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"why are you guys being so secretive"

it was the next day and Mandy has caught them multiple times in corners of the house being quiet and looking stressed

Ranboo looks to Tubbo with a scared expression, Tubbo sighs and motions for them to go to the living room where Tommy was chomping on some microwave popcorn. Tommy looks up to Mandy's pissed and confused face and blanks

"did you tell her?" he asks and Mandy scoffs

"Tell me what! I'm growing tired of this!" she huffs sitting down on the couch. she crosses her arms and glares at the 3 boys

Tubbo looks to Ranboo and nods

"you know how our parents—" Tubbo gestures to the three of them. "—work together right? in the business?" Tubbo asks and Mandy nods now more intrigued

"Well, Tom's mom wants to move back to the UK, and all of our parents agreed." Tubbo says quietly and Mandy stills

"oh" she whispers, looking out the window. white noise fills her ears as she tries to process the information.

Ranboo, Tubbo, Tommy. UK.

"when?" she asks quickly

"Tomorrow morning"

tomorrow.

which means their leaving here tonight.

"tomorrow"she says quietly her voice breaking before turning to Ranboo

"No?" she asks and Ranboos heart drops

"Mandy-" he speaks but she shakes her head

"no this is good, not exactly my plan but it works out" she inhales deeply before getting up

"cigarette" she says before walking outside and walking to the bench

She hadn't brought a jacket, goosebumps littered her arm as she lifted her shaky hand to take a drag. She doesn't know if it's from the cold or if it's from the news. dropping her head back, she watches the fog roll over the sky and lets out a sigh, smoke and her hot breath mix into one and she watches it move over the already existing mist.

Hearing the door open she doesn't move her head and feels the swing move back, then a jacket is placed on her lap

"figured you would need it in this type of weather" a british voice cuts her thoughts off as she peers over at Bill

"thanks" she mutters taking another drag before handing the cigarette to bill to put the coat on

" 'Things will kill you, you know," he snorts. holding the cigarette between his fingers

a memory flashes to when she was talking with ranboo

"nasty habit" she shrugs grabbing the cigarette from his hand

"jesus your hands are cold" he pulls his hand back and Mandy chuckles

"how long have you been out here?" he asks cupping his hands around her open hand

"What time is it?" she asks quietly and he pulls one of his hands away to check his phone

"quarter past one" he says before putting his phone back in his pocket and cupping now both of her hands trying to warm them up, and mandy curses

"almost two hours" she chokes out a laugh and bill snorts

"jesus woman, trying to get frostbite are you?" he rolls his eyes and Mandy nods

"definitely on my to-do list"

"i need to go over this to-do list, seems like it's trying to get you killed" he shakes his head and Mandy smiles

"it's not that bad" she shakes her head and bill rests his head on the back of the bench

"cant have Aimseys step sister die of hyperthermia" he chuckles and stands up "c'mon blue lets get you inside" Mandy raises an eyebrow at the nickname

"blue?" she asks and Bill snorts

"your eyes stupid, come on" he motions towards the door and Mandy nods standing up

"okay muppet" she snorts and Bill scoffs

"I take that with full offense"

Mandy hums "i bet you do"

walking into the warm house she takes her jacket off and walks into the living room, looking around she's met with an empty couch

"what the.." she trails off as she all but runs up the stairs, and speed walking into her bedroom

"no no no no" she mutters as she opens the door only to be met with a clean room, her bed had been made as if they were never there

the thought made her stomach churn,

as she walks over to the bed she sees a photograph and a note

We're sorry about not saying goodbye. we wish things could've been different, but we're sure you'll find your way. you can't call us, our phone numbers have changed. We'll miss you Mandy.

-boy scout, cookie monster, bee boy

feeling tears sting her eyes she looks at the photograph, it was them laying on the grass, Tubbo had taken the photo. Mandy's eyes were squinting from the flash a wide smile on her face, Ranboo had his arm around her and was covering his laugh with his hand, Tommys mouth was wide open and Tubbos eyes were wide with a closed smile

on the back was the date and a smiley face. laughing sadly, she covers her mouth with her hand as choked sobs slowly pour out. she sits on her bed and leans her elbows on her knees as she felt every fiber of her body pain in sadness

She hears the door open and was immediately enveloped in two embraces, leaning her forehead on Aimsey's shoulder the two let her cry as they whispered comforting things.

The two hugging the girl shared a worried glance before going back to their sayings.

they were gone...but this time

she didn't want them to be.

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