Tommyinnit Oneshots

Friendship By Choice Is Stronger Than Family By Chance

Despite popular opinion, Tommy Innit Craft was not a bad kid. He was an average student who made decent grades, and besides his excessive cursing, he wasn't a nuisance in class. When he was younger, he would ask irrelevant questions ("can cows be lesbians or not?"), but he mostly grew out of that habit once he hit middle school. He would still ask rather stupid questions, but he didn't do that in class when he was supposed to be working on something else. Tommy wasn't quiet when he talked, but he did have a good sense for knowing when to shut up. He wasn't a goody two shoes or the smartest in the class, but Tommy was a good student all things considered.

        That didn't stop the bad opinions about him. He was inferior to his brothers in almost every way. His older brothers would pass every class with flying colors, and they went above and beyond to be exemplary students. They would participate in every activity, they would assist teachers in any endeavor, and they had spotty clean records. When compared to Tommy, they were golden children sent from the high Heavens, while Tommy crawled out of Hell covered in blood and ashes. The teachers hated Tommy for the sole reason that he didn't live up to the Craft name. He had been asked on multiple occasions if he was adopted. Tommy started to answer 'yes' to that question. You can't tell a man that he's the worst every day of his life without some part of him considering that maybe, just maybe, he is the worst.

        That's why Tommy got stuck with all the dumb projects designed to make him fail. What was worse was that the teachers made sure to pair Tommy up with kids who don't have any work ethic but are willing to take some of the credit. Tommy would spend hours of his time completing a project by himself only for some asshole to take 50% of the credit. Tommy would try to explain to his teachers that he did it all, but they would scowl in his general direction before calling him a liar. Tommy gave up on teachers a long time ago.

        Except for the new one. Sam was his name. He taught science and robotics. He had bright green hair, acidic eyes, and he always smelled of sulphur and gunpowder. Sam was intelligent despite his appearance and smell. He had told Tommy that, no, he wasn't a terrorist, he was a Creeper hybrid. Tommy had been fascinated. To everyone else, hybrids were disgusting and inhuman. To Tommy, hybrids were everyday people who did cool things, like a magician. Tommy had been curious about Ranboo whenever he first started 'bullying' the boy, and now he would ask Sam the most random questions. Sam would laugh at the questions while answering to the best of his ability. He didn't get offended or think Tommy was stupid for asking. To Sam, Tommy was like a small child filled with wonder and buzzing with curiosity.

        Still, one good apple did make the rest of the tree any less rotten. Tommy was practically bullied by his teachers nonstop. Today was no different. His teacher thought it would be a good idea for Tommy to be paired with one of the kids that hated him. The Craft family wasn't popular with everyone. There was an entire group at school who thought the Craft family were nuisances that needed to be purged. Among that group was Tommy's partner for this particular project: Tubbo Underscore. He was one of the younger members of the group, and he mostly ignored the Craft family, but Tommy could feel his glare from where he sat in class. Tommy wanted to yell at his teacher. It was bad enough partnering with a kid that didn't do the work, it was worse if that kid hated Tommy's guts.

        Tommy found Tubbo after school. The boy was waiting in the car pick-up lane with a half-smile on his face. Tommy tapped on his shoulder to get his attention. Tubbo turned around with a bright grin. It faded into a heated glare when he recognized Tommy as the person who was getting his attention. "Look, save your beef for a job at McDonald's. I'm doing our project on kinetic energy. I was planning on building a train track because I am fucking good at doing that. I can give you cards of what to say, but you'll get a shitty A+ as long as I do my part."