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Tubbo, Fit, Pac and basically everyone was called into The Order for a meeting. The meeting was called so that Cellbit could tell some people what they have missed and help them catch up. People have stayed in The Order though, just chatting. Tubbo was at the table in the meeting room, he was zoned out, but suddenly realized something.
"That's weird…" Tubbo said.
"What's weird?" Fit, who sat next to him, asked.
"Cellbit." Tubbo said.
"What about him?" Fit asked, he tilted his head a little as he looked at Cellbit.
"His teeth are…very sharp. They seem sharp at least." Tubbo said.
"Sharp?" Fit asked, confused.
"Yeah, have you noticed that?" Tubbo asked as he looked at Fit.
"No? How did you even notice?" Fit asked.
"I was zoned out, and sometimes I just focus on one thing, and Cellbit is right in front of me, so it got into my brain and I realized something I didn't even see before." Tubbo replied.
"It's strange." Tubbo added as he looked at Cellbit again, who was talking to Etoiles.
"I mean, that's just how his teeth are, probably." Fit said.
"I mean, yeah. But…nobody else has it like that." Tubbo replied.
"What about Bad?" Fit asked.
"Bad is a demon or something, Cellbit's human." Tubbo said.
"Is he? How do we know?" Fit said.
"If he wasn't, he surely would tell Roier and then Roier would tell someone else and then it would spread until everyone knew, Cellbit would find out, be mad for like 10 seconds and then they would kiss or something." Tubbo blurted out. Fit chuckled a little.
"Tubbo, Roier is not you. He doesn't leak every other thing. I'm sure he can keep a secret." Fit said.
"I can keep secrets too, I have you know!" Tubbo said, raising his voice a bit.
"Sure…" Fit replied, very sarcastically.
"Fuck off." Tubbo said, but then his attention shifted to Cellbit's unusually sharp teeth again.
Tubbo saw Pac, so Tubbo grabbed Pac and whispered: "Hey, Pac."
"Wh- what Tubbo?" Pac asked, confused as he was just suddenly grabbed by the rule-breaking owner of the Tubbo Chunk.
"Why are Cellbit's teeth sharp?" Tubbo asked simply.
"What?" Pac said. "Oh-...I mean, I don't know." Pac replied, as he got a bit anxious.
"Are you alright, Pac?" Fit asked softly.
"I'm fine. Just-...Why are you asking me this? What- How did this start?" Pac asked.
"I zoned out." Tubbo just said with no further context.
Pac just looked at the two for a few seconds before just saying: "Well, I don't know guys. Anyway-"
"Waitwaitwait- I'm really curious about this!" Tubbo cut him off.
"Why!?" Pac asked.
"Why are you not!?" Tubbo replied.
"I don't want to discuss Cellbit's teeth!" Pac said with certainty, before his tone changed a bit. "I mean- like, why would I? It's such a random topic." Pac said, stuttering a little. Both Tubbo and Fit saw that Pac seemed a bit weird and defensive about this. He had it in his voice. The unexplained irritation or anger and uneasiness.
"Do teeth freak you out?" Tubbo asked.
"What? No. That's stupid." Pac replied.
"I mean, when you think about it, teeth are strange. So…no judgement. Maybe you have a phobia." Fit said.
"It's not like that." Pac said.
"Then what is it?" Tubbo asked. Both Tubbo and Fit were expecting an explanation. Or at least some sort of hint as to why Pac was weird about this. Cellbit was in the corridor, still talking to Etoiles, though Forever joined the conversation as well. They were discussing the codes.
"You…remember when I said that Cellbit had a past? And how I warned you about him when the eggs went missing?" Pac asked, quietly. Tubbo and Fit both nodded.
"Look- I don't want to talk about it but there is no other way to say it so I'll just say it…" Pac said nervously.
"Cellbit is a cannibal! Or- was…at least." Pac blurted out.
"He's what!?" Both Tubbo and Fit asked, both of them shocked at what they had learned.
"I know you said Cellbit had a past. But cannibalism is not what I would expect." Fit said.
"Me neither! Does that mean he killed people?" Tubbo said. Pac answered after a few seconds.
"A lot of people." Pac said.
"Oh shit…" Fit said.
"But like…it was like bad people, surely…right?" Tubbo asked. Pac didn't respond.
"How did that even happen?" Fit asked.
"I don't know why he was like that. He was like that when we met him, me and Mike. He…He was horrible." Pac said softly.
"But-" Tubbo said, his mind trying to comprehend that the guy who he has been saving evidence for and relied on was a cannibal.
"He's just a guy who solves puzzles and is married." Tubbo said. Fit smiled at that sentence for a second.
"Well, he wasn't always like that. He's changed, a lot. I've been scared of him, for a while. It's better now, after the whole pills incident. And I trust him. But…I still don't want to see him angry." Pac explained, a little fidgety.
"I see." Fit said.
"But that doesn't explain why you don't want to talk about the teeth specifically. Wouldn't you just not want to talk about everything from your past as a whole?" Tubbo asked.
Pac looked down, he looked at his leg, the lower part of it being a prosthetic. He had had it for a long while now.
Pac looked at it, and then at Tubbo, looked at it and then at Tubbo. Tubbo got it and his face was one of shock.
"CELLBIT DID WHAT!?" Tubbo shouted.
"What are you talking about?" Cellbit asked as he peeked into the meeting room, confused. Though he just thought they were chatting shit.
"Nothing!" Pac stuttered.
"Nothing!" Tubbo said after Pac. Sounding a bit mischievous and sarcastic.
"Nothing." Fit said, who sounded tired but straight forward.
"Okay." Cellbit simply replied as he greeted Bad who joined him, Forever and Etoiles in their discussion.
"But for real, are you telling me Cellbit ate your leg!?" Tubbo said, a little more quietly.
"I don't want to talk about it, but yeah." Pac replied.
"Oh my God." Tubbo said.
"Are you okay?" Fit asked Pac.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's been years." Pac said.
"Do you want to talk about it at some point?" Fit asked.
"Yeah. I probably should…" Pac said.
"Sorry man." Tubbo said, apologizing for being the reason this was brought up.
"It's okay. I need to get better anyway. I can't avoid it." Pac said.
Cellbit came back to the meeting room to check up on them.
"Are you chatting shit about me? What's going on?" Cellbit laughed. He assumed that the Morning Crew would be just talking fofoca. All of them briefly talked about recent events. Everyone was gone by this time and Fit had to leave too. Pac and Tubbo on the other hand, decided to stay for a little longer and work on The Order. All three chatted about random stuff. Eventually, Tubbo left. Leaving only Pac and Cellbit in The Order. But Pac felt peaceful. It was late, it was quiet. But it didn't feel bad. He liked improving The Order late at night with Cellbit and felt strange calmness wash over him. Maybe it was because both of them were tired, maybe it was the atmosphere. Maybe it was both. But Pac realized that he was getting better. And that was what mattered at the moment. He felt calm. Cellbit and Pac both lost track of time and they both ended up sitting on the ground, leaning on each other. They were both really tired. Pac fell asleep with his head on Cellbit's shoulder. Cellbit fell asleep as well. After about half an hour, Roier walked in.
"What the fuck!" Roier said, waking up both Cellbit and Pac.
"Are you cheating on me, pendejo!?" Roier joked.
"You're a pendejo!" Cellbit laughed.
"Filho da puta…" Cellbit said, sounding tired. Pac laughed as well, softly.
Roier had to leave because Foolish and Jaiden had distracted him. Probably with a prank or something. Cellbit and Pac didn't move from their place on the floor though. They just couldn't bother standing up. Cellbit was still leaning against the wall, while Pac eventually rested his head in Cellbit's lap. They were both too tired as they just fell asleep again. They were both at peace, at least for tonight.