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The attack was over in seconds.
A small boy with pink hair ran from the wreckage.
As they streamed down his face, the tears mixed with blood. At least it wasn't his.
He had done it again. He didn't want to hurt them, but when the voices demanded blood, it was blood they got. He would have killed the whole village.
Luckily, he ran before anyone got to him.
At this point, the boy could have been running for hours, but he didn't want to slow. He was too scared.
A memory slipped into his mind, of the man coughing up his own blood. Eventually his eyes went pearly and he stopped struggling.
The boy couldn't take it. Falling to the ground, he began throwing up.
Then the wave of exhaustion hit him.
He curled up into a ball and lay there, sobbing to himself.
Near him, another boy had heard his whimpers and searched for the source. Once he crawled through the bush to see the other boy, he gasped.
"Are you okay?" He whispered.
The pink-haired boy stared at him blankly but still sniffling.
He tried a different approach, "Hi, my name is Wilbur, what's yours?" Wilbur outstretched a hand for the other to shake.
"Technoblade." The boy whispered, still recovering from his cry.
"Okay, Techno, come with me." Techno followed him without a word.
They got to a small river. Techno gave Wilbur a quizzical look.
"You're dirty, you need a wash, no offence." Wilbur explained and Techno touched the water with his finger, recoiling at the coldness of it. Wilbur laughed and decided to show the boy what to do.
He took off his shoes and slowly waddled into the water, clenching his teeth at the cold. After checking that Techno was watching, he dived underneath the water for a few seconds.
"See, it's fine, come on."
"You promise?"
"Yeah I promise."
Techno practically threw himself into the river, his shocked expression as he resurfaced making Wilbur giggle. Wilbur's giggles were contagious and Techno was soon laughing with them.
Techno stained the water pink but luckily the river's current washed the water away swiftly.
"You should shake yourself under the water, and wash your hair." Wilbur suggested, then demonstrated, spraying Techno as he shook and causing both of them to laugh.
Then Techno shook, shaking the blood off of him and into the river, Wilbur joined in and the two kids flailed their limbs around until the water ran clear again.
"There you go, you're clean." Wilbur said with a smile, Techno smiled back.
Then Wilbur dived under the water, causing Techno to worry a bit, but he rose to the surface a moment later.
"I have an idea." Wilbur grinned and ran out of the water, Techno following close behind, snorting at how the wet child ran.
"You have to close your eyes." Wilbur commanded and Techno obliged, only to open one a second later. "No! Close them!"
"Okay, okay." Techno snorted.
He heard the sound of rocks clinking together and Wilbur humming, Wilbur had a nice voice, Techno decided. There was also some splashing and an "oof" which made him chuckle.
"Can I open my eyes yet?"
"Just a sec… Okay, now!"
Wilbur placed something into Techno's hands, it was one of those metal hair pins but with a golden material wrapping around one side of it.
"The river has gold, and gold looks good with pink so…" Techno looked up at Wilbur with tears in his eyes, this was the first present he had ever gotten.
"Thank you." He whispered, "Can I hug you?"
Wilbur nodded and Techno hugged him tightly. They stayed like that for a while, until Wilbur complained something about breathing.
Wilbur put the hair pin in Techno's hair and smiled.
"Do you have parents, Techno?" He asked.
"No."
"Do you wanna meet my dad? He's great! He'll love you. You seem like you need a dad." Wilbur looked excited and Techno smiled at it.
"Sure, why not."
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