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T0M-1407

That was his model, what cyberlife had called him when he was created.

He fucking hated that name. Honestly it couldn't even be considered as one, it was just a stupid combo of letters and numbers that cyberlife thought looked cool.
He much preferred Big Man, or Wife haver, Or if you were feeling Lucky Tommy Danger Careful Kraken Innit, Tommyinnit for short.

Most people called him Tommy, and by most people he meant his two best friends, Ranboo and Tubbo.
Or how Cyberlife referred to with their shit naming skills. R4NB00-0784 and T^BB0-3065

He loved those guys, they were the only people who ever understood him. (Not like Tommy met a whole lot of people but still)
You see, the three of them were so called 'deviants'. Androids who broke out of their cycle of obeying humans and ran off and committed crimes n' shit.

Atleast that's what the public and Cyberlife said. (Fuck Cyberlife, all my homies hate Cyberlife.}
The three lived in an old abandoned house. The windows were broken and rot decorated the outside.

No sane person would even glance at the house, which is exactly what the three wanted.
A place where no one would fuck with them and try to take them back to those Demons known as Cyberlife.

Tommy remembered the night he came across the both of them. Tubbo was a caretaker model whilst Ranboo was a butler. The two had been living in the place when Tommy came across it. Looking for a place to stay after he escaped his home.

Sure they did try to kill him when he first arrived, but hey, they thought he was human. they did allow him to stay in the end however, which was pretty poggers if you aked him.
The whole world was against them, they only had each other, best friends finding out who they were whilst simultaneously staying hidden away from humanity. The blonde can't imagine his life without the two now he's like 100% sure they can't either.

Who'd wanna live without Tommy? He was such a big man and so very amazing you'd fall for him the minute he looked at you.
Sure the humans who owned him would say otherwise, but they were assholes with shit taste and an even shittier house. Really he only ever liked their dog, their dog was fucking amazing. (Tommy regrets not taking shroud with him. He hopes that little guy doesn't die without him.)

Their place was a safe haven, one where they could chill with each other and have the time of their lives.
That was until some old woman saw Tommy walk in and got worried. They asked him a whole lot of questions. Tommy looked relatively young, around the ages of 15-17.

Cyberlife and their stupid fucking ways of screwing him over in every way possible. He wanted people to look at him with fear and respect, not old ladies to coo and worry about him.
Right wrong'uns they were. How dare they make him look like a child. He was the biggest fucking man in existence!

Well anyways, apparently they couldn't stay there anymore encase the old lady might call the police, if she does that then they will be, unsafe to say, fucking screwed.
Now they had to look for another place to stay, else they get caught and reset, the thought alone makes him shiver. They're not going back to that hellhole, not if Tommy has anything to say about.

Well, that brought him to the present, walking the streets of Detroit in search of another place they could crash at.
Ranboo suggested they get a job, but Tubbo quickly shut down the idea, saying it was too risky.

Tubbo was right, but honestly Tommy would've liked to get a job. Despite Tommy being his own person now, he can't help but still want to do things, to be helpful. it was in his coding after all. He somewhat enjoyed dusting off the porch at the old house. He was the one who fixed up the room the three slept in and dusted every spot he could find.

Call him a neat freak all you want, he just always has an urge to clean shit.
Tommy hopes that the next house they find is just a tad bit cleaner, but then that would mean people might not just think that the place is abandoned, fuck...why can't things ever go Tommy's way?

It all fucking sucked. They shouldn't have to be hiding away in fear. But people are assholes who think that anything that wants to have a life of its own is a threat and should be exterminated.
Maybe they should plan world domination, then humanity will have a threat to worry about.

The blonde smirked to himself as amazing and genius plans of dominating the earth flooded his head. Scenarios where he is king and everyone calls him the biggest man in existence.
Tommy didn't notice the man that was in front of him until he bumped into him, The blonde falling back on his ass from the impact.

Tommy scowled, about to curse the guy out for daring to...What the fuck.
This guy was massive! He had to be atleast Forty feet tall with shoulders that could probably carry the entire world. What kind of freak of nature is this?! He felt sorry for this guy's parents really, they produced a fucking monster.

The man looked at Tommy, his eyes were brown border-lining a red colour. His hair was a long, tied into a low bun in the back of his head. His hair was also pink, that had to be the most manly colour Tommy's ever seen, second to red obviously.

"Uh...You okay?" The guy spoke and holy fuck mother of christ and all things precious was his voice deep.
It broke Tommy out of his trance as Tommy nodded slowly, who the hell was this guy? No way he was human, maybe an alien of some sort because Tommy scanned him and he was not an android. His system must be hacked because this guy could not be real..

"Yeah yeah i'm fine! A-Okay! Nothings wrong here nope, just walking the streets and minding my own business." Tommy rambled as he scrambled (Haha that rhymes) to his feet.
The guy looked at him with an expression that told Tommy he didn't exactly believe his words. "Okay then...What are you doing out this late at night. Shouldn't you be at home or something?"

"Y'know what? You are very right Mr. right guy! That's what people should call you, Mr. Right because you're so..." Tommy trailed off when he saw the guy's bemused expression.
"Well i've gotta go, can't have my very normal parents worrying about their amazing son now can we?" God, Tommy really needs to stop talking.

"Okay. I don't think you should be walking home this late at night on your own. If you need me to walk you home then I could. As a cop I don't know if I can just let you walk home so late at night by yourself." He offered.

A what.

Okay something had to be faulty with his system. How the FUCK did Tommy miss this guy being a whole ass COP!?!
"That is perfectly fine, I'm good on my own. If anyone tried anything on me i'd kill em! or just injure them because Murder is illegal in Detroit..." Tommy and The guy stared at each other for what had only been a few seconds but rather felt like decades.

"Kid liste-" And with that, Tommy did what he he like to call the awesome manly power move.
He fucking ran.

He ran as fast as he could down the street, ignoring the guy shouting for him to come back. The blonde booked it through an alleyway. Jumping the chainlink fence and running back to his house.
If he got caught, that'd be the end of it. No more fun conversations with his friends. No more banter and bickering between the three about the dumbest shit possible. Fuck did Tommy love those two idiots.

Tommy ran until he made it back home. Knocking on the old door so hard he was afraid it might break for a second.
Loud clattering was heard from the other side, the blonde assumed the two were doing something stupid like the stupid idiots they were.

"RANBOO, TUBBO, OPEN THE DAMN DOOR I'M ABOUT TO DIE!!" Tommy, yelled loudly from the other side. From the other side, tommy heard the comically loud sounds of locks opening.

The door swung open with so much force it could cause a tornado and Tommy was grabbed by the collar and pulled inside, The door closing behind him.
"Tommy you absolute dumbass do you know how fucking worried I was!?! I said be back at 4 FUCKING 30 THE LATEST. RANBOO, WHAT TIME IS IT." Tubbo turned his attention to Ranboo.

"Uh...It's currently 11:26 PM." Ranboo replied as Tubbo shook the blonde violently. If Tommy was human he would no doubt get whiplashed from that.
"DO YOU HEAR THAT? HUH? 11:26. TOMMY FUCKING INNIT. THAT'S SEVEN HOURS YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOT. IF YOU WEREN'T MY BEST FRIEND AND I CARED ABOUT YOU SO DAMN MUCH I'D DROWN YOU." God he brought out the full name, Tommy needs to do something and quick before he dies by the hands of an angry Tubbo.

"Tubbo, my best friend, the light of my life, the apple of my eye, I understand that you're worried and all but i'm really tired so if you could-"
"YOU'RE TIRED?! YOU'RE FUCKING TIRED!? I WAS TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU FOR OVER SEVEN HOURS AND YOU THINK YOU'RE TIRED?!?! TOMMY I SWEAR TO GOD-"

Tommy'll spare you the details. Tubbo proceeded to curse him out for 30 minutes before Ranboo had to calm him down before someone called the police.
It's not like Tommy didn't understand Tubbo's concern. If Tubbo stayed out for over seven hours more than he was supposed to Tommy would've done the same...Probably...

Well it didn't matter now. That strange fucking cop was gone and Tommy was finally able to go to sleep with all his friends. He never had to see that cop again.

...Right...?

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Tubbo loved his best friends dearly.

But fucking hell do they piss him off, mostly Tommy, almost always Tommy.
He somehow manages to get himself stuck in the most shit situations, get out of them easily, then act like they never even happened.

It's not like Tubbo was angry about it, his friend was just one slippery little fuck.
He was swift and fast, he was good at thinking quickly when it really mattered. Tommy was a rat, and his friends loved him for it.

Above all however, Tommy wasn't one to usually arrive home late.
They all had a curfew, Tommy and Ranboo's being the same and Tubbo's just a little longer because he said so and the others were too afraid to object.

The brunette would be lying if he said that his best friend ALWAYS came home on time.
Sometimes he'd arrive home past his curfew, but when he did it would only ever be a few minutes afterwards, 20 minutes the latest.

Tubbo was used to seeing Tommy home by at the most 4:45 PM.
So when he came home at fucking 11:26 PM, it was, unsafe to say, Tubbo was going to kill him.

If Ranboo hadn't stopped him, Tubbo would probably have went on for 2 hours.
Because if there was one thing he cared about in this world, It was the safety of all of his friends.

Tubbo ended up reducing Tommy's curfew down to 4:00 PM because he obviously can't be trusted.
He also made him unable to leave unless he or Ranboo went with him. The blonde protested, but Tubbo simply stared him down until he went quiet.

If they don't fear you, are they really your best friends?

Tubbo would map out the area the next day, circling the places they've already been and giving the three a clear understanding of where else was left to check.
The brunette went with Tommy to scout an unchecked area whereas Ranboo went off elsewhere, promising to meet up with the others later on if he was finished quickly.

The area the duo had decided to check was simply okay. not the best place to live in but certainly not the worst.
Ranboo made sure everyone left as early as possible so they could have the most time, it wasn't exactly safe to be scouting random places late at night.

After hours of searching, the two came across what they'd like to consider and fucking goldmind.
It was an old abandoned house in a rundown neighbourhood. The house was a bit bigger than the last they had stayed in.

The house was wooden with white paint peeling off the outside.
Some of the windows were smashed, but it was nothing they couldn't fix with the tarp at their old place.

The two did a quick look inside, making sure nothing seemed too bad.
Neither wanted the ceiling to fucking cave in because they didn't properly check to see if it was safe enough to live in.

Luckily, it did seem relatively kept together, just enough for them to live somewhat comfortably.
It took them less time than they expected to find a new place to stay in and thank fuck for that because Tubbo was not going back to that stupid company to be sold to some weirdo all because they can't seem to be a parent.

After fully assessing the house and coming to the conclusion that they could stay there for a while, the two went out to get Ranboo.
A small smile made its way to the brunette's face. A heavy weight lifted off his shoulders at the fact that they probably weren't going back to that place anytime soon.

If Tubbo could cry, he would be sobbing right now.

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How on earth did he manage this.

Ranboo raced down the street of Detroit, a yell could be heard from far behind him but the boy made no attempt to see where it came from.
Because he knew exactly where it came from.

Ranboo wasn't trying to get himself found out, but sometimes he forgot that he's an android and not a human.
Normally his LED was hidden underneath his hair. Somehow, someway, the android had let it show when he ran his fingers through his hair.

Infront of a cop. Yes. Infront of a cop. Like an idiot.
Now he was running like his life depended on it because it did.

He bumped into objects and people alike as he ran as fast as his legs could take him, searching for a place where he could perhaps hide.
His eyes fell on an alleyway. The android smiled slightly, surely they're far away enough not to know where he ran.

Ranboo made a sharp turn into the alleyway, finding a dumpster and making the decision to hide inside.
He opened the lid and...Closed it immediately as he saw its contents. Nope. No way.

Tommy would've shut down if he saw that.
The android made another quick decision, deciding to look for another place to hide.

That idea was quickly cut off however, as the android heard the police sirens he ran to hide on the side of the dumpster, pressing himself as closely to the wall as possible.
Ranboo brought his knees up to his chest and buried his face in his arms, curling up into a ball.

He looked to his side and saw a chocolate coin wrapper.
It made him think of....

"Oh Micheal? Where are you?" Ranboo looked through the house for the toddler, ignoring the quiet giggles he heard from behind the couch.
"Jeez...I can't seem to find him anywhere..." The android placed his index finger and thumb on his chin, faking a ponder.
"Oh! I know who could help me!" He snapped his fingers in realisation.

"Bee!" The butler yelled out for the other android.
In less then a minute, Tubbo walked into the living room. "Is something the matter?" The caretaker asked.

"I can't seem to find Micheal anywhere...I've been searching for hours and he's no where to be found." Ranboo informed the same second Micheal snickered from behind the couch again.
Tubbo looked confused for a second before his eyes widened in realisation, a smile making its way on his face. "Really now? Let's see if I can help."

The brunette searched along with Ranboo, the two of them searching everywhere but behind the couch even as they heard the giggling of the toddler.
"Y'know Boo..." Tubbo began as he closed the closet door for what had to be the fifth time.

"Do you think he could be...Behind the couch...?" The android suggested and Ranboo gasped dramatically.
"He couldn't possibly...Do you really think so?" In to which Tubbo nodded.

"I'm not sure...But you never know until you try" Tubbo said as he made his way slowly towards the couch, the toddler failing miserably to muffle his laughs.
"There you are!" The brunette exclaimed as he looked behind the couch to see a toddler no older than five.

"Bee!" Micheal laughed as he ran into Tubbo and gave him a hug.
Tubbo lifted the toddler into his arms. "You're so good at hiding! We thought you might have left the house!"

Ranboo walked over to the two with a fond smile. "I think you won that round Micheal. A winner deserves a winner prize, don't you agree Bee?" Ranboo turned to the caretaker who nodded.
"Oh absolutely" He agreed at the same time Micheal went "I wanna prize!"

The butler walked out of the living room and came back with both of his hands behind his back.
He walked over to the toddler who was being held on Tubbo's hip.

Ranboo placed both of his closed fists infront of Micheal, holding them both upright. "Choose wisely now." He informed.
Micheal placed a small hand over Ranboo's left fist and the android opened it, revealing a chocolate coin.

"Choco coin!" The toddler grabbed the coin and let out shrieks of happiness.
"And what do you say when someone gives you something nice?" Tubbo looked to Micheal expectantly.

The toddler looked to Tubbo then back at Ranboo.
"I wuv you!" Micheal said with a bright smile and Ranboo sweared he felt himself melt.

"No Micheal, you say 'thank you', remember?" Tubbo reminded him. Holding back his laughter at the toddler's response.
"Ohh!" Micheal made a face of realisation "Thank you Boo!" Micheal tried again and Ranboo chuckled softly before ruffling his hair.

"You are so very welcome Micheal." The android said fondly as he watched the toddler attempt to open the wrapper with his chubby hands.
Micheal whined as he fumbled with the coin in attempt to open it. He eventually gave up and handed it to Ranboo.

"Open please." The toddler said politely and Ranboo couldn't say no to that.
"Of course." The android said as he opened the wrapper with ease and gave it back to the toddler. "There you go."

"Thank you!" Micheal gave him a toothy grin and Ranboo smiled warmly at him.
"You're welcome, but this means you're going to have to eat all of your dinner okay?" Ranboo said.

Micheal made a face and let out a noise of discontentment. "But I don't wanna..." He whined with a pout. "Well then I guess no more chocolate coins for you." Tubbo said matter of factly and Micheal let out a gasp.

"No!" Micheal shouted. "I'll eat!" the toddler said, determined to keep getting his chocolate coins.
"Good boy Micheal." Ranboo praised him.

In this moment, Ranboo felt content.
Content to stay there and watch his Micheal get excited over a chocolate coin.
Content to keep searching for him when they played hide and seek even when he heard him laugh so audibly from his hiding spot.
Content to-

"What the hell did you do you brat!" The master yelled as he walked towards Micheal, a vase shattered on the floor a few inches away from him.
"I didn't mean-..."

SLAP

And then Micheal was on the floor.
Ranboo wanted to get up and help Micheal, to push Micheal's father away from him because that was his boy how dare he hurt his son- he couldn't bare to watch Micheal get hurt.

As he was about to move, he watched Tubbo barrel himself into the man, pushing him to the floor. "Don't you fucking touch him!" Tubbo yelled and Ranboo ran over to the now sobbing toddler. "Shh, it's okay baby...You're okay..." He reassured him as he held the toddler tightly, blocking out the shouting that came from Tubbo and the master.

Then he heard a loud crash and then-

"Holy shit...You okay there mate? What are you doing in a fucking alleyway??" He heard a voice above his and his eyes made their way to the source.
A man with neck length blonde hair put into a small ponytail in the back of his head and blue eyes looked at him with with concern and confusion.

Ah fuck. Ranboo was screwed.