DreamSMP one-shots ||

// Better off //

TW/CW: Verbal fighting
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     It was dark out, two nights after the L'Manburg presidential election; last night being the first time since joining Dream's SMP that Tommy would be going to sleep with his #1 best friend no longer living with him and Wilbur.
     When the election results were announced it seemed that Wilbur and Tommy, the original rulers of L'manburg, were to be re-elected to run the separate SMP since they had pulled the most votes. Though, the opposing candidates JSchlatt and Quackity decided to pool their votes, and ended up having 1% more votes than Wilbur and Tommy in the end, leaving Schlatt the new president of L'manburg, and Quackity his vice.
     JSchlatt took the stand, announcing to the people of L'Manburg that effective immediately, Wilbur and Tommy were banished from what was now his land, and he was changing the nations name to "Manburg". People began shooting at and trying to attack Wilbur and Tommy. They had to run for their lives and find a new place to reside, as they were no longer welcome in what was once their own territory.
     Tommy and Wilbur were able to successfully escape the people trying to attack them, and had discovered a secret underground bunker to reside in for the time being that wasn't too far from Manburg.
     Tommy was hurt, scared and confused. He was grateful he wasn't completely alone, at least still had Wilbur by his side. Wilbur was like a big brother to Tommy, and he didn't know what he would do if he didn't have him by his side.
     Though, Tommy couldn't get his mind off his best friend Tubbo. He was all too caught up in running away after the election with Wilbur, he didn't realize that Tubbo wasn't by their side. Tommy didn't know what had happened to Tubbo; he didnt know where he was, if he was hurt somewhere, or worse. Tommy and Wilbur didn't know that when they went to escape the people of Manburg, that Schlatt had held Tubbo back, not allowing him to leave with his friends.
     Wilbur kept assuring Tommy that his friend was most likely okay, but it had been almost two days since he had seen Tubbo. The two hadn't been separated for that long since... well, Tommy couldn't remember.
     On the second night now banished, Tommy couldn't take it anymore. He knew he didn't need L'Manburg if he had his close friends with him, but he seemed to be losing them left and right, and now it was just down to him and Wilbur. First Eret had betrayed them, Fundy had left for better opportunities, and now he had no clue where Tubbo was or if he was even okay. He needed to go out and clear his mind.
     "Tommy, you can't go out, it's too dangerous. If someone from Manburg finds you they could hurt you, and then what would I do? I can't let anyone else get hurt." Wilbur told Tommy as Tommy began to equip iron armour, it was all they had after losing all their good resources.
     "I can't stay in here, Wilbur. It's too cramped, I feel like I'm going crazy. I need air. I'll be fine, just stay here. I promise I won't be long." Tommy said, pushing past the taller brunette, and entering the forest they were surrounded by.
     It was dark and quiet outside. Tommy pulled out a torch and began walking, feeling goosebumps prick his skin as the cold air wrapped around his thin body. He promised Wilbur he wouldn't go far or be too long, but he needed to see Manburg; he told himself that he would observe from afar, as to not be targeted.
     After walking for a bit he saw lights in the distance, and recognized them immediately. He treaded lightly in his steps, trying to be quiet and careful.
     He couldn't believe his eyes as he peered around a tree. The walls of what were once L'Manburg were torn down, confusion struck him as he didn't know what was and wasn't Manburg anymore. He wondered what Schlatt's intentions were, and just wished he could go back to before this whole election happened; before Schlatt came into power, when him and his friends were all together. Even though they were still fighting wars with the Dream team, at least they were all together.
     He stepped away from the tree, looking down and feeling tears prick his eyes. He tried to blink them away until he realized that he was alone, so why would it matter if he cried anyway?
     As he went to wipe his now wet face, he heard a something like a stick snap behind him. He jumped, immediately spinning and drawing his sword, which was also made of iron. What he came to find he almost couldn't believe was true.
     It was Tubbo, holding his hands up in surrender, his face full of confusion.
     "T-Tubbo?" Tommy asked, still crying and in shock. He dropped his sword, immediately pulling the shorter boy into a hug.
      "Tommy!" Tubbo exclaimed as they pulled away from eachother. "What- Why are you crying?" He asked the blonde.
      "I- I thought something happened to you! What the hell are you wearing man?" Tommy asked, noticing his best friend was no longer in uniform, but instead in a suit- one that looked two sizes too big for him- and a green tie.
     "Look Tommy.. I was looking for you, I can't stay long, but I knew I needed to find you and talk to you." Tubbo said, avoiding eye contact with his best friend.
     "What is it?.." Tommy asked, feeling his stomach turn with worry. It was almost if he knew exactly where this was going.
     "Schlatt he... He wants me to stay in Manburg and help him renovate. He wants me to.. be his right hand man. I-" Tommy cut him off.
     "What? What the hell, Tubbo? You're my right hand man. What are you on about? You've lost your god-damn mind if you think I'm letting you go back there!" Tommy said becoming angrier by the second. Tubbo had to shush him.
     "Tommy you don't understand... I have to go back.." Tubbo said. Tubbo wanted to tell Tommy more about his situation. About how he was being forced to stay because if he didn't Schlatt said he would hurt his other friends. Tubbo didn't want to tell Tommy because he knew how passionate Tommy was when it came to acting on his anger, he didn't want any more hurt to come from this than there already was.
     "What the fuck Tubbo! I fucking knew this would happen. Everyone just fucking leaves me! Wilbur is probably next, soon I won't fucking have anyone." Tommy turned away. He was hurt, and didn't feel like facing Tubbo any longer.
     "Tommy, I'm sorry. I wish I could tell you more, believe me, but I just can't. You have to under-"
     Tommy cut him off again. "No. Just fuck off Tubbo. I don't wanna hear it." Tommy didn't mean to hurt his best friend, he was just in a lot of pain at the moment, and didn't know how to control his temper.
     "T-Tommy..." He paused. "Tommy maybe this is a good thing.. we rely on eachother so much, maybe.. maybe this is what's supposed to happen." Tubbo stated. He knew he probably sounded crazy to Tommy, but he also knew he needed to make something of this situation he was in.
     "I knew you'd betray me. I fuckin knew it." Tommy said.
     "Stop, Tommy. You always do this! You make everything about yourself, why don't you ever try to put yourself in other people's shoes for once?" Tubbo asked, frustrated. He knew he was hurting his best friend, but it was hard on him as well. Tension between the two was high, and words that weren't meant were bound to be said. "Maybe we need this. I mean, I always felt like I was just useless to you anyway, whether you were joking or not. Am I not better off without you?"
     Tommy was numb at this point. He had shut himself down as to no longer feel hurt, because he knew he couldn't take any more after this.
     "I don't know. Why don't you ask yourself that?" Tommy spat out bitterly.
     There was a silence between the two, before finally Tubbo said, "You know what? You make a good point." and turned, walking away.

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Author's note (AN): aaaaaa how we feeling bois? fun fact the last few lines between tommy & tubbo were actually quoted things they've said on stream, and were actually what inspired this one shot !

also ! just wanted to leave a reminder that each chapter is a different story, each one won't completely correlate to the others and will be different in a few to many ways. aaaand yeah, that's all. carry on :)