The King of Crows

Together Again

After an, I'll admit ungodly, long wait, Phil had calmed down from his sob fest of seeing Techno in the flesh again after who knows how long apart. It was kind of getting to the point the old knight didn't really know what to do but just... stand there- Don't get him wrong, he missed his old friend as well {even if he couldn't remember shit from his past life} but he was slowly not knowing what to do. Clearly not used to people just... holding him in place and sobbing into his chest.

"Okayyy Phil that's enough now-" I tried to rip him off of Techno, but to no avail. This man had a damn vice grip!! "Mother of all that is glory Phil, get off him!!"

"Okay okay," The old king got off him in defeat, wiping his tears away with the knuckles of his fingers as he gave a little sniffle. Tommy was trying his hardest not to laugh too loud at the sight before us both. "I am sorry Techno."

"It's okay, just... unexpected-" The old knight spoke, patting Phil's head. Tommy gently slapped the sides of his face, stopping himself from laughing too loudly. I glared at him, which he seemed to see. As his eyes widened and he quickly stopped himself from doing anything reckless. "Well, we're here now! Should we continue walking around the forest... or..?"

Philza seemed to stare at Techno, as if he was reading the man. I didn't know why, but at least he wasn't crying his heart out. After a moment of silence between us four, Phil sighed and shook his head slowly. "Centre, I'm not making you walk for too long Techno."

Tommy and I glanced at one another, we could tell we were both confused. Tommy shrugged, mumbling something that 'Techno's capable of walking around the forest', while I walked over and took Phil's hand in my own. He looked over in surprise, wide eyed at the sudden gesture I gave to him, before he started blushing and looking down at the floor.

"Heh, he's like a shy highschooler," Techno chuckled out, letting one of the crows rest on his head. The old knight began to walk out of the small hidden pond we were in under the tree canopy. "Let's get out of here before we all start smelling like duck and crap."

In an instant a jogged after Techno, the other two men came to our sides as well as we continued our walk around the forest to the Centre. Out of everyone in the group, I was the one with the most knowledge of the forest we were in. Hell, I had more knowledge of the forest than Tommy, who also lived in the UK. Which he seemed to take note of and playfully get annoyed about sometimes as we ventured through the forest.

After around 20 minutes of walking, I had to keep checking my phone, we finally got to an open plains in the forest. I had Tommy's arm wrapped around my shoulder so he could stay standing as we got over the road and finally to the actual Centre.

"I'm going to get icecream for Tommy, his blood sugar's low," I alerted to the other two as I helped guide Tommy to the Centre's café. Technoblade nodded to me, while Philza looked over at him in confusion. I looked back over for a moment to see them talking to one another, but going back to my original objective. As we walked into the small café, Tommy grabbed an icecream from the freezer beside the door while I let him keep a hold on me.

"You want anything else?" I asked, bringing him to the counter that had a display of baked goods and a basket of chocolate.

"Cake, any will do," He groaned out his answer, sitting down at a nearby table to rest his legs. I bought his food and sat down opposite him, watching happily as he ate the food provided to him. "Thanks a lot Y/N, second time now." He chuckled out as he ate his icecream.

I shook my head with a smile, noticing Techno and Phil walk inside and sit down with us. Philza sat beside me, a little embarrassed, while Techno sat beside Tommy, just happy to see him not on the verge of passing out anymore.

"What happened?" I asked, clearly not ready to deal with whatever reason why Philza was so embarrassed about. Techno snorted a little too loudly, making the king pout and cross his arms under his coat-cloak.

"Your husband here-" He paused when he got an unamused glare from me. Clearing his throat before returning back to his words. "Philza here doesn't know what 'icecream' is."

Never in my life had I turned my head so slowly to another person before, staring at him with no emotion. "How?"

"We never really had acquired a food like that when I was residing and ruling within my kingdom..." He answered sheepishly, fiddling with his fingers. Humming in response, I pat his shoulder. It made sense now, sorta- Wouldn't they have cows in their kingdom? Kind of worrying and confusing if they didn't-

"Gimme one moment Phil," I announced, standing up from the table and walking off back to the freezer next to the front door. Opening it up and grabbing one of the packaged icecreams and going over to the counter to buy it. "Here you go. You can have your first ever icecream!"

"Oh, you did not need to..." Phil gasped, smiling as he took it from me and unwrapped it to eat. "But thank you, my love.... this is delicious!"

"Still confusing how you never had icecream before-"

"Cows!!" Tommy interrupted Techno, swinging his arms into the air dramatically. Nearly hitting the old knight in the process, who, thankfully, dodged out the way before getting whacked in the face. "You had a whole damn kingdom! Did ya not have a single cow?!"

Phil stayed silent, blinking with wide eyes and a blank expression, before it seemed to finally click in his brain what Tommy was on about. "Oh- Oh! Cow's milk helps to create these little desserts... Adding on, yes, we had cows Theseus."

Techno shook his head with a chuckle, while Tommy groaned at his response. "Are you always gonna call me 'Theseus' when you have the chance?"

"Yes. Reincarnated or not, you are still my own son Theseus. Me and Kristin named you that, and as such I will continue to call you that."

The three of us stared at him, taking in his answer. Techno was thinking, Tommy had begun to groan again {this time in his hands}, and I could only smile. It was a sweet gesture of his. Very much radiating 'dad energy'.

"What was I called in my past life?" Techno finally spoke after his little self-thinking session, resting one leg over the other as he readjusted how he sat at the café's table.

"You were just with the name of 'Technoblade'," Phil answered honestly, smiling as he recalled Techno's old life. "All of us would normally shorten it to 'Techno' though, as it was much faster and easier to pronounce out when need be. Why? Is that your name still?"

Techno laughed. "Hell no! Imagine legally naming a child that now! Bullied to oblivion- Though past me did have really good taste in names. 'Technoblade', for me now, is just an alias to hide my real name."

"Perchance you can say your actual name to me?" The king asked with a smile, intrigued to know what his old friend's new name is. Though all Techno did was chuckle, crossing his arms and raising one hand to his lips in a shushing manner. "Seriously?"

"It's a secret, I ain't telling~"

"If it makes you feel any better, he hasn't told any of his closest friends either," Tommy piped up, lightly elbowing Techno's bicep in the process with a frown. To which the old knight laughed in return. Phil seemed to relax at that realisation, I could only nod. It was a way to protect himself, I completely understood that.

I could get used to this...