"So, I was thinking of doing a 'boys night' this weekend, with the boys-" Tommy asked, "Sounds good?"
It was the next morning, and they were walking their usual route to school. Toby still felt tired, which made sense considering everything last night, but at least the headache had gone away for the most part.
"Sure big man-" he nodded, "sounds good-"
They arrived at their usual cafeteria table, and were soon joined by Ranboo, who looked like he'd had a worse night than Toby had, nervously fiddling with his fingers.
"You alright Ranboo?" Tommy asked, raising an eyebrow, "You look terrible-"
"Y-yeah, I'm fine, just had a bad night yesterday...that's all" the tall boy nodded.
At that moment, they were interrupted by Quackity. Toby took the opportunity to glance at him, questioningly. Had yesterday's news spooked him too? Ranboo glanced back and shook his head. Later... Toby caught on and nodded, before tuning back into the others' conversation.
The bell rang after a little, and the six of them made their way to homeroom. Ranboo, Toby, and Tommy made their way to Mr. Nook's room, Tommy chattering about one thing or another, oblivious to whether the other two were actually listening or not. Sam smiled at them as they entered.
"Morning guys!"
"Morning Sam!"
"Good Morning Mr. Nook!"
The three of them smiled back, sitting down and talking until the first period bell rang, and they were off. Ranboo and Tommy were out the door before him, but before he could follow, Sam gestured him over to his desk. He made his way over, and must have had a confused expression on his face, because Sam chuckled.
"Don't worry, you're not in trouble, and I don't plan on keeping you for long. I just wanted to say that I'm really proud of you and Tommy for kind of taking Ranboo under your wing...he's come out of his shell a lot since meeting you two. You made this 'new kid' process so much easier for him."
Toby wasn't entirely sure what to say, but he smiled sheepishly, "It's really no trouble, he's a good guy, I'm just glad we got to befriend him.."
Same nodded sagely, "Right...well, that's all I wanted to say, don't want you to be late to class."
Toby nodded, "Uh, yeah! Thank you!"
His teacher smiled and waved him off.
The rest of his classes up until lunch were pretty normal. Once their group of friends were all there, Tommy began talking.
"Alright men! I think a boys night is in order this weekend, yes?"
"Ooh, yeah!" Karl nodded, "That's a great Idea!" The others nodded, except for Ranboo, who looked confused,
"Boys night?"
"Oh yeah, you've never been-" Toby said, "it's basically just our friend group going to someone's house, eating pizza, watching movies, and playing games until late"
"Oh yeah, i haven't really done one of those before-"
"Well that's gonna change amigo" Quackity grinned, giving the tall boy a thumbs up.
"Dude, what happened to your arm?" Purples asked, glancing over.
Toby hadn't noticed before, but now that Purpled has mentioned something, he noticed Quackity's arm had bandages wrapped around it, peeking out from his jacket sleeve.
"Oh this? My dumbass accidentally burned myself while cooking the other night" Quackity waved it off, "It's just a little burn, no big deal...do we know who's hosting?"
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To Be a Hero
Action|Cross Posted on Archive of Our Own| In a world where a small percentage of people are born with powers, Toby was born with a power considered villainous. As a result he kept it a secret from everyone, including his family, and gave up on becoming a...
