Chapter 15: Red Like Blood

Scenario: Technoblade is a teenager, and he's home alone. AU where Techno and Wilbur are older brothers, and Tommy's the younger one, and Phil is their dad.

Technoblade decided that he was tired of looking like Wilbur.

If anyone saw the brothers next to each other, they wouldn't think that they looked identical. They had looked more alike as children than they did as teenagers now, but Technoblade decided that there were too many similarities, so he did something about it. He didn't tell Phil, of course, because he knew that Phil would never let him. But he'd never liked his brown hair, so he took the bottle of red hair dye and went to the bathroom to dye his hair.

He decided red because, well, he felt like it reflected his violent nature pretty well. He wanted it to be distinct, so that when people looked at him, they would see it and accept it as part of his person. He hoped Phil wouldn't mind too much. After checking to make sure that no one was home, he began putting the dye in his hair, and when he finished he rinsed it with water. A lot of the dye came out when he rinsed it, but hopefully enough would stay in.

However, when he finished, he found to his dismay that it had dyed pink, and not red. At first he was horrified, and wanted to redo it as soon as possible, but the more he looked at it in the mirror, the more he realized that it didn't actually look that bad. It was at his shoulders now, but if he grew it out a little longer, he could fit it into a braid. He realized that the red would've been more striking, and thought that maybe it was good that it had turned into a less subtle and soft pink.

Techno heard the door shut and froze, a small streak of panic shooting through him.

"Hello?" he called.

"Techno!" He heard Wilbur's voice. "Techno, you'll never believe what happened-" Wilbur pushed the door the rest of the way open, and froze.

"Uh… You don't have to say anything," Techno said. "Really, it's okay-"

"Dad is going to kill you…"

"...or you could say that."

"Techno...Technoblade, what were you thinking?" He picked up the bottle. "Red? It's not even red!"

"I know, I know. I'm okay with the color, though."

Wilbur looked at Techno. "I mean, I guess it doesn't look bad. But why? Why didn't you ask Phil?"

"Because he probably wouldn't have let me."

"You're not wrong about that. What are you going to do?"

"I guess I'll just tell him when he gets home."

Just then, they heard the door open.

"Um...Wilbur, can you distract him?"

"Distract him? So you can do what?"

"I don't know yet…"

"It's not like you can hide from him."

"I know, I know. I'll figure-"

"Hello?"

The boys froze, then Wilbur took a deep breath and said, "I'll go and distract him, but you better have something planned to say because I'm not going to distract him for that long."

"Okay. Okay. Yeah, I'll be fine."

"Okay." Wilbur walked out of the bathroom, then took a few steps to the side so it looked like he was coming down from the stairs. "Hi, Dad."

"Hey, Wilbur. Is Techno home?"

"Uh, yeah, I think he's home."

"Okay. Can you help me bring the food inside?"

"Yeah, for sure."

Techno released a breath. He knew he had to go out eventually, so why not do it now? He opened the door and said, "Hey, Phil."

Phil turned. "Oh, hey, Techno. Where… Wait a minute."

Technoblade scratched the back of his neck. "Yeah."

"You…"

"Yeah."

Phil studied Techno for a little bit, then said, "I'm going to be honest, it fits you. But you should've asked me."

"Would you have said yes?"

"I...I might have."

"Uh-huh."

Phil sighed. "Well, it's done now. And...it suits you. I'm not mad."

Techno smiled in relief.

"However, you did do it without my permission, so if you could carry in the rest of the food, that'd be great."

"Okay, sounds good." Techno wasn't even disappointed. He was just happy with his new look.

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