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“Tommy I don’t wanna start anything-”
“You should have thought about that before coming here Technoblade!”
“Bruuuh, I kinda need to go through here to get to the nether portal.”
Techno has no idea how it got to this point. He was just passing L’mancrater to get to the nether portal so he could go home, and apparently, a group of people had decided to have a little meeting Techno wasn’t aware of. When he passed them Tommy had called out to him to yell at him some more about all that he’s done wrong.
Techno’s tried to leave several times, and he doesn’t wanna use Phil and the stasis pearl unless he has to, and if Tommy doesn’t let him leave, he might. He doesn’t have the energy for this.
“Look- Tommy, I don’t care, okay? I’m a ‘bad person’ and there’s ‘something wrong with me’ or whatever, Are you just gonna keep repeating that? It’s not gonna change anything.” Techno says in an attempt to make the smaller back-off, but deep down he knows it won’t work. He knows Tommy.
“You know what Technoblade? This. This is why Dream doesn’t fucking love you!” and all went silent.
The people cheering Tommy on go silent.
The people trying to get Tommy to stop go silent.
It seems the whole world goes silent for a moment, even Chat is silent for once.
Techno is distantly aware his hands are shaking as something green behind Tommy catches his eye. He knows that shade of green, and he stares at it. At the lime green sweater, at the smiley mask. He stares in horror.
This isn’t how it was supposed to happen.
Tommy seems to be the only one who takes notice of his shaking if the grin he wears is anything to go by. Tommy looks around a bit and realizes that people aren’t looking at him, they’re looking behind him. Why would they-?
He looks behind him and feels the color drain out of his face. A few feet back stands Dream. Motionless. Just standing there.
It’s silent for another 30 seconds before he hears laughing, but not from dream, no. all eyes go to Technoblade, Who’s laughing like this is all some funny joke. Slowly growing more maniacal as he goes on before Tommy steps back in fear. The last time he heard that laugh was on the battlefield and he doesn’t know what Techno will do off of one.
Once Technoblade calms a bit he speaks “Tommy, I told you that in a moment of vulnerability and trust. I thought- if there was anything you wouldn’t use against me, it was that.” he’s no longer laughing, a frown set on his face. “You just had to use that, didn’t you? And in a conversation and place, it really didn’t need to be.”
“Techno, I-”
“Don’t. Don’t speak to me.”
Techno pulls up his chat and hits send on a pre-made message. He looks towards Tommy “Never speak my name again.” and then he was gone, back into the underground room with a concerned-looking Phil standing nearby.
The group stayed silent even after Techno was gone. The silence was broken, however, by Dream’s footsteps while he walked past Tommy and over to a small body of water. He pulls out his trident and a pearl, throwing one then the other, and he was gone just as suddenly as Technoblade was.
If anyone noticed the direction he went was the direction of Techno’s house, they don’t say anything.