Yay, I'm done with the chapter, here it is!
My humour is very broken, so I'm sorry for the unfunny jokes I added in here lmao
Also some parts may not make sense, sorry!
Credits to @raven_named_Noa! She gave me the ideas for this chapter! Go check out her account!
Well, enjoy! <3
"Holy , I'm tired." Tommy grumbled as they climbed up. "How are you still going, big man?"
"I heal fast," Dream replied.
"Great advice, I'll just go and learn this skill, be right back." Tommy rolled his eyes. "Now I need to rest. Tubbo too. Right, Tubbo?"
"No rest," Wilbur panted. "We're running out of time. We've got to stop it before it's too late."
Suddenly, Tubbo stopped abruptly, causing a chain reaction of the single-filed others bumping into each other. Techno fell backwards into Dream's chest, causing him to blush, despite the tension they had before. Tubbo's shoulders heaved, his face all sweaty and red.
"Oh my god, he's having a heat stroke!" Tommy screeched. "Tubbo's dying! Help him!" he attempted to guide him to a place to rest.
"Tommy, he isn't dying nor having a heat stroke." Wilbur assured him, like he had exaggerated similarly before. "He's just tired. We should rest over here."
Tommy, not reassured, nodded unsurely and followed them to the area. It was almost the tenth time in the two days they travelled that Tubbo had to stop because he was too exhausted.
As Sapnap and George left to fetch more water for the fallen soldier, Tommy fanned Tubbo with his hand, continuously blabbering on about his well being like a worried mother. Their friendship seemed like a bully-and-sidekick relationship to others, but in honesty, that was just their personas. They got to know eachother many years ago when they met picking mushrooms in a forest. Since then, they became the best of friends. They were extremely close to each other, they shared secrets with each other, they always talked amongst each other, they went on adventures together; they had the most pure and wholesome friendship.
"Wow," Techno admired. "I want that kind of friendship."
Wilbur cleared his throat loudly. Techno raised his eyebrow and looked at him innocently. "Got a cold?"
Dream snickered at the man's offended face. "We have that kind of friendship!" Wilbur protested. Which was partially true, well, the bullying part of course. When they were younger, Techno once set Will's paper boat on fire so that the boat would look 'cool', but honestly he just wanted to see his friend miserable. In spite, Wilbur attempted to drown Techno's pet fish, until he realised fish can't drown. Because of this, he started crying. When Techno asked if he was okay, he grabbed the animal and flung it at Techno's face.
"Yeah right, me and Dream have a closer relationship than me and you." Techno scoffed.
"Untrue," Wilbur folded his arms. "But you two could make it closer~" he muttered, trying to suppress the cheeky smile that was starting to grow on his face.
"Wilbur," Techno smiled.
"What?" Dream tilted his head in conclusion, pretending he didn't hear what he said.
"Oh, I said-"
"I will decapitate you."
"-okay." Wilbur zipped his lips up.
"Ello, we are back!" Sapnap announced in a forced British accent, waltzing over. His hands, which he held out proudly, were empty. George, on the other hand, was grasping onto the handle of a heavy bucket, staggering behind him.
"Now, THAT, ladies and gentlemen," Techno clapped. "Is a great friendship."
Dream rolled his eyes as George lightly dropped the bucket on the grass, panting and wiping the sweat off his forehead. "Friendly reminder," he tried to catch his breath, his hands on his knees. "That I hate you."
"The feeling is mutual," Sapnap patted his back, receiving an angry stare.
"Oh, I-" George began, but stopped mid-sentence abruptly. The others looked behind Dream, who sighed.
"It's behind me, isn't it?"
George gulped, nodding. Slowly turning around, Dream came face-to-face with a small flying creature. It was dark in colour and had thin, silver wings. It was about half the size of a foot and had piercing red eyes.
"That's the second most terrifying creature in the woods?" Dream pointed.
"Yep," Techno replied in a monotone voice.
"It's a fucking flying shrimp."
"Actually, it has a poisonous bite that can kill someone within seconds."
"Ah."
They stood in silence.
Sapnap and George looked at each other with widened eyes. "W-well, are we going to kill it or are we just gonna stand here?"
Techno snapped out of his daze. "Well-"
Before he could continue, an entire storm of 'flying shrimp' emerged from a black beehive attached to one of the trees. Wilbur yelled in shock, triggering Techno's reflex of aiming his crossbow at the creature. He missed, the arrow whizzing past Dream's face and barely brushing against him.
This only angered the wasp-like creatures. They buzzed angrily, vibrating around like the molecules in a solid. (excuse my chemistry)
Without warning, one of the animals darted towards Dream, who blocked it with his backpack swiftly. "Ow!" he grabbed his arm. "It bit me!"
"WHAT?" Wilbur took a look. "Oh, no, it's just a scratch, don't worry you won't die."
"I have a plan, bring Tommy and Tubbo uphill." Techno ordered. Wilbur nodded, motioning for Phil, Sapnap, Dream and George to follow him. He tapped the children, who glanced at Techno before trailing behind.
Techno whipped out something from his pocket and stared at it in desire. Dream saw and frowned. "What's he-"
Suddenly, an entire tree erupted in flames. The fire travelled on the bark and the grass, crawling up the other trees and plants. Panicked buzzes could be heard from the burning forest as the noises slowly died down. Techno ran out of the forest fire, his majestic robe flowing behind him, contrasting with the colours of the conflagration behind him.
The fire hovered around one area of the forest, refusing to spread to where the others stood, jaw dropped. Techno walked up to them, smiling. "Ah," he breathed. "Arson."
"Techno, what the fuck are you doing?" Wilbur demanded. "Why the fuck did you set the trees on fire? What the fuck were you thinking?" he dropped a number of f-bombs.
The pinkette's smile disappeared when he realised his friends were not applauding him.
"Kill them, not cause a conflagration!" Phil chided him. "Do you know how much forest fires harm the environment and the biodiversity?"
"Yeah, man. Not cool." Sapnap shook his head.
Techno's mouth shaped an 'O'. "O-oh, sorry."
"Sorry? Why are you telling me sorry?" Wilbur's voice was dangerously close to shouting. "What is actually wrong with you?"
Even Tommy and Tubbo who would normally be excitedly chatting and gossiping with each other looked at Techno awkwardly, remaining silent.
Dream felt a bit bad for him. "Oh, come on, guys! He already apologised! If he didn't do that, how would he kill off all those shrimps? You saw how many there were!"
Wilbur averted his gaze to him, his expression saying, Why are you out of all people defending him?
"It was in the heat of the moment, wasn't it? And he never killed one before, let alone a whole swarm of them! Besides, the fire's only in one area, it isn't spreading. We can always go back and put it out." Dream finished his speech.
Wilbur raised his eyebrow. His expression was still hard, but when he looked back and forth at the two boys, his face changed emotion, into amusement. He smirked, internally creating a ship, but suppressed his smile. "You're right," he sighed. "We did over exaggerate. Apology accepted, I guess. Now, let's go put out the fire, shall we?"
He took a last smug glance at Dream before stepping down the mountain, the others except Techno and Dream following suit. Techno cleared his throat, averting gaze from him and focusing on the ground.
"T-thanks, I guess." he muttered under his breath.
"What was that?" Dream asked mischievously.
"I said thanks, dumbass!" he retorted, before marching downhill. The blonde trailed after him, chuckling.
"No problem."
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