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nothing.
Dream is dead.
This SMP is finally free from this cruel manipulator. Theres (almost) nothing to be afraid of now. Everyone are free. But there's one single thing.
Tommy is also dead.
Tubbo gave up. Tubbo was going straight to his death while hearing screams of protest of one of his dearest people in his life. That hurt, but there's nothing that they can do. Even if they wanted, there's no way they can escape this place alive. It's easier to give up.
But Tommy was stubborn, he didn't want to give up. Tommy was not going to watch how his best friend gets killed right in front of him and then rot in this god damn prison. He would rather sacrifice himself than let Tubbo die.
And he will do that.
Everything happened way too fast. Dream was about to chop Tubbo's head off but Tommy gets right in front of Tubbo and gets hit.
Tubbo's eyes are wide open. Tommy's body falls in his arms. Dream drops his axe and screams "Fuck" and "Tommy, you're an idiot". Tommy's blood soaks Tubbo's shirt. Brown-haired looks in disbelief at his best friend slowly dying in his arms for a few seconds and then slowly averts his gaze to Dream, whos going back in forth, clutching his head with his hands.
Then Tubbo looks at the axe that's lying on the floor. When Dream leans on the wall and turns his back to them, Tubbo carefully puts his dying friend on the floor like he's made out of glass and prays to every single god for him to survive. Filled with boiling rage, he carefully picks up the axe and sneaks up on Dream from behind. He swings. Dream manages to turn around just in time, but it doesn't help in the slightest and he gets hit directly in the neck. He respawns. Comes back. Dies once more. Respawns.
- Tubbo. Tubbo! - Dream dodges the hit. - For gods sake, calm down! Let me speak!
- I don't want to hear a single word from you, you son of a bitch.
- Tubbo I can bring him back to life! - Dream is scared.
Brown-haired freezes for a second but quickly shakes his head and hisses, voice filled with grief and rage mixed up together:
- You can't do shit. You're just a dirty liar.
And gets a final hit.
Tommy is in Tubbo's hands again, his head on brown-haired's chest.
- Please don't go.
Hot tears flow down from Tubbo's face. The blond-haired gives him a sickish smile. He's barely breathing.
- Well, at least you now know what I felt when you gave up? - Tommy lets out a hoarse laugh. He speaks quietly.
Tubbo lets himself laugh a little bit too.
- You're an idiot, Tommy. It's not the time for that. - A sad smile appears on his face.
- Pft... I know, I know...
- Why did you get in front of me?
- And you what, thought I would let you fucking die just like that?
- And did you think I would let you do that? Let you go that easily?
- Well, you lived without me somehow when I was exiled.
- It was awful, actually.
- Oh.
Silence fills the place.
- Tubbo.
- Yeah?
- Thank you.
Tubbo freezes.
- It was a pleasure knowing you.
- Tommy-
- Sorry that I was such a prick.
- Tommy, no, shut up-
- I guess... Goodbye? Aha...
- Tommy!
- You have a whole life ahead of you, Toby. Make sure to live it well.
And the blond-haired closes his eyes for the last time, last breathe escapes his lungs. An ear-piercing cry, full of despair and sadness, resounds in this ominous place.
- Tubbo?!
Punz runs up to the teenager, who held the blond-haired's cold body close to him.
- Is he-
- He's dead.
Others came out of the portal. Immediately, the place got filled with shocked gasps. Someone said sorry, someone said "we need to go".
But Tubbo didn't want to go anywhere, he didn't want to let go of his best friend's body. He didn't want to believe it was real.
His funeral was amazing, really. But, Tubbo thought that he ruined it all when it was his turn for his speech.
He couldn't say a word. It was too much, he just started crying right in front of everyone.
But at least he managed to let him say his last goodbye. Alone. And here he is, standing in front of the open coffin with his friend's cold body inside. He looks at him with a bitter smile.
- This is not a "goodbye" actually, big man. This is a "see you soon". So please, wait for me.
A whistle in his ears, a sudden sharp pain, a white flash.
Tubbo wakes up god knows where, everything is blinding white. He looks around and spots a silhouette.
"Please, let it be him" - Tubbo thoughts.
- Tommy?
The figure jumps in surprise, turns around and runs towards Tubbo.
"Yes, it is him" - He smiles.
- Tubbo?! - Tommy looks shocked.
- Hello big man.
- What- Why- What the fuck?!
- Did you really think that I could live on without you?
- Did you-
- Yeah.
Silence fills the place.
- Not gonna lie, I missed you. - Tommy spoke first and smiled.
- Oh, you don't imagine how much I did. - Exhaled Tubbo and let out a small laugh.
They looked at each other and without a second thought, hugged each other. They held each other tightly and spun in some sort of dance with tears in their eyes and with a loud laughter.
That day, a ringing laughter of two teenagers was heard across all of the Dream SMP lands.