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the yells of the hunters, crowded his brain. the voices in his head, giving him directions and just yelling at him, felt almost overwhelming.
'GO FASTER'
'MAKE A RIGHT, RIGHT HERE'
'STOP TRIPPING UP, YOUR FUCKING EVERYTHING UP!' they yelled
he couldnt stop his mind. of course it was a stupid manhunt that he was doing. it was painful. just words burning into his brain. into his mind. he couldnt think, nor hear his own thoughts, from the grass crunching under his shoes, the wind blowing past him as he ran, grabbing things out of his bag.
his fingers slipped up a little, dropping a potion..
great.
it was his second to last one too. the last one was a fire resistance potion. he was honestly glad he went with the fingerless gloves, after-all, if he hadnt, god it would've been so much harder. his hands dug into his bag as he grabbed his arrows, handling his bow as he climbed up onto a few blocks, aiming at Ant Frost as he slung the stuff back into his bag and hoped down, taking a quick second before running again.
luckily, from so many manhunts, his legs didnt give up easily.. aside from working out.. but that was asides the point.
as much as he ran, he could hear footsteps growing louder, and closer. he's never been close to even losing. he fixed his mask slightly, as he headed left, almost tripping over something, he was too distracted to care.
he tried strategizing a plan in his head, though it shouldve been his first thought.he usually did have a plan but he just decided to go with the flow, which wasnt very efficient .. but oh well, today was just different (he assumes)
the breeze settled through his hair as he ran, the faster he ran, the more the breeze became. it did feel a little good, but at the same time, it was a bit chilly. the weather wasnt too too bad, which was nice. it was a tad chilly otherwise nice. wasnt too hot, wasnt too cold, just in the middle.
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sapnap sighed as he tightened his bandana. he had been visiting his parents for a while (aside from them wanting him to visit anyways) he loved his parents. bad was just a little too overprotective. after a while of convincing, bad had let off the protectiveness when sap moved out.
sap did have sorta two somewhat homes. one in the nether and one in kinoko. the one in the nether was almost like a.. well.. his first place before karl had invited him to live with him in kinoko. kinoko was beautiful, nice, lovely kingdom. sap loved it. but he also loved his house in the nether. not like it wasnt too hard to live in the nether. he was half fire demon, so, it was pretty nice.
he couldnt just stay in one consistently. sure, he stayed over in kinko for most of the time, but he still liked visiting his nether place. it always felt nice to have two places to stay. although, he did have to travel further from his parents place to kinko, than the nether, but it wasnt too too much complication.
the raven ran his hands through his hair, the feeling of the soft raven black strands running against his fingers. the cold-ish breeze brushing against his skin, as he opened the front door, telling his parents bye, before he left. he rolled down his sleeves and fixed his bag up onto his shoulder a little more.
walking wasnt too too bad to the nether portal. but it was a little bit away, overall not too far. his footsteps sounded a little heavy as he walked. he did like walking sometimes. it was nice, now he didnt walk ALL the time but it felt nice to just get out and take a stroll whether he was feeling down or he wasnt feeling well, or was stressed out. it just helped.
he overheard some people yelling but didnt pay too much attention to it. to him it was just some randoms running around and most likely causing trouble. possibly tommy or tubbo.. it didnt seem like it though.
he just tried not to be too bothered by the commotion that was going on. well- that was until someone had knocked into him. he didnt want to seem like an asshole but he kinda did give off that energy for a second.
"i- dude the hell?" he said a bit annoyed, brushing off his shoulder from where the guy knocked into him.
"right, my bad i guess, later!" the blonde said brushing it off and running off.
jesus fuck, a fucked half ass apology. such a lovely interaction. of course, now he could tell it was dream.. fucking hell, he didnt even like the dude. the dude was a pain in his ass, they never did get along. it wasnt a love hate situation. just hate. neither of them like each other. it wasnt even a bit, just real feelings and everything. they've argued and fought so many times.
the two just had never gotten along. no one knew why, nor did they have actual 'good' reasons to hate each other. now, george would say different but dream never listened to georges reasoning, and advice. he just shut him down easily. maybe dream just didnt want to admit anything. possible feelings? no, he could never. it wasnt even something he would ever think about that, never, ever.
or maybe he did.. no it was stupid he even thought of that idea. it was never a thought that had ever crossed his mind. whatever. he was just making sit up that even george had talked to him about. george had talked to dream about his 'love hate' relationship with sapnap. of course dream never did fully want to talk about it. he just brushed it off and had always seemed a little passive aggressive or annoyed with the topic. of course he never meant to come off that way, but he did, and george did understand.
he never pressured dream into talking about anything. he was always just there, and brought up certain topics when he felt the time was right, especially with topics that made the blonde a little annoyed or stressed about.
but sapnap on the other hand.. he didnt talk about ANYTHING. and that meant his emotions, feelings, thoughts, etc. the only person he had good conversation with, was his dad, bad. but he didnt mind he. he liked hanging out and talking with his dad. they always talked whenever they could, and whatever they did. of course, that was completely normal, but for sap. having only bad he opened up to 100 percent of the time, and never really opened up to anyone else, it was nice, and he loved it.
he loved his and his dads conversations, and long talks. he'd send notes and letters whenever he wasnt at his parents house, and just needed his dad to talk to. of course, skeppy was also his dad, but as per usual, he had a favorite parent. yes, he loved them both equally, but he was just way, wayyyyy, more trusting with bad. it wasnt that he didnt trust skeppy, but bad was just the favorite dad, in his opinion.
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sapnap had reached the nether and started making his way to his place. he liked living partially in the nether. he did spend half of his life growing up here, and that he was half fire demon. the bandana that he wore 24/7 came with many helpful uses, such as; hair tie, wound wraps, pressure bandage, sling, and since it was long and sort of big enough, somewhat of a scarf. it was his most valued thing. sure it was kind of odd for someone to have a bandana as a valued/treasured item, but to sapnap, it meant the world to him. he never used any other bandana, or used anything else. even as a child he kept it close to him and wore it all the time, hardly ever taking it off, asides from when bad, made him take showers with it off so he could wash it from all the activities he was doing all day.
he closed the door, throwing his bag to a chair in the corner. sure a house in the nether wasnt the most greatest thing, but it was hidden away and somewhat a long distance to travel to find it. just being away from everything was nice. it was like the equivalent to someone liking to live in a giant open, middle of nowhere place. just to be away. t was like no one even knew where he was or anything. the only people that knew how to get to his place, were karl, quackity, and punz (aside from bad) those were the only people. mainly because he didnt need people trying to come and find him all the time. he just liked being away.
his hoodie came off, as he grabbed a comb, quickly brushing out his hair. it was pretty long, and bad liked to style it a lot. most of his friends liked playing with his hair for some reason. sapnap never understood the reasoning for people wanting to play with others hair. it felt kind of odd to him. he usually kept it down, but whenever he was down here, he liked to try different styles, and techniques. he had figured out how to braid, at least 3 different ways.. he liked taking his hair down in the morning and seeing it wavy, since he had always had straight as lines hair.
he set the comb down, taking off his bandana and setting it on his bed, as he grabbed a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, along with a towel. he headed over to his little lava pool, undressing and hoping in. he liked the firey feeling of the lava, it cooled and calmed him down, calming his mind some. his friends did think he was a bit crazy but they knew that he was half fire demon so it made sense at the end of the day. when he says he's 'half' fire demon, he usually means about 70 percent.
he still had a human appearance but he did have the black horns, the somewhat black tinted claws mixing in with his human-ey skin color, the little ears and tail, that karl and quackity always thought of as adorable, and cute. he didnt like his fangs too much, but punz thought they were super epic.. but then again he's in love with a giant god, with good looking teeth so it never came to as a surprise to him that punz thought they were cool.
he did mainly hide some of the marks on his skin, that were somewhat red and black. some of his friends commented on how they look like hickeys, at certain angles (which sapnap would definitely disagree on) bad always taught him to embrace it, but he barely did. he didnt get many comments, except from people who he had never met before and were appearently new to the server, which he didnt mind, but the looks he got were certainly something. there were a few diamond/oval shaped ones on his arms, some oval looking ones on his stomach, a few on his legs and neck. karl had always found it interesting to draw, connecting the spots on saps sin, sometimes making little doodles or whatnot.
after a few minutes, he had gotten out, drying off, and changing into the shirt and shorts. he sometimes never bothered to put on socks nor his shoes. he just walked around barefoot most the time. he had a few times where he had worn socks around his place but that was twice or thrice. it just wasnt a comfortable feeling. he found out that some humans call walking barefoot, 'earthing' which is a weird word. what'd it even mean, and why in the world couldnt they think of anything better to call it.
he walked over to his nightstand, fixing up his first aid kits, and wraps and gauzes, just organizing it mainly. he braided his hair quickly, and walked to his bed sitting down, and sighing. it had been a long day of travel, and he was glad to be back in his bed finally.
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as dream was running, he decided to just throw it for a bit. almost like he was subconscious, but he knew what he was doing just a little bit. it couldnt hurt to just do something that he never would've thought of doing. he exhaled heavily, as he took a few turns and climbed up a few trees, just searching for somewhere else to go.
shit.
he needed to head to the nether very soon. he needed to get stuff from there. he hadnt been doing this for too long then. he looked around before running down to a lake he saw in the distance, hearing the hunters close behind. as he hoped down from a tree, he felt two sharp things impale his back. he knew they were bows, and he shouldve been used to the feeling but for some reason he wasnt yet. he felt the sword slash his back a few times, as he fought back george, and ran some.
shit. shit. shit.
he reached the lake, and started building a portal, or at least, trying to. the feeling of the bows wasnt very pleasing. once he finished building the portal he hopped in, praying the hunters werent close by. once he reached inside the nether, he built up walls around the portal, so it'd give him a little bit of a break, before the hunters could get in. he ran trying to find some stuff to dig, and mine up.
the nether was interesting, but it was nice though. he did like it to some extent as it was also dangerous, but it didnt really matter too too much. he did think that it was better conditions that the cold-ish, hottish weather in the surface realm (i think :p) but still, it was the nether so he didnt expect much.
he didnt know when he should take the bows out. it was very painful yet somehow a bit pleasing. now he wasnt a masochist but it felt kind of nice. he sighed seeing a little fort over in the distance. perfect. he could just hide in there and take care of himself quickly before getting back onto the hunt.
he started his way down, as he saw a few gold he could mine quickly, to which he did. he sighed, moving his mask to wipe his forehead real quick and running to the little fort. before he got to the door, it opened. oh how lovely..
"dream.." he mumbled, rolling his eyes
"heyyy sap, nap" the blonde replied popping the p's
"i assume your doing some shit, because i'd normally never see you down here, on a normal day" sapnap yawned as he crossed his arms
"yeah.. but..ugh i need your help real quick-"
"me? no, im not helping you for shit, jackass/"
"sap, chill. i just asked for your help quickly, it not even much"
"literally you could've asked anyone else, even your little boyfriend, george?"
dream sighed. this is why he really didnt ask sapnap for crap. he barely even talked to him, ever. the raven was very hard to talk to, and it seemed as if only karl, and punz were the ones who talked to him easily. which was a pain but it was whatever. they were talking now, i guess.
"yeah, well, i cant go to him right now, so if you could please, just stop acting like a prissy princess and help me out?" he snapped a little.
"well it depends. help you with what."
"oh you know, just getting some bows out of my back and wrapping me up with quick?"
sapnap sighed, rolling his eyes. "and why should i help? after all, it is YOUR problem to deal with"
"fine, i'll just do it myself, jesus christ-" he was cut off by sapnap pulling him inside and slamming the door. he heard the hunters off somewhere, not near but far away back at the portal.
"they better not know my place is here" sapnap huffed and went over to his nightstand picking up a few things and setting them on his table.
dream just stood there not really knowing what to do. he took off his mask and hood. he didnt really know why sapnap was helping him to be fair. even though he did come down here, and ask for help. sapnap didnt seem to mind it too too much. he felt like sap was being more nice than he had been ever.
"alright turn around, and im going to pull them out, just quick and easy, then take the armour off, and lift the hoodie, and the one piece can stay on" sapnap explained as dream followed his instructions
"3.. 2.." he mumbled quietly as he placed a hand, gripping dreams shoulder, and one gripping the bow, pulling it out, and quickly pulling the other one out.
"FUCK- you cant just do that without warning!" he yelped, taking off the armour and waiting a second.
"too bad, now hoodie off, pretty boy"
the blonde was a bit confused by the nickname but brushed it off, hoping his cheeks werent heating up. he winced slightly, taking his hoodie off.
the raven, took some alcohol and rubbed it on the impact marks, as he felt them lightly, checking out his back for a moment, before looking at the gauze and making sure it was long enough. he held the male waist with one hand and wrapped the gauze around him.
the blonde exhaled not really sure what to say or do, so he just let sapnap handle him. he felt sapnap stop hearing the knock at the door. "hold this" he mumbled quietly and headed to the door.
he couldnt really think what they were talking about since his mind was all wrapped up in the wounds, and sap..nap? he wasnt sure. george would never ever be right about feelings. it was shit. emotions and feelings were shit. he didnt need them. though george said he was open to sap, and polyamorous stuff, dream always denied, and brushed it off, and shrugged, walking away from georges conversation.
but now it got him thinking, if he honestly did really hate sap. of course he did, that was a dumb thought. he wouldnt ever imagine about it. yeah, he's ranted to george and his friends about his hate of sapnap. they always commented on how it sounded not like he hated him. but maybe it was just the way they heard it. he never would ever think about talking nicely about that man. it wasnt even in the thought. why would he even think about him.
it wasnt gay panic. no, weird. he knew that he was into guys, but he never would imagine himself with the raven. like seriously. he had karl and quackity. they were both lovely people. even more lovely than him, himself. he didnt even know what that thought meant, to be honest. he didnt know when he got caught up in thought, staring at the male. his hair looked super soft, and wavy some. that was nice. looked really pretty too. of course there had been times when he wanted to play with his friends hair. so those thoughts were normal.. correct? of course.
but also, his eyes were super pretty. a dark green. almost forest green. it was a super pretty green. like he could just look into them forever. they were very memorizing. he loved them. it wasnt like the male wasnt always memorizing. he was just pretty. god when did he start thinking about all this. it wasnt even like him to think about this. he knew he hated the male. he wasnt pretty, no. or he was.. but he just was so fucking pretty.. but then again who wouldnt think he was pretty?
"dream, let me finish it up real quick" sap said as he closed the door, and came back over to him. he nodded and handed hm the gauze, as he felt his face heat up some.
the raven started wrapping him up, feeling the gaze of dreams eyes on him. he chuckled quietly and finished wrapped the gauze, and added some support tape. "alright, you should be good now dream" he said as he stood up properly, stretching his arms, and went to go put the gauze and tape away.
he came back over and ran his hand over the wrap just making sure it was all good, just so it didnt come too loose "its not too tight right? dont want your ribcage get crushed or anything" he asked as he looked to the blonde.
dream nodded hesitantly looking down to the wrap around his ribs, and back. "yeah, everything's great, um.. thanks" he mumbled quietly grabbing his hoodie.
"yeah, course.. you want a new hoodie? i mean, that ones probably ruined, no offense though"
"uhh- yeah, sure. and its fine, it definitely has a few holes in it, and stuff on it" the blonde hummed as he ran a hand through his hair, and just leaned against the wall. he looked around just taking in the place, since he hadnt earlier. it was a little cozy, just nice and small. he was snapped out of his head when sapnap shoved a hoodie into the chest.
"oh yeah, thanks" dream said as he slipped it on and looked at his amour, it wasnt a bit damaged but still useful. probably not for too much longer but it was alright.
"so you lead them here appearently" sapnap huffed, crossing his arms.
"i dont think i did, actually. and plus they'd run around and try to find me anyways"
"yeah, but now they know where my place is"
"and? you also live in kinoko, but there seems to be no problem with that, so whats your deal about it?"
"i dont want people knowing that i have a little place here! people can know about kinoko but this is just a break home. i dont need people showing up at my door unless i want them too"
"your so fucking annoying dude. its not a big deal-"
the raven cut him off, pulling him close by the hoodie "i swear to god you prick, ive told you, i dont like it alright. if i dont want people knowing that i have this little place, i dont alright. so stop complaining and just understand that i dont want people knowing" he huffed and pushed the older away.
dream exhaled softly, crossing his arms. he ran his hands over his face, covering the redness in his face "jesus, sorry dude"
sapnap rolled his eyes and fixed his bandana "when are you gonna get back out there? think it would be a bit fucked if you just left them hanging, you know?"
dream nodded and put the armour back on and headed to the door, with sapnap following along "yeah, im just gonna head out now, but thanks again.. i'll see you later.." he mumbled leaving as he looked around and tried to see if he could see where the hunters went. as soon as he didnt see them, he ran, finding some more things to mine and dig up.
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a few days had passed since the manhunt and since dream had talked to sapnap. he wasnt expecting to at all, nor did he want too. george had tried to talk to dream about what happened and how he got the new hoodie, but e just avoided the conversation all together.
yeah sure, you shouldnt pressure people into talking, but when dream was constantly wearing the hoodie it started weighing on georges mind a little. he didnt mind it but he was curious. it wasnt like he was an overprotective, jealous boyfriend type. but it was a bit interesting.
the brit hummed as he leaned against the bedroom doorframe, seeing dream laying down, on the bed, in the same hoodie he's been wearing for a few days now. he was just laying down not really doing anything in particular. mostly just resting some. the blonde looked over to the door as he hummed lightly
"oh, hey, everything alright?" he asked sitting up slightly
george shrugged as he sighed some "eh, i do have a question for you though"
"oh yeah, whats up?"
"the h-"
"relax alright its just a hoodie"
george sighed and shrugged "i mean, youve been wearing it for like a week or longer, and you havent even taken it off, is everything alright?" he asked
dream nodded smiling some as he hummed lightly "oh yeah no im perfectly fine"
"if you are just in love with sapnap, just say it, its painfully obvious" he chuckled smiling a bit
dream rolled his eyes and scoffed "i am not alright, i just like this hoodie okay?"
"you are an idiot, literally its obvious, you say you allegedly say you hate him but you really dont. and if i need to talk about how YOU explain and talk about him is insane. just fucking tell him already dude and plsu, we both know him well, and we already discussed how im open for sap.."
dream nodded just thinking "yeah yeah, i know. i hate to admit that your right"
"im always right love" george chuckled and walked out of the room just leaving dream to think. maybe he should just admit it. he hated to admit, but possibly they were actual feelings for the raven.
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sapnap sighed walking around kinoko just cleaning up some. he didnt have extra free time often but he just decided to have a small break. he had been working mainly all day from making potions to armour, to sharpening up tools, and organizing.
he usually was the one to make potions other than karl but karl had left last night and was going to be back in a little bit. he liked being around karl, their energy was the best. they could cheer anyone up in an instance, and was always there for people. they never said anything bad about anyone or anything. but the sad thing was that karl was also losing memories in the process. it was sad, but hey, he couldnt do anything about it, except try and help him not forget.
the raven was making sure all the animals were all nice and safe. he cleaned up the stalls some and collected some of the eggs that some chickens had dropped. he headed to the kitchen area and put the eggs away, and closed the door, heading out.
he was about to go and fix up some other items as he saw dream and george coming over to him. he sighed and crossed his arms looking over to them. he didnt really feel like interacting with anyone. but it was whatever.
"hey sap!" george said smiling as he waved to him
"hey george. dream" he mumbled
"could we like um.. talk with you if you're not busy?"
"well, im not doing anything at the moment so sure, i guess" sapnap said as he shrugged
dream looked very nervous for some odd reason, sapnap didnt quite fully know why. he didnt even know what they wanted to talk about. he just waited for one of them to start talking, he didnt really have all day, but i guess, he'd just make some time.
"i- so.. i, well we.. were both um poly right.. and-"
"dream likes you and basically wants you to be with us. there simple as that" george said crossing his arms
the raven was a bit confused. he didnt know what even to say. it was kind of different. he had never been apart of any relationship, neither a poly relationship. it was new to him. he didnt even have any words. one of the first times he's ever been left speechless. it was very weird and new to him. not in the bad way though. just in a different way
"i- well, could you give me some time to think on it? ive never really been like.. y'know.."
dream nodded as he began feeling more anxious, and nervous "yeah, yeah of course!" dream said as george nodded and smiled a little
-
that night after karl had gotten back, they had basically just spent time with sapnap mostly. them just having a good time and laughing, just having fun. at some point, sapnap, didnt know how long he had spent ranting to them about what dream and george asked of him.
he had just straight ranted about it.
"im not upset, nor mad. im just a bit confused. y'know? like why me though, literally. why does dream all of a sudden like me?? he literally hates me for all i know" sap said just pacing
"well, i mean, have you seen the way you look at them two, mainly dream though? and he did come to you to heal his wounds right?" karl said, leaning forward some
"yeah, but that was also because he was doing a manhunt and he needed to be healed some"
"still. you helped him."
"because im nice?" sap scoffed
"to him? all the time your nice? i dont know, sap, seems like you just are in denial or something"
"karl, i swear, i'd never ever, like him. we're literally enemies. i hate him, he hates me, bim bam boom" he said crossing his arms
"definitely doesnt sound like your panicking right now" they chuckled smiling some
"oh my god, karl, stopppp" the raven whined a little.
"okay fine, tell me something that you actually like about george?"
"well, ugh, i guess i like how george is really nice.. and open about everything. he's easy to talk to, and go to whenever your upset.. he has a nice voice.. his skin is really soft and he's really funny.." sap said half quiet
"now what do you like about dream?"
"mm.. he's sweet, calm yet chaotic, good hugger for sure. he is really sweet, but is a bitch at times.. which i guess is nice. they both are assholes when they need to. dream stands up for him easily and doesnt himself go, he's one to be there for you when no one else is. he has good teeth, and pretty eyes.."
"okay, now just think about those things, and tell me, if that sounds like you hate them-"
"you literally told me to say what i like about them" sap cut them off
"okay what do you hate about them?" karl asked, tilting their head slightly
sapnap thought for a moment, trying to think of at least one thing. one simple thing.. but nothing came to mind "shit.."
"nothing? exactly. so why must you act like you hate them?"
karl was very right. he didnt really need to, but he did. he didnt know why he acted like that. maybe it was to make him seem and look tougher. probably..
"why are you so right.. i just dont know dude.. i know i dont need to but i just do."
"so.. you like them?"
..yeah
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sapnap sighed as he walked around kinoko, a couple days later, sitting at one of the benches by the pond. he was just doing some self-thinking. it was nice. he usually did come out here and sit like this. it was nice, the sounds of the nature, and of course karl and tina just talking and doing whatever they were doing.
he never like self-thinking, but tina had talked to him about that stuff and said it'd probably be good to do that. that it would help with his mind and calming it. which.. like normal she was right. his friends were normally right. which it wasnt a bad thing. he just had to accept the fact he was wrong sometimes.
perhaps, having some alone time, and taking breaks was good. it was good for him and good for mostly most things. it was actually nice. he sighed dipping his fingers into the cool water of the pond, shaking them off, and wiping his hand on his hoodie to dry it. he stood up and stretched his arms, seeing dream in the corner of his eye. along with george
he waved them over, and exhaled softly. he didnt know what he was going to say or how anything would play out. dream and sapnap both seemed to be the nervous type of guys when it came to talking about stuff like this.
"so.. hey there guys.." he said a bit nervous
george smiled and waved
"hey, so uh.. about the thing the other day.. if you dont want to, that completely fine, like i dont want you to be pressure or anything, yknow" dream said as he ran his hand through his hair
"no, no, its alright, um i actually was thinking about that, and i- i've never been in any relationship whatsoever.. but i.. i really do um, like yall.. jesus christ i sound like a fourth grader confessing, but yeah.." sapnap said as he felt his cheeks heat up a little
dream smiled a little, pulling him into a tight hug. it startled sap a bit, but hugged back, wrapping his arms around the blonde's waist, pulling him close. he felt good, he liked this.
the blonde pulled back some as he looked up to the raven lifting his mask slightly "you know i was nervous as fuck right dude?"
sapnap laughed softly and nodded "yeah, me too." he said as he looked over to george, holding out an arm, inviting him to join the hug. to which george obviously did.
he liked the hugs, it was nice. especially group hugs.. with his uh.. boyfriends now !!
"WOOO LETS FUCKING GO!!"
"YEAH !"
tina and karl yelled jumping up and down as if they had gotten the best news ever. sapnap blushed some, smiling and flipping them off, jokingly. he couldnt get over the fact he was actually with george and dream now. it felt crazy, but he definitely liked it a lot