Butterflies

Ranboo's POV

He was helping Tubbo wit sharpening some weapons that were planned to get enchanted later today when Tubbo abruptly stopped.

"You were acting when you were coming back with Thomas. Spill it, what happened?" Tubbo blurted

He froze up and weighed his options. Tubbo is his best friend and wouldn't care about him being gay, but at the same time his best friend is a demon and would make him suffer using this information. It isn't like he could lie to either; his friend has this innate sense for when he's lying.

"I have a crush him ok!" He admits as his face get all purple.

"Aw, Ranboo! Is that why you had your legs crossed all of breakfast!? I never knew you were slut." Tubbo cooed with a mischievous grin.

"Shut up! It's not my fault he makes my head go wild!" He huffed as he thinks of how good it would sound if Thomas called him a slut.

"Come on, I have the best plan!" Tubbo declared.

"I don't have the best feeling about this Tubbo." He squeaked as Tubbo grabbed his hand and dragged him out the room.

"You will love the plan! He won't even find it weird if I word it right!" Tubbo exclaimed as he bounced through the hallways.

"We're getting him involved in the plan!" He squeaked.

Tubbo stood in front of the door to the guest room Thomas was staying in. Tubbo knocked and they heard feet hit the ground and some mumbling.

The door opened ad Thomas stood there in an open button-up. Thomas's hair was a bit shabby and magic dust clung to his sleeves and a light bit of void sickness clung to his cheeks and collarbone. His eyes a bit magenta.

He hated how cute the sickness made Thomas look, especially the purple blush.

"Are you ok?" He asked Thomas with concern.

"I'm fine, just got bored and tried to force a light spell to be normal." Thomas smiled and patted his head.

His face went all shades of purple and Thomas tilted his head.

"Why did your face go all purple? Your ok with me touching your head, right?" Thomas asked in a soft voice as he slowly took his hand off his head.

A small whimper left his throat an his face go even more purple.

Thomas's face reddened up a bit as well.

"Endermans like getting head pats, scratches, and having their hair played with. Ran here was probably flustered by the sudden sensation." Tubbo explained.

He mentally thanked Tubbo for saving him from this awkward situation.

"So- what do you both need from me?" Thomas taking his eyes away from him to look at Tubbo.

"Well I expected you to have nothing to do and since Ranboo needs to go run arenas I thought you could go with him!" Tubbo enthusiastically exclaimed.

"Yeah, I can do that!" Thomas agreed.

He was fidgeting and looking at Tubbo then Thomas.

Thomas's smile seemed to make his heart skip a beat every time and he could still feel the phantom feeling of Thomas's hand on his head. All of this mixed with the fact that Tubbo was setting up on a date with him, and Thomas agreed to go!

Tubbo hit him in the arm and handed him a list.

"Well I would go with you both but I have work to do. Have fun!" Tubbo exclaimed as he ran off.

He looked over and gave Thomas a small smile as he offered him his hand.

Thomas took it and gave him a warm smile and he used his other hand to button up his shirt.

He pulled Thomas through the halls and Thomas made some small talk with him. A few servants gave them questioning looks and Eret, the general of clothing and armor, gave him a knowing look and wrote something down.

He was a bit nervous on what Eret was planning but he knew she wouldn't do something to horrible.

"Hey Ranboo, is it ok for me to call you Ran?" Thomas blurted.

His heart skipped a beat at hearing Thomas ask to call him by his nickname.

Was he asking because he wanted to be friends, or maybe even more!

"Sure, as long as I get to call you Tom!" He said with a grin.

"Tom it is!" Tom giggled as they neared the doors.

Tom froze up and looked at him with a weary smile.

He isn't good with body language but he would guess he's concerned about the guards.

"It's fine, no one will bother you, they know I'm Techno's apprentice so they won't make any comments." He explained hopping too calm Tom's nerves.

He lead Tom out of the castle and as he said no one made any comments, till were a far. Bit away at least.

He looked over the list and sighed.

List

Metal

Tomatos

garlic

ginger

lettas

velvet

Cotton

reDstone

Have a good date ;)

He showed Tom the list but made sure to cover up the date part.

It turned out that Tom didn't know what garlic or ginger was.

"The god of Art and Singing would have your head on a spike if they found out you didn't know what garlic was." I joked.

"Just because Blazey is a AroAce doesn't mean they would kill me for not knowing what garlic was." Theseus deadpaned.

"I WOULD OF!" Blazey yelled from somewhere.

"Fuck off, child!" Theseus yelled.

"Garlic and ginger are vegetables that you usually use to give a dish more flavor." He tried to explain.

"That's probably why I don't know about them, Esspmie doesn't pay soldiers as much as they do knights. They go by the idea of 'out of sight, out of mind'." Tom explained in a quieter voice as to not have people overhearing talking about things from outside the empire.

"Then why don't you come back here after you tell him? Everyone really likes you." He persuaded Tom.

Tom gave him a sweet smile then looked away.

"I don't think I could. I had to show the treaty, use my title, and call in a favor just to get here. The king would also make it hard to go back if you all take the treaty and if you all don't then it would be treason." Tom explained as his smile became sad and his voice softer.

The reality hurt far worse hearing it from Thomas himself that it is unlikely they will see each other ever again after he leaves to tell his king of the final decision.

"Then lets make the most of your time here." He smiled as he switched where they were going.

He remembered this one place that Wilbur told him about that sells magic items for travelers that want to have a way to communicate with a loved one.

The man seemed a bit surprised to see him but saw Tom and gave him a sly smile.

"What could I get for you two?" The shop owner asked.

He looked over at Tom and the most and the most defining color he could see was red.

"Can I get a red and a purple necklace." He stated.

"Enchanted, I'm Guessing?" The shop owner asked. "Yup!" He answered.

The shop owner grabbed the necklaces and put them on the counter.

"Fifteen gold coins with the couples discount." The shop owner said.

Tom's face. Went all shades of pink, but he didn't say anything.

He grabbed the fifteen gold coins, set them on the counter, and grabbed the necklaces.

He pulled Tom away from teh shop and felt Tom's head on his shoulder.

"That was so embarrassing!" Tom squeaked. "Then why didn't you say anything?" he asked with a little bit of blush on his cheeks.

"I didn't want to make you spend more money because I was embarrassed." Tom whispered as he squeezed his hand.

"Well here, I bought the red necklace for you." He said, handing Tom the necklace.

"He said the necklaces were enchanted, what are the enchantments?" Tom asked as he grabbed the necklace and put it on.

"The enchantment allows you to send your emotions to the person wearing the other necklace." He explained.

"So like this?" Tom said as he grabbed the red crystal on the necklace.

He feels a sudden feeling of joy and his crystal glows purple as he smiles at Tom. He did the same thing and Tom let out soft giggles as his crystal glows red.

"Let's get the other stuff on the list now!' Tom smiled.

End of 'Ranboo's POV'

Ran is a really fun guy to hang out with.

He thinks they could be good friends.