Its not always unrequited... (TubboxRanboo)

In the dark

TW: Homophobia, mentions of an abusive family, swearing

Just to be clear I don't mean that everybody of a certain religion acts a certain way, this is just my personal experience with some distant family. I really don't mean to offend anyone.

CW: Fluff

-Tubbo POV-

I wake up to a gentle hand running through my hair and then the whole of last night comes flooding back into my mind. I look up blushing to see Ranboo looking down at me. I can't tell if the look in his eyes is fond or annoyed.

"I'm sorry!" I say once I realize I'm on his chest.

I stand up quickly and keep blushing. He stands up as well and I look everywhere but into his eyes. I'm very embarrassed and I hardly even know why. I admire the spines of the books that line my shelves as Ranboo stands in front of me.

I feel a gentle finger hook under my chin and I'm forced to look into Ranboo's unfairly beautiful eyes. I quickly look away.

"Hey," he says softly "look at me."

I look into his light eyes and he stares back.

"Tubbs it's perfectly fine, you were in a bad place, and I'm your friend. I don't mind at all."

I blush and look down again, he smiles satisfied and turns towards the kitchen probably off to cook breakfast like every other morning. I decide that I should take a shower after all the crying last night so I head to my room to get a change of comfortable clothes.

I walk into the bathroom and set my clothes on the counter before pressing my palms against the cool stone and staring into the mirror. My eyes are still slightly red and my skin is paler than it usually is.

I turn away from the mirror and turn on the shower letting it warm up before climbing in and having the water hit my back.

I rub product through my hair and scrub my face carefully. Once I'm out of the shower I feel a hundred times better and brush my teeth. 

I get dressed and wander into the kitchen, sitting down at the table and scrolling through Twitter. Ranboo sets a glass of orange juice down in front of me and I give him a smile before starting to sip it.

I receive a text from Tommy and open it interested to as why he's texting me this early.

I spit out my orange juice and it spews across the counter.

It's a picture of me and Ranboo snuggled up on the couch both clearly asleep. His hand is tangled in my hair and my face is buried in his chest.

"Ummmm Tubbs?" I hear close to my face "are you alright?"

I look up into Ranboo's concerned eyes and smile nodding.

"Just Tommy being an idiot as usual!"

Ranboo looks suspicious but just nods and smiles back. When he looks away I sneakily save the picture to my camera roll.

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Tommy ):

That's kinda creepy ngl

Whatever lover boiiii

You're watching me sleep!

So?

What if we were doing something else?

OMg StOP iT NoW

I don't  think I will

Stop it bich!

Its Bitch
You just got corrected by a dyslectic person

Whatever I have to go
Wilbur and Quackity need me

Bye shit head

Love ya dumb ass
Use protection!

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I shake my hand smiling put my phone down. Ranboo sets a plate of waffles down in front of me and I smile up at him.

"Thank you Boo," I say still smiling at him "you're too nice to me."

He just shakes his head and starts to eat his own food.

"Hey, Tubbo?" He clears his throat setting his fork down "Can I ask you Something?"

"Yeah? What's up?" I ask concerned.

"Well I have a few but I'll start with this. What about housing? I can't leave with you forever. You have a life." He furrows his eyebrows.

"But I want you to live with me!" I say loudly "I would be lonely otherwise and you have no idea how much you help me!"

"But I don't want to be a burden!"

"Ranboo..." I say seriously, setting down my fork as well "you are not and never will be a burden to me."

"Okay," he says smiling slightly.

"Good." I say "and now what?"

"I want to talk about what happened last night. I want to know why you looked so broken."

"Fine." I say heaving a sigh, I knew this was coming "I used to live with my parents and they have very Christian views. They are extremely homophobic and are very against everything I stand for. I moved out as soon as I could but they seem to think they deserve payment for how they raised me. They think they raised me well and because of that, they deserve something from me. I pay them monthly sometimes more often and they leave me alone. but my payment was late so my dad called m and yelled at me."

They are tears scattered down my face and I can't stop them from falling.

Ranboo stands up and walks around to my side of the table. he wraps his arms around me and I bury my face in his shoulder still crying.

"For the record." he whispers into my ear, "I think you perfect exactly how you are."

I smile into his shoulder.

"I could say the same thing about you."

He pulls away and smiles down at me before quickly pecking my cheek. A hot blush spreads across my face.

"I just realized something!" I exclaim.

"Hmmm and what's that?" he says ringing our plates to the sink to wash them.

"You haven't met Tommy!" I say leaping up.

I walk over to him and grab his waist moving him out of the way.

"And.."  I say standing in front of the sink "I will do these. You literally cooked, and you do every morning. The least I can do is the dishes!"

"But I don't mind doing them!" He protests quietly.

"I. Don't. Care."  I say back sticking out my tongue.

(994 words)

A bit shorter than usual but I think that's okay!
I like this chapter and I was feeling motivated today!
Go drink some water and touch some grass! Thoughts? <3