behind the smile [tubbo au]

the truth slips out

A/n: IM FEELING JAZZY TODAY GUYS SO YOU GET ANGST YEA IM BACK FROM THE DEAD BC I LOVE THIS STORY
<3

Tw: eating, panic attack

"tubbo? Bad? Dinners ready." Sapnap stood in tubbos doorway as he watched the boy get taught how to crochet by bad.

"Alright we will be there in a minute, thanks sapnap!" Bad smiled and watched tubbos hands as he slowly crocheted more.

Tubbo held the small handkerchief, as it was just a practice item. "I think we should eat now." Tubbo made eye contact with bad.

"Yea." Bad got up and left the room with tubbo behind him.

"Hey tubbo, hi bad!" Dream called out, placing full plates onto the table. Tubbo looked at the plates and then looked away. He knew he was getting better.

They all took their seats as George turned on the news for background noise in the living room.

Tubbo twirled his pasta around his fork many times, listening to the news. "-was your day tubbo?" Tubbo looked up.

"Oh! I uhh... spent it with bad." He smiled. "We crocheted." Bad smiled and nodded.

"Swag!" George called out, shoving a meatball in his mouth. Dream smiled.

Tubbo leaned back and took a bite of a meatball, staring back at the tv. "The case of jschlatt has been reopened as we found fingerprints on the body and one of two of the man's friends say this did not look like a suicide or an accident."

Tubbos eyes shot wide and his heart dropped. He stared back at dream. "I- b-body...?" Tears welled up in tubbos eyes as he stared between dream, George, sapnap, and bad.

Dream stood up and hugged his brother. He was shaking, he knew that it was him that committed the crime.

"Why was he murdered...?" Tubbo muttered to himself as he pushed away his plate. "Help why did he- why-" tubbo felt his heart racing as he pushed his chair out from the table.

"Dr-drea...." Tubbos head felt like it was spinning as his throat clogged up and he lost his balance and grip on his brother.

Tears fell down his face without stopping and he walked back into the wall, sliding down it.

"H-he died... He ra-rasied me... Not- n-not well but he- he..." Tubbo covered his ears with the palms of his hands. As sapnap ran over so help him as well.

Sapnap grabbed tubbos chin gently with his hand and forced him to look at sapnap. "Hey... Look at me alright?" Tubbo shakily nodded and looked into sapnaps black eyes.

"Tubbo, I want you to repeat what I say alright?" Sapnap looked into the yellow eyes of the boy. Tubbo nodded.

"I am safe."

"I-im safe...?"

"Everything is okay."

"Every-everything is okay..."

"I am loved and cared for."

"I am lo-loved and cared for."

Sapnap smiled and took a large deep breath. Tubbo reciprocated. They did that a couple of times until tubbo calmed down.

/My grandmother did that for me last time instead of the 54321/

"He was.... Murdered?" Tubbo stared into sapnaps dark eyes again.

"He hurt you though? Didn't he deserve it?" Dream asked from behind sapnap. Tubbo looked over.

"He hurt me but- but he had people who loved him and there hurt... So hurt." Tubbo looked away.

Sapnap tilted his head. "Who? Couldn't we use em for evidence for the case? They might know something."

"Their names are Charlie Slimecicle, Ted Nivison, and Alexis Quackity." Tubbo looked at the ground. "Quackity worked for schlatt. Their relationship confused me but they pretended to hate each other I guess. Ted and Charlie were schlatts best friends though. They were kind of nice to me. Especially Ted, he got me milk and cookies sometimes."

Sapnap smiled and stared at dream, who looked like he was gonna cry. "I didnt even think about that before shoving the knife in i-" Dream muttered and then quickly covered his mouth with both of his hands.

"What-" sapnap stared at dream. "What the fuck dream?" Sapnap stood up with tubbo. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"

tubbo started sobbing uncontrollably again. His own brother killed his 'father'?

Tubbos never raised his voice in his life but he was caught up in the anger and wasn't really thinking. "I-ILL CALL THE FUCKING COPS ON YOU!" sapnap hugged tubbo and watched as he dialed 999.

"999 where's your emergency?" A soft woman's voice spoke from the other line.

"Y-yknow the schlatt case? I uhm- I found the murderer.. help? Help. 204 twichprime street. Please come fast."

"Alright." The lady didn't sound rushed at all. "Police are one their way. 5 miles away. If you could keep the criminal detained until they arrive that would be ideal. Thank you."

Dream started to rub towards the door but sapnap grabbed his shirt and pinned him to the ground. "Stay calm tubbo. They can't be more than 3 minutes away."

Tubbo nodded and slowly sat down at the dinner table. "h-how..." Tubbo shakily started to speak, getting everyones attention. "How did you kill him...?"

The cops showed up as the question was asked. "I-im sorry tubbo... He- i- I stabbed him to death...." The cops came in just as dream spoke.

Tommy, the one that lead them looked at sapnap. "get off of him please?" Everyone could hear the thick British accent that laced his words as he spoke.

Sapnap stood up and dream sat correctly as corpse looked back at a few people behind him. "Ted? Charlie? Quackity? Do you know this man?" Corpse stepped out of the way of the three as Quackity tensed up.

"He uh- um.. he goes to my school." Quackity looked away. Charlie just stared blankly at the man. The man who killed his friend. His friend.

"What is wrong with you...?" Charlie spat as he felt tears start running down his face. Ted hugged him and looked at the green eyed man on the floor.

Charlie forced himself out of Ted's grip, making him frown. "Tubbo?" Tubbo looked up, still sobbing as Ted held out his arm for a hug. Tubbo immediately ran over and hugged the man.

"It's alright tubbo..." Ted and Charlie watched as Tommy, Corpse and Techno took dream away.

The realization set on everyone as dream left the house. Their best friend, brother, boyfriend, classmate, he was a murderer.

"B-but everything was finally perfect..."

A/n: I decided I didn't want a good ending :)

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