Lost boy | dnf

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Quick a/n, the texts are in italics. To differentiate between Dreams thoughts and what he's texting.

Dreams POV:

My doctor told me I have to stay at home for the week. It's been 3 days and I'm so bored. A lot of teachers don't allow phones in class so no ones been messaging me during the day. I know George gets out of school early on Fridays, maybe he'll meet me afterwards?

We had been speaking a lot recently, online that is. He called me for hours yesterday after school, it's really helping me feel better. We've grown a lot closer through calling and talking about anything and everything.

Georgie :)

Hey George, I was just wondering if you wanted to come round mine when you finish school? You don't have to but I'm really bored and wanted some company :)

Hi!! Yeah of course. I'll be there in 30 mins :) um, what's your address?

Oh yeah.. it's _____ , see you soon! <3

Shit. Was that weird? Why did I send that. He's gonna cancel now I bet.

Okay!! <3

Oh. Phew. Wait.. he's coming round in 30 minutes. I carefully got out of bed and put fresh clothes on, making sure not to hurt my head at all. I decided on some grey joggers and a white crew neck. I tried to sort my hair out and also put some cologne on so I smelt nicer.

I stared at the bathroom while contemplating brushing my teeth or not. Is that too far? Am I thinking too much? Probably. But did I do it anyway? Yes. Nice and minty just for George.

George's POV:

I walked up the path to Dreams house. Although it's only a few blocks away from mine, it's a lot nicer. It has huge windows with balconies upstairs and a modern door. My trembling fingers pressed the door bell as I continued to admire the details of his house.

I was met with a groggy looking Dream, he looked embarrassed but still excited to see me. We exchanged smiles while maintaining eye contact. Green eyes are my favourite, for me they look yellow and his look like sunflowers. I love sunflowers. I decided to go in for a hug as he looked like he needed comfort. I stepped forward and opened my arms out.

He snaked one arm around my torso while the other rested in my hair while my head was tucked into his chest. He felt so warm, physically and emotionally. I could feel a sense of longing in the hug, as if this is something we both wanted to do for a while.

Our bodies linked together like puzzle pieces; as if we were made for each other.

We both pulled away and he led me up to his room so he could show me his pc set up. We spoke about it on the phone last night.

He has a double bed in the middle of the room, with a window to the right of it and his pc set up on the other side of the room. His pc shares a desk with books from school and some art supplies.

Hung on his wall were some paintings. They were small landscape paintings, some with the sea glistening, sunsets and also a beautiful sunflower field.

'Did you paint these dream?' I eagerly asked.

He blushed and looked at the floor, 'yeah..' he seemed embarrassed of them. I don't know who would ever be embarrassed of such amazing art.

'Dream they're amazing, the sunflower field is my favourite. I love sunflowers so much.' I grinned. He smiled as he saw my reaction, perking up a bit. I got closer to admire it properly, 'I like them because they're yellow so I can see them the way they really look.'

'Keep it' he said while taking it off his wall

'What? You're an idiot I can't keep it.' I protested. As if I'm letting him give me this, I don't deserve it. He tried to hand it to me and I stopped him by placing my hand on his.

'Please Georgie, I want you to have it.' He said as he curled his fingers around mine with his free hand. 'You said you love sunflower fields, so take it and you can always have one close to you.' He handed it to me while searching for my emotion. I just smiled like an idiot.

'Thank you so much Dream' I said while smiling at him with glassy eyes.

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Dream isn't supposed to be watching tv or playing games so we just sat on his bed and talked while we shared our favourite music with each other. We decided to make a playlist on Dreams Spotify account, where we could both add our own songs. He named it '<3' which I found cute.

I learnt about his family, he lives with his sister called Drista, a cat called patches and his parents who both work in the city doing business management. He told me how they aren't home much due to their big responsibilities. He said he didn't mind it as he likes the peace and quiet.

We continued talking about anything and everything. It gave us both opportunities to know each other better. I could listen to his voice for days, it was so soothing. Today it was deeper from his exhaustion, which made me fall in love with it even more.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to stay long as my mum had made an early dinner, I hesitantly got up to leave and he brought me into another hug.

'Thank you Georgie,' he said, his voice made vibrations in his chest which sent shivers down my spine 'I'm glad you came.' His voice was a lot softer now, he seemed genuinely thankful that I joined him.

'I enjoyed it. Thank you for inviting me.' I said while pulling back from the hug and smiling at him. 'Just get better so school is less boring' I rolled my eyes. We reluctantly said our goodbyes and I walked back to my house before my dinner was ready. I had a spring in my step walking down the cobbled pavement.

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