Duchenne (DSMP Superhero AU)

Chapter 15

Void glanced at his phone as it went off around 5pm, frowning at it.

"Sorry guys, I have to go deal with something. You can keep playing without me."

Bee and Theseus agreed and waved farewell, bickering over who would get to keep the diamond they had just found. Void silently slipped out of the room, rushing to Seirin's apartment.

The vigilante was sitting on the kitchen floor, gripping his side where blood was flowing freely out of. He glanced up at Void as he came in, offering a small smile.

"Hey Ranboo, care to grab the first aid kit?"

Ranboo nodded slowly, dashing off to the bathroom and coming back with the kit. He pushed Wilbur's hands to the side, cleaning the gash as best he could. Wilbur winced at the stinging of the saline, huffing as he struggled to regulate his breathing.

"How did this even happen? I thought you could talk yourself out of anything."

Wilbur scoffed, leaning forwards so that Ranboo could lift his shirt and bandage his abdomen. He winced again, biting back a pained noise.

"Try talking a mother bear out of looking for her cub."

Ranboo winced at the thought. It made sense that Dream was that frantic to find Theseus. He was stupidly powerful and trusted easily, a master manipulator would want to keep him under control. He didn't think that Dream would start attacking vigilantes though.

"Wilbur...did you provoke him?"

Wilbur chuckled at the tone, reminding him of disappointed Phil. Ranboo grumbled, tucking the end of the bandage away.

"I just saw him approaching a group of people so swooped in to stop him but he kinda remembered that I stole Huios so yeah. Speaking of, where's Theseus?"

Ranboo sat back, watching Wilbur take a deep breath in. The first aid kit sat open next to him, ready to help at the first sign of something wrong.

"He's next door, Tubbo wanted to teach Theseus how to play Minecraft."

Wilbur snorted, pulling himself up to lean on the counter. He winced at his ruined shirt, not wanting Tommy to see him in this state. Ranboo disappeared into Wilbur's room and tossed a jersey at him, turning his back as Wilbur took off his top and replaced it with the warm, clean jersey.

"I'm gonna keep fighting Dream."

"Wilbur-"

"No Ranboo, I have to. Phil doesn't give a shit, Techno ignores me, and Dream has a vendetta against me for being the one to take Huios in the first place. I'm the only person who can fight him."

Ranboo turned around as he saw the bloody shirt fly into the rubbish bin, glaring Wilbur in the eye.

"What about Tubbo and I? We're Theseus's friends, we should be able to protect him."

Wilbur smiled and limped closer to Ranboo, putting a hand on his shoulder. Ranboo noted a strange fire in the older man's eye, possessive and protective. Most of all, it was a stubborn fire that nothing could put out.

"And you're doing a great job by making sure he's happy. You should go get the other two, I picked up a few frozen pizzas on the way home."

Ranboo sighed in exasperation but obliged, leaving Wilbur in the apartment.
When Void opened the door, he was met with a pillow straight to the face. He smirked at Theseus who was crouching next to the door, picking up a pillow and throwing it at the blonde as hard as he could.

Theseus squeaked and ran to hide on the other side of Bee, who was typing up some code on one of the laptops. Void halted with a pillow ready to fly, slowly putting it down as Bee turned to face him.