"A Good Mate?!"

"Chapter «20» ♡"

“Oh you’ve got to be fucking kidding me”

Both Dream and Technoblade stiffened at Quackity’s words, the implications of his realization setting in. A quick glance at the rest of the small group revealed that he wasn’t the only one to come to this conclusion. Everyone was frozen in place, all fight having left them. Even Sapnap was back to normal, no longer flaming. 

“Dream?” George pushes his way past from where Bad had been blocking him. His voice was soft, there was no trace of anger or fight but a soft curiosity, “Is Technoblade your mate?”

The silence that engulfs the group is almost suffocating for Dream. He freezes before slowly turning his head to look up at his mate, who was already gazing down at him. Somehow, Techno was looking straight into Dream’s eyes despite the mask. A sharp inhale snapped the two out of their own world that they had slipped into. Their silence was enough confirmation, but a small nod from Techno encouraged Dream to choke out a short, “yes”

The silence was back, though not for long. 

“That’s fantastic! Oh I’m so happy for you!” Bad was ecstatic. He had heard rumors that Dream was in the middle of courting rituals but he hadn't seen the admin in a bit so he had no way of knowing if the rumors were true. Now not only did he have confirmation that Dream was in fact being courted, but he was being courted by Technoblade, Dream’s long term ‘rival’. Bad’s always thought they had a bit of a flirty dynamic, so he was over the moon that the two had finally realized their feelings. 

Everyone else, however, was not nearly as elated as Bad was. Skeppy reached out from where he was seated on Bad’s shoulder to poke at the demon’s face, “Hey, bud, maybe now is not the best time…”

That seemed to snap everyone back to the situation at hand. 

Sapnap is the next one to speak up, though much less excited than Bad had been, “Are you happy? Is he good to you?”

Dream looks back at his mate, softly taking the piglin’s hand in his own. Techno’s watching his mate with an intensity none of those gathered have ever seen from him before. “Yeah, he’s good to me, we’re happy,” Dream turns back to his friends, “I love him dude”

Sapnap let a small smile creep onto his face. He pulls Karl closer to him, never letting his eyes leave his friend’s. 

Unfortunately, everyone there seemed to have forgotten about the catalyst of this whole issue. And Quackity just wouldn’t stand for that, “Are you guys fucking kidding me? There’s no way that this isn’t just some kind of scheme! They’re monsters, clearly this is some kind of plan to manipulate us! What is wrong with all of you?!” A cruel grin spreads over his face as he turns to look at the mated pair, “Then again, it makes sense. A monster for a monster, of course”

Out of everyone that could have responded, no one expected Karl to step forward, “The only monster here is you, Quackity. Why are you acting like this?”

By now Quackity has scrambled his way up off the ground, though luckily his weapon was a few feet away with Dream and Techno blocking his access to it, “What do you mean I’m the monster?!” Quackity was shouting at the top of his lungs now, causing Karl to flinch back and clutch harder to Sapnap’s arm.

“You’re really scaring me, Quackity” Karl’s voice is barely more than a whisper at this point. 

The laugh that forced its way out of Quackity’s throat causes nearly everyone to flinch back. He sounded deranged. If people weren’t afraid of him before, they certainly were now.