SleepyBoys - Family AU

twenty eight

--Techno's POV--

a week after i last went to the orphanage was the day

it was his funeral

it was my brothers funeral

as phil woke me up in the morning, i spotted my black attire at the foot of my bed as i sat up

my mind flashed back to when i spoke to wilbur about his death

i remembered he told me about the man, dressed all in black

god wilbur is going to hate today

"i'm not wearing that" i said, staring at it still

phil sighed

"techno. you have to. it's a funeral" he said, annoyance seeping through his words

"i can't. wilbur wouldn't like it." i said, in a affirmative tone

"wilbur won't see it"

"he will. he won't like it. i'm not wearing it."

"techno"

"what?"

"put on the damn suit"

phil walked out the room after that

i looked up to see him floating in the corner, staring at the black heap on my bed

"i don't-" he coughed "i don't mind" he said, not breaking his gaze from the suit

"i do"

"wear the suit"

"no"

"please?" he said, making eye contact with me at last, the colours of teal, red and a deep yellow reflected in his eyes

"fine" i said

he flashed me a quick smile, but his eyes informed me he was sad

i stood up from my bed and grabbed the suit, i walked into the bathroom and got changed into it

as i did up the last button on my jacket i looked up in the mirror

i winced slightly, hating the look of it

black pants, a white shirt with a black tie around my neck with a black jacket to finish it off

i was told the previous day that i had to wear a brooch on my jacket

i decided to wear a pin instead, screw the rules

i opened my draw on my bathroom sink's cabinet to find my pin stash

wilbur had been buying me pins for years, every christmas and every birthday i received a pin from him

i felt a cold sensation wash over my right shoulder

"you... you kept them?"

"of course"

i carefully picked out a pin

it was a circle pin, the surrounding circle in a deep red colour, the design of the pin was actually a glass that one would drink out of, it had a white outline, the glass itself was coloured a pastel blue, behind the glass the colour was black, contrasting against the white outline and the red circle

i attached it to my right chest pocket 

i looked back up to the mirror as i realised i hadn't done anything to my hair

i grabbed my hair brush and tugged it through my knots

after i was finished de-knotifying my hair i felt freezing cold all over my head, my face, travelling down my neck and my chest, feeling like a fire that froze me to my spot

i sharply turned to wilbur

"what the hell?" i said, before i recognised the shock in his face, his skin was paler, almost paper white rather than his fog grey tones

"i- you- we-" he blinked a couple times, his eyes a complete bright white

"wil?" i said, softly

"i saw-" he looked down at his hand before looking back at me, "i saw- i saw me? i don't know- i think i saw me.. i-"

confusion ran through my head

"what do you mean?"

he coughed, "i think... i think i saw your memories?"