(DISCONTINUED)American Boy || Platonic Beeduo Highschool AU

5: Dream Team

a/n thank you guys so much for the votes and comments, it's really keeping me motivated :)

uhh anyway here's chapter 5, sorry (not) about the cliffhanger

TW/CWs: Anxiety, small anxiety attack, intrusive thoughts, violence, small mention of blood 

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Ranboo pushed open the door to the bathroom and was relieved to find it empty. He didn't need anyone watching him awkwardly dry off his hoodie.

Ranboo grabbed a handful of paper towels from the dispenser and began to dry his hoodie. He heard the door open and decided to ignore it.

"Hey," he heard a voice say. Ranboo turned around, not making eye contact. His eyes on the floor, he saw three pairs of shoes.

Uh oh

"Uh, hi?" Ranboo said, confused. Maybe they confused him for someone else.

"You're the new kid right?" A different voice asked this. Ranboo began to panic. This was always how it started. He would be cornered in the bathroom or an empty hallway and then they would beat him up.

The faces would change, but it would always be the same scenario.

"Yeah..." Ranboo said, fidgeting with the paper towels in his hands.

"God, would you look up from the floor, dumbass?" one of them said, laughing. Ranboo sighed and looked up. He couldn't believe he thought this school would be different.

"Dude, what's up with your eyes?" one of them smirked. Ranboo's eyes darted around, trying to find an escape. It was no use. They had him cornered. It was a situation Ranboo was very familiar with, and he very much wanted to avoid the outcome.

"Uhm... can I just..." Ranboo tried to squeeze past the boys, but one of them roughly pushed him back against the wall. Ranboo started to slightly hyperventilate.

This wasn't supposed to happen. The school here was supposed to be different. He had made friends, for once.

"I'd say we knock some sense into this American prick," one of the boys said, grabbing the collar of Ranboo's hoodie and shoving him up the wall.

He had blonde hair and piercing green eyes and seemed like the leader of the group.

"Dream, just let him go. Lunch is almost over," the brunette to his right said, sounding bored. The blonde (Dream?) just rolled his eyes. He brought back his fist, and Ranboo flinched. He felt Dream's fist connect sharply with his cheek, and could taste blood inside his mouth. That was going to bruise.

"OI DICKHEADS!"

Huh?

Ranboo opened his eyes to see Tommy and Tubbo standing in the bathroom doorway. Dream released his grip on Ranboo's collar and the tall boy slid down the wall onto the bathroom floor.

He could hear people yelling, but he chose to block it out and cover his ears and close his eyes.

Eventually, Ranboo felt a hand on his shoulder and flinched, expecting the group from before. He opened his eyes and was surprised to see the warm grey-green eyes of Tubbo, who looked worried. Ranboo removed his hands from his ears.

"Hey, can you breathe with me?" the smaller boy said softly. Ranboo nodded.

"Ok, breathe in through your nose, and out through your mouth," Tubbo said. Ranboo's breaths were shaky.

They repeated the exercise a few times until Ranboo was mostly calmed down. Tubbo wiped at something on Ranboo's cheek.

"You're crying..." Tubbo said quietly.

No no no.

He couldn't break down.

Not here.

Not now.

That'd be so embarrassing.

It'd be selfish.

Stop.

Tubbo hugged him. 

The taller boy's eyes widened in surprise, before burying his face in the crook of Tubbo's neck and hugging him back.

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my cat just bit me :/

uhh, so yea that happened. next chapter out tomorrow :O

please eat, drink, take your meds, and go to sleep if it's late. ily guys, stay safe <3

pspspspspspsps hey beeduo enjoyers maybe leave a vote or a comment? no pressure though :)

a/n from the future: I am just now realizing that Dream calling Ranboo American as an insult is pretty dumb since Dream is also American.

so let's just pretend that everyone is from the UK in this au unless I say differently, thanks :)

sorry guys lmao