“…He tumbles back through the air in shock at the dark mass that’s suddenly right in front of him, two toned eyes flashing teeth, panics immediately after as Ranboo goes falling out of the sky like an idiot, but he’s gone before he hits the ground, reappears crouched on a nearby building’s roof, tail whipping behind him as he grins like a crazy person.
“What the- fuck! You’re insane!” Tubbo yells but there’s laughter curling under his words, heart beating fast and excited in his chest, and he dips out of the way as Ranboo launches himself off the rooftop, disappearing and reappearing in the blink of an eye, and something like awe begins to melt through Tubbo as he zips over buildings.
Tubbo’s gone up against a lot of interesting quirks over the years, but he’s never faced a teleporter before, is really having to try now to keep out of Ranboo’s reach, pulling ariel maneuvers that he probably shouldn’t be doing, but his wound is the last thing on his mind at the moment.
Ranboo is fast, he’s light on his feet and appears to have near perfect aim, dropping himself out of thin air uncomfortably close to Tubbo every time, finally manages to get him with a feint, popping into existence on Tubbo’s left, anticipates he’s going to swerve right and is already there, cold palm slapping lightly against his face.
“Yes!” Ranboo crows in excitement, falling back through the air with his hair whipping around him, eyes bright and full of so much life, teeth bared in a victorious smile and Tubbo feels out of breath, watching him dissolve into purple particles an inch above the rooftop.
It’s like night and day, Tubbo thinks, pulse hammering in his veins as Ranboo appears on a nearby water tank, tail curling around behind him like a self satisfied monkey, is this who he actually is, underneath everything, why does he hide it what’s he afraid of-…”
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