Lost

Chapter 27

This chapter contains shipping and a character having an anxiety attack.

×~ Frostbite ~×

Ranboo kept running throughout the night. Without taking any breaks they managed to make it to sunrise and even when the sky became filled with many different enchanting colors, and the mobs started to burn around the terrified enderman, they kept running. They didn't know if they were still being followed or not but they didn't want to take any risks.

Ranboo ignored how tired they were, it was still manageable but it was starting to get unpleasant. Maybe they should take a break, sit down and rest, and maybe find something to eat. They were starting to get hungry. The enderman slowed down for a moment, tempted by the idea of rest and food, but shortly after sped back up, they had no idea how far behind them Smiles was, it could be just out of sight waiting for them to let their guard down. 

Ranboo kept running ignoring their body whenever it told them that they needed to take a break. They have yet to get as tired as they were when Smiles was chasing them months before so they weren't planning on stopping just yet, but they were getting close to needing to. Not much longer now and they'll collapse, they were sure, but they were too scared to let themselves fall over just yet.

I panted heavily as I ran. I can't believe I managed to make it through the night, I'm lucky I didn't pass out when the mobs were still around. I quickly glanced behind me to check if I was being followed. I hadn't seen smiles since I was at the brook. Maybe I was overreacting over a creeper or maybe I was just hallucinating. No, it felt too real for it to just be my mind playing tricks on me.

I slowly started to notice the pain in my sides getting worse and that it felt like it was getting harder to breathe. I ignored the pain and continued pressing forward as fast as I could. I needed to put as much distance between me and Smiles as I possibly could. I started to feel lightheaded and my vision started to blur slightly. It felt like my lungs were on fire but I didn't stop running.

I began to wobble but managed to catch myself whenever I started to fall. My vision blurred even more than before but I kept running even though I had started to trip more often over random things that covered the forest floor. I need to take a break, but I can't, not yet. If Smiles managed to find me after months of us being separated, it sure as hell can find me just after a night of running away from it.

But no matter how much willpower someone may have it is exceedingly difficult to stay awake for over 24 hours especially when you spent over half of that time running, and the rest of it walking. So when the foolish enderman finally tripped and fell they didn't attempt to get back up and continue running. They were too overwhelmed with comfort when they laid on the partially snow-covered ground despite it consisting of incredibly rocky terrain, and being far from warm.

Ranboo wanted to get back up and run but resting was just too nice to give up. And besides, you can't run very well when you're too tired to breathe properly. All they need is just a little bit of rest and they'll get back up and continue running. Ranboo closed their eyes, they weren't trying to sleep, they didn't want to, but they were too tired to keep them open.

The enderman's breathing slowed and soon became shallow as they drifted into a much-needed rest.

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Tubbo walked along with the forest shaking from the bitter cold and on the lookout for anything that might be of use to him. A few days ago he got separated from Tommy and lost all of his belongings except for the things he was wearing thanks to an unexpected mob attack in the middle of the night. He was upset that Tommy had fallen asleep during his shift of watching over the tent. But he couldn't blame his friend, he was tired too, all he wanted to do was find that stupid fucking village and finally sleep in an actual bed.