Tubbo held Michael in his arms as he chatted with Ranboo about whatever they could think of, he was currently taunting him about his fear of the word 'among'. Ranboo went to sip some of his water when he spilt it on himself. Tubbo ran to get a towel as his husband screeched in terror when the liquid burned his skin. Tubbo put Michael in the emergency room the two had made and frantically tried to dry Ranboo off.

Ranboo's eyes went purple and he stopped screaming, he looked down at the desperate Tubbo still trying to dry him off. He grabbed Tubbo's throat and slammed him into the wall, Tubbo grunted and ducked as he threw a chair at him. Ranboo growled and clawed Tubbo in the chest, he glanced at his claws and the sight of crimson made him falter.

Tubbo faded in and out of consciousness, Ranboo's eyes went back to their normal state. He felt Ranboo pick him up and then nothing after that.

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Tubbo's eyes opened, he had to blink from the bright light cascading around him. His body hurt as he sat up, Praesidium looked down at him. He blinked and they jabbed him in the forehead with their staff. "Ow! what was that for!?" Prae looked back up. "He's fine." XD chuckled and Nevadas sweatdropped. "You didn't have to hurt him..."

Tubbo rubbed his head and groaned. Prae stomped their foot and grumbled. "So you're telling me, you're just sleeping? like we could just wake you up? you must be jesting." Tubbo tilted his head, "What the hell are you on about?" XD tried to defuse Praesidium's anger. "Now let's calm down, you've been acting awfully spiteful lately. Is your punishment not suiting you?" Prae plopped down on a chair, grumbling about something.

punishment? "So, your... husband, correct?" Tubbo confirmed with a nod. "-Attacked you because his instincts triggered. And now you're in a deep sleep and you're just... Chilling here?" Tubbo nodded. Nevadas sighed and left to his domain, claiming to not have enough lifespan to deal with this shit. "So, let's just wake you up. Doesn't sound that hard, right?" Tubbo shrugged.

Teaser for chapter 16:

"it's a deal then." XD held out his hand to Praesidium.
"I'm not shaking your disgusting hand."