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The cool of the night has him wrapped up in sheets, the blue of his led lights making him feel the cold harder than it actually is, the ceiling has a broken fan that he never took in mind to replace since after it broke he immediately asked his mother to help him call someone to install an AC he had bought, the AC that is currently giving him chills and creating goosebumps.
Sleep is not an option anymore since he took a nap not too long ago, his body isn't tired, but he is trying to not let his mind get too loud. The words Sapnap had said the night before had been bugging nonstop.
" Twitter is crazy, the other night I found a post they made about you bro, it was about a fictional you, it caught my curiosity cause they were talking about a story called 'Heat Waves.' I remember the post was a fan art or something" He heard through his headphones.
" I didn't read the description or the tags before so I found out it was a fan fiction about you and George when it was too late, I can't lie man, I stopped right after reading THAT" Sapnap continued while Dream listened intently, he didn't know why it sparked such interest in him.
" Sapnap what?, what were you doing reading a fan fiction?!" The blonde let out a laugh, with such confusion in his tone, he asked." And about us?! On top of that?" why was his best friend telling him this? And why did he do it in the first place?
" I am not gonna lie, I regret I did to be fair" Sapnap said after in an attempt to erase the awkwardness and embarrassment he felt for doing it and telling it . " it was all Karl's fault"
" You can't blame him for your wrong doings Sapnap" Dream laughed.
" I know, listen okay? Uh... he told me to read it and-" Sapnap started.
" And you obviously did it because you would do anything for him, and you are a simp" Dream said interrupting Sapnap, his smile wide enough to tell that he was really enjoying the teasing.
"No, ugh whatever let me finish god damn it!" Sapnap yelled exasperated.
" okay okay, sorry go on" Dream said pulling his arms up in defense, trying not to laugh at his reaction.
" Thank you, now, the thing is it was good at first, nothing going on, everything normal and then all of a sudden boom" Sapnap said laughing in disbelief.
" What " Dream asked with such a strong eagerness that got him and Sapnap both surprised.
" The character, the one that is supposed to be you, had a dream" Sapnap finally said with a small laugh after.
" and what happened in that dream?" Dream asked with genuine curiosity.
" Bro I am not gonna tell you, if you want to know read it yourself" A small silence started before Dream received a notification from Sapnap on Discord. " What did you send idiot" Dream said laughing while opening the chat, " There, you have the link, now leave me alone" The younger of the two continued.
" Sapnap, I am not gonna read that" Dream continued with a scoff.
" I don't know, you seem kinda interested in it... maybe you want to read it, and since I am such a great friend and a nice person, I said I might as well give it to you" The brown haired boy said with an egocentric tone to then laugh at his friend once again.
" Oh fuck off, I don't care" Dream laughed.
" is it? Or are you lying to yourself babyboy?" Sapnap replied.
Truth is, Sapnap had said something he shouldn't have, because now Dream was asking himself if he should read it to kill his curiosity.
The tossing and turning was getting a bit annoying, and his eyelids just didn't want to close, he found himself wondering if he should just to kill time. He turns around pulling his arm out to touch his nightstand trying to find his phone in the darkness. ' It's not a good idea...' ' but I just want to know what got sapnap so embarrassed' ' what could've been?' ' he said it was a dream right? Not something that actually happened... I suppose' .
When he finds his phone he turns it on, the time reads "12:37" knowing both of his friends weren't home and he wasn't in the mood to talk to other people, he found himself in a state of boredom.
" Alright" He says to himself with a sigh, " it cannot be that bad is it?" He continues. He stands up and turns the AC off, it's summer which would make his room warm after a while. He goes to his desk and sits down, turning on the PC, regretting beforehand his stupid actions. " Stupid sapnap..." he mumbled under his breath. Truth is the only person he should blame for this is himself for taking interest in something so weird. So he's actually cursing himself also as he is saying this words.
The PC finally turns on and he quickly opens discord, he searches for his friend's Icon inside his messages list, and finally clicks on the chat, he sees the link and under it it reads'Heat Waves - tbhyourelame- Minecraft(Vid...'
He finally clicks the link and a message pops up with a text ' This link will take you to https://archiveofourown.org/works/26559139 Are you sure you want to go there?' And then under it small squares with options of ' Yep! ' and 'Cancel'.
Almost mocking him as if the universe didn't want him to open it, he hesitates before clicking the option that lead him to the page.
A small warning appears that reads 'This work could have adult content. If you proceed you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.' He feels scared of what he will find but his curiosity wins once again ' I can't believe Sapnap went past this... that bastard lied about it, of course he knew what was gonna happen' he clicks on proceed and starts reading.
Turns out Sapnap hadn't lied about it being normal at the beginning, it all looked like a normal conversation the three would have, even his broken fan was mentioned... quite strange that they had kind of predicted it.
He keeps reading until he gets to the 'dream' the Dream of the story had. He keeps going until reading something that catches his eye.
'Beautiful' A thought of the character that was supposed to be him.
He knew what he was getting into, but he wonders what the Dream of the story did that got his best friend so disgusted. He keeps reading once again until getting to... the part...
Oh.
He finds himself not wanting to stop. Drinking word for word every single thing that says in those paragraphs that he shouldn't be reading.
It's a simple kiss he supposed but it turns into a making out session and it's out of his control to just stop, but it turns into hands and sounds and maybe that is when his mind finally drops the alarm screaming at him.
'WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING! CLOSE THE DAMN FUCKING PAGE' he stands up panicking closing the page and dropping himself on the chair, the chair falls and he is on the floor now, before he could laugh he feels the familiar heat . "OH OH OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO" he says standing up not wanting to do anything to it.
His breathing is heated and his little friend is awake, not knowing what to do he runs to the bathroom, and looks at himself in the mirror with an expression that screams both horror and pity.
" Okay... it's just... it's just the words of the story but I wasn't imagining at all... who am i kidding... " he slowly mumbles and throws water at his face countless times.
" A shower? Maybe a Cold shower? The AC is off I think it'll be good " he turns to his shower and turns it on, without a care in the world he quickly takes his clothes off, not even bothering to close the door, he silently hopes that no criminal enters his house cause that would be embarrassing.
He tries not to think about it, he stopped midway, at his ' Soft noice' ' OKAY OKAY YOU'RE NOT HELPING' his mind screams at him.
He has heard the soft noice... he has and it was all a joke a small joke his friend had done, it was all a joke, and nothing woke up that day... well.
"Just focus on the shower and stop thinking" he screams at himself.
If anyone was in his house in this moment they would be scared over someone talking or well screaming to themselves...
After a big WHILE his reaction was gone, he finished showering and wrapped a towel around his middle walking back to his room, his room was warm which felt nice, he put on a pair of boxers and another t-shirt since the other one had sweat stains.
He made his way to his bed and took his phone ' 2:45am ' it read, his dnd was on which prevented him from getting notifications. Only his mother, Sapnap and George could go through it.
He leaves his phone on the bed and before he could turn and close his eyes, a small ding came from his phone. He grabs it and sees that George sent him a message.
" Wakey wakey"
and then another message popped up.
" I know you said you had taken a nap so I figured you would still be awake"
and another.
" but you're taking too long to respond so maybe I'll let you sleep"
He lets a small giggle escape before replying with a small " hi :)".
George once again sends a message but this time saying
" Hello :] "
The sweetness of the moment erases any memory of the recent events.
He sends another " hi " and George replies with another " hello " and then after it.
" Are you actually gonna talk to me or are we gonna keep on doing this until one of us falls asleep?"
Dream chuckles and replies
" Hello "
then George replies with " Wyd?
Dream thinks about what he would still be doing if it weren't for his panic, he would probably have died if George sent him the message in the middle of it.
" I am hungry " it's all he says, George replies " Then eat idiot".
Dream once again laughs and thinks about what it would be like to see him there, sitting right next to him, he silently wishes it's not too far from now.
" woah you're a genius George, how didn't I think about it?". It's all he replies.
" I don't know, maybe because you're an idiot unlike me" Dream smiles and rolls his eyes in annoyance. A new message appears . " Hey, wanna vc?"
Dream then stops breathing for a second, it's too early, way too early for that, but he can't say no to him knowing he will regret it after.
"Sure, vc2?" He replies before getting up and walking to his computer once again.
George sends " Nope, just us two" Dream sees it and stops in his tracks, he takes his headphones and he then clicks for the screen to turn on, he forgot to turn it off before...
"Alright, just us two okay" he replies.
He takes a deep breath before looking for George's Icon and clicking on it, he quickly sends a small " hi ".
It takes seconds for George to start calling. He quickly takes another deep breath before clicking on the call. He sits in silence before a voice on the other end says " Hi ".
George's voice makes him smile.
"Hello" He says looking at George's icon before it becomes George's face. He is wearing a gray shirt with green pants, looking right at him or well the camera he slowly says " Hi " with a small smile, then he follows with a small " I missed you idiot ".
Dream smiles and takes this image in, he loves when George unexpectedly turns his camera on whenever is just them, it makes the moment feel less far away.
" I missed you too" Dream slips with a sweet tone looking right at him. His mind is running 10 mph thinking about the word his character in the story said, maybe he wasn't in the middle of a beach or wasn't damped in the moonlight but he looked truly Beautiful.
"So what you've been up to?" George finally says before looking at his PC. Green undertones paint his features signifying he was probably playing Minecraft.
Dream always knows when to say things, he always knows what his words might cause, but this time he just let his mouth say the first thing that came to mind " I've been reading"
George slowly looks up to the camera, knowing damn well that Dream could feel his gaze even through a screen.
"Oh?"
'Nice one Dream... now what are you gonna say?' Dream thinks to himself.
" I thought you said you don't read?" George replies to then turn back to his PC, but still picking interest on what Dream would say after.
" I don't " Dream replies and mentally slaps himself, ' Why do you do this to me?!' He screams internally at himself.
" Then?" George says with confusion clear on his face. " What do you mean?"
" George?" Dream says with hesitation.
"Hmm?" George replies still looking at his game.
"This is going to sound weird but I need to get it off my chest" Dream breathes in and out repeatedly to calm his nerves. If he screws this up, everything is about to crash, but this was eating him up ever since he read those words.
" Dream?" George asks with confusion evident in his tone, he stops everything and looks right at the camera.
"Have you ever thought about... what it would be like if we were you know..." Dream struggles before dropping his head back on the chair.
" Dating?" George then finishes.
"yeah, have you?" Dream asks with tremor on his tone. George hears it, of course he does.
" Hey, hey don't worry, it won't change anything" George says with a small smile. " I have... I have thought about it"
"If I ever fall in love with you would you leave? Would you leave me?" Dream says now looking at the George of the screen, slowly and lowly.
"Why are you asking me this?" George slowly asks, now a nervous smile on his features.
"You're uncomfortable aren't you?" Dream shuts his eyes cursing himself for even bringing it up.
"No i... i am just curious about why would you fall in love with me, even hypothetically" George eventually says still looking straight at the camera.
"Why wouldn't I?" Dream says before thinking.
"What?" George has crimson on his cheeks and surprise is written all over his face " Why wouldn't you, you said?" He finally said. He takes one second. " Dream... are you feeling different about me?" George asks with disbelief.
"No, it's it's just a small what if, and the why wouldn't I is because... i am shocked i am not you know?" Dream shakes his head in disapproval of his words ' stop making it worse Omg shut it!'
"Dream... are you saying you should be in love with me?" George asks and a giggle escapes his lips.
"No?" Dream asks himself and replies to George at the same time.
"You don't sound convincing" George says before shifting to get comfortable on his chair. A smile taking over.
" I don't know George is just closure of ... if I did I wouldn't know what to do and i don't want to lose you" Dream replies.
" hey Dream? You won't lose me, and even if you do fall in love with me, then we could see what happens but... i would never leave" George finishes.
Dream is speechless and he doesn't know what to think about George's words but he thinks he got it, they would figure it out, if it happens, they would figure it out
Them.
"Dream? Are you still there?" George says with a nervous smile.
"Yeah yeah sorry i just zoned out" Dream lets out a breath that he didn't know he was holding.
"Dream you don't have to worry about anything right now" George reassures before saying " Just know that whatever happens I'll always be there for you" George finishes.
"I love you, you know that?" Dream says.
He knows he meant it as a friend and he knows George understood it, because that's all they need, that's how it is with them, they just know what the other wants to say with the tones of their voices.
" i love you too idiot" George finishes.
A warm feeling in his chest appears, knowing that no matter how big the obstacle is, it won't get in between.
George would always be there.
Dream would always reach.
Because he truly loved George, more than anyone he knew.