#giant techn0

“Look, Tommy, me and Will are going out to get a few more things from the market, you stay here with Techno and hold down the house alright?”

In any other circumstance, Tommy would have loved to have nearly free reign over the house, but after what happened a few weeks ago, he still didn’t want to be anywhere near his piglin like brother, especially not alone like last time. He gave a soft whine as Phil tried to remove him from his shoulders, but he was quick to try and hide between the soft black feathers that coated his father's wings, not wanting to be removed in the slightest. “But Phil, I don't want to be stuck at home, what if you and Will get to see something cool while I'm stuck here, it’s not fair.”

What he didn’t realize was that his father and the rest of the household had noticed Tommy’s hesitance and near refusal to be anywhere near Techno, they all agreed to try and find out what was happened, especially since Techno didn’t know the reason himself, facing the issue head-on was the decided course of action. Tommy gave another whine as a pair of giant pale fingers gently pulled him from his feathered hideaway and quickly sat him on the wooden table, but swatted at them in annoyance as they ruffled his blond hair. Phil was quick to leave him on the table as he moved for the door, and Tommy could see the tiny mop of brunette hair that was seated among the giant's blond, and the two left Tommy on his own; but not really. Tommy could help but freeze as Techno entered the room, face still holding the impassive look like always, but his eyes couldn’t help but focus on his mouth. The memory made his arm twitch in phantom pain and he was quick to try and leave,” H-hey Techno, I'm going to head off to my room to play some games, good?” He tried to make his way off the table as quick as he could, but couldn't help but yelp when he found himself gripped in familiar pink-tinted hands and nearly jumped out before the fingers softly wrapped around him.

“Yeah no, we need to talk.” Techno had no idea why Tommy had been acting like he was terrified to even be in the same room as him, but he wanted answers as to why he had found that scrap of Tommy’s shirt between his teeth. He didn’t like how he could feel the tiny heartbeat fluttering like mad under his fingers, as much as he wanted to hide it, it was clear that Tommy was terrified to be in Techno’s hold. He slowly brought his little brother close to his chest as he moved to walk towards the living room, hoping that the sound of his own heartbeat would soothe him, just like how it did when he found the boy passed out on his chest late in the night.

Tommy shivered as he was brought upwards, but thankfully not towards the face, he might have really screamed if he was. He was surprised to be held to the chest, he had forgotten how comforting the sound of his brother's heart was, it had been drowned out by the noises of his other organs the last time he was this close to it. He gripped the fingers holding him tightly as the two of them moved to the living room, Techno moving to sit on the couch and still holding him close. “ W-What do you want to talk about?”

Techno couldn’t help but snort slightly,” I think you already know, you've been avoiding me like I’m a monster, I have to say that's not a nice feeling when it comes from your little brother.” He kept his grip on the tiny but moved to make it less caging so as not to freak him out. It was hard to put his feelings into actual words as they raced in his head, giving him a mild migraine and making him slightly regret telling the other two to leave the house. “ I want to know what happened, especially since I found a scrap of one of your shirts stuck between my teeth. Did you do something to me in my sleep because you haven’t been near my mouth any time I've been awake; what happened?”

This made Tommy shiver slightly as he thought back to that day, Techno was fully awake when it happened, just unknowing. He didn’t want to talk about it, he really didn’t, but even he could see the barely visible look of pain in Techno’s eyes at how Tommy had been acting around him lately. “ You were awake when it happened, you just didn’t know I was there, and I don't know how I’m alive.” The tears flowed freely at this point as the memories resurfaced and he turned into the comfort that the fingers still provided,” You didn’t know I was hiding in the bread when you rushed out of the house, you didn’t hear me scream, not even when you made these.” He held out his arm to fully show the marks that rested on his skin, not wanting to look at them himself as he continued to cry.

Techno could help but be confused at Tommy’s wording,” What do you mean I was awake- '' as the boy continued to talk, and couldn’t stop the sharp intake of breath as he realized what happened. He remembered clearly how he thought he had cut himself with his own teeth when he tasted blood,” oh gods.” He felt his stomach turn and his face pale, the taste of blood, the weird noise he heard, and the weird way the lump of ‘bread’ stuck in his throat. He had eaten his own brother and had no idea he did until now, his own hands started to shake as he thought how alone Tommy must have felt despite being so close to him, it made him feel so sick with himself. He felt unfamiliar wetness start to slide down his face, he was crying.

Tommy looked up when the hands holding him starting to shake,” hic- why the fuck are you shaking?” He had never seen his brother's face so expressive in his life, the fear, sorrow, the self-anger, each emotion was as clear as a brightly lit sign. The thing that really caught him off guard was Techno crying, the massive red eyes were redder than usual as they looked down at him, and had multiple tracks of tears running down his face as he couldn't stop them,” Techie….Your crying.” He yelped when the hands lifted upwards and he was mildly frightened to see that he was being lifted back towards the giant face, but he was met with the giant nose being softly pressed into him as his brother shifted his hands to be hugging him against his face as he continued to cry.

“Fuck Tommy, I'm so sorry, I can’t believe that I hurt you… Fuck I’m so sorry,” He held Tommy close to his nose as he continued to softly cry, his ego prevented him from crying any harder, but his emotions were also too strong to stop the tears that did escape him as they rolled down his face and caused his throat to clench in pain. “ You have to understand that I would never willingly hurt you, whatever happened on that day, I swear on my life that it will never happen again.”  The piglin hybrid let out a shaky sigh as he felt his brothers arms wrap around his nose and fully lean into his touch, he normally didn’t like to be touched, but by the gods was he happy to feel his brother hug him,” I swear I will make it up to you Tommy, I don’t want you scared of me, I’m not a monster..” He signed in relief as he felt the smaller boy nod against his nose as he also cried, he knew that it still would take a while before Tommy would fully be over what happened, because who would be able to get over that level of trauma quickly. Techno would be with him every step of the way, he couldn’t take back what his body did to his little brother, but so help him if he didn’t try to ease as much of the pain as he could.

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“Do you think the two of them made up yet, or are they fighting like before, even that would be better than the awkwardness that has hung over everyone lately.” Phil could only sigh as his eldest child kicked his legs lightly against his shoulders, hoping that he would find the house peaceful or in a wreck instead of a field of glass.

“I'm hoping for the first, but you're right about the second one being just as favorable, but I hope we have a house to walk into when I open the door.” Phil was slow to open the door and was happy to see that the house wasn’t in shambles, but was concerned when he didn't see his other two children anywhere. “Boys… Techno… Tommy?”  He started to make his way towards the stairs after seeing that the kitchen was completely empty but was stopped by a sharp tug on his ear,” What the fuck Wil-” but he quickly saw what his son was trying to show.

On one of the couches was a softly slumbering Techno who still had some easily identifiable wet spots on his shirt, and resting over his heart with a protective hand covering him was Tommy. The two apparently had such an exhausting moment together that they must have passed out completely when the emotions calmed, but it seems like things have fully been mended. Phil smiled as he turned away from the peaceful site and went back towards the kitchen,” Let's make some good food for when the two wake up and don't you dare tease your brothers for finally showing emotion.”

Tommy snickered quietly to himself as he hid himself inside the bit of bread that Technoblade set out to take on his next outing, he was going to get that giant pink prick for the last prank he had pulled on him, it had taken Tommy ages to pull himself out of the slime block he was shoved into. It had taken him ages to get out of the center of the cold thing since Techno had carved the center out so deep that even jumping didn’t help him escape, he had to wait until Wilbur arrived home for him to be helped out.

He smiled when he heard the sound of Techno and Phil's voices getting closer, he tenses up in anticipation as he feels the vibration of the giant's steps getting closer, not noticing how rapid the steps were. He wanted to wait for the right moment to strike since he knew his brother always takes his time in eating, so it would be perfect for his prank. He gasped slightly when the pink-tinted fingers gripped the bread around him harshly and he knew that it was time. He shimmed forward and got ready to yell and hopefully see the shocked pink face, but was instead met with a rapidly approaching maw. He didn’t even get the chance to scream as the teeth slammed quickly over the portion of bread he had decided to hide in.

Techno was only able to give Phil a quick goodbye before he had to rush out the door, he had an urgent meeting with Dream, he couldn’t even put it off long enough to sit down and eat the lunch he had prepared earlier in the day. He quickly shoved a portion of the bread first in his mouth, he gave a slight pause before chewing when he thought he heard an odd sound, but just assumed it was just something outside before beginning to lighty chew the bread so he could swallow it quicker. He frowned right before he swallowed as the faint coppery taste of blood made itself known, he must have accidentally clipped the inside of his cheek with his teeth again, but just pushed that thought aside as he swallowed. He lightly coughed as the lump seemed to get stuck in his chest before he swallowed harder and sighed gratefully as he felt it move further on, he didn't think about it any further as he continued to eat, bringing up his hand to muffle a low belch that rumbled from his throat.

Tommy felt like he was going through hell, he didn’t even get the chance to scream as his chunk of bread was shoved into Techno’s mouth, the bread around him immediately getting mushy with saliva and the tongue rising to press the mass into the rough pallet, each time he tried to get Techno’s attention it only leads to a mix of mushy bread and spit going into his own mouth. Tommy tried his best to kick at the tongue and pallet since it was the only part of his body not fully covered by the mushy bread, but this lead to him not realizing where his arms were, that was until he felt his left arm get squished painfully between molars and the bread provided no cushion as the small bones were crushed cruelly: and unintentionally. Tommy gave a muffled screamed and felt fresh tears roll down his face as he felt white-hot pain radiate from the arm he still couldn’t see, he tried to call for Techno again, but froze when he felt the mass around him get pushed backward by the tongue towards the dark abyss of the throat that only registered as deeper darkness. He could only close his eyes tightly as his body was forced inside, the muscles pulling him down and making his arm flare in even worse pain, he was completely helpless. He whimpered slightly as he felt Techno cough around him and felt a touch of hope that maybe he was noticed, that he would be released from this nightmare and could go home, but the muscles stopped spasming and continued to force him downwards.

Tommy gave a pained whimper as he was forced into the lowly gurgling organ, the entrance’s squeezing caused the fragments to grind painfully against one another, and Tommy couldn’t stop himself from tumbling inside. There wasn’t much space inside Techno’s stomach but it was enough for him to be able to escape the mush he was previously trapped in and weakly stand before his head brushed the top of the organ. He took a quick look towards his arm in the darkness and could faintly see how it dangled limply against his side despite his best effort to lift it. He used his other arm to beat at the fleshy wall with all his strength and scream till his throat burned to try and get his brother's attention, going until he was panting harshly from the foul air, and feeling crushed when he got no reaction. Tommy yelped when the walls flexed around him, squishing into him with a low growl as more bread began to fill the stomach around him, there was nothing he could do to escape it; what could he do?

Cry

That's all that Tommy did for the time he remained conscious, he had stopped begging a while ago when he realized that there was no way Techno could hear, he didn't when Tommy was in his mouth, he definitely wouldn’t hear him now. He also couldn’t feel him thrashing in his gut. He then moved to start apologizing for everything he's ever done as he sat against one of the walls, for being such a troublesome son to Phil, for being a poor excuse of a brother to both Wilbur and Techno, and for not being a good enough friend for both Tubbo and Ranboo. He just continued to ramble out apologies for every person he’s ever met in his life until there was no one left, and he was stuck sitting in silence. The acids were really starting to burn at this point and Tommy was begging to lost most of the feeling in his legs after sitting in the slowly rising liquids for so long, but he did take some comfort at the light feeling of fingers rubbing the stomach from the outside, Techno was still comforting him unintentionally. That brotherly touch gave Tommy just enough willpower to allow himself to let go and fade into the darkness as the stomach gave a loud grumble.  He woke up only once more when the walls compressed tightly against him, it thankfully didn’t hurt anymore, but he also couldn’t feel anything under the now chest level stomach acid. Thankfully another belch from Techno stole away the last of the breathable air and Tommy slipped back into the embrace of unconsciousness.

`~w~`

Tommy woke with a loud gasp as his sheets fell away to rest at his hips, breathing heavily as he used his arms to grip at his chest and face, feeling at his skin to find it smooth and unblemished; unlike before. He whipped his head around to see that he was back in his room with the messy pile of clothes in the corner and plenty of empty coke cans that littered his desk next to his gaming setup, not the sweltering hot stomach that was filled with mildly burning acids and a mix of partially digested bread...and himself. Was it a dream though?

He should be dead at this point, not back in his bed and hearing the voice of Phil calling out to him for breakfast, it really must have been a dream. Tommy could only sigh in relief as he raised his left arm to brush back the slightly sweaty hair that stuck itself to his forehead, but froze when his eyes locked onto his arm. The arm was fully functional and unbroken like it was in the ‘dream’, but the skin of his arm didn’t look the same as it did the day before, it looked like he developed a weird birthmark. The more he looked at it, the paler he felt himself get as the shapes of the birthmark looked more and more like bite marks from massive teeth, which could only mean one thing...

“It wasn’t a fuckin dream”.

Breakfast wasn’t easy, Phil gave him shit for disappearing for the entire day yesterday, asking where the hell had he been that whole time and why hadn’t he answered his phone once, the cops had almost been called before Phila had checked his room to find him passed out in the bed. Wilbur was the only one who really took notice of the new marks on his arm but mistook them for sunburns as make the joke to slap one of the marks and asking how Tommy got them into such weird shapes, which lead to a screaming match that Phil had to break up by picking up Wilbur and moving him away. Tommy was grateful for this as he thought being picked up again made his heart race. What made things worse was the fact he was torn between being unable to watch Techno eat, but also having the tiny morbid voice in his mind wondering if his form was as visible going down the piglin’s throat.  He could feel the red eyes watching him flinch every time Techno brought something to his mouth. What could he say ‘sorry Techie, I can’t watch you eat because I keep thinking back to how you ate me yesterday and I’m somehow still alive.’ Tommy just forced himself to keep eating the bit of giant pancake in front of him as Phil began to chatter about something crow-related.

-w-

Technoblade couldn’t help but notice how quiet Tommy was during breakfast today, ignoring the small spat he had with Wilbur, and seemed to flinch at every move he made. It if was anyone else it would have brought a smile to his face, but not with Tommy, the boy had even run off when he tried to ask him what was wrong once everyone was finished eating. It slightly unnerved him and even Phil didn’t know, but he had to assume it had something to do with the kids' disappearance yesterday. Techno could only give a slight huff as did his morning routine and using some floss to clean where his toothbrush couldn’t fit around his tusks, the kid was probably just being weird again and it would only be a matter of time before he was back to normal.

Techno frowned when he pulled out the floss and found something red wrapped around it, he didn't eat anything that would be red though? He gently pulled it away from the floss and rubbed it between his fingers, it almost felt like cloth. His eyes widened as he realized that it was cloth, specifically the sleeve of a familiar red shirt and when he gave it a hesitant sniff, it still smelled like his little brother that had been avoiding him like the plague all morning.

Tubbo was absolutely terrified as he squirmed in the tight grip of the giant that randomly showed up in his and Ranboo’s home, he had thought his husband had returned when he heard the door to the room creaked open and had hobbled his way out from under the bed to show off the progress he had made, but he screamed when he saw the giant face looking eagerly down at him. He flinched when he felt the giant’s thumb brush the top of his head, pausing slightly when they felt his horns that were normally hidden in his hair.

“You even have little horns to go with your ears, gosh you're adorable, Tommy is going to absolutely love you.” The giant continued to smile down at him as he lifted him towards his face and took a light sniff of him,” You even smell like Honey, sucks that you have to be injured, or else I would have popped you in to see if you taste like it.” The giant lowered him back down to chest level and began humming a cheery tune as he walked further into the house, still absentmindedly stroking his head and back.

The giant's words made him shiver, if he wasn’t injured was the giant going to eat him?? He and Ranboo heard stories of giants eating the borrows that they caught, but he didn’t think they were real… What was going to happen to him?

Tubbo kept looking towards the ground and various shady spots around the house to try and see if he could see Ranboo, desperate to try and see the comforting presence but was unable as the giant was moving too quickly. He started to get motion sickness as the giant went up the stairs two at a time in its excitement, calling for a ‘Technoblade’ and for him to let a Tommy out for a surprise.

He was jolted out of his sickness when they reached the top of the stairs and a door opened to reveal the most terrifying giant Tubbo had seen beside the Ram giant from their last home, this giant looked down at him with a unimpressed red eyes and large tusks making his frown look more menacing. The giant huffed before looking at the one holding him,” surprised you didn’t eat this one, you sure about giving him to Tommy?” The giant crossed its arms as it then moved to stare at him, the crimson orbs looking at him as if they were judging his soul, and made him want to curl in on himself to try and disappear.

The one holding Tubbo sighed as he lifted him higher to show off his bandaged leg,” trust me I really wanted to with how he smells, but he’s injured and there should be another one around here since he couldn’t bandage that on his own,” The giant gave a wide smile that showed off bright white teeth,” I'm going to go hunting.”

This made Tubbo start to squirm harder,” Leave him alone, just eat me but leave him alone!!” He managed to pull an arm free and used that to try and push himself from the giants grasp, but he was just turned over and dropped into the offered hand of the other giant, yelping when the slightly when the tinted pink digits curled around him and he was lifted towards the face of the new giant, really seeing what he now realizes to be boar like features.

This giant also took a whiff of his scent and gave a low rumble as the eyes dilated,” you do smell pretty good,” the mouth opened and Tubbo nearly passed out when a pink tongue slipped out to lick at the tusks,” You are lucky to be injured.” The giant then looked back to the other with another scowl,” have fun since you're making me babysit, lets just hope the other one didn’t bolt already.”

The pig haired giant started to turn away and Tubbo watched as the brown haired giant waved at him,” bye honey boy, have fun playing with Tommy, I'm going to go find your friend.” Tubbo screamed a loud noo at him, but the giant holding him shut the door behind him, cutting off his line of sight from the other giant.

The giant huffed lowly as he moved further into the room,” Theseus, are you still small, Wilbur got a surprise for you.”

This statement confused Tubbo a bit as he looked around the room, he would almost call it a childs room as alongside the giant sized items, there was an equal set of what giants called doll sized items that matched the giant ones. It scared Tubbo as he thought he was going to be given to a child, if adult giants were bad, child ones were way worse. They could be way crueler or be ignorant to what they were doing and could easily kill a borrower with a tantrum.  Tubbo closed his eyes as he was placed down in the doll room, knowing that there was nothing he could do but wait for his newest tormentor, and even if he tried to run the other giant would catch him.

“Why do you have your eyes shut like that, you look like you're waiting to be punched.”

The voice didn’t sound like a giant's voice, it almost sounded like it came from a borrower his own age. Tubbo slowly opened his eyes and actually felt his mouth drop open in shock at the sight he saw, standing in front of him was a blond haired, blue eyed borrower who was looking at him with a confused expression. The boy moved towards him slowly as he took in his appearance,” well you look like shit, did Wilby do this to you?” Tubbo continued to look on in confusion as the other borrower looked up at the giant still in the room with a scowl,” did you do this do him, you assholes always scare them like this, you can’t just scare them into being fucking friends with me.”

The pink haired giant just shrugged,” Wilbur was the one that found him but we didn’t do anything to him, must have happened when he was with the other one that's apparently running around.” The giant then reached down and gently pushed the blond with a soft grin,” it’s hard not to be the scary giants around them, don't act like you don't do the same thing when you're upsized.”

The blond only grumbled as he pushed back at the pink finger, giving a shout of ' Don't call me fucking Theseus' before turning back to Tubbo with a bright smile,” I’m sorry about my giant assholes of brothers, the names Tommy, what's yours since it seems like you're sticking around for a while.” The blond moved closer and gently held out his hand in an offering for a handshake.

Tubbo looked at the hand cautiously, looking at the blond first before sending a fearful glance at the giant. He really didn’t like how closely it was watching their interactions, did it think he was a threat to the other borrower, it didn’t make sense. He took a deep breath before taking the offered hand and gave it a slight shake,” Tubbo, why are you staying with giants, shouldn’t you've been..” He couldn’t force the words out of his mouth as he thought back to how both of the giants had wished to eat him earlier. Shouldn't they have eaten Tommy by now since he was perfectly fine?

Tommy just smiled,” Its because I'm not a borrower or a giant, I'm a size shifter. If you're wondering why I haven't been eaten… well it's because those assholes already had their time with me in their gut for today.” The blond them moved to Tubbo’s injured side and slid himself under the arms, helping relieve the strain that was being put on the injured appendage,” Come on, let's go play some video games, i managed to make a set up just perfect for this size and it's been ages since i've played someone that wasn’t family.”

The blond continued to yammer as he gently dragged Tubbo towards another part of the shrukin room, while he had been initially scared of the ‘size shifter’, he couldn’t help feeling relaxed around him. He smiled and laughed a little at the joke the blond made, which made him smile brightly in return, and relaxed a little further into the blond's hold. He did cast one last glance at the giant and was surprised to see the soft smile on his face as he watched the two of them, he was giving Tommy the same look that Ranboo gave him sometimes. Tubbo frowned as he thought of him, was Ranboo going to be ok with that other giant hunting him,would he be able to find Tubbo before that happened.

Tommy seemed to notice the worried look on his face and he slowed a bit in his excited chattering,” Whats up big man?” Tubbo gave a small smile at the irony at that statement, he was the shortest in the room, even if the giant wasn't there, but the smile fell again as he thought about what to tell this stranger. He needed to know what would happen to Ranboo.

“That other giant, if he finds Ran- my friend…. Is he going to eat him?” Tommy only frowned slightly as the other giant gave a low huff of a laugh, it made Tubbo look at him in worry as the giant moved to rest his chin in one of his hands. The giant was looking down at him with a smirk and an unreadable look in his eyes, almost as if he knew something Tubbo didn’t, while he continued to let out light chuckles as the blond next to him grumbled about how ‘they're just going to scare him again’.

The air felt like it was ripping through your lungs with each ragged breath you took, almost like tiny shards of ice as they traveled through you. The rest of your body wasn’t faring much better, you were bruised and battered in more places than you could count, and traveling through the knee-high snow was doing little help other than chilling your bruising. You rubbed your hands over your arms to try and reduce the goosebumps forming over your skin, but you could only wince as your fingers brushed over more wounds. You glanced over your shoulders to see if you were still being followed, it seemed like you put a safe distance between your pursuers after escaping, but you knew it would only be a matter of time before those egg freaks found you again. They had already managed to ‘convince’ you to visit the egg, more like Antfrost keeping an ax to your back as Badboyhalo monologues on the greatness of the egg as you walked. They had forced you to touch the thing, giving you a ‘friendly’ roughing up to try and prevent you from running, but you were able to pull away. You quickly ran, tripping over the horrid vines as you ducked shot arrows and clambered up the stony passageway to escape the screaming cult.

You almost felt close to tears when you saw smoke rising in the distance and the tip of the small mountain jutting over the horizon, and while picking up speed as fast as you could,  you held back your urge to scream for any of the homeowners. You were thankful that the harsh winds were quickly covering your tracks, but you knew that screaming could draw the attention of your pursuers, which is something that you definitely didn’t want. You made it to Technoblades door first, quickly banging on its surface and calling for him, drawing more of the icy air into your lungs as you called out for the piglin hybrid. You could help the relief that washed over you when you heard shuffling and was greeted by the door opening, looking up to the curious man with a tired smile and a” Hello Techno.”

The piglin looked down at you with a little bit of surprise, the two of you parted last on not too nice terms when you turned down the offer to join the syndicate, but he couldn’t deny he was a little concerned to see you so beaten up,” It’s been a while…..why are you here and all beat up?” He looked a bit closer and could see what looked like a red smear on your left arm that was too bright of red to be blood, making the voices react violently at the sight.

Why are they here?  They didn’t join us. Why are they hurt? Who hurt them. EEEEeee.

He just shook his head to clear his thoughts as he waited for you to answer, not wanting to let you inside his home before he learned what your intentions were.

You continued to smile as you took another glance over your shoulder, watching the horizon you came from with weariness,” I’m coming to cash in a favor from helping you to get Carl back, those egg freaks attacked me and could have possibly followed me here, I need to be hidden because I know they won’t engage with you without reason.” You leaned against the doorway and tried to feel the subtle warmth that was escaping and teasing your cold skin, and tried not to look as pathetic as you felt.

Techno just sighed and brought a hand up to his face,” first Tommy and now you, what is with you people and coming to hide at my house, hurry up and get inside before they actually show up.” He could help the small feeling of nostalgia of you affectionately leaning into him before stumbling into the warmth of his home, taking care to not brush into anything despite being so beaten up, which also brought up some rage in him as well. It reminded him of the time the two of you stood side by side in the last battle that raged across the lands, but now was not the time for that as he took notice of a massive slash across your back that showed to the bright flesh underneath and stained the clothing around it a dark brown.

Blood. Bloood.blood. They're hurt bad. Too much blood. Blood blood. BLOOD for the blood god.

He shook the voices from his head once more, he never enjoyed how excited they got whenever blood was involved, he needed to focus. “ They really did a number on you didn’t they… Let’s get you patched up, I've got some healing pots prepared for emergencies..a favor can be used for a few of those.” He gently placed a hand on your shoulder and guided you to one of the few chairs that he owned, slowly pulling you to sit as he examined the wounds, holding in the slight wince for your sake.

You smiled relievedly again when you were pulled to sit, finally relaxing into the comfort of a old chair as the man looked over your many wounds,” I was hoping a favor would get me that at least,” you winced as your arm was gently pulled to be extended,”What could I do to get a gentler hand though, Maybe make the stew I made for you all the time.” You couldn’t hide the smile that spread across your face when you saw his piglike ear perk slightly, you always knew the best way to get to his more simpler side, especially with the odd love for potatoes and golden carrots. You gratefully took the magenta colored potion from the male as he left to collect some wet washcloths to help clean up your skin once the wounds closed, you took a quick drink and made a face at the taste, the mix of sweet melon and musty nether wart was one you were never a fan of. You watched as the wounds started to mend themselves, the blaze powder in the potion making the skin warm as it encouraged the healing process. You had only managed to finish the last of the potion and see Techno walk back into the room before the two of you could hear faint voices from outside.

“Do you think they traveled this way?”

“I don’t know, the snow covered all of their tracks,damit”

“Language!”

“Sorry Bad...maybe Techno saw them.”

That was the only thing you needed to hear before you jumped up from your chair,ignoring the pain of your still healing wounds and rushed for the piglin as fast as you could,” they did follow me, I need to hide if they try to search your home.” He gave a low grunt and grabbed your arm before pulling you towards his basement, not saying anything else as the two of you continued downwards.

Techno was now a little worried as the two of you traveled down to his basement, the voices outside were faint enough to let him know that while they were still a good distance from his home, they were surely getting closer. The two of you quickly scrambled into the small space of the basement, closing the trap door behind you softly as possible. He looked around the room quickly as he tried to find the few invis potions he swore he had stored down here, but he was a bit enraged to find them all gone with only a crude note left in there place, with some very recognizable crude writing. “Damn you Tommy, you had to steal those potions now!” He slammed his hands against his chests in frustration, making the rest of the bottles clater together, he wasn’t sure on how he would hide you now, especially since you were too big to fit in the crate that Tommy did when he had hid in the same basement. He ran a hand through his hair as he tried to think of a plan of how to hide you when his eyes focused on a small container of suspicious stew, it was a little bit of a risk but when he heard the sounds of knocking on his door, he knew he had little choice. He snatched the container and pressed it into your hands,” it's the best I can do for now, drink it before they decide to let themselves in.”

You hesitantly took the container, looking at the contents in unease since you had seen suspicious stew plenty of time, but the effects of each one could be drastically different. You took a quick gulp to steal your nerves before opening the top, nearly gagging at the foul stench that floated towards your nose, but brought the glass to your slips and drank a good mouthful of the sludge. The effect was instant, the taste actually wasn't terrible, but you were hit with such a strong wave of lightheadedness that you almost fell on your face if Techno hadn’t caught you. You tried to grab onto his cloak before you completely black out.

Techno was quick to grab you when you had staggered forward, almost completely regretting his decision when you had passed out and dropped the container to the floor (it somehow didn’t break when he looked at it later). He was shocked to find that your already smaller form was steadily growing smaller before his eyes, he had to gently move your body fully into his hold as you shrank past the size of a small child until you were now the size of a child's figurine, just fitting in the palm of his hands and still out cold. “What am I going to do with you know, that stupid demon will still be able to sniff you out even at this size.”

“Techno we know your home, we just want to ask you a few questions before we leave your land.”

“Yeah Technoblade, it's not like you have anything to hide do you.”

‘Speak of the devil and he will come knocking’ is the thought that first came to Technos mind, but he still didn't have a good idea on what to do with you as he began to walk back towards the entrance of his basement, he couldn't keep stalling for long. He couldn't keep you in his pocket since they were to small and-

Keep them on you. Inside safe. Store them inside. Small enough to fit. Safe inside.

“What are you talking about, what do you mean inside-”

Inside. Safe inside. Eeeeee. Safe inside. Safe inside. Safe. safe. Eat them.

He felt his eyes widen as the voices started to rapidly chant those last two words excessively in his mind, but as he thought about it more… It wasn't a bad idea. He had learned that his piglin half allowed for him to hold things in his stomach without them being digested, he had never tried it with anything living though. He lifted you tiny body closer to his face to look you over, you weren’t the biggest thing he's ‘taken in’ but you were longer, but he was sure he could do it. He gave a quiet whisper to your still sleeping form,” I’m sorry to do this without your permission.”

“Techno we will break down this door.”

“Wow, I never knew that the Blade would be so scared to hide in his home.”

“Techno we really only just need a moment of your time.”

He gave a low rumbling growl in his chest as he heard the trio poking at his ego, but he had to focus on getting you safe first, he brought your body up to his mouth and took a slight sniff. You smelled like you always did with the undertones of drying blood and a faint scent of that horrid egg, it made him more angry as he slid you tiny legs into his mouth. He used his tongue to cover his sharper teeth and kept you away from his tusks, and couldn’t help the quiet mur at your taste, though he couldn’t savor it for long as he tilted his head up quickly when he heard his door get forcefully opened. He gulped hard as your form slid downwards, nearly coughing as you got a little hung up in his chest but began climbing up the ladder once he felt you slide into his stomach. He slightly balked at how your entrance made his stomach make a loud and somewhat satisfied grumble, but he ignored it when he opened his trapdoor with a low growl at the three men standing in his living room and tracking in snow.

You felt horrible, it felt like your entire body was throbbing and it was as if you were soaked with sweat. You opened your eyes with a weak call for Techno, but for some reason all that you could see was darkness, you almost thought the suspicious stew gave you blindness. You began to notice things that cleared this first thought, your body was forced into a curled up position due to some force that surrounded you completely, you were also coated with a strange and warm liquid. You called for Techno agin, and yelped in surprise when the walls suddenly collapsed into you and you felt a loud rumbling caused your containment to shake. You soon came to realize that the rumbling was Techno’s voice, only super amplified and sounding much louder.

“What gives you the right to enter my home and track in snow everywhere?”

You pressed against the walls once more, feeling how soft and organic the walls felt, you also placed your ear to the walls and could hear what sounded like whooshing and a low thumping sound that was eerily similar to a heartbeat. Your now growing concerns were firmly cemented when the walls began to rub against your body with a low gurgling sound. Putting two and two together you realized that you were in a stomach, Techno’s stomach to be exact. It really took everything in your power to not start screaming and thrashing to get out, but you paused when you felt a rhythmic tapping from one the walls, the motion continuing as you pressed against the wall.

“Are you done searching, they're not here and I would like to clean up the mess you made in MY home.”

Techno kept up his angry glare as the three interlopers left his home, shrugging off the demon's attempt of handing him what looked to be a pamphlet about the wonders of siding with the egg, and quickly slammed the door behind them and locked it tightly. He gave a low sigh as he watched them for a moment before moving to sit in the chair you had once sat in, resting his hand over his stomach to feel the tense form hidden within. “I’m sorry that I had to do this to you, I didn’t have that many options, but I swear on my life that you are completely safe.” He waited a moment to see how you would react, getting worried about how still you were and was about to ask you if you were ok until he had to bite back a laugh as he felt a ticklish inside.

“Ha, what are you- haha.”

You couldn’t help the impish smile on your face as your confinement was shaken around by the sound of Technos laughter, you were so going to get revenge for this happening to you, rubbing at the silken walls of the stomach with earnest,” I always told you that you were soft on the inside despite acting all tough.” Your own laughter rang out as the walls pressed into you as the piglin hybrid tried to still your movements, they were actually successful as you were forced into a ball.

“Alright you brat, I thought I told you to stop spreading that around.” The piglin hybrid was breathing heavily after your internal onslaught, he really couldn’t remember the last time he laughed that hard, or even heard you laugh. He pressed a little harder on the bump that you made to remind himself that you were with him and safe, you were one of the few people who never backstabbed him, even when the two of you parted ways in the past; it was peaceful. He felt his stomach rumble slightly and couldn’t stop the belch that rippled its way past his tusks, bringing back up a wisp of your surprisingly good flavor, and made him blush hard as you started laughing again. “Don’t laugh at me, I'm the one using my body to protect you, remember.”

Your smile softened and you used your hands to rub at the wall, both feeling and hearing the pleased rumbles from the body around you,” and I’m eternally grateful for that, but your body doesn’t seem to be complaining with how much it's squeezing me.” You did your best to stifle your laugh as the loud ‘HEH’ shook your confinements once more,” but really… I can’t thank you enough for this Techno, I probably would have died if it wasn’t for you, those egg bastards would have really sacrificed me to that nasty thing.” You pressed your body further into the wall and the feeling of his fingers just outside it, feeling completely safe for the first time in a long while.

Techno couldn’t help the light gasp that escaped him as he felt your small body press itself into his hand, he felt a massive wave of protectiveness for your tiny form, you were completely at his mercy; and his to protect them.

Safe. safe. Protected. Never hurt again. Safe. never leave us. Safe. safe. Kill those egg bastards

The voices were buzzing about his head happily, feeding off the warm feelings and making him feel calmer than when he did when you first entered his door. He did feel a wave of anxiousness though, what would happen when he let you out, would the eggpire come back to hunt you again if they saw you and you couldn't reach him again in time. He slowly rubbed against your form,” will you reconsider my offer from before, the Syndicate would keep you safe from the eggpire, plus I still need to get back at you for the last time we played chess; I know you cheat.”

G/T Prompt Challenge

Wilbur should have known that his habit of eating sand would come back to bite him one day, but who could blame him when he enjoyed the texture of sand crunching in his teeth and the feeling it made tumbling around in his stomach. It was supposed to be a normal day when the sands decided to strike back against him. He was just enjoying a warm summers day with his family at the nearby beach, techno was asleep under a umbrella while Phil was trying to keep his tiny brother Tommy from accidentally drowning himself by jumping from the giant's knee and then pinching them to make the man jump and create massive waves for the little gremlin. He couldn't hide his smile as he took hold of another handful of sand and let it fall in clumps into his mouth, not noticing the hidden treasure chest even when it landed in the middle of his tongue with the copious sand, he didn’t get a chance to chew the sand before his father yelled at him after seeing what he had done, swallowing the mouthful quickly before the giant avian could force him to spit it out,” Alright Alright Phil, I've had my two mouthfuls for the day.”

“ You shouldn’t be eating any, what are you going to do if you swallow something that isn’t just sand, what are we going to do then!”

Wilbur just laughed at his yelling father as he leaned backwards on his hands, smiling as he watched Tommy get his fathers attention again by using his feathers as a climbing frame, he shook his head at the sight. He really did love his mixed-up family.

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It wasn't until they were having dinner that night did they all find out the true dangers of his habit. They haven't been eating long, Phil chatting with Techno about who knows what while Tommy darted around the table pulling himself chunks of food from everyone's plate, Phil had learned quickly not to make one for Tommy since the tiny always said that everyone else's looked better, and Willbur was waiting for the next pass of the tiny so he could pull his target out of reach. He had pulled up a giant piece of pork away from the tiny, quickly stuffing it into his mouth and laughing as the gremlin child raged at him, he quickly chewed and swallowed down the meat as he dodged the tiny pea that was thrown at him, ” Come on Tomms, I know you have a better arm than that.” He continued to eat a bit more on his plate, subtly feeling how much he ate already before he stopped, feeling a touch of pain from his stomach.

“That's weird?”

“What's weird Will?”

His father looked at him slightly concerned when he had pushed his chair back a bit to look down at himself, taking a hand to gently place on his stomach, ” I don't know dad, my stomach just started hur-ghh.” The moment he put a slight amount of pressure on his stomach it felt as if something was ripping inside, the pain was bad enough that it nearly brought him to tears. He quickly pulled up his shirt to see if it was something on the outside, but the skin was perfectly clear with no signs of irritation.

“Wilbur walk me through what hurts.”

The avian was already up and at his side while Techno was holding Tommy at his other side, but still out of the way of their father, both looking equally as concerned.

“What's wrong with you big man, finally bite off more than you could chew?” The tiny looked as ridiculous as usual trying to act indifferent like the oldest, but it was easy to see the real concern hidden behind his normal snark.

“Oh shut up before I feed you to a bird Bratt, ” Wilbur stuck his tongue out at him before wincing again when he felt his fathers cool touch, ” hurts right where your pressing.” He watched as Phil's hand began pressing at different parts of his body, telling him about how the pain was worse in that spot, but could feel it throbbing into other areas.

He watched his father frown before he went to stand fully, he looked more concerned than he had before, but didn't voice anything to clue his sons into what he was thinking. The avain walked over to a side room to grab a small bucket and set it into Wilbur’s lap, taking care to not press it against his stomach, before sitting back in his chair to look at his son, ” I'm going to need you to empty your stomach a small amount, I don't want you to empty it fully just in case it's something I hope it's not, but I want to check just in case.

Wilbur felt a little annoyed at the thought, they were just eating dinner and now dad wants him to spit up half of it just because of a little stomach pain? “ Really dad I'm sure I'm fine, it's probably something stupid like I ate to big-.”

The avians wings puffed up in an attempt to show how serious he was to his son,

“Dont argue with me Will, just do it.”

Wilbur looked at the sternness on his father's face and sighed, ” fine, ” he began flexing the muscles he used for whenever Tommy used his stomach as his personal sleeping bag and nearly cried when he felt his stomach explode in pain again. It was as if every moment his stomach made was like it was ripping itself open. He only got a little bit into his throat before he had to stop because the pain was too much, quickly spitting the mouthful into the bucket and thrusting it into Phils arms as he leaned over and and gently wrapped his arms around himself, ” please don't make me do that again, it really fucking hurt.”

He didn't see the concern on Phil’s face as he looked into the bucket and showed it to his other two sons, Techno looking equally as concerned while Tommy looked confused. The tiny leaned further over the slightly tinted pink fingers and wrinkled his nose at the almost coffee ground looking substance that rested in the bottom.

“What is that brown stuff, Wilbur didn't eat any mud before we had dinner.”

The father figure kept up his concerned expression as he set down the bucket to run a hand through his hair,”That's because that isn’t mud, that's what it looks like when someone is suffering from internal bleeding.” Phil looked back at Wilbur's plate and the others quickly as he used his hands to feel for anything that could have been hidden inside,” I don’t know what you could have swallowed Wil, I made sure to not have any bones in anything.”

Wilbur just shook his head as it swam a little bit in pain,” I don’t know either, all I've eaten before it started hurting was dinner and the sand at the beach.” he gave another groan as his stomach gave another contraction and sent another wave of pain,” I'm just going to stall my system until we figure out what to do.” He closed his eyes to concentrate and felt the change gradually, his stomach calming and finally coming to a standstill to prevent the walls from churning at the rate that they were, no longer trying to digest the little bit of dinner he consumed.

Techno was the first to gently move Tommy to one hand as he used his other to gently grip his brother on the shoulder,” You sure you didn’t eat anything between our beach trip to now, nothing at all?” The piglin hybrid was clearly a little on edge, he was fully capable of protecting his family from the outside, but even he was powerless when a threat came from their own insides.

Everyone was a panicking a bit more as they tried to think what could be doing this to the musically inclined son before Tommy spoke up, the tiny brightening as he thought of a good idea in his mind,” Why don’t I go inside to check, I can go and see whats wreaking up your insides, that would work wouldn't it?”

The thought made Will turn a little green, ” I don't know if I could get you down with how bad it hurts,” he managed to make a teasing smirk though,” you sure you want to see that porkchop again.” He laughed at the face the tiny had made, but winced again when a flash of pain punished him for this action. He took a slow breath and tried to raise up as slow as he could, wincing as he got to his full sitting height,” are you really sure you want to do that, it’s going to be more gross than ever.”

The tiny just smiled as he pushed up his sleeves and held up his arms in a clear ‘pick me up’ gesture,” I can’t really protect you guys from the outside, but I am able to help you from the inside, besides a little gunk isn’t going to stop me from keeping my big brother safe.”  

The response brought a small smile to Will's face as he lifted the tiny,” alright you sap, let's get a plan put together before you go saving me from what's hurting me.”

`~`

Tommy stood in Will’s hand and gently shuffled the duffle bag on his shoulder that held a small knife and a small splash healing potion to reduce the damage before a proper healing potion could be taken, he looked up with another smile,” alright, let's get this over with before you get even worse.”

Will smiled lightly before opening his mouth, feeling his smaller brother clamber his way inside and curling up, and slowly closed his mouth and tilted his head back. He felt a mild wave of sickness at the thought of the heavy weight his brother would unintentionally create, but forced it away as he gave a quick swallow,using a hand to gently touch the firm bulge before it slipped behind his collarbone. He looked up to his dad and other brother with a weak smile,” let's hope he finds what's wrong and not cause any more damage.”

Tommy couldn’t help the soft noise of disgust as he slid into the stomach, landing in knee high mix of the stomach's contents, but he also noticed a strange glowing that was coming from what he suspected to be the front of Willbur’s stomach. He was quick to wade his way over to the object, also taking note of a few other things that shouldn’t have been there floating in the muck. “When did he manage to eat chainmail….oh my god.” Sticking out the stomach wall that looked very inflamed under the shiny purple glow was an iron sword, the handle looking a little worse for wear like the armor but the blade looked perfectly fine as it held firmly in the slowly bleeding wall. Tommy was momentarily shocked before he went to inspect the wound, wincing as he yelled up to Wilbur to inform him what he found.

Wilbur heard the tiny voice of Tommy yell out at him, listening for a moment before looking at the two other giants in pure confusion,” He found a sword sticking into me, as well as chain mail armour… when the hell did that get in there.” He jerked and gave a loud yelp as the pain in his middle got more intense before he felt the normal tingling of a healing potion,” You could have warned me before you pulled it out you little shit.”

Phil was the first to slap a hand to his head,” we were on a beach next to the ocean, you probably ate a buried treasure without realizing, this is what you get for eating sand all the time, be thankful tommy was here or else things could have been way worse.” The elder left the room quickly with a yell on how he's going to get a large healing potion to ensure the wound would fully heal once the youngest was released. The second eldest looked at Wilbur with a small smirk as he got up, giving a quiet ‘ I told you so’ before also leaving the room.

The remaining son sighed as he placed a hand over his stomach, softly rubbing where he felt his tiny brother was leaning,”Let's get you out of there Toms.”

`~`

“I really can’t thank you enough Tommy, if what you were saying was true, there would have been no way for us to get that sword out on my own. Also what enchantments did it have on it.”

Tommy smiled up from his cosy position in a towel placed on Wilburs chest, snuggling further into the softness and warmth the two provided together,” It had unbreaking on it, it would have taken you ages to digest the thing, and you would have to go through so many healing potions since you couldn;t heal around it.”

The elder nodded and placed his hand over the towel as he laid his head on his pillow, using his thumb to stroke the tiny in thanks,” what would I do without you, you little gremlin.” He smiled when he felt a small pair of arms wrap around his thumb tightly and pull it to rest on the tiny’s chest where he could feel the gentle breathing.