Cold

chapter nineteen

"I-I wasn't expecting that." George gasped. 

"Did it work?" Dream asked, but George couldn't respond. "Your lips sound lonely, let me introduce them to mine."

George gasped and covered his mouth. He was afraid if he opened it again, something else would come out. George's face was hot, and his breathing was very heavy. Now George was the one turned on. "Dream, describe your dream to me." George whispered.

Dream got really quiet, like he was going back to the scene. "We kissed, and you made me stop breathing." There was a pause. "It was like everything that worried me was gone."

George nodded.

"We were in the dark, and at the time I didn't know it was you. Each dream changed a little each time, slowly getting more intimate." Dream stopped.

"Did you like it?" George asked, barely even speaking.

"I did, yeah." Dream took a deep breath.

"Dream?" George asked.

"Yes George?" Dream said.

"What made you realize it was me?" George asked.

"Well, you, you said 'I love you'" Dream answered.

George said what he hid next without thinking. "So what if-if I, I love you Dream."

"I love you too." Dream said almost immediately after.

George sighed. "I wish I could be there with you, in Florida."

"George, I'm not in Florida. I'm at Sapnap's." Dream sounded ashamed.

"Wha-what?" George was confused. Why would Dream lie to him?

"I needed to get away from my house, the heat, the rain." Dream explained. "I couldn't be alone anymore, I was going crazy with these dreams." Dream chuckled. "Poor Sapnap, apparently I talk in my sleep."

"I wonder what you said?" George said.

"I have a general idea..." Dream replied.

George understood. "Oh." then he breathed in deeply. "Dream?"

"Yes George?"

George stopped. Should he really tell Dream? What if he had to explain his dreams? Had his gone into more detail than Dream's? What would he say about the most recent Dream he had, which resulted in him almost killing himself? How would he tell Dream that? How would he explain that he was going to end his life because he thought nobody cared? It was obvious now that people do care. At least Dream does.

Finally he just said it. "I've been having dreams about you too."