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Chapter One: Heather

RANBOO POV :)

date: 09/16/2022

 I still remember, 3rd of December. Me in your sweater.

You said it looked better on me than it did you, only if you knew.. How much I liked you.

“RANBUSSSS”

Tommy’s calling..

“ YEAH??! “

“ GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE WE’RE GOING OUT”

Oh, we must be going out to vlog or whatever. I quickly grabbed my duality hoodie and my phone. As I walked out the door ran into.. Her. Heather. I watched your eyes as she walked by.. What a sight for sore eyes.. I despised her, but how could I hate her? She’s such an angel. 

“ Oh, Hey Ranboo! Are you ready to go?? “

I nodded. I quickly closed my door, hoping she didn't see the mess in my room. It's so embarrassing.. I walked downstairs and met Toms in the kitchen. 

“ Toms what the fuck are you doing? “

He was basically in the fridge looking for a coke. 

“ bruh im looking for my coke!! Who drank the last one?! “

“ You're the only one who drinks zero sugar tommy. “

“ oh yeah.. LET'S GO BUY COKE!!! “

( if your wondering why tommy drinks zero sugar coke is because he has low sugar or whatever bc)

“ Tom!! Could you come here? I need your help!” Heather yelled from the upstairs of the house. His eyes lit up. 

“ Okay! I'm coming! “

Tommy ran up the stairs, almost tripping on his way to the guest room. 

15 minutes later….

“Guys! What’s taking so long…”

I yelled from the living room.

As I walked up the stairs I made my way to the guest room.

“Tom? Heathe-” 

I opened the door.

Tom. Heather. Kissing, the one sight I never wished to see.

My vision is blurring up..

“Ran! Hey!! Um. UH.. IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE…!”

…

liar

“ I.. I WISH I WERE HEATHER.”

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Chapter Two: People Watching

I ran out the door as Tom chased after me. 

“ RANBOO WAIT! “ 

My eyes were swelling up as tears ran down my face.

“ TOM!”

I shouted. That wasn't supposed to happen.. 

Now he probably hates me.

Tommy stood in shock.

“Just leave me alone.”

He grabbed my arm 

“Ranboo, please”

I pulled my arm away..

I ran to my car, and started it.

As I drove to my house, I started humming a melody..

One I’ve never heard before.

Then I sang..

“ why would you ever kiss me? ”

“ im not even HALF as pretty “

“ you gave her your sweater “

“Its just polyester”

“ but you like her better “

“ i wish i were Heather.. “

As I unlocked the door, I got a message notification.

I checked it when I walked into my house, then locked it.

Billzo

Hey-  i was going to tom’s house for the

 vlog and i saw u crying. What happened?

No nothing happened, I'm fine :)

King u sure?

Yeah im alr.

Ok just maing sure

*making 

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I put my phone away and walked to my room.

I sat in my bed and thought..

I got out a notebook titled “ SONG IDEAS” and opened it to the first page.

I’ve never really written in it before because i never had any ideas until now.. 

i get out my piano.

D,A Bb, F D,A Bb, F  

and just repeated those notes.. 

I wrote.

that wasn't funny but she laughed so hard she almost cried

their counting months they've been together, almost 49. he’s making fun of how she acts around the holidays. 

she wears a ring but they tell people that their not engaged.

 they met in a class about metaphysical philosophy,

 he tells his friends he likes her “ cause shes so much smarter than me”

 their having talks about their futures until 4 am.. and im happy for them.

but i wanna feel all that love and emotion..

be that attached to the person im holding someday i’ll be falling

without caution.

but for now im only…

people watching.

THIRD PERSON POV;

after hours of them trying to create a song, he did it. he wrote a song. he even recorded it and everything.

If he ever decided to release a song, they would call themselves a bedroom artist.. or whatever its called.  

“ should i release this? what if toms finds out… what if he hates me. “

they thought.  “ i should probably ask Wilbur..”

He got out his phone. 

Wilbur

Hey wilbur

Yeah

How should i release a song..?

HUH?????? 

YOU’RE RELEASING A SONG??!!?

yea

but how

i dont have experience 

you do tho

uhhhh 

premier it on youtube then put ot on spotify.

okay thanks

does anyone have anything important going on?

uhh no i dont think so but im streaming tonight and i’ll react to it ig

oh okay 

thanks 

:D

no problem what time are you premiering it?

prolly in like 20 minutes.

gives people enough time for the notif.

anyways im gonna get it ready

k.

in the future i might make a music video you wanna help me :0

yeah sure >:D

okay thaknsk again

*thanks

yeah no problem ima start stream.

okay

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Ranboo couldn't wait to start setting up the premier and release it, but there was one thing dwelling in his mind..   Is Tommy still mad at him..? He was scared so he didn't contact Tom for now.

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15 minutes later.. 

‘ okay, the premiere is ready.. I’ll watch Wilburs stream.’

LISTENING TO A NEW SONG W/ TOMMY 

‘why. did tommy know? He must have. I did set up the notification.. oh well.’

He clicked the stream. 

“ OK CHAT!! Its reaction time hehhe.. someone we know is releasing a new song.. and they will be doing it on youtube.” 

then someone familiar joined the stream. 

“ hello chAt. iTs thomas” 

He said in auto tune.

Ranboo laughed..

“ Hello tommy, you ready??”  Wilbur said while playfully rolling his eyes.

He finally decided to donate. 

The feminine bot began to talk.

“ You guys are giving off sibling energy” 

with the ‘RanbooLive donated 5£.’  

“ Oh my god!!! Ranbusssyyyyy “ 

Wilbur began.

“ranboob!” 

Tommy said, at that point Ranboo didnt know what to say.

so he donated. again.

“ Tom why you gotta be so mean :( “

“RanbooLive Donated 2£ “

“ay ran what do you mean?” 

“ the other day.”

“RanbooLive Donated 2£”

“ oh. why dont we talk about this later.?” 

“ then lets not talk about it at all.”

“ RanbooLive Donated 5£”

“ Toms what was that about?” 

“ we were supposed to do a vlog with Ran and Heather the other day, but i dont know what happened.” 

‘of course you didn't know’ , Ranboo said aloud.

“Oh the premier is starting in 5 minutes!” 

Wilbur exclaimed.

“ Will whats the song called, i might add it on spotify when it drops.” 

“ Ummmmm….. its called “ People Watching “ 

“ ah okay thanks wilby!” 

“ Would you pleAse stop calling me that!!!”

“ uhhhmmmm.. no! “ 

“ tommy you’re such a child “

Wilbur rolled his eyes.

Tommy laughed.

Ranboo loved the way Tom laughed, but now it just hurts.

To think he would be laughing with another girl instead of him. 

Her name.

Heather. 

The way Ranboo despised it with everything he had in him. But how could she hate her? She's such an angel. She has brunette hair, light gray eyes, like Ranboo’s.. Its almost like shes a lookalike. Their personalities are the same, with their dark humor jokes.. It hurt. It hurts way to much, but Ranboo decides to be happy, to hide the pain. They fear that others would see the pain and think they are weak.

Ranboo started tearing up as they thought of Tommy. Finding out they like him, they thought of how much it would hurt for Tom to tell them that he likes Heather. To tell them that they should stay friends.

It hurts.

Ranboo was just sitting on the floor, crying into their knees, he felt so alone, so useless, he hurt. He hurt because of Heather, He hurt because of Tom, how Tom would hate them.

He looked up to his pc, where he heard his song coming on, with Wilbur and Tommy’s expressions happy to see how he had made a song, they loved it.

“ i wanna feel all that love and emotion “

“be that attached to the person im holding”

“someday i’ll be falling, without caution.”

But, despite all of that, something didn’t feel right. 

Tom didn’t even pay attention to the lyrics, he just enjoyed it.. 

As if he didn’t even care. 

Ranboo felt sad. 

Once again, like no one cared for them. 

He felt anger, but hurt. 

They felt so upset, 

He didnt know what to do anymore.. 

He hated this feeling.

They wanted to run, and hide like a child, whose parents would fight.

Like someone who didn’t wanna live anymore

Except he didn’t want to end.

They wanted to live, but as if there was nothing to live for.

He looked up once again, but this time confused.

Tom texting.

But instead of smiling, he looked sad.

As if he felt empathy..

Then they got a notification. 

Tom

ranboo please talk to me.

ranboo? 

are you there?

please

Ranboo didn't want to talk to anyone right now, but something changed their mind.

Heather

ran? im sorry.

you like tom dont you..

dont worry im not upset.

Ranboo decided to talk to Heather, curious.

Heather

ran? im sorry.

you like tom dont you..

dont worry im not upset.

wait your not..?

no.. why would i be upset at you?

are you upset with me…?

i totally understand if you are.

i mean.. a little bit. 

but what do you want,

i wanna get this over with

you can have him.

wait what do you mean?

i want you to have Tommy.

heather..

you look so happy with him..

even tho i love him, he’s so happy with you..

you cant give him up.

ranboo no. i want you to have him. 

heather he deserves you if anything.

he wouldnt want anything with me.

after all, this is a story where once again, a 

gay boy falls for a straight boy

then the straight boy lives happy ever after with his princess.

thats how it works..

ran.. please

im being serious..

well so am i, this conversation is over

go get him, you deserve it

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Ranboo closed his messages and wiped their tears. They have to let go, its just a passing crush.. Because they know its not his happy ever after, its Heather’s.

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Chapter 3: I Hurt More Than You

Two days after the song was released, it hit 15 million views 30 minutes after the premier was over. It was a milestone, He was proud. Heather and Tommy got together, and Wilbur helped Ranboo with a new song. He felt accomplished, but something felt wrong. The fact that he was ignoring Tom’s texts felt wrong. It hurt. So they decided to text him. Even though it hurts.

Tom </3

hey ran?

ranboo

ranbus?

are you okay?

i stopped by your house yesterday but no one answered..

i really hope your okay.

hey.

oh my god? youre not dead!!

no, ive just been really busy lately :(

hru?

im alr- 

do you want to meet up?

i mean.. 

if you want to.

ok! meet me at the brighton beach 

when

5! i should be there by then!

oh, is heather not going?

no, she doesnt want to go, she has things to do..

okay see you then 

see you bossman! 

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There was a strange, churning feeling in Ranboo’s stomach, he was excited to finally see Tommy again, but then again he didn’t want to go. But, he didn’t want Tom to be left alone, in a big place where he could go missing, or get kidnapped.. The thought of that made Ranboo feel nauseous. Eventually he started picking out an outfit for their meetup. They picked out a striped shirt, with a black Lemon Demon shirt on top. Baggy cargo pants and black Converse.. Plus their purple Twitch beanie. And of course, His black and white mask.

They left the house to go to a close by cafè. 

“Hello! Welcome to The Lanes Coffee House! What can I get for you today?”

The person said at the counter. 

“Uhmmm.. Could I get a cappuccino please?”

“Sure thing! What size?”

“Small, please.”

Ranboo was fiddling with their sleeves until they caught a glimpse of the person’s apron. There was some Kuromi pins, and non-binary pins. Ranboo relaxed their shoulders and calmed down. 

When his coffee was done, he told the cashier,

“Hey.. umm”

He looked at the name tag 

“Shane, I really like your pins!”

“Oh..! Thank you!”

A tint of light pink blush spread across their face.

“Um, what was your name?” The cashier asked.

“You can just call me Ran!”

“Oh.. okay Ran-! I’ll um.. I’ll see you! You live around here?”

“Yeah actually.. I just moved here around March.”

“Oh, cool! I grew up here so I’m really familiar with this place..”

“Thats nice..”

Ranboo smiled.

They noticed the pattern of Shane saying “oh” a lot, but he didn’t mind.

Shane and Ranboo talked for a while, then Ranboo looked at the time. 

4:42 PM

“....Oh shit..”

“Ran you good?”

“Yeah- I- Just um.. I’m supposed to meet my friend at five, do you know where the Brighton Beach is..?”

“Yeah, actually, Its south of here! Obviously it’s gonna look like a beach, but you know..” 

Shane laughed.

Ranboo smiled.

“Anyways.. OH! Could I get a Coke also”

He pulled out 10 bucks from his wallet.

“Oh Ran.. You know what? It’s on the house..”

“Nooo.. take it I swear. Its a tip.”

“Aww really? Thank you!” 

“Its no problem Shane, I gotta go!”

“Alright see you around!”

Ranboo took the Coke, paid, and ran out the door. Their alarm also went off.

“4:45: MEET TOM AT THE BEACH </3”

ohhhh shit he’s gonna be upset..

Ranboo waits for the crosswalk to turn green, checks both sides of the road before crossing, and runs. Unfortunately, stupid people exist in the world, so do drunk drivers. 

then suddenly everything went dark. 

time:  5:30 PM

“Where the fuck is he?!” Tommy said, irritated. He checked his phone and called Ranboo.

waiting

waiting

waiting

waiting

waiting.

“Im sorry, the person you are trying to reach is not available. 012-”

Tommy hung up.

He tried again, and again. and again. still no answer.

Until he got a call.

“Hello? Who’s this”

“He- Hello? Is this Tom?”

“Yeaah..? Who’s this?!”

“Um.. This is Shane, Shane Fernsby?”

“Do.. I know you?”

“No, you probably don’t but, I work at The Lanes Coffee House. If you’ve ever been, I have blue like- shaggy hair..”

“Nah. But why are you calling me.?”

“Oh.. um so I served a customer earlier, they told me to call him Ran..”

“Wait- Ran?? What- did he steal shit?” 

“No! No.. he um.. They were asking if I knew where the Brighton Beach was? Im assuming he was meeting up with you…”

“Yeah…? But what does this have to do with you?”

“They- um…….”

“Hello”

Tom could hear crying from the other end. Holy shit.. He thought.

“SHANE?! WHAT HAPPENED TO RANBOO.”

“He- they got in a hit and run accident.”

“W-what…?”

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beep.

beep.

beep.

beep.

beep.

“Hnggggh-”

“Vitals are okay. I’ll leave you two to be alone.”

“Okay, thank you!”

“Ran??”

“Mmngh- Wh-”

Ranboo sat up. 

“W-wait no- hun, don't sit up-”

“Whe- uggh- where am I?”

“The hospital- you got in a car accident..”

“What day is it?”

“The third of December.”

It's been a day?!

“Ugh- Shane?”

“Yes??”

“Could I have- water..”

“Yeah, of course..”

As Shane pours Ranboo a cup of water, They both hear the nurse.

Well that's who they thought it was.

* BANG!*

“HOLY SH-”

“RAN!! ARE YOU OKAY??!”

Tommy says while he cups Ranboo’s face in his hands.

Immense blush covered Ranboo’s face, as they held Tommy’s hand in theirs.

“Im..okay.”

Ranboo smiles as he intertwines their fingers. 

“Uhh.. Ran- here’s your water!”

Shane hands Ranboo the cup of water.

“Drink up, hun.”

Ranboo takes the cup in their hand, despite feeling like a child, and drinks.

“Umm.. if you ever need me, here’s my number..”

They took a piece of paper from the desk and wrote.

( 907 ) 222-1955 

“Shane?”

“Yeah?”

“How did you know..”

“Know what?”

“Know about the accident..”

Ranboo says.

“About 10 minutes after you left, my shift was done. So as I was leaving, there was an ambulance around where the beach was, so I went to go check it out. Then I saw you, and they asked if I knew you.. And so now we’re here.” 

“Oh.”

“Yeah…”

Shane scratched the back of their head.

“Well anyways I have to leave, my shift starts at 10..”

Ranboo looked at the time. 9:09.

“Shane”

“Hm?”

“Thank you..”

“Oh.. n-no problem! Honest.”

Shane picked up their raincoat and walked out the door.

“Ran..”

Ranboo looked at Tommy. He saw the hurt in his eyes..

“Ranbus you’re holding my hand-”

They looked at the bed and pulled their arm back. 

“S-sorry-”

“It’s okay.. Here- im gonna go get you some food.”

“Okay..”

“I promise it’s not gonna be hospital food- that shits nasty”

Ranboo laughed. Surprisingly they only broke their ankle, after all they were hit by a subaru. They tried sitting up, but everything was hurting.. 

“aH-”

Ranboo groaned, they couldn’t take care of themself. They didn’t like being taken care of by others, because he felt like they would baby them.

They threw their head back and got out their phone. 

114 Notifications. 

Tom </3 : 5 missed calls yesterday

ranbus where the hell are you?

hellooooo

ranbuusyyy

are you there? ima call the cops

ranbooooooo

ranboOb?!

Wilbur : hey ranboo you wanna do stuff for

 shooting today? Its ok if ur busy

8:52 am

Tubs: bruh i saw your song and it ws so good!!!! you 

shoukd do more!!

yesterday

Twitch: 2 notifications:

Wilbur Soot: JUST CHATTING WITH PHIL!!

3 minutes ago.

They joined the stream.

“add me to vc”

RanbooLive Donated 5£

“Ok Ranboo!”

Wilbur added Ranboo to vc.

“Heyyyyy” Ranboo said weekly

“Hello my little tampon!”

“Nooooo–”

Wilbur laughed.

“Where you been?”

“The hospital”

“Wait why?!”

“Bruh I got in a car accident- but its fine.”

“What do you mean it’s fine- you got hit?”

“Yeah- uhh I was going to the beach.”

“Damn.”

At the moment Phil was afk so he didn’t hear anything. Wilbur and Ranboo talked for a little bit, then Tom came back.

* BANG*  

“Here’s your food!”

“StOp slamming the door-”

“Sorry- are you on call?”

“Yeah”

“OH- sh-”

“Its only Will.”

“Ohhhh okah.”

“Tommy?”

“Hey Will-”

“Hello Tomathy-”

“Hallo.”

After they talked to Phil they hung up.

“How the hell did you get Subway-”

“Did you not know we have Subway here?!”

“Noo..?”

“Well, have a sandwich.”

They split the sandwich and ate. 

ring ring..

ring ring..

“Hello? Oh- hi, baby.. Yeah- ok- love you bye..”

“Heather…?”

“Yeah, she was just telling me that she might come by.”

“Oh okay..”

you can’t see me, i can’t be bea-

“Hello?”

“bRUH ITS TRENDING ON TWITTER YOU GOT HIT BY A DAMN CAR?!”

“Hello to you too, Bill.”

“Where you at?!”

“Toms, where we at..?”

“UHHH- Brighton General Hospital-”

“The Brighto-”

“Yeah- I heard Tom- Im heading there right now.”

“Oh okay-”

He got cut off. 

beep beep beep-

“He- hung up on me-”

“Goddamn..”

After Bill got there… 

“Ay king how you feeling?”

“Im doing alright-”

Bill hugged them.

“Uhh– Bill- too tight-”

“Sorry-”

“No you’re good..”

Tommy watched them, he felt a sense of jealousy.

He sighed and looked to the side. 

“Toms, you good?”

“Yeah, im okay.”

“Alright- uhh I gotta go, the sexual tension between you two is making me cringe.”

“BILL!”

The two said in unison.

Ranboo was blushing all over his face, Tommy was shocked

To think that anyone would’ve said that- it made Ranboo blush

“See you two later!”

“Bye, bitch.”

Tommy scoffed, jokingly.

“Uhmm.. you should probably go, its getting late.”

“Wai- really?!”

9:38

“Time went by fast!”

“I know right..”

“I think I'll stay here though. 

“Isn’t Heather waiting for you?”

“Probably not, she has family plans.”

“Oh okay..”

Ranboo had a feeling Tommy was lying, but they just dismissed it. He was happy that Tommy wanted to stay with him.

“You ( yawn) should prolly get to bed..”

“Uh- wh-where are you going to sleep?” 

“On the floor, yeah..”

“But-”

“Ran I promise it’s fine.”

“You.. I could sleep on the floor..?”

“Ranboo no-”

“Or- ughh no it’s stupid..”

“Or i could sleep on the bed.. With you..?”

“Wh- What?!”

Ranboo was blushing like crazy. Was Tommy just trying to tease him? Quite possibly, or Tommy could have a crush on..

no no no- that couldn’t be possible! he likes Heather!

“A- are you sure?!”

“I mean.. If you want to, its your choice..”

“S… sure..?”

“O- okay-”

Tommy climbed into the hospital bed next to Ranboo. He was squirming to find a comfortable place. 

Now they were back to back, feeling awkward..

“H-hey Tom?”

“Hm?”

“What would you do, if someone loved you, but you never liked them back..?”

“Thats.. oddly specific.. But- I would feel bad for them.. Because no one deserves to not be loved.. Nonetheless, it's like a soulmate who was never meant to be..”

“Okay..? now, im not saying I like you, but what would you say if I did?”

“.. I don’t know.. I’m straight remembe-”

“Okay but what if I were a girl?”

“Uhm.. i dont know? I love Heather.. But if I liked you, as a girl of course- I would date you.. I guess.”

“Oh.. okay..”

“Well goodnight Ranboo..”

“Night..”

Tommy shuts his eyes, and immediately falls asleep.

Ranboo on the other hand.. They hurt. They shut their eyes. And cried.. It hurts. It hurt so bad. Their stomach dropped.. 

“ Why.. why did you have to be so straight?”

The room was filled with sobs. The dimly lit lamp was going out, slowly.. The dry streaks of tears were replaced by new once by the second. Eventually they fell asleep, but their eyes were swelling, while tears ran down their face. It wasn't fair.. 

The next morning…

“Mnhh~”

Ranboo moves his head down, only to be stopped by something.

Something fluffy, something soft. The smell of lilacs. It was amazing. He inhaled deeply, and hugged whatever he was holding closer. Until he realized what it was. 

“Oh- what the f-..”

Ranboo tried to squirm away, but obviously, Tommy stopped him. His arms wrapped tighter against Ranboo’s back. He tucked his head into Ranboo’s chest and whispered in his sleep.

“Please.. mnghH~”

“What the fuck..”

Tommy grips the back of Ranboo’s clothes tighter.

“Toms. Tommyyyyy… TOM!”

Ranboo whisper-yells.

They grip Tommy’s shoulders and rock him awake.

“Goddamn Ranboo– Wait. What the fuck.”

“You. You did this.. I guess..”

“Ranboo you’re the one who’s spooning me.”

“Ah- oh..”

They awkwardly let go. Even though Ranboo was okay with it, he knew he had to. Because of Heather.

But Tommy. Tommy knows. Everything.

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“Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out”

“Ugh- this is stupid I don't want to do this anymore.”

“You good Ran?”

“Yeah- I’ve been trying to write a song- it sucks.”

“Lemme hear it!”

Shane exclaimed.

“.. Okay..? Just don’t make fun of me.”

“Bruh- why would I make fun of y- just play it.

They smiled...

So Ranboo got out the guitar. Billzo had brought it over for them a couple of days later. This is also the last day Ranboo would be in the hospital.

“Crush….. Culture”

“My god, don’t look at your phone”

“No one’s gonna call you,”

“Quit checking your volume..”

“I don’t care if I’m forever alone”

“I’m not falling for you.”

“Cause this baby is love proof..”

“I don’t care what you’re saying”

“I don’t wanna participate in your game of manipulation.”

“And no I don’t want your sympathy”

“All this love is suffocating”

“Just let me be sad and lonely.”

He took a breath

“Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out”

“I know what you're doing, tryna get me to pursue, yeah”

“Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out,”

“Spill my guts out, spill my guts out”

“Uh- w- wow.”

“It sucks ass.”

“Noo- it doesn't! it sounds really good”

“T-thanks..”

Ranboo slightly blushes and shies away.

“Um.. what time is it- WHY IS IT 5 O’CLOCK ALREADY?”

“O- oh-..”

“I gotta head home- literally I haven’t fed my dog.”

“Oh my god you have a dog”

“Yeah-”

Shane was shuffling around their green hoodie as they found their car keys.

“Allllriiight- I’ll see you later?”

“Yep!”

Shane quietly walks out the door. 

Ranboo sighs and sits on the bed. They take out their phone. Only to see 1 text.

“What.. the fuck.”

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“Ughhhh-”

Tommy groaned as he opened his eyes.

‘Why am I on the floor- wait where am I-?”

He looks around only to find himself on the floor of his living room.

The night before, he and Tubbo had streamed a truth or drink. Truth or drink, meaning you would have to tell the truth or drink. Hence the name. Toby must’ve left yesterday or this morning…

Immediately he gets several texts

wilby fuckin soot

TOMMY 

TOM DO NOT CHECK TWITTER

wilby fuckin soot

TOMMY

TOM DO NOT CHECK TWITTER

why

you know that doesn't work on me

👀

TOM NO

too late

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Tommy opens the app.

TRENDING:

RANBOO?!

tommy is bi?

TOMBOO

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“What.”

Tommy scrolled through the tweets, wide-eyed. Again, you can’t blame him, if you saw yourself being shipped with your best friend.

He kept scrolling until he saw a certain clip.

“uHH- * gasp * ranbOo!! oh my goD have you sEen ranboo? their so hOt-” *intense giggling*

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“Oh, my fucking god.”

He keeps scrolling

Another one.

“oh yeAh- the other day- me and rAnboO were cuddLing!! it was so wArm~”

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“WHAT?!”

Tom threw his phone. He buried his head into his knees. 

... I'm straight, I like Heather! She’s my girlfriend not Ranboo. Oh god- what does she think? Should I call her? She’s gonna be mad at me. She hates me. They hate me.

Why am I like this? 

I shouldn't be having thoughts like this..

Tom hears knocking sounds.

He ignores them.

The knocking gets louder

“Leave me alone.”

Louder

“Please.”

Even louder

“LEAVE ME ALONE!!”

The knocking doesn’t stop. It gets louder. And louder.

Louder.

Louder.

Louder.

“GOAWAYGOAWAYGOAWAY”

“You’re a traitor, Thomas.”

“We are going to haunt you forever”

“L- l- leave me alone plea- please..”

“What do you think your friends are gonna say?”

“You’re a TRAITOR.”

“Stupid bitch.”

“Cheater!”

“Tommy?”

“LEAVE PLEASE!”

“ Toms??”

“TOMS!!”

“W-what-?”

He snaps back to reality.

“What..?”

“Hey.. you okay?”

It’s Ranboo.

He starts crying.

“H- Hey. What’s wrong?”

“The- the voices..”

“The what-?”

“The voices are back”

He didn’t have to say anything, but they understood.

“Hey.. Toms look at me…Breath with me okay?”

Tommy looks at Ranboo with shaken pupils. 

He takes shaky deep breaths. They sit for a good 10 minutes until Ranboo catches themself caressing Tom’s hand. 

He pulls back.

“Why are you out of the hospital-?” Tom asks.

“Hu- Oh- The nurse said I was discharged so I came here. Are you okay..?” 

“Y-yeah.. Jus- just a bit- I'm okay.”

“Look at me.” Ranboo tries to console.

“Are you absolutely sure you’re okay?”

“Y-yes.”

Ranboo finally drops the subject

Or so Tommy thinks…

“Hey Toms?”

“Hm?”

“I-is this about me..? I want you to be honest with this.”

The blond rests his head back on his knees.

“M- maybe..”

…

“I shouldn't have slept with you. I’m sorry Ra-”

“It’s okay- I shouldn’t have either…”

“Have you talked to… Her-?”

“...”

“No..”

“I- I think you should…”

Well damn. How can I say no to them? It’s so upsetting.

“Ran…”

“Yeah?”

“Will… you help me..-?”

Ranboo was confused.

“Help wh- huh?”

Tommy sighed. “Help me talk to her.”

“About what?”

“...”

They sat in silence. 

“W-what if I don’t like her…”

“W-w-what do you mean?”

Ranboo was stuttering. Seriously? 

I go through all this fucking trouble about a one sided crush, and YOU DON’T EVEN LIKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND?!

His conscience was bickering over the whole damn situation at the moment.

‘Ran! You should swoop him up and take him!!! Now's your chance!’

‘NO! You have more morals than to go for someone who HASN'T EVEN BROKEN UP YET!!’

Ranboo internally rolled their eyes.

They sighed.

“Toms…? Can I be.. Honest?”

“Honest about what king?”

“.........”

“I don’t want you to be with Heather.”

“What…?”

“I.. I like you. A- Alot…”

…

“I- I should- I should go…”

“W-wait!”

Tommy exclaimed. Ranboo stops in their tracks.

“I- give me time. I- I don’t know what to think- or say- my mind is just…”

“Give me time, okay?”

“Of course.”

Ranboo leaves the room.

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It’s been 8 days since Ranboo confessed to Tommy, they haven’t talked. At all. Ranboo currently sits on his bed, somewhat crisscrossed searching Google- the answer to all of life’s problems.

“What- to do.. If…. you… con– fessed.. To… y-”

“you can’t see me, i can’t be bea-”

“Uh- Hey.” Ranboo answers.

“Heyyy Ran!! It’s Bill-”

“Uh Huh. You need anything..?” Ranboo says with a heavy load of sarcasm and annoyance.

“Yeah! Um.. F- Freddie’s pp is burning like crazy and he needs your help.”

“Freddie’s… What -?”

“Nah I’m kidding! He’s having a party at his house and you should definitely come!” 

If Freddie is having a party, There'll be a bunch of their streamer friends, some other people and-

Tommy.

God damnit.

“Uhm… When..?”

“Tonight!” Bill says with enthusiasm.

“I- I don’t wanna go.”

“Ay why not? It’ll be funnnnn! C’monn!”

“I- I just- sigh…  I don’t wanna see Tom. A- and he probably doesn't wanna see me-”

“ gasp Did you guys get in a fight?”

“NO!- no. I- confessed… m-”

“YOU CONFESSED YOUR UNDYING LOVE TO HIM?!?!?!??”

“NO! Stop cutting me off!!- I confessed my feelings- so y-yyeah not the same thing as undying love but I might love him anyways…”

“Damn Ran! You get some bitches! Anyways, the party starts at 10! Okay see you byeeeee~”

And he hung up. Just great.

Ranboo face plants into their bed.

“uuuuggggGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!”

They quickly get up and start digging in their closet, looking for anything presentable. Eventually they found a white Carseat Headrest t-shirt, baggy patchwork pants and worn out black converse, a red and black striped cat ear beanie with his crystal necklace.

—

“Do I look… presentable?”

Ranboo says to Aimsey.

Xey gasp. 

“You look amazing Ran!! Now hurry up, we're gonna be late!!”

“Aimee no one comes to a party 30 minutes early. It’s good to be fashionably late, you know..”

“Ehh, you have a point.” Aimee admits. 

“Do you know who’s gonna be there?” Ranboo asks.

“Uhhhh… Guqqie, Bill, Phil probably- uhh… Will… a bunch of other people I don’t know… Oh! Tom!”

…

Goddammit.

“ you can’t see me-”

“Hi.” Ranboo says flatly.

“HI RAN!!!!” Bill says. Maybe a bit too hyper but who cares?

“Hiiii Billllllll-” Ran says tiredly

“So um.. Are you coming to the party? In like 10 minutes???”

“Uhh yeahh… OH speaking of… Do you know if I can bring someone?” 

“Yeah! Bring whoever you want Ran! Okay byeeee~”

And he hangs up.

So Ran calls up Shane Fernsby. 

“HEY RAN! Thought you would never call me up you know? How you been?”

“I’ve been good yeah! Um– You into parties??” They ask.

“Uh depends- why?” Shane asks suspiciously.

“Becauseeee~~ You should come to my friends house tonight!”

“Oh alright! Who’s coming?” Shane asks excitedly.

“Uhhhhh- Some of my friends and yeah- probably other people I don’t know but I’m sure you’ll be fine”

“Um okay.. Could you just pick me up?”

“Yeah of course!”

“Alright thanks! Text me when you get here okay bye”

They hang up.

—

20 minutes later.

Time: 10:24 pm

ding dongggg

Shane opens the door.

“Hey Ranboo! They gasp. “You look nice!!” 

They compliment, Ranboo blushes a bit.

“T-Thanks! You look nice too.”

They were wearing a baggy ivory shirt with a sad face on it, denim black shorts and high-knee Doc Martins. 

As they both hop in the car Shane greets Aimee in the passenger seat. Driving took about 15 minutes, as they pull up to Freddie’s house, Ranboo quickly talks to them.

“Alright Shane, our friends can get a bit crazy, so if they’re too much for you just come to me okay?”

“Alright. Now let’s go!!”

The party was fucking hectic. There were people singing karaoke, taking shots, playing spin the bottle, couples making out- some of them probably don’t know each other. Everything had gotten super loud. 

“W-wow. I’ve never been to an actual party before… Well- I went to a party in middle school and- and somehow got ‘engaged’…” Shane admits.

Ranboo stares at them in shock. 

“Uh- And how old are you now? Y-you’ve never really told me.” The American questions. 

“I’m 18, Fresh outta highschool. My birthday was in February. Funny, innit?”

“Oh.” Ranboo blankly stares at them.

“RAN!!” They both get startled when Billzo walks up to them. 

“Uh- Oh hey Bill! This is Shane. We met like a couple weeks ago!”

Shane shyly waves. “I’m Shane heh- Nice to meet you.”

“Hi Shane! I’m Bill.”

They all walk back into the living room. They already lost Aimee, so Shane and Ranboo sit on a nearby couch. They see Wilbur sitting with Tubbo chatting about a random topic. Until someone ( ahem Bill ahem ) wanted to play truth or dare.

So everyone around them got in a circle. There were some people they didn’t know, such as this girl, she had blond hair, tied in messy side buns, similar to golden but hazel eyes. She kind of resembled Himiko Toga from Boku No Hero Academia.

Bill went first. 

He spins the bottle…

The suspense is killing dozens. 

“Ran!” Bill cries out, “Truth or dare?” 

“Uh- Truth.” Ranboo says nervously.

“Have you lost your virg-”

“BILL!” Ranboo yells in embarrassment.

Shane, sitting next to Ranboo laughs, “Oh- Oh my god-!”

They play a couple more rounds until someone interrupts the game.

the bottle spins.

and spins.

and spins.

and sp-

CRASH!

“OI-! NO WILL YOUR MUSIC IS BORING LEMME PICK!!”

A certain blond screams while hiding behind the American’s back. He wraps his arms around Ranboo’s neck and hides in their shirt.

And all of this is happening in a blur. Ranboo blushed a crimson red- and stuttered for Tom asking what's happening.  

Shane, almost wheezing, was laughing their ass off at the situation. So was Bill. The other players were either confused or annoyed, or laughing with them. 

So when Tommy finally let go, Ranboo calmed down a little bit. 

“Uh- T-Tom what are you do- HEy!” Ranboo shouts at Wilbur. 

Wilbur hit Ranboo with the pillow again. 

“You’re protecting the enemy!” Wilbur shoots back.

“What do you mean the enemy ?!” Ranboo says.

“He stole my phone! I’m the designated music player, Ranbitch.” Tommy says with a large amount of sass.

“Well that doesn't mean he can hit me with a pillow, tampon. ” Wilbur says too.

“Why am I the one getting roasted?! What did I do?!” Ranboo cries fakely.

“Well I don’t know. Wilbur, give me my phone back!” Tommy says demandingly. 

“And why should I?” Wilbur asks.

“Because It’s my phone! And, if you give it back- I will… uhh… pl- play Lovejoy songs on the speaker.” Tommy complies.

“Mmmmmh… You know what? Fine.” Wilbur hands Tommy his phone, and he goes straight to spotify.

Moments later the speaker is blasting Perfume By Lovejoy. Iconic.

Tommy then sits in between Shane and Ranboo and continues the game.

“Uhmm.. Shane, This is my “older brother”, Wilbur! Resident music man, he sang this song!!” Tommy explains to Shane. 

The blue haired looks at the tall man with glasses. 

“Hi! I’m Shane, I met your brother a couple weeks ago in the hospital.”

“You know, I’m not his actual brother. It’s just a bit.” Wil admits.

“Oh.”

The group then moved on to Never Have I Ever.

A random person, looking in their teens, goes first.

“Never have I ever had a crush.”

Ranboo, Shane, Tommy, Bill, and 3 others put a finger down.

—

After that, Tommy had dragged Ranboo to the kitchen, a little tipsy. 

“Sooo.. Ranbus!! Why haven’t you talked to me in like-  forever…? I missed you, y’know?” Tommy put his hand on Ranboo’s, The brunette stood there blushing their ass off. 

“U- uhm I’ve just been a bit… busy, you know how it is…” He pulls his hand away and inserts it into their pocket. Tommy frowns and takes Ranboo’s hands in his.

“Life’s rough, innit…?”

“T- Tommy.. You’re drunk.” Ranboo warns. He would never want to take advantage of Toms.

“A little drinking never hurt anyone, right?”

Tom grabbed a cup and poured some of the punch in it. Obviously it was spiked.

He quickly downs the cup and looks at Ranboo again. 

Being sweet but you talk pretty foul mouthed.

Ripped jeans and a cup that you just downed

Take me where the music ain't too loud.

“Tom- Stop.”

Tommy slowly approached Ranboo and kept eye contact.

Ranboo was slightly panicking. He snapped out of his panic when their back hit the counter.

Tom stared at him one last time until he started leaning towards his face. 

Ranboo took a deep breath.  What the fuck do I do?!

Tommy almost connected their lips but missed. Because Ranboo slid from in front of him

Tom turned around and looked Ranboo in the eyes.

“I… I like you too.” Tommy says, Ranboo stares at him wide eyed.

“You’re drunk..”

“N- no I- um.. I’m not drunk I promise!” Tommy stutters out.

“You are.. Just- just go hang out with Wil and Toby.”

“O- okay… You’re coming too, right?”

“.... Maybe later. I need to be alone.”

  Ranboo starts walking up the stairs, looking for a room to spend some alone time. He rattled all the doors and they were locked, except one. He opened the door and found a group of six people playing Spin the Bottle. They had assumed all the people were queer, as there were more masculine presenting than feminine.  

He slowly starts to back out, but as they turn around they are met with a pair of sickeningly lovely green eyes. The person locked the door when Ranboo came in. 

Goddammit.  

Ranboo makes their way towards the group and sits down faster than he had wished. Wanting to get drunk and forget this all, he picks up a shot glass, fills it with whisky, but then puts it back remembering he’s the designated driver.

One person, they quickly recognise to be Shane, starts to spin the bottle.

It spins,spins,spins.

And finally it stops. 

On Ranboo.

“Uh- I- Ran-”

Ranboo sat in silence staring off into space. 

What if they hate me after this? I shouldn't be here. What's wrong with me? I have to leave. Everyone hates me. Why- 

“Ran! Hey man, are you good?”

They look up. Shane is right next to him consoling. Thank god.

“Y-yeah im.. fine. “

“Good because we should go. Aimsey says Tom got in a drinking contest and is really drunk. We need to get him home before he does anything reckless.”

“Oh- okay.” Shane quickly helps Ranboo get up. The expression on Shanes face is unreadable, it looks like they’re blushing. But he can’t tell under this light.

 They quickly run down the stairs and immediately are greeted with Sleeping on Trains by James Marriott blasting full volume on the speakers and Tommy chugging a bottle of something.

“ EAT MY ASS HEATHER I FUCKIN’ HATE YOU!” Tommy screams after finishing the bottle.

“Holy shit-!” Shane exclaims. 

Ranboo pushes through the small crowd of people and grabs Tommy off the chair he was standing on. 

“Oh hey, Ranboo~!” Then he giggled. He fucking giggled.

“Tommy, we need to go. Like right now. Put that away.” Ranboo tries to grab the bottle in Tom’s hand but he pulls his arm back and rests his head on Ranboo’s chest. 

“I don’t wanna go home.” Tom complains.

“No. Get off me, we need to go.” Ranboo tried moving his head off but Tom already lifted it. 

There were still people surrounding them, dancing along to the music. It was changed to Pacify Her by Melanie Martinez. Some were eyeing the two, some didn’t care. 

Ranboo looked around the room, then met eyes with Tommy again. 

“We need to go.”

“No.” Tommy refused.

“Let’s go. No-” 

A soft sensation was on his lips. Tommy had engaged in a kiss, not a care in the world. Pushing forward, they both back into some people. 

Ranboo didn’t kiss back, but really was tempted to. 

Tommy finally backed off and looked Ranboo in the eyes. 

“Ranboo, I love you. Please.”

What the fuck?!

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hello readers, currently putting this book on hiatus because.. i dont like the way the plot is going.(WHAT PLOT IM JUST SCRAMBLING LMAOOO)
im going to be re-writing the story but idk how long its even going to take because of all thats going on in my personal life right now, im dealing with my situation as im writing so please don’t expect any update anytime soon.. love you guys and thanks for reading :)

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hi guys, so i have decided to completely discontinue this work, mostly because of personal reasons but also because i have no more motivation for it. i will however tell what happens since i won't update....

Tom finally realizes his feelings for Ranboo and they both confess to each-other. Tommy moves into Ranboo's house. But their relationship gets leaked online and they fight, tom leaves, gets drunk asf and hooks up with someone else ( note they haven't broken up ) Ranboo finds out and basically abandons Tom and moves on to someone else

IDK WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS BUT IT WASN'T GONNA BE A HAPPY ENDING SOOO YEAH

thanks so much for reading, and all the kudos, but i do have better ideas for this account and so much more to come :)

-shroom