life on the line. || W. Soot ~ Angstfic

☆ Chapter 15 - It'll get better ☆

"Right, here we are." Techno spoke as he reversed into a parking space. Once he was sure there was enough room for them all to get out, he shut off the engine and took his seatbelt off.

Phil, Tommy and Wilbur - Phil with a bit of a stumble - got out and stretched their arms over their heads. Techno soon joined them, handing the car keys to Philza.

"Hey Tommy, can I walk with you instead?" Wilbur whispered to his little brother, kicking the pebbles under his shoes as they entered the park itself. He had a bad feeling about Philza, which was strange because he knew his father made a promise - a pinky promise at that. Since he was a toddler, they were the strongest of promises..he couldn't have broken it already. Yet he still had a gut feeling.

"Oh, yeah sure. I'll ask Techno if we can go off on our own." Tommy nodded, then walked towards his oldest brother. "Tech, can Wil and I walk together, by ourselves?"

"Why's that?" Techno looked down, lowering his pace. Tommy said nothing in response, just tilted his head towards Phil. Techno didn't get the message. Tommy gestured Wilbur over, whilst their sibling glanced between the two in confusion. He probably thought this would be a nice family day out.

"We want to explore.. things." Wilbur spoke. He still had his head down. "I don't really want you or Phil to seem like we're rushing you guys around."

"Uh, okay then." Techno sighed - judging by his expression he seemed kind of hurt, or offended, but that didn't stop a warm smile from reaching his face. Perhaps he enjoyed seeing Wilbur and Tommy get along, after he saw his youngest brother sobbing in his room during the guitar incident. He said something to Philza, and Phil just shrugged in response. "Just keep your phone off silent, Wil."

Once the two younger brother's had noticed the confirmation that they could go, Wilbur spent no time dragging Tommy towards what looked to be a flower field. Techno watched them rush off, sighing quietly then joining his father at his side once again.

Wilbur's POV

"Woah, Wil, let go! I'm gonna fall!" Tommy squealed when he almost tripped over a dip in the path. I spun my head round to make sure he hadn't actually faceplanted into the dirt.

"Right, sorry." His wrist quickly slipped from my hand. We were both facing the beautifully arranged varieties of orchids, roses, daisies, dandelions.. it was beautiful, to say the least.

"Why don't you wanna be by Phil?" Tommy broke the moment and looked up at me, scratching the back of his neck. Perhaps he had an idea that it could be a sensitive subject. "Not too long ago I saw you guys hugging."

"Well, I-" I began, yet Tommy swiftly cut me off.

"Did he- did he hit you again-?"

"Oh, no he hasn't hit me since then. He apologised so it's all good now. As I was saying, I just feel like he's in a bad mood, that's all." Biting the side of my mouth, I turned my gaze onto the different colours for distractions. "You know when you just.. get that certain aura? I don't want to ruin our bond. Not even more."

I whispered the last part, disguising the volume with a light yet forced chuckle. I loved Phil, but I preferred when he wasn't stressed. That was much nicer.. then I started being a screw up and now he's drinki- was drinking alcohol to cope.

Good going, Wilbur Soot. You are the reason he was stressed, and now you're complaining and bringing down the mood. Clap, clap.

I sat in silence for a few more seconds, then let out a pained sigh.

"Shall we um- shall we look for bees? There's bound to be a lot." Trying to change the subject, I crouched down by the flowers. Tommy would always do this with Tubbo, so it was obvious that he liked it.