"A Good Mate?!"

"Chapter «18» ♡"

Once Techno had taken matters into his own hands, him and Ranboo had made it back to the house in an impressively short amount of time considering how deep into the Nether they were and how bad the snowstorm in the overworld was. This, of course, was surprising to no one who was waiting for them but likely would have surprised someone who didn’t know Techno. 

Techno had seemed to come to the conclusion that picking up his problems would help fix them so as soon as the reached Phil’s house he had set down Ranboo as gently as he could, which was admittedly not that gentle, and quickly moved to pick Dream up instead, though he held him much softer and in a much more loving position than he had carried Ranboo. While the enderman had been unceremoniously tossed over Techno’s shoulder, the piglin cradled Dream as if he were a princess he’d just rescued. They’d quickly situated on the couch, Techno sprawled out with Dream held tight to his chest. No words were spoken but it seemed to calm Dream down enough to fall into a peaceful sleep. 

So here Techno was, laying on Phil’s couch with his mate curled up in his arms. The teens had all since returned to Tommy’s room so Techno gently pulls the mask off Dream’s face, heart clenching at the sight of the tear tracks running down his mate’s face. The voices really aren’t helping either. It’s nothing new, all the same shouting about killing Tommy and Tubbo and Blood for the Blood God. Really, the voices needed more material, this was starting to get old fast. 

Phil came over to Techno with a mug in each hand, passing one to the stressed piglin before sitting on the ground just in front of the couch, “I’m sorry I couldn’t help him more…”

The tea is warm as Techno sips at it, “It’s not your fault Phil, if it’s anyone’s fault it’s Tommy and Tubbo’s but they’re just kids. They don’t know what they did, not really…”

Phil sighed, "I'll have to have a talk with them. Just because their kids doesn't mean they're not responsible for their actions. Besides, this can be a learning experience for them."

A sly grin stretches across the piglin's face, "Maybe you should finally craft that belt you used to talk about when we were kids"

This just sent the two of them into a laughing fit, though Techno tried his best to laugh internally as to not disturb his sleeping mate. The laughter soon tapers off and silence stretches between the two as Dream slumbered peacefully. Techno took the time to use a corner of his cape to gently wipe the tears off his beloved’s face. Suddenly a thought comes to Techno’s mind and he’s breaking the silence, “I want to speed up the mating process, Phil”

That catches Phil’s attention real quick, “You want to speed it up? Traditionally weeks pass between each gift, if not months. Traditional courting could potentially take years to complete mate, what do you mean?”

Techno sighs, leaning his head back and closing his eyes, “I know all that Phil, you know I do. I just can’t help but look at this man and think, oh boy do I need to hurry this up before something happens and I lose him . I love him, Phil. Besides, you and I both know that once our bond is complete we’ll be stronger and it won’t be as dangerous for people to know about our relationship. I just don’t think I can keep dragging this out anymore…” Techno trails off verbally but in his mind he’s already planning out his next few courting gifts. He already had the last two planned out, now he just needed to come up with a big, totally epic ring design for the last gift. Dream would have to come up with one too since the last gift was always rings exchanged between the mating pair, but he could talk to his mate about that once he feels better. 

Techno’s so deep in his thoughts that he doesn’t even notice the way Phil’s softly smiling at him. Before long Phil gets up and heads to bed, softly ruffling Techno’s hair- not that the piglin really even noticed. It had been a long time since Phil had seen Tech so happy, it warmed his heart, and if he really wants to speed this whole thing up then who’s stopping him? There’s no grand council of courting that will appear one day and slaughter them all for daring to turn a roughly year-to-two-year-long process into one that lasts only a few months. He hopes that one day all of his kids can be happy the way that Techno is. Tubbo and Ranboo are getting there, Tommy will probably be a bit more of a struggle though. He’s too busy asserting his dominance and yelling to really think about romance in any way, but maybe one day. 

After all, Phil wouldn’t mind some grandkids to spoil one day.

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Not gonna spoil if I'm gonna write smut in the grandkids part