Ranboo's POV:

"The exit's that way, right?" I asked, forgetting which way we came in from.

"I'm pretty sure.." Tubbo replied hesitantly.

I looked both ways, and across the room, I could see Lucus was also searching around.

"Tubbo, he's right there!" I whisper-yelled, nudging him with my elbow.

Tubbo jumped back in fear.

"Oh, s(bleep)t!" He stood behind me, holding onto my shoulders and peeking over them. "Now what do we do?"

"Uhh.." I tried to think. "Here, I have a plan."

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"Exuse me, sir." I waved a hand a man that looked about my age. "Can I ask a favor of you?"

"Depends. What do you need?" He turned to me, confused.

"Can I- uhh, could I possibly walk with you to the exit with my arm around your shoulder?" I asked, with a nervous laugh at the end.

"Why would I let you do that?" He shot back, clearly weirded out.

"Cause, I'll give you 10 bucks." I offered.

"Fine." He sighed. "Why, though?"

"It's difficult to explain.." I laughed. "Also, could I maybe tell you that I love you on the way?"

"What the h(bleep)l?"

"Like I said, it's hard to explain."

The man sighed and shook his head.

We walked over to the corner where Tubbo was.

"Alright, you ready, sir?" I asked the tall, black haired boy.

"Whatever." He snorted in response.

Me and the guy began walking toward the exit, about 7 feet apart from Lucus.

I looked over at the man under my arms and smirked.

"Did I tell you how mighty fine you look today?" I chuckled.

Lucus immediately looked over at us, recognizing my voice.

"Uh- y-you look even better." He rolled his eyes, not thrilled with the concept of it.

"I l-love you so much." I ruffled the man's hair up as we were close to the exit.

Lucus never took his eyes off of me. I just pretended like I didn't notice.

Lucus, being distracted by me 'cheating' on Tubbo, didn't notice the small boy run into the bathroom.

Once me and the stranger got outside, I could see Lucus angrily running after us.

"Ranboo." He scoffed. "How could you cheat on Tubbo like this?! You got extremely lucky to have him in your grip. Why would you throw that away?"

"L-Lucus? It's not what it looks like! Please, don't tell Tubbo!" I faked being scared out of my mind.

"No." He said. "Just wait until I tell him. He'll be so upset, and I'll be the one to comfort him. He's mine now, Ranboo. You lost." Lucus smirked.

"Oh, no!!" I fell to the ground dramatically.

Lucus ran inside the building on search for Tubbo. That was Tubbo's cue to walk out of the bathroom.

Once Lucus noticed Tubbo was near, he sprinted toward him while yelling his name.

"Tubbo! It's Ranboo." He shouted. "He was out there w-with another guy. He's cheating on you!"

"What?!" Tubbo put his hand on his chest. "No! This can't be!"

"It's true, Tubbo. I'm so sorry.."

"Oh, God.. I'm going home. This is gonna take some healing.. Thanks for today, Lucus." Tubbo looked as though he could cry.

"Please, come over to my place." Lucus suggested. "You could settle in there for awhile and It'll help you heal better."

"I appreciate the offer, but I must go home." Tubbo cried dramatically. "See you later, Lucus.."

Tubbo ran out of the place with his hands over his eyes, pretending to be crying. When he walked around the corner, I caught up with him.

"Nice work." I patted his back. "Now he won't be expecting to see either of us for awhile."

"You ruffled that guy's hair.." Tubbo mumbled angrily.

"What?"

"That guy that you were pretending to cheat on me with." He crossed his arms.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't think you'd be upset." I frowned.

"Well, I am.."

We stayed silent for a moment.

I moved my hand to the top of his head and started playing with his hair.

He smiled and giggled as he stared at the ground. He leaned on me while putting one arm around my waist.

"Better?" I asked.

"Yeah, I'll forgive you this time." He laughed.