Blood God TechnoDad

Bath Time

Tubbo watched Techno walk around the garden, quietly stopping at certain places. He saw how Techno's shoulders sagged and the sadness on his face and Tubbo felt bad. He slowly walked over and took Techno's hand.

"Dad? Are you ok?"

Techno looked down at him and smiled, "I'm ok Tubs. I'm ok."

Tubbo nodded and yawned, "I'm tired..."

"Oh? Don't you want to take a bath first?" Techno chuckled as Tubbo jumped awake.

"Yes! Let's go!" Tubbo started pulling on his hand and Techno followed, looking back at the garden as the sun set behind the roof. He smiled and turned back to Tubbo.

Techno laughed as Tubbo splashed him, the water drenching him. The maids had offered to help wash Tubbo, but he'd declined their offers. Helping Tubbo out of the bath, he dried him off with a towel making his hair all poofy and got him changed into PJs.

Tubbo giggled as Techno forced him still so he could brush his hair, "Are you going to take a bath too?"

"Yeah, I probably should. Go ahead and go to bed, ok?" Techno smiled at him as he took off his shirt.

"Can you read me a story first?" Tubbo looked at him and Techno hesitated before agreeing. With a smile, Tubbo dragged Techno out to the bedroom and plopped himself into the big bed, surrounded by pillows.

After Tubbo fell asleep, Techno went back and slipped into the now cold bath and sighed, closing his eyes. Absorbing the silence, Techno allowed himself to relax.

Techno stumbled into his mother's room, exhausted and sore. His clothes were tattered and dirty, and his face was caked in dry blood.

His mother jolted awake at the movement, the sudden breath causing her to cough as Techno collapsed next to her.

"I'm sorry..." Techno mumbled as she calmed her coughing fit and looked down at him.

"My heroic knight, what happened?" She ran her fingers through his long hair, attempting to untangle the ruined braid.

"Training was really hard today... I had to do so much running..." Techno yawned and slowly moved under the covers next to her, starting to fall asleep.

"Why are you bleeding?"

"Sparring..."

Techno groaned as the bed shifted and his heat source vanished. He heard a door open and his eyes shot open, sitting up immediately. He saw his mother out of bed and in the bathroom, shaking slightly.

"Mother! You can't be out of bed!" Techno quickly got up and rushed over.

His mother smiled as Techno tried to lead her back to bed, "My knight, you're in horrible shape. We have to fix that immediately!"

Techno looked at her, "The maids can draw a bath, but please just stay in bed. You can't be walking around, don't you remember what the doctor said?"

She smiled and shakily bent down, kissing his forehead, "Techno my love, you really are a hero."

Techno panicked as she fell to her knees in his arms, coughing violently, "Mother!" His worry grew as she didn't stop after a few seconds like she normally did.

He started to cry and hugged her tightly as his father rushed in. His father quickly pushed him away and helped his mother to bed, her coughing fit finally starting to die down.

"Come here, my knight," she called for him, her voice as shaky as the hand she extended. He quickly rushed over and took her hand, his father watching with great concern.

"Yes, my Queen?"

She smiled, "Fetch me a brush and come sit with me."

Techno nodded and grabbed a brush, joining her on the bed. She untied his braid and shakily started braiding his long hair, his father huffing and muttering something before leaving.

Techno stared at himself in the mirror, raising a hand to his shoulder-length hair. She'd loved his long hair, constantly braiding it. He'd cut it off after he took in Tubbo, it was a symbol of Sir Techno the Pig Knight, not Techno the Oathbreaker. He sighed and headed to bed, wrapping himself around Tubbo.

Maybe he'd grow his hair out again.