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The Littles bounced with excitement, well Karl was bouncing with excitement, George just looked like he was fighting to stay awake, per usual. The Caregivers made the rash decision to take a day trip to Disneyworld, which ultimately sounded in the two Caregiver’s heads.
The plan was for the four boys to drive to Punz’s house, since the Punz wasn’t moved in with them yet, then go right to the parks. The plan was easier said then done when it came time to get on the road.
“Karl, could you please put your pants on”, Sapnap said as he chased the Little around downstairs. Sapnap groaned. Dream leaned over the railing upstairs.
“Are you okay down there?”, he asked, teasingly. Sapnap looked up at him and shook his head.
“No, we need to switch Littles”, he replied. “Like now. Or we’ll never get to Luke’s on time.”
“And you think I can get Karl to put his pants on?”, Dream asked. “Not going to happen, you got this. I still have to put George’s shoes on while he’s somewhat coherent.” Sapnap groaned again.
“Karl!”, Sapnap raised his voice slightly, which made Karl stop in his tracks. “I need to put pants on you, honey.” Karl pouted.
“Fine”, he muttered, walking over to Sapnap. “I sowwy.” Sapnap got down on his knees and Karl put his hands on Sapnap’s shoulders to steady himself as Sapnap put Karl’s pants on him.
“Alright”, Sapnap replied. “Now where are your shoes?” Karl shrugged. “You had them on earlier, now where are they?”
“Dunno!”, Karl screeched. Sapnap sighed.
“Why are you being so difficult today, Karl bug?”, he asked. “You don’t wanna ruin the day, do you?” Karl shook his head.
“Wan’ see ‘unzo”, Karl whined. “Now!” Sapnap grabbed his hands gently.
“We’re going to pick up Punzo, remember?”, he asked. “Then we’re going to Disney.” Karl’s face lit up like it was the first time he was hearing of the Disney trip, which was far from the truth.
“Otay!”, Karl replied, running to get his shoes on, Sapnap supposed. Sapnap stood back up and went back into the living room just as Dream walked down the stairs carrying George.
“Hey, little one”, Sapnap said to George, offering him a soft smile, which George greatly returned.
“‘ired”, George mumbled, rubbing his eyes. “Wan’ go sweepy.”
“I might need to add another nap into his schedule”, Dream replied. “He’s been really tired recently.” Sapnap shrugged.
“Just like Big George, I guess”, he teased. “Are we ready to go?” Dream nodded.
“I’m gonna go put him in the car”, he said. “I put the bag of Little things on there earlier, and I didn’t know if Luke had Little things so I added a few things for him.”
“I’m sure he’ll appreciate that, Clay”, Sapnap replied. “I just need to make sure Karl has his shoes on.. and on the right foot.” Dream nodded and carried George out to the car. “Hey, you ready, bud?”
“Mhms!”, Karl exclaimed. “Go ge’ ‘unzo?” Sapnap nodded.
“We don’t wanna leave him waiting, do we?”, he asked. Karl shook his head and dashed out to the car.
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“Quick check”, Sapnap said, buckling his seatbelt in the driver’s seat. “What’s all in the Little bag.”
“I packed a couple pacifiers, some pull-ups, some fidget toys”, Dream listed off. “And a couple pairs of the boys swimming shorts, I figured I’m most built like Luke so I added a pair of my swimming shorts in for him in case he forgot to pack a pair.” Dream stopped to catch his breath.
“Wow, you’re on fire today”, Sapnap replied. “If I didn’t know better, I would think you actually like the idea of Luke moving in with us.” Dream scoffed and crossed his arms over his chest.
“Don’t be ridiculous”, he murmured, looking out the window. Sapnap chuckled and pulled out of the driveway.
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“‘unzo!”, Karl shouted when the four boys pulled into the other boy’s driveway, waking up George who was taking a little cat nap in the back driver’s seat. “Sowwy..” George whimpered and rubbed his eyes.
Sapnap waited a little bit to give Punz some time before he honked the horn, so after a couple minutes he did honk the horn, and as soon as he did, he saw Punz dash to the car.
“Hey, Punzo”, Sapnap smiled. “Is the middle seat okay?” Punz nodded and hopped in the middle seat.
“I’m not Little, Nick”, he replied.
“I realize that, but it won’t stop me from calling you that”, Sapnap said, looking in the rear view mirror at him. “There’s nothing wrong with regressing right now, Luke. We’re fully prepared.” Punz looked from Karl to George and whined. Maybe they were fully prepared, but Punz definitely wasn’t. Regressing in front of Dream, Karl, and George was a lot different than just regressing in front of Sapnap.
“I-I’m fine”, Punz replied. “I don’t feel like it right now.” Sapnap nodded and pulled out of Punz’s drive. Punz looked over at Karl, whose eyes glued to the older boy.
“‘unzo pway game?”, he asked, pointing out the window. “I spy.” Punz shrugged.
“Sure, buddy”, he replied.
“Go fiwst”, Karl urged.
“Hmm, I spy with my little eyes something.. yellow”, Punz replied.
“Caw!”, George exclaimed, pointing to a green car. “Yewwow!” Punz smiled sympathetically.
“I know it’s confusing, buddy, but that car’s green”, he replied. George frowned and crossed his arms over his chest.
“Dis game ‘tupid”, George muttered. Dream turned back to look at him and put his hand on George’s knee.
“It’s okay, buddy, you didn’t know”, he said. “But please don’t use your mean words, honey.” George looked over at him and nodded.
“Sowwy fo’ usin’ dose meanie wowds”, he apologized. “Da game no fun.” Karl frowned.
“No pway game no mowe”, he replied. Punz noted how he was losing grip of his Big headspace. He wanted to regress, he really really did, he just didn’t want to be a problem for Sapnap.
“Punzo”, Dream said softly. “What’s going on in your head?” Punz shook his head.
“Nothin’”, he mumbled. Dream’s face softened.
“You know you wanna regress, Luke”, he said. “You’re okay, we promise. Do you see the bag on the floor by Karl’s feet?” Punz sniffled and nodded. “You can grab and take whatever you want from there. There are some pacifiers in there, some fidget toys too.” Punz nodded, pulling out a fidget cube.
“No need paci”, Punz said. “Fank you..”
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“Alright boys”, Sapnap said as he parked the car in the parking lot. “We made it to Disney!”
“Nisney!”, Karl exclaimed, trying to unbuckle his seatbelt the fastest.
“Could I get an age check from you all?”, Sapnap asked.
“Five!”, Karl exclaimed.
“‘ree”, George mumbled. Punz tapped his thigh nervously.
“Punzo?”, Sapnap asked, eyeing him in the mirror. “How old are you feeling, buddy?”
“...fouw”, he replied. “Was owder bu’..” Punz shrugged. Sapnap smiled softly as he got out of the car, then he went to Karl’s side and got him out of the car before moving on to Punz.
“Buddy, you can take your fidget cube”, Sapnap said when he saw the cube abandoned on the middle seat.
“But I wose it”, Punz said. “No wanna wose it.” Sapnap grabbed the cube and the Little bag and tossed the cube into the bag. Dream lifted George out of the car and started to set him down on the ground before he started kicking and screaming.
“Georgie, I have to set you down, buddy”, Dream said. “I can’t carry you here, baby.” George huffed as Dream set him down successfully.
“Howd Dada’s hand ‘stead?”, he asked. Dream nodded.
“Of course you can hold my hand”, he said. George immediately grasped Dream’s hand tightly. Karl followed suit and held Sapnap’s hand, while Punz was a little hesitant.
“You can hold my hand if you want to, Punzo”, Sapnap said. Punz shook his head.
“Can I howd Dweam’s?”, he asked. Sapnap was a little taken aback, but who was he to deny Punz his request.
“Of course you can”, he replied, urging Punz over to Dream. Punz grinned and grasped Dream’s hand, and the 5 boys headed to the entrance of the Disney park.
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After hours of fun, had by the Littles, apart from the stubbornness of Punz when he refused to drink water, the Caregivers wanted to have their own fun.
“You three stay right here, okay?”, Sapnap asked. “We’ll be right back, look after each other.” All three Littles nodded and stayed put on the bench as the Caregivers got in the line for Thunder Mountain.
The Caregivers had just gotten on the ride when Punz started to feel icky. The other Littles didn’t have time to react before Punz turned to the side and threw up.
“‘unzo!”, Karl exclaimed. Punz whined and curled up into a Punzo ball on the bench. Sadly, the other Littles couldn’t do anything until their Caregivers came back. “Daddy! Dweam! ‘unzo frew up!” The Caregivers came rushing over.
“Punzo, buddy, you with me?”, Sapnap asked, kneeling down beside Punz, successfully avoiding the vomit. Punz groaned. “Dream, get the water out of the bag.” Dream quickly opened the bag and held the water bottle out to Sapnap. “You need to drink, buddy, I have a feeling you got overheated, you can’t be out in this heat without drinking something.” Sapnap opened the water bottle and urged Punz to take a few sips to start with, which he did.
“‘unzo be otay?”, George asked. Dream nodded a little unsurely.
“I think so, buddy”, he replied. “Punzo just needs to drink.” After a few minutes, Punz started to feel better.
“Well, I think that’s enough excitement for the day, don’t you think?”, Sapnap asked. “Why don’t we go home, yeah? Punzo, you wanna stay at our house tonight?” Punz nodded and buried his head in Sapnap’s side. “Alright, let’s get home, boys.”