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The noise outside was muffled to Dream. He couldn’t let anything see him from outside, so the pouring rain sounded light to him. He knew it was heavy though, it was just something he had gotten used to. Rain was never rare in this area, it was actually really common. The most it would go without is about two weeks. It sounded awfully heavy though, he felt bad for anyone who had been caught in it.
Dream just let it become background noise as he kept playing on his computer. He wasn’t at his desk, instead laying on his bed comfortably. It had just reached midnight, though the thought never bothered him. He knew it wasn’t good to stay up, he just didn’t care. Usually he was fine at keeping a good schedule, but he never minded missing out on that.
He did admit, he wasn’t using his time to do much of anything, he wasn’t even talking to his friends. Though he didn’t talk to them that much before anyway. He still cared, but his mind was on other things. Mostly Fundy. Dream didn’t want to ignore his friends in favor of the fox trying to win his heart, but it was that last part that distracted him.
Fundy conflicted him so much. It wasn’t his fault either, he just really couldn’t tell how he felt about him. Dream didn’t know if he was in love with Fundy, he didn’t know what that felt like. He thought he was in love with George, and maybe he was at one point. But he just never could pin down that feeling to know what it was. If it was there, then it didn’t even last after he stopped trying to be with him, when it became apparent to Dream that it wouldn’t be smart with his curse.
Dream didn’t want to find out that he loved Fundy by losing him though, he didn’t want Fundy to leave. Maybe that meant that he did love him, but he just didn’t know. He couldn’t tell if he was just gaining some sort of pity crush or if his charms were actually working. He didn’t like how confusing it was, but it just never left him alone. It started to get annoying. Fundy was fine, but he just wished he knew how he felt.
Dream suddenly heard a knock on his door. No one is ever out this late, especially in this weather. If they were, then they wouldn’t come to his house unless they knew him, and he couldn’t really think of anyone from there that would go outside that late and get caught in the rain.
But he knew someone who wasn’t from there. Dream put on his mask as he walked towards his front door because he knew the person who would walk late at night and get caught in rain. He knew the person who would come to his house for help. Because that person was right in front of him when he opened the door, his clothes wet and tail wagging as he looked at the masked man.
“Dream can I please stay here for the night?” Fundy asked nervously. Fundy was wearing pretty warm clothes, it wasn’t like he just was walking somewhere and it happened to rain. The clothes were still soaked though, as was his hair and fur. Dream didn’t really want to acknowledge it, but Fundy did smell like a wet dog. He didn’t think of it as a bad thing, it was just obvious. It was oddly cute with him like that though. He couldn’t really place why though. Dream sighed as he leaned on the doorframe. It was only after getting up he realized how tired he was.
“Did you come here immediately? It started raining a few minutes ago,” Dream asked. Fundy seemed to stammer a bit as he tried answering the question. Dream wasn’t trying to single him out on it, he just liked poking fun at how Dream was his person to go to at this time.
“I assumed you were the closest person at the time,” Fundy mumbled. He couldn’t see it, but Dream was definitely smiling at him. He seemed to be nervous about Dream letting him stay, and of course he would, “I would have called Eret, but my phone died right before.”
“You can charge it here. I’ll give you some spare clothes, use the bathroom to dry off,” Dream said. He let out a small yawn as he let Fundy in. Fundy seemed happy, though he was cautious since he was still soaking. Dream gestured for him to follow him as he walked over to his room again, going to the closet to pick out something for him to wear. Fundy just stayed outside of it, nervous about going into his room “So what were you doing out there? I’m sure you know it rains here a lot.”
“I was just walking around, it’s just a calming thing for me. I decided to look around this area because you lived here,” Fundy said. Dream pulled out a jacket and pants for Fundy as he let himself laugh slightly at it. It was just some black pants with a white sweater, the arms of it decorated with dark pink roses. Dream thought it was fitting with how much Fundy gave him roses, he had a vase of yellow ones on his desk.
“I hope you like the area, not many people visit Manburg, especially where you come from,” Dream mumbled. He threw the clothes to Fundy, who caught them while he seemed to be thinking a bit. Fundy was from L’Manburg, which definitely threw in more tension between their families. While Philza wasn’t from there, Wilbur was born there, and he was very adamant about the place. He made Fundy like it, too. Fundy had become a bit apathetic towards it as he grew up, it didn’t help that he moved to The Greater DreamSMP with Eret when she adopted him. Fundy didn’t mind Dream being a part of Manburg, and neither did Dream, but they knew the tension there.
“The area is nice. I can see why you stay here, I wouldn’t mind living here either,” Fundy said. Dream laughed slightly. The hybrid gave a small smile before going to dry off and change into the clothes he gave him. Dream walked back over to his bed, he couldn’t help but think that was some kind of flirt about living with him, but if it wasn’t, he was at least happy that Fundy liked this place.
After a few minutes, Fundy came out of the bathroom. His fur was a bit fluffed, though he was at least dry. The clothes were a bit big on him as well, making Dream regret not giving him some smaller ones, he forgot how Fundy was much smaller than he was. Fundy seemed a bit nervous again. Dream couldn’t help but notice how timid he was. It was oddly comforting though.
Fundy was always known to be a bit sour at the thought of love, whether that was from failed attempts at dating or his complicated family relationships. It didn’t really stop him from trying again and again, it was how he was. Fundy always had some kind of shield during that, but now it was almost gone. Fundy looked comfortable around Dream now.
“I should probably sleep on the couch since you don’t really have an extra room, I’ll make sure I’m gone by morning so I’m not a bother,” Fundy said. Dream felt his heart tug violently for some reason. He didn’t feel like he was even in control of his own body for a few seconds, at least his brain wasn’t.
Next thing Dream knew, he was grabbing Fundy’s hand as he lightly pulled him back to his room. He didn’t know why he did that, he was fine with Fundy sleeping on the couch. He wasn’t actually, he didn’t want him to be uncomfortable. But Dream didn’t know why he was pulling Fundy to his room. Fundy’s face went red as he looked up at Dream. He wasn’t really expecting him to do anything, and Dream wasn’t expecting himself to do anything either. Dream started backing away a bit in panic, but Fundy started following him, neither letting go of the other’s hand.
“The couch is pretty uncomfortable, isn’t it?” Dream said. Fundy swallowed a bit as he kept walking with Dream back to his bed. He gave a silent nod, Dream mimicked him as he backed into the side of the bed.
Dream slid back on the bed, letting go of Fundy’s hand to properly get on it. Fundy took a few seconds until he eventually got on it, too. Dream closed his computer and set it on the nightstand. He figured it was time to sleep anyway.
Fundy got comfortable on the bed, curling up a bit. Dream laughed a bit hearing his tail hit the bed repeatedly happily. He laid down next to Fundy, putting the covers over both of them. They both tried not to get too close to each other, but Dream eventually found his head against Fundy’s chest, while Fundy’s tail would occasionally brush against his leg.
“Good night, lemon boy,” Dream mumbled. He could hear Fundy laugh as he started to finally let himself sleep, it was a nice sound to end off with.