(DISCONTINUED) bumblebees : benchtrio

chapter three | sweet tea

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summary:
tommy wanted to make lunch.
what could go wrong?

date: 5/27/21
data log 003: sweet tea
tommy centric

this chapter wasnt rewritten as im still very happy with it! therefore everything will stay the same writing wise here and will be rewritten if i become unpleased with it as time goes on.

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it was four in the afternoon on a crisp, foggy thursday. the cool winds refreshed the blonde as he opened the glass windows of the cottage. his roommates, ranboo and tubbo, were curled up in the bottom loft bed, sleeping soundly entangled in each others arms. for context, they were reading and ended up falling asleep while tommy practiced his mandolin. it ended in harmless cuddling and head scratching. you could hear subtle snores from tubbo and silky purrs rumbling from ranboo's throat.

tommy had the brilliant idea to make dinner. usually that would be ranboo's job since neither tubbo or the blonde knew how to properly make food other then cereal and sandwiches. so to challenge himself, he decided to whip up something simple. tommy rolled up the sleeves of his baggy hoodie, and tied the "kiss the enderman" apron ranboo owned around his waist.

he was going to make, or attempt to make, a simple fruit salad recipe he had found on pinterest while looking for ideas to write music. the tanuki had the hobby of writing music, and he often looked on places like tumblr and pinterest for some inspiration. during his fruit salad recipe hunt, he stumbled upon an iced sweet tea recipe as well. thankfully, the trio had gone to philza's general store not too long ago. so they had plenty of different ingrediants. and convinient enough, tommy was a gardener. he had an entire patch dedicated to fruits and berries.

swinging the cottage door open with a violent push, the tanuki stepped triumphantly out of the house and walked straight to his garden. he bent down over a specific plant, carefully picking some of the berries that lingered on the plants stems. they seemed to be raspberries. nearby, there were strawberries and blackberries. to make this collecting trip easier, tommy reached for a fruit basket he always left near the entrance of the garden, and began to throw several different fruits and berries he had into it.

standing up with a bit of struggle, tommy cracked his back and began shuffling inside the home. he shut the door swiftly, running towards the counter. excited giggles erupted from his mouth while he sorted and cleaned the berries with tap water. over the sink was a cabinet which housed the spices ranboo had grown himself, and different honey's tubbo collected from their apiaries for everyone to use.

while grabbing a small mason jar filled with the thick yellow liquid and a honey stirrer, tommy's tail excitedly wagged. he was extremely hyped up from the berry collecting, and now was prepared to begin making the fruit salad. while he was out picking the berries earlier, he had also grabbed some juicy lettuce for the fruit salad. nothin' like some greens to make the salad more scrumptious, right?

tommy began by pouring the berries into the salad, slowly adding the greens within the mixture of blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and black berries. he even had added some store bought watermelon he absolutely hated but knew ranboo and tubbo enjoyed. he would make himself a separate bowl later.

carefully, the blonde mixed the ingredients together for the salad. he seemed proud of himself when he presented a fine bowl of fruit salad to the joyful air surrounding him. swaying his tail more rapidly, tommy quickly whipped out the wooden pitcher they had in the bottom cabinet under the sink. he then began to fill the pitcher to its brim with tap water and plonked some ice cubes into it.

grabbing the tea mix, tommy took out a scooper and poured one scoop of the mix into the now iced tap water. taking the spoon he used to mix the salad together, he quickly scrubbed it with a sponge and soaked it in water before dunking it into the pitcher, stirring it at a moderate pace.

the liquid splashed slightly out of the pitcher, tommy not noticing it pool. taking a spoon, he took a little sip of the freshly made iced sweet tea.

",,too plain." tommy muttered, spooning a little sugar into it and mixing it. he repeated this process until he felt it was sweet enough.

aka,,, 7 spoons of sugar.

he had a moderately big spoon.

"perfect!" the tanuki beamed, turning to look at the clock. it was 6:00pm, perfect timing. he lifted the bowl and pitcher, carefully bringing them outside and ignoring the mess on the counter. the counter had sugar, spilled tea, and mushed berry juice splattered on the once clean polish wood.

swinging the door open with his foot, tommy placed the fruit salad and tea pitcher on the picnic table they had outside the cottage. his ear twitched, turning swiftly to see two others; ranboo and tubbo had awoken.

you could see how tired they were, tubbo gripping ranboos hand tightly while the enderman himself rubbed his eyes, trying to adjust to the sunlight.

"tommy,,? what are you doing? i was about to go cook the chicken we had bought." ranboo yawned, eyeing the tanuki suspiciously.

"i made dinner!" tommy beamed presenting a bowl of mushed berries and leaves, and a opaque sweet tea, which was enough evidence tommy put too much sugar into it.

",,dinner? what is it? i cant smell it,," tubbo murmured. since he was blind, tubbo relied on his sense of smell and hearing. him being use to meats made it difficult to tell if there was any fruit nearby.

"fruit salad, with iced sweet tea! both having a little honey in it for your liking." the blonde announced proudly, dishing out the suspicious looking salad onto some bowls he had brought out earlier in the afternoon.

"sounds delicious,," tubbo slurred, still quite exhausted from his slumber. "is it fresh?"

"if you consider mushed berries and very sugary iced sweet tea fresh, then sure." ranboo spoke, still-faced from the shock of seeing tommy actually make something.

"you really failed at making fruit salad ?"
",,,i guess." tommy's ears drooped. his tail stopped swaying, it now hanging limply from behind.

ranboo frowned, wandering over and extended his slender arms to embrace the blonde. tommy grabbed ahold of the younger, grib tightening on the shirt he wore.

tubbo had trotted over quickly, clinging to ranboos back with ease. "its okay toms, ya tried!" the highland cow spoke, face nuzzling into the back of his enderman friend, ear twitching in an awaiting reply from the blonde.

tommy nodded, grunting. the two-toned teenager thought for moment. "ill go make a fresh bowl of fruit salad, we can sleep in the van tonight. do you two like that?"

tubbo nodded, tommy making a noise in reply, indicating he said yes. "not now."

chuckling, ranboo carefully brought the two older inside. they settled on the sofa, leaning against each other. ranboo's hand was entangled in tubbo's hair, his other on tommy's back while rubbing soft circles into his shirt to calm the boys nerves.

the enderman lulled the two to sleep, tubbo being already exhausted from overworking himself the previous night from his writings, and tommy from the two hours of hard work he did with the attempt at making dinner for the group.

slowly standing up, ranboo wandered to the kitchen. he whipped out the spare fruits and greens, beginning to make a fresh fruit salad for the two when they woke up. he dumped the attempts tommy had made, and stirred up a much more sweeter, but not extremely sugary sweet iced tea, and slipped both items into the fridge covered with lids for tomorrow.

going back into the living room, ranboo softly woke the older and led them to the bedroom. he ushered both into their separate beds before lying down in his own, and falling asleep.

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