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Dream sighed as he walked into the kitchen, deciding he should cook dinner. Techno told him they should be home a few hours ago, and he was starting to get worried. The pinkette took Drista, Tubbo, Ranboo, and Connor out somewhere and he wasn’t messaging Dream back. Dream hadn’t gone with them because he was too busy- he had to do some work for the server as well as make sure everyone was happy with how things were. Plus, his head hurt.
He got about halfway through cooking dinner when he slammed his hand down on the counter, silently cursing Techno for not messaging him about why they were taking so long. Dream was a bit rougher with mashing the potatoes than he needed to be, but it was an easier way to take out his frustration. Dream took some panadol for his headache after he finished whatever he needed to do for the dinner.
Just as he started to put the food on plates, he heard the door open and a bunch of voices suddenly filled the room. “Welcome home.” He called, masking his worry and anger easily. Dream was going to have a talk with Techno later. He grabbed out a few more plates for them all, having told Techno to tell him if they got dinner while they were out. Techno hadn’t said anything, so it was safe to assume they would be hungry.
He took the plates to the table and called them all in for dinner. “So, what did you do today?” Dream asked as he sat down, smiling at the others. He listened as they told him about what they did and where they went, noting Techno’s silence. The man knew what was coming. After they all finished eating, Dream got up and took everyone’s plates before looking to Techno with a strained smile.
“Could we talk, Techno Blade?” Techno tensed, freezing up on the spot. The other four quickly rushed off, knowing better than to get involved with these kinds of things. Dream went to the kitchen and put all of the plates in the sink to wash later before going back to the dining room. “Would you like to explain why the fuck you didn’t message me?” Dream took the safety of his family extremely seriously. Techno had managed to take his sister, his brother, his brother’s platonic fiance and his son out all at once.
“Well- Uh-” Dream didn’t give him more than a couple seconds to try and explain. “Something could’ve happened, Techno! Do you understand how worried I was?!” Dream yelled, he was pissed. Even just a single worded message would’ve been fine, so long as he knew they were fine! “Look, I’m sorry but I must have left my communicator in-” Dream clenched his fists, hitting the wall without entirely meaning to. “Then use theirs! They all had theirs on them, I made sure of that!”
Dream felt major pain in his head, making everything go blurry. Techno managed to catch him just seconds before he fell.