The Cracks in the Ceiling (DNF)

Chapter 2

I shifted in my covers, barely opening my eyes to look at the sunlight peeking through my window. I groaned and rolled over to unplug my phone. My head throbbed. Picking it up, I checked the time first. 9:25. That meant I only had about five hours of sleep last night. Maybe even less. I checked my notifications. One of them came from Dream. I clicked on it to reveal a message he had sent at around 5 am. 

It said, "Sapnap and I want to make the vid at 10 tomorrow. That would be 3 pm for you. Is that an okay time?" 

I clicked on the little reply box at the bottom of the screen to type a quick "sounds good". 

I rolled back over to get a little more sleep since I wouldn't have to be up for a few more hours. 

When I woke the second time, it was already about 12. I forced myself out of the covers and dropped my warm feet against the cool tile next to my bed. Shivers sprang up my back. I swiftly walked over to my closet to retrieve one of Dream's merch hoodies. It slipped right over my head since it was pretty oversized. 

I only noticed I had started smiling widely when I looked in the mirror at myself. Trying to shake away the butterfly feelings I got in my stomach, I grabbed my phone and headed to the kitchen. I found myself watching an old stream of Dream while making and eating some lunch.

 A peanut butter jelly sandwich would do. I grabbed the ingredients and slathered them on two pieces of bread before sitting at the table to continue eating. I went into a few social media apps to check for other important notifications. 

Once going into twitch, I noticed that Dream was streaming right now. I clicked on it, anticipating what I would be walking into. His little green character popped up on stream. He was running around in the nether. I hadn't bothered to check what the description on the video was before I clicked on it.

I almost choked on my sandwich when Dream casually mentioned, "Last night George accidentally said he loved me right before he logged off discord." 

He started laughing while I frantically pulled up the chat to read what comments would become of this. Some people were spamming DNF while others were freaking out in disbelief. I laughed too, the nervousness in my stomach only growing. 

Suddenly, an idea popped into my head. I clicked on donations and gave him $100 dollars with the text "You're so stupid. You know you love me back." I smiled harder, while I waited for it to go through. It sounded similar to something he would've probably said if our places were switched. He continued to mine in the nether when the notification popped up. 

"Thank you for the dono..." he paused while reading the name.

His character stopped walking and he quietly mumbled "you're so stupid you know you love me back" out loud while reading it. 

He started laughing and coughing all at once. I popped back into chat to see everyone freaking out even more. Everyone was typing so much and so fast that the chat sped by in a blur of words. I laughed too, continuing to eat my sandwich. 

"George you're so dumb" Dream said in a joking manner, laughing ever so slightly.

I knew for a fact that my face was red again. By the tone of his voice, it seemed like he was a little flustered himself, and his character was a little distracted as he continued to mine.

 After another hour or so, he thanked his viewers and donators and ended the stream. By then, I had already gotten ready for the day and was ready to make the video when it hit 3 o'clock.

 I logged on discord and hopped into the world we were going to be using that day. A little after that, Sapnap joined and entered the same voice chat. He was laughing. 

"What?" I asked, leaning back in my chair. 

"I watched Dream's stream this morning," he said. 

"You're dona-" he stopped to laugh. 

"Oh," I said quietly before he laughed even harder. 

"I think we're all set up for the video," I hurriedly said, trying to change the subject. 

Today would be a challenge sort of video. Dream joined a little after. He joined the call, and I braced myself for whatever was to come. 

"Hey Dream," I said running over to his character. 

"Oh hey~" he said, almost seductively. 

My heart started beating out of my chest. 

"Oh my god get a room," Sapnap said. 

"Be quiet, Sappy Nappy," I said, causing Dream to start laughing.

 Sapnap grunted in return, before beginning to attack my character. 

"Hey! Hey! I'm sorry!" I said. 

"Stop! Stop!" I yelled before he killed me.

 "Hey!" I said. 

"Don't call me that," he said, while Dream wheezed in the background.

"Fine fine fine," I said, running back over to the two of them.

 I began screen recording for the video. 

"I'm ready to go!" I said, already running around. 

We worked on the video for about two hours before the challenge was over, and we all departed to edit and post. I took some extra clips to post on other social media platforms and had just posted the video when a notification dinged from my phone. It was from Dream. I clicked on it to see he had tagged me in some fanart of DNF. I laughed and scrolled through replies from our friends, all saying "what the fuck" in a chain apart from BadBoyHalo who had commented, "What the muffin".

 I messaged Dream privately, asking if he wanted to play some more Minecraft just for fun.