~𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘~

7||liar

August 30, 2020
7:33 pm

"Y/N, you're joking. Don't mess with me like that." Zak warned.

"Zak, have I ever lied to you?" I persisted.

"Yes! Multiple times! Literally last night, you said that you had killed off green-"

"Well, have I ever lied to you today?"

"Not until now."

"Zak, why can't you accept the fact I'm moving to Orlando? I thought you liked me..." I said false hurt.

"Cause I don't believe you. Don't toy with my emotions, you know I've been wanting to meet up with you for so fucking long."

"You want some receipts?" I said irritated.

"Yeah, bitch. Show me." he demanded. I rolled my eyes, and got up from my seat to find the tickets to Orlando I printed out. They were next to my bedside table where I left them last night, laid next to my lizard plush I had gotten half a year ago.

I should probably explain my current situation.

It's been more than half a year since I had my mall adventure with Dream. That was unfortunately the last time I saw him, when he dropped me off, because his family was taking a trip up to Vermont for some kind of skiing trip. But, we didn't stop being friends after that. We actually got closer. Not dating closer, but pretty much best friends. When Covid-19 hit, forcing everyone inside, it left a lot of free time for me and Dream to waste together. And now I was going to live in Orlando. The reason might be different than you think. Like I said, I've been to Orlando a couple of times now, and I really like the city compared to some other cities in Florida. Plus, it was time my 20 year old ass moves out of my parent's house. Don't get me wrong——I love my family and they love me——we just both collectively agree that if I were to scream streaming at 1:00 am at night (which I do quite often) then it might be best for me to get my own place to do exactly that. The apartment that I'm renting was quite expensive, nothing I couldn't afford with me having over 10 million YouTube subscribers and all. The apartment has three bedrooms, a large kitchen with a kitchen island, two and a half bathrooms, a huge living room, and one extra room I'll probably use to store fan art or something else. Apparently, I have one neighbor that's door is directly across from me. At least it's just one neighbor, right? Also, when deciding on where the live, I did almost pick Tampa. I liked the city, and it was close to Zak. I did think about Zak believe it or not, before picking where I wanted to settle. Orlando is about 1 hour and 45 minutes from Tampa, so we could probably meet up somewhere in the middle on occasional days.

I pick up the tickets and show them to my camera. Zak takes a second to read them, and his face lights up with excitement.

"DUDE NO WAY YOU ARE! HOLY SHIT!" he exclaims. I laugh as he jumps out of his chair and jumps excitedly around his room like a toddler.

"Pfft, Zak, you act like a literal toddler sometimes." I chuckle.

"Like you're any more mature."

"Yeah, yeah.."

"Hey wait a minute, doesn't Dream live in Orlando?"

"Oh, yeah he does." I said remembering. Truth is, even though we had talked about how we met up in a Starbucks and gone to the mall together, we both agreed to not mention the kiss on the escalator. It was now a forgotten memory, totally erased from both of our minds.

"You should totally call him! See if he lives near! I'm betting he lives like fifteen minutes away."

"I'm betting 30, Orlando's bigger than you think."

"Nah, 85% of it is swamps and theme parks," he says, leaning back in his chair popping a loli-pop in his mouth.

"Damn I'ma get one of those. Give me a minute." I state, taking my phone with me as I venture downstairs to find a loli-pop, too. As I'm searching through cabinets, I decide to call Dream. He picks up almost immediately, which is weird considering it's literally almost midnight (we have the same time zones).

"Hey, Y/N." Dream answers.

"Hey, Dream."

"No 'Lizard Man?' Damn, must be serious. Did someone die?"

"No, you idiot. Um, but yeah kinda serious I guess—ah yes, cherry."

"What?"

"Oh, I'm just getting a loli-pop. Anyways, I'm moving to Orlando." I say simply.

"Wait, WHAT?! Y/N, WHAT?!" he realizes. I snort quietly.

"Yeah, no big deal, green man."

"IT'S A BIG DEAL, Y/N!" he yells. I chuckle, retreating back to my room. I see Zak's face disappeared from the screen, and a message left by him from Discord.

im finna sleep
tell dream
gnite
see you in florida soon 👀

I shut off my computer, flopping onto my bed.

"Y/N?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you tell me the address of where you're living? I mean, where you're gonna live. In Orlando. I wanna see how far it is from me. So we can——hang out."

"Yeah sure, let me text it to you."

I send the address to him via text. He reads it, but says nothing on the other end of the line.

"Y/N... are you fucking with me right now?"

"What? No, Dream why would I be fucking with you? Is it like a shitty place, or?"

"No, no, it's not. It's great, actually. Lovely neighbors, great parking, walking distance to a park."

"Wait, how would you know that?"

"Cause I live right next to you. That's my address, just a different apartment number."

Um, what?

Same address?

Does that mean..

WE'RE NEIGHBORS?!

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A/N lmao when you recycle an idea from another fic you wrote

but fr how else am i supposed to get those idiots together 🙄🖐🏻

if you're seeing this ily 💚🦎