-Through The Playlist- Poly Dream Team (DreamNapFound) {CURRENTLY DISCONTINUED}

chapter 8: pizza heroes

looking back, this chapter is really weird since it goes from one mood to a completely different one but i wanted some brief happy moments for once. also, dadnap?? in this day and age?? seems so. (hehe lemon demon reference in title go brr)

"...nick." clay hissed. george looked fine but clay looked jealous as they walked over to the garden.

"oh, who're they, nick?" alex chatted, not realizing it looked like nick was cheating. (it wasn't big q he was on a call with a few chapters back btw.)

"we're his boyfriends. who are you?" clay sassed, fiddling with the dog tag around his neck.

"i'm alex! nick and i were childhood friends but i ran away and we haven't seen each other for like 10 years," alex said, picking up the bag of salt from the ground. george gasped and pulled nick away from the salt-bearing man.

"nick, he has drugs! is this really why you left the ferris wheel? to do drugs with a guy you haven't seen in a decade?" george fretted.

"what? oh- no! no, it's not drugs! it's a bag of salt, we used to push them underneath people's doors in this one hotel near here." nick giggled. clay and george just blinked at him confusedly.

"well, uh, i'm gonna go. i need to... um... water the plants." alex said as he gave an awkward smile to nick and walked away.

"what the hell, nick?" clay mumbled, a familiar look in his eyes. a look he'd seen before.

"i don't know what you want me to say! i haven't seen him for 10 years, am i supposed to ignore him?" 

"ye- no? i don't know! just... why did you freak out at the ferris wheel? we're worried about you." george added.

"i wish i could tell you, i really do, but i can't. please just forget about this. can we please just go home?" nick sniffed.

"no, no don't cry! george, babe, can you start the car? don't worry, we're going home nick. i'm-... sorry for making you uncomfortable." clay said. nick smiled a bit at clay's sympathy. the engine sputtered a bit before revving up and quieting down.

"the car's on," george murmured. the three walked to the blue SUV and got in. it was an awkward ride home.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE SO UH YEAH THIS IS THE TRANSITION. IT'S NOW THE NEXT DAY. I GUESS THIS IS JUST A LONG WEEKEND?

tommy was currently at the front door of nick's house with a pizza box in his hand. he knocked and heard someone whisper something before nick opened the door.

"oh! uh- tommy, why are you at my house.. with a pizza?" nick giggled.

"just fucking take it." tommy huffed back. 19 dollar fortnite card who wants it?

"you still haven't answered my question though," the black haired boy smiled.

"..wilbur said you were sad or something so i got you a pizza.  don't think about it too much." tommy rolled his eyes and shoved the pizza in nick's hands before starting to walk away.

"tommy, wait!" nick said rather loudly. "i know you probably have more important things to do, but it's gonna rain in like 5 minutes and you came here on a bike. do you want me to drive you to somewhere to stay real quick or would you wanna stay here until the rain- uh.. stops?"

"yeah ok." tommy replied. "i didn't know where i was gonna go anyways so i guess."

"waitwaitwait- what do you mean? tommy, what happened?"

"parents fighting n shit. it'll blow over."

"oh. sorry for asking, that sucks." nick sighed as he gestured to the front door. "you want some of the pizza?"

"okay. where's thing 1 and 2?" tommy asked nonchalantly, as if that wasn't a weird thing to ask someone out of the blue.

"tommy, this isn't a kid's book, what're you talking about?" nick said as he opened up one of the cabinets to get a cup.

"y'know, gay and gogay. i couldn't think of a gay pun for you so you're just nick." tommy giggled. the taller one walked over to tommy and ruffled his hair.

"dude, it's bad enough george says it as 'gogay' himself, that accent and all." nick joked.

"excuse me bitch? i'm british too!" tommy challenged.

"yeah, but at least you don't sound funny. hey, between you and me, i think something's wrong with him. he thought you were selling drugs to clay." nick whispered. when tommy looked at him inquisitively, nick just shrugged.

"where are they anyways? i'd assume you'd be with them." tommy muttered, mouth full of pizza (naturally).

"probably making out at gogay's house." nick noted. he was starting to become fond of tommy, maybe he wasn't just a screaming child.

"yeah, fair." tommy replied before taking another bite.

they continued talking, laughing at each other's jokes and occasionally insulting the other before wilbur burst through the door.

"WHERE IS THAT FUCKER?" wilbur shouted. nick jumped out of his chair and tommy just furrowed his brow like this kind of stuff always happened.

"why are you in my house??" nick yelped. (yelped is a weird word lol)

"gremlin boy snuck out of his house, his parents called asking if he was with me," wilbur started pacing. tommy was now standing next to nick but wilbur didn't seem to notice. "so i drove around the neighborhood, but he wasn't with toby so i came here."

"..it was gonna rain so i went to nick's house." tommy grumbled.

"that's terrible logic and you know it, tommy. to top it off, you were grounded. what gives? did you just decide to ride your bike to nick's house" 

"i- uh- also brought pizza."

"tommy, we're going home. everyone was worried sick. i've got an umbrella, here, take it and get to the car. i need to talk to nick for a second." tommy walked out the door pouting, sad to leave nick's house.

"what did you need, wil?" nick sighed, pointing to the kitchen. they walked over and wilbur took a seat on a tall bar stool.

"i wanna apologize for him. he's been all moody lately. he's like my little brother so i feel guilty when he gets in trouble."

"he's only a year younger than us. he's not a kid, wilbur. he needs a safe space. he talked about his parents fighting.. he acted like it happened a lot. i'm worried about him. promise me you'll try your best to spend time with him and give him attention." nick sighed as he closed up the pizza box and put it in the fridge.

"i promise." wilbur replied before reaching for his keys and walking to the door. "see you around?"

"see you around."

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hiya! i never mentioned it in the dialogue but tommy was also sad because tubbo was spending basically all his free time chatting with a friend he met online. (ohohoho ranboo alert) also sorry about the posting schedule, it'll get better i promise. remember to drink some water, talk to someone if you're hurting, and always know that you're awesome and ily :))