Chapter 2

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TW// hallucination.

[Ranboo's pov]

"Tommy sent a dm saying 'your camera was on'."

I sort of caught on on what it was about but acted like I didn't because Riley was there and I didn't want her to worry about it. I nodded and just changed the subject.

"So, how's school?"

My dad never necessarily cared for Riley, nor did he bother to send Riley to school, so I helped her get into online school. I think she would've liked going to school compared to doing it online, she's more of a social butterfly type person. I could never be. That's mainly the reason why I was happy when I didn't have to enter highschool.

She turned to me and furrowed her eyebrows. "I have a one week break, remember?"

"That's this week?" I asked, combining the rice ingredients.

"Yeah," she answered. "Our math teacher is drowning us with homework for the week because of stupid Anna."

I chuckled. "What did Anna do this time?"

"She insisted the teacher give us homework. How is she every teacher's pet?"

"She's hilarious. Need help with your math?"

"She's not, and no. Math is easy."

"You're so different compared to me."

"Yeah, you don't go to school."

"No, but like, I used to despise math when I was your age."

"It's only fun when you know what you're doing."

"That," I laughed, switching off the stove heat. "That can easily be applied to anything in life."

Once I was finished making food, I took a bowl of the fried rice for Riley and brought it to her room as the both of us walked upstairs.

I stayed with her while she was eating, replying to Tommy's Discord message in the meantime.

TommyInnit
ranboo i know your parents didn't call you
you were staring at the screen and biting your lips like you do when you're anxious
your camera was on

Ranboo
Did your stream see me?

TommyInnit
no they didnt
can you tell me the real reason why you left the call?

Ranboo
I remembered a chore I had to do and that was it lol don't worry

TommyInnit
why were you biting your lips then

Ranboo
I don't know man, I zoned out

TommyInnit
you know you don't have to lie to me right

Ranboo
I'm literally not even lying

TommyInnit
are you sure?
i just wanna help if something's wrong

Ranboo
Thanks Tommy but I'm fine

"Aren't you hungry?" Riley asked, scraping the last bit of her food off the ceramic bowl.

I switched off my phone and replied, "no."

She tossed me a concerned look.

"I'll eat later, don't worry," I added, taking her empty bowl.

I went downstairs and washed the bowl, hearing my dad come down as well. I prepared a plate of food and kept it on the dining table for him. My phone buzzed, and I instantly clicked on the notification.

Tubbo
ranboooooooooooo
vc? :D

Ranboo
Sure :)
Gimme a sec

I smiled at my phone screen before going back to my room. I opened Discord on my pc before calling Tubbo and clicking the camera on button.

"Ranboo," he called, dragging the 'o'.

"Hey, Tubbo," I greeted, seeing his face through Discord. "What's up?"

"I'm on my hardcore world, want to join?"

"Is this the same world Tommy joined two weeks ago?" I over-questioned.

He chuckled before answering. "No, I died in that world a few days after Tommy came on."

I laughed along with him. "Are you streaming, by the way?"

"Nope."

We continued talking, I eventually joined Tubbo's new hardcore world and went mining to collect resources for him.

It was about pass 2 hours when I started to hear some distant yelling, but I couldn't tell if I was just hearing things. Sometimes the voices overlap each other and I wouldn't be able to tell what it's saying.

Worthless piece of shit

That was way too clear to be true. No, literally, it's just one of those voices again.

"Ranboo, you stole my crafting table."

Hearing my door slam close, I pushed my headphones off my head and turned around. It was Riley, she ran towards me.

"He yelled at me," she said in a small voice, tinier than a whisper. "I'm scared."

"Stay in my room," I told her after getting up from my seat, gently pushing her to my gaming chair that she was far too short for.

I got out of my room, seeing my dad at the bottom of the staircase.

"Why the fuck was she downstairs?" He asked sternly.

I will never understand his hatred for Riley. I don't get why he blames her for Mom's death. He's been hiding what happened to Mom, what if he...

"I'm asking you a question."

He's not letting you out of this one

"I'm streaming," I confidently said a lie. "Can we talk about this later?"

"Thirty minutes. If you don't come down by then, I'll come to you."

After seeing him walk away, I left for my room as well.

You're on a call with Tubbo

He knows

You fucked up.

I whispered to Riley, "I'm on a call with Tubbo."

"I'm staying in your room," she whispered back.

It didn't matter, my camera was on and I'm sure Tubbo saw Riley run in. I put my headphones on before speaking.

"Hey, Tubbo, meet my sister."

I turned the chair and Riley said, "hi."

"SINCE WHEN DID YOU HAVE A SISTER!?"

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