Whole Again - poly!feral boys (DreamSMP)

five

When I wake up, Sapnap is already up, scrolling through his phone.

"Morning, sunshine.", he whispers as he rolls over to face me, noticing I'm up.

"Morning.", I mumble back.

"Do you want to talk?", he mumbles, using his hand to push a couple pieces of hair out of my face.

"No, but I know I don't have a choice.", I mutter with a small smile, a smirk on his face.

"Why didn't you tell us? At least, all of us?", Sapnap whispers.

The hurt is evident in his eyes, and it makes my heart hurt seeing him like that.

"I knew you guys were gonna be worried. But I'm okay. I promise.", I try to assure him.

Karl must've heard us because I can feel him start to move beside me.

"Morning, baby.", he whispers, wrapping an arm around my waist.

"Morning.", I roll over and smile at him.

"I have a feeling we're going to have company soon.", Sap mumbles.

I turn back over to look at him, and I realize we can already hear arguing through the walls.

The Clay, George, Alex combo always seems to be an interesting one.

"Save me.", Clay climbs onto the bed, lying flat on top of me.

He buries his head in my chest, making me laugh.

"No, you're just gonna bring them in here.", I whine, making him laugh.

"What're they arguing about now?", Sapnap asks Clay.

"Something about how George only puts his cold feet on Alex and no one else.", Clay mumbles.

"Wear some goddamn socks!", Alex yells as he follows George into the room.

"I don't need to wear socks!", George argues as he climbs on the bed, snuggling up to Sap.

Quackity rests on the edge of the bed, legs tangled with Karl's.

We all sit there for a moment, the silence somewhat uneasy.

"Can we just get it over with?", I break the silence.

Clay lifts his head up, making eye contact with me.

"We just want to make sure you're okay. I don't know how much you saw or read, but we want you to know that all of that shit isn't true. You know that deep down. You know it doesn't matter or mean anything.", Clay tells me before resting his head back on my chest.

"We all get those kinds of comments, no matter how much it sucks. Some of us get worse ones than others, but we all still have to go through it. But we're all here for each other.", Karl mumbles, kissing my cheek.

"I know. I just didn't realize how hard it actually was to read that stuff, you know? I know you all love me, and I love you all too.", I smile, playing with Clay's hair with one hand.

"Just tell us when it gets bad. We can always say something or turn the comments off or whatever.", Sapnap assures me.

I nod, giving him a quick kiss.

"Anyone else hungry?", Alex mumbles after a moment.

They all start rolling out of bed.

Sap holds his hand out to me, offering to help me up.

"I'm going to take a shower.", I tell him, rolling to the edge of the bed and standing on the carpet.

I hop in the shower, just standing under the hot water.