SBI family AU

Part #29-Reading Exercises

With all this fluff and general niceness, i wonder what Eralious has planned? hehehehehe

-Creeper001

Techno was laying on the couch reading when Tubbo came home from school. He enjoyed the silence, but a smile managed its way onto his face whenever Tubbo came home.

"How was school?" He asked, keeping his eyes focused on his book. He heard the boy toss his backpack on the ground, "Make sure it's out of the walking path, Tubs."

Tubbo groaned and moved the backpack then plopped down on the floor next to Techno, "Fine I guess."

"You guess? That's not very reassuring. Did anything happen?" He laid the open book down on his chest and turned his attention to Tubbo.

Tubbo pulled his knees up to his chest and leaned his head against the couch, "I dunno."

Techno frowned and sat up, properly bookmarking the page. Tubbo had been acting a little off the last couple of weeks, but every time Techno asked Tubbo, he shoved it off. "You know you can tell me anything, right? I won't judge you."

Tubbo just nodded, "I should uh, I should probably do homework," and with that, he left Techno and headed to his room.

Techno watched him go and considered what to do. Obviously, Tubbo was hiding something from him, so the first thing to do was find out what it was. Techno decided to do a little snooping and went to look at Tubbo's backpack, but found nothing out of the ordinary. Confused, he sat back down and ran through different possibilities in his mind.

Tubbo was standing in front of Techno for about a minute before his dad realized he was there. Techno was apologizing profusely before Tubbo cut him off, "It's fine, just- what's for dinner?"

"Whatever you want, it doesn't matter to me," Techno gave him a small smile and Tubbo internally sighed and gave him a smile back.

Tubbo stood there for a moment unsure of himself, "Um... You read a lot, right?"

"I have a partial English major, yeah," Techno watched the boy fiddle with his hands and a slight frown tugged at his lips, "Do you need help with an essay or something?"

Tubbo looked down to try and hide his tears, "Can you help me read? It's hard for me to read properly and the teachers getting mad at me because of it and I-"

He was cut off as Techno pulled him into a hug, "Of course I can help you, Tubs," Techno pulled away and looked him in the eyes, "Why didn't you come to me sooner?"

Tubbo wiped his tears and sniffled, "I thought you'd be mad at me... you're so busy and I didn't want to bother you..."

"Tubbo, you can always come to me. You're much more important than any book or work thing I'm doing, ok?" Techno smiled and gave him another hug. Standing up, he sat at the dining table with Tubbo and helped him with his essay while eating dinner. After, the pair sat on the couch and read. Techno would listen to Tubbo read and when Tubbo got stuck he read the sentence and had Tubbo re-read it.

"... He was running-" Techno looked down at Tubbo, who was nodding off, "Ready for bed?"

Tubbo nodded and closed his eyes, drifting into sleep again. Techno gently shook the boy awake and helped the boy to his room. After Tubbo was situated, Techno left to clean up. He was washing dishes when Tubbo shuffled out a few minutes later.

"hey dad... can you- can you read me to sleep?" Tubbo glanced down before looking back to his room, "um actually nevermind, it was a stupid thing to ask... I'll just go back to bed-"

"It's fine Tubbo, just let me finish the dishes first and I'll be there in a sec," Techno watched Tubbo move back to his room. Drying his hands, he grabbed the book they were reading and headed into Tubbos room. Sitting down on the floor next to Tubbo, he picked up where they left off.

Tubbo fell asleep a few chapters later and Techno hoped this time he'd stay asleep. Standing up, he turned off the lamp and quietly closed the door behind him. He gave up on doing the dishes and laid down on the couch with his book.

Techno woke up the next morning with his glasses and book on the coffee table and a blanket draped over him.