"A Good Mate?!"

"Chapter «8» ♡"

The community house was finally starting to come into view as Dream slowed from a sprint to a walking pace. The sun was still high in the sky, and the community house seemed to be all in one piece so Dream wasn't too concerned.

He had known when he left the tundra and the safety of Techno's house that people would ask questions and pester him about his new jewelry, especially when it covered such a talked about scar.

He quickly made his way into the house, sighing and sliding down against the now closed door. What now? The house was fine, there was no major drama happening that needed his attention, there really wasn't much for him to do but Dream knew that he needed to spend less time holed away at Techno's place before people start to get too suspicious. Besides, if he's gone for too long people could think something's happened to him and a power struggle breaks out as people try to fill the gaps they think he's left.

Dream stands, brushing himself off, and makes his way back outside after a quick, cursory glance around the house. He decides that he'll just walk aimlessly through the server for a while, maybe he'll make his way over to L'Manberg just to see what's happening over there.

He decides that yes, he will stop by L'Manberg after all. Changing his direction, the admin continues his trek. As he walks he takes the time to stop and admire the world around him. The world he built. He stops to admire the flowers, the trees, the ponds, and even the fish in the rivers. It's fantastic, and he doesn't do this nearly enough.

It's one of these moments when he's crouched by the bank of a river, watching the salmon that just always made him think of Wilbur, when he hears a voice calling out for him.

"Duckling?"

Oh, it was Puffy. Dream liked Puffy, their relationship had gotten a little testy there for a while, but it had settled back down once Dream stepped out of the spotlight a bit. He stood and turned towards his pseudo-mother, seeing that she was being trailed by Foolish. If Dream liked Puffy, he absolutely adored Foolish. The godling was like a brother to him.

A grin broke out behind the privacy of his mask as the admin rushed forward to greet his brother in a big hug, Puffy quickly joining in for a group hug. "Where have you been? We haven't seen you in weeks!" Foolish exclaimed, laughing and squeezing the admin he had come to view as a brother.

"Oh, I've just been busy. Got caught up with some stuff that took all my attention away for a bit, but I'm back now!" Dream started to pull back, pushing his mask up to the top of his head so his family could see his smile.

Suddenly, a sharp gasp from Puffy brought both the boys attention to her. "Oh duckling, is that courting jewelry?" Tears were starting to form in the sheep hybrid's eyes, ones that finally escaped at the small nod the flushed and flustered Dream gave in response.

"Oh Dream, that's fantastic! Who is it?" At the nervous look that passed over Dream's features, Foolish was quick to backtrack, "You don't have to tell us right now if you don't want to, I'm just excited for you!"

Dream gave a small smile back in response. It's not that he doesn't want to tell them, in fact these were the two people that he wasn't dreading finding out about all of this. But he was nervous. He wasn't sure how either of them would react to the news that his mate was none other than the famed Blood God.

He took a deep breath, having decided what to do, "It's okay, you guys actually already know him... It's Techno. Techno's my mate" The admin quickly averted his gaze when he saw Puffy's smile falter and the way that Foolish's eyes wided ever so slightly. All was quiet for a moment, the only sounds being the river besides them and the rustling of grass in the distance.

Foolish is the one to speak up, "Is he good to you? Are you happy?"

Well that's certainly not what Dream was expecting. "He's amazing. I love him Foolish"

As soon as the words had left his mouth he was surrounded by the arms of Puffy as she rushed in for another hug. "If you're safe and happy, that's all that matters duckling"

Dream had never felt more relieved. All too soon, Puffy pulled away and looked Dream straight in his eyes. "Does he... does he know about this?" She raises her hand up to Dream's hair, gently pushing the hair around to reveal two stumps where it seemed like horns had been sawed off.

Dream sighs, moving his head away from her hands as he fixes his hair and replaces his mask over his face. "Not yet, I haven't told him about that yet" He could see no judgment in his family's eyes, but he could feel all the guilt he had inside about hiding this part of himself from Techno for so long.

"You should tell him Duckling, I'm sure he would understand. If anyone would it would be him"

Dream absentmindedly nodded. He had already been planning how he should tell Techno, this conversation just made him want to push that confrontation to happen sooner than later.

As the three stood there, still chatting, none of them noticed the fox ears poking out from the grass. They especially didn't notice when said fox ears turned and scurried towards L'Manberg.

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Chapter «1» ♡ - √
Chapter «2» ♡ - √
Chapter «3» ♡ - √
Chapter «4» ♡ - √
Chapter «5» ♡ - √
Chapter «6» ♡ - √
Chapter «7» ♡- √
Chapter «8» ♡- √
Chapter «9» ♡- ⟒⍀⍀⍜⍀, ⟒⍀⍀⍜⍀, ⟒⍀⍀⍜⍀
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Bye Nuggets ♡