TW for this chapter: mention of past abuse, mention of violence (again a slap), mention of suicidal tendencies/ideation
Note: I'm not abandoning this fic promise
"Jesus Ranboo." Techno mumbled and Ranboo was quick to defend himself.
"I'm not gonna let him come to my house and be angry and tell me that we should have never been brothers. And he kept going back to saying that we replaced him with Tommy and it was just too much." Ranboo explained and Techno shook his head lightly.
"That's not what I'm upset about Boo. I just didn't want you to hit him in front of Puffy. She's a mandated reporter." Techno reminded him and he saw color drain from his face.
"She's not gonna remove me from the house is she?" Ranboo asked quickly, feeling his own heart rate pick up quickly.
"No, I don't think she will. I can give her a call if you want me to, just to talk to her about it?" Techno offered and Ranboo bit his lip. "Or you could use my phone to call her?" Ranboo looked at Techno directly.
"Can I?" He asked softly and Techno gave a soft smile as he nodded. He pulled out his phone and handed it to Ranboo.
"Do you want me to be in here or no?" Techno asked and Ranboo thought for a moment.
"No, I'd rather do it on my own." Ranboo said and Techno stood up.
"I will be out in the living room with everyone else then. Am I allowed to explain what happened and where Tubbo is, or is that something you would prefer to tell them yourself?" Techno asked and for a moment Ranboo was so happy that Techno was understanding and let Ranboo have the option.
"You can tell them. I'll come out when I'm done." Ranboo said and Techno nodded as he left the room, shutting the door behind him. Ranboo looked down at the phone and saw Puffy's contact was pulled up. Ranboo hit call and put the phone up to his ear.
"Techno? Is something wrong?" Puffy asked as soon as she answered the phone. Ranboo cleared his throat and spoke softly
"It's actually Ranboo, and nothings wrong." He said and he heard Puffy sigh softly.
"Hi Ranboo, what's up sweetie?" She asked kindly and Ranboo hoped he wasn't bothering her.
"If this is a bad time I can call later?" He offered loosely.
"Oh no honey it's okay. It's just normally when someone from the Watsons calls me other than Tommy without texting first something is happening." She explained and part of Ranboo wanted to laugh because that was probably very true. But he didn't and instead cleared his throat again.
"Oh, well nothing is happening I just wanted to ask you something." He revealed. He heard her hum softly.
"What's up?" She asked again and Ranboo looked down at his shoes. He only then realized he was still wearing his shoes. He should have taken them off when he got here, but he was too busy having a meltdown to realize.
"About earlier, with Liam." Ranboo started loosely.
"He won't be going back to your place at all, Sam is aware of it and so am I." She said but Ranboo shook his head.
"No, no that's not it." He said, stumbling over his words.
"Okay. What is it?" She asked and he took a deep breath, his exhale being shakier than he would like.
"I slapped Liam in face and you saw that. And I know you have to report stuff and I was wondering if you had reported it or not." He said and there was silence on the other side of the line. Ranboo was scared that she was doing that now.
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Then Where Is Home?
Fanfic"Liam!" Tommy yelled, running forward out into the rain. He felt sick to his stomach and he felt like maybe he was dreaming, but Wilbur had just woken him up so he knew he wasn't dreaming. Techno stepped aside as Tommy ran up and hugged Liam tightly...
