Just Us and The Stars// Dreamnotfound

Stain

George watches as Dream gets into the seat of his car. He pushes on the light and digs through the console in the middle of the car. He pulls out something and gets back out of the car. He quickly scurries back over to George.

"Thought you were going to leave me here for a second." George says, letting out an awkward laugh.

"Close your eyes." Dream replies, ignoring his jokes. George obeys Dream and shuts his eyes. He hears Dream shuffling around beside him. "Alright, now open."

George opens his eyes and sees Dream wearing the same glossy, ceramic mask that was in his dreams. George's mouth drops.

"No way. Wait why do you keep that in your car?"

"Never know when I will need it," Dream jokes, stroking his chin in a flirting manner. Dream laughs uncontrollably at his own joke, making him fall onto his stomach and bang his fist against the hard ground.

"It wasn't that funny, Dream," George laughs out.

Dream finally collects himself and sits back up, his face still pointing towards the ground. He turns towards George and let's out a finally laugh.

George immediately notices the grass stain that now coated a spot on Dream's mask. This whole night felt like déjà vu.

"Take it off, I don't like it." George points towards the mask.

"Admit that you just want to see my beautiful face."

"The mask just makes me uncomfortable, don't flatter yourself." A short wave of silence washes the area around them. The world seems to go silent and all they can hear is the shallow breaths exhaling from each of their mouths.

"Can I ask you something kind of personal? Something that I know that you don't like to talk about?" Dream sincerely asks.

"I guess," George replies.

"Have you ever been in love, like genuinely in love?"

This takes George by surprise. Neither of them liked to talk about their feelings much.

"Um, I don't know. I don't think so, have you?" George says, honestly.

"I thought that I was, but I think I was just wanting to be, which made me think that I loved them." A sad tension falls upon them.

"Yeah, I get that."

"George?"

"Yeah, Dream?"

"Do you want to be in love?"