Behind the Masks (Ranboo X Reader) (Soulmate AU)

Ch 7: Ranboo

Well well well, if it isn't the YouTube sensation who's been blowing up on Tiktok. You didn't expect for the song to be a huge hit for transitions showing off people's hobbies and fashion sense as it goes into the first chorus. You had now grown even bigger and had to download Tiktok.

Now you'd think you would enjoy the freedom presented to you but no cause you made a goal to get an EP out within 6 months. Currently you were making a bunch of sound clips and demos of instrumental so you could test things in a few weeks. Right then, you were strumming your electric guitar for a chord progression you thought was sounding really cool.

Cue a Discord notification interrupting your session because what else is going to interrupt your music? Contrary to your prediction it was Tubbo messaging you instead of Tommy. 'Hey, here's the Discord invite, I'll see you in the server soon :)'

You wracked your brain for what he meant before realising today was the day you agreed to do a visit to the DreamSMP. You clicked the invitation and took deep breaths as you saw your name in the 'welcome' channel. You now has complete access to the behind the scenes of the DreamSMP.

You put your guitar away and set up Minecraft while feeling your hands twitch. You didn't know why you were so nervous, it's just joining Tubbo's stream. Well that's a little lie, you were nervous cause a certain soulmate could easily interact with you and ruin everything.

You took deep breaths and a big gulp from you water next to you before inserting the IP for the server. You put your headphones on and adjusted your mic so the filter you had used for streams would work. You had the filter change your voice by 2 octaves so you seemed to naturally talk higher than you normally do. You entered the server and joined Tubbo's call.

"Okay chat, I think that's enough on the bee farm for now. Now we need to head to the spawn. Oh crud they're already in, the server. Don't panic chat, I'm a great host and guide!" Tubbo said as you stood in the box at spawn.

"Tubbo a little help please, I'm stuck in a box right now and scared I'll get lost," you admitted, climbing up onto the walls around you. You jumped and turned looking for your friend's character.

You saw a few hellos in chat from others on the server and replied back not wanting to seem rude. You felt your tattoo heat up making you take a sharp breath. You started punching trees and getting wood until you saw your friend and someone following him. "Tubbo!"

"MASQ, I'm so sorry I'm late," Tubbo apologized profusely. He cleared his throat, ready to make an announcement, "Welcome to the DreamSMP, it's time for the grand tour!"

You chuckled as the person behind him set off fireworks. You finally looked at the username and saw something that made you swallow the feeling in your throat. Ranboo.

"Yes, we nailed it Ranboo!" Tubbo said as they punched each other. "Oh um MASQ, this is Ranboo, basically my right hand man."

"Hello there," Ranboo greeted while jumping a bit. You felt your tattoo burn as he said that.

"General Kenobi," you quoted as you jumped off the wall. "Nice to meet you Ranboo." You all chuckled a little as you put your bottle of water on your tattoo to try and help the burning.

"Well we should probably start giving you the grand tour," Tubbo said, bolting off to the right of you.

You rolled you eyes and followed with Ranboo behind you. It started with a little visit to the community house where you stole materials and food for yourself. The conversation wasn't very interesting as you were more acting like a 5 year old asking what everything was.

You were on the path to L'Manburg when you noticed someone hit you. "The hell, who was that?" You looked around and heard someone join the VC.

"Oi stop, who are you? Can we trust you?" Someone in a fox skin holding a netherite sword asked. You took a look at the username and took a few steps back.

"Fundy it's alright, this is MASQ and they're just visiting," Tubbo explained as you munched on your baked potatoes to help regenerate health.

"Oh this is MASQ. Apologies, didn't see the nametag. I'm Fundy," he introduced. " Take this spider eye as a welcome gift."

You received the spider eye with a confused look. "Um thanks? Uh here's a fish in exchange." You didn't really know what to do and tossed over a salmon.

A stutter came from the 3 boys and you stared at the salmon on the floor before realising your mistake. "Oh shit no, that's definitely not a salmon," you lie as you picked it up and dropped a pufferfish.

"Did you kill my mother?!" Fundy screamed. You crept back as Fundy moved forwards.

"No, I told you there wasn't a salmon, only pufferfish." You hoped he would believe it but no. You quickly turned and started sprinting away as Fundy chased after you.

"Fundy stop! That's not Sally!" Ranboo tried to reason with Fundy as he and Tubbo followed the mess.

It took Ranboo stabbing Fundy for the chase to end. You were all on the Prime Path, near Tommy's house as Fundy walked away to go do what he originally planned. Just as Tubbo was getting ready to show you his country, the head honcho of the server came by with another.

"Hey Tubbo, what's happening here?" The one with the flame shirt asks. "Is this MASQUERADE?"

"In the pixelated flesh," you said while Tubbo nodded.

"It's nice to meet you, I'm Sapnap," he introduced, giving you a yellow flower.

You didn't know how to act over the gesture. You replayed his name in your head, unconsciously stating your thoughts. "Sapnap, you're the animal killer."

Dream burst out laughing hearing that, as Sapnap stuttered in shock. You didn't know what to say and it seemed Ranboo and Tubbo didn't have a clue either. "So how's the tour been?" Dream asks, breaking the silence.

"Well besides being chased by Fundy, not very productive," you admitted as Tubbo directed you towards his country.

"L'Mamburg policy, no armour, so if you could take it off," Tubbo asked towards Dream and Sapnap.

"Oh we were just saying hi, we weren't joining the tour," Sapnap explained, staying on DreamSMP side of the boarder.

"Oh well, it was nice meeting you 2," you said as Tubbo rushed ahead.

The man hunt men left as you and Ranboo went to catch up with the President. "So how long have you known Tubbo?" He asked as you both walked up the stairs.

"Well I met him through Tommy, so 3 or 4 years now," you told him.

From there you saw a fair portion of the server. Ranboo was super chill which is pretty ironic since he made you burn up uncontrollably the whole time. You left your little mark on the server, you made a bone statue with a sign dubbing the statue being a representation of the bones you haven't said thank you to today. You thanked Tubbo for inviting you as he and Ranboo ended their streams. You jumped off the server and call as the two boys wanted to do some grinding which you understood.

You got up from your chair and stretched before grabbing your guitar again. You strummed it ready for recording when Discord did it's convenient interruption as it always does. The notification was a friend request from Ranboo. Hesitantly you accept and wait for something to happen.

'Hello MASQ, it was super nice meeting you today. I was wondering if you wanted to join in Raft later tonight? Tubbo and Tommy are already alive in it, thought it'd be nice way to get to know each other. Only if you want to of course.'

You read over the message trying to stop your heart from pounding in your chest. You had no clue what to say, you didn't want to let people find out that you were soulmates. You didn't even know what to do if he knows your soulmates. He probably does know due to the soul link but still, it was something you weren't prepared for. Do you let him know your real identity or is it going to be this persona?

'Hey, it was so nice to meet you too. Yeah playing Raft later with people sounds fun, count me in.'