Lies // DNF

Karl

Karl hugged me tightly.

"Oh george" he whispered.

"I am so sorry you feel that way" he said as he let go.

"We can't change people, no matter how hard we try...no matter how much we love them" Karl said as he looked at the water.

"They are the only ones who can change themselves, no matter what we do there will always be people who don't support you. I know it sucks but that's life. You have to just push through. Don't give in to their acts" (Karl)

"As for the changes, I have always made sure to treat you just like everyone else ever since you came out. I can't say the same for the others. You should let them know that you just want things to go back to normal, it may not be fully the same, but it will be just fine" He said as he smiled.

"Every time someone would make a joke saying like "you're gay" to someone or a joke about something related to dating girls, they immediately apologize to me. I know it's stupid but I really don't like it. It sort of hurts because I feel excluded. I am still George, I want to be still George in their eyes" I said as I sighed.

Karl stood up and held his hand out. I grabbed it and stood up. Karl held onto my hand still.

"Look at the water, who do you see?" Karl said as he looked at the water.

"Me and you"

"Pretend I am not there" He said as he laughed.

"Me" I said as I chuckled.

"That's exactly what I see, I see George" (Karl)

"I don't get it"

"The only thing that changed about you, is nothing" (Karl)

"Even when you didn't tell us you were gay, you looked exactly like this" (Karl)

"You are George, the same George" (Karl)

I smiled. He was right. I am still George.

"Now about the wanting to be normal. No one is normal, we all have something to hide or something we do that not everyone does. Some are able to just be themselves because they are near people they love and trust, from an outsiders perspective, it's weird. To us it's normal, it's not our fault that they don't accept themselves for who they are, they choose to be how they want to be seen. I say fuck that, just be yourself, your full self" Karl said as he looked at me.

"Thank you Karl" I said as Karl let go of my hand.

I hugged him tightly.

"You are the best" I whispered.

"I know" Karl said as he laughed.

"Just kidding" he said as he kept laughing.

We were both laughing. I kept hugging Karl. He deserves the world. He always manages to cheer me up. Everyone needs a Karl.

We stopped hugging.

"So what's up with you and lover boy" Karl said as he looked over to Dream.

I looked over too. He looked up from his phone and waved. I waved back. I looked back at Karl.

"To be honest, I am not sure" I said as I sighed.

"I saw all the clips and stuff going around, you two see pretty...close" he said as he made a heart with his hands.

I laughed.

"He...confessed to me" I said as I chuckled.

"HE DID?!" Karl shouted excitedly.

I covered his mouth.

"Sorry" he said with his mouth still covered.

I laughed and removed my hand from his mouth.

"We actually have a date set up today" I said nervously.

"Oh my gosh" he said excitedly.

"I am not sure what we are but maybe just friends for now" I said as I smiled.

Dream POV during George and Karl's talk

I was pretending to be on my phone. Karl and George are in the backyard. They sat down. I got on twitter and was just staring at the feed. I looked up and saw George and Karl talking. I felt a little left out. I have no idea what we were but we definitely weren't just friends. I was just taking glances at them to see what they were doing. I feel like George doesn't really come to me for anything, he doesn't tell me his problems or anything. I was upset of course but maybe he isn't ready. I can wait. I looked over again and saw Karl holding his hand out to George. George had grabbed it. They were holding hands, not letting go. They looked at the water and were talking, smiling, and laughing. George hugged Karl, rather tightly, for quite a while as well. What was going on? Karl said something and they both looked at me. I awkwardly waved. George waved back. I continued to observe them. Karl had made a heart with his hands to George. What the fuck is going on. I stopped looking. I just couldn't no more. Did George even like me? Was he actually in love with Karl?! Was he just playing with me? What the actual fuck.

"Are you okay?" Sapnap asked as he walked towards me.

I turned off my phone and glanced at Karl and George. I looked at Sapnap and sighed.

"I don't know"

"Want to talk about it?" Sapnap said as he sat down.

"Sapnap I will probably sound stupid right now but do you think Karl likes George and George likes Karl?"

"Well duh they are friends" Sapnap said as he chuckled.

"I mean like, like like"

"Oh like wanting a relationship? No" (Sapnap)

"I just saw George and Karl holding hands, smiling, laughing together, hugging, and Karl even made a heart with his hands"

"Dream you are over thinking this" He said as he laughed.

"Karl's love language is touch. That is how he expresses his friendship and love. Key word...friendship" (Sapnap)

"I am sorry it's just, I am over thinking this" I said as I sighed and laid back.

"You have always been over protective over George but why like this? So what if Karl and George "like like" each other" (Sapnap)

"Sapnap, me and George have gotten really close. We had a date and are planning to have another one today"

"What what? You had a date and are planning a second one today?!" Sapnap said shocked.

"Yeah" I said as I sighed.

"Holy shit, congrats" Sapnap said as he laughed.

"I think I am doing something wrong, I feel as if I am the only one putting energy into well us"

I looked over to George and Karl. They were laughing and just enjoying each others company. I took a deep breath and sighed.