did you just moan?

...did you see that?

It's almost midnight and George is doubting every life decision he's ever made that brought him to this moment. He asks himself if he's really ready to risk this much of his serenity just so that Felice finally leaves Dream alone, and he comes to the conclusion that it is, in fact, absolutely worth it.
He's not exactly eager to do this, especially because he wants to make sure neither Punz, Foolish or Sylvee see them or suspect anything, but he has to make it so that Felice undeniably sees his and Dream's lips touching before she leaves tonight.
So he's attentively plotting, which is the main reason he has been silent for the past five minutes, not really following his friends' conversation.
He is unfortunately abruptly brought back to reality the moment he feels Dream standing up from his position on the couch next to him, with Felice also walking up to him.
-Wait, what did I miss?- He doesn't say this out loud, he knows he doesn't have to, with Dream realising how often he zooms out during conversations and doesn't really think anything of it.
-Dream was going to get some wine upstairs and I offered to help! See you in fifteen before the midnight drops.- Felice answers for him like he asked her, Dream just awkwardly smiling while she kindly places a hand on his arm, leading the both of them to the stairs, away from George's confused gaze.
George is in fact, going to murder someone. -I'm coming with you!- He tries to say, but Felice is already talking Dream's ears off so he doesn't hear him and Punz is approaching him to ask if they prepared any fireworks.
Wow, great, this is just so great. He stays with his friends and he would have a lot of fun, if he wasn't, again, so worried about what Felice was doing alone with Dream. But the last time he got so preoccupied nothing was really happening and his friend almost found out about how jealous he was feeling, so he's gonna hold down for a second. And he's so grateful he did when the both of them come back with a couple bottles of wine, Felice flirtatiously giggling and Dream making sure he doesn't drop any on the floor and down the stairs.
George barely has time to be proud of himself for avoiding yet another suspicious situation, when Felice, sat once again on the couch, this time annoyingly close to Dream and looking him in the eyes, bravely suggests to play truth or dare.
Bravery is what she actually needs to act like that with the look George is giving her, which can be very difficultly misread. Dream, once again, obviously doesn't think there's anything weird.
-What, are we like five? Do you really want to finish the year with a stupid game?- George blurts out, but no one seems to think the same and everyone agrees with her.
So he just has to shut up and take some wine while the game starts, seven minutes away from the start of the New Year.

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-Ok so, last dare before midnight, I dare... uhm Dream- this was Punz speaking -to kiss three people in the next two minutes.- Their friends all cheer, everyone slightly drunk already.
George is about to explode. Fucking really, Punz? He would have expected this from literally anyone, but for him to ask Dream to kiss someone? And not just one person, which would have been fine because George would have offered, but three, so that one of them will for sure be her? And looking at Felice's expressions, George can't help but question if she didn't ask him for this favour. Maybe ordering Dream to just kiss Felice would have been too obvious, so she asked to mask it a bit. George doesn't know her that well, but he is sure this is probably not that far from what actually happened.
-Kiss three people in two minutes? That's a lot- Dream is already negotiating and George is incredibly grateful no one is sober enough to notice the expression of immense relief he is displaying right now, too tired to try and cover it.
-Come on dude, it doesn't have to be a make out sess, a quick smooch is fine. Plus, it's New Year's so we'll probably all kiss at midnight, it's just a game.- Foolish intervenes and George thanks every existing God that he didn't have to speak up himself.
Dream looks around to check on him and, as he doesn't want him to perceive any kind of jealousy coming from his side again, and because a smooch really is fine with him, he is the one to initiate. He just quickly places a hand on the side of Dream's face, gets closer and gently brushes his lips on his. It lasts a couple seconds more than he wants the ones Dream is giving to other people to last, but that's actually not bad since this will maybe make Felice consider the fact that it's not the first time doing this for them.
No one is really shocked, probably because everyone thinks it's a game, but both Dream and George are a tiny bit flustered and Felice's face isn't the happiest. George takes this as a win, even if Dream still has two people to go.
-Okay, next up me!- Foolish jokes loudly and Dream quickly reaches over to him to share the quickest little peck. One more to go and this was gonna be over. George is so happy with how this is going, considering how bad it could have been, so of course Felice has to step in.
-Well, less than one minute to midnight, can we do it at the drop of the hour? So that it's the first kiss of the New Year.-
-Actually, that's not a bad idea, I'm also kissing Punz at the same time!- Foolish gives in before Dream, or George, or really anyone, could differ. George does in fact have no time to even think about how to avoid this, because it's ten seconds to midnight and Felice has already pulled Dream closer to her, while everyone around laughs and screams.
Dream isn't exactly opposing, but in his defence, everything is happening very quickly.
Five...
Both their faces are tilting to better meet each other and George freezes, incapable of looking away.
Four...
They get closer, millimetres separating their lips now.
Three...
Sylvee puts her arm around George's shoulder while screaming absent mindedly.
Two...
George is also screaming now, too many emotions to understand how hurt he's about to get.
One...
The gap between Felice and Dream's lips is closed and she is the one to pull his body closer to hers. They're both standing up and leaning over each other.
At this point Punz and Foolish kissed for a second and then went back to screaming, Sylvee is completely lost and jumping around, and George is standing quietly, not sure about how he's internally feeling. Is he hurt? Angry?
Luckily, everyone's too busy to notice his expression or the way he's staring at the two people in front of him. Some more seconds pass and they still haven't parted, but no one except George seems to think this is lasting way too long.
It's when Felice's holds Dream's hand and forces him to place it on her hip that George finally finds the strength to snap out of it. This is definitely enough.
-Alright, we got it! Can we go back to playing?- They finally part and while Dream looks astonished and still a bit confused, probably drunker than any of them as he is the least used to it, Felice is grinning, hands still on Dream's.
George is losing his mind.
Happy New fucking Year, he thinks to himself.