How To Gain Another Parent

Chapter 7: 5 Years Have Passed and I'm Angry, Dream

Dream had stopped crying, but he was still shaking. Philza had ushered the kids inside as Techno comforted him and Niki stood at the side, looking a bit guilty. The axolotl was exhausted and you could tell by the way he slumped, his head laying against the brute's chest.

Eventually as Techno held him, Niki had to go. Not wanting to go without an apology, she told the piglin to tell him when he's feeling better that she's sorry and hope he's okay.

Though, she didn't do anything. Nothing crushed Dream harder than the fact that it had been five years. What more had he missed than the king changing. At this point were his friends even still looking for him? Why were they even sure he was still alive?

As he calmed down a bit more, he gripped Techno's shirt before mumbling, "I've been dead for five years."

"Yeah, time can be weird." Techno said, rubbing the other's back in comfort, "You know, Philza is older than he looks like by a hundred more years or so."

Dream paused at this, "How... is that possible?"

"Immortality is like that."

"Would he possibly know how this happened to me?" He asked, wiping the tears that just kept falling from his eyes.

Techno was quiet for a moment before speaking, "I think he might actually."

The axolotl looked up at him with hope filling his teary eyes, "Really?"

He nodded before helping them both stand up, "I think so, but first..."

The brute pulled out a water bottle and handed it to Dream.

"Don't need a repeat of the first time you came here, do we?"

He just shook his head wordlessly as Techno began his walk to Philza's to collect his kids so that Dream could talk to him in peace.

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Once back in his own house with the 4 kids settled as much as they could be settled. After all there was no way to rid Tommy of his boundless energy, trust him, he's tried... very hard. Not only that, but now Ranboo, usually the one he could trust not scheme too much, and Tubbo, one who did most of the scheming with Tommy coming in second, were both scheming, together. Now, Techno knew that the little enderman was smart... most of the time... Flashbacks to the other morning where his son had thought he was dead and later was told by his best friend that the poor kid thought that Dream had been drowning.

...Maybe he should get him a book about aquatic hybrids.

Shaking himself away from the thoughts, he decided the next best bet to get a jump on whatever the two were planning, actually three now, when he hadn't been looking Purpled seemed to have joined their little scheming circle. In the back of his mind he wondered where Tommy was for all of this, but shrugged it off.

"... isn't a great idea?" Tubbo attempted to whisper.

It seems like he unfortunately missed the planning part of their scheming.

He saw Purpled shrug out of the corner of his eye, "I'm not sure about it, kind of seems dumb."

Ranboo pouted and crossed his arms, "I'd like you to come up with a better idea."

"Fine." He said, "I will and I'll have Tommy help me since you guys aren't letting him."

Well, that explains the Tommy situation. He just hoped whatever the kid's were planning wasn't too bad.

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Dream had stood, holding the glass bottle, as Techno walked away. He quickly took sips as he could tell that from all that crying he had down that he was soon to be dehydrated. As he finished it, he saw the brute wave goodbye to Philza as the kids ran ahead.