I'm Always Fine. - Tommyinnit angst

~Chapter 5~

~Tommy's POV~

Everyone on the call was silent. I felt slightly uncomfortable with all the attention on me, but I played it off as if I hadn't noticed everyone's silence and was playing a game on my phone. 

"When was the last time you had a shower?" Sapnap asked bluntly.

I looked up at my screen, startled. "What?"

"Sapnap!" BBH scolds him. "He's been working hard, okay? It's easy to forget."

Silence settled over the call once more.

"Hey everyone, thanks for hopping on!" Dream's voice rang throughout the call, immediately catching everyone's attention. 

"Dream, you took forever!" Skeppy groaned, causing BBH to laugh and call him impatient. 

"Sorry, I had to feed Patches." Dream replied, earning a few 'awws' due to the mention of his cat. "I'm just gonna get straight into it, I know it might be late for you guys in the UK."

I glanced at my clock. 12:54. Compared to the time I usually fall asleep, not that late at all.

"Please hurry, I'm exhausted!" Jack exclaimed, exaggerating his words.

"Tommy's tired too, he literally fell asleep two minutes ago." Ranboo chimed in. I looked up at the mention of my name.

"What?" I asked, regretting tuning out the conversation.

"Did you not fall asleep?" Tubbo questioned. His tone was odd, almost like he was trying to prove something. 

"No? Maybe I did. I dunno," I mumbled, looking back through my memory. "I guess I did."

"You don't remember?" Wilbur asked, his concern visible. 

"I do, I do, it just took me a minute." I grumbled, trying to tell them to stop asking questions without actually saying anything. 

"Okay then..." Dream started, confused at the situation. "So let's talk about the trip! I'll talk about location first. I thought about just having you guys come to Florida, but what fun that be for me and Sapnap, right?"

"Dude, we literally live only an hour and 45 away from Disney World-"

"AND SO-" Dream interrupted Sapnap, causing everyone to laugh. "I've decided to change locations! We're going to Texas!"

Whoops, 'yee-haws', cheers, and laughs echoed through the call, causing me to turn down my volume. I couldn't help but smile, everyone was so happy...

"NOW TIMES!" Dream shouted over everyone. "This upcoming Friday, the plane tickets are scheduled for 6 AM and you guys should arrive in Texas at about 4 to 5 PM. I would bring blankets, pillows, chargers, snacks, anything you might need for a 10-hour flight."

"Jack, are you sure you don't need any help? I can drive around and pick up someone if you'd like. We could all meet up at the airport together." Phil suggested, knowing there was quite a bit of us and we don't live close. 

"Eh, yeah. Would save us some time. Who do you want to get?" Jack replied.

"I live closer to Tommy, Tubbo, and Wilbur. I'll pick them up if that's alright."

"I'll get Niki and George!" 

"Thank god! I don't want to be in a car with two children." George chuckled.

Tubbo gasped, acting offended. I just laughed, I didn't have the energy for much else.

"I'll message those in the US privately with the plane ticket information. Me, Sapnap, Skeppy, and BBH have plane tickets for a day before so we can set the house up and get groceries. Sapnap and I will drive to the airport to pick up you guys in the UK, Skeppy'll go get Karl and Fundy and BBH'll get Technoblade, Quackity, and Ranboo." He paused for a moment to catch his breath and then continued. "We'll sort out the house stuff when everyone gets there. Is everyone alright with everything?"

"This is so much more complicated than I thought it would be." Tubbo groaned causing Ranboo to giggle.  

"Is that everything?" I asked, my voice sounding raspy.

"Yeah, I think so!" Dream chirped.

"I'm gonna go to bed then. Goodnight everyone." I said, leaving the call and turning off my PC. I rested my head on my desk, holding my badly bandaged hand to my chest. It had started to hurt pretty badly a few days ago, so I started taking painkillers. I guess the ones I took earlier today wore off. 

I got out of my chair and went to the bathroom. I unwrapped the bandages on my arm, the brownish bandage shriveling up into itself. I tossed it in the bin and looked at my hand.

The sight alone made me gag. My flesh around the torn skin was bright red and was hot to the touch. My knuckles were swollen, red streaks ran down my hand. How did this even happen? I turned on the faucet and put my hand underneath, the cold water causing the pain to subside. Not knowing what to do, I just rewrapped my hand in a clean bandage and took some more painkillers. 

I glanced up at myself in the mirror, an unfamiliar face looking back at me. His blond hair was matted and tangled, hair grease causing some strands to stick together. His face looked shiny like he had been sweating or crying. His blue irises were dull, the whites of his eyes a bright red. His fingernails were bitten down to nothing, his bandaged hand looking red and swollen. Is that... me?

Then I started laughing. I laughed and laughed until I was on the floor, holding my sides because they hurt so much from the laughing. I stood back up, still smiling. I wiped the tears from my eyes and looked back at the mirror. I guess sapnap was right.

"I am a fucking mess."

I made a mental to-do list to clean myself up a bit before the trip and tread back to my room, flopping down on my bed. I sighed. Another sleepless night, I suppose.

~Wilbur's POV~

"Dude, did you really have to say that to him?" Techno's tone was sharp. 

"I was just asking," Sapnap said, annoyed with TechnoBlade. "You're acting like everyone else wasn't thinking the same thing!" 

"Wait, what happened?" Dream cut in. "What did you say Sap? And to who?"

"He asked Tommy when the last time had a shower was." Quackity responded for Sapnap.

"Well..." Dream stopped himself from speaking any further. 

"What, Dream?" George questioned.

"It's probably not my place, but-" 

"Then don't say anything." I snapped. I don't want anyone talking badly about Tommy, he doesn't deserve it. He's obviously been having a rough few days, why does everyone have to make it such a big deal? Everyone has their off days. Tommy's no exception. 

"Wilbur I wasn't going to say anything rude, I would never do that." Dream said softly. "I just meant that he's probably been busy with school and videos, we shouldn't make comments on his appearance because we could make him self-conscious. I know how it feels to be in his position."

"Oh, I'm sorry Dream. I didn't mean to snap at you." I apologized.

"It's alright Wil. I figured this might make you upset, you and Tommy are close after all."

"They're like brothers!" Ranboo chimed in, earning a few laughs.

"I will cry Ranboo." I smiled. Figures for me to overthink that they were trying to be mean to Tommy, they would never do that to him or anyone. I'm truly lucky to have all of them as friends. 

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Sorry this chapter took a while! I've decided I won't be writing while on school breaks. Starting tomorrow will be Thanksgiving break until next Monday so I won't be writing. I hope you understand! 

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