Did Ranboo have feelings for Tubbo?

"I mean... for the Tubbo Organization. Y'know, since he's the president and everything, I have to provide service for my country..." Ranboo looked a little embarrassed. You smiled, grinning to yourself.

"I mean Tubbo is a fairly handsome president..." You mused, nodding your head.

Ranboo sighed, "Oh, is he ever..." He murmured dreamily, staring longingly at Tubbo. He suddenly stopped and turned to you, "You don't like him, do you?" He asked, a hint of concern in his voice. 

"Well yeah I like him, he's a really nice guy. Other than the whole Butcher Army thing..." You gave Ranboo a smug look. 

"But I mean... do you... like, like him? Like in a... romantic way?" Ranboo said, hating the fact that you made him say it out loud, admitting to his crush on the brown-haired male.

"No, don't worry. I don't think you have any competition." You chuckled at the relief in Ranboo's face. Then he looked towards you, nervous again. 

"You're not going to tell him I like him, are you?" He asked nervously, his eyes filled with worry.

You laughed. "No, your secret is safe with me." You smiled at him.

"What about you and Techno?" Ranboo started, "I mean what happened to your neck-"

Suddenly Quackity barged in, interrupting and grabbing the chain out of Ranboo's hands, ruining the mood. Only then did you remember where you were and what was happening.

"I don't like the two of you getting all... buddy-buddy with each other." He sneered, yanking on your chain. You heard Technoblade's low growl.

"Huh, you don't like that? You don't like that I have your girlfriend on a chain? Hm? You jealous? You want to be the one who has her in a collar?" Quackity hissed at Techno, who stared back at him malevolently.

"You don't need to be an ass to her, she's done nothing to you." Technoblade declared angrily.

Quackity laughed.

"So you two really are banging or something..." Quackity smirked. You felt your face flush in embarrassment. Suddenly Quackity yanked your chain forward. Unbalanced, you fell forward. Ranboo reached to catch you, but unfortunately wasn't quick enough.

You hit the dirt, hearing Quackity's mean-hearted laughter ring out. You tried to get up, but soon realized you really couldn't very well while your arms were bound. You felt someone grab you and lift you up, high off the ground. 

"Oh, oops. Here you go." Ranboo's soft voice came from behind you, and he set you down on the ground again. 

You turned to see Technoblade struggling against his bonds, lunging at Quackity, who was smirking at him. 

"Hmmm Technoblade, you really don't like that I have my hands all over your women. Jealous, aren't we?" He came up behind you and wrapped his arm around you waist. You squirmed uncomfortably. Big Q then leaned towards you, as if to go in to kiss you.

Technoblade roared. He turned and kicked Tubbo in the stomach, sending him flying into the nearest tree. Ranboo rushed towards Tubbo.

Techno then whipped around and rammed his head into Fundy's, the orange-haired male reeling from the blow, dropping the chain that held Techno back.

The Piglin hybrid leapt toward Quackity, teeth bared. 

Big Q quickly sidestepped Technoblade's lunge. Technoblade was ready for this however, and recovered from the dodge with lightning speed, throwing his full weight into Quackity.

"Hey, HEY!" Quackity cried out as Techno slammed into him, throwing the unsuspecting male to the ground.

You happened to fall along with the two, as Big Q had been holding onto you. Your head hit the ground for the second time, bouncing off the dirt painfully. You cried out, your arms pinned uncomfortably behind your back. 

You felt someone's weight on top of you, pressing you against the ground.

You heard a groan from the person on top of you. You opened your eyes and immediately gave a small squeak of embarrassment, your face reddening.

It was Technoblade.

The pink-haired male opened his eyes and looked down at you.

His face suddenly grew a very dark shade of pink, and he struggled to get off you. He ended up straddling you, as Quackity groggily sat up and noticed you and Techno.

"PFT-  AHAHAHA-" Quackity burst out laughing, falling back onto the ground. Fundy snickered from a safe distance, blood dripping from his nose.

Your face was probably as red as a tomato as Technoblade looked down at you helplessly.

"Man you guys just can't keep your hands off each other." Quackity roared with laughter, standing up to grab the chain attached to you.

Ranboo and Fundy cautiously grabbed hold of the chains attached to Technoblade and hauled him to his feet.

Tubbo helped you to yours, rubbing the back of his head, which probably hurt a lot. Techno was very strong, and no doubt had used a strength potion during the earlier battle. The affects of it were probably still in his bloodstream, and you pitied Tubbo for being slammed into that tree.

You thanked Tubbo, who now had your chain, as Quackity was busy lecturing Techno.

Your face was still beet-red, and your whole body was warmer than usual.

Tubbo smiled at you, the scars on one side of his face still very prominent. Despite them, he still acted just like you remembered Tubbo acting.

"So, you like Technoblade?" He whispered, and you looked away, somehow getting even warmer with embarrassment.

"C'mon, I won't tell anybody." He prodded as the whole group started moving forward again. He stayed in front with you, far enough so that nobody else could listen in on your conversation.

"I uh... I don't know..." You answered truthfully, only half sure.

"Aw you don't have to lie to me. You can trust me! Well... I know we kinda just attacked you unprovoked, which isn't very trustworthy... but technically you're a wanted criminal as much as Technoblade is! So I mean I guess I understand you lying to me..." Tubbo trailed off, looking slightly confused at what he had said. You smiled sadly.

It was true, they would probably finish what had been started long ago. Your back slumped and your steps became slower as what was going to happen slowly dawned on you. You curled into yourself, shoulders hunched.

Once they got you and Techno back to L'Manberg, they would probably kill you. 

Apparently, Technoblade was only supposed to get a trial, which made you feel a little better knowing that he would be fine. You couldn't imagine he had done anything deserving of an execution. However people didn't seem to think the same about you.

"Hey, what's the matter?" Tubbo noticed your sudden change in mood.

You felt a sudden rush of cold fear wash over you, fully realizing now what was going to happen. 

You were going to die. They were going to kill you. You would be dead.

You looked over at Technoblade, who was laughing about something with Ranboo, his face still slightly flushed. He suddenly looked back at you, meeting your eye. 

He frowned, sensing your sudden uneasiness. 

You looked away, cold horror sitting in the pit of your stomach. You walked onward, your footsteps echoing in your ears like a sodden drumbeat. It contrasted the quick rapid pace of your heart, threatening to pound right out of your chest.

All other noises faded into the background. You could hear your breathing, quick and sharp, yet somehow still slow, matching the rhythm of your feet on the cold earth.

Tubbo might have been saying something to you, you couldn't tell.

You felt the familiar fear-induced nausea you usually got, and your vision wavered in front of your eyes.

Time seemed to move quicker and slower at the same time. At some point you were loaded onto a boat with Tubbo.

The rocking of the waves as the boat paddled through the water numbed your senses, lulling you into a trance.

As you floated along through the vast sea, your eyes were glazed and unseeing. You felt nothing.

You didn't know how much time had passed but soon you were docked right outside of L'Manberg. You were hauled off of the rickety wooden boat and onto the dock, your chain being handed off to Fundy.

L'Manberg had changed so much since you had last seen it. There were so many new buildings, as well as quite a few structures being missing from where you remembered them being. As you were brought through it, towards Phil's house, you saw wanted posters of you and also of Technoblade.

Nearing Phil's house, you looked up, still numb. Phil was looking down at you from his balcony, his mangled wing hanging limply beside him. It looked even worse than when you had last seen it. It had lost most of its feathers. Phil's eyes were dull and lifeless, but shimmered with fear as he saw the party approaching.

"You actually got 'em..." Phil said, his voice was broken and sad, void of emotion other than raw sadness.

"PHIL!" Technoblade called out from a ways behind you and Fundy. "PHIL WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU???" He cried, struggling against his bonds. Quackity and Tubbo soon had him back under control.

"They put an ankle monitor on me, mate. I can't leave my house." Phil said dejectedly, laughing a little. Technoblade looked horrified.

You felt the tiniest bit of relief. At least Phil was going to be okay. At least he wasn't going to be killed like you were. He and Technoblade would happily live the rest of their life without you.

You were dragged towards a podium with a cage atop it, as well as a strange device leading up into the sky.

Technoblade was forced into the cage, and you were hauled off to a nearby fencepost impaled in the ground, that was a ways off from the main stage. 

Quackity attacked the chain around your neck to the shackles on your wrists, which were in turn bolted to the fence post. He flashed you a toothy grin.

"Don't even think about trying to escape or I'll kill you." He threatened. Then he looked thoughtful for a second, "Actually, pretty sure I'm supposed to kill you anyway..." He then stalked off back to where Techno was being put on trial, leaving you to wallow in fear.

Ranboo, Tubbo and Fundy all sat in chairs that had been set up in front of the stage. Technoblade looked nervously up at the contraption looming above him. "It seems as though the outcome has already been decided..." 

You strained your ears to hear his deep voice. Quackity suddenly leaned into the mic.

"Technoblade this isn't a trial. This is an execution." 

"No! Wait! This isn't fair!" You cried out in anger, pulling at your bonds. Technoblade turned and looked at you, meeting you eye.

He looked afraid, but calm at the same time. He glanced up at the anvil hung above him and then back at you, smiling sadly.

You struggled harder, refusing to believe that this was truly happening.

Quackity stepped down from the podium and gestured to Tubbo to go up. The brown-haired male headed up into the stage and leaned into the mic.

"Technoblade has robbed out country, robbed it! Of everything that made it special. Everything that defined what it was. He stepped in when he shouldn't have. He created chaos. He-" Tubbo was suddenly cut off as a figure dropped down onto the podium, throwing potions into the crowd (not much of a crowd, the only people being Big Q, Fundy and Ranboo).

"What is Punz doing??" Tubbo cried, and soon the area was filled with the sound of panic, many voices overlapping as the sound of fighting rang out once again. 'Punz' was attacked the Butcher Army, and began to also throw down bundles of TNT. Panic shot through you as you watched, unable to do anything. If the TNT was set off, Technoblade could be hurt by the explosion.

Luckily, however the TNT was not set off. Punz continued his attack, regardless. 

Amidst the panic, you heard Tubbo's voice ring out above the ruckus, "Big Q pull the lever. Pull the lever Big Q!"

"NO!!" You cried, struggling against the chain that held you to the fence post. You kicked and struggled, trying in vain to escape. Quackity leaped forward, grabbing the lever and pulling it, causing the anvil above Technoblade to come free.

As the anvil fell towards Technoblade, you felt a sharp crack on the back of your head, and the darkness enfolded you before you could scream.