Freaks | DSMP AU | !!DISCONTINUED!!

Night-Time Beach Walks

Chapter 13.
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[Now Playing: Underachiever by NOAHFINNCE]
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[POV: DREAM]

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Dream was holding back tears as he looked up at the painted wall, eyes staring at the different colors and trying to imagine them being little shapes as he tried to ignore his thoughts and the voices of his family. He couldn't believe it; he was the only one who had fucked up the seating at the initiation. Having gone into the wrong row, his name was called, and he wasn't in line to take the certificate. His mother made sure to laugh and talk about nothing but it afterward too, not a single 'I'm proud of you' or 'Good job'. Typically, he would be staying with his aunt Puffy, despite her being only a few years older. But of course, his mother had to come to this, it was only made worse when Puffy had to work late and wasn't able to come to the initiation nor the dinner.

Such a simple mistake he had made too, yet it would haunt him for years with his mother around. She'd always just say it was teasing or gentle joking, but it truly wasn't, if anything, it was on the verge of being verbal abuse.

Not only did she do that, but she also ignored his boundaries and would still poke him and touch him, it wasn't too bad of touch, things like resting her hand on his shoulder or patting his back. But he hated it, he hated getting touched by anyways older than him, probably from the abuse and trauma from other adults around him.

But obviously, to her it didn't matter. Nothing did, especially him, he was always considered lesser than his siblings, and he knew that wouldn't ever change. He zoned back into the conversation as he heard his name,

"-Clay you alright? You better eat that dinner I paid a lot of money for it." His mother was staring at him, now everyone else at the table was as well. He froze, nodding slightly and looking down at the food, jabbing at it with his fork and swallowing down one bite. His brain beginning to scream at him in anger, calling himself names and crying at itself.

He excused himself from the table, basically jogging to the bathroom as an acidic crept up his throat. He shoved the door open to the bathroom, running into a stall and hurling up what little food he'd eaten. He groaned, leaning back onto the stall-door. He heard footsteps going into the bathroom, immediately he ducked to look under the stall to the outside, not wanting someone from his family stumbling on him.

"The fuck-" A voice came, Dream frowning as he realized he recognized the voice. Not very well, but it seemed similar still.

"Oops, uh... Hello there." Dream chuckled nervously as he spotted the persons shoes, not really wanting to meet the other's eyes.

"Wait, your Dream, right? I'm pretty sure we go to school together." The person spoke, Dream giving a small grin as he recognized his name. Going up to meet the person's eyes, squinting at their face until he realized he did recognize them.
"Oh- Punz? I think we have the same math." Dream nodded, getting up off the floor and walking out of the stall.

"Yep! Also, you alright?" Punz asked awkwardly, looking over Dream, who'd been holding tears back for so long his eyes had become red.

"Definitely, anyways you here with your siblings?" Dream asked as he remembered that Punz was Purpled and Ponk's brother.
"Nah, just Purpled and Sapnap, you know him, right?" They tilted his head at Dream, whose face almost immediately became annoyed.