note: this is not so much a oneshot as it is a ramble. there's no real plot to this, simply concept . i'm just trying to get my thoughts out here and it just fit the best in this book. i may move this to mrs in the future. (somewhat based on the song 'atlantis' by seafret after i saw a video with it) btw, NOT SHIPPING WHATSOEVER. quite the opposite actually. 

"hey, tubbo?"

silence. there used to be noise there, another voice saying hello. he prayed for a response. 

silence. there used to be laughter there, whenever they'd look at each other. a smile, a mischievous grin. now? 

nothing. just empty. 

the hum of the computer was all he heard. he rested his hands on the keyboard and pressed a few keys down. 

ranboo: tubbo, man, you there?

he was online. so was tubbo. 

no response, despite the fact that they were in a call together. silence. 

he missed his friend. they could've just been friends, they didn't need to let this little thing, a silly thing, get in the way. when they saw each other, of course, they'd say hello, smile a bit. but now in the place of easy conversation and endless jokes was a sort of stiffness, an unnecessary politeness. 

i can't save you, my atlantis, oh no

we built it up to pull it down

he knew he had every right to be angry, to demand answers. but not once did it ever cross his mind to be mad at tubbo - he simply couldn't. how could he be mad at his best friend for succumbing to pressure, when every day, each of their friends faced the same? he knew it came with the territory. nonetheless, he wished it was different. 

where had it all gone? where had their friendship gone, abandoned for fear of making others think there was more? 

where had it all gone? where had the happy times gone, lost in the fear of people watching too closely? 

where had it all gone? where had the memories gone, tainted by the fear that others would read into their actions too far? 

where had it all gone?

by the way i have not been keeping up with beeduo and i do not know much of their interactions these days. this is just based on a tweet i saw and a video that i watched.