RUNAWAY

CHAPTER EIGHT

"we need to go to moor street," tommy read from tubbo's phone, "i will knock on a house and hope they know who the za family is," ranboo shook his head.

"are you sure that's a good idea for you to go? a lot of people know about you, what if we get unlucky and they recognize you? and you can't really ask for someone's address if you're wearing a mask," he made a good point.

"i'll go," tubbo said, getting wide eyes from them both, "tommy can't go as you said, and no offense, but you are intimidating by yourself, fucking slenderman," they couldn't argue with that fact.

"i don't mind going, i look ten anyway so they won't lie to me," he laughed and tommy gave him a quick side hug as a thank you.

they got to the road and picked a random house, tommy and ranboo went to the opposite side of the road and pretend to be away from tubbo while he walked up the garden, knocking on the door.

they watched him knock three times and play with his hair as he usually does in social situations, a tall woman answered the door, and they talked for a bit before she shook her head.

they expected the brown haired male to come back, but he just jumped the wall and went to the next house- getting luckier this time, since they saw a bald guy nod and he left the door for a moment just to return with a piece of paper.

once the door was closed, the pair met tubbo halfway, who looked anxious, "what happened?" tommy said when they were close enough.

"good news and bad news, what do you want first?" they followed him to a tree where they sat for a moment. he didn't let them answer before he already spoke.

"good news, i have the address," the two didn't celebrate just yet since they knew what followed "bad news, it's in the netherlands," the silence that followed seemed to draw on for hours before tommy's shaking breath got heavier.

tubbo started patting his back, something he has learned that calmed him down, while ranboo hummed lightly, "i'm okay," no one mentioned what just happened, and planned their course of action.

"we can take the eurostar, i will get us fake passports," tommy looked at tubbo and they laughed for a bit before filling ranboo in on the joke.

"when tommy first met you, he said you were a dodgy fella, but i said you're not, right now you aren't helping your case," ranboo faked being offended.

"i will just keep my fake id friend to myself," he said, but was calling a number just as he finished. "you have your passport, right tubbo? or do you want an id?" he asked, tubbo wasn't going to give up the chance of a fake id so he told ranboo to also get him one.

"hey! hi, me again," he laughed and you could hear a deep voice come from the other side of the phone, "no i didn't lose mine, i just need two more by tomorrow afternoon, like asap," his voice came out fast, and with unusual confidence.

"you are a lifesaver, yeah, we need them for the eurostar," the other person spoke for another minute before ranboo continued, "that would be great if you met us there, you are a lifesaver eret."

tubbo and tommy looked at one another, and listened silently to the one sided conversation, "i will drop you the details in discord," after a few goodbyes, ranboo hung up.

"right, let's customize your fake ids, we have five hours until our bus." ranboo continued to go through the steps on what they need to fill out on a passport.

"i have myself down as eighteen on my id, so i can pass as a guardian if you put your name down as my last one," he said to them both, and there were no objections from either of them.

"hello there, karl and nicholas lore," ranboo said jokingly once they submitted the forms to eret, and received a thumbs up back, eret told them that she will have it done and be waiting outside 11am.

"you both know some weird people," tommy said, breaking the small silence they had, "that's lucky for us". he turned to tubbo, "so did the guy just give you the address?" tubbo took this as a sign to improve his storytelling skills.

"pretty much, yeah," he started. "i went up to him and was like, 'hey do you know where the za family is?' and he was all like 'phil and the others? well they left for the netherlands a while ago'." he did useless actions with his hands as he retold the event. he made his voice slightly higher for his talking voice, and deeper for the other man's voice.

"and so jack- that's his name by the way. jack asked if i wanted the address and i was like 'yeah sure'!" silence followed the end of the story. "it was cooler in my head" he grumbled.

"look! the ice cream van," tommy said with his eyes lit up like he was a ten year old, tubbo followed his excitement and both teens turned to ranboo as if he was their guardian. with an roll of the eyes and a smile at the lips, ranboo handed tommy a new notes, "get me a ice cream sandwich." with that, both were gone to get the desert.