anyone except you. Your my best friend dream.' I waited for him to say it back but he didn't. He must be feeling off. That's ok as long as he was here.
'Have you been doing anything else that I asked of you?'
'Yes of course. I cleanse myself every morning in the lava it hurts a lot less now. The burns are getting worse though. I'll be fine I can survive with this.' He looked at me. I felt like he was examining me with every passing second.
'I have to go now Tommy but I'll visit you Tommy ok?' I nodded excitedly. Of course I wanted him to visit he was my only friend. I watched as the barrier went up leading dream away.
'Bye dream!' I saw the lava rise up.

(Awesamdude pov)

I got to the other side. Taking off the mask and the sweater. I saw tubbo waiting in anticipation.
'What happened? Did he tell you what dream did?'
'He's destroyed Tommy. He thinks he killed you he's got more confessions in his chest. Dream has him jumping into lava every time he wakes up to the point where he can't feel it anymore.' Tubbo was in tears he couldn't believe what dream had done with his best friend.
'He even hugged me and called me his best friend.'
'I'm his best friend!' I went over to tubbo pulling him into a hug comforting him.
'We need to tell the other what dreams doing to Tommy.' I felt him nod. We went back to what was left of l'manberg. The others were gathered up in a newly placed shelter.
'Guys we have news.' Everyone looked over at us.
'What's going on? Tubbo you ok you look like you've been crying?'
'Dreams been starving Tommy in jail. He's also been manipulating him into jumping in the lava to "cleanse" himself. He thinks he's killed tubbo and has messages written all over his walls.'
Everyone looked around at eachother. Then puffy spoke up.
'We need to let him out. To bring him home.' I nodded in agreement.
'He's just a kid he shouldn't be in this position. He should be out causing trouble and scraping his knees while climbing.'
We started to plan getting tommy out without dream knowing.