"I'm Proud Of You" | Wilbur Soot angst

Chapter 13

TW: bullying / injuries

"Oh look! He even got his little brother here!" Oscar pointed at Tommy. "Leave Tommy out of this!" Wilbur spat and moved so he stood in front of his brother. "Oh so you decided to be a big man? We'll see how big of a man you are when we are done with you, and your brother", Oscar cracked his knuckles, and so did some of his friends. "You fucking leave Tommy out of this! He hasn't done you fucking anything!" Wilbur shouted, while making sure they couldn't get to Tommy. "Tommy, run." Tommy stared at his brother with wide eyes. "No fucking way, Will! I'm not fucking leaving you!!" Tommy shouted back at him. "Tommy, I can handle this!! Go!!" 

Tommy seemed to think for a moment, then he ran straight past Wilbur and threw a punch straight on Oscar's nose. "Come on Will!!" he looked back at his brother. Wilbur sighed, before rolling up his sleeves.

"Tommy!" Tommy got a hard punch in the face and fell to the ground. They had been fighting for a while now. During the few seconds Wilbur was completely off guard, Oscar punched him. Wilbur fell to the ground and saw Oscar right above him, looking down at him. "Your brother will have bruises for a long time, William, and it's all your fault!" Oscar spat before stomping at Wilbur's chest. Wilbur gasped for air and continued to do so as he didn't seem to get any air in his lungs. He watched how they walked away.

When the bullies were gone, Wilbur immediately turned to Tommy, and started shaking him a little. "Tommy! Tommy!" he yelled. "W-W-ill?" Tommy said with a broken voice. "It's me Toms. We're going home now, alright? We're gonna get you patched up, okay?" "I-I fought th-em off-f, d-did you s-see, W-Will?" Tommy said, with an equally broken voice. "Yes I saw, but we've gotta get you patched up", Wilbur said, while helping Tommy stand up. 

"What about y-you?" Tommy's voice wasn't as broken as before. "Oh I'm not as important", Wilbur smiled sadly. Suddenly he felt a hard kick on his leg. "Ow!! What the fuck was that for!?" Wilbur looked down at his brother. "Don't ever fucking say that again, Wilbur Soot", Tommy stared into his big brother's eyes. "Okay okay, I'm sorry!"

"How could you let this happen, Wilbur!?" Phil said in a raised voice while patching Tommy up. "I told you, Dad. They just came and-" Phil cut him off. "You should've protected him, Will", Phil looked into his middle child's eyes. Wilbur just wanted to shrink down through the chair and the floor and just disappear. "I'm sorry..", he said, his voice barely above a whisper. "No but Dad, seriously it wasn't his fault, It was me who ignored that he told me to run-" "Tommy, be quiet", Phil looked at his youngest. Then he turned to Wilbur. "I expected better from you", Phil said before turning his attention back to Tommy's injuries. Those words made Wilbur break. His eyes filled with tears and he ran up to his bedroom, barely dodging the walls and furniture with how blurry his vision was.

When he finally made it to his room, he sat on his bed, buried his face in his knees and started sobbing uncontrollably. "I'm a fucking disappointment, I can't do anything right, I hurt my brother, I'm a burden, they would be better off without me,..." Wilbur started saying quietly in between his sobs.

"Will?" Wilbur heard the monotone voice of his brother. "Will!" Techno hurried to his little brother's side, putting his arms around him and pulling him into an embrace. Wilbur started sobbing even more, but onto his brother's shoulder this time.

Suddenly they both heard a knock on the door. "Yes?" Techno called, while Wilbur tried to sob a bit less, but failed miserably. "I-I was just wondering if Will was okay?" Tommy came into the room. Wilbur didn't see Tommy, but he heard how his little brother rushed to his other side and started hugging him as well.

"I'm so sorry for not listening to you, Will. The things dad said weren't too nice, I'm so fucking sorry" Tommy mumbled into his brother's shirt after a little while. "What'd Phil say?" Techno looked over on Tommy. "He asked Wilbur how he could let it happen, how he should've protected me and how he expected better from Will", Tommy said, looking up at Techno. "What happened?" "Well, some dudes came-" "Oscar and his fucking hoes" Wilbur cut in, "Yes those motherfuckers came and beat the fuck out of us both on the way home, I dunno why though. They called Wilbur 'William the Snitch, by the way", Tommy said. Techno stared at Tommy with wide eyes. Then he started staring at Wilbur. Wilbur had dried blood from his nose and around a cut he had on his cheek, and a shit ton of bruises. Techno pulled both his brothers into a tight hug before letting go he said:

"I'm gonna go have a word or two with Phil. I'll be right back", and with that, Wilbur's brother walked through the door.

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