night time

figurine

tommy followed wilbur, phil and techno throughout the city, not even paying attention to the conversation that they were having. he looked around, the drawstring backpack delilah gave him rests on his shoulders as his blue eyes wander around.

he locked eyes with a certain blond non-binary candy shop owner. he smiled and moved away from his streamer friends. "hey lex," tommy greeted them and they looked at the younger male.

"heya tommy!" they happily greeted and took something out of their apron pocket. "this is from delilah, it's an apology from her. she said something hanging out tonight.. oh! and a fountain?" they handed him a bubblegum lolly figurine and he smiled.

"thank you lex," tommy thought for a second. "can i buy a blueberry lolly for delilah? and can you pass on a message?"

lex nodded and led tommy inside the semi-busy shop. he grabbed a few sweets for himself and then a lolly with the label telling tommy that the flavor is blueberry. his phone buzzed as he finished writing on the paper napkin lex had suppled him. the non-binary took the message and let tommy answer his buzzing phone.

"- no will, i dont know where he is. why do think im calling you little-" tommy heard phil start to cuss out wilbur, who was being a worrywart. he could also hear techno roll his eyes and the phone clatter.

"hey tommy," techno's monotone voice came out of tommys phone.

"hey tb," tommy answered back as he left the shop and walked towards where an older male with blond hair was swatting a brunet. next to them was technoblade, on the phone with tommy.

"you kidnapped or something?" techno joked.

"sadly no, i saw a friend and we talked," tommy told him and techno caught sight of the blond walking up to him. the two hung up and wilbur saw tommy.

"you little twat!" wilbur angrily smacked the nape of tommy's neck, causing the male to rub it and phil sighed in relief. techno handed phil his phone back and the group continued on their way.

the pink figurine in his pocket made clicking noises as it hit tommy's phone as he walked and he took it out when the four streamers sat a table in a restaurant. he kept it in his hand, feeling the keychain decoration's bumps and grooves.

he thought of delilah, his best friend, he was wondering what she was doing now. it's tuesday, the last time they hung out was on friday. he was worried she had gotten in trouble or something bad happened but the figurine and message from lex let him know that she was okay.

phil looked at the dozed off boy. he studied the younger males features, furrowed brows and tired eyes. the remains of eye bags were light under the deep ocean color of his eyes. his clutched hand was holding something and phil wondered what it was. the lavender drawstring bag that held several of tommys things, phil also wondered where he had gotten that.

his thoughts were interrupted by a waiteress asking him what he was getting and he happily answered, all three of the younger males followed his lead. without phil realizing it, tommy slid the figurine back into his pocket.

after a long day of walking around the city and eating in a restaurant, the four streamers returned to the hotel they were staying at. tommy watched the older males kick off their shoes and sit on the couch in room, turning on the tv. tommy stood in the kitchenette, wondering how he'll sneak out that night, to avoid phil or wilbur getting angry for him running off again. techno couldn't have cared, as long as tommy was safe.

around nine, phil retired to bed while will was in the shower. "you gonna see her?" techno asked, scrolling through social media.

"huh?" tommy played dumb but realized that wouldn't work on techno.

"the girl you keep ditching us for," techno looked at tommy. "and don't play dumb, wilbur told us about the female voice when he called you that one time."

"yeah, i was hoping wilbur would go to bed before i snuck out tonight," he told techno honestly.

"then go, i'll cover for you," he went back to his phone.

"thanks techno," he smiled and grabbed his bag, leaving the hotel room.

techno watched him leave and fifteen minutes later, wilbur got out of the shower. techno pretended to tell tommy goodnight and closed the adjacent door, looking at wilbur. "he went to bed," techno hummed and wilbur nodded.

i remember writing this chapter
vividly. the scenery outside my
car was really pretty