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this is tommys point of view

When Tommy first saw Techno battle, he was extremely impressed, to say the least.

He was about 11 years old in the living room of Innit Inc, a house he shared with his good friends Freddie, Eryn, Rudy, and Tubbo. Tommy had been flicking through a couple channels on their old TV and stumbled upon a broadcast of a Skywars tournament being held in the main area of Hypixel. His eyes immediately fixated on one of the contestants, a masked man with long, braided pink hair, and he watched as the contestant was easily able to tear through the other competitors, making his way to victory.

He did a bit more research and learned this guy's name was Technoblade, and he was an up and coming Skywars competitor who won nearly every competition he entered. Online forums called him the “Blood God”, and spread a rumor about him being immortal. Tommy’s interest in him only grows from there.

The first time he’s able to see Techno compete is on his 12th birthday. His good friend Deo was able to get him and his friends tickets to see him compete live. Tommy’s practically buzzing with excitement on the way over there, and can hardly stay still during the competition. At one point he thinks he sees Techno staring directly at him, but he brushes it off as him being excited.

A year later, when Tommy’s 13, Techno enters a competition with a man by the name of im_a_squid_kid, challenging him to a war over who can grow the most potatoes. Techno’s popularity has only grown over the past few years, and SquidKid was pretty popular as well, so obviously the entire thing is broadcasted.

Both Techno and Squid are openly asking for support and supplies, specifically foul flesh, and Tommy jumps at the opportunity to meet his idol.

When he arrives to trade with Techno, the man’s stare seems to linger on him longer than the others there. Tommy brushes it off as him being excited again. When the interaction is over, he can’t bring himself to leave, and eventually ends up following Techno around the whole rest of the day. Techno doesn’t say anything about it and even buys him lunch, before telling him that he’ll be back at the same island to trade the next day.

So, Tommy shows up the next day, and the next, and the next, before eventually he’s spending more time with Techno then at his own home. Techno always invites him to hang out, so he doesn’t see the problem, really.

Techno’s friends don’t feel the same.

“You know he only keeps you around because he pities you, right?” One of them says to him as Techno leaves for another room.

“What?” Tommy asks, slightly startled by the unprompted accusation.

“He pities you. I mean, who wouldn’t? You're some random homeless looking kid whose only purpose in life is to obsess over him. He doesn’t really want you around, he’s just too nice to tell you otherwise.”

The next week a news outlet posts an article calling him Techno’s little brother, and he tries to forget about this interaction in favor of the excitement he feels over this. Still, those words linger in the back of his mind, and are pushed to the forefront whenever Techno brushes him off during their interactions.

His doubt over him and Techno’s friendship being double sided only grows as these comments grow in number.

“God you’re so annoying. You’re lucky Techno puts up with your shit, he’s already on the verge of snapping every time you talk to him.”