Dreamnoblade one shots for funsies

Childhood friends

"Techno! Hey!" A shout came from his window as Techno was about to fall asleep. His face beamed as he got out of bed and raced to the window, shoving the curtains out of the way.

"Dream! You're back!" The ten year old boy on the ground grinned. "Wait, I'll come down."

Techno left the window and searched his room, pushing toys and books out of the way to find the rope he stashed. Successfully finding it, he took a red cloak from his closet before tying the rope to part of the window and making his way to the ground barefoot.

"Honored to see you, my prince." Dream bowed as Techno landed.

"Oh shut up." Techno said, causing both boys to laugh. He and Dream ran, leaving the castle wall behind them as they weaved through trees and over streams. They arrived at a large tree with plenty of sturdy branches near the bottom.

"I brought some new stuff for the treehouse, come up, I'll show you." Dream said, bounding up the branches. Techno followed, not allowing himself to be left behind.

They arrived at the makeshift treehouse, little more than what it seemed, a branch with a cloth hung up over it. Techno had added a basket secured to a nearby branch with rope, and Dream had put some homemade toys in it. But as Techno sat on the part of the branch near the trunk, he saw something new. "You made me a crown!"

Dream beamed back at him, proud of his accomplishment. "Yup!" He handed Techno the wooden crown in the basket. "A crown for you because you're a prince. And a sword for me because I'm a knight." The sword was of similar quality to the crown, not great, but amazing to the young boys.

"How'd you get them?" Techno asked, putting on his crown.

"I made them! My neighbor taught me how to carve wood." Dream took out a small, blunt pocketknife as if it was proof.

Techno's eyes sparkled as he spilled out compliments for his friend. He wanted to make something for Dream in return. As he thought about it, an idea came to him. "Can I borrow your knife?" Dream nodded, handing over the small blade. Techno immediately hunched over the tree trunk next to him. "Don't look!" He protested when Dream tried to peek over his shoulder.
Dream shrugged, deciding to leave the treehouse and climb around the tree. After a while, he returned, deciding to play with his sword and one of the toys in the basket while Techno was still hard at work.

Eventually, Techno leaned back, showing Dream what he had done and saying, "Ta-dah!"

Dream squinted at the shapes on the tree he knew as letters. "You know I can't read, what does it say?" He pouted.

"Oh yeah!" Techno remembered, noting to himself to teach him. "It says D and T's House. Because that's what this is, our house!"

Dream brought his hand to his mouth, eyes watering in gratitude. He suddenly hugged the boy, repeating his thanks. Techno shifted awkwardly at first, unused to the gesture, but eventually relaxed as he grew comfortable.

Months later, Techno had sneaked out of his room first, excited to see Dream. He made his way down the familiar path to their treehouse, making sure not to go too quickly in case Dream was on his way. When he arrived, he saw the familiar bare feet of his friend dangling out from beneath the cloth treehouse.

"Dream!" He called, quickly climbing up. Arriving at the cloth, he said, "Welcome to the eleven year old club, I made you something!" But when he sat down to pull out the present, he saw Dream looking at him shocked and embarrassed with puffy red eyes. "Um, what's wrong, did something happen?"

Dream dropped his head, remembering the sad news. "Mom said we have to leave the city, I think this is the last time I'll see you."

Techno reeled from the shock. They had only known each other for a little over a year, but he considered Dream his best friend. He started to cry.