nyctophilia | dreamwastaken

pretending

THURSDAY:

7:03 pm...

"GIVE ME MY FUCKING CHICKEN NUGGETS!" Elias screams from the back seat. I glance back at him, giving an annoyed look. "Calm the hell down, I'm passing our food around." Elias sticks out his tongue and I flip him off.

Wilbur gives a slight chuckle as I hand him his burger and fries. Elias slumps in his seat and I point a finger at him as I turn around. "Keep being impatient and I might as well eat your nuggets in front of you." I scold and Dream snorts.

Wilbur and I are sitting at the front of the car while Elias and Dream sit in the back. We all decided to get fast food and Wilbur sets the camera on my dashboard. He starts to film us and Dream hides quickly as he puts on his mask and sunglasses.

Wilbur instructs all of us to show what we got from the restaurant and while he's talking about how weird American food is, Elias and Dream throw ketchup packets at each other in the back while I bite my tongue and glared at them in silent annoyance.

"Hey guys, welcome to the channel, today we're doing a mukbang!" Elias says in a girly voice and I praise Wilbur loudly as he turns and slaps him on the forehead. Elias winces and I finally hand him his nuggets.

I don't bother looking to see if he actually took it or if I dropped it, but by the quietness coming from him, I probably dropped it. When I turn back around to confirm my suspicion, I see that a nugget has fallen on top of his shoe.

Elias stares at me and Wilbur and Dream hide their snickers. "I have not eaten anything in 7 hours y/n. Don't make me beat your ass up." Elias warns and I scoff. "You wouldn't touch me, and you know it."

Wilbur glances back at the camera and gives a defeated look. "Saddest vlog ever." He announces and I turn back around. "I second that," I say and take a bite out of my chicken tenders. Dream hides his face as he takes a bite of his burger and puts his mask back on afterward.

We all crack jokes as we eat. Wilbur dropped his milkshake and nearly got my car dirty. Dream got ketchup all over his pants. Elias managed to drop another nugget and had a mental breakdown. And I've somehow managed to survive through it all without some sort of mess. Well, except for the fact that I spilled my lemonade and I couldn't find any napkins.

When we're finished, we've spent 35 minutes sitting inside my car, stuffing ourselves to the point where no one wants to move. Wilbur shuts off his camera and he sighs, glancing at us. "Well... today was super fun." He says and we all hum in agreement.

I glance at the car mirror and see that Elias is half-asleep and Dream is staring out the window, mask, and sunglasses gone. I linger my gaze onto Dream, studying his jawline and his eyes before turning towards Wilbur. He catches me staring at Dream and he gives me a smug look.

"Okay, time to wake yourselves up if you want to go home and sleep," I say and we all try to jolt back to life. I drive back to the store and Elias climbs out of my car, waving once at us before he heads inside of his car.

I wait as Dream awkwardly clears his throat. "So... I kind of walked here and I really don't have a way to get back-." He gets interrupted by Wilbur, who smiles a bit too brightly as he talks. "Hey y/n, I just realized, Niki asked if I could get a few ingredients at the store for her. You can just drop me off and then drop Dream off and just come back for me."

I stare at him, horror dawning on my face. What the fuck? No, absolutely not. I will not and cannot stand being alone in a car with him. If I thought that being alone in my room with him was bad, then this is nothing compared to that.

"Haha, how about no?" I deadpan and Wilbur's smile slightly falters. "Haha, how about yes? C'mon y/n, it'll save time. Plus, you heard him. He walked here." I toss a glance back at Dream, who's staring at us- okay, well, more of at me- with an unreadable expression.