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The 2 children ran through what once was Tommy's house, going through and looking for the railway bridge.
It was covered by cobblestone (which was probably left by a previous war, neither the brunette or the blonde could remember) but they eventually found it.
Tubbo hacked through the rocks with a picaxe and once the abandoned rails were shown they kept running. It was easy to get where they were headed, besides the occasional jumping over lava traps.
Both of the boys were silent, which was weird for them. But Tommy didn't know what to say. He hated the silence, yes- but what was he supposed to talk about?
They're leaving their home behind. Even Tommy couldn't joke about that- or at least not yet. And seeing as the other never lead conversations it continued to be silent.
After about 25 minutes of the sounds of their sprinting footsteps and heavy pants for air, Tubbo poked Tommy's shoulder.
This snapped Tommy out of thought. He looked around confused for a second before realizing they arrived where they were going.
The vacation home.
Tommy fundled at the door handle, grasping to unlock it with his keys. The door creaked loudly and the brunette walked in, the blonde quickly following.
The gremlin of a child let out a breathe he didn't know he'd been holding when he spotted the cow laying on the ground.
"Henry.." He mumbled softly, triggering a small smile. Tubbo looked over. "Grab Henry- we can probably ride him away! T-that might be faster.. I'll grab food." The shorter told, smiling at seeing Tommy smile.
Tommy scoffed at being told what to do but still did it. Either way he was planning on taking Henry, so it didn't matter if the other said to do so.
The blonde grabbed a lead that was laying on top of a chest. He tried to put it around Henry but seeing as Henry was a big ass cow that was hard. "Ugh- you fat cow!"
Tubbo laughed lightly. "You struggling there, Tommy?" The taller child glared at him, shaking his head.
"You've been hanging around Schlatt too much Big T, my streamer would just help me." He teased still indeed struggling to get the lead around Henrys neck.
The brunette walked over and poked Henrys horn, not exactly knowing how to wake it up. They kinda just stood there like "🧍" until Tubbo just kicked the cows side (lightly of course.)
"HEY THE FUCK YOU DOING DONT HURT MY COW BITCHBOY!" The tall ass motherfucker shouted at Tubbo, the other having to stifle a laugh while being yelled at.
It did indeed wake up Henry though so it did work out. "Look- he's awake! Now you can put on the lead." Tubbo said while smiling brightly. For a split second it felt almost as if everything was ok.
The yelling, the laughing, the smiles- it felt like old times;
Tommy smiled back, putting the lead around the cows neck. "Thanks, idiot.." The other was glad Tommy was acting himself again. "Anytime, Tommy!"
Whilst the blonde calmed down the now very upset and confused cow Tubbo stuffed carrots, soup cans, potatoes, a singular bowl, some coal chunks, and a 3 steaks into his backpack.
Tommy had the important for mental health stuff and and Tubbo had the important for life stuff.
It was a struggle to get Henry out the door but after a long 7 minutes off the gremlin cursing at the cow and the brunette trying to move around the door they eventually got the cow out.
Tommy first got on top of Henry then helped Tubbo up. The 2 looked around their surrondings, taking it all in.
This may be their last time together at the vacation home.
All it took was a singular shake of the leash, a small kick to the side, or even a light smack of the cows butt for Henry to start running. But the blonde couldn't bring himself to do it. And frankly Tubbo couldn't either.
So they sat there, Tubbo leaning forward and leaning his forehead against Tommy's back. "Any minute now." The brunette mumbled.
"Yea, we'll go in a second." The other responded, gripping hardly onto his cows lead. "Yep.." He responded.
Soon they were both crying, crying in silence. Neither spoke as they didnt need too. Being next to their best friend was enough. So they cried.
39 minutes.
The 2 boys cried for 39 minutes before Tommy found to courage to shake the lead. Henry started running off, giving them about 30 seconds of the cow running before he slowed down and just walked.
"It'll be ok, right Tommy?"
No one spoke for a second, the only sound heard was Henrys feet stomping on the grass below.
"Right, Big T."