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Tommy likes Niki. She's nice and pretty and she has pink hair, just like Techno.
Techno doesn't admit it, but he's okay with her, too. She's nice, and she's good friend of Wil's, so she's friend of his aswell. Kinda.
Before they went into the flower shop, they let Tommy admire the little colorful decorations, since the last time he had been there, the shop was a little dull looking for a flower shop.
Tommy approves of the decorations. They're pretty.
Once they went into the shop, Tommy ran to the counter.
A bell. He saw a bell. A cute, little, yellow bell.
"Can I? Wil, can I?" Tommy asked.
Techno snorted.
Wil agreed, of course. How can one resist those big puppy eyes?
Tommy looked at the bell with intensity before ringing it, focusing, as if this was the most important thing in the world right now.
He rang it twice, then broke into a fit of giggles.
Kids are weird, and Technoblade and Wilbur just love that.
A few seconds later, Niki's mom waltzed into the room.
"Ah, I see Prince Tommy has summoned me! How may I serve you, your highness?"
Tommy glanced back at the twins and raised his chest proudly.
"I'm King Tommy, not Prince Tommy. It's my birthday!" He said.
It wasn't physically visible, but the twins were emotionally melting.
It wasn't long before Niki joined them, too.
Tommy beamed at her.
"Hi, Niki! It's my birthday!"
She gave him a wide smile.
" Happy birthday, Tommy! "
"It's actually King Tommy today, Niki, but since you're you, you get a free pass."
Tommy turned to Techno and Wil and looked at them expectantly.
Wilbur rolled his eyes, but a huge smile was plastered on his face. Seriously, how could Tommy be so adorable and annoying.
"Niki, we're here to pick up King Tommy's crown."
Tommy gave a small gasp.
Damn it. Why is he like this?
"Crown?" Tommy asked.
"Yes, Tommy, Crown." Techno said.
Niki gave Tommy a little head pat and went to get Tommy's gift.
"You guys seriously got me a crown? I was only joking about the King thing!" Tommy said.
" Do you not want it? I'll gladly wear it in your place, Toms." Techno teased.
Tommy scoffed ", Nope. I want it. "
Niki ran in with Tommy's crown.
It was made of garden roses, pink carnations, and white peonies.
Niki gracefully put it on his head while Niki's mom gave him a piece of fabric.
It was cape. It was mostly red, but it had wool around the edges. It had golden little flowers on it, too.
"Can't have a king without a cape, now can we." She smiled.
Tommy proudly wore the crown and cape.
"Thank you, ma'am, Niki." Techno said.
"It was no problem. See you again soon, Tommy. You three better get going."
They bid Niki and her mom goodbye and then set off for the next shop.
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"So, how'd you like your new crown and cape?" Wil asked, his arm wrapped around Tommy's shoulder.
"It's so cool. You two went all out!" Tommy said, skipping along.
"If you liked that,then you're in for a big surprise. We have three more stops to go." Techno said, grinning widely.
"No! Did you spend all your savings?" Tommy asked.
"Yeah. We might as well." Techno shrugged.
" What does that mean? " Tommy gave him a questioning look.
Wilbur waved his hand off dismissively.
"Nothing, Toms. He just meant we might as well spend it on your birthday instead of just leaving it untouched."
Tommy huffed in defeat.
" Fine. Can I know where you're taking me next? "
" Yep. We're heading to that one theatre place. It's just a little ways ahead." Techno said, surprisingly without any sarcastic remarks.
Tommy made a thinking face.
"Theatre place? I've never been there before."
Wilbur laughed ", That's the point, Toms. "
"Oh. Is it expensive?" Tommy asked, still not believing the Techno and Wil used up their entire savings.
"Not much. Just a few coins for a few tickets." Techno said.
Tommy suddenly wondered why they're being like this.
It's not like he isn't enjoying himself, he is. But Techno and Wil have never celebrated any birthdays like this. There'd ber a cake, for sure. Tommy loves cake, but there would be 2 presents at most and that's it.
He decides to shrug it off. Maybe they just finally have enough money to do this. Either way, all three of them are currently happy, so who cares.
Tommy's just looking forward for some bonding.
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The theatre isn't really all that big and grand. It's not a cinema, it's a theatre. It's for musicals and plays and stories. People love it here. They preform different stories every week.
The play they're performing today is about princesses and knights and dragons and blah blah blah, you know, it's clichè. They thought Tommy would enjoy it.
When they arrived at the entrance, Tommy gave a high pitched noise of happiness that caught the twins off guard upon seeing the glowing decorations and colorful billboards.
He's an energetic kid that likes glowy and rainbow things.
While Wil and Techno gave their tickets to the register, Tommy ran around, searching every corner for more glowy and rainbow things.
Technoblade isn't much for loud,noisy and energetic kids, so it was problematic during the days before Tommy came, considering they're in a foster home filled with exactly that.
But when it comes to Wil and Tommy, he's a big softie so scream all you want, I don't care.
In time, he grew quite fond of it. He envies them for being able to shout willingly, since he always needs a scare before he can do so.
Meh. Wilbur's specialty, next to annoying him, is scaring him so no problem-o.
The guy at the register told them the number of their seats, and then gave them chips (or crisps, whichever you prefer),which was appreciated, since Tommy always got hungry during watching movies or something, so why should this be any different?
Wilbur thanked him and called for Tommy, who was still searching for more things he can look at.
It wasn't really hard to find their seats. It was near the stage because Tommy was short and they didn't want to deprive him of view.
All the other seats were already full, except for a few in the back. Once the three of them sat down, the lights immediately shut off.
Tommy gave a small yelp in surprise.
"Is this normal?" He whispered to Wilbur.
His seat was sandwiched between Wil's and Techno's so whoever he wanted to talk to, he could just poke their arm or something.
Wilbur shrugged ", Probably."
Tommy was about to ask more questions, when suddenly, the spotlight on the stage lit up.
In it stood a kid that was, they'd guess, about Techno and Wil's age.
"There once was a beautiful little princess who was born from a prosperous kingdom—" He began.
" It's starting. " Tommy whispered to Techno, this time.
"Yeah, we can see, Toms." Techno deadpanned.
As the kid in the spotlight spoke, slowly, the light that was once on him, was now spreading across the entire stage, showing the props, decorations and background that were actually pretty good.
"One night, when the king and queen were sleeping, and the guards were being careless, someone snuck inside the castle. "
Two boys,wearing what looked to be knights' armors, who were possibly around the same age as the twins, too, stood infront of the prop gate. They were careless. They've been looking everywhere but the gate.
They're good actors.
A cloaked figure snuck in and got inside. Gee, that was easy.
"Is it that easy in real life?" Tommy whispered to Technoblade again.
"Probably not. Don't try it."
"I didn't say I would, Techno. Why would I, I'm seven."
The cloaked figure got inside the castle, inside the king and queens resting chambers and apparently got to the princess.
Aren't castle supposed to be heavily guarded or something? Meh. It's a child's play.
Aaaand there you go.
Cloaked figure took the princess.
Tommy leaned to Wilbur's side.
"Why'd they take the princess and not jewelry?"
" Maybe to get money from the king and queen. You know, ransom. "
" What's ransom? "
" It's— Never mind. Maybe they want something in return for the princess. "
" That's crappy. Why not just take what they want directly? "
Techno's eyes widened.
" Hey, where'd you learn that word—"
" Maybe they want the princess. Or they want a child. " Wilbur continued, not taking his eyes off the stage.
The guards on stage still didn't have a clue on what was going on, apparently.
"Idiots." Someone beside Wil muttered.
" So they took the princess? That's a whole lot of trouble when you can just go to foster homes. "
Techno and Wil snorted, resulting in them getting shushed by the people behind them.
The play lasted an hour at least, with Tommy popping up questions from time to time.
It ended with the knight saving the princess from the dragon. The cloaked figure,who turns out,did want a child,was brought to the dungeon or something.
Instead of the knight and princess getting married, they became best friends forever, actually, and Wilbur kinda liked that.
Tommy enjoyed that. He liked the knight most. He wants to be a night, too.
"I wanna be a knight, too." He voiced.
The three of them walked out the theatre, bidding the same guy from earlier at the counter goodbye.
"No more King Tommy?" Techno asked.
"I think kings are cool. But then there's knights, which are way cooler."
Tommy skips along again.
" Where're we off to next? "
"Okay, this time, we're giving you gifts from each of us. We split the rest of the money to buy you something." Wil explained.
" Okay, so where are we going? " Tommy asked again.
" We're going to Wil's first. " Techno said.
" Which is where, exactly??? "
"The shoe shop."
" There's a shoe shop? "
" There's a shoe shop."
Techno was confused. He hadn't known there was a shoe shop. If he did, he's would've bought Tommy better flip flops a long time ago. The ones that the foster home gave them weren't exactly the best.
" How'd you know there was a shoe shop?"
" There's always been a show shop. It's just that their shoes are expensive. "
Tommy's eyebrows furrowed.
" If they're expensive, why'd you buy them? "
" Because,Tommy, you need new shoes. "
Techno nodded in agreement.
Tommy thinks this is going overboard, but clearly, Techno and Wil are just glad to get to spoil Tommy today.
With that, they head to the shoe shop!
End of 3rd chapter <3
A/N: There will be a third part of Tommy's birthday because damnit I got carried away. I'll probably post later than expected again, but please wait for the next part! Thank you for reading!