Feeling For You (DNF)

Chapter 16: There's a Reason They Call it the Tower of Terror...

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Word count: 3,037 

For this chapter, I recommend listening to Movies by Conan Gray, Symphony by Clean Bandit (feat. Zara Larsson), and/or Love Me Now by Kygo.

⚠️TRIGGER WARNINGS: This chapter has a little angst, but other than that, there aren't many triggers. Feel free to scroll down to the bottom of the chapter to view possible triggers!  

In the end, I decided that we should go to Hollywood Studios, like I'd first suggested. Dream doesn't seem to care either way, he had just nodded mutely as I listed each of the parks in turn.

His reaction was unusual, especially for him. Dream is usually so excited and bubbly, especially when the matter in question relates to me. It's not like I think he likes me better than Sapnap... but then again, that's exactly what I think. 

But I don't think it's because he likes me back.

The hopeful side of me wistfully expects Dream to share my feelings. When two people share a bond like we do, how could they not fall for each other?

It seems impossible, but here we are.

It's been hard, these past few days, trying to keep myself from making my crush obvious. I've kept myself from holding eye contact too long, or from holding his hand, or from hugging him, even though it hurts. It's easy for me to hide my lack of physical affection as a general aversion to touching people, but really, it's because I know the moment I let myself touch him I won't be able to stop. 

It's funny, almost ironic, that I'm the one crushing on Dream when he was always the one to flirt so openly with me. It worked better than he'd meant it to, I suppose. 

But no, it wasn't the flirting and joking between us that turned into this crush. It was how Dream treated me; prioritizing me over everything and everyone. It's an incredible feeling, to know that there's someone who would do anything for you. How could you not fall for that kind of devotion, even if it wasn't born out of a romantic relationship? 

Dream always makes sure I'm happy, even when it hurts him, and I'm afraid that's what he's doing now. 

I'm slightly worried about him. Dream seemed fine this morning, but then he skipped lunch, and when he emerged from the bathroom earlier, his eyes were puffy. They also had a slight discoloration which I can assume meant they were bloodshot, even though I couldn't discern the red. I'd asked him about it, but he'd just mumbled something about allergies, and changed the subject. Ever since then, he's been... off. It's nothing big, just several little things that are adding up.

His eyes droop closed whenever we stand still for a moment, like he's about to fall asleep. He's responding way slower than usual, and with much shorter replies. And, on top of that, he's been avoiding eye contact with me. 

I don't know what's wrong with him, but I want to fix it. If he has the idea in his head that telling me something's up and he doesn't feel like continuing our day at Disney will disappoint me, I know he'll avoid telling me at all costs. I'm guessing this might be the case, since I've tried asking him, figuring it out on my own, and offering to buy him more food (he did skip lunch, after all), but nothing has gotten him to tell me what's wrong. That only leaves me one option: force the truth out of him.