ranboo the young enderman and edward the elder

you are save here, young one

quick a/n if you see this fic on ao3 (by the user spookeybagels), that's me, don't worry :) 

Ranboo always has always known that he was different. For one, he is part enderman. He often blames this half of himself for his height and the way he gets uncomfortable when making eye contact.

This is something everyone on the Dream smp understood, though, they often ignored it and looked Ranboo straight in the eyes whenever he did something wrong in their opinion. It was a pain to say the least, but Ranboo ignored it. It's not like they were going to change their habits just for him anyway.

The second thing that makes Ranboo different is not visible to humans, or even other hybrids. The only creatures that know what it is, are endermen. You see, in human years Ranboo is 17 years old. An age at which you are expected to act more mature and to know what's going on (even if you can't always know). The age that prepares you for adulthood. 

However, in enderman years, Ranboo could only be seen as a child, still growing, maturing and learning. Of course, he always represses his more childish side, he was only a kid in ender years and his enderman side is something he'd rather not show. Others weren't too kind to him, whenever they got reminded that he is also part enderman.

Life is different now. Ranboo has been living in the artic with Techno and Phil for a couple of weeks now. So far, life has been good. He has his little shack, adorable pets and is finally away from all the pressure that was put on him in L'Manburg. Slowly, but surely, he has been feeling more comfortable with showing his ender side, not in front of Techno and Phil, but it's a start.

Whenever he went exploring, he was standing at full height, something he has never done before. He also let small galactic sounds slip into his speech. The most remarkable change has been his interactions with other endermen. Whenever he passed one, he almost always got gifted a small trinket. This is, because it's a big part of enderman culture to give young ones something on their journey as a sign of protection and good luck. And well... Ranboo is a young one. A young one who loves the trinkets more than anything, because they make him feel safe. He keeps them on a special shelf in his basement and always cleans the dust off them.

Today Ranboo has been invited over by Techno and Phil for dinner. Humming to himself softly, he puts on his suit and does a last attempt to fix his hair. Of course, It doesn't work. He looks around for one last time, eyes resting on the small items on the shelf for a second, before opening his front door and making his way to Techno's house. it is snowing softly, small snowflakes falling down from the sky. Stopping in his tracks he looks up at the sky with great curiosity. Tilting his head to the side a bit he followed the tiny white dots with his eyes. One of the flakes lands on his nose, making it itch. He shakes the tiny white piece of snow off, but ends up sneezing anyway.

'achoo!' apparently he sneezed rather loud, because a couple of seconds later, Phil opened the door and yelled at Ranboo to come in. 'You alright there mate?' The avian has a concerned, yet playful look in his eyes, his voice ever so kind. 'yeah, I'm fine, my nose just itched a bit.' Phil gives one last look before letting Ranboo in. The tall boy walks inside, hunching forward a bit as he walks through the door to not bump his head on the doorframe. He notices someone in the corner and his eyes go wide.

In the corner of the cosy home sits an enderman. Not any kind of enderman though, they're an elder. Immediately Ranboo feels his enderman side coming out a bit more, wanting some kind of comfort from the older enderman in the corner. As always, he pushes the feeling away and instead greets the other politely. 

'hello elder' the words come as distorted vwoops, an ancient galactic language, more commonly known as ender. 'greetings child' they answer. 'ah, I see you've met Edward.' Ranboo respectfully nods at the elder (whose name apparently is Edward), before turning to see Techno look at him from the couch. The pig hybrid raises a brow 'so you speak ender? Honestly, should have seen it coming. You're the main character after all.' The younger chuckles at that 'I guess.' he responds.