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“Ranboo, Phil said you were sick so I thought I would stop by. Aimsey said you were pretty bad that you wouldn’t even let them come over.” Tubbo shut Ranboo’s door and pocketed his copy of the house key, making his way through his boyfriend’s place and to his room.
Ranboo was curled up under his comforters, sleeping.
Tubbo chuckled a bit and rubbed Ranboo’s back a bit to soothe him out of sleep. The dirty blonde sat up and yawned, stretching his arms a bit before blinking slowly at Tubbo with very dilated pupils.
Ranboo smiled at his boyfriend and reached his arms out for a hug, which Tubbo reciprocated, feeling Ranboo’s black and white tail swishing about and bumping into his hand.
Wait. Wait wait wait.
Tubbo backed up and his eyes found black and white ears on Ranboo’s head and he furrowed his brows, “Love.”
“Honey.”
“We have been dating for 8 months now and you forgot to mention you have cat-like appendages.” Tubbo said and Ranboo covered his ears with his hands and yelped a bit, trying to hide again.
Tubbo grabbed his arms carefully, “no no, it’s okay. I’m not mad, I know you hid them for the same reason you hide your face. Hybrids don’t always get the best rep, especially cats.”
Ranboo lowered his hands but his ears stayed flat on his head. “It does make a lot of sense now, and the fans were right about you being part cat.”
Ranboo rolled his eyes, “whatever.” He sneezed and scrunched his nose.
“Is you being sick making it so you can’t hide your appendages?”
Ranboo nodded, “and I promised a stream on Wednesday and it’s Friday..”
“Alright love, we can figure it out. Let me take care of you first.” Tubbo smiled and kissed Ranboo on the nose, making his ears perk with interest. Ranboo grabbed his face and pressed their lips together before curling back up, while Tubbo left to make him some soup and get him water:
Tubbo returned to the room and Ranboo sat up to eat. “You could wear your hood and wrap yourself in a blanket?” Tubbo suggested and Ranboo nodded, patting the bed for the shorter to sit next to him.
Tubbo crawled into the bed and Ranboo sat his soup down, laying down and curled into Tubbo’s chest. Tubbo chuckled a bit before his hand found Ranboo’s hair, rubbing at the base of his ears.
Ranboo let out a few hums that turned into soft putts as his eyes drew shut and Tubbo only smiled as his boyfriend fell back asleep.
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“I’ll be in the other room if you need me.” Tubbo rubbed the base of his cat ears and kissed his head.
Ranboo nodded and yawned a bit, “Thank you, honey.”
Tubbo’s floppy brown rabbit-like ears perked happily as Ranboo purred, “Okay, love you.”
“Love you too, Toby.”
Tubbo walked out and Ranboo started his stream. Though, Ranboo wasn’t stupid, he knew the rabbit-hybrid would grow impatient from being so close but so far away from endless snuggles. Everyone knew Tubbo was a rabbit-hybrid (friend and family-wise) the fans had asked what hybrids all the creators were and many didn’t share that information.
Tommy was a raccoon hybrid, George was a cat, Sapnap and Dream were dogs with Wilbur and Phil. Kristen was a deer and Techno was a bear.
Only Phil and Kristen have spoken about their hybrid-parts.
“Oh thank you for the 100 subs, holy cow.. Tubbo.” Ranboo squinted his eyes. “Toby… you can just join vc.”
TUBBOLIVE > IM JUST THINKING WTIH MU DICK
TUBBOLIVE > AS THE TIKTOKERS WOULD SAY
Ranboo rolled his eyes, “Then come think with that, with me.”
TUBBOLIVE > BET ILL BE AT UR HOUSE IN 2 SECODNS
Chat was going absolutely insane and Ranboo okayed it. Tubbo walked into the room a moment later and greeted chat before ending the stream and sitting on Ranboo’s lap. Ranboo held his hips and Tubbo wrapped his legs around Ranboo’s waist, letting his rabbit appendages grow.
Ranboo’s thumbs rubbed circles into the fat on Tubbo’s hips, while his fingers rested above his tail with a smirk. Tubbo squeaked and put his face into Ranboo’s neck. “You’re sick, Boo.”
Ranboo hummed, “I’m innocent.”
Tubbo let out a laugh, “yeah okay, innocent my ass.”
“You do have a-” “shut the fuck up!” Tubbo interrupted and Ranboo laughed.
“Okay, okay, I’ll relax. Only because I don’t feel good.”
Tubbo looked at Ranboo again and tugged his bottom lip between his teeth for a moment, “Love, did Phil know you were a cat-hybrid this whole time?”
“No,” Ranboo said, truthfully. “I just told him I was unwell and when he came over to check on me last night he saw what I was and told Aimsey not to come over anymore.”
Tubbo nodded a bit, “okay.. I just know this secret is important to you.. it took George ages before he would say anything and we all found out as an accident.”
“Yeah, the first time George and I met.” Ranboo said and Tubbo nodded before his mouth opened a bit.
“Oh! Because you’re both cat-hybrids and Wilbur and I were there.” Tubbo said and Ranboo smiled a bit.
“We get along though, now.” Ranboo said and Tubbo kissed his cheek. “I’m glad you know about me.”
“When your fever breaks you won’t feel that way.”
Ranboo’s brows furrowed. “I’ll figure it out then, baby.”
*
The next morning they were right back in the chair so Ranboo could attend some meeting with a company that Tubbo didn’t care about. Tubbo just stayed tucked into his neck while Ranboo had his hood up and his headphones on, despite his camera being off.
His skin was ice cold, so Tubbo didn’t blame him for being covered as much as he was.
“You know, I saw you did Dream’s $30,000 tweet challenge. If you want 30k that bad just ask me.” Ranboo pushed his hood down and his ears adjusted to his surroundings a bit while Tubbo looked up at him and rolled his eyes, seeing Ranboo looking at Twitter on his pc.
Tubbo grabbed Ranboo’s face and offered a slight smile, “love, do you want to talk about your hybrid self? I’m fine with not bringing it up and letting you keep them away forever if that’s what you want-” Tubbo quickly caught a bottle Ranboo had swatted off the desk and his appendages came back out as he did so. Tubbo left them out. “But you can’t outrun them, baby.”
“You’re worried.” Ranboo said and grabbed the bottle from him, putting it on the desk. Tubbo nodded and Ranboo sighed, “I won’t push it back anymore. I realized it’s been ridiculous.. I’m just sorry I never told you sooner.”
“If I was a cat-hybrid I wouldn’t announce it either.. as much as your fans say you would make sense as one doesn’t mean they would all be okay if you actually were.. you know how people are and I don’t blame you for keeping it on the down low. I just don’t want you to hurt from it or have regrets.”
Ranboo kissed Tubbo softly and smiled, “I don’t have any regrets now. And I’ll even let our friends know. I’m sure Aimsey would be happy to know they aren’t the only feline in the cricket crew.”
“Do lion and cat-hybrids get along?”
Ranboo nodded, “pretty well. It’s only our own species that gets stirred feelings.”
“Well I can’t wait to learn more about you, Ranboo.” Tubbo smiled and rubbed the base of his ears. Ranboo purred and closed his eyes.
“I love you, Toby.”
“I love you too, Ranboo.”