my best friends roommate.

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sunshine.

12:30 p.m.

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dream and george are as close as they could ever be, legs tangled up with eachother, arms wrapped around the other, dreams head on george's chest and george's chin rested ontop of dreams head. soft breathing coming from both of their mouths, the sun coming in ever so gently through the blinds, highlighting george's freckles and dreams dirty blonde hair.

george wakes up to knocking on his door, "what.." he says annoyed, "george, it's karl can i come i-" karl says as he's already opening the door, stoping once he sees the two,,, friends? cuddling one another. george blushes and stares blankly at karl who's in awe at what he's seeing, karl smirks at his bestfriend and gives him a thumbs up of encouragement, "that's my bestie." he whisper shouts as he leaves the room, closing the door gently.

"he's such an idiot." george hears dream say, he probably woke up from karl's half assed whisper, dream yawns and looks up at george who's blushing profusely, "ha. you're cuddling with me." dream teases as he pulls george closer than he already is, george pushes dream's face away from his "unhand me plebeian" george says trying to break free from dreams embrace "georgeeee noooooo cuddle some more with meee." dream whines as he tightens his grip on george who's trying to escape. "nope no no no no. no more cuddling for you, let go." george says as he wiggles to get free.

dream sighs and lets go of george; george lays there in defeat, "1 more hour." he says as he gets comfortable in dream's arms again, this time he's facing dream's chest. "you have a soft spot for me dont you george." dream says, his voice sounds like honey and warm milk when he wakes up. "no. im just cold." george says in retort, obviously lying. dream plays with george's hair and chuckles, "yeah, okay mr. sapnaps roommate who never leaves his room." dream says, "it's been... what? a week since we've known eachother and you're cuddling with me? in your room that you keep closed all the time?" dream continues, making george's face go red with embarrassment, "shut up." george mumbles, voice muffled by dream's shirt. "only because you asked me to." dream says with a soft smile, "i'm not tired anymore but i can lay here and talk to you for forever." dream says as he tucks george's hair gently over his ear. "you're special to me." dream says in a whisper, causing george to hide deeper in dream's chest. "don't say that shit so nonchalantly, aren't you like? straight?" george says, keeping his guard up. dream wheezes, "STRAIGHT? IM LIKE ONE OF THOSE GAY GUYS THAT HIDES IT SO WELL" dream laughs, putting his chin ontop of george's head, "you're gay?" george asks, looking up at dream who's looks back down at him, their eyes meet and there's a comfortable silence that falls into the air, "i'm gay." dream says finally, smiling at george who's still staring into his eyes. it's the first time he's ever said it out loud. "i knew it." george jokes as he faces dream's chest again, "hey, takes a homo to know a homo." dream jokes, chuckling as he says the stupid joke he made up on the spot. "you're a pain." george cringes at the dumb joke his friend had made.

"i want to talk about it now." dream says, holding george closer to him, "i'm listening." george says with a soft tone. "i came out as bi to my mom a long time ago," dream says, pain tangled in his voice, he swallows the lump in his throat and coughs awkwardly, "she uh, 'accepted' it as me but didn't support it. that was fine with me, atleast i still had my mom." dream says, tears threatening to slip out of his eyes, "but then i came out to my dad and he kicked me to the curb, packed all my shit up and threw it outside." dream says, a tear slipping out of his eye, "he told me 'no son of mine will live under my roof while they think about men the way they should think about women.' " he says, voice going slightly quiet as his tears start falling, "i was close with both of them up until then, so it hurts a lot to even think about." dream says, trying to hold back a sob. "you're okay, i'm here." george says as he looks up and wipes the tears away from dream's eyes, this makes dream smile and cry some more, "i only came to terms with being gay recently. ive only ever dated women to make me feel better about it." he says with a guilty conscience. "that's okay, atleast you don't do it anymore and you're happy with who you are." geogre says, smiling up at dream who's staring at the wall behind george, "hey. stop thinking." george says as he cups dream's face to look down at him, "i know you miss them but you don't need people who treat you like shit simply because you like men." george says, he realized this when he came to the US and saw his bestfriend happy with his two lovers.

dream's eyes sparkle when he looks at george, he wonder if dream's ever had anyone do that for him. probably not. dream breaks eye contact and focuses on the twos breathing, "your hearts beating really fast." dream says mumbling. "shut up." george says as he punches dream's chest softly.

BZZZ BZZZ..
they both hear their phones go off at the same time, they both pull them out of their pockets, legs still tangled with the others.

sapnap: dude a week in and youve somehow gotten him out of his shell PLUS he's cuddling with you?????

dream: what can i say, i'm swag.

karl: DO YOU LIKE HIM. HES CUTE. DATE.

george: I DONT LIKE HIM SHUT UP JACOBS

karl: YOU DO THO. I KNOW YOU DO!! DONT FORGET WHOSE KNOWN YOU FOR TEN YEARS.

george: SHUT UP.

sapnap: if you date my roommate you better not only come over for him i'm your best fweind

dream: bros before homos

sapnap: i know i shouldn't be offended by your use of homos but i am

dream: cry abt it, idk.

dream chuckles at him and sapnaps conversation "karl?" he looks over at george who's typing at the speed of light "yeah he's being annoying." dream laughs "so is sapnap. theyre meant for eachother, huh?" dream jokes, causing them both to laugh.

"what do you want to do today?" dream asks as he puts his phone down. "we cannnn have a picnic at the park?"  george says, looking up at dream who's smiling down at him "like a date?" dream says, smirking. "no." george says bluntly, hiding into dream's chest. "this is just charity work." george jokes causing dream to wheeze a bit, "yeah, whatever you say." dream says sarcastically, chuckling a bit.