Dreamnoblade one shots for funsies

5 times/1 time

5 times they saw each other naked and the one time it meant something

-1-

“No, Dream, it’s not what it looks like, I promise. Please don’t get mad, it’s probably just Tommy-“

“You fools!” They heard faintly from across the hall. “Not much in just your birthday suits are you!” The British voice mocked.

“I’m going to murder that little prince of yours.”

“Don’t wait up, I’ll help.”

“Wait, no nonono! Eeeek!”

—

The first time Dream and Techno saw each other naked was because of Tommyinnit. For some reason the child thought that the night after the SBI Empire signed a peace treaty with Dream SMP was the perfect time to pull a little prank on the two generals.

Sure, when Techno woke up in a room stripped (pun intended) of all articles of clothing, he was peeved. But when he stepped outside to see his formal guest and tentative political ally, Dream, peeking into the hallway draped in nothing but a sheet and looking very confused, he was furious. He spent a few seconds explaining and apologizing before seeing Tommy snickering in the corner of his eye.

To both men, modesty and common courtesy meant much less than seizing the opportunity to murder the prankster, so they promptly left their bedsheets behind to sprint after the now screaming adolescent. Apparently, Tommy hadn’t factored that possibility in when deciding to mess with the two most powerful people in the country. He was caught in a matter of minutes.

With the bloodlust dealt with, Techno went back to sputtering apologies to his still nude rival general all about how his nation doesn’t condone thievery, and how Tommy was an unusual case, and so on and so forth, hoping that they wouldn’t have to go back to war. Luckily, Dream didn’t hold it against them, and the allegiance held. Not that Tommy wouldn’t still suffer severe consequences.

-2-

“That technique with an axe is like nothing I’ve ever seen. Sure your soldiers do some crude form of it, but you make it work! Oh, can you pass the soap, I’ve run out on my side.”

“Yeah, sure. But don’t forget that you beat me at the end of the day, anybody can use a sword, but not everybody can use a sword like you can.”

“I’ve still got a lot to learn, you absolutely destroyed me at parts, how do you even make a shield do that!”

“Haha, it’s not that hard, I’ll teach you sometime.”

“Here’s your soap back by the way.”

“No, keep it.”

—

The second time they saw each other in the nude was after a surprisingly insightful duel. It had been a few months since the peace treaty and Emperor Phil saw fit to prove to their nations the new peace by having the two engage in a friendly one on one. Though Techno ended up the victor, both learned a lot that day. There’s nothing like combat to stir the mind.

Even after the crowds had left and the organizers were cleaning up, they still chatted about strategies and techniques, about the differences between the two regional battle styles and how they trained.

Eventually they both fell into their normal routines and took showers, talking away in the communal area while sud filled water dripped down into the central drain. Loose promises were made to meet up again while Techno showed Dream where the towels were. It seemed their conversation never dimmed, even as they had to leave the arena and get back to their lives that were now little more than paperwork.