𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐡 // Dreamwastaken x oc

♪TWO♪

Solivagant

          (¸.·'*    wandering alone

                                                                                                  

"Alright Sap, we're down to our last five. Time to vote off another contestant," 

Delilah took a deep, shaky breath. She had made it to the last five; that was an achievement she hadn't expected. Sapnap was funny, and a cool guy, but a lover? She wasn't sure she saw him that way. if I get eliminated, that's okay. that'll be fine. i'll be fine. it's not the end of the world, Delilah repeated to herself for what felt like the thousandth time.

"Sapnap has messaged me his decision, and..."

"DelilahDJ, this is the end of the road for you I'm afraid," 

The exact words she had dreaded. act cool.

"That's okay! I had a lot of fun tonight," 

"Would you like to reveal what you chose Delilah? Love or host?"

"I chose... love,"

"Sorry Delilah, I think you're great! But I think there's someone... better out there for you," Sapnap explained with a wink.

why did he wink?

why do I care so much about a game?

"I- yeah, thanks for having me! Bye!"

She ended the call.

"I finally get onto a love or host after applying for months and I fuck it up," She spoke to thin air.

"Course it's just a game. There's someone out there for me, I'm sure,"

After the love or host ended, Delilah turned off her PC and trudged over to her bed, and threw herself onto it. The thick duvet engulfed her and she lay there for a moment, with her eyes closed, in the comforting silence.

if only there was someone to lie here with me.

The rain hadn't slowed since the start of the Livestream. Being on the top floor of her building, she could hear the heavy droplets of water pelting the roof. It was nice, although being a streamer the rain was a nuisance. 

Delilah reached for her LED light remote on her bedside table and pressed the power button. The room flooded with soothing green light, illuminating the walls and everything in between them. 

Delilah loved green. Not the lime green, though; the dark, brooding green. The green that yells, "I'm cunning, I'm dark, I'm mysterious. I'm not who you think I am,"

 No wonder she was in Slytherin. 

Delilah liked to think that was the real her. DelilahDJ was a bright, bubbly persona who liked playing Minecraft and making people laugh. Delilah herself, on the other hand, was anxious and afraid and alone. She preferred slowed sad music rather than upbeat, happy genres; she liked sitting in her bedroom at night with her green LEDs on, listening to whatever show the weather decided to put on. Or, every so often, she would sit at her window and look out at the bright lights that decorated New York City and wish somebody was here to watch them with her.

She moved out of her parent's house at 18 to pursue her twitch career. Not that they cared about when she moved out or what she did. Delilah felt as though they had never cared for her, never taken an interest in her, never really loved her. She had friends when she was in high school but they went their separate ways and so, for the past two years, she'd been alone. Love or host was almost a last resort; if sixteen-year-old her found out that she appeared on a dating show she'd be mortified. But she was sick of being pent up in her studio apartment with only a turtle named after her favourite snack and the lights of New York City to keep her company.

She looked over at the alarm clock on her bedside table and it shone back a bright orange 2:00AM. when did it get that late?

ding!

Her phone chimed from among her bedsheets. After rummaging through the seemingly endless pile of duvet, she found her phone. What she saw was the last thing she was expecting to see, ever.

Dream has followed you on twitter.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!"

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A/N!! I know nobody has read this book but in case anyone does hi! how are you? have you had some water today? have you eaten? taken a minute to breath? If you have, I'm proud of you! If you haven't that's okay! Please just take care of yourself <3

I wanted to write this chapter more in Delilah's head, so you can see where some of her decisions and actions come from and why she does things the way she does. It's a bit of a backstory ig and shows her vibe, which is basically mine as well :)

chapter two// 692 words (sorry it's short)