This is Us: a beeduo story

Chapter 8 Who Attacked Us?

Tubbo's P.O.V

I could feel tears sting the back off my eyes as I tried to hold them back.

"Your not mad at me?" I asked once I noticed his expression was the same.

"Why would I be mad? You probably had your reasons...am I right?" Ranboo said.

I nodded softly as Ranboo wiped away my tears. Smoke started to roll off his hands. I thought water hurt him, was he smiling through the pain?

"Why are you smiling? I thought that an Enderman's weakness was water?" I asked.

"It is...I'm smiling because of how cute you are." Ranboo replied.

"Okay...then why is your hand up my shirt?" I asked him.

You should've seen how red his face was. He looked like he was about to fall over. My dad finds out about my boyfriend and Ranboo found out that I'm a bee. Are all my secrets going to get exposed today?

"I-i uhm," Ranboo sttudered.

"Are you trying to come up with an excuse so you can lie to me?" I asked.

"NO! I just don't know how to explain it," He said quickly.

"My dad made you, didn't he?" I asked raising an eyebrow.

"How did you-" He said before I cut him off.

"I know my dad like the back of my hand." I answered.

"There is one thing I know I can't do and that's changing your opinion about Ranboo." Schaltt said.

"I didn't know you had a very understanding father." Ranboo said to me.

"No he just knows he can't beat me in an argument." I replied.

I then removed my contacts which freaked Ranboo out.

"I thought your eyes were normal!" Ranboo said.

"They are normal...for a bee!" I said energetically.

"I guess I walked into that one," Ranboo said. "I wonder if..." His voice trailed off.

"If what?" I asked as he started to slide out of his bed.

"Stand up and walk." He finished once he was on his feet.

He managed to stand but walking was the real battle. He took one step then another. He speeded up the process and a little later he was walking.

"Try telaporting." I said once he got walking down.

"That's not going to be a problem." He said as he formed an enderpearl out of thin air.

He then thrown the pearl and it crashed against his wall. The pose he held up against the wall screamed overconfidence. He leaned back with one foot against the wall and crossed his arms.

I then walked up to him and warped my arms around him a little under his chest and rested my head against him.

"Your warm," I mumbled.

He chuckled a little before wrapping his arms around me.

"I may be warm but your cute." Ranboo said to me.

He kissed the top of my forehead. Why is he really good at flirting? A question started to bubble in my mind.

"Who attacked us and what did they want?" I asked.

Ranboo's P.O.V

Tubbo's question caught me off guard but I knew I had to respond.

"I don't know," I replied. "But what I do know is that they made a huge mistake trying to hurt you."

Tubbo looked up at me with his blue eyes. You could see the fear rising in them. I decided to bring Tubbo closer to me. I looked back down at him ... why was he so scared?

"Tubbo, what's the matter?" I asked him.

"I just realized something that's all." He replied in a hushed tone.

"What did you realize?" I asked.

"Those guys attacked federal government." He replied a little fastest than normal.

"What are you getting at?" I asked raising an eyebrow.

He walked over to my bed and sat down on it. He patted the bed on his left side so I guess he wants me to sit next to him. I walked over and sat next to him. He then grabbed my hand and leaned against me.

"I can put a bounty on them." He said after a while.

"Did you see them?" I asked.

"Ya, right after you collapsed by my feet. He stood in front of the door to your house. He was an idiot for not wearing a mask. I saw every detail of his face. He had light purple eyes and black hair. He's not going to get away with what he did." Tubbo explained in full detail.

"Don't you think you'll need a picture of this man?" I asked.

"I'm already a step ahead of you. While you were out I had my court find a picture of him. I wouldn't let them rest till they found one." Tubbo said.

"Wow, you are a step ahead. Did they find one?" I thought that I should keep asking questions till I got somewhere.

"Yes they found one." He told me.

That's good. If he has a photo of the person then they can't get away.

"Hey Ranboo," Tubbo said.

"Yes?" I said turning to him.

"Enderman are gender fluid right?" He asked.

I looked at him with a confused expression. Why was he asking that all of a sudden?

"Yes, Enderman are gender fluid." I said answering his question.

"Then why do you go by he/him pronouns?" He asked.

I leaned back and looked up at my ceiling.

"Because I wanna go by them. How did you find out that I go by those pronouns?" I said.

"I was talking with Dream yesterday when you were unconscious. He called you a 'he' which confused me." He explained.

"Over 90% of Enderman are gender fluid but out of that percentage 50% of them prefer to go by certain pronouns. I fall in that 50%. Does that make sense?" I told him.

"Yes it does and it also clears my confusion." He replied.

"That's good." I said.

I looked down as I felt something wrap around my waist. To my surprise it was just Tubbo going in for a hug. I wrapped my arms around him and brought him closer to me. We didn't break the hug till Schaltt cleared his throat. We forgot he was in the room.