"George!" Tubbo's voice rang through the previously quiet house "Karl and I are back!" he called
George rolled his eyes, looking down "I'll be down in a second!" he called
Dream smiled a little, looking up at the ceiling and taking a deep breath "Well? You gonna go downstairs?"
"I don't want to leave yet" George whispered, looking back up at Dream. It was at this moment that George realized how close they were. George was kneeling in between Dream's legs, with one hand on his knee and his other was resting on the bed next to the stuff George used to clean Dream's wounds.
"I'm fine. You can go. Or I will. Whatever you want" Dream said, looking back down at George
George stayed quiet for a second "Or you can stay?"
Dream laughed a little and shook his head "Because I'm such great company" he said sarcastically
"You are" George mumbled, finally standing up and looking down at Dream who stayed sitting down "You're not leaving. Not right now at least"
"When did you gain authority?" Dream laughed a little
"I'm serious" George smiled down at him "I'm not letting you go home like that. So either you stay in here, or you come downstairs with me and say hi to Karl and Tubbo"
"Well, what do you want me to do?" Dream asked
"I mean, it would be nice of you to say hi to Tubbo and Karl... but I also want to avoid questions on why you were upstairs" George mumbled, mostly to himself but Dream was listening
"Sounds like you're having a dilemma" Dream nodded, with a sarcastic frown on his face "You seem to be at war with yourself George"
"Shut up" George rolled his eyes
Dream put his hands up in surrender, bringing his legs up so he was sitting crisscross on the bed
"You can't come downstairs later either, because that would just make everything more suspicious" he mumbled
Dream just listened with a content smile on his face
"But I don't want to leave you up here- especially because I don't trust you to actually stay here. Plus if I bring you downstairs then I could probably get you food. And Karl's been asking how Sapnap is so.."
"What?" Dream asked with a laugh
George looked at Dream "Oh fuck- forget I said that. Moving on" he said with a small smile
Dream just rolled his eyes
"If I bring you downstairs I could get you food, you can say hi... but we will both get questioned, and I don't know if you wanna deal with that right now" George mumbled, now pacing back and forth
"It shouldn't be this hard Princess" Dream laughed
"Don't call me that. If you stay up here you might run off- because that's something you would do. And if I stay up here for much longer, Tubbo will come up here to make sure I'm not dead.." George continued to argue with himself.
"Hurry up Benny, my clothes are going out of style" Dream referenced quietly
George, in between his mumbles, referred back "They already are Squints" Causing Dream to laugh
After a good few minutes George made a decision "Alright, we're going downstairs. C'mon"
"Only took you a thousand years" Dream mumbled
George smiled and instinctively grabbed Dream's hand, pulling him out of his room and downstairs.
George stumbled downstairs with Dream behind him. Karl looked up from his bag that he was unpacking "Hello... Dream?"
Dream gave a small wave "Aye Karl" he said, then glanced at Tubbo "Hi Tubbo"
Karl glanced at George, then back at Dream "What're you doing here?"
"Uh- got bored" Dream shrugged
"Are you okay?" Tubbo asked, noticing the wounds on his face
Dream nodded, giving a thumbs up "I'm good"
Karl laughed a little "George, can I talk to you for a second?"
"Mhm," George rolled his eyes, leaving Dream and Tubbo together in the dining room. George walked into the kitchen with Karl, just waiting to get questioned
"So are we just going to completely avoid the fact that Dream and you just hobbled on downstairs from your room?" Karl asked
George rolled his eyes "Can we? That'd be great"
"No. No, we cannot"
George rolled his eyes again "Relax. Alright? He just showed up because he needed a place to go. I don't know how long he's planning on staying but I didn't want to leave him in my room alone" George explained
Karl just laughed "Oh my god-"
"What?" George looked at him
"Nothing nothing. He's welcome to stay" he shrugged
"I know he's welcome to stay. You want to know how Sapnap's doing so you should probably go talk to him" George smiled and nodded back towards the living room where Dream and Tubbo were making conversation.
Karl rolled his eyes, hiding a blush by walking past George and towards the living room, sitting down and joining in on the conversation
George rolled his eyes, following and sitting next to Dream. After a while, Wilbur and Tommy got back "Where did you guys even go?" George asked after Wilbur shut the door after Tommy
"Tommy saw a bunch of Ghoulie's so he wanted to practice" Wilbur shrugged "Sorry. I didn't realize we were gone for so long"
"Aye bitch! I could kill all of you now if I wanted to" Tommy chimed in, smiling and putting his axe down
Wilbur put his bat down as well, walking over to everyone "Yeah- he's actually... surprisingly... not shit" he smiled
Tommy walked up behind him and hit his arm "Damn right. I'm the best"
Karl laughed a little "Alright Tommy- go get some food or something"
Tommy nodded "Do we still have coke?" he asked as he walked into the kitchen
"Yes we do- but don't drink all of them" George answered, Wilbur, sitting down on the couch across from him "How'd he do?"
"Good" Wilbur nodded, leaning back on the couch "He did well; I mean, we're not dead, so that's a positive. He could probably start watching on his own soon too"
Karl nodded then looked at Tubbo "You ready for that yet?"
Tubbo shook his head "I wanna stay a pacifist for as long as I can"
Karl shrugged "Nothing wrong with that"
Tubbo smiled then looked at Dream "When did you kill your first Ghoulie?"
The question took Dream by surprise, so it took him a while to answer "Uh- a day or so after everything started... I think"
"Really? Why that soon?" George asked and looked at him softly
Dream took a breath "I had to... didn't really think about it then" he answered with a shrug, running a hand through his hair
George watched him then snapped out of it when Tommy walked back in, opening his Coke fairly loud "Dream! Big D! My main man! D Money! How are you doing?"
Dream laughed a little "I-" he started then shook his head "I'm good Tommy, how are you?"
"I'm better than ever," he said, taking a drink and sitting on the other side of Dream; putting Dream in the middle of George and Tommy. They all continued to chat until Dream decided he should probably get back home. He said his goodbyes as George walked him to the door
"Nice of you to say hi," George said, closing the door behind him after he and Dream were outside
"Well, it's not like I had a choice. Seemed like I was gonna end up doing whatever you told me" Dream smiled a little
"Can you get home okay?" George asked
Dream nodded "Yeah... Sap's probably waiting for me"
"He didn't know you left?"
Dream shook his head "We kinda had an argument... and I stormed out this morning. Haven't been back"
"You guys seem to argue a lot," George said with a soft smile "Are you okay? Do you... need somewhere to stay?"
Dream looked at him for a while "No... no, I'm fine. I should head back anyways so he knows I'm alive"
George and Dream looked into each other's eyes for a while, both of them staying quiet until George spoke softly "Do you want to talk about it?"
Dream didn't say anything for what felt like forever "I don't feel the need to bore you with my problems" he said with a soft smile
George stepped closer subconsciously and shrugged "I don't mind"
Dream thought back to the argument he had with Sapnap earlier this morning. What it was revolving around. The whole argument started because Dream was wanting to push George away. Because he didn't want to get attached
"Dream?"
Dream snapped out of his thoughts, looking over at George "No. Sorry George, not today"
George gave him a reassuring smile "That's okay. It doesn't have to be today"
Dream just looked at him
"I'm happy you came by. If I'm being honest I missed you" George said softly after a second of staring into his eyes
Dream smirked "I told you I'm irresistible"
"Still don't love you" George clarified
"You will" Dream kept his confident smirk "How's that trust level going?"
George thought for a second "We're getting there"
Dream smiled "Thank you," he said after a while
"Don't thank me. Try to stop getting in fights"
"That's not-" Dream shook his head "Yes, thank you. But that's not what I was thanking you for"
George looked at him confused
"Thanks for listening to my shit" Dream clarified
"Oh," George nodded, taking in the apology "It's no problem. Anytime. Everyone has a traumatic story nowadays"
Dream nodded "You have one?"
"Maybe I'll talk about it next time," George said softly "You should get home. Tell Sapnap I said hi. And make sure to apologize as well"
"He should be the one apologizing" Dream mumbled
"Still apologize" George smiled. They stayed like that for a while until George walked up to him, wrapping Dream in a soft hug. Dream hugged him back slowly; shocked by what was happening. Both of them stayed there for a while until George pulled away from the embrace "Bye Dream"
"Bye" Dream said softly, forcing himself to turn around and start towards his house.
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