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- Wardrobe malfunctions (Damn you, hooks)
Concerts are a thing that Tommy has come to love. At first, he was a bit anxious at the idea of performing live in front of a ton of people. But now he’s chill with it. Currently, though, he isn’t the biggest fan of concerts. Specifically, his outfit that was chosen for this specific concert. He was dressed in a thin tank top under a sheer blue long-sleeved shirt. The sleeves were fun and hugged his arms and poofed out at his wrist. His black pants were very soft and comfy, being big and held up by a small belt. It was a cute outfit by itself and he would’ve loved to wear it when he wasn’t going to be dancing for an hour and then some!
But you see, the thing is, the blue shirt is held in place by three small hooks on the back. Originally it was going to be a button-up but Tommy had lost some weight and the button-up would’ve been baggy and not complimenting. So their stylist decided to put some hooks on the back so the shirt would hug him a little bit more. It wouldn’t be so tight that he couldn’t breathe but it also wouldn’t be so big that you couldn’t see what his torso was doing.
The actual concern here is that while practicing with these outfits on, or just moving around a lot in general, the hooks enjoyed unhooking themselves and the entire shirt would fall in the span of minutes. Of course, they could always change shirts but it was literally less than twenty minutes before showtime!
That all left Tommy in the predicament he was in now, pacing back and forth in the dressing room as Techno, Wil and Phil watched on trying to calm him down.
“It’ll be fine, mate, stop worrying. Just be a bit more careful tonight, yeah?” Phil tried, but it was no help at all. He already knew to be careful tonight.
“I already know to be careful, Phil! What if my shirt falls and what if-” Tommy gets cut off from his rant by Techno, who’s getting his finishing touches on makeup.
“I’m cutting you off right there, Tommy. To save our ears from hearing the same things over and over again. It will be fine Tommy. You need to stop worrying, it’ll affect your performance on stage. Therefore, affecting our performance on stage. We’ll be right there next to you if your shirt does fall,” Techno says, annoyed. He had listened to the boy whine about this all day. If the shirt falls, the shirt falls and they’ll be there to help him out with it. It’s not as if it’ll drop and the kid’s bare chest would be seen. He has a tank top under it.
Tommy whines and reluctantly stops his complaining. Maybe it will be fine.
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Tommy has decided it will not be fine. He can feel his shirt become looser every time he dances or moves or anything. He can’t even think of anything funny because all he feels is panic!
He knew his shirt would fall. Goddamnit. He was trying to subtly inch his hands towards his back and fix the hooks but that wouldn’t work out all too well because 1, they were using handheld microphones, and 2, every time he tried he was interrupted because hey! They are on stage!
Tommy despairs and tries his hardest to hide the fact he’s dying. Big smile and act as if nothing is wrong.
That all lasts about five seconds before all of a sudden he feels cold air on his back. He feels the fabric that was there before suddenly not be there anymore. He feels like he’s gonna cry and tries to ignore it as best as he could. Too bad, his entire shirt is moments away from falling off onto the stage floor.
While Tommy was panicking over the fact that his shirt just became unhooked, Techno was a bit behind him and saw the shirt give up on life. He let out a quiet, “Oh shit,” before snapping in the direction of Phil and Wilbur which got their attention. They looked over and saw that Tommy was very much not in a happy mood nor happy situation. Phil gestured to Tommy quickly as if to say fucking help him out dumbass.
Wilbur decided to take up every bit of attention by singing louder and getting the audience to join in as Techno rushed over and grabbed Tommy’s shirt, quickly hooking it back up. His mind cries as he takes out his hair tie and ties Tommy’s shirt together, quickly tucking it in his pants so that it wouldn’t be too noticeable. Thank god for the baggy pants.
He can hear Tommy let out a sigh of relief and gives a thumbs up when the younger boy smiles up at him. They all continue on as if nothing happened.
Although, the internet doesn’t and several fancams have that moment recorded and saved. Let’s just say a new clip was added to a lot of ‘SBI wholesome moments’ videos on Youtube.
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2. A tired boy and paparazzi
So far, today wasn’t very fun. And it was just the morning! First, the boys decided to not wake him up and his alarm didn’t do that job very well either, causing him to sleep in later than he wanted to. Tommy ended up missing breakfast as they all had to rush out the door early so that they could get to rehearsal on time. Didn’t help that Tommy didn’t get a lot of sleep last night, only around three hours.
He had all but shot up in bed when Wilbur yelled, “TOMMY! I HOPE TO SHIT THAT YOU’RE AWAKE RIGHT NOW! WE HAVE TO GO LIKE NOW, DUMBASS!”
He was going to rehearsal in pajamas? He was going to rehearsal in pajamas.
He quickly picked up a bucket hat of his before rushing out the door after throwing his shoes on. The sun would not be nice to his eyes at all. Plus, makeup wasn’t gonna be a thing this morning.
They got in their ride and sat in comfortable silence the entire forty-five-minute ride. Maybe, Tommy wouldn’t know. He slept the entire time. All he did know was that he was poked aggressively when we woke up.
“Mm, what?” Tommy grumbled out, voice heavy with sleep.
“We got a bit of a problem,” Phil muttered, pointing out the window. Outside was a group of people surrounding their car door being pushed back by their bodyguards.
“Paparazzi,” Wilbur groaned, throwing his head back and grabbing sunglasses and a mask to put on to hide his unpretty morning face. Techno just threw on sunglasses and put his hood up. Phil just sighed and lined the boys up. Phil was going out first, then Techno, then Wilbur, and finally Tommy.
Tommy was very much dreading this and pulled his bucket hat down further to hide his face. He looked so unflattering today, it wasn’t even funny. The car door opened and they all heard a mixture of voices and camera snaps. How the hell the paparazzi got the hold information that they were rehearsing at this specific area? No one knows. ‘ Somebody’s getting’ fired' he thinks to himself jokingly.
As he shuffles out of the car he gets immediately overwhelmed with bright flashing lights and voices. Fuck all of them, they had to walk across the parking lot and it was gonna be torturous. Why are they even still here?
He was getting angry, and fast. He was tired, he was hungry and he was upset. An angry whine escapes the back of his throat as he narrows his eyes at the strangers. Wilbur notices this and puts a hand on his shoulder, using his other hand to push his head down and pull his bucket hat over his face. Wilbur quickly hides the boy’s face in his chest as he covers Tommy’s body with his jacket the best he could. Techno walks to the side of them, trying to shield the paparazzi’s view from Tommy with just his body. Phil was just walking to their other side, looking forward and straight-faced. The leader’s hand is in front of Tommy’s face to further try and protect their youngest member.
Wilbur mutters quiet reassurances to the upset teen in his arms as they finally get to the front doors. Their manager apologized almost as soon as they came in. Phil waves him off as they go to the auditorium.
Tommy was thankfully given a bit of time to cool off. He’s never been so close to ripping someone else's throat out.
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3. Almost fell into a pond on camera, feeling good.
Tommy really likes vlogging and uploading it to his channel. In turn, the internet soaks up behind-the-scenes footage of all the boys. They get to see how the boys are when they wake up, or how they are alone. A lot of it is just Tommy fooling around and the three older members babysitting him.
Today was Sunday, which meant their day off! Usually, they’d spend this day chilling and letting their achy bones and sore muscles rest, but Tommy had different plans. It had been a little bit since he vlogged and so Saturday night he put a camera next to his bed so as soon as he woke up he could start filming. Texting in the SBI group chat if he could vlog tomorrow and they all agreed.
He had woken up at 8:45, a little later than usual but around the time he woke up regardless. He grabbed his camera, turned it on, and started talking.
“Helloo! Aye, today is Sunday, innit? Our day off! I have fun shit planned, I’m very excited!” Tommy talks a bit hushed but loud enough so he could still be heard.
“I hope my window has enough lighting- oh never mind that! We are going to greet the boys!”
He marches out of his room with far too much energy for someone who just woke up. He walks down the hallway and opens the door that leads to their stairway down. Their stairway has doors to it, it’s very weird. Especially since the hallway with all of their rooms has railings on it. Like, you can see downstairs from the hallway if that makes sense. An indoor balcony! That’s what it was called.
He walked down the stairs and saw that the door leading to the kitchen was open, mumbled voices coming from the living room. Cool!
“The boys are awake! Pog!”
He enters the living room holding up the camera with a smug look on his face.
“Ah, good morning gremlin child. Ready to annoy us all day?” Wilbur asked, and suddenly there was a camera pointed at him.
“Yes!”
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The next clip just shows Tommy’s feet walking, you can hear Techno talking about, what? Greek mythology?
“Aye, it’s windy out.”
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Next, they are in a restaurant eating breakfast. All of them got pancakes with blueberries in them. On Phil of course!
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The next several clips are all of the boys going on a shopping haul. Getting new clothes, jewelry, plushies, snacks, and any essentials that they need. On one of the last clips in the store is of Tommy shoving his face in the camera
“Just spent 3k on clothes and jewelry. Feeling good!”
“I got more hairspray!”
“Shut up, Wil!”
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The last clip(s) of the vlog is them going to a park. They sit on a blanket that they just fucking got. The camera is propped up on some books that Techno got, showing Techno, Wilbur and Phil sitting under a weeping willow tree. Wilbur is eating strawberries that he bought. Phil was sipping on lemon tea. Techno was watching Tommy closely. The kid was getting near the pond that was about 50 feet away. It had gotten windier.
“Hey, guys!” Tommy yells out, his voice slightly muffled from the distance and wind.
They all look up and Phil grabs the camera and pans it over to Tommy. Who is standing near the pond. A little too close for everyone’s comfort. Tommy is seen waving at all three of the boys out of shot.
“Hello! I am Tommyinnit! I am the biggest man alive! And-”
Tommy is seen stumbling backward and falls of balance, panic evident in his face.
“Mate- nonononono-” Phil is heard muttering as he drops the camera in an attempt to try and catch Tommy who looked like he was going to fall over.
Footsteps are heard and the video is cut.
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The next time you see Tommy in the vlog is literal seconds after. Techno is seen holding Tommy by his shoulders a bit away from the pond, you can’t hear him because of the wind but you can hear Phil and Wilbur giggling behind the camera.
The camera turns to them, “Tommy is fine, don’t worry everyone! We’ll see you in a bit. Alright, bye-bye!” Wilbur says goodbye to the camera and the outro rolls.
It is Tommy’s most viewed vlog. Earned lots of moolah from it too! Suck it!
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4. Rolling an ankle in heels! Ft. Tubbo_
Tommy was onstage once again. Like he usually is. Tommy collaborated with another idol the same age as him. His name was Tubbo! Tommy and Tubbo got along great all the other times they had interacted. Very few times but enough that they had good opinions on each other.
They had recorded two music videos together and got very close during the seven months it took. They decided to wear heels during the performance. It was during an award show and they were told to put their best faces on. They had to be perfect on stage.
Tommy was wearing a white sleeveless turtleneck with cuts on the side of it to show off his sides and white shorts. His shorts were paired with a sheer white train going from the top of his shorts to his calves. White heels paired with it. White crown.
Tubbo was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt with a sheer black neck cape, and his shoulders were shown off. His pants are black and tight with his knee-high boot heels. Fishnet gloves and a black crown.
Their company really liked breaking stereotypes huh?
Either way, their choreography was a little bit more difficult than neither of them were used to. Since both of them were main dancers, there was an opportunity for a more challenging dance. Especially since there were no other members that they had to hold back for. They had managed to dance to the two songs they made together back-to-back with no break wearing the heels on a handful of times.
It was good enough for their choreographer and they were given the go-ahead.
Except, Tommy was nervous today and his legs were feeling weaker than normal. He was turning for the climax of the song and he stepped incorrectly and before he could stop himself from falling, he fell forward and his legs lashed out to catch him. Rolling his left ankle in the process. Tommy hit the ground hard and almost cried out before remembering the fact that he had a headset mic on and everything would be picked up. The boy ended up just grunting instead and letting out a breathy laugh.
Tubbo was cut off from singing by his laughing and shuffled over to his younger friend to help him up.
Tommy continued on but a bit more carefully. He was wincing throughout the entire rest of their duo performance.
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Techno, Wilbur, and Phil were watching closely. They were supporting their youngest member and were smiling throughout the entire thing. They loved seeing Tommy making friends and having fun with said friends. Tubbo was a good kid, he was hardworking and cared a lot about Tommy and vice versa.
And then, Tommy fell and fell hard.
The grunt the boy let out when his body connected with the floor sounded pained. The fall itself looked painful and they all almost shot up to attempt to help him up. They all kept an eye on Tommy for the rest of the performance. He’s favoring his right leg over his left. They were worried sick.
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The award show is finished! SBI, unfortunately, had not won any awards but Tommy and Tubbo did! They were both cheering and hugging each other, jumping around and such.
They were all very proud of both of them but as Tommy kept looking more and more miserable and as his limp continuously looked worse and worse they decided to hop in the car and go to an urgent care office. Tommy and Tubbo split off as Tubbo went off with his own idol group.
They learned that Tommy was fine and just inflamed his ankle a bit. He’d have to rest for a couple of days and stay off of it as much as possible but nothing horrible. Although it was swollen and ugly.
Tubbo and Tommy facetimed later that night and Tubbo was very glad Tommy was okay.
“It looked like it hurt a lot! I checked our heels afterward and the fucking point on your left heel was loose! I don’t know if it was like that beforehand but it was definitely a safety hazard!” Tubbo said, laying in bed, looking comfy.
“Aye, if it was, I didn’t notice it, big man!”
“Hey, Tommy?” Techno interrupts.
“Yeah?”
“You’re never fucking wearing heels without us looking over your choreography again.”
“Understandable”
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5. In which Wilbur Soot doesn’t let the media see Tommy being sick. Even though Tommy said it was fine-
“Good Morning! I decided to film a morning vlog so I will do just that! It’s Sunday so our day off! Let’s go wake up Techno and Phil. Don’t wanna fool around alone,” Wilbur laughs at himself as he gets up and walks out of his room, camera in hand. He first goes to Phil’s room, tickling the elder man until he wakes up angrily.
Phil groans and Wilbur tells him that they are going to wake up Techno. The entire vlog is only about five minutes long. Waking up Techno, making an instant breakfast, and just chilling out. It’s the same length as Wilbur's usual vlogs. But what the audience finds weird is how they don’t mention Tommy once.
Wilbur usually talks about Tommy several times and Tommy usually jumps at the chance to be a part of his big brother's vlogs. But nothing. And every time Tommy’s voice is heard Wilbur looks up and the clip cuts short.
Someone had asked about it in the comment section and Wilbur responded with the following, ‘Tommy was sick the day I recorded this, and I decided to not record him or show any bit with him in it. He wasn’t in the mood for cameras or filming so I didn’t film him. He wouldn’t appreciate it all that much.’
The internet had thought they had gotten into a fight and started assuming shit like the internet does before Tommy tweets ‘I am very much sick. So sorry I couldn’t be in Wil’s vlog hahahaha’ confirming what Wilbur had told everyone else.
Everyone thought that was very sweet. Everybody liked that.
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6. Forgetting the goddamn lyrics sucks ass.
They were performing at a concert. Like usual. Everything was going fine! And then Tommy’s brain just stopped. His brain was empty. And even worse, Tommy’s brain went empty in the middle of his verse. Talk about fucking embarrassing.
They’ve all talked about what to do in the situation where they forget the lyrics or dance. They were told to just fucking freestyle until they remembered. Tommy again does the most professional thing ever and freezes the fuck up.
He stops everything and looks like a deer in the headlights, eyes blown wide and mouth stuck open. Techno, the only other rapper, finishes up his verse with a laugh. A little bit after Tommy’s brain returned from the milk run it went on all of a sudden and his body started moving. His last verse was sung by him and there were giggles all throughout the stage and crowd.
The entire rest of the concert, his voice would crack awkwardly or he would giggle in the middle of his lyrics.
Fun night. He loved it.
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7. Interview confessions
They appeared on a talk show where they were all interviewed. It had been going pretty well so far and Tommy was also being very very funny.
The show host had been asking all of them the same question. “How do you feel about (Insert SBI member). They had all responded positively and definitely got a lot of clips for wholesome compilations. Then came the question that included Tommy.
“So, last but not least, how do you feel about Tommy?”
SBI laughed and they went one by one answering the question.
“I love him. As the oldest and the leader, I do feel a certain level of responsibility for Tommy. He’s very fun to be around and also very motivating! If I wasn’t the leader, he’d definitely be our leader. Strong and charismatic like that, he is,” Phil says, fondness overtaking his expression.
“I feel very protective over him. I definitely want what’s best for him, and I don’t want the internet to try anything funny with him. Basically the answer to your question earlier, I see him as a younger brother,” Wilbur said. The earlier question was in reference to some paparazzi photos that were taken. All of them were of Wilbur hiding Tommy in his jackets or in his chest. Trying to get him away from all the attention. His answer was, ‘Tommy tends to get impulsive when upset and I try my hardest to get him away from things like that. I don’t want him to say something he doesn’t mean or worse, the media will get a hold of some personal moments that were never meant for them’
“I feel similar to Wilbur. He’s definitely the little brother figure I’ve never had and I try my hardest to help him out whenever I can,” Techno finishes off his sentence with a nod. Short and sweet, like literally everything else he’s ever said, ever.
Tommy awws in the background and the three older members get embarrassed. All at different levels. Not Wilbur, though. That man feels no shame.
The media has gotten a hold of some new evidence for the family dynamics. Amazing