Princess | Dream

Chapter 9

"How?" I ask.

"In sands of time, you told me to turn left rather than right." He tells me but I roll my eyes.

"It was the left to me." I argue.

"You didn't specify! I had so many coins too!" 

"Whatever, you screwed me over in Skybattle." 

The sound of Wilbur and Nihachu laughing fills my ears immediately after that sentence leaves my lips. 

"You guys have issues." Nihachu says amongst her laughter.

"You can literally see the frustration between you." Wilbur laughs which brings a pink tint to my cheeks. 

"DayDream is pretty much cannon guys!" Nihachu announces which makes Dream and I laugh. I stop for a second to just think about Clay. We're good friends but is there anything else to it? On one hand, I feel fluttery and warm whenever I speak to him but that could just be the rush of streaming that I'm mixing up with feelings for Clay. I mull over the thought for a few seconds when I'm interrupted by the cheers my team sounds as Technoblade's team wins. 

I congratulate them in the chat and then run to the player leaderboards. As I make my way there, Will and Nikkie say their goodbyes, leaving me and Dream in the call. When I arrive in the building I see, to my dismay, Dream is still in first place by 10 points. "History repeated itself huh." He teases. 

"You got lucky." I retort, "I was only 10 points away." 

"Yeah you were MILES away from first place." He exaggerates, making me roll my eyes. 

"Whatever Clay." I say pissed off.

"Aww, is little Day upset?" He coos, making me huff.

"Shut up. CLAY." I exaggerate his name, trying to get under his skin. However, all he does is wheeze. 

"I think I deserve a prize." He says after he calms down. 

"Oh really?" I ask in disbelief at how cocky he is being. 

"Yep." 

"What do you want?" 

"Well, may I bring your memory back to a few days ago? When I told you about who you're teaming with, in this MCC." He says, teasingly. 

I quickly remember that morning and the fiery feeling returns to my core.

"Yeah, I remember." I reply with a slight smirk.

"I want that." He says smugly. I scoff.

"You're delusional." I laugh and he just tuts. 

"Come on Day, it will be fun." He says, sounding incredibly seductive. The feeling in my core intensifies at the tone, and I quickly realise that I am still streaming.

"I'm going to go end my stream." I tell him, almost sounding breathless. 

"I'll wait." He says with his deep rumbly voice. I leave the VC and turn to look at the chat. I read some of the donations, trying to avoid the ones mentioning Dream as much as possible. But, the majority are asking about Daydream. I bite my lip, debating whether to give the subject any attention. 

"Alright guys, thank you all for the donations. To clear things up, Dream and I are not dating. We haven't ever seen each other, we don't know what the other person looks like. To conclude, we're just friends. " I say seriously, "I hope you all enjoyed the stream, I'm going to raid Tommy now." I say and end the stream. 

I take a deep breath and call Dream back. "Hey Bella." He greets me sweetly, bringing a smile to my face. 

"Hi Clay." I greet back.

"How are you feeling?" He asks me. 

"Okay. The whole shipping thing is getting slightly overwhelming." I say honestly.

"If you want, I can address it seriously? And we can stop it in the lore?" He suggests, making my stomach feel fluttery.

"No, it's okay Clay. It wouldn't end it anyway. Plus I thought you liked the lovers arc?"

"I do like it, a lot. But I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable." He says gently. A silence falls and I can't help but feel intense butterflies in my stomach. 

"Thank you." I say softly, breaking the silence.

"I'm being serious. Just say a word and I'll sort it all out, Princess." He says tenderly. I feel a blush on my cheeks and a smile tugs at my lips. I've never seen Clay be so genuine and sweet before. 

"I love you Clay." George's high-pitched voice suddenly sounds through my headphones.

"I love you too Princess!" Nick's deep voice rumbles after. An embarrassed blush covers my entire face the moment that the two boys make their presence known. I hear Clay clear his throat, "You guys are such idiots." He scolds them as they burst out laughing. 

"How long were you listening for?" Clay asks after they calm down. 

"Only like a minute." George says, still giggling. Once again, George and Nick burst out laughing.

"I'm going to go now guys." I speak up, still feeling embarrassed. 

"No, don't." Nick says. 

"Bella, we're sorry. Don't go." George says guiltily. 

"No, it's okay don't worry. But my mum's calling me. See you later." I say quickly and leave the VC. 

"I hope you're happy." Clay says angrily, and the other two boys just shuffle guiltily in their chairs. 

"We're sorry Clay. We thought it would be funny." George says and Nick agrees. Clay takes a deep breath and runs his hand through his hair in frustration.

"It's okay. I'm sure she's fine." Clay says.

"Hey um- Clay?" George grabs his attention, "Do you like her?" 

"Well yeah, we're good friends." He replies.

"Just friends?" Nick questions further. 

"Yes Nick. Just friends."