Duchenne (DSMP Superhero AU)

Chapter 7

Tommy snorted, grinning at Wilbur.

"Oh thank prime you're the one who kidnapped me."

Wilbur massaged his temples, sighing to himself. That's why his head hurt, Ghostbur was withholding where he had found Tommy. That stupid ghost, he'd kill him if he wasn't part of Wilbur. Tommy's smile faltered, mistaking the annoyed look Wilbur had as anger at him.

"Sorry Wilbur."

Wilbur's head snapped up, a confused frown on his face. He reached across the counter and ruffled Tommy's hair, offering the younger a small smile.

"Nah Tommy, I'm happy it's you. Makes me feel a hell of a lot better about taking you away from him."

Tommy smiled back, batting his hand away brattily. He was still very aware that there may be other people coming to the cafe so he moved to the side of the counter.

"Can we talk more after your shift? I wanna talk about you-know-what but there's people here."

Wilbur laughed, swiftly making a mocha for Tommy. He slid his phone across the counter to Tommy, unlocking it with a swipe of his finger.

"Sure, you can stay and play on my phone if you want."

Tommy grabbed his phone and leaned on the counter to watch Wilbur make the Mocha, giggling when he cleaned the foam wand. Wilbur, knowing what Tommy was thinking, scoffed and threw the cleaning cloth at him.

"Order for Tommy?"

Tommy claimed the cup and scampered over to one of the window seats. Wilbur smiled fondly as he watched the boy sip his coffee and play the only game on Wilbur's phone (Stardew Valley). Tommy's eyebrows were drawn together in concentration as he played, swearing whenever he died to a slime.

The rest of Wilbur's shift went by without a hitch, a few regulars coming and going until he saw the clock hit 3pm. As soon as it hit he took off his apron and stretched, popping his joints and grunting happily. He glanced over to where Tommy had been playing a game, seeing him asleep on the table with his phone pinging at the blonde's fingertips. Gently, Wilbur took his phone back to check the pings.

Dad: Hey, do you know where Huios is?

Dad: Wil, he said he'd be back by 12 and it's 1:30.

Dad: As soon as you're off your shift help me look for him.

Wilbur sighed, sending a text back to Phil.

Child 2: Don't worry Dad, he's with me. I'll explain when we get home

Phil's response was instant, scolding Wilbur for not saying anything and telling him to come home fast. Wilbur sighed and put his phone back in his pocket, squeezing Tommy's shoulder to wake him up.

The blonde blinked his sleepy eyes open, looking up at WIlbur.

"Time to go home already?"

"Yep. Dad's going to kill me if we take too long. Do you want to keep your identity secret from Icarus and Thanatos for now?"

Tommy nodded, putting his mask back on. He stood up and stretched, his joints popping a lot louder than Wilbur's.

"Well, let's go!"

Wilbur jumped at the Huios voice coming out of who he now knew was Tommy, but nodded and led the way back.

"So..."

Huios bagan, bumping shoulders with Wilbur.

"So you're Seirin?"

Wilbur nodded, flicking a piece of fluff off his jacket. He didn't think it was a very big deal really. He hoped Tommy saw it the same way, the kid was great and he didn't want to lose him.