Fly Free - [Technoblade x reader]

Chapter 13 - Family Dilemmas

Techno hardly recalled a time where he was as tired as he was right now. Sure, he'd had sleepless nights, thanks to the voices. And sure, his stress had mentally drained him before. But he usually never felt tired, he was always able to power through it somehow.

Maybe it was the soup Phil had made for him, maybe it was the fact it was a warm meal, making him feel cosy and secure as if he could've fallen asleep right after eating it. He doubted it was that to be honest.

He knew it was from everything that had happened in the last 48 hours. There was so much that happened in such a short time, that and the fact he'd been awake for most of it too.

He tried to think straight as he entered his cabin, yet his mind would not let him, each thought trailing off as he tried to focus on it. With the timing of the rescue and Techno staying in the village for longer than expected he had been away from his home for much longer than anticipated, with it being around midday.

He'd even forgotten the boy's would've been up. Of course that's why it surprised him when Tommy came bounding over to him and practically jumped onto him as a greeting.

"Techno! Where have you been big man?!" He yelled right into Techno's ear, making him wince slightly.

"Tommy!" Another shout echoed in the house, Wilbur was the next to come into Techno's sight, with him phasing through a wall. "Give him some space dude." He practically ripped his younger Avian brother off Techno, holding him above the ground while Tommy flailed about in his arms until he dropped him. Tommy gave a quick scowl towards Wilbur before turning back around to his oldest brother.

"Nah, but seriously Techno, where have you been?" The Avian brother flailed his arms around, "Like you've been away for over a day!"

He stood for a moment, still trying to focus his eyes on his two adopted siblings in front of him. They stared at him, waiting for his answer.

"Work." Techno shortly replied, moving away towards the stairs. God he needed rest. He felt bad for not giving his brothers a reasonable excuse, but he didn't have the energy to converse right now.

The two did not try to stop him as he clumsily walked around. They could see the tiredness in their brother, how the bags under his eyes stood out, and how his tone of voice seemed even more monotone than it normally did.

Shutting his door to his room the Piglin dropped his gear he had on him, letting his cape around his shoulders fall onto the floor gracefully while his sword clattered to the ground noisily. After doing so he flopped onto his bed face first, with memories immediately flooding his mind.

He let his mind recap everything that had happened. But strangely enough, his mind focused on one thing more than anything else. More than the rescue, more than the meal. It was before he had captured Ranboo, when his voice's overwhelmed him with thoughts.

He recalled that they had only been as bad as that once before, but he recalled even more how he got rid of them. More specifically, how [y/n] had made them disappear. Quite literally. The way she had embraced him, how her face had nuzzled into his chest, and how it had calmed him down.

To be honest, he could care less if she had made the voices go away or not. He just couldn't get her touch out of his head. It wasn't an embrace like his brothers or anyone else ever gave him, he was sure he didn't feel like that with anyone but her.

As his mind continued to think about her he found himself lost in thought and eventually drifting off, his face buried in his pillow.

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When waking he could hear the soft chattering from below him, signalling that both of his brothers were awake. He was more surprised that they were not arguing to be fair, that was common most mornings.