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It hadn’t been a very good day. It rained all day while Dream was in kindergarten, so he couldn't play on the playground, his mom was busy so he had to have lunch at Tommy's house, but even though he was his favorite playmate, he missed Puffy. It kept raining so they couldn't go to the prime church (the little old house that Uncle Sam had renovated a few weeks ago) and it started to thunder a lot and he started crying while playing with Tommy and Sapnap, Sapnap's hugs were his favorites, but his fear ruined his mood quickly.
But certainly, the last straw was Spirit.
Phil had to go to his work due to an emergency and Wilbur and Techno went with him while Tommy, Tubbo, Fundy, Ranboo, Sapnap, George and Quackity were taking care of Dream. They were still arguing about George's mushroom house that was destroyed - by accident - by Ranboo and Tommy, the older one hadn't even cared much, but Dream was upset and was trying to convince Tubbo, the president of L'manburg, the small town of blocks and boxes, "to exile" Tommy and as a threat, he built a wall of lego blocks around the small country.
During the discussion, Phil appeared at the door, completely wet, holding a wrapper in a sheet with Techno and Wilbur coming behind them, all downcast and with dark eyes.
"Dadza!" Dream screamed with happiness, dropping his toy aex and going to the eldest, with all the teenagers following him, not failing to notice the situation of the three "Dadza!"
Phil looked at Dream apprehensively and did his best to smile, but it was too late. The boy realized that the smile wasn’t sincere and trembled at the edges.
"Phil? What happened?" Tubbo asked, slightly distressed
Tommy glanced at his brothers, Wilbur looked away and Techno showed no reaction, staring at Dream
"Phil?" Quackity whispered, cautiously and the excitement in the childish green eyes drained when he realized he wasn’t happy
"Dadza? What happened?" Dream stared into the cold blue eyes and looked down at the wrapper "What's this?"
"Uh, it's not a good idea for you to look" he smiled shakily, but it made the boy more worried
"Are you hurt? Mum always says that giving a kiss heals!"
"Dream" Wilbur approached, trying to draw the child's attention "Why don't we go back to L'manburg and you show me what's going on? I don't remember much about how I died, so you could tell me"
"But Dadza is sad!" he pouted and Wilbur sighed, taking him in his arms "Wilby!"
"Phil is fine, Dream" Techno said, his voice completely empty "Don't worry"
Wilbur motioned for the others to follow, but only Tommy and Tubbo stayed and stared at their father.
"Phil, what happened?" Tubbo asked again, but using a sterner voice and that made Techno and Phil look at each other and the older one sighed
"Please, just don't scream, I-- I don't want Dream to find out"
"We won't, but maybe we will if you keep foreshadowing" Tommy said, rudely and, Tubbo elbowed him in the side "Ouch"
Phil sighed again and gently moved some of the wet sheet to show what was in his arms and Tommy felt dizzy and Tubbo gasped, putting a hand over his mouth.
"This is--"
"Spirit, the dog that Dream likes. Yeah" Techno responds
"Holy shit..." Tommy whispered, running his hands through his hair "What the hell happened?"
"We found him lying on the street, but he had no hit-and-run marks" Phil said "I think he was sick and ... the rain made his condition worse"
"Oh no..." Tubbo looked on the edge of despair "How are we going to tell Dream this? I mean, he loved Spirit"
"We will wait until Puffy gets home from work" Techno said, pinching his nose "I was already getting worried about Dream showing up, Wilbur saved our lives"
A small sniff made them all freeze in place and slowly look in the direction of the noise. Dream was standing at the door, pressing his smiling mask against his face tightly and they could hear suffocated sobs, behind him, all the teenagers looked at the boy sadly, some had their arms towards him, as if they wanted to drag him back to play and distract him, but it was too late.
"Dream..." Tommy started, walking in quick steps to his playmate and kneeling in front of him "Hey, big man"
Dream didn't respond, still pressing on the mask and they could see some tears streaming down his chin, but he clearly wanted to hold them back.
"Dream, it's okay to cry, come on" Tubbo said, kneeling beside his friend and opening his arms "I'm sorry..."
"No..." he said, whimpering
"Dream, we know how much you love Spirit, it's okay" Tommy said, trying to reach the younger blond's shoulders, but Dream recoiled violently, almost falling back and threw the mask down hard
His eyes were red and he was still watering, but he took a deep breath and screamed at the top of his lungs "I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT SPIRIT!"
It made everyone gap.
It wasn't the reaction they were expecting, not even in their biggest nightmares.
Dream ran down the hall and disappeared through the bathroom door, leaving them all in a deafening silence, with only the raindrops hitting the house.
"Did he... did he just?" Sapnap started, still discredited
"Holy shit..." Tommy growled, burying his face in his hands "Puffy is going to kill me if she finds out"
"Don't worry" a voice came from the door and everyone stared at the woman, whose eyes were narrowed and dark, and the taller man behind her, with an expression of distress "I already know"
Puffy and Sam came in and she closed the door quietly and sighed, going over to Phil.
"Is it okay if we talk after I check on my duckling?" she asked and the blonde waved, she smiled slightly and went the same way Dream did before stopping and looking at Tommy, which sent chills down his spine
'We will talk later' was all she didn't say, but that he clearly understood
He fucked up