Technoblade Never Cries - Technoblade Angst

<Chapter Four> Hallucinations and whatnot

⚠️ TW: hallucinations, panic, asthma attack, overworking (is that even a trigger warning?), self hate ⚠️
I think I got all of them, feel free to comment if I missed any. Enjoy! 😃

Techno woke up a bit later, confused and slightly disorientated.

What was going on? Where was he?

He had a lingering feeling that he wasn't alone, however, so he opened his eyes to see what it was.

He sat up, seeing a figure standing in the shadows of the room he was in.

Curious, he slowly walked closer to it, but jumped back when he saw who it was.

The evil face of his father smirked down at him from the corner.

His breathing now speeding up, Techno managed to blurt out,

'D-dad? W-what are you doing here? I thought you'd gone away on a trip-' He stopped when he saw the man's face contort into a boiling rage.

'W-what did I-' he then stopped when he realised what he had done. He'd accidentally called him dad. One of the main things he'd been forbidden from doing for some reason.

'What did you just call me?' He said, getting closer to the boy, who had fallen back, cowering on the floor in terror.

'You are no son of mine, how dare you even suggest such a thing?'

'I-I'm so sorry sir, I didn't mean to! I swear!' He cried out, scrambling to get away, and hitting his head on the wall in the process.

'I know you didn't.' His father replied in the calmest tone imaginable. Techno stopped, looking up.

'Y-you do...?' His father nodded, that disgusted look finding its way back onto his face.

  'Which proves your case even worse, if you think about it.' He said angrily, once again getting closer to the terrified boy who now had his feet up to his chest, and his arms covering his head, ready to take a painful blow.

His breathing sped up even more, and he started to hyperventilate.

His body shook from head to toe, as he began to feel light-headed.

But instead of receiving the hard punch he'd been expecting, he heard loud footsteps coming from the hallway.

The panicked voices of two people were getting closer and closer, until eventually he heard the door open, and saw Wilbur and Phil walk in.

'Techno? Techno, are you okay!?' Wilbur said worriedly, making Techno whip his head up, suddenly alert.

Don't show weakness

If they realise you're weak, you'll lose the only two friends you have

If they can even be counted as that

Techno tried his best to calm down before he spoke.

  'I-I'm fine. Don't w-worry about me.' He croaked.

Wilbur looked at him, clearly worried.

'Are you hungry, mate?' Phil asked. 'Wilbur told me you just missed lunch, and you didn't bring yourself any breakfast.' Techno just shook his head.

'No thanks.'

'You haven't eaten anything today, You have to eat something, mate...'

'I'm not hungry.' Actually, he was hungry. Very hungry. As a matter of fact, he hadn't even touched any food in over three days now.