Why am I here? (Sequel to the meet-up!)

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Totally didn't just re-use that photo from a chapter I just posted on my other book.

Also I spent most of the weekend making the backstory of the twins, though it's mostly Eclipse angst because I asked a while back and most people said Eclipse, so I had to make it depressing. Sorry.

TW - Alcohol, implied knives, abuse, kidnapping, blood, threats, prison, adults who think that they know everything, self harm, and gay mothers (not bad, but gives you something to hope for)

IMPORTANT MESSAGE HERE : Everything between Eclipse and Ranboo is platonic. Get your minds out of the shipping gutter because it's not happening.

On our way back to Tubbo's house, we decided to take a taxi back, and we sat happily in the backseat, closed off from the driver.

We stayed quiet as we drove, Eclipse playing on their phone and me listening to music. But the silence was interrupted by Eclipse's ringtone.

Looking over at their screen, I could see that they were getting a facetime call from their mom. A smile grew on my face and I scooched over to get as close to them as I could as they answered the call, revealing a happy looking lady doing her nails as she waited, her brown eyes lighting up as she noticed Eclipse had answered.

"Eclipse! How are you baby?" She smiled at the phone, before noticing me "Ah Ranboo! It's been a while hunny! You'll have to come visit sometime!"

"I will Mrs.Neoma" I said smiling and Eclipse said something about she was embarrassing them.

"I told you a few times now! Call me Jessie sweetie!" She smiled at me, tugging her hair into a poofy ponytail before turning behind her. "Tasha get your ass over here Eclipse is on the phone"

"Mama why did you call?" Eclipse asked as Tasha appeared in the frame, her kind grey eyes crinkling up as she held up their fat cat Cream Puff so he could see us.

"Do I need a reason to call my favourite child? I haven't seen you in months baby!" Jessie said before Tasha smacked the back of her head.

"Don't feel bad because of this idiot sweetie. You don't need to feel pressured to call us. But it's nice if you do every once in a while" Tasha smiled at us, patting Jessie's head while she spoke, calming down the offended women.

"I will. But we have to go now cause we're back at Toby's" Eclipse said and smiled at their mothers "I'll try and call later. Love you both"

"Love you too sweetie. And Ranboo, take good care of them, ok?" Tasha said and I nodded.

"I promise Mrs.Tasha" Eclipse then hung up and I grabbed my wallet from my pocket, pressing my card to the thing he was holding out, hoping that the beep that followed wasn't it telling me that all my money has been taken from me.

We got out of the taxi and I opened my phone, checking to see if Tubbo was still streaming. We had been gone all day and now the sun was setting, but you never know how long you'll be streaming for until you end the stream. Thankfully he was finished with streaming, so we walked in safely and dropped the boxes of pizza that we had gotten on the table for Tubbo to pick through the leftovers of what we had eaten at Eclipse's new home.

While Eclipse immediately went over and fell asleep on the couch, I grabbed a clean towel from the closet and clean clothes, before heading to the shower, something neither of them knew about stashed in my pocket.

When I entered the bathroom and locked the door, I sat on the ground, only in my boxers and took the razor I had brought along, a smile on my face as I traced the lines from a while back, blood poking through the thin lines that I cut into my skin, dribbling down my leg and onto the floor. I re-traced every line, a small puddle of blood growing on the floor. When I was done, I stopped the bleeding momentarily by pressing toilet paper down on it before cleaning the blood that was on the floor. After there was no longer any blood on the floor, I removed the toilet paper from the cuts and stepped into the cold water that I had started as I cleaned the floor, shivering as it froze me. When the water hit the cuts I let out an involuntary hiss as it started to sting, but I soon got used to the pain and washed my hair, getting rid of the dirt and pizza sauce that Eclipse had put in my hair earlier.