Summary: Instead of helping Tubbo decides to also join in on the bed and Ranboo has no choice but to sleep. Ender boi is trapped.

The crew come by, concerned when they haven't seen the boys but quickly relax when they see them. They hope to also establish a bond with the human, if only to make him comfortable.

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Editing done by CyberGeist!

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'Heh, Bitch you ain't leaving'

Tommy had effectively trapped Ranboo in a bear hug- well as much of a bear hug he could pull off. Ranboo is way too damn tall. But he is comfy.

He knows he should rest but... he really didn't want to rest alone. Ever since Tubbo had been thrown into his cell he hasn't been alone, he never knew how- he doesn't want to say how desperate he was for another person, but he was- no how much he still is.. he is desperate.

He doesn't know how long he's been in space, he'd believe it if it was a year at minimum. He was taken when he was 15. But keeping track of time in space was difficult to do on his own, and it wasn't as if the aliens who'd kidnapped him were particularly inclined to tell him how long they'd held him captive.. Is he 16? 17? Is he officially an adult? He sure as hell didn't feel like one. He just feels scared, less scared now then before, but still scared, terrified even. Everything is unfamiliar, his only saving grace is Tubbo and Ranboo. They had sparked some drive within him he hadn't thought he had anymore.

And if Ranboo honestly thinks he's going to leave him alone after everything they've been through then he really should have thought twice before letting Tommy get attached to him.

Especially if he's going to fucking purr. Damn cat.

Wasn't there research back home about how cats purring is therapeutic to humans or something? Does this count? Cause it's very relaxing.

So relaxing he.. could just...

Yawning he lays more comfortably against Ranboo, tugging the covers higher up to cover them both as he feels Ranboo give up on trying to leave him and accept his fate.

Damn right you better accept being a hug pillow. Shouldn't have purred, all on him.

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Tubbo chokes back a bout of teasing laughter as he pokes his head into Ranboo's room and comes face to face with a marvelous scene. Ranboo is being hugged like a young vwoop, Tommy is curled around Ranboo to the best of his physical ability, which is shockingly very effective. He hadn't known the human could bend that way. How are his joints doing that? Does that not hurt? But back to the matter at hand, Ranboo is sulking defeatedly, seeming to have accepted his fate, but that changes when he spots Tubbo in the doorway. His eyes widen and he lets out a hopeful warble, his whole face pleading with Tubbo to release him from his particularly snuggly prison. Tubbo opens the door wider and Ranboo's tail swishes excitedly, and his eyes widened even furthur with grateful hope.

Only for his whole face to fall, when Tubbo didn't do anything but quietly laugh.

"C'mon help me out, I don't want to hold up the meeting"

Tubbo waves his hand dismissively

"It's already over, we've decided to just keep him, make him as comfortable as we can while he lives with us. We can't take him to earth, we'd be killed either by the Galactic forces, poachers, or humans before we'd get him to the ground"

Tubbo walks into the room looking for the best angle to join them.

Ranboo perks up once again, purring loudly, happy to hear that Tommy will be staying with them. He hopes they will be able to provide for Tommy like he has for them. Besides maybe they can form a better method of communication, it would be nice to finally be able to talk to Tommy. Maybe Tommy can learn Common? It's meant to be easy for many species to understand, but for some people they find it too difficult to master so instead they get translators.

It's a lazy path but still effective. However, to get a translator they have to register the translator and to whom it belongs to, they'd be unable to get a legal one for Tommy. The only one who has a translator already is Phil and that's mainly for the people who haven't learned Common as fluently. So he can understand them. They'd have to get a translator illegally. But from where? They aren't easy to make or have on the down low in the slightest.

He hopes Phil can think of some places that might have translators, even if it's an older version it might be better and easier for Tommy.

His quickly spiraling thoughts are abruptly cut off when Tubbo, the menace, jumps right in between them, earning a growling hiss from Ranboo and a whine from Tommy, who props himself up and glares sleepily at Tubbo. Tubbo only hummed and forced himself right under Tommy chin and buzzed his wings at Ranboo, who growled, annoyed.

Ranboo, with pettiness that he didn't think he had, teleported to the other side of the bed, his back against the wall which startled both of the other occupants of his bed. Tommy jolts and accidentally elbows Tubbo on his stomach, causing him to yelp, buzz and fall off the side of the bed.

And unsurprisingly, Tommy bolts half off the bed to catch Tubbo and check on him as if he broke his bones and wings, talking rapidly, he pressed his forehead against Tubbo's as he clutched the Anthocapradae close, his grip firm but gentle. After about five solid minutes of the human repeating the same word over and over again, while both Ranboo and Tubbo try and reassure Tommy that everythings ok, Ranboo can confidently say he knows the human word for sorry. Because he's pretty sure that with the guilty look in the human's eyes and the frantic repeating of the single world there is no way that word has any other meaning. Tubbo continues to try and reassure him to the best of his abilities.

"I'm fine- hey watch it! That's- pffft, stop it!" Tubbo playfully swats his hand, harder at the end of his sentence when he feels himself jolt and recoil at being poked on his belly. Tommy retreats reluctantly, an expression of clear concern on his face as he looks for any injuries.

To be fair, with his strength, it's a valid reason for Tommy to be concerned.

"Stars, he's worse than Phil when he stepped on my foot once, I've never heard a louder squawk in my life"

Ranboo agrees snickering slightly, Tommy really had just looked at the both of them and said mine, much in the same way Phil had when they'd first met. This almost felt more...secure though. Tommy treated them as if they were his own, as if they were his own blood and bone, and Ranboo...well he liked it a lot. If this is what it was like to have an older sibling then Ranboo didn't understand why so many people complained about it. It was...nice to have someone so worried about him and Tubbo. Not that he didn't feel the same way about Phil, Wilbur, and Techno; it just hadn't happened as fast as it had with Tommy.

Then they all hear a hiss and they all look up, Tubbo nearly stings Tommy when they see Shroud looking at them all upside down. Tommy, the maniac, coos and speaks softly to Shroud. Sure he had gotten used to Tommy and Shroud, the weirdness has slowly turned into a normality, but there will always be some things that make him wish he was shot out of an airlock.

Like a massive Arachnid just chilling on the ceiling.

Shroud luckily does not stay there long, and after he sends one more hissing coo at Tommy, he crawls back to the corner with his webs. Ranboo... really hopes Shroud isn't a permanent roommate, as much as he enjoys company and Tommy being affectionate, the giant spider is a deal breaker, and he's confident most other sane people would agree.

Tommy huffs, leaning back into Ranboo and holding Tubbo close again, the warmth coming from his skin enticing Ranboo to rest his head atop the Humans soft golden fur covered scalp. Tubbo also easily leans into Tommy, snuggling close and buzzing idly.

Tubbo opens his eyes sleepily and blinks tiredly at Ranboo, watching as the Enderian practically melts atop the human.

"I still don't understand how he's so... warm"

He mutters tiredly, and honestly neither did Ranboo but he's not complaining, it wasn't the same as his heated blankets, but there was something extraordinarily more enticing and comforting when the heat was from a living being, a particularly snuggly one at that.

He purrs quietly and Tommy seems to relax even more when he does this. That made Ranboos tail wag, pleased to know he can do something to make Tommy feel nice, but purring? That's a bit weird, do they have creatures that also purr on earth? Do they have the same relaxing effect as Ranboo?

He doesn't get to finish that thought or think more on it, both he and Tubbo are out like a light. Neither really taking notice that Tommy stays awake, his gaze sharpening and sweeping at regular intervals as they fall asleep against him, as if the human is on high alert.

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"So we're keeping the human, what measures do we take? Clearly health will need to be a factor, obviously, he hates me and doesn't like the med-bay, and if we don't know how to care for him he could die in this ship and-"

"Wilbur calm down, we can't just rush him to like you OR the med-bay if something goes wrong. Besides, things like this take time, especially trauma"

Phil pats Wilburs back carefully, trying to calm the scientist and ship doctor.

"Are we sure he has traum- oh who am I kidding, he's a human, of course he does"

Techno must be really tired if he had to correct himself.

Wilbur walks to his Digipad, looking through his notes

"Well, long term, our plan is to have him comfortable with us, then get a scan on him or at least the basics of his health. Tubbo and Ranboo would kill me if I didn't bother try to check the humans health"

Techno nods in agreement

"We also need to either teach him common or go the easy way and get him a communicator, which in itself, will not be easy in the slightest"

"I could give him mine"

Phil suggests. Techno and Wilbur both make various noises of disagreement, "That won't work, it needs to be programmed with human language in order for them to work properly, and I highly doubt a normal translator would work, we need to get a custom"

Phils feathers twitch

"And that's just as hard, if not harder. Customs are expensive and you'd need to register them just like any other translator, and even if we find someone willing they would ask questions about why they would need to install human tongue, AND that's not counting the fact that they need to know human tongue in order to make the translator"

Phil can feel his stress coming back just thinking about the various complications involved in this situation.

Nobody knows proper human tongue, maybe a couple words from the records and videos that are public, but to find someone who knows the full language, knows how to make a translator, and is willing to make one for them while also not calling the galactic force? The chances are extremely low. It's a big galaxy, a whole universe, they'll never find someone who's willing or capable.

Wilbur is trying to brainstorm and think, he may struggle knowing planets and star maps, but if there's one thing he's good at, it's knowing people. Before joining Phil he used to be a wandering musician. He would travel planets and villages, playing songs for all to hear.

He's gotten to know hundreds of aliens and people, varying from all sorts of species and befriending many of them. He even still keeps in touch with a few. Surely someone could point them in the right direction?

He looks through his Digipad, going through his letters and contacts, scanning through his list of friends, workers, people who he used to work with etc. He scans as quickly as his sharp eyes can scan. And he lets out a happy hiss, finding someone who could possibly help, after all, they were a musician just like him. Even better! They were from a species who could help them.

He turns to Phil and Techno, who have been talking about various places and people they could possibly ask or try. Techno hears him when he first hisses happily.

Technos ear twitches and he turns to look and Wilbur, a knowing eyebrow raising as he looks at the excited Orcam

"Got any ideas?"

Wilbur does his species equivalent of a nod

"You guys remember the errand Tubbo and Ranboo were meant to do before they got captured? To meet my old friend so they could get new supplies from the planet and buy me a new empty disc so I could record music?"

Phil nods cautiously, not understanding but Techno realizes where he's going with this.

"You think she'll help us? I know her species are capable of mimicking languages and are the best people for translators, but is she trustworthy?"

This was a serious matter, and even if she was their best bet he would want to be at least 99% certain that she wouldn't just toss them under the bus the second she heard they had a human on board.

But Wilbur's eyes are determined and confident

"I swear on my life that she's trustworthy, I've known her for many years and she still lives on the same planet, she's our best and safest bet. You guys have met her, do you really think she'd toss us to the government?"

Phil and Techno look at each other. They have met the person Wilbur is talking about, and... she's a very lovely person. Kind, and always willing to help so long as you were nice in return. Otherwise you'd be getting a nasty and nauseating surprise from her.

She is trustworthy, it may have been awhile since they've met, but even if she doesn't agree to help them she won't call the Forces on them, then maybe she'd point them towards someone else who's able to help.

They nod in agreement, Phil gets up and heads to the cockpit.

"I need to set course to Jub'line then, It'll take at least maybe a month to get there, we are quite a ways off"

"A month?! How are we a month off? Sure we got an outdated ship but it's fast and capable! It should be half a month!"

Wilbur was confident they could get there in half a month, is the ship having issues because of their speeding to get to the teens?

Techno chitters quietly, laughing a bit when he notices a certain... path Phil is taking.

"No, nothing is wrong with the ship, it's more like we just so happen to be going near his home planet"

Ohhh, now Wilbur gets it. He smiles at an embarrassed Phil.

"Oh c'mon Phil, you could have just said you wanted to visit your wife, No need to try and hide it"

Wilbur lets out a full bodied laugh when Phil lets out a shy chirp, flustered at being caught so quickly and so easily. Every time they set course to a planet, if they happen to go near his home planet he will almost always stop by and visit his wife Kristin.

The only times he hasn't is if they're on a too tight schedule, but otherwise he always visits. Not that Techno or Wilbur are complaining, they love Kristin. She treats them as family just like Phil, but even more fiercely believe it or not. She's also bigger than Phil. Not by a lot, but if you compared their respective heights and wingspans, she beat him by a decent margin.

They've affectionately nicknamed her Mumza, she has birds of all shapes and sizes at her command, how? Stars only know how, but they love her and take her side on any matters. So she'll be a treat to visit to talk and catch up with. There is a small concern about the human meeting her though.

How would Tommy react to her? How will she react to him? Are they both safe? These thoughts run through all their minds, though Phil is the most worried, he wants nothing bad to happen to his partner, but he also doesn't want Tommy cooped up in the ship as they visit. He deserves to run around and explore.

He pushes those thoughts back, that's then, this is now.

And now it is high time they check on the teens, Ranboo didn't come to the meeting, that's concerning but Tubbo was confident it's nothing to be concerned about and maybe Tommy just hadn't finished showering so Ranboo was waiting on him.

Techno can't say he blames the human. After gods knows how long he's been in space with no pleasant company and most definitely being treated as a caged creature, this might be the first real cleaning he's had in a long time.

But... It has been awhile since there's been any sign of the teens.

Techno walks off to find the boys, weaving through the halls and not taking much time to reach Tubbo's room, he knocks quietly. He waits a couple seconds before moving on, he doesn't hear any buzzing or breathing through the door. Continuing onward he walks past Wilbur's door, none of them have a reason to be in his room and he also doesn't hear anything from within.

Passing the various decorations in the house, he reaches Ranboo's room, he goes to knock but hears quiet humming and very muffled purrs. Cautiously, he opens the door, peering inside the room. He doesn't really see much, he always had trouble seeing in Ranboos room, his darker color schemed room always made it too hard for his eyes to see anything. But he can make out a lump on Ranboos bed.

He opened the door more, allowing more light into the room. What the hell Ranboo? Why is his room always so damn dark? He thinks even the light inside the room is tinted dark. Ranboo isn't even a nocturnal creature!

He feels Wilbur and Phils presence behind him. Also displaying small signs of worry and curiosity. Wilbur being the worry and Phil being the curiosity.

Before he can even step into the room he hears a quiet growl. A familiar one that sounds choked and forced. His eyes fail him but he can take a guess on who it is. A head lifts up from the bed, blue eyes catch the hallway light, making them stand out brightly in the darkness of the room. Tommy's eyes are narrowed, he gets up, gets on his knees and leans over Tubbo, placing an arm over Tubbo to support himself and to protect Tubbo by the looks of it. All while not waking either of the boys.

Was he keeping watch over them? What the hell?! Are humans just like this?

Techno keeps eye contact, scanning over the sleeping boys, Ranboo was against the wall with Tommy's back to him while Tubbo is curled close to Tommy, who's leaning over him in a stance ready for lunging. Wilbur peeps nervously but also fascinated.

"I... think it would be a good idea to bond with Tommy, if only to not have him choose the boys over self care"

In a quieter voice, Wilbur mumbles to Techno

"He really just took your job straight from you and Phil huh?"

Phil looks affronted but makes no comment, cause he's not wrong. The human took his job very seriously it seems.

And Techno really can't tell if he's glad for such a protective deathworlder or dreading for the upcoming days with the deathworlder.

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Notes: TOMMY DOES NOT TAKE NAP! Just because these guys were friendly around him when his charges were nearby does not mean he'd trust them while they rested, maybe they were putting a front? He doesn't know :)

Another mystery person and I was debating on the pronouns only because of the fact that I want them to stay hidden for now, BUT there are hints. I think it'll be easy but the majority didn't really get Shroud right so I'm banking on that. It won't be a serious game this time since it'll take awhile before they are revealed, but just to make you guys anticipate y'know? For now tho you can have MUMZA!!