Tubbo's POV:
I got to the hotel, slammed the side door, and ran up the staircase. As soon as I got to the second floor, there he drifted. Ghostboo.
This time I was lacking the feeling I usually felt when he approached.
"Tubs, how's your day going?"
"Fine," I say,
"I made some food for you to eat, I left it on the counter in the kitchen,"
I then walked down the stairs confused. What on earth was going on?
I got to the kitchen, and sure enough, there was some curry on the counter.
I thought about it for some time, and stared at the food. Eventually I ate the food, and felt fine, so I ignored it, and when I turned around, he stood behind me.
"O-oh-f---ucking christ," I exclaimed in shock,
"Ha, did I scare you?"
Well if he hadn't already now he had scared me. The way he laughed, was exactly like my widower used to laugh.
It's not untill you lose someone you realise how much they truly mean to you. It's true, because 7 months later I still remember every little quirk he added to my life, along with often forgetting he is gone.
"Stunned are we Tubbo?" He asked,
I snapped back to reality, and I realised also that he was only a fragment of my lover's soul.
"Y-yeah no, I'm fine,"
"Good, I would rather see you happy than zoned out,"
He smiled so much like MY Ranboo in that I became naive in my desperation and I fell for his charm.
"Okay, I'll go lay down, I'm feeling nauseated," I told him,
"Oh, well I can walk you there if you'd like,"
I sure was nauseated, but not from the food, from how uncomfortable I was with his charm seducing me like this.
"Oh, okay," I told him,
'No,' I told myself, 'It's not okay,'
But no words came out.
I was not worried when I let him walk me to my room. I was not worried when I trusted him to lock the door. I was not worried when I ate the dinner he made for me. I was not worried when I left the hotel desk under his watch for the night.
I should have been very worried.
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I got up at 8 in the morning feeling sickly and sluggish, before dragging myself out of bed to check on my little one.
I went into his room, and he was gone. His bed was made, his room was cleaned, but Michael was
no-where to be seen.
I started panicking, and rushed around the manse untill I reached the kitchen, and surely, Mikey was just sitting in his baby chair, eating animal crackers, and ghostboo was cooking.
"Jesus you scared me half to death, you have to tell me if you're taking Mikey ANYWHERE," I said,
"Oh, I was just making breakfast for you two, sorry if I scared you Tubs,"
No, the part that terrified me is how nice he had been recently. How he went from making me uncomfortable to an excruciating degree, to being so very nice to me, in a few hours.
As I said, I should have been very worried.
I sat down and ate the pancakes he made, with blind trust, and they were decently good. 'Though they are no where near to how good Ranboo's were,' I reassured myself.
I finished eating, and picked up my toddler, so that I could go dress him and myself for today.
I walked upstairs and into my room, sitting him down on my bed.
"Hmmm Mikey, what should we wear today?"
He mumbled, "mmmm I fink I want bwue,"
"Can do! Wait here, okay?"
"Otay,"
I went to Michael's bedroom and got a light blue jumper, and some navy blue shorts, came back, and gave him the clothes.
"Papa will leave the room for a second to get his own clothes, so try to put yours on, okay?"
He nodded, and I went into my closet.
I had lots of things to wear, but I decided on what I wore yesterday.
I took my pyjamas, which were really just a giant white t-shirt that Ranboo used to wear, and some yellow shorts, and went back into my room.
To my pleasant suprise, Michael had successfully put on his clothes, and put his pyjamas on the bed.
I set my own pjs on a dresser and asked Michael,
"Do you want to visit Uncle Tommy and Shroud today?"
Mikey got excited so I took it as yes.
I picked him up and walked downstairs.
I put him down so I could put our shoes on, then I left heading for Tommy's house that he had on the hill above the ruined land.
After what seemed like a forever of walking, I got there, knocked on his door and waited to see if he was home.
"Ahh Tubbo, come with the little one eh? You want me to look after him for the day?" He asked upon opening the door,
"More like I wish to watch the kids play while talking to you,"
"Alrighty, come in then,"
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We were sitting down, drinking tea and talking as we watched Michael and Shroud playing with some toys.
"You know it still feels a bit weird to be a single parent, even after 7 months, like his abscence hasn't grown on me at all," I told Tom,
"Yeah, I feel you, though I've been single parenting longer than Shroud has been around, it still feels like there is a missing piece of the puzzle,"
We sat in silence for a while untill I said to him,
"There is something important that came up I think you should know of all people,"
He looked at me with a concerned expression,
"Okay then, spill the beans,"
"Umm so I got a prophecy from Dream XD yesterday, and it's terrifying so I felt like I needed you to know. If I do not notice negative intentions from an entity nearby, the entire DSMP would be destroyed and we would be dead,"
The genuine horror on his face said all the words I needed to hear.
"How long do you have?"
"Not long, a few days at most, so the fate of us all lays on my shoulder and I have no idea where to start,"
"I'll help you then, it's what brothers are for,"
"Thank you Tommy, what would I do without you?"
"You'd probably have died in the cardboard box Big Q left you in if I'm honest,"
I chuckled.
We stayed silent untill I decided I should start heading home with Michael.
I picked him up, and we said our goodbye to Tommy and Shroud, and I left.
Noon was bright as ever, and SnowChester was covered in dandelions. Our special thing as the little family we once were.
No matter what I did, I could never escape my grief, because his esscence surrounds me from every angle.
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