"A Good Mate?!"

"Chapter «17» ♡"

TW: Panic Attack

Tommy’s so excited, this is looking like it could be the excitement he’s been looking for. Dream just confirmed that Techno was his mate! Oh the teasing he could do with this information. Not only to his brother but to the big scary admin that had once terrified him but slowly grew into a weird older cousin dynamic… he would need to reflect on that later but for right now all he can focus on is the fact that he gets to tease the two of them relentlessly. 

Dream, meanwhile, was in the middle of a complete panic. Oh gods. He let the secret slip, he told them. They knew now. If these two know now then soon Ranboo’s going to know. Ranboo can’t keep a secret to save his life. But while Ranboo would just accidentally let it slip, Tommy would probably just tell everyone as a proof that he held some kind of power over the admin. To show how cool he was, how much of a “big man” he was. 

Oh gods. Techno was going to be so upset with him. 

Phil had rushed over when the shouting had begun and instantly started to wrangle the excited teens. It was once he finally got the two to sit back down, though they were still excitedly talking back and forth to one another, that he realized that Dream hasn’t moved since the revelation. He hasn’t made a sound either. Phil quickly turns to check on the ram only to see him stiff as a rod, seemingly not breathing. “Dream?”, the avian speaks quietly, as if speaking to a wounded animal. 

His soft tone of voice catches the attention of the teens, who instantly quiet in an attempt to see what’s going on. Suddenly a shuddering, deep inhale wracks Dream’s body as he begins to hyperventilate. Suddenly, this wasn’t nearly as fun for Tommy or Tubbo. 

Phil rushed to Dream’s side, attempting to calm the man. When nothing seems to work, Phil turns to the boys still shocked into silence at the table, “One of you, both of you, someone needs to message Techno. Now! Get him back here!” 

Turning back to the panicking man, Phil realizes he can’t breathe. The mask needs to come off, but he knows Dream would never allow either teen to see him this vulnerable and without his mask. Especially not when they’re the ones who caused this much panic. “You two,” he turns back to the boys, “go into Tommy’s room, shut the door, and stay there.” 

That seemed to be enough to shock Tommy out of his stasis. “What? Why?! We’re not babies for you to order around!” 

“TOMMY, GO! I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR OWN ISSUES RIGHT NOW! I NEED TO TAKE HIS MASK OFF AND AS YOU TWO ARE THE REASON THIS IS HAPPENING, HE WON’T DO IT IF YOU’RE STILL HERE. GO! NOW!” 

Tommy made to argue again, but Tubbo pulled him away. By now Tubbo had already sent a message to Techno and one to Ranboo just for good measure and the guilt was beginning to set in. He hadn’t meant for any of this to happen. It was all just fun, right? 

Once the two were out of sight, Phil turns back to the issue at hand. He feels awful, he’s never yelled at Tommy like that but this was time sensitive and he didn’t see another immediate solution. He’ll have to apologize later, but he would also be having a not so fun talk with the two teen boys. He had told them this was none of their business, but they just couldn’t help themselves. “Dream, hey Dream. It’s okay. It’s just me now. I’m going to take your mask off so you can breathe better, okay?” The avian makes a move to remove the mask, causing Dream to flinch back violently, “Hey, hey it’s okay. You’re okay. We’re trying to get Techno back here but I need you to breathe”

At the mention of Techno, Phil had thought Dream would relax a bit but it had seemed to only scare him more. Why would Dream be af- oh. He thinks Techno’s going to be mad at him. “Hey, hey hey it’s okay. Techno loves you, he won’t be mad. It was an accident. He won’t be mad!” The avian can’t tell if any of this is helping calm Dream down or not. He hears the soft pitter patter of feet approaching from Tommy’s room. They’re too soft to be Tommy so they must be Tubbo. 

“Phil?”, Tubbo pokes his head around into the kitchen, “Techno’s on his way back but he doesn’t know how long it will take since he has Ranboo with him and the storm…”

Phil sighs, turning to peek out the window. The storm sure has gotten worse. If it were just Techno alone then there was no doubt that the hybrid would have stormed through that storm no matter what, but he has Ranboo with him and Phil knows that he likes the kid too much to abandon him in the middle of the nether or in the middle of a snowstorm. 

“Okay, thanks Tubbs”, Phil sighs. He’s not quite sure what else he can do to help Dream right now. He sighs, leaning his head into his hands with a sigh. At least the admin had seemed to settle into breathing normally again, though he seems to have completely disassociated. 

Tubbo shifts softly on his feet, unsure of himself. He feels really bad about all of this, he had never intended for it to all go this wrong. Hopefully when things settle he’ll be able to apologize to Dream, but right now it seems like they need to just wait for Techno to come back and bring Dream back to them mentally. So now… now they just wait. 

Techno was going to kill something if Ranboo didn’t hurry the fuck up. It had already been a few hours since he had received the frantic messages from Tommy and Tubbo. Tommy’s had just said, “Fucked up, get back asap” while Tubbo had explained a bit more. He know logically that Tommy and Tubbo hadn’t meant any harm and it was all harmless fun for them but they didn’t understand how dangerous this could be. And though he knew all of this logically, the voices were going nuts. 

How dare they upset Dream?!

Mate?

Kill the teens!

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

Kill the orphans!

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Bruh 💀
 

Ranboo was so lucky that Techno loved him. If he didn’t see the enderman hybrid as a younger brother of sorts then he would have abandoned him as soon as the messages had come in. But that love was starting to wear thin. 

“Okay Ranboo, we gotta get this show on the road so I’m just gonna…” Techno quickly turns and scoops up the teen, tossing him over his shoulder. Ranboo sputters but is ultimately powerless as the piglin begins hightailing it to the portal, already making better time than when Ranboo had been walking by himself. 

They would be back at Phil’s house in no time. 

 

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-1205 words~

Bye Nuggets ♡