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Tubbo is only able to understand and speak English, where as Ranboo, being half ender, is fluent in both Ender and English. Ranboo will sometimes use this fact to his advantage. Sometimes, they’ll make slight fun of Tubbo, or they’ll be a big sap and flirt in Ender, platonically of course.
Tubbo’s always left confused on what the other is saying, and the fact that Ender can sound scary especially from a native speaker, it’s hard to tell the intent, so when this happens, he’s just left with a confused look on his face.
He’s able to pick up on a few words, but other than that, he’s completely confused on what’s being said.
Tubbo had a meeting with Jack Manifold, which quite literally lasted the whole day. He was finally walking back home.
The mansion now in sight, he picks up the pace wanting to be home. As he gets closer he sees Ranboo sitting in front of the mansion doors, seemingly writing something in his journal.
“Hey, bossman!”, Tubbo says, approaching Ranboo. Ranboo lifts his head up from his journal, smiling, seeing Tubbo stop in front of where he’s sitting. “Hey Tubbo!” Ranboo stands up, looking down at Tubbo. “How did the meeting go?”
“If I’m gonna be honest, could have gone without the meeting. I think Jack developed anger issues or something.”
“⏁⊑⏃⏁, ⍜⍀ ⊬⍜⎍ ⌇⏁⏃⍀⏁⟒⎅ ⊬⟒⌰⌰⟟⋏☌ ⎎⟟⍀⌇⏁,” Ranboo quickly replied, slightly chuckling.
“Ranboo you know I can’t understand you when you speak ender or whatever.”
“Mhm, yeah I know, Tubbo. ⏁⊑⏃⏁’⌇ ☍⟟⋏⎅⏃ ⏁⊑⟒ ⌿⍜⟟⋏⏁.”
“Whatever. I’m just gonna get to bed. I’m tired.” Tubbo opened the doors to the mansion, letting Ranboo go inside first, before walking in, closing the door behind him.
———
Ranboo walked into the main living room of the mansion, which was where Tubbo currently was.
Ranboo stood behind the couch Tubbo was currently sitting on, standing with his arms loosely crossed, while looking down at Tubbo. “Tubbo.”
Tubbo shortly screamed, hand on his heart, looking up to where the noise came from. “MY GOD, Ranboo. What the frick?!”
“Sorry Tubbo. Anyways, do you happen to know where my cloak went to?”
“You own a cloak?” Tubbo responds, voice sounding out in a question.
“Uhh yeah? Have you not noticed?”
“I’ve never seen you wear a cloak before in all honestly.”
“⍜⊑ ⋔⊬ ☌⍜⎅, ⊬⍜⎍’⍀⟒ ⍙⍜⍀⌇⟒ ⏁⊑⏃⋏ ⋔⟒.”
“Did you just insult me?” Tubbo asks, with a bit of a raised voice.
“Me? I would never.” Ranboo replies, smiling (sus).
———
“Ranboo, I didn’t give away the cookie outpost.”
“You kinda did though.”
“I’m telling you, I didn’t give it away. Okay? I just let it join the Las Nevadas territory.”
“But that’s still giving it away.”
“That is NOT giving it away.”
“But it is?”
“Oh my god.” Tubbo sighs; “I 👏did👏not👏give👏it👏away👏.”
“⍜⊑ ⋔⊬ ☌⍜⎅, ⏁⎍⏚⏚⍜, ⏃⍀⟒ ⊬⍜⎍ ⏚⌰⟟⋏⎅? ⏁⊑⟒ ☊⍜⍜☍⟟⟒ ⍜⎍⏁⌿⍜⌇⏁ ⟟⌇ ☌⍜⋏⋏⏃ ⟒⋏⎅ ⎍⌿ ⟟⋏ ⊑⟒⌰⌰ ⋏⍜⍙. ⋔⊬ ☌⍜⎅.”
“Ranboo, what the every loving frickity frick did you just say?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know, nuke boy?”
———
Ranboo and Tubbo were walking to the docks that belonged in Snowchester. Ranboo had suggested getting some fresh air at the docks, and plus, watch fish swim around in the water. Tubbo agreed to the idea, it had been a while since he’s been to the docks.
“Ranboo, slow down.”
“I already am going slow!”
“Well clearly it’s not slow enough. Let me catch up at least.”
Ranboo looked back towards Tubbo, smiling. “Maybe you should walk faster then. Just saying.”
“Ranboo, I swear to god if you don’t slow down I’m going to nuke you.”
“Mhm mhm.” Ranboo slowed down, a little bit. Just a little bit.
“YOU HARDLY CHANGED YOUR SPEED!”
“But I did slow down though.”
“I hate you so much.”
“Sure you do.”
“Screw your long damn legs.”
“Why don’t you go grow longer legs then?”
“Why don’t you shrink?”
“⋏⍜⏁ ⋔⊬ ⌿⍀⍜⏚⌰⟒⋔ ⊬⍜⎍’⍀⟒ ⌇⊑⍜⍀⏁ ⏃⌇ ⎎⎍☊☍.”
———
Ranboo had enderwalked to snowchester towards the end of the day, letting himself into the mansion that belonged to him and his husband. Too lazy to open the door, he just let himself in by teleporting, something he was only able to do in his enderwalk state. Once inside, he then teleported again to the shared bedroom he and Tubbo had. The noise of him returning from no-clipping startling the other.
Tubbo sat down his book, turning his head towards the noise. “My god, Ranboo. Did you really have to scare me like that?”
The only reply the smaller got was a soft vwoop from the other.
“You’re in your sleep walking state aren’t you?” Another vwoop was sounding as the taller nodded.
“You just gonna stand there, buddy?” Tubbo patted the space on the mattress next to him, Ranboo finally sitting on the bed, waiting a few moments before moving to lay down.
“Why is it whenever you’re in that state you look act like a cat who’s staring at the wall like there’s something there? I swear your brain is just empty.”
Ranboo made a weird noise, one that Tubbo realized was the equivalent to a laugh in ender.
“Lil meow meow,” Tubbo laughed after speaking.
“⎎⎍☊☍ ⊬⍜⎍ ☌⍜⏃⏁ ⋔⏃⋏. ⟟’⋔ ☌⍜⋏⋏⏃ ☌⍜ ⎅⏃⋏☊⟒ ⍜⋏ ⊬⍜⎍⍀ ⏚⍀⟟⎅☌⟒.”
Tubbo stared at the other for a moment before sitting up, turning his head to the side to admire the other. Ranboo was often quite relaxed in this state instead of his usual anxious self. Red and green eyes glowing with hues of beautiful purple. Eyes as well looking more like a cat’s than a human’s. The freckles that cascaded through his face having a hue of purple as well as the usual black and white shades. Tubbo sometimes wishes he could appear as relaxed as him in this state.
Ranboo seemed to have caught the stares from Tubbo, however before the smaller could react, Ranboo quickly shifted himself, laying his head into Tubbo’s lap, face looking up at the ceiling, eyes closed.
“Well this is a first.” To say Tubbo was speechless is an understatement. He was absolutely bewildered by the action. Not knowing what to do about the ender hybrid who was laying their head on his lap. “You comfortable there, big man?”
“⋔⊑⋔.”
Ranboo opened up his eyes, looking up at tubbo. However, instead of looking at Tubbo’s nose, like he usually does, he gives eye contact. They seem intrigued at the color of Tubbo’s eyes, looking intently into them. They give a content smile, reaching their hands up to hold Tubbo’s face, holding his face as if he was made of thin glass.
Tubbo’s eyebrows furrow in confusion at the action. “Uhh, bossman?”
Ranboo smile grows wider. “⋔⋔. ⌿⍀⟒⏁⏁⊬ ⟒⊬⟒⌇.” They chuckled before speaking again: “⏃☊⏁⎍⏃⌰⌰⊬ ⋏⍜. ⏃⌰⌰ ⍜⎎ ⊬⍜⎍ ⟟⌇ ⌿⍀⟒⏁⏁⊬.”
Tubbo seemed to catch on that the taller was complimenting him. “Thanks? Even though I don’t quite know what you said.”
“⎅⍜⟒⌇⋏’⏁ ⋔⏃⏁⏁⟒⍀, ⋔⊬ ⏚⟒⌰⍜⎐⟒⎅. “ Ranboo yawns, retracting his hands from the smaller’s face. Allowing themselves to relax again, still laying in the other’s lap, before closing his eyes. “☌⍜⍜⎅⋏⟟☌⊑⏁, ⏚⟒⌰⍜⎐⟒⎅.” He spoke, before falling asleep.
Tubbo allowed them to sleep there, soon falling asleep himself. He later awoke to a panicked, non-enderwalking Ranboo. After explaining the events, the other wouldn’t stop apologizing, but shut the other up by saying the action was ‘quite adorable.’
Tubbo was never gonna let Ranboo live this moment down.