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Tommy's teeth chattered as the cold wind blew past him, his whole body quivered in the coldness of the night. In front of him, there was a hole that was dug by him, inside there were remnants of his leather armor and a pickaxe. All of his tools were burned by Dream, tears threatened to spill from his eyes but he held it in because a big man never cries and he is a big man.
Dream had left him in exile all alone, it was a perfect opportunity for him to try and run if only the shackles were not on his legs to stop him from escaping. He could only lean against the rough surface of the tree bark and dream of escaping. Tommy smiled as he stared at the decorated table. It was his only source of happiness.
“It's fine, they'll come tomorrow..” Tommy thought to himself. Tomorrow is going to be a big day and he promised to himself that nothing will ruin it.
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The day had finally arrived. Tommy sat excitedly on his makeshift chair, the surface was a bit rough for him to sit on but chair is chair regardless, beggars can't be choosers after all. Dream came back earlier than expected and he brought a cake with him, by that time Tommy was still decorating.
“Hello Tommy, having fun?” Dream chuckled under his mask as he placed the cake onto the table. Tommy became suspicious at Dream's sudden act of kindness, he even helped him decorate and cut the cake into slices for him. Tommy kept on staring at the cake, Dream saw this and he chuckled.
“Come on Tommy, I'm your friend! Of course I'm going to bring you a cake today” Dream said. “Don't you trust me?” He asked.
“Of course I do, I just-” Tommy was quickly cutted off by Dream.
“It's fine Tommy, I understand”
Tommy had a feeling that he shouldn't trust him at all.
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Hours had passed. Tommy was still waiting for his friends to come by but none of them came, not even ghostbur. “It's fine, they're just busy at this moment, I'll just have to wait for a couple of minutes” and Tommy waited. Dream sat across from him, he happily ate the cake that he had brought earlier. Oddly enough, his slice is quite larger compared to Dream slice.
“You should eat it Tommy, you don't want to eat it when it's warm”
“I know but what about,” Tommy paused for a bit, he glanced at the clock and then at his cake “you're right..I'll eat it now”. Tommy took a bite of his cake and it didn't taste very delicious but considering that Dream had spent hours just to get him cake, Tommy kept on eating it. Then as he was about to finish, he suddenly felt something in his mouth, it was pretty sharp for him, he tried to spat it out but Dream immediately stopped him.
“Don't you fucking dare, you better swallow it” Dream glared at him, his fork fell onto the table. Tommy wanted to throw it out but seeing Dream angry just immediately made him follow his order.
“Good, after you finish eating clean this mess”
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Tommy had experienced every pain possible, Dream went out again so it's just him alone. His throat hurts so much to the point that he can't speak, eat or even drink. Tommy mentally cursed himself, god he was such a fucking idiot. He didn't even know why he acted that way nor does he know why he followed his tormentor command, maybe he was finally broken?
Tommy hasn't felt like he was himself for a long time, it was as if that Dream slowly took away what made him, himself.
“Dream wouldn't do that, he's your friend”
Dream finally came back, he wore the same smirk as the day that Tommy was escorted out of L’manberg.
“Hello Tommy” Dream said.
Tommy opened his mouth to tell him to fuck off but all of that comes out instead is a pained wheeze. Tommy wanted to yell at him, he wanted to tell him to fuck off but he can't.
His voice is gone.
“It's nice to not have to listen to you yapping all around” Dream chuckled.
I'm going to fucking kill you.
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Tommy is now back at the comfort of his home. Well, it's not as comfortable as it is in L'manberg but still, at least he has a bed to lay on now
“Tommy it will all be fine, Dream is gone now” Techno said as he draped his cloak around the shaken Tommy. Tommy looks up at Techno with tears filling his eyes.
“He tortured me techno, he tries to fucking kill me everyday”
Philza turned to look at Tommy with a saddened look on his face, his eyes filled with guilt, sadness and a glint of anger.
“We're sorry Tommy…we should've came sooner”
Tommy wanted to be mad at them, but he was still in pain. He could only lean on Techno's body, basking in the warmth of his older brother
He will get revenge soon.