DSMP Soulmates AU

21: Aftermath

KARL POV:

I yawn. I slump over the table, shoving food in my mouth. I put the half empty bowl in the sink and poke my head into the lounge.

"I've eaten, had a glass of water, can I go meet my friends now?" I say. My mom looks up from the TV and nods.

"Bye," I call, heading out the door. I walk up the road to George's house. I knock in his door, and his mom answers.

"Hi, is George home?" I say.

"Yes, he's just getting dressed," She turns to the stairs and calls up.
"GEORGE! Your friend's here!"

A second later, he appears at the door. I raise an eyebrow. He's in one of Dream's hoodies.

"Let's go," he says, shutting door infront of him.

"So Sapnap's idea went well?" I say dryly. After Dream and George went upstairs and disappeared for half an hour, I had to go. George blushes lightly and changes the topic. I laugh, and cross the road. Together we walk up a drive. Before knocking, I check the time. 10:30.

Quackity appears at the door, and slides out.

"Everyone else is asleep. I left a note," He says, heading down to where George us waiting. He raises an eyebrow. We cross the road back, and start walking.

"We meeting Sapnap?" George asks.

"And end up getting him banned from leaving the house?" Quackity says. "Nah,"

George nods. We cross the road to Dream's house, and knock.

He opens the door, looking half asleep. He mumbles something, and gestures us in. We sit in the lounge, which still has cups and garbage littered everywhere.

"Dream, did you even sleep last night?" I ask.

He groans, and I take that as a no. I start walking around, gathering up the litter. I take it to the kitchen, and dump it all in the trash.
I walk back into the lounge and I see Dream slumped on a couch.

"Dream, dude, we can always meet up tomorrow," Quackity says.

"No, no," Dream's words slur. I look at the other 2. They shrug, and I sit down on the opposite couch. The door bell rings, and I stand up to get it. Outside is Sapnap, out of breath.

"I may have had to run from my mom," he pants. I laugh, and let him in. He sees Dream slumped on the couch and frowns. I pat him on the shoulder. We both sit down, and we start talking. Across the room, Dream's head rolls onto George's shoulder. His eyes droop, and he lets them shut completely. I laugh quietly. The door knocks, then the bell rings. Dream starts, waking up. I get up to answer it. Bad and Skeppy are stood there, laughing.

"Hey," I say, letting them in.

"Hey," they say back. When we reach the lounge, George speaks up.

"Dream, should we hang out in your room? That way you can actually lie down,"

We all murmur agreement, and Dream groans. George nudges him. He groans again, and we laugh. George slips his arm under Dream's shoulder and pulls him up. Sapnap stands up, and supports Dream's other side. The three of them stumble upstairs, and Skeppy and Quackity follow.

"What's up with him?" Bad asks.

I frown. "He didn't sleep last night after the party,"

He frowns too. "Silly muffin,"

"What's up with you and Skeppy?" I ask, remembering the 2 of them yesterday.

"Oh, just a silly argument," he says, waving his hand.

"You both seemed fine this morning though," I glance at him.

He sighs. "I- promise not to tell?" He says.

I nod.

"Well, he realised some stuff, and I reacted badly when he told me. It was a big thing so," he shrugs.

"Ahh," I say. We head upstairs. When we walk into Dream's bedroom, he's passed out on the bed. George is standing next to the window, looking out, Quackity and Sapnap are talking, and Skeppy is sat in the middle of the floor. Bad goes and sits next to Skeppy, and I go and stand with my boyfriends.

"Hello!" I say, kissing them both on the cheek.

"Hey," they say in unison. I giggle.

"I don't think I've asked this- how did things go down on Sunday with your mom?" I ask Sapnap.

He laughs dryly. "Well, after the hour of shouting, she sent me to my room and kept me locked there till 2. Then she's signed me up for therapy, and is trying to set me up with Alyssa. Don't know how she's gonna manage that, but she's trying,"

I nod. Alyssa is his neighbour, as well as one of his oldest friends. I give him a hug. I feel bad for him.

"So why did you have to run out the house?" Quackity asks.

"Oh! That! She was trying to get me to take me little cousin. Thought she would love to meet my friends. Oh, and naturally I just said we were meeting at Dream's. I did want to leave the house,"

I laugh. "So your family is visiting,"

He nods.

"Sounds sucky," Quackity says. We all laugh.

"Karl?" George says.

I nod.

"Can you come here real quick?"

I walk over to where he's stood.

"Hey, um," he drops his voice. "So, hypothetically, if something were to have happened between me and Dream last night, and it may have been very good, and I may now own one of his hoodies, what do I do now?"

My jaw drops.

"Well, hypothetically, if that did happen, and you do own his hoodie, you keep his hoodie, and wear it to school. Then, you set something up, or let us, and then bam you're with him," I say, grinning.

He laughs, and nods. I walk back over to Quackity and Sapnap. They pause their conversation as I approach.

"I'm back," I annouce. They smile, and I smile back. We talk about almost everything for an hour. Over on his bed, Dream wakes up.

He rolls off the bed.

"Hello," he mumbles.

"You actually able to do stuff now?" Bad jokes.

"Mmyeah," He mutters. He gets up and grabs his phone off the bedside table. He opens his wardrobe and pulls out a hoodie. He pulls it on, and shoves his phone in the pocket.

"Sally's?" He suggests. We agree, and head out. Before we set off, Dream locks up, and George hangs back with him.

"Let them be," I say, and drag them forward. The 5 of us head down to Sally's.

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So, Sally backstory time next chap! And DNF developments! I want to put more awesamponk in, but it might take a while.