//I'm starting to see a trend of me focusing more on SBI... sorry in advance xD

To say that the night was hell for Phil was an understatement. His back felt like it was burning and pain shot up his spine whenever he moved, constantly ripping him out of the light sleep he managed to fall into. He had never felt this shit before... and it only got worse when morning approached.

Techno at least tried to be quiet when he woke up, tiptoeing his way to the small kitchen area and taking a piece of bread for breakfast before sneaking back to his bed to silently eat his bread and stare at the wall in thought. He didn't even realize that Phil was awake, which was probably a good thing because the blonde was not in a talking mood right now. That was not the case with Tommy.

The teen may not be a morning person, but once he had a chance to fully wake up, there's no stopping him. That also includes his very loud talking. "Bread is such a boring breakfast. Like, without anything to put on top of it. You think we can-" "Tommy shush, don't wake Phil up." Techno barely hit the back of his head to scold him, which made the teen scream unnecessarily loud. "The fuck was that for you- mmpf?!" The older groaned and pressed a hand on his mouth. "Tommy. Phil is trying to sleep. Shut it."

"I'm already awake..." The blonde pushed himself up just enough to look over at them properly before hissing in pain and laying back down. Techno immediately got up and walked over to his bed, grabbing a water bottle on the way. "How are you feeling?" Phil huffed and tried to turn his head enough to look at his friend, who sat down at the edge of the bed. "Didn't get better... slept for like 3 hours at most... everything hurts." "Here... I'll change it to a fresh cloth and then get you some food."

Phil just nodded and buried his face in the pillow when Techno pulled away the blanket so he can reach his back. But instead of feeling Techno lift the old cloth and check his back, he just heard him gasp and felt the blanket drop. "What? Something wrong?" "I... um..." Techno hesitated, not sure how to word what he's seeing, but thankfully that's what Tommy is for "Holy shit there's blood on your back!" Tommy stared at him with big eyes, his mouth open in shock. "Blood?" "Yeah! There's so much of it!" "Tommy quiet."

The teen pouted, about to complain at being treated like a child, but Techno turned away from him again and carefully grabbed the edge of the cloth. "I'm gonna try and take it off to see why there is blood... this will probably hurt." "Just get it over with." Techno nodded and carefully started to peel the fabric away from his skin. Phil groaned when he felt it pull at his skin, almost not hearing the soft apologies of his friend.

Techno didn't know what to think when he saw his back. The black spots from before had grown bigger and the area between his shoulder-blades was now a deep crimson, not counting the blood that was smeared over his skin. "I can't tell from where the blood is coming from... I'll have to clean it up first. Give me a second."While Techno moved to grab what he needed, Phil looked over at Tommy. "How bad is it? Techno apparently doesn't want to tell me."

The teen leaned over to get a better look at it. "Well the black spots are still there and its even more red than before. And blood..." Phil sighed and laid his head back down. "Great..." "You... you'll be okay, right?" Tommy inched closer to the bed and looked up at Phil with worry. The situation seemed to slowly fully register in his head, especially the fact that there was blood coming from his friend's back without any reason. He even reached up to grab Phil's hand when he didn't immediately answered his question. "Right?"

Despite the pain pulsing in his back, he smiled and squeezed the youngest's hand. "I'll be fine... Just need some time to heal." Tommy didn't believe him for a second, not with the way Phil winced when he moved his arm closer to Tommy. You don't feel this much pain when you're alright. But he didn't say anything as he placed his chin on the edge of the bed and continued to hold his hand.

Techno watched the interaction silently as he gathered the stuff he needs. He wishes that he could comfort Tommy and tell him it was just a scratch or a healing sunburn, but how can he say that when he wasn't sure about Phil's condition himself? So instead, he said nothing as he knelt down on the bed with a bunch of bandages, a bowl with water and a new cloth to clean his back with. "Alright... This will hurt, but I'll try to be as careful as I can." "Mhm..."

With a deep breath, he started to carefully wipe away the blood. Phil hissed as soon as the damp cloth touched his sore back, but he bit his tongue and tried to endure it as best as possible. This was to help him... or at least to find out why he was bleeding in the first place. During it all Tommy held his and murmured "It will be okay" whenever Phil winced and squeezed his hand tighter. It was a lot for a teen who has never experienced this kind of pain or suffering before and Phil can only imagine how scared he actually is about this entire situation.

Techno washed out as much blood as he could in the bowl before continuing to wipe down his back, his heart aching whenever his friend made a noise of pain. He hates this... he hates hurting Phil even more than he already is, but they can't just ignore this. Whatever wound caused this could get infected and then only hurt him even more. Or... no, he can't think about that possibility. He won't think about it. Phil will be alright. He has to.

"How much longer Techno?" Tommy looked up at the older, his usually bright eyes and big grin gone, replaced by something much sadder. Even Brian, who was sitting on Tommy's shoulder and observed the whole situation was obviously distraught about Phil being in pain. "Just the area between his shoulder-blades... I haven't found the wound yet either." He began to clean the blood again, even slower than before, since that was the area that looked the worse. And as he began to wipe away the red liquid, he finally found the source of it.

Phil's skin seemed to have been ripped open at two spots between his shoulder-blades, small droplets of blood flowing from the wounds as well as black spots growing around them. It must have already happened last evening with how much blood there had been. And... it looked like something was pushing out of it. It was hard to spot, since it was barely half an inch so far, but it was definitely there. Like... two small spikes. "What the hell..." "What? What is it? Is Phil not okay?" Tommy got up from his spot next to Phil's bed, still clinging to his hand as he looked at the wounds.

"The fuck is that? Techno what-" "For the love of god, can someone tell me what you are seeing?" "There... I don't know how to say it. It looks like... something inside your body ripped open your skin and is trying to push out now." Okay, he realized he made it sound a lot worse than it actually is when Phil's head immediately turned to look at them. "It what?!" "I don't know! I'm just describing what I'm seeing!"

Techno focused back on the wounds and tried to see anything else that could explain what the hell is going on with his friend. His focus shifted to the black spots that were larger around the wound. They seemed... weird, and not just because they suddenly appeared on Phil's skin. It's as if they were something on top of his skin and not actually in it. "Let me try something... I'll touch your back in a second, so brace yourself." Phil nodded and buried his face in the pillow, squeezing Tommy's hand.

Techno reached out to touch one of the larger black spots and frowned when he realized that they were... soft? But they looked uncomfortable and itchy, why were they... Then it clicked. Of course, how did he not realize this earlier when first seeing the wound! "Phil?" "Mhm?" "I think you're growing wings." Phil turned to look at him, confused. "Wait... what?" "The wounds would match to it... or at least I think they do. And the black spots are really soft and only on top of your skin, like feathers." "So you're saying... I'm getting my 'canon' wings right now?" "I think you do, yes."

"Holy shit... I..." "You'll get wings! That's so cool! Can you fly with them? I bet you can! You have to take me flying once you can!" Tommy's eager chatter lifted the mood in the room a bit, now that they knew that Phil was not actually in danger. Though the pained expression stayed on his face. "Tommy... let's try and at least allow Phil to get some more rest. Who knows how long this will take and it still hurts to grow them." But Tommy wasn't having any of it, far too excited about this new revelation.

"Do you think we all get hybrid stuff? Will you turn into a huge Piglin? Oh just imagine what Ranboo could look like! You think I will get something too? Maybe wings like Phil? Or the weird raccoon stuff from animal crossing! Oh I would look so cool!" Techno sighed and began to at least put some bandages and cloth around the wound to catch the bit of blood. Phil watched the teen with a smile, enjoying his excited rambling as it posed as a nice distraction from his sore back, together with Brian's soft coos of approval on Phil getting his own pair of wings. He really hopes this growing process won't take too long.

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Meanwhile the people in the other house just began to wake up, having slept in quite a bit yet again after their late night chat. Surprisingly George was the first up, yawning and stretching as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. The sun was already quite high up and made the room look golden. When he looked out the window he noticed that none of the others were walking around, which was usually the case. Must have been a late night for them too.

"Mornin'" Sapnap yawned and squinted against the sun in his face. "Hey. Slept well?" "Mhm... I missed sleeping in a bed so much." George laughed and climbed out of the bed, his stomach grumbling as he walked over to the food barrels. "So... what do we do today?" "I dunno. We usually decide that after breakfast with everyone. But usually the other's were up by this time..." "Maybe Tommy gave them a rough night, who knows." George laughed again as he grabbed the last piece of bread, giving half of it to Sapnap.

"Thanks. What do you guys usually do during the day?" "That depends on our mood. Mostly gathering either wood or stuff down in the mine. Sometimes we go explore and we went to a village once." "So you guys aren't actually looking for an exit yet?" "I mean... what do you expect? To find some door with a big red exit above? I don't think it's that easy. Whatever is putting us here wants us to stay here and not to leave... at least for now."

Sapnap raised a brow and took a bite out of his bread. "And we are listening to it because...?" "Maybe going out there with our current equipment and skill level isn't the best idea Sapnap. We don't even know what we are looking for." The younger huffed and continued to eat his bread, staring out the window. "I don't like the idea of just sitting here and doing nothing." "You have a better idea? One that doesn't involve going out into a random direction to hope and find an exit door." "Very funny." He threw a piece of his bread at George and grinned when he started complaining. "This is Minecraft right? Why not just beat the game? Kill the Enderdragon?"

George stared at him, his piece of bread dropping to the floor. "Uhhh... Gogy? You good?" "Oh my god Sapnap you're a genius! We haven't even thought about that!" The older laughed and hugged his friend, who complained about dropping his bread. "We have to tell the others! This could actually be our way out!" "Would you guys shut up?" Dream lifted his head from his pillow and gave a tired glare. "Dream Sapnap figured out how to get out of here!"

He immediately sat up in his bed and stared at the two. "Wait what?!" "It was just an idea, I don't know if it actually-" "Why don't we just try and beat the game?! Kill the dragon and go through the portal!" Dream's jaw dropped for a second. "How in the world did we not see that?!" "I know right?! Let's go tell the others!" "Guys wait-" But they were already out the house, with Dream tying the mask back on his face. Sapnap sighed and followed the two. 

"I wanted to finish breakfast first..."