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When Tommy woke up the next day he was sore, like sore-sore, he sat up, he tried to get up but as soon as he did he yelped and fell back into the couch, his right ankle had sent a jolt of pain through it when pressure was on it.
He tried again to stand, this time he stood with his left foot then slowly started putting pressure on his right ankle, but again that caused him pain and he fell back on the couch he sighed, knowing trying to stand properly on both feet would be impossible. He decided to stand on his left ankle again, he tried to hop to the kitchen but it failed miserably, only hopping twice before he fell forward into the ground.
Him falling apparently made enough noise for Tubbo to hear and come running out of his room disheveled as heck, with a Taser. “Who's there- oh” Tubbo said as he saw Tommy on the ground. “For fucks sake Tommy, you had me worried, I thought someone was in the apartment” Tubbo lowered the taser. Tommy sat up and using the couch, he sat back down on the couch. “So why were you on the floor anyway?” Tommy knew he should tell Tubbo about his ankle but Tubbo would worry so he chose to not to, he would make Tommy sit all day and be overly worried about him. “I just had a bad dream Tubs, and I fell off the couch” Tommy said, full on lying to him, Tubbo narrowed his eyes in suspicion but nodded.
Tommy was about to sigh in relief but stopped himself, Tubbo seemed to move on from his suspicion, “I think we still have some cereal, you want some?” Tubbo asked, and Tommy just nodded, Tubbo walked over to the kitchen and as soon as Tubbo was in the kitchen Tommy sighed in relief.
He than brought his ankle carefully up and put his leg on to his other, he pulled up his pant leg of his pj's, he immediately saw some bruising and burn marks, most burn marks were towards the back of his ankle which he could see, he poked it and he had to stop himself from yelling from just a poke.
He could tell this would be a definite problem for him, he couldn't go on patrol obviously cause flame would be scoping out the section, he could tell, he wouldn't just let go that two vigilantes were seen in one section, one who had gotten away from a top hero and the other who wasn't even supposed to be there.
Tommy pulled his PJ pant leg down and carefully set his foot back on the ground, at the same time Tubbo came out with two bowls of cereal, he handed the red bowl to Tommy and kept the green one for himself. Tommy nodded a thanks. He started to eat his cereal as Tubbo sat on the couch next to him, they both enjoyed their food quietly. Once they were finished Tubbo took their bowls to the kitchen and went back to his room. Tommy remembered that Tubbo had to work that day, while Tommy was off on Saturday and Sunday Tubbo wasn't. Tubbo came back out dressed and ready, “I'll see you later Tommy” Tubbo said, and Tommy waved bye, as soon as the door shut, he sat there.
Tommy was lucky no one else was in the apartment besides him cause what he was about to do next was very embarrassing. He slid off the couch and crawled to their bathroom that held their med kit, he got to the bathroom and sat on the floor, he was so lucky they kept it under the sink and not up high. Tommy opened the little cabinets that were under the sink and grabbed the med kit. He popped it open and grabbed out the bandages and tape. He wrapped his ankle, he wasn't a professional but after how many times he's gotten hurt as a vigilante and seen Tubbo patch him up he would like to think he's good at it. Tommy then grabbed the tape (like just normal clear tape you'd usually get at the store for cheap) and started to tape up the bandages.
Tommy sat on the floor for a couple moments before crawling back out the bathroom and back to the couch, while he made his way back to the couch by crawling he grabbed the remote, once he was at the couch he pulled himself up onto it and sat there, he put on a movie that he liked and relaxed into the couch, he put his legs onto the couch, careful to move it. He watched the movie, he didn't mind this one, it being some Disney movie.
That was about a girl not wanting her father to go to war so she goes undercover as a guy so she can protect her father. Tommy thought the little dragon was hilarious, even though it looked like a lizard. Tommy also thought the songs were great, like yea it's a song where she gets stronger and proves herself to the main guy, but if Tommy had to say anything about the guys, this girl seemed way stronger than the guys, like she might be pretending to be a guy she was so strong.
Towards the end of the movie Tommy had been shocked that she got caught, but it was undeniable that it was going to happen, but when she realized the bad dudes were still going after the guys who just kicked her out she still decided to go and protect them. Tommy was so excited when she got there and the whole fight had broken out. Tommy also thought it was fuckin hilarious that the bad guy on recognized her with her hair up, cause it just makes it more funny that he was beat by a girl. When the movie ended he actually really enjoyed it.
Before Tommy could click on another movie to watch he got a text message that red:
R. Hey Tommy just making sure we are still hanging out tomorrow. Also is 1 pm fine?
Tommy stared at his phone, he totally forgot about agreeing to hang out with Ranboo, he didn't want to cancel on him so he texted him back:
T. Yep we're still hanging out tmrw and 1 is fine
Tommy replied back and he got a thumbs up from Ranboo. Tommy had no idea how he would hang out with Ranboo with an injured ankle. Tommy would just have to hope to all prime that his ankle would be fine to walk on tomorrow, and if it wasn't Tommy needed to make sure Ranboo just didn't notice.
After a couple hours (and way too many Disney movies) Tubbo was home, he seemed a bit tired. Which was expected from work. “Hey Tubs.” Tubbos head shot over to Tommy, his eyes looked drowsy and exhausted “geez, did ya have a rough day at work?” Tommy asked, and Tubbo narrowed his eyes at him and flipped him off. Tommy just laughed as Tubbo trudged his way over to his room. Which meant Tubbo was about to pass out for about 8 hours.
Tommy just sighed as Tubbo closed the door to his room. Tommy decided to stay up for a bit longer before going to bed.
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Tommy did get some sleep that night, only to be awoken by him hitting his ankle on the couch way too hard. Tommy shot up in pain, he did not wanna deal with this. He just wanted to sleep all day and not be bothered. But he told Ranboo he'd hang out and usually Tommy wasn't one to cancel at the last minute. So Tommy threw his blanket off his legs and carefully got up. His ankle still hurts but he could stand on it. Probably not for long, but he could stand. Tommy carefully limped his way over to his room and opened the door. He went in and found some clothes he could put on instead of his pj's.
Tommy carefully got changed into a dark teal hoodie and carefully put on his jeans. He limped his way out of his room, he grabbed his phone that was half charged and put it in his pocket, he put his shoes on and left out the door, he went towards the stairs, he would like to ignore how long it took him but it was fine. He still had like 20 minutes before they'd actually meet up, so Tommy just started to limp around the streets until he felt his phone vibrate. It was a text from Ranboo, it was telling him where Ranboo was meeting him. And it wasn't too far away from where he currently was.
Tommy slightly limped his way to the small cafe that was actually nice and reasonably cheap. Tommy saw the cafe and kept limp-walking his way to it, he then saw Ranboo in a cool black and white jacket that had bits of red and green on it, he then waved. “Hey Ranboob” Tommy said jokingly, Ranboo just sighed “Hey Tommy, how is it going?” Tommy smiled “it's going alright, I watched a bunch of Disney movies yesterday and they were great” Ranboo tilted his head, “for being a big man, as you say, I didn't take you for someone to be into Disney movies” Tommy gawked at him “Excuse me Ranboob,big men, such as myself, can totally watch Disney movies”
Ranboo just sighed “Fine, but don't say anything when the arch demons come and get you” Ranboo said and started walking, Tommy followed him, “I'm sorry- arch demons?” Tommy said almost baffled, “Yea, the arch demons, so many buildings have arches to keep the demons out” Tommy was baffled, while he only attended some years of school, he was sure that wasn't true. “I don't think that's true-” “No, Demons” Ranboo said, and Tommy just broke into laughter.
Their conversations continued like this, as they walked, Tommy forgot about his ankle and how it still hurts. They walked and talked about random things, it mostly being Tommy bringing this stuff up, other times it was Ranboo. They weren't causing chaos, just loudly laughing and enjoying hanging out, at one point Ranboo had saw one of those phone booths that was just basically a box that you went into, he then convinced Tommy it was soundproof and that he should totally go in it and scream to test it. Tommy did, he saw Ranboo pull out his phone and hold it up, he gave Tommy a thumbs up and Tommy screamed.
Tommy walked out the box excitedly, careful of his ankle,“Did you hear me?” Ranboo laughed and shook his head, “Nope, totally not” Tommy smiled, thinking what Ranboo said was true.
They continued walking and it was all fine before Tommy pressed on his ankle a bit too much and a little pop like a bubble could be heard, Tommy fell forward and held his ankle, his ankle hurting a lot more now than before. “Tommy!” Ranboo loudly yelled, he bent down to check Tommy out to make sure Tommy was alright, he went to help Tommy up but as soon as Tommy's bad ankle touched the ground pain shot up his leg and he fell to the ground again. Ranboo had a worried look on his face and went to check Tommy’s ankle. Tommy realized that Ranboo would see how bad his ankle was, while yea the bruises are still there but they're slowly disappearing, the burns on his ankle haven't, yes he wrapped it, he hasn't really checked on it since yesterday.
Tommy pulled his pant leg down to cover his ankle. “Tommy, let me see your ankle, I need to make sure you're alright, a normal fall would only hurt for a bit” Tommy mumbled under his breath “no” Ranboo was close enough to hear him say that and he sighed. “Please Tommy, I just wanna check it” Tommy sighed, “fine, but can I sit somewhere that isn't the ground” Ranboo’s eyes widened “Oh shoot, yea, here let me help you up” Ranboo carefully helped Tommy up, Tommy tried to get away from him, but Ranboo just held his shoulders with one of his arms and helped Tommy until they got to a bench Tommy could sit down at.
Once Tommy sat down Ranboo immediately went to check out his ankle, Tommy didn't know why Ranboo wanted to check to make sure he was okay, Tommy barely knew the fucker and he was worried that Tommy might be hurt.Tommy didn't say anything, he didn't say anything when Ranboo was unwrapping the bandages, he didn't say anything when Ranboo took in a sharp inhale of air, and he didn't say anything when Ranboo tried to make eye contact with him.
“Tommy what the heck happened to your ankle?” Ranboo had said very loudly but when he realized how loud he was he brought his voice down a couple notches. Tommy had to come up with a lie, he couldn't just tell Ranboo ‘ oh I'm a vigilante and have been for like 4 years, and I just got this bruise from one of the top hero’s Firestorm’ (well he could tell him that- no I need plot, anyway back to the story!) Tommy sighed “I- dropped a hot pan on it that had a bit of water in it, I tried to walk with it but I tripped and twisted it” Tommy said quickly, it was the best lie he could come up with. Ranboo just nodded and wrapped up his ankle again but more better.
“Okay well we are going back to your apartment and you are gonna let that heal, since it didn't before.” Tommy paused his thinking, oh, Ranboo was genuinely worried that he was walking on a bad ankle. “But what about us hanging out?” Ranboo looked to be in thought for a minute, “We could always hang out at your apartment, or we could just reschedule our hangout when your ankle isn’t on the verge of breaking.” Ranboo said.
Tommy nodded, Ranboo then picked Tommy up bridal style and Tommy was kinda chill about this, he didn’t have to walk, so he was fine. He ignored how embarrassing this was, and had Told Ranboo what ways to go. They got to Tommy’s apartment quickly and Ranboo had carried him up the stairs since he didn’t want Tommy to. They finally got to his floor, Tommy had tried the handle and it was locked, he then knocked on his door to see if Tubbo was home. They heard a crash from inside, they heard the door unlock and Tubbo opened it “Tommy you are in so much fuckin troub-” Tubbo had started to say but stop when he saw the scene in front of him “oh, uh, hello” Tubbo had said, to Ranboo he sounded awkward to Tommy he could tell he was hiding his annoyance. “Uh, I won't ask, come in,” Tubbo said. Ranboo walked in carrying Tommy. He put him on the couch and stood there awkwardly.
The three of them stared at each other awkwardly, before Tommy spoke “so uh, Tubbo this is Ranboo, a friend I met a couple weeks ago, Ranboo this is Tubbo my roommate” They both nodded at each other, it was a bit awkward. Tubbo might have been glaring at Ranboo, and Ranboo was just nervous as heck. “Well it's nice to meet you Ranboo, I'm glad Tommy's getting time to know people” Tubbo put his hand out for Ranboo to shake and Ranboo shook it, Tommy could see when Tubbo squeezed his hand, he did this to anyone new he meets, and sadly Tommy's hand has gotten squished before to,he knew how strong Tubbo was. When their handshake ended Ranboo had shook his hand coming back from the handshake. “Well it was really nice to meet you Ranboo but sadly I have to yell at Tommy for hiding the fact his ankle is not well, and that he hid it for two days and probably wasn't planning on telling me.” Tubbo said and glared at Tommy.
Ranboo nodded “please do, I had no idea and I feel bad that he had to walk on it” Tubbo smiled, and Tommy knew that smile it was sinister. Well Tommy is fucked, “Bye Tommy” Ranboo waved to him and Tommy wish he could go with him and not deal with Tubbo's wrath. When Ranboo was officially out of the apartment and the door was closed Tubbo turned back to Tommy, and Tommy knew this would be the end of him, the end of Tommy danger kraken underscore innit.
“Tommy you are so lucky you have work Tomorrow and that your hurt or I'd throw you out the fuckin window” Tubbo said as he came back over to stand in front of Tommy. “Tubbo, I swear I was gonna tell you, but I just didn't want you to get mad,” Tommy said, trying to stay calm. “Really? Cause it seemed like you were intent on keeping this a secret, I'm so glad I checked comms with Thalassa,or I wouldn't have known she texted you on there hoping you were alright and tips to make sure your ankle healed. So mind telling me why your ankle is fucked up, I know it happened on patrol, since Thalassa knows.” Tommy sighed, he then explained how he ran into Thala and then Fire storm.
“Well I was just doing my normal rounds, Thala had stopped in my section cause Fire storm was in hers, we stuck together while doing my rounds stopping a robbery, then out of fuckin no where Fire storm,the fucker he is shot a fuckin fire ball at us, so we had to run while we were running he hit my ankle with a fireball and I had to keep running on it or we'd be caught, we had both escaped him and I just crashed on the couch after texting Thala about if I was okay.” He explained and he kept out the fact Thala knew about his interaction with Blade. Tubbo sighed, “Well I'm glad you guys ran so you didn't get caught, but please Tommy tell me that your hurt, walking on an ankle that just got fuckin burnt a few days ago isn't good for it, especially since you have work tomorrow and they'll be wondering why your limping”
And yea, Tommy didn't think about him going to work tomorrow. He was literally gonna be around heroes for like 7 hours, he had no idea how he would hide that. He was fucked.