ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀ ʜᴏᴘᴘᴇʀ

ᴇᴘɪꜱᴏᴅᴇ 8

‼️AYEEE MORE HEAVILY CUTE BRANCE‼️

(Vance pov)

I take a foot out to stand up but as soon as I did, I fell into water. What the hell. I say swimming back up. As I swam back up to the top, I can see my mom and stepfather arguing. I squint my eyes trying to see them but for some reason, my eyes were blurry. Like, it feels like when you get water stuck in your ears. I swim closer by every time I tried, it just turned redder and redder. I see some land so thankfully, I got to get on it. I look down to see that i'm in a hospital gown. That was strange. I'm probably in some weird dream anyways. I step closer to see my mom and stepdad but then they stop arguing all of a sudden. "Mom?" I say walking up to her. "Why are you here?" She says shouting at me. I flinch a bit because my mom hasn't yelled at me since in forever. "Are you okay ma?" She then looks at me and tilts her head. "Of course I am Violet. She says looking back away from me. I obviously was taken back by this. My mom hasn't said my deadname ever since I told her about me wanting to change my name. "What." I mutter under my breath. "Don't you understand Vance?" My stepdad then says walking up to me. "This little game that your playing isn't fun anymore. Your messing up your family and your friends." He says pushing me back a bit. I see that his eyes are turning red so I try to look everywhere but in his eyes. "No i'm not. I'm not ruining the family or my friends." I say taking steps back away from him, he chuckles. "What about Bruce?" He says. I can feel my heart freeze. Bruce is okay. He just hasn't been getting any sleep. He told me that it wasn't my fault. "What about your friend Griffin?" He says smirking taking more steps towards me. "Stop." I say backing up to him. As i'm taking these steps back, I realized that i'm getting closer to the water. "What about Robin?" He says. I open my mouth about to say something but was stopped by me getting pushed into the water. I try to swim back up but something was holding me down. It looked like these chains that kept dragging me more and more down. I try to scream for help but something covered my mouth. I couldn't tell what it was but I just couldn't speak. I look back up to see if anyone is standing there trying to help me but it's nobody. I see my vision going blurry as someone kneels down to the water. It was Bruce. I can tell that Bruce was saying something but couldn't make out or what it was. A huge gasp comes out of my mouth as I wake up. Back inside of my room. I try to get up but couldn't move. I start panicking but then manages to calm down when I see Bruce's arm on my body. I close my eyes, start breathing in and out to catch my breaths. I lay my head back down by Bruce but couldn't get my mind off of what my stepdad said in my dreams. What about Bruce? I hope Bruce is okay now. If i'm okay, then i'm okay. Not to mention my mom also said my deadname. I wasn't having any bad dreams until this happened. I look over at my phone to see that it's 7:30. That means we have a couple minutes to get dressed. I shake Bruce gently, "Rue wake up." I say. Bruce groans turning to the other side of the bed. I roll my eyes moving closer to him. "We have school Rue." I say messing with his hair a bit. "I know. I'll get ready." He still sounds half sleep. I start thinking for a while and my realization hits. Is this what he meant? Bruce would always be bright eyed bushy tail ready for school. Now if he sleeps in, he's going to be late. I have to fix it. I start kissing the back of his neck trying to annoy him. "Kisses later. Sleep, now." Bruce says closing back his eyes. "Come on Rue." I say sounding a little bit disappointed. I could tell that Bruce heard the disappointment in my voice because he turned around facing my way. I don't say anything but just stare at him admiring his beautiful face . His nose, his eyes, his small dimples, and his cheeks are all perfect. "Okay." Bruce says sighing. He gets up and starts stretching. "Can we stop by a coffee shop before we head to school?" He says. "Sure." I noticed something about Bruce. Whenever he's tired, he sounds and looks cuter than ever. He looks so sweet, calmer, and just have like, a baby face. I don't feel the need to wash up since I took one yesterday before me and Bruce fell asleep while cuddling each other. I look through my closet to find some black sweats and a green graphic shirt. Green isn't really my color but I guess it'll do. I slip off the clothes that I was wearing, putting on the new clothes. I look over to the mirror to see my chest poking out a bit. This is a good time where my binder would come in handy. I sigh looking on my floor to find a random sweater. I find this one sweater on the floor but it doesn't look like mines. It was an tan sweater with a bunch of cute designs on it. Like teddy bears, flowers, and all that. It looked like something that Bruce would wear. I never in my life wore a type of sweater like this. But if it's a free sweater, i'll take it. I pick up the sweater shaking it off a bit because it had a little bit of trash on it. I zip it on looking in the mirror and it covers up my chest, a lot. I think this might be my new favorite sweater. As I look for my socks on the floor, I feel Bruce wrapping his arms around my back causing me to almost fall. "Bruce?" I say looking behind me. "I'm ready." Bruce says smiling a little bit down at me. I still can't believe that Bruce is taller than me. If anything, I should be the tall one. Not pretty baseball boy. "Alright, let me just find my socks." I say. He nods sitting back on the bed. I look at him confused. "What happened?" Bruce says. "Your not gonna change?" I say looking at him. I notice that his clothes are getting kinda dirty. "Oh." Bruce laughs scratching the back of his head. "I didn't really bring any clothes for me." He says blushing a bit. I got some clothes in my closet. If you want to wear them." He then looks back up to me and smiles. "Mhm!" Bruce shakes his head up and down. "Is it okay if I take a quick shower?" Bruce says standing up. "Sure. Let me grab you a towel." I look through my closet to see and old towel that i don't use anymore. Bruce is a bit taller than me so hopefully this'll fit him. I hand him the towel as he leaves the room.