DSMP AU Oneshots (angst and comfort)

Day Out -- Part 3 (Bench Trio//Michael, Shroud, Fundy//Yogurt, Puffy/Michelle)

TW// family drama, missing kid, arguing. (Also pronoun stuff discussed)

Third-person POV: no one in particular

Word Count: 1920

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I haven't said yet, but for this the ages of the kids are:

Michael: 4-years-old

Michelle: 5-years-old

Yogurt: 7-years-old

Shroud: 10-years-old

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Barely three minutes after the decision was made to speak with Fundy, Tommy couldn't take the somber mood any longer. Instead, he rushed off to play with the kids - naturally tugging Tubbo along.

"Tommy...? Did you want to talk about what just happened?" Tubbo asked carefully, pulling his thick coat tighter around his shoulders.

Tommy adjusted his pink scarf he stole from Techno. "Pfft, no. Forget it, yeah? Let's help them play."

Tommy grabbed Tubbo's hand before yelling out, "Oi! What game we playing? Me and Tubs are joining!"

Looking out at the expanse of land, the two older boys watched as three giggling kids revealed themselves. Michael jumped up from behind a bush and rushed to hug his dad. Shroud hurried out of a tree, while Michelle left a mound of leaves she'd been searching through.

"Oh! Found youse!" Michelle giggled, pointing at the two young boys. "I think I looked everywhere!"

In response, Michael poked his tongue out, and Shroud shrugged coolly, saying, "Maybe you should look better next time."

"Hi guys!" Tommy waved as the other two joined Michael in rushing up to greet Tommy and Tubbo. "Were you playing hide-and-seek?"

"Yeah!" Michelle laughed, jumping up and down. "It was Yogurt's idea!"

Tubbo's grasp on his Piglin son faltered slightly, his face puzzled as he addressed the kids. "Sounds fun, but...where's Yogurt then?"

Michael titled his head, confused by the question. "Hi-ding...?" he piped up.

Tubbo felt a slight sweat begin to break out over his body despite the cold weather. He chuckled nervously. "I know, but...the game's ended now. If you guys are here and we called you out, then where's Yogurt?"

"Dunno," Shroud shrugged, casually kicking at a patch of weeds. "Ain't that the whole point of hide-and-seek?" Tubbo silently rolled his eyes at the way Shroud resembled his best friend a little too much. "Probably doesn't think the game ended. Wants to win, or something."

The goat-hybrid turned to Tommy. "You think we should call out for Yogurt, or like...go looking?"

Tommy nodded and put his loud voice to good use. "YOGURT! GAME'S OVER! YOU WON: NOW COME'ERE!"

Everyone around him cringed a little at the volume, as they watched the scenery. Nothing moved.

"YOGURT?!"

The sound of crunching grass developed behind them. Turning around expectantly, they were instead met by Puffy and Ranboo.

"What's up?" Puffy asked, quick to pick up Michelle who rushed at her for cuddles.

Tubbo and Tommy shared a worried look. "Uh, it's all alright," Tubbo chuckled nervously. "Just...Yogurt's not coming out. Probably can't hear us, aha, let's split up and search-"