~Chapter 7~

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Quickly you type back a nice little "Thank you man!" and shut off your computer. Rubbing your eyes you yawn. Why do you do this to yourself? You need to abandon this lifestyle.
Stretching, you get up from your desk and walk over flopping onto your bed with a groan. You worm your way under the covers and begin to try and breathe as calmly as you can in order to fall asleep. It truly doesn't take much; your body was just waiting for you to hit the pillow.
You look around, you're on a beach. The sand is pink beneath your feet. The gentle lapping of the waves brings you a supreme sense of calmness. You walk along this strange beach no one else is around, even though there are towels scattered across. Then colorful shells begin to guide you, branching out along the sand. The wind kicks the sand around you. Looking at the night sky, you see the stars are bright and large. Constellations are easy to spot. What is this place? And why has it become your happy place?
As you continue along with the shells you come upon a small tiki hut. The light from the torches outside signal you towards a path. Palm leaves are along the ground stopping your feet from getting anymore sandy. You look at this little hut, it has a small window to the side that you find yourself looking through. Suddenly you notice movement, someone is in this little hut. But who could it be? You approach the hut's door. There is a sign shaped like a beehive nailed to it. It reads 'Home Sweet Home'. Whoever lives here has an adorable sense of style. You can hear gentle humming through the crack of the door. You want to know who is inside now. You raise your hand to knock when a pit settles in your stomach. What if it isn't a person but a monster? What if this creature is dangerous?
Forcing yourself to push those thoughts aside you gently tap on the door and a voice responds.
"Hello? Is someone there?" You hear footsteps across the flooring and watch as the door begins to creak open. The light from inside casts a shadow on whoever is standing in the doorway's face. "Oh! Y/n, lovely to see you." It is a man. His voice has an accent, british, his voice is also way too familiar to you. You see him begin to step out arms extended for a hug it seems. "I'm so glad you're back!" You move closer to hug him, he seems to know you. Then-
"MEOW! MEOW!" You shoot up in bed, Benny is screaming in your face.
"Benjamin, please be quiet," You start rubbing your eyes. Your heart hurts knowing that peaceful place was just a dream. "What time is it?" You look over at the clock, seven thirty. You got the amount of sleep you normally get, but it is a weekend so you are striving for a little more. Benny curls up in a ball on your feet. Wait, Benny is in your room. How? You made sure you left him in the hall and you closed the door. You look over to see your door is now fully open. Sighing you shoo Benny off your feet and onto another part of the mattress. Getting out of bed you stretch and walk over shutting the door.
You look back towards your bed and Benny has now taken your spot. He lets out a quiet mew as you walk over, pick him up and place him down near the foot of the bed. "Sorry Ben. I don't share." You lay back down and cover yourself with your sheets and blankets. Benny walks onto your chest and sits down, purring. You begin to squirm since now you have to get comfortable with a cat on you. The sound of Benny purring is quite soothing to you, it helps you drift slowly back to sleep. Your last thoughts are that you hopefully go back to the dream you were having before.
You wake up about two hours later, not having gone back to the dream or even dreamt at all. Benny is still perched atop your chest, happily sleeping. You reach towards your nightstand as slowly as you can, you do not wish to wake up your little furry friend. Grabbing your phone you see the barrage of messages you have received. One is Mandy thanking you for all the stuff. Another is Jake trying to plan a group get together. Peter texted you about getting brunch at twelve thirty and you had more discord notifications than you knew what to do with. You saw that most were from the server. People asking if the new script would be released today or tomorrow. They just wanted an extra day to prepare. This wasn't uncommon. You also noticed that three new messages were from Tubbo. This made your heart skip a beat. When he said he wanted to be friends you assumed he meant that you would talk occasionally and then just stop randomly.
Apparently he wanted what you and Wren had, a full blown long distance friendship. On that note, you saw Wren had also sent you a message. Ignoring Tubbo for now you went into the chat with Wren:
WrenTastic: Hey dude! Just wanted to lyk, I can't do today's little afternoon stream. Ik it's our little chat about the week to come and all that but my family has plans this weekend! I can try to find you a substitute or you could ask someone! Love you bro! Talk later.
Signing you respond
Y/n: Hey Wren, thanks for letting me know. I'll do my best to find a substitute. You have fun and be safe! TTYL
You begin to rub your temple. You are nowhere near mad at Wren, just the thought of asking one of your friends to have to do this with you. You know that most of them are streaming their own things today. You shake your head as you open Tubbo's chat:
Tubbo: Hello Y/n and gooood morning!
Tubbo: Is it too early where you are? It's the afternoon here? IDK! Anyways! Just wanted to let you know I am down to collab whenever you are.
Tubbo: And I mean whenever. Anytime. :)
You chuckle at his messages. They seem almost desperate. Kind of like a puppy waiting for a treat.
Y/N: Haha, alright. That's good to know, but I'm sure you have other plans.
Not even moments later you get a response.
Tubbo: Nope! I'm sure my audience would love to see you interact with me and the others.
Y/N: Okay then!
Y/N: You know what, I need someone to do my little Saturday show with me, would you mind maybe popping in for a bit?
You send the message thinking nothing of it. He is probably going to stream his own thing today. So you go to text someone else the same message but he replies.
Tubbo: Omg yes of course! What time? This is going to be so fun!
You stare at your phone in shock. He really said whenever and meant it.
Y/N: Two o'clock here, so seven over where you are.
Tubbo: Okay, talk and see you then X)
Your heart is racing. Is this really happening? You have to be still asleep. You shake your head a bit.
"No y/n this is a good thing. Like Gwen said, go with the flow! It isn't a big deal, you're just chatting as friends." You say reassuring yourself. "I can do this... I hope."

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Yes, yes. Another bonus chapter. I know I do a lot of these. Just want to make sure you guys get a chapter this week. There will still, hopefully, be a chapter Friday. I have exams this week. Also thanks for 150 reads. It means the world to me. :)
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