purple orchids/ dreamnotfound

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recap: george, wilbur, techno, and clay were all over at george's house and george and clay were arguing over dishes playfully.

they both walked back over to the couch where wilbur and techno sat. "did you guys see that? he tricked me into talking so much that i didn't even realize he did the dishes" clay said. "yeah you are so blind" techno teased. they all sat down and turned the tv on to netflix. "what do you" guys want to watch?" wilbur asked as he clicked on george's icon. 

"the bee movie!" george and clay both said at the same time. "yeah okay love birds" techno laughed. wilbur clicked on the bee movie as george turned off all the lights and closed the blinds. "i'll make some popcorn" george said. "i can help" clay said. "fine" george said laughing and shaking his head. 

they both stood up and went to the kitchen to cook the popcorn. "literal soulmates" techno said shaking his head. 

after about 5 minutes, they came back with two giant bowls of popcorn. "what do you guys want to drink?" george asked. "any sodas?" techno asked. "dr.pepper, sprite, and coke" george said reading off all the sodas he has in his fridge. 

"ill take a coke" techno said leaning back. "yeah me too" wilbur said. george and clay walked back with sodas and sat down in the empty spot. wilbur sat at the end, then techno, then george, then clay. 

it was only 10:26 pm and yet george was tired. he was able to sleep in since tomorrow he was off. "are you guys staying the night?" george asked. "only if it's cool with you" clay smiled. 

"yeah sure why not" he said giving in. "oh my god we can be like teenage girls and have a sleep over" techno said trying to imitate a girl voice. "dear lord" wilbur said shaking his head. 

"your couch is huge" clay said leaning back with a bowl of popcorn in his hand. "yeah it's super comfortable" george agreed.

they began the bee movie and watched in silence while eating and drinking soda.

george looked at the time a little bit later. 

11:58 pm

he remembered that he said that he was going to end it if he wasn't happy. but he felt a bit happy. his house was clean. his work was finished. his brother was here along with one person he cares about. oh and techno. 

he had a lot more ahead of him than he thought. his sister in law and nephews were coming to visit soon. he basically was a little happier. 

11:59 pm

"you got somewhere to be?" clay joked. "huh?" george said snapping his neck to look at clay. "you keep looking at the clock. i was wondering if you had to be somewhere" he laughed again. "oh sorry. just kind of zoned out." george chuckled.

"look at them" clay said shaking his head. george looked over to where wilbur and techno laid. techno had his leg, somehow, on the top of the couch. he was on his back with his hand off the couch. wilbur was on his stomach, his arm off the couch, and his other under his head. 

"they sleep so crazy" george laughed. "you got that right" he laughed. 

george looked back over to the clock. 

12:00 am

george took a deep breath as his heart dropped. he couldn't do it now. i mean how would he? just go to the bathroom and overdose on pills for his friends and brother to find him? he couldn't do that to them. it would hurt them too much.

"hey you okay?" clay asked worryingly. "oh yeah im okay" george lied. "you can talk to me if you have something on your mind if you want to" clay reassured. "yeah i know, thank you" george said smiling at the blonde boy. 

"no problem gogy" he said before looking straight back at the screen.

gogy?

george paused. alex used to call him that. tear welded his eyes as he remembered alex would always call him that. 

george looked back at the screen blinking the tears away before they fell. 

george's eyes began to feel heavier as time slowly passed. he then gave in and let his eyelids fall, instantly allowing him to fall asleep. his head went limp and gently fell onto clay's shoulder. 

clay looked over at the alarming contact. he saw george had fallen asleep right there. he was the only one awake. "george?" clay whispered. george didn't answer. clay paused the tv looking at the boy. 

he was a pretty sleeper. he looked so peaceful. he saw that wilbur and techno were still in some odd position sleeping like logs. george was out of it. he was dead asleep. 

clay thought of what he was going to do. wake him up? no then he would feel bad. he decided to just take george to his room so he wouldn't have to sleep next to techno. 

clay slowly stood up, allowing george to lean of his hand instead of his shoulder so he wouldn't just fall sideways. he put his hand under george's leg, behind his knees and slowly slid his other arm behind george's back. 

clay then lifted the smaller boy and he was surprisingly a lot light than clay thought. he adjusted george so his head was resting his head against his chest. he then walked over to the stairs and slowly went up each stair, trying his best to not wake up george. 

once he got to the top of the staircase, he passed the first door. he opened it assuming that one of these rooms had to be george's. he opened it and there was an untouched bed. he began walking over to the bed to lay george in until he saw the sign above the bed

ALEX QUACKITY

clay froze in his tracks. this was alex's bedroom. he slowly backed up and walked out of the room. he closed the door behind him quietly before walking further down. he looked at the next room and opened it. there was another room with a messed up bed. there was a few pieces of trash around. 

clay looked up around the room for any sign that this was george's room. the messed up bed gave it away. clay walked over to the bed and gently laid george down. he covered him up with a blanket, making sure that he was comfortable. as he was about to leave, clay looked around. he began to pick up some pieces of trash and putting them in the trash can as quietly as possible. he knew that george would feel guilty and try to convince him to stop cleaning for him.

once he was finished, he tided up george's desk and put all the clothes in a corner so they weren't just scattered everywhere. while he was finishing up his desk, he saw a picture of him and alex. both of their smiles were so big. it was also the first time that clay had seen what alex looked like. they were both wearing headsets with a controller in their hands. 

the bottom of the picture said "Free the End. Until the End" 

that was a minecraft reference. 

when was was officially finished, he turned back to look at george once more. he sighed and looked at the ground. clay knew that george had been through so much and still managed to be so nice to him. his best friend died and he still manages to try to keep himself together.

"goodnight george" clay said with his voice cracking in the process. tears began to build up in his eyes just from thinking about what george has to go through. 

he walked out and closed the door behind him. the house was so quiet. he walked towards the staircase but stopped once he was passing alex's room. he didn't want to feel like he was intruding so he didn't open the door. "goodnight alex" he said. 

he walked down the stairs and back to the couch. clay laid down as he wiped the tears from his face. he felt really bad for george. he couldn't imagine what george was going through.