━━━ THAT NIGHT YOU LAY AWAKE

The promise Dream had made to you kept lingering through your mind.

You felt wary of the words you had said to him to which it was obvious, it had made you feel very conflicted by it. It was just an answer to a simple question but still, you knew whatever you said to him might cause a big impact on your life.

'Did I fuck up?' You asked yourself as you rested your arm on your forehead. Feeling a lump form in your throat as you kept thinking about it.

You let out a huff as your arm that had once rested on your forehead narrowed down onto your eyes, covering them. Eventually, the sound of silence and the sight of darkness had let you drift off to sleep.

...

Or so you thought it would.

A sudden sound of multiple loud knocks on your door echoed through your ears to which had made your eyes shot wide open, your arm had dropped onto the mattress, creating a muffled thud. Clearly, the noise shocked you. After all, who in their right mind would be knocking on your door at midnight- a psychopath, perhaps.

You groaned in annoyance as a response to the sound as you sat up and messily ruffled your hair out of irritation. You leisurely walked towards the door of your room and there, a blue message was displayed on it.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

YOUR ROOM IS ON SLEEP MODE

INFORMATION:

• ° SLEEP MODE is an energy-saving state that allows activity to resume when fully powered. This mode will also allow better adjustments to your area when sleeping. ° •

Deactivating this mode may
allow your door to be open at once.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

「 Would you like to deactivate it? 」

[ Yes ] or [ No ]

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The dim lights of the room had lit up and the door to your room had opened to reveal Tommy standing in front of you as he let go of his brunette friend's arm. You assumed that he had made his brunette friend follow him.

"Heeeyyyy (Y/N).." Tommy greeted awkwardly.

You were not in the right mind to talk to anyone at the moment, heck, you were even known to be grouchy whenever you didn't get the peaceful rest you wanted, no, needed.

Though, despite it, you still tried your best to tolerate the situation and asked the boy standing in front of you with the patience you had left within;

"What are you doing here?"

"I- uh... I need your help on something." He responded and you let out a heavy sigh.

"Isn't it late?" You argued.

"It won't take too long, I swear! It'll only take a minute!" The boy said rather rushingly and pulled you by the arm.

The three of you had been walking through the silent hallways for what felt like hours and you still couldn't figure out what the blonde boy was trying to ask help for. Meanwhile, Tubbo didn't seem to be much bothered by this. He seemed to be deep in thought as he walked and you ruffled your hair slightly in annoyance.

"Tommy, what are you trying to ask help for? I really wanna go back to sleep.." You complained and the boy you had asked silently thought to himself for a moment before parting his lips to talk;

"I just needed to find my journal."

"Didn't you say you wanted to call (Y/N) because you were having a bad dream-"

"That's not true!" Tommy quickly denied Tubbo's claim in a defensive manner as he stopped on his tracks to face him.

You raised a brow at Tommy. "Is this what it's all about?" You asked and the blonde boy's face had turned slightly flushed as he couldn't help but felt embarrassed.

"No! Of course not!" He denied once again before his expression fell into a frown and his eyes averted onto his side.

"I mean... I was just... AGH, THIS IS SO CHILDISH!" He argued with himself and your eyes softened at the boy.

"Let's just go back. I think I can try and find my journal tomorrow." He said.

"Not until you tell me about it." You said but Tommy didn't utter a word and had instead fallen silent.

"I think he's having one of those dreams where he's scared of losing something," Tubbo said, which made you turn to look at him.

"Losing what?" You asked.

"I don't know, alright?!" Tommy exclaimed in frustration and you turned to him with a surprised look on your face.

Silence had filled the air momentarily between the three of you before a question had escaped your lips.

"How do you not know?"

"Listen, (Y/N), have you ever felt that feeling as if someone is going to take something so valuable from you? Something that made you feel.. safe and comfortable..?" Tommy asked.

"You mean something you could call 'home?" You clarified to which had made both Tommy and Tubbo look at you with a confused expression.

"Home..?" Tommy asked.

"It's like a place where you could feel happy. It doesn't exactly have to be something, it could be someone too." You explained.

"Well I mean, yeah, I guess it is home," Tommy admitted.

"But I really don't want to talk about it.." He added in which he turned his head away and you could only stare at the sight of the frustrated and sad boy with a frown on your face.

"...."

"I don't.. really know... if I could relate to this but.." Tubbo muttered to himself as the atmosphere between the three of you felt rather gloomy and his eyes later averted to you.

"Hey (Y/N), what about you drawing your house for us?" Tubbo suggested as he pulled out a stylus pen and what seems to be a metallic scroll-like device from his coat pockets.

"Draw? Uh, sure, I guess." You accepted as he pulled the device apart, just like a normal scroll, and there a transparent screen was revealed.

A white-colored background had then slowly covered the screen and Tubbo had then lent the device to you to which you carefully took. Tubbo pulled Tommy closer towards you as his eyes slowly averted to the screen you were about to draw on.

"Okay, so let's start with the most basic part of my house which is my room." You said, drawing lines onto the screen.

"As you can see, my room isn't really specifically located properly so let's move on to my living room instead." You continued, drawing a curved line onto it.

"Basically, my living room is connected to my room, and lastly, here are some details of what I have in my house." You said, putting on some finishing touches onto your drawing and lending the finished product for them to view entirely.

"Wow..." Tubbo said, gazing at the final piece that was drawn onto the white screen.

Original image by Minho (Stray Kids) our beloved !!

"This is exquisite." Tubbo continued, analyzing the details of the art he was witnessing right before his eyes while Tommy tried to not show much of an interest in it━ but it was obvious that he was slightly intrigued by it, considering his eyes seemed to glance over every now and then.

"I thought your house was gonna be really big or something," Tubbo said, giving a light shrug.

"Dude, my house is literally located on the side of the busy streets. If anything, I'm basically broke." You said as you pieced the device together like it was before and lightly hit Tommy's head with it.

"Owh! What was that for?!" He exclaimed as he scowled at you, a noticeable change in his expression, unlike the neutral one he had on before.

"Don't be too serious. You'll be okay, alright?" You told him as he glared at you while rubbing his head onto where you had hit him.

"Jeez, you could've just told me that without hitting my head, woman." Tommy grumbled and you let out a small laugh. The conversation caused Tubbo to smile slightly.

"Tommy, your future is bright. You don't have to worry about losing anything." You said reassuringly. You had noticed the boy's anxious habit of fidgeting with his fingers, lightly picking at them with a zoned-out expression.

"How are you so sure about that?" He asked, looking at you with visible confusion on his face; though he would never admit it. You simply smiled at him.

"Well, what do you want to do in the future?" You asked, a plan to boost his motivation already formatting in your mind.

"I... I guess I want to continue working with RE:LIFE..? At least... I want to help Wilbur.." He said obvious hesitation in his voice. Of course, Tommy wasn't like most teens that would reply with ambitious jobs. His answer was practical and the fact that he wants to continue with Wilbur warmed your heart.

"Then go for it. You already have a goal so that's a start to having a bright future, but.. why would you want to help Wilbur?" Bewilderment donned your face as you tilted your head slightly, reaching a hand up to scratch the nape of your neck habitually.

"Because no matter what happens, I want to be able to stand by him and Tubbo. I want to be able to follow them wherever they go." Certainty laced his tone, as though he was pumped with the will to win.

"You're already doing well on the following me around thing though," Tubbo said, which made the blonde boy glare at him right after he said that.

"Shut up, if anything you're the one who's always following me. You could just stay or leave if you want to." He said as he folded his arms together across his chest. Head turned the other direction, brows furrowed. A huff escaped him as an act to appear cold and unbothered.

"Alright then, I'll just go back to our room," Tubbo said, rotating himself to turn the way back. Stopping and looking over his shoulder with his brow raised.

"Yeah, yeah, go ahead," Tommy said, frowning as his friend took a few steps away from the two of you. Turning his head back to look at Tubbo with his eyes squinting as if commanding him.

"You sure you want me to leave?" Tubbo said with a smile on his face, tilting his head while positioning his arms behind his back.

"Yeah, it's fine.." He dragged on ever so slightly, pressing his lips together in a tight smile.

"You seem kinda sad about it." His partner in crime replied in a jovial sing-song tone, taking a step backward to seem as though he was leaving.

"No, no. As I said, you're the clingy one here." Tommy said as he tried not to act disappointed at his brunette friend who was currently about to leave.

"Let's just walk back together." You said as you let out another laugh, deciding to step in their... whatever this was before Tubbo actually leaves- seeing as Tommy was quite a stubborn boy.

"Clingy bitch boy here seems pretty attached to you, Tubbo." You continued as the three of you started walking back, eyeing the said clingy boy playfully.

"I am not attached! This woman is really starting to get on my nerves right now." Tommy said as he stomped his way slightly farther from you and Tubbo; in a way to prove that he wasn't that much attached to his best friend.

"This boy.." You muttered as you shook your head left to right at the boy's attitude with a small smile on your face.

"Also, (Y/N).." Tubbo called out suddenly, shifting his gaze to you whilst the two of you continued trailing shortly after Tommy.

"Hm?" You hummed in response, though your eyes were downcasted to your feet, observing the slight imperfections in the ground.

Tubbo stayed silent for a split second, gathering his thoughts to form the question lingering in his mind. "I hope you don't mind but what's the relationship between you and Dream?" He asked to which you raised a brow at him.

"Why are you asking?"

"He seemed pretty close to you when you guys first met. Which was weird since his files were still missing and the only people he had recognized were me and Wilbur." Tubbo explained thoroughly, brows furrowed as he recalled the earlier days.

"Why only you and Wilbur?" Curiosity filled you, seeing as Tommy worked with the pair too.

"Tommy and Dream don't seem to get along that well.."

"Oh.." You muttered.

"Well, if you're asking about it... I'd actually say we're acquaintances.." You said.

"Nothing more?"

"Nothing more.."

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Created on 3 December 2020
Edited on 29 May 2021
Edited by MeIlohi @hanamocha

Mellohi carried everything tbh, im jist there to check and fix a few words here and there. Pls support em:"D

RE:LIFE discord motherfuckers:

THE MODS ARE DEAD
AND HORNY 🥳🎉

KIDS DONT DO DRUGS, YEAH?
p. s, the two who are featured in this picture is going to get an auto kick /j
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(not yet at least...)

awee a lovely sight of a parent and the queen supporting fresh minty mint to cause chaos and destruction through revolutionizing technology and demanding power 🥺🥺🥺