Chasing a Star

15 - Maskless

*George*

I walk inside my house and drop the groceries on the counter. None of it needs to go in the fridge or freezer.

I make sure the door is locked, then kick off my shoes and walk to my room. I had to work an extra shift since I missed a day.

I open my door. Dream is sprawled out on the bed, snoring a little. His mask fell on the floor.

I pick it up and put it on a table, then collapse into bed next to him, soon falling asleep.

*+*The next morning*+*

I wake up. Dream's still asleep, but his chin is resting on my head slightly. He's also hugging me.

Sapnap opens the door, chuckles, and takes a picture. Then he yells "DREAM!"

Dream jumps awake, hitting his head on the headboard. "OW, SAPNAP WHAT THE HELL??!"

Sapnap laughs for a bit, then asks "Are you ok?"

Dream sits up. "I would be if you didn't wake me up like that!"

Then it hits me. Dream was asleep without the mask on. I saw his face. I don't remember what it looks like because I was tired, I just know I saw it.

I hide my face in the pillow "Oh my god- I'm so sorry!"

Both of them sound confused "Why are you apologizing?"

"I just realized that last night I walked in and you were asleep and your mask wasn't on but I was too tired to notice-"

My hands are on the back of my head now.

Sapnap asks "Uhhh what do we do about this?"

Dream says "Well, he's basically seen my face before-"

"What?!"

"-In dreams! And he probably had dreams where I looked like that before we met."

I nod. "I didn't tell anyone because it felt wrong."

Sapnap asks "What did he look like to you?"

I sit up and grab the dreams sketchbook. I flip to the first drawing of Dream in there. On the side of the page is stuff I wrote.

Why did I see his face? This feels wrong- I can't tell anyone. What if I'm right? That would be ridiculous, but it's not impossible. I don't want to accidentally show the world his face from a silly dream I had

I show Sapnap. He looks at the page, reads the words, then looks up at Dream. He looks at the page again, then up to Dream. "Woah, he really did see you before meeting you."

He asks me "When did you draw this?" I look at the date "Oh! This was maybe a month after I found your music and joined the fanbase, so it would've been at least half a year ago?"

Sapnap stares at me. "You've known what he looks like for half a year and didn't tell anyone?"

"I mean, I ranted to my cat about it after I had the dream, but I didn't tell any people."