Gentle Sprinkling [Dreamnotfound]

Sixteen

"I don't get it," Sapnap whines.

The trio sat on the floor of George's apartment. It had become their thing whenever they discussed things. An "irl vc", as Sapnap had once put it.

"We've done everything together," Sapnap continues with a frown.

"Are you sure? There must be something we haven't checked off on the list," Dream asked.

"Dream, we've been doing this for two months. We checked everything off, back to back," Sapnap replied, scrolling through his notes app on his phone. "I even double-checked. Triple checked! You guys even reread the whole thing with me!"

George felt his heart sink. Two months of no progress. They've thought of and done everything. Even as far as recording and uploading something on their channels together even though they've been dead for years. Literally, given Dream and George's situation.

George didn't mind staying in the living world at all. He hadn't woken up in the void once during those months, as both of his friends refused to leave his side. Whenever he'd tell them that it would be alright, they'd brush it off saying they wanted to live the dream of living together.

He figured that they just wanted to spend as much time as they possibly could with him before he "obtains nirvana".

"That was a lot of fun, though," the brunette shrugged. "I'm honestly happy."

The other two nodded, small smiles seemingly growing on their faces.

"What if it takes some time before it happens? Do you feel anything weird, George?" Dream suggested.

The brunette sat in silence, trying to capture anything different inside him. The distant voice telling him that he wasn't meant to be in this world was still there. "No, I feel... the same as I always do," he shrugs.

"Maybe we've been doing the wrong things this whole time," Sapnap grumbled. "Maybe George isn't here to finish hanging out with us."

"To be fair, who even wants to finish hanging out with their friends?" George says.

The three took a minute or two to process that, before groaning and facepalming.

"We probably should've thought of that 2 fucking months earlier," Dream groaned.

Silence.

Noiseless, numbing silence. The void of everything and nothing. A reoccurring thing between them lately. Sometimes it would be tense, sometimes it would be awkward, sometimes it would be comfortable.

Right now, it was just quiet. George knew it was because they were thinking, but that didn't make him dislike it any less.

"...We don't really have to do this, y'know," George mumbled. "I don't want to leave you guys again."

Dream turns to him, the smile on his spherical head seemingly sadder than usual. "George, listen," he said as he placed a hand on his shoulder. "You exist for a reason. There's no way you're just here to be with us and nothing else. If you stay without doing what you're supposed to for longer, who knows what'll happen?

"Just know that Sapnap and I are going to help you, yeah? And if it makes you feel any better, when you've finished your unfinished business, we're happy enough that we actually spent time with you before that. Right, Sapnap?"

Sapnap shot George a genuine grin, and a satisfied "yeah."

George smiled back at them. He wouldn't exchange his friends for anything else in this world. He loved them more than all the things he loved combined.