Just as he promised, Tubbo ended up getting restaurant food for dinner since the kitchen was quite messy when he returned from the nuke program. Jack's repairs took a bit of time but were not rough enough to where he couldn't hangout with his family after dinner. They had gone into the lounge room to just hangout together and play with the kids. Time flew by and night time hours had rolled around. Puffy and Tubbo had gone to the little ones ready for bed while Ranboo got Jack situated in one of the guest rooms so he wouldn't have to worry about getting back to his house so late. Bath time had gone smoothly and soon both Michael and Tommy were in their respective pajamas. Now the only problem left was getting them to sleep. Michael was quite stubborn at first but ended up falling asleep after a while. Yet it was much harder to get Tommy to sleep for some reason. They had tried reading, feeding, and just talking to him but it seemed all their efforts were in vain. It was midnight and Tubbo & Puffy were just in the lounge room while they watched the small blonde just roll around the floor, full of energy. Both brunettes were clinging onto the small amount of energy they were getting from the coffee they made.
Eventually Puffy ended up dozing off first, leaving Tubbo in charge. He was sitting on the floor trying to fight the sleep that was trying to succumb over him, which he was losing. That was until he heard a loud sound that woke him up immediately. It sounded like a knock at the door. It echoed from far down the hall. Tubbo assumed it was just a trick of the night. Though as he felt a bit more awake, the knock echoed again. This time he was more definite that it was actually happening. He slowly stood to his feet and headed toward the hallway. He glanced over at Tommy, who's gaze was fixed on him with curiosity. Leaving him unattended was quite irresponsible on Tubbo's part since Puffy seemed to be completely asleep. A sigh escaped the goat boy before he moved back over to pick the small blonde up. He squealed loudly but hushed a little as the brunette carried him down the dark hallways. The knocking was inconstant as it echoed throughout the halls but it was loud enough for Tubbo to figure out that it was coming from the front door. He emerged from the hallway to the front space of the mansion. He switched Tommy around in his arms so whoever was at the wouldn't see him immediately. Carefully, Tubbo cracked open the front door to peek out. A small gust of cold air blew into his face as he took in the figure that was standing at the door.
Well transparent figure standing at the door.
"Hello Tubbo" greeted the transparent man, happily.
"Ghostbur! What are you doing here?" remarked Tubbo, a bit taken aback.
"Oh, Me and Friend came to visit Snowchester since you and Ranboo live here" stated Ghostbur, gesturing towards the blue sheep beside him
"Well yes, but it's late at night. Shouldn't you guys be sleeping? '' questioned Tubbo.
"ghosts don't sleep, So me and Friend just wandered around" proclaimed Ghostbur.
"I see, well you said you guys were going to go stay with Philza and Technoblade, what happened with that?" asked Tubbo, with furrowed brows.
"Well Technoblade just settled back into hibernation and Philza hasn't come back to the south yet, so it's been pretty lonely without them" shrugged the ghost, as he swayed side to side.
"So you came to stay with me and Ranboo?" uttered Tubbo.
"So we came to stay with you and Ranboo!" smiled Ghostbur.
The goat boy frowned for a moment before he sighed. He stepped aside to let the ghost inside, which he was happy to do. The colorful sheep followed in after him and shook fallen snow off its fleece.
"Wow, it's so pretty here! That Foolish guy did a pretty good job" exclaimed Ghostbur.
"Yup, he's a great builder" nodded Tubbo, resting a hand on his hip.
"So where is Ranboo?" asked Ghostbur, turning to face the brunette.
"He's probably asleep upstairs. It's past midnight so he and the others are out cold" claimed Tubbo, as he pushed back some of his hair.
"Oh, is Tommy here? I saw the sheep woman come to visit this place" inquired Ghostbur.
"Yeah he is-" started Tubbo, before stopping.
"What did you say?" he uttered.
"I saw the sheep woman come to visit this place? Friend and I were looking for Niki in Snowchester but couldn't find her, so we just kinda started walking around the town and saw a sheep woman doing some shopping" explained Ghostbur.
"You saw Puffy today?" remarked Tubbo, with concern.
"Yup! She was carrying him" nodded Ghostbur, gesturing towards Tubbo.
Tubbo furrowed his brows as he glanced down at the small blonde on his hip. Tommy was paying him no mind as he was reaching for Friend, who was sniffing him. He used his other hand to push the sheep away before turning back to Ghostbur.
"Ghostbur, you knew about this?" questioned Tubbo, distress rising in his voice.
"Oh yes, a weird shift happened in the Limbo after Tommy died. So weird that I felt it while in the world of the living. Don't know what it was but it lead me to the sheep woman's house and I found him there" retolded Ghostbur, waving his arms about.
"Oh primes," muttered Tubbo.
"Have you told anyone?" he asked, as he grabbed the sleeve of the ghost.
"Told anyone what?" hummed Ghostbur, with a blank expression.
"About the shift in Limbo? About Tommy? Puffy or sheep woman?" stammered Tubbo.
"Nope," replied Ghostbur, with a smile.
"Are you sure?" urged Tubbo.
"Positive" nodded Ghostbur.
"HIV positive?" claimed Tubbo.
"Maybe" shrugged Ghostbur.
The two just look at each other for a moment, though with very different expressions. The goat boy's pale green eyes narrowed as he stared into the ghost's white pupil-less ones. Ghostbur was never good at lying so it was obvious he was telling the truth but Tubbo could never be too sure when compared to his once living counterpart. He let go of his ghost friend's yellow sleeve before he pressed his hand against his forehead.
"Okay, I'll trust you on this, but if you help me with something" exhaled Tubbo.
"Oh! What is it?" hummed Ghostbur.
"Puffy & I haven't been able to get Tommy to sleep and we've tried everything at this point. Wilbur basically raised him and you half of Wilbur in a way, so do you have an idea of how we can get him to sleep?" informed Tubbo, as he turned Tommy around so he was in full view.
Tommy cooed in confusion as he faced towards the friendly ghost. Ghostbur hummed slightly as he gently squished the blonde's cheeks.
"Have you tried music? I have a memory of singing to him and Fundy to calm them down when we used to live in the van" suggested Ghostbur.
"Music? Huh, we haven't actually" replied Tubbo.
"Let's go try that" he urged, as he began walking off.
"Yeah, let us try!" nodded Ghostbur, following after him.
The small group headed down the hall from where Tubbo came from. Returning to the lounge room. The brunette set Tommy on the couch so he could rearrange some things. He made a makeshift bedding on the floor since he imagined he wasn't gonna be able to make it upstairs to bed. He pulled a blanket off a separate chair to place over Puffy so she wasn't cold. Lastly, he put away the toys that were splayed out on the floor to keep the blonde entertained earlier. Everything seemed to be cleaned up since he leftover energy to do so. He looked back over to where Tommy was resting. Ghostbur was hovering just above him and seemed to be cooing happily over him.
"He's just so small!" fawned Ghostbur, as he squished the baby's face
"Once a big man and now he is the tiniest man" he added, joking to himself.
"I guess that is true now" chuckled Tubbo, as he shook his head.
He lowered himself to the floor and leaned over to pick Tommy off of the couch. He settled the blonde on the cushions on the floor. He whined at first but settled after a bit. Tubbo rested his head on his hand as he looked up to Ghostbur, who sat himself on the opposite side of the small boy. Friend snuggled up beside the ghost and rested their head on his leg.
"Okay lemme think of a song really quick" started Ghostbur.
"Take your time" assured Tubbo.
The ghost nodded as he closed his eyes to think. As they sat there, there was a slow rising stillness settling around them. Like the world around them was slowing down for just a moment.
"Life and death, and love and birth"
"And peace and war on the planet earth"
"Is there anything worth more,"
"Than peace and love on the planet earth"
"Oh-Woah"
"Come and sing it with me,"
"The words relate to the key"
"If it's a pattern, if it's a pattern"
"Just repeat after me..."
A soft snore seemed to cause the ghost to open his eyes. He glanced to see that both Tubbo and Tommy had fallen asleep. A smile curled on to his destaurated face as he reached over to pull a blanket over the two. Though he couldn't sleep like them, Ghostbur chose to lay next to them. Friend moved up to rest their head on his stomach as they started going to sleep. He petted the blue animal's head before resting his eyes.
This was much more welcoming to take rest in.