The Exchange Student - DNF (Gream / DreamNotFound)

Chapter 5

Dream POV

I waited a moment to gather my thoughts before saying "So a while ago Melissa had an affair with someone that's really close to me, while still being with me"

George paid close attention to my words which helped me wanting to continue telling the story.

"It all started around a year ago when I was supposed to be sleeping at Sapnap's place. He cancelled last minute though, so I stayed home instead. My dad was at home at the time, but I didn't bother telling him I wasn't gonna sleep out, thinking it wasn't that important for him to know. Later that evening I went to his room to ask him something, I can't even remember what, but then.." I stopped to make sure George was still interested and fortunately for me he was.

"Then when I opened the door I caught my dad and" I hesitated before just letting it out "My dad and Melissa in full action, if you know what I mean" Georges eyes widened with shock as he slowly started to stroke my arm to show his support.

"When they realised I was standing in the doorway Melissa jumped off of my dad and tried to get my attention. I of course was in a state of shock because my girlfriend and my dad were doing the nasty together. As if it wasn't bad enough I felt sick to my stomach knowing they didn't only hurt me but also my mom"

My voice cracked upon saying the last sentence alone. The room went quiet as I tried to calm my nerves a bit. I didn't realize how badly this situation had hurt me and still did to this day. My breathing pattern slowly went back to a somewhat normal rate again as I sighed and said, "Melissa threatened me by saying she would tell my mom and everyone at school that she'd been with my dad, if I broke up with her. She knew it would ruin her reputation but also knew that it would ruin mine even more. The worst part was that she even convinced me to say that I'd cheated on her, and that was why there wasn't such a great vibe between us"

It felt like a weight had been lifted off my chest finally telling someone the truth. "But you have to promise me never to tell anyone. I'm taking a big risk telling you this"

The last bit sounded a bit threatening but it didn't seem like George took it that way. "I'm so sorry you had to go though that all by yourself, and I would never even think about telling people this when you specifically told me not to"

It was like I'd finally found that safe space I've been craving for the longest, the safe place just being a person for me. George made me feel special and appreciated, everything Melissa never could.

"But Dream, you can't be with her forever, you know. At some point she'll probably spill the beans on you"

I'd always known that but by postponing it, it felt more bearable. Even though I was living in this constant fear of her getting angry at me and just revealing everything, I'd lived with it for the past year and had almost gotten used to it.

"Why are you telling me all this" George wondered "I'm not complaining, just a little confused on why you trust me enough to tell me something this personal"

He was right, it was confusing for me as well, but in all honesty I didn't know myself. Why did I just become so vulnerable with him and tell such private information to him? At this point everything was one big exclamation mark that I was unable to wrap my head around.

"If I'm being completely, 100% truthful to you, I don't know. I think I just felt a deep connection to you, like I could trust you with anything and you wouldn't judge, and from my point of view it seems as though I wasn't wrong"

He giggle at my statement. "You're not wrong, you can tell me anything, I promise. And i'll also like to admit that I felt drawn to you, just like you said with a deep connection"

I couldn't keep my eyes away from his beautiful angelic face as I said, "I have absolutely no idea what it is that we have, but I know it's special, it has to be. I've genuinely never felt this way about someone before, especially a friend" For some reason calling him a friend made me cringe.

His face dropped and visibly made both of us slightly uncomfortable. Maybe I'd messed up what could have potentially turned out to be something fantastic, was it too late to fix it?

"Well maybe not a friend, but whatever this is I wanna explore it" I admitted seeing him lighten up and gave me a nodded yes.

Had I just realised I wasn't straight. I don't know how to feel about it, but one thing's for sure, I didn't feel the same way about George as I did for my other friends. He was one of a kind, a unique person.

The thought of being gay had never accured in my mind before today. Maybe because I'd never gotten the chance to really eksplore my seksuality. Being in a relationship with the same girl for this many years, plus I'm surely one of the most loyal people, I never even imagined myself being someone else's boyfriend. This was all very new to me, but I liked it, I liked the change in thoughts. At that moment all I wanted to do was share those thoughts with George, and so I did.

"I've never really thought about being into men before meetng you" I admitted

George looked like he fully understood, "Well if you've been with the same girl for what? 4 years, you haven't really had the opportunity"

It was like he'd read my mind and I couldn't help but smile which he took notice of and returned the smile.

"George I have to ask, at the drinking game you said you've never been in a relationship, why's that?" I hoped it wasn't an uncomfortable question to ask, and to my luck he looked like it was completely fine.

"I don't know. Maybe because I'm shy or not very attractive perhaps" I didn't think of him to be an insecure person, it really is always the people you would least expect. Especially because he has pretty privilege written all over him, he just never happened to realize that.

"You gotta be kidding me right. You're one of the, if not the prettiest person i've ever seen. You're absolutely gorgeous. When I look at you it's like looking at a flawless piece of art and trying to understand all the different layers and meanings of it. I know it must be hard to convince yourself you're attractive but you've just made me realize I might be into men, and that's a win in my book for sure"

He wiped away a tear that had been formed and quietly said, under his breath, trying not to accidentally make his voice crack "That's the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me"

He didn't need to say more, all I wanted to do was pull him into my chest and never let go again, but I couldn't. I didn't wanna take advantage of the situation where both of us were this vulnerable.

All we needed in this moment was the comfort of each other's company and so we lay down staring at the ceiling, occasionally looking at the other one, but staying silent. This went on for the next hour until George stood up to leave. Before he left I grabbed his hand and said.

"Thank you for this. For listening and understanding everything I told you, this meant a lot to me so thank you again" I could feel a sense of freedom, and finally not being stuck in my head all alone anymore, which was amazing.

He gave my hand a tight squeeze before letting go and closing the door to my room.

I'd just told my deepest secret to a guy I'd barely just met, but that didn't matter. I didn't care that I'd only known him for a short period of time, cause for me he meant a lot more than some of the people that I've known for way longer.

He knew stuff about me that no one else knows and hopefully never will. I'd also just come out to him, and for some reason that didn't freak me out at all.

George was the missing puzzle piece. I don't know how to explain it but I've always felt like something wasn't entirely right, but now, now everything suddenly felt right. This may only last for tonight before reality comes rushing back, but George was the only thing that mattered in that exact moment.

My eyelids closed and all I wanted to think about was George. His smooth brown hair with that one piece he always tried to fix but never succeeded at doing. His shyness, and how he would blush ever so easily from my words. And the fact that he'd never been in a relationship, not that it would've changed anything if he had, it just made me wanna introduce him to new stuff and experiences relating to that. I couldn't wait to see him again tomorrow morning even though I saw him just a couple hours ago.

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