Brother's Best Friend || Ranboo x Fem!oc

~ 33 ~

Iris pov

Only three days had gone by since I had last spoken to- no, seen- Ranboo, but it felt like more time had passed. I had locked myself in my room, only leaving to use the bathroom. Tubbo had been coming in and out every few hours to bring me food and water, occasionally trying to persuade me to leave. My phone sat untouched on my bedside table, the last time I had used it being the night before Lani went missing.

I felt guilty. I should've just stayed silent when Ranboo accidentally said "I love you".

The reason I locked myself in my room was because I was scared. I was scared that, if I bumped into Ranboo, he would say something hurtful to me, or even just ignore me.

I heard the creak of the door opening, signaling that Tubbo was here to bring me something to eat. I looked over at the brunette, who was carrying a plate of food and a glass of water. He handed both to me before sitting down on the edge of my bed.

Neither of us talked for a while, until Tubbo spoke up. "Iris, I know you don't want to see Ranboo, and that's fine. But please come hang out with me, we can just sit in the backyard and talk to each other about random shit, and you don't even have to see Ranboo. We don't have to talk to him either," Tubbo pleaded. He paused for a moment, swallowing back tears, before adding, "Please. I just want my sister back."

I felt incredibly guilty, only now realizing how much I was affecting Tubbo by shutting myself in my room. But I still didn't think I could handle leaving it. I felt comforted in my room. Even when I had left it to use the bathroom, I was scared. Scared that I would bump into Ranboo.

"I don't feel like I'm ready to leave my room yet," I told him.

Tubbo, who hated hugs mind you, wrapped his arms tightly around me, his tears dampening my sleeve as he buried his face in my shoulder. "I miss when we would go to fun places together. I miss exchanging jokes with you. I miss when we would do stupid shit together that would make us get in trouble," Tubbo listed, sobbing now. "I miss you, Iris."

"I miss you too, Tubbs," I mumbled, hugging him back.

Tubbo left me alone again after a few more moments, and I laid back on my bed. I glanced at the glass of water that Tubbo had brought me, but was too lazy to reach forward for it. Three days wasn't so bad. What could be so hard about waiting a few more? I let myself drift off to sleep, thinking over that last thought.

Ranboo pov

I paced the streaming room restlessly, trying to distract myself from Iris but not knowing how. After a few more minutes I slumped down on the couch, my legs now tired. I miss cuddling with her. I remembered the last time we had hugged, which had been after I brought Lani back to the house. God I miss her. But I knew I had to get rid of this crush. Therefore, I was avoiding her.

Reaching over, I grabbed my phone from the table beside the couch and began to scroll through Twitter, hoping it would distract me. But then I saw a tweet from Iris. It was a selfie of her and Lani going on a walk from a few weeks ago.

I looked at the picture a bit longer, studying Iris' masked face. Even though I can't see her face, she just seems so much more... happy.

Then I went to my camera roll, to the photo album that I had titled, 'My Beloved <3'. I looked through the random photos of us hanging out together. I'm not gonna get over this crush any time soon.

I ended up falling asleep, a picture of me and Iris hugging on my screen.

Tubbo pov

When I went downstairs to grab a glass of water, I noticed Ranboo sitting on the couch, smiling at his phone. I grabbed a glass of water from the kitchen, and when I passed the streaming room again, Ranboo was asleep. I crept into the room and saw that his phone was still on. I looked at it and saw a picture of him and Iris hugging. Noticing how happy they both were in that photo, a small smile spread across my face, which was quickly replaced by a frown as I compared it to them now.

I knew that both had feelings for each other by the way they acted, but they were too blind to see it. Iris had clearly been denying her feelings towards Ranboo from the beginning, but now that she was isolating herself from him, she was beginning to understand them.

Ranboo, on the other hand, had clearly understood his feelings towards her from the start, but now he was trying to get rid of them after the events a few days ago. I might not have understood everything that happened, but it was enough to understand that Iris led him on, then tried to fix things by kissing him, but Ranboo got the wrong message.

I felt bad for the two, I really did. Sure, it might be a little weird that my best friend and sister liked each other, but right now I was just focused on making them happy again.

And the best way to do that was to get them together.

But they needed to start talking again, and that's where I had to help.

~ Hallo Ich hoffe, ihr habt einen schönen Tag :]
Translation: Hello, hope you have a nice day :]

~ I'm probably gonna start posting once a week for a little while, because I'm starting school soon and won't be able to prewrite many chapters. I think I'll post a chapter every Saturday or Wednesday (not sure which one), starting next week.

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