bee duo (one shots book)

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tw:
-divorce

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"I feel like we should get divorced"

Ranboo felt their blood run cold when they heard Tubbo speak the words. "It's obvious we're growing apart and we'd both be better off no longer together"

All Ranboo could do was stare the man they had once called their husband with a shocked expression. They... didn't think it got that bad.. They thought they both were getting better after Ranboo exploded. They genuinely thought that things were starting to go okay again.

Ranboo opened and closed their mouth, desperately trying to find the words they longed to speak. Eventually, all that could come out was "W.. What about Michael..?" Tubbo smiled sadly, thinking about the beloved son they raised together "We both can still care for him. It'll just be that you see him on the days you're not working"

Ranboo felt their stomach dropped, their ears folding back. They didn't want to stop seeing their son "You.. You can't do that.. H.. He's my son too..!"

Tubbo stared up at them, a wave of anger flashing in his face "Your son my ass. You barely even saw him, always off mining for no reason. You barely even show up to see him now. You're constantly working at that stupid van that gets no customers. I'm surprised you still even remember him."

Ranboo felt something shatter inside them at his words "H..He's my son, Tubbo. Our son. Of.. Of course I won't just forget him. And.. And I'm sorry that.. that I needed something to do to.. to.. replace all of the stuff you misplaced or gave away or.. or whatever the hell you did to all the crap I gave you." They didn't mean it to sound as harsh as it did, but once it was said and done, it was said and done.

Tubbo laughed coldly "And how is it my fault people just kept on stealing the stuff from my chests?" Ranboo shook their head "I..It's not. But if you took-"

Tubbo pointed a finger at them and dug it into their chest "I did take good care of that shit. You're the one who made everyone fucking aware of my nation in the first place. It was supposed to be a peaceful place for us to reside in without anyone causing us anything shit and yet it happened and I was consistently stolen from!"

Ranboo opened and closed their mouth, their ears folding back in fear and their tail tucked beneath them. Their voice was soft as they spoke a weak "I.. I'm sorry.." Tubbo huffed "Yeah. You better."

Ranboo narrowed their eyes as they mumbled "What... What are we gonna tell Mikey..?" Tubbo only sighed, calming "Probably the thing I've been telling him. Papa is busy and isn't able to visit as much as they'd like." Ranboo nodded small "Mm..Okay.."

Tubbo stared at them before speaking "Do you agree to the divorce?" Ranboo only stared at their hands quietly, running things through their mind. When they didn't respond, Tubbo called their name.

Ranboo snapped from their thoughts and looked at him "We.. We were never offically married technically so.. It's not really a divorce.. Just... Just us seperating..." They looked away from him before speaking once more "I.. We can call off any wedding plans we were planning on doing now.." They hugged themself quietly and Tubbo nodded, muttering a quiet "Yeah"

Ranboo glanced down at him before looking away "So.. Uhm.. Is.. Is this it..? No.. No more us..?" Tubbo nodded small "Yep. Who knows. Maybe it'll be better for us..!" Ranboo nodded back and tried to not have their voice break as they said "Yeah.." They paused to hold back tears before continuing "Welp.. If.. If that's it. I'll see myself away.."

Tubbo nodded and whispered a small "yeah". Ranboo felt so tempted to pull him into a hug and just.. beg for him to be joking and for him to laugh as say it's all a joke and they would still be married and maybe Ranboo could offically propose like they had been planning. But.. They knew that was a fantasy.

Just.. something that would never happen. Because it's Tubbo. They've analyzed so much of Tubbo's actions and body language that they could very well tell he was completely serious about it all. It hurt. It really did. but.. They could handle it.

They walked away, letting their body walk as far as it needed until it got to a destination. They managed to live without Tubbo in their life and they can learn to live without him again. They can survive.. They have Niki and Phil and Techno to be there to catch them when they can't and they were happy with that.

Maybe they'll take a few days off to visit their son. Spend some lost time with him and work it up to Wilbur that they were sick for a bit. Wilbur wouldn't really care about that. Yeah. Yeah! That's what they'll do..! They smiled to themself as they walked away.