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To say Phil and Techno were shocked would be an understatement. Techno wouldn't admit it if you asked him, but he was in fact a little freaked out. The two of them along with Ranboo had been outside tending to everything. They cleaned the dog kennel and fed the dogs, fed the cows, gathered any wheat that had grown, collected honey, checked on the turtles, and anything else they could think of. Ranboo had his communicator out, talking to Tubbo for most of the time. It had taken some time for Techno and Phil to get used to Ranboo and Tubbo being married, even platonically, but it was now pretty commonplace for the two to be seen together around Ranboo's house. This particular day wasn't anything special, and the three of them worked with Ranboo talking to Tubbo in the background when they were suddenly pulled out of the calm air of the afternoon.
"He's WHAT ?" Ranboo shouted, bringing his communicator up to his face as if he would be able to see what was happening on the other end. Phil and Techno froze, sharing a confused glance before turning back to Ranboo who was now looking a mixture of distressed and furious. "Tubbo, tubbo get Sam in this call right now."
They watched as Ranboo ditched whatever tools he had in the snow as he marched over to his house. He walked back out a moment later, sword on his hip and trident in hand.
"I'm like a thousand blocks away, but I'm heading there right now."
Phil raised his eyebrows, glancing over at Techno and silently asking should we follow him?
Techno shrugged in response, and they too abandoned their tools and quickly went inside to grab their weapons before Ranboo got too far out of sight.
They made sure to not follow too closely, letting Ranboo stalk through the nether at his own angry pace. He continued speaking to his communicator the entire way.
"Sam, is he ok?............Occupied? Bruh, he ain't a bathroom what are you talking about?.....Listen Sam all i– Sam I just want a yes or a no to this question– A yes or a no . Is Michael dead?"
That raised another look from the two.
"Who the hell is Michael?" Phil whispered.
"Beats me." Techno responded before stopping suddenly. Ranboo had stopped before the portal, and he was gripping the communicator so tightly Techno thought he was going to break it.
"Sam, I'm not joking when I say I will start an entire war if he's not okay."
Oh shit .
Well, whoever this Michael was, he was apparently very important to both Ranboo and Tubbo, who could be heard yelling along with Ranboo the entire time. He stepped through the portal, disappearing in the middle of his sentence.
".....should we be following him?" Phil finally said. "I mean, he seems pretty angry, and has some set intentions, and it sounds like Tubbo's pretty upset as well, so they probably have it handled."
"True, but I'm now way too curious about the whole situation, so off we go!"
They made their way through the portal just in time to see Ranboo use his trident to fly off in one direction, and they quickly followed him. After a few jumps they finally realized where he was headed. Snowchester. Which made sense if they really thought about it.
Ranboo suddenly stopped about halfway there. "What? Why is he in the water? Get him out!.........Yeah I promise I'm almost there just don't let him drown!"
Okay, so it sounded like whoever this Michael was is in fact alive, so that's good, Phil supposed. It didn't seem to calm Ranboo down, however. He immediately continued on his way with Techno and Phil in tow, who Ranboo had actually yet to realize were behind him.
A few jumps later and they landed in the snow near Tubbo's house. Several feet away stood Sam, who was being yelled at by an angry Tubbo who had his arm wrapped around something. Ranboo stalked over to them, standing in between Sam and Tubbo. He pulled out his sword, pointing it at Sam.
"Sam, I swear to God, if something like this happens again I will not hesitate to kill you."
"You could have just sat in the electric chair and this would already be over." Tubbo added, still glaring at Sam from around Ranboo.
"If you're done here, I suggest you leave." Ranboo kept his icy stare as he lowered his sword, and Sam quickly walked away.
Phil and Techno watched this all happen from Tubbo's porch, very caught off guard. Sam noticed them, and walked up the stairs to stand next to Phil.
"Jesus, mate, what happened?" Phil asked, noticing how Sam was still shaken up.
"I made a mistake, that's what happened." Sam eased himself down into a sitting position to catch his breath. "I thought I was going to get some sad and upset pet owners and instead I got some very angry parents."
Parents? Phil looked over to where Ranboo and Tubbo were now crouched down in front of a baby zombie piglin, looking him over for any injuries. He assumed this was Michael.
"I didn't know they had a son."
"Neither did I, which was why their reaction was so unexpected."
They both looked back over at the small family who had now stood back up. Michael raised his arms and made grabby hands at Ranboo, and he leaned down to pick him up and settle him on his hip. Tubbo was giving a detailed account of what Ranboo had missed on his journey over there. Michael, visibly tired from everything that had just transpired, snuggled his head into Ranboo's neck, who just rubbed his back in response. Both Tubbo and Ranboo looked up when Techno was suddenly standing next to them.
"So who's this?" He asked, tilting his head to look at Michael, who only stared back at him. He was still a little jumpy and didn't look like he wanted to leave Ranboo's hold. Ranboo glanced behind Techno and saw Phil up on the porch, now realizing they went with him.
"This," Ranboo shifted Michael so he wasn't hiding as much, "is Michael. Can you say hi to Techno, bub?"
Michael, suddenly very shy, quickly waved before hiding again. Techno just chuckled.
"How long have you had him?"
Tubbo scrunched up his eyebrows, thinking. "Maybe a month and a half? Not too terribly long. He got attached to Ranboo when he was in the nether, and when they both got back here he got attached to me as well."
As if he was trying to prove said point, Michael squirmed until Ranboo set him down and he moved to Tubbo, hugging his leg. Tubbo reached down and patted his head. Techno nodded.
"Well, I should probably leave you guys to keep calmin' him down, and Phil is probably super confused, so."
They both nodded, and Michael waved at him again as he walked off before Tubbo picked him back up.
Techno climbed back up the stairs to see only Phil on the porch.
"Sam headed out, said something about checking on the prison." Phil supplied, sensing Techno's upcoming question. He nodded over to the little family, who were now distracting Michael with a game of patty cake. "So, what're you thinking?"
Techno grunted, leaning against the railing. "I think 1, my intimidation classes are working, and 2," he grinned, glancing back at Phil, "I think you have another grandkid."