Monachopsis

Chapter 16

CW: Blood, Implied child mistreatment, implied drugs, and arguing

Dream shoved Eret in the side. "Don't be an ass!" Though he tried to sound stern, by the end of the sentence he was a laughing fit.

"Well damn," Ranboo fought the temptation to fall into the laughter as well, "I guess you don't want your present from me Dream." Dream perked up, stopping his fit almost instantly.

"Give it." Dream sarcastically pouted.

"Fine, fine," Ranboo smiled. They handed him a white box with a black ribbon.

"Wow, nice decor." Dream teased.

"Very ornate." Eret looked to Ranboo.

"Ornate. It's an adjective meaning made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns." He smirked. "Better luck next time." Before Eret could respond, Papa J spoke.

"You two, shut it. Let Dream open his gift."

"Fine." The two said in unison. Dream carefully undid the bow and opened the box. A few daggers and magic books like he's always given by Eret and Ranboo. Well, he's always given something to do with his latest hyper focus. In the middle, a black box sat. Dream picked it up carefully before opening it. He gasped.

"I..." Ranboo was immediately captured into a hug. "Thank you."

"What is it?" Apricity asked. Dream, still gripping onto Ranboo, held a gold chain out with a piece of rainbow fluoride on it. Starting with purple, it slowly faded to green; blue and clear stripes dotted down the crystal. Dream released his grip on Ranboo.

"Thank you." Laughed. "Asshole."

"Of course Astralis." Ranboo smirked. Dream hit their arm.

"I told you to stop calling me that!" He fell back into laughter.

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"Hey Will?" Ranboo stopped him in the hall. "Go to Fundy's room. I've gotta help with cleaning up the wrapping paper mess, but you can see what they put together." Ranboo smiled before running over to the tree. "Tommy don't pick that up!-"

*Crash*

'Of course.' Wilbur smiled before heading to Ranboo's room. After walking into the room, Wilbur realized that the old brown-yellow couch had been replaced with a light blue sofa and matching loveseat. A new TV sat in from of the couch on a new TV table. A coffee table filled up the space in between the sofa and TV. Fundy's drawings already occupied parts of the wall. There were 4 doors branching off this room. One with a sign saying "Little Champ," another saying "Nel," and the last saying "Aurora." The other was presumably a half-bath.

He looked around for Fundy, and found him drawing in his room. "Hey champ." He smiled.

"Hey dada! I'm just drawing." He held up a green crayon.

"I see that bud. Where're the nurses?"

"Oh, Nurse Nel is doing some work, seeing if their is a second full bathroom and getting me some more toys. Nurse Azure is in her room doing something." Fundy smiled as Wilbur ruffled his hair.

"Ok bud, I won't bother your drawing anymore. Thanks champ." Fundy smiled triumphantly, happy to be of help. Wilbur shut the door on his way out. He knocked on Azure's door.

"Come in!" A voice responded. A tall figure stood in the center of the room, pulling a t-shirt over a black sports bra. They sported fuzzy socks and red and black dyed pants. They turned. Deep black eyes met Will's. Their hair was a sea-sick green that fell down to their waist. Their hair was wavy, like the ocean. "Oh hey! You must be Wilbur. I'm Azure. She/they, and he is kind of a special-occasion pronoun." She smiled as she reached her hand out to shake his.