[Discontinued] Welcome to the Family - SBI + Ranboo + Tubbo (no shipping!)

Chapter Thirteen

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Tubbo POV

I sat at the dining table eating my Creeper Crunch. Tommy sat next to me eating his toast. Techno was probably getting ready so he can take us to school and go to work. Dadza is probably getting ready as well, he likes to say goodbye before we leave. Wilbur and Ranboo were both most likely asleep.

As I was washing my bowl, I felt a mass amount of sadness and fear. My best guess is either Wilbur or Ranboo was having a nightmare. More likely Ranboo than Wilbur because his nightmares had ended ages ago. I think it would be best if I were to go check on him.

I left the kitchen and headed down the hallway. As I was arriving outside his room, I felt pain. I could hear heaving breaths and light sniffles. Whatever was going on in his dream must be pretty bad.

I swing open the door, Ranboo's figure shaking on the bed. There was a slight smell of burnt flesh. Shuffling over to his bedside, I touch him gently. Rubbing gentle circles on his back, I say "Ranboo, you need to wake up."

He bolts up, gasping awake. He realizes someone is touching him and jumps away. "Hey, you're alright now. That nightmare wasn't real."

He glances at me, nodding slowly. I could feel the fear and pain ebbing away slowly. I don't know what happened during his time in the system, but whatever did happen caused this pain. I remember having nightmares at first too, but never as bad as Wilbur or now, Ranboo. "Can I give you a hug?"

He nods, scooting a bit closer. I hopped on the bed next to him and gave him a comforting squeeze. The smell of burning flesh is more prominent now. Leaning back and grabbing at his hands, I noticed that the scars on his face were opened. Crying hurts him, I understood. He's like our neighbor Jack Manifold, who is also water intolerant. "Do you want to talk about it?"

He seems hesitant but nods. "I was stuck in a cold void with past foster parents, their children, people from the system, past "friends," and you guys. You all said awful things to me," He takes a deep breath. "It felt like being stabbed with multiple icicles over and over until they pierced my heart and lungs."

My face scrunches. "Jesus Christ. Whatever we said, know that it's not true at all." I hug him again. "We want you here and you matter, alright?"

He nods and gives a small tight smile.

Ranboo POV

While I appreciate his comfort, I can tell it's all lies. What they told me in the dream is what is true.

"Do you want some cream for your burn scars? Or do you want a lava bath? Our neighbor is a blaze hybrid and so he has a lava pool and fire resistance pots in his basement," Tubbo says.

"Both would be great."

"Alright. Well, gather some clean clothes and I'll go talk to Phil about it," Tubbo smiles brightly and leaves my room.

I just don't understand why they're being so kind to me. It's all a front so they can use and hurt me later. I turn from my thoughts to the task at hand. I clamber out of bed, my muscles and body feeling tight. I grab a lavender-colored t-shirt, a black zip-up sweatshirt, some black skinny jeans, underwear, and socks from my closet.

I headed towards my door and started walking out. On the way out, I got caught by Phil. "Hey, good morning. Ready to head over to Jack's house?"

Jack is such a normal name for a hybrid. Techno, Tubbo, and I all have weird names while we're all hybrids. I nodded to Phil and began following him out of the house.

The house was significantly smaller than the Minecraft household. It was a sky blue one-story house that I assumed had two bedrooms at most. We walk up to his steps and Phil knocks on his door.

"Ayup lads! What can I do for the two of ya?" Jack asks. For a hybrid, he was pretty normal-looking. The only out-of-the-ordinary things were that his hands had a golden tint to them and he was radiating heat.

"Well, Ranboo here is also water intolerant. We were hoping that we could use your lava bath," Phil explains, a kind smile gracing his face.

"Of course! I'm glad I'm not the only one like this around here anymore!" the blaze hybrid chuckles. "C'mon in!"

We follow him through his house down to his basement. I was greeted by the sound of the happy bubbling of lava. Jack grabbed a towel from a cupboard and led us to the lava tub.

"Alright, you can set your stuff over there Ranboo," he says pointing to a chair. "And here are two fire resistance potions. They're each eight minutes long and to keep track there's a timer on the side of the tub. Soaps are on the side of the tub as well."

"Thank you so much, Jack. Ranboo, we'll leave you to it?" Phil asks. I nod and the two leave the basement. Jack mentioning something about making tea. I strip from my pajamas, drink one of the potions, set a timer, and got into the lava.

It's been a very long time since I've had a full tub of lava to just float in. Normally -if they had access- I would just use a bucket full of lava and do a weird combination of pouring lava and using soap. This felt really nice.