I Used to Know -DNF-

Chapter 26 - I Love You Most

Song Recommendation - Body (Jordan Suaste)

A/N - THANK YOU FOR 1,000 READS!!! 🥳🥰

"Dream, wait, just- just think about this first!" Sapnap shouted, dragging his boyfriend behind him while desperately trying to catch up to the blonde.

"That motherfucker," Dream glowered, "is going to get everything that's coming to him."

"He will! I promise, we'll make sure of it! Just not right now! Do you really think this'll help anything?!"

Dream didn't respond, he just walked faster, much to George's short-legged dismay. His skinny, non-athletic body scrambled to stay upright being pulled behind the blonde. People in front of them quickly stepped aside to let them through, not wanting to be in the way of such a tall, angry and muscular guy.

"George! Do something! Talk some sense into him!" Sapnap panted desperately.

George whipped his head from Sapnap behind him to look at the angry blonde. He sucked in a forced breath. George got himself together enough to run a few steps to catch up with him and turned to meet Dream's fiery eyes.

"Dream, please. Don't do this now." George placed his hand on his boyfriend's shoulder. "If the school catches wind of it, they'll only see you hunting him down and hurting him, they won't care about the reason."

That made Dream slow his walking, but he didn't stop completely.

Sapnap and Karl caught up, both panting and clutching their sides. Karl mumbled something like "how does he walk so fast" to Sapnap, who just shrugged and folded over, supporting himself by putting his hands on his knees.

"What a twentieth birthday, huh?" Karl chuckled, still breathless.

"It's your birthday, Karl?" Dream asked, fully stopping and turning around.

The other three quieted, staring wide-eyed at the blonde until Karl turned his head to George. "Uhh... no, not really."

"It's..." Dream's voice quivered slightly. "It's George's birthday?"

Karl and George nodded.

"Wow, I'm a prick."

Sapnap laughed breathily. "No shit, Sherlock."

Dream took George's hand again, carefully. "C'mon. I'll treat you all to lunch."

"Where?" Karl said, straightening up.

Dream looked around them, at the shops. "Let's get Waffle House and go back to Sap and I's dorm. We'll eat at the frat."

"And with what money?" George asked skeptically.

Dream smirked. "I've got a shitty father's cash to burn. Don't worry about money."

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The four boys sat in a circle on the floor, stomachs full and mouths chatting away.

"Oh, shit." Sapnap suddenly said, checking his phone. "Karl, we gotta go."

"Why?" George asked.

"Our professor didn't cancel the afternoon class!"

George and Dream burst out laughing while Karl and Sapnap frantically got their shit together.

"That's the four hour one, right?" Dream asked between wheezes.

"Yeah," Sapnap groaned, rummaging through his desk for some pencils.

"Here, you can both come back to this dorm since it's closer, I'll go home with George." Dream said, cleaning up the meal. George blushed and looked up at Karl, who was smiling slyly.

"That's fine!" Karl said happily.

And with that, the couple left.

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It was dark now, and Dream was snuggled into George's bed. George had taken Karl's bed, unsure if his roommate would be okay with Dream in his bed.

He looked at the blonde, sleeping, but not deeply. He tossed and turned for half an hour, and George couldn't bare to see him so unsettled.

The brunette eased out of Karl's bed, carefully avoided the creaky parts of the floor, and hopped onto his bed. He bent down and put his arms around the restless boy.

"Mmm," Dream hummed in newfound comfort.
Dream slowly woke up and moved aside in the bed so George could get under the sheets with him. George snuggled into the blonde beside him.

"I'm sorry that happened to you. And... I'm sorry for how I reacted," Dream whispered to him, taking him close.

"It's okay. I would've done the same thing, maybe even worse," George admitted. "It was really hard for me, when I thought the only person who had ever loved me like you did had left me without any notice at all. I can assure you that your reaction was more than understandable, even if you were acting a little like a wanker." George smiled at the blonde.

"Ha. Well, I'm still sorry. I just made it harder for you."

George sighed. "It was really difficult, telling the three of you. Especially when you were staring at me like you wanted me dead. Karl and Sapnap getting mad at you didn't help, either."

Dream folded the brunette into a comforting embrace. "I know we didn't help you, and I'm really sorry."

"I just wish I could've waited, had time to wrap my head around the situation, figure out what I was going to do, something." George felt a lump appear deep in his throat. "I didn't want to talk about it in the situation I did, and the timing - y'know, so quickly after it had happened - that didn't make it easier. I just wasn't ready to talk about it. And that just makes me angrier. He shouldn't have control over me and my voice."

"He shouldn't be in your life at all. I fault myself for that. I'm sorry."

"Stop saying sorry, Dream. The best thing you could've done after I told you was exactly what you did. Hugging me and apologizing once or twice, and letting me know it'd be okay."

They sat in the dark, holding each other, just feeling each other's warmth.

"I love you, Dream."

"I love you more, Georgie."

"I love you most."

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A/N

Thank you for 1,000 reads! It makes me so happy to know people are enjoying my story 🥰

Also just so everyone is clear, I named JSchlatt Joe because he said himself that the J in his name stood for Joe Rogan (red flag tbh) also I wanted to put a Joe Mama joke in here because I have been surrounded by middle school/high school boys for WAY too long 🥲 send help

Next chapter will be a lot better, in terms of "Joe" getting his ass kicked (yay)

Have a great day or night!

Cya!

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