Kaleidoscope oneshots

Two Birds~ Clingyduo

Two birds...

Tommy pulls Tubbo by his wrist, shouting out excited babbles as they walk on a rather unstable wooden path. Tubbo could see the cracks and hear the creaks of the cheaply put together wood. He and Tommy showed up to a RV style van, "Wil wanted me to take you here so we can make drugs or something. He didn't really tell me anything." Tommy turned around to look into Tubbo's eyes. He wished that he'd appreciate the childish glare of Tommy's eyes before it was gone.

On a wire...

Tubbo looks down to see Tommy with his hands firm around the bow. Wilbur starts counting and Tubbo's heart sinks. What if this goes wrong? Tommy pulls the arrow out the quiver and holds it to the bow's wooden frame. Tubbo wipes his shaking, sweaty hand on his jeans and puts all his focus on Wilbur's counting. 9... 10 paces, fire. Tubbo is immensely focused on the flying arrows. Tommy goes through the water coming back up to find an arrow focused to his chest. Tubbo sees the arrow fly. He sees it drive, full force, into Tommy's chest.

One tries to fly away...

The small smiles fill the quiet noise that follows the nature outside. Tommy and Tubbo had been sitting outside on the bench for hours now. Tommy had fallen asleep about an hour ago but Tubbo lay awake. Tubbo quite enjoyed sitting in the quiet though Tommy didn't. Tubbo enjoyed sitting like this to get a break from all the stuff happening around him. Tubbo watches the sun fully set and looks back at Tommy. His pale skin covered in dirt and soot from the long day they had but his hair sits perfectly on his forehead. Tubbo rests his head on Tommy's shoulder and lets himself fall asleep in the blissful silence of the night.

And the other watches him close from that wire...

Tubbo's neck starts to hurt from looking up to the stage in front of him. He sees Tommy's proud smile from behind Wilbur's small frame. "Listen, listen, please stop celebrating please... Quackity made a deal with the leader of Schlatt2020, Quackity said that no matter what happens Quackity would pool Swag2020 votes onto Schlatt2020 votes. POG2020 got 45% of the popular vote meaning that the coalition of Schlatt and Swag2020 got 46% of the vote." Tubbo gasped as his expression turned bitter. He looked to see Tommy's shocked and disappointed look up on the stage.

"My first decree as the president of l'manburg, the emperor of this great country, is to revoke the citizenship of WIlbur Soot and Tommyinnit." Schlatt belted from the stage. Tubbo turned to see the fearful, but now not childish, look in the sea blue eyes he had neglected once before. Tubbo watched in a frozen fear as the group chased them.

He says he wants to as well...

And there they find themselves sitting on the same bench as before. Sovereign silence broken by the barely audible sobs coming from both of the boys. They've changed so much. Tommy lost his childish beauty during the wars and his hair now ruined from the war and explosion. Half of Tubbo's body was covered in bright pink scars caused by the colorful explosions of fireworks. Tubbo wants to go back and stop the events that happened, but could he? If he even tried, would anyone care. He's far too tired to make the effort now. His past self would. He can't help but think about how he has worsened, like a pristine apple slowly turning a rotten brown.

But he is a liar.

The obsidian felt like it could fall down from how much pressure Tubbo was in. Looking into the eyes of lime green that had a menacing glare to them. Before Tubbo could think anymore he spoke the words. The words that'd send his best friend away. The words that would change their relationship forever. Tubbo felt the tears start to form when he saw Tommy being pulled harshly by Dream. Tubbo quickly pushed all the emotions down to be dealt with days, maybe months later. He heard the words being spoken but did he comprehend anything his friends were saying. No. He didn't care. His brain was eating himself from the inside out and he needed to run as fast as he could. But could he?

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