royal amnesia | dreamnotfound

18- life and death

i have to save him right now!

i quickly look around the room for anything i can use to stop the bleeding, to carry him with, or help him in any way. i scan the broken throne room, charred walls and rubble on the ground. quackity's body is motionless.

something moves from the corner of my eye. i jerk my head to look in the direction.

"is someone there? please! i need your help."

a small woman steps from behind the rubble. she has petite features and looks like a beautiful fairy.

"are you prince george?" she mutters, stepping closer.

"yes. yes i am. can you please help me?"

she nods her head timidly.

"it's dream. i need to heal him or get him to someone who can and right now."

she steps up behind me and looks at dreams lifeless body. she places a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"he doesn't have much time."

"yes. i know." i'm starting to get frantic. "that's why i need your help. please." i pull dreams head to my chest protectively.

she looks at me.

"what? we need to hurry! tell me!"

"do you love dream?"

i give her a strangled look. "why does that matter right now? i'm trying to save his life. can you please help me?"

she says nothing.

i sigh in exasperation getting to my feet. "fine. if you're not going to help him, then i'm leaving."

with all the strength i can muster, i gather dream in my arms and move towards the fading sunlight outside. the fairy woman follows me.

"you know, if you tell me the truth about dream, i think i can help you."

i ignore her. what does loving dream have to do with saving him anyway?

she steps in front of me. "please let me help you george."

i huff. "fine. what?"

"do you love dream?"

my heart pounds. "i don't know."

"that's not good enough."

my frustration spills over. "what do you want to hear?"

she watches me quietly.

i grit my teeth. "what do you want to hear! that i am madly in love with dream? that i can't live without him? that everything he does makes me smile? or do you want the truth? the reason i can never love him the way he loves me." my hands grip at dream, arms shaking from exertion. "his heart is too big, his smile is so wide. he loves me like i am his whole world. he kisses me like i'm made of cotton. he holds me like i might break." i look down at him tears in my eyes. "he sacrificed everything for me because he loved me."

my knees give out and i fall. dream lands in my lap. i pull him close to me, hands shaking.

"now i would sacrifice anything to have him back," i say, brushing the hair from his bloodied face lightly.

the woman kneels by me, holding dreams head in her hands.

"take my hand," she says softly.

i look her in the eyes. she has a genuine smile across her features. i take her hand.

"true loves kiss," she murmurs.

i glance between her bright eyes and dream. with my other hand i turn dreams face towards me. his lips are slightly parted. i lean down, bringing my face to his. i can feel his shallow breaths across my face.

my lips meet his.

something inside me lights on fire; my heart, my stomach, all of my senses exploding. the light touch of our lips feels like life itself. i press into the feeling with nothing else to lose. the words repeat through my mind so loudly i feel as if the woman next to me can hear them:

"i love you dream."

a tear slips from my cheek as i pull away. when my eyes open, a bright light is shining from the woman holding dreams head. her eyes are pure white and her finger tips shine onto dreams pale and bloodied skin.

my heart is racing as the light disperses and the woman evaporates from before my eyes. i look around the empty castle in shock.

where did she go?

"george?" dreams croaky voice asks.

i look down at him. he sits up and looks at me in confusion.

"where are we?"

my eyes are wide. i can't believe this.

i grab dreams shirt and move it up so i can look at his wounds. he is unscathed. the only proof of him ever being injured is small white scars and the traces of blood on his shirt.

i grab his face as well, making sure he is alive, he is really here. dream is shocked.

i look into his bright green eyes.

"dream."

he smiles. "yes?"

i pull him into a hug and he grunts on impact.

"i love you. i love you. i love you." i repeat over and over again into his hair.

dream squeezes me.

"i love you too."

***

it turns out that kinoko kingdom is a long walk from l'manburg. dream and i stumble out of the broken castle only to realize we have no idea where we are or how to get home. and with dream injured the way that he is, it would take even longer.

the both of us collapse on the ground outside of the castle doors. dream shifts in my arms and lays across my lap, looking up at me. i lean back, hands sliding into the soil behind me, and look up at the blue sky. fluffy clouds drift by, never blocking the sun that was slowly sliding towards the horizon.

"what are we going to do dream?"

he sighs. i tip my chin down to look at him. his hair flops lazily and i shift so i can brush a strand off his forehead. his open mouth closes slowly at the touch.

dream smiles slowly, the cut on his lip only a scar now. i gaze into his pretty green eyes and copy his smile.

his lips part. "what?"

my heart skips a beat. "you mean everything to me. you know that right?"

dreams eyelashes flutter. a warm breeze rustles our hair and i instinctively brush the blonde curls from his face again.

"kiss me," he mumbles, closing his eyes at my touch.

i chuckle.

his eyebrows draw together. "i'm serious. please kiss me."

my cheeks warm. "only because you said please," i joke, before leaning down to connect my lips with his forehead.

"that's not what i meant," he grumbles opening his eyes.

i gaze with faux innocence. "oh?"

dream turns and wraps his arms around my waist, pushing me hard enough to make me fall back onto my elbows. he crawls above me, a smirk playing across his features.

"i meant this," he says.

his lips collide with mine, but not forcefully, like i thought they would, but gentle and soft. i allow his lips to move in sync with mine, heads tilting, chins dipping and lifting, and tongues sliding in and out of reach. his arms and legs cage me where i lean in the dirt outside of the broken castle.

and dream kisses me like he has so many times before. and i kiss dream, because i love him and because he means everything to me.

*****
a/n:
there's that. they love each other. how adorable. <3
also, school started today so next update is surely going to be very late and i apologize for that in advance. i will try my best to be on time :)

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