Lost boy | dnf

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George's POV:

'Guys! Over here.' I shouted back at the others.

I saw him lying within the grass and daisies, looking so peaceful. His mouth was forming a small smile, so small that anyone who didn't know him wouldn't notice.

We all crowded round him and Sapnap crouched down. He started lightly slapping his face in an attempt to wake up. When he realised it wasn't working he did it harder, while also shaking his shoulders.

A very confused looking Dream opened his eyes. 'Sapnap get off of me.' He shouted before realising where he was. He looked at all of us individually, when he got to me his face softened, he looked so sad.

'George..' he softly said while reaching out for me.

I helped him up to a sitting position. Everyone gave us some space to talk for a moment, now they knew he was safe they were okay with leaving him.

'George, I was here all alone and then the trees were dancing with me and then I- I just.. I just realised George, I realised something!' He said so quickly that I was struggling to keep up.

'What did you realise my love?' I said while pushing his hair out his eyes.

'I realised that I love you George. I love you. You- you treat me so well, you care for me.. like genuinely care for me. You make me feel so safe.' His eyes were watering, I've never seen him be this vulnerable with me. 'Please don't leave me Georgie, I don't know what I'd do without you.'

I could hear the desperation in his voice, Techno must've made him rethink everything last night. Now I wish I didn't leave him alone.

'Listen to me Dream. I'm never going to leave you! You were my first real friend, my first boyfriend, the first person I've ever truly loved. I'm not going to hurt you like he did.' I assured him.

I pulled him in for a hug and let him stay in my arms for a while, rubbing his back and playing with his hair. The others had gone back to the camp now, Wilbur setting up the new activities planned for today.

'You're okay Dream. Techno's gone home now, Wilbur made him go.' I said in a comforting tone.

'Really? I'm so glad. We can actually enjoy the trip now.' He said with a grin.

'Come on, let's get you back.' I said while picking us both up from the floor.

'Thank you for being here George.' He said softly.

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We drove a few miles from the campsite to an open dirt track surrounded by forestry. A few more miles down this road revealed our entertainment for today.

An inflatable aqua park.

We all started laughing and getting excited as we saw the inflatables in a large lake similar to the one yesterday. I turned to Dream and he had a big grin on his face.

We walked over to the life jackets and all suited up before getting into the water to go to the start of the Aqua park.

'Okay let's do a race to the nub over there.' Wilbur said, pointing to a small part of the inflatable that stood up.

We all nodded and waited for his countdown.

'3
2
1..
GO'

We began running different ways towards the finish line, I ran across a slanted slope and completely slipped and fell into the water. Everyone who followed my path did the same and we all ended up laughing in the water together.

I saw Wilbur running through the course, only meters away from the finish line now. Most of our group were either in the water or stuck on one of the obstacles.

Dream got out of the water and took my hand, pulling me back up onto the float. I grinned at him and we walked to where the group was starting to form again.

'Can we have a king of the castle type fight?' Tommy said while grinning. He looked so excited. 'We can stand up here,' he said, tapping a small podium of sorts which was higher than the rest and surrounded by water. 'Then whoever knocks the other person off wins. The winners of each round play eachother until there's one person left!' He explained to us. We all nodded and the first two stepped up.

Tommy and Karl stood across from each other. Tommy's eyes full with determination and Karl's full with.. laughter? He giggled through the whole round before being tackled by Tommy and thrown into the cold water below.

Everyone laughed and Tommy jumped in after to celebrate the victory.

Next up was Sapnap versus Quackity. Sapnap had an easy win, he just made his eyes look scary and walked towards big q and he fell backwards into the lake.

Ranboo and Tubbo then went up, Ranboo was so much taller so it was quite obvious who would win this one. He picked Tubbo up and threw him off casually.

It was now my turn up against Wilbur. Wilbur was already on the podium and I started to climb up. As soon as I got to the top and stood, I instantly slipped and flopped into the water. Everyone started laughing at how bad my balance is.

'George come back up I want a fair fight.' Wilbur said while laughing.

I joined him again, this time actually staying on my feet until the fight had begun.

'I'm sorry gogy!' He said as he picked me up and threw me in the lake.

Finally, Dream was up against Niki.

'Forgive me Niki.' Dream said with laughter as he poked her shoulder and she fell straight in.

We continued playing until we were narrowed down to two people; Dream and Wilbur.

Wilbur took a swing at Dream to knock him off but he ducked and slid Wilbur's legs out from under him. Wilbur flew off the inflatable and everyone cheered Dream. He laughed and jumped in after Wilbur.

We all continued to run along the course, knocking each other off as soon as we were close to them.

I had fallen so many times, hitting my head each one of them. Whenever I fell my body just flopped backwards and it was making me feel dizzy and comedic.

Every joke anyone said made me giggle as if it was the funniest thing ever. I don't even know what came over me but I couldn't stop laughing.

Dream stood by me and laughed at how stupid I was being. I couldn't help but push him in, it was the perfect opportunity. At the last second he grabbed my wrist and pulled me with him, giggling as we both sunk into the water.

As we came back up, Dream held me up by my waist and kissed me slowly. I smiled and wrapped my arms around his neck, kissing his lips with passion and love.

His thumbs gently rubbed circles on my waist and torso, relaxing me and making me feel safe under his touch.

Our kissing session was interrupted by a CHILD cannon balling into the water next to us.

'Tommy you idiot!' Dream shouted, leaving my side and swimming over to dunk him in the water.

'No Dream! Go away!' He screamed while running towards Wilbur to protect him. I was treading water and laughing watching it all unfold. Tommy climbed up onto the inflatable and Dream dragged his foot and pulled him back in while Wilbur was pulling his hand up.

Dream won and Tommy got dunked in the water by him. He ran away and went to torment Tubbo. While Dream swam back to me.

'Hi beautiful.' He said softly.

I blushed and climbed up onto the aqua park. He followed and we bounced along the springy floor.

We walked over to the nub where we raced to before, as soon as I got onto it my feet slipped from underneath me and I went flying onto the floor. Dream wheezed and helped me up.

'George!' He said laughing, 'what the hell is wrong with you.'

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