Daisies - An SBI Family story :)

Chapter 17: Cold Abyss

Wilbur sat in the empty, small room. It looked like a brown and off-white abyss. He could hear the cars zooming by and the hyper kids running down the halls of the building.

"Well, it isn't much, but it's a good place to start." Wilbur then heard his girlfriend, Sally who was sitting down beside him. She then squeezed his shoulder and he smiled sadly. She was right. This wasn't the best apartment, but it was cheap. And they didn't have much money to spend at the minute, so it was the perfect place. For now.

"Next step, getting jobs," Sally said, almost laughing.

"Well, I didn't graduate high school, so, it might be hard to find a job," Wilbur said, looking toward his girlfriend.

"Well, my mom used to be a florist. I'm sure it won't be hard to get that job."

"Yeah, I'm good on the flowers," Wilbur said.

"What if you become a barista? That would work, right?" Sally asked, wrapping an arm around her boyfriend.

"I guess."

"Then it's settled. I'll be a florist and you'll be a barista! I'll look to see any open positions." Sally said. She then kissed her boyfriend on the forehead and stood up. Wilbur's smile fell into a frown. He didn't want to be here. He didn't want to work. Maybe he should just go back home? Say sorry to Phil... to his dad. Try and be a brother to Tom. Visit Techno, and apologize to him too. Go back to school, and then college. But... what if Sally wouldn't come with him? What if she would just leave him...? What was more important? His family... or her...?

"I just want him to be happy..." Tom said, sniffing. Techno stared at the blond boy in front of him. Philza had raised this kid very differently from how he raised Techno. Tom just ran away? Without even telling Philza? What is wrong with him??

"Well, I'm not going back. I moved away for a reason, okay? Here, give me your phone so I can tell Phil your okay." Techno said, holding out his hand.

"N-no... no! I'm not going back until you come with me!" Tom said, backing up a little. Techno bit the inside of his cheek, thinking of ways to get the boy's phone. Techno suddenly grabbed Tommy's backpack and tried to take it off the boy.

"Just give me your phone-" Techno said. Tommy was holding onto the straps of his backpack and was yanking himself away from Techno, but he wasn't strong enough to get away for him.

"No! I'm not going home!" Tommy said. Techno then lifted up the backpack and took Tommy with him. Tom started kicking his feet all around while he was in the air. Tom then kicked Techno in the chest and Techno let him go, holding onto his chest.

Techno then saw Tom running out of the door quicker than he had ever seen anyone run.

"Wait! Don't Tom! It's too cold outside! Wait, come back!" Techno said, running after Tom. But, he was much slower than the blond boy. Luckily, he could make out Tom's footsteps in the snow. So, even when Tom ran into the heavily wooded forest, Techno could still find him.

Tommy sat against a tree as he held his knees in his arms. He shivered as he cried. He just wanted his dad to be happy. Then he wouldn't need friends. Phil could be his friend. He wouldn't need Tubbo.

"Tom!" Tommy could hear someone yell. That person had been yelling after him for about an hour now. Techno wouldn't find him, though. The trees covered the ground from the snow, meaning his footprints stopped once he got deep into the forest. But it was still just as cold.

"Tom!! Please, you'll die out here!" Tommy hugged himself tighter. He almost wanted to yell back 'What if that was what I was trying to do?'. But he didn't. He didn't want to die. That wasn't what he was trying to do. But... it wouldn't be all that bad of an outcome...

"Tom! Jesus, thank god I found you. Come on, it's cold out here." Tommy looked up to see a pink-haired man in front of him. He then put his head back down and pushed it into his knees.

"Tom... Tommy, please. You can stay at my house, but you're going to die out here if you stay any longer." Techno said, kneeling down to Tommy.

When Tom didn't respond, he felt a hand wrap around his wrist. He then was pulled to his feet by Techno. 

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