Astrophile

The Bandana

 "Boo, where are you?"

"What the heck, Tommy! You're going to get us both caught!"

The chilly light seeped into the closet Ranboo hid in and soon after, a little body squished in beside him. The light vanished as the door swung shut with a soft click.

"I had to run! Will and Techno were chasing me and I know I wasn't supposed to come to you because I'd get you caught and I'm super duper sorry but I had nowhere else to run and-"

"Shhh. They're coming."

The soft patter of children's footsteps resonated through the castle hallways. They were distant but sure.

Ranboo may have been found.

Slowly, they got louder and louder, the sound banging and echoing off of the empty walls. It was terrifying, listening to the sounds of their approach.

Ranboo gulped, a bead of sweat trickling down his brow.

He gripped Tommy's hand in the darkness.

"Listen to me." Boo whispered, his breath catching Tommy's cheek in a warm brush of air. Ranboo could hear the furious pumping of his friend's tiny heart in his chest.

"On my mark, I'll run. They'll follow me-"

"Boo-"

"Shhhhhh." Ranboo soothed, pressing his finger to his own heart shaped lips, "When they follow me, don't make a sound, okay? Stay right here. I won't give your spot away."

He could feel Tommy nodding and Boo squeezed his friend's hand again.

The footsteps only grew louder. They had to be only a door or two away.

"Oh Boooo~ Sunny~" Came the calling of a melodic voice nearby.

"Will, I don't think they're near..." A hushed, shy voice followed.

"I saw Sunny come this way. I'm almost certain that he's nearby. And that means that Boo is also close."

The footsteps abruptly stopped. The silence left by their absence was deafening. The only sounds that permeated into the room were from the muffled rain that pattered angrily against the huge, paneled windows.

Then, came the sound of footsteps into the room they hid in.

Boo slammed open the door to the closet.

Standing just shy of the doorway were two boys: Wilbur and Techno.

Wilbur's soft tendrils of brown hair flew about as he jumped, latching onto Techno as Techno just stood there, an annoyed look on his face as Will screamed.

"What the fuck?" He cried.

Slamming the closet door behind him, Boo dove past Techno and Wilbur and tore down the hallway. His footsteps receded into the distance.

Upon painfully unlatching himself from Techno's shoulders, Will put his hands on his hips, a ruby red seeping into his cheeks.

"Why didn't you tag him?" He huffed and turned his head away so that his eyes were hidden by his hair.

Techno gave him a look.

From deep within the closet came the almost inaudible sound of giggling before it was silenced with a quiet gasp.

Wilbur and Techno glanced at each other and Will's beautiful face morphed into a wicked smile.

Tommy waited in the shadows of the closet, his hand held over his mouth to stop the scream that threatened to rip from his throat.