My comfort, Dream team

Chapter 2- the meet

George's POV

I woke up like normal. The difference was I knew it wasn't normal. I was extremely quick to realise that I was meeting bad's friends for the first time. I didn't know if I should talk or I should type messages. I thought typing messages seemed a little weird and I knew they would question me. The only thing holding me back from actually attempting to talk to them was that bad had never heard my voice. He didn't know what I sounded like. I didn't want to make him upset by immediately voice revealing to strangers and not him when I have known him for a long time.

I decided to voice reveal to him today but type out my messages. I was terrified to actually talk to him. I never have actually said anything to him with my voice. I have only typed out messages.

I called him, forgetting about the time zone difference.

"Hey George, what do you need?" He was clearly still very tired and I had just woke him up. I felt guilty.

I typed in the chat."don't be annoyed that I woke you up but I have a very good reason." I sent that.

"Ok then. What is your reason?" He had a bit of curiosity in his voice.

I took a deep breath and unmuted.

"Hi bad, this is me this is my voice" I let out a small chuckle at the end of that.

"Oh my gosh George. Your voice is amazing. I'm so proud of you. Well done for actually talking but may I ask why you decided to do it now out of all the time we've known each other?" He asked

"Well I couldn't make up my mind if I actually wanted to face my fears later and talk to the new people. Then I thought it wasn't fair on you because you haven't heard my voice. I have decided though to keep typing. It's not that I don't want to face my fear- well yes it is but it's also because I want them to have a special moment like you when I reveal my voice." I smiled. I know he can't see my smile since it's only a VC but I was glad I was smiling.

I wasn't ready to show my face to him because that was another trust issue for me. If I was to show my face to him I know he wouldn't show anyone without my consent but I just don't want to do it now.

"Sorry for waking you up. I kinda forgot about the time zones" I chuckled at the end. I am feeling for comfortable around bad. I might even start conversations with him while talking like using my voice.

"It's ok, I always forget there's a time difference between us. Now that you woke me up o think I will stay up because it's 6am for me. So it's not like it's 3am. That means... it's like 12pm for you. How long have you been awake?" He asked intriguingly. I laughed and scratched the back of my neck.

"Ehm... 10 minutes..." I say in an innocent but normal tone.

"10 MINUTES. You sleep for such a long time then. Or you just went to bed super late. I think it's the first one. The longest I've slept is 13 hours. That was when I was 15 and I just finished preparing homework." I knew bad doesn't mind about his sleep and I knew he was an early bird.

"Yep the first one is correct where as for me... well let's just say I'm a deep sleeper and have slept for about 27 hours straight that was a few weeks ago to" I just said that normally. To be fair I sleep for a long time and like I said before I am a very very deep sleeper. Once I'm asleep you can't wake me. Which was a problem for school yet again but I got a pass because I'm such a deep sleeper that I have to wake myself up in the mornings. That pass allowed me to be late to my first 2 classes. I think it's gotten better though. You can wake me I think but it's very rare to actually wake me up. Sometimes you just wake me ever so slightly and out me in a light sleep.

"How long do you sleep on average then?" That was a good question. I knew my answer would be hilarious to him and he would be super shocked.

"14 hours. The other 10 hours are spent with you or on the server. On the rare occasion I spend time with family. Or this happen literally never I go and enjoy nature. I think the last time I enjoyed nature was in 2021. I do like going on walks but I can't be bothered." I say laughing at the little. I always loved going on walks since I was a kid. Dad always took me on amazing walks though. I still go on some of them to this day. It makes me think of him.

Mum never joins me on my walks and sis she joins me on some walks when she isn't working. I like it when she joins me on walks. Then my other sibling they lime to join everything I do. Well obviously not everything. However they love joining me on walks going to the shops watching TV playing games. I like them because they are who they want to be not someone that everyone likes. They choose to be themselves.

Their name is Jesse. Jesse was born a boy and their birth name was Lucy however they change it to Jesse because they they found out they were gender fluid so they constantly changed gender. I loved that about them. Just before Dad died he made a sign for them. It was a identity sign which was hung on their door. There was a similar on in the hall next to the list of chores and the calender. That way we knew exactly what pronouns to use each day which I loved. I wish I was as confident as them.

"Hey George you still with me?" Bad says over his mic.

"Yeah, what's up?" I ask out of curiosity.

"Dream and Sapnap are wanting to join now. If that's ok with you?" I sat there shocked. I wasn't prepared I had no plan how this was going to go. Gosh I hadn't planned for it when it was hours away nevermind minutes away.

"Sure, I'm fine with that. I'll just go on mute and do my usual. Type what I want to say." With that I go on mute and wait for the notification to say that they joined. I was sweating. This was so nerve-wrecking. I was freaking out.

What if they don't like me? What if I say stupid things? What if I embarrass myself? What if I accidentally hurt their feelings? What If I mess up? These thoughts all went through my head as I waited.

I was going insane until I heard that notification.

I waited a few seconds before I heard him

"Hey bad." The man said

"Hey Dream, where's sapnap?" Bad asked.

"He is joining. He may have forgot about this meeting." He responded.

"Ok we have to wait until sapnap joins the call" 

"But he will be ages" dream whined. 

"Sounds like sapnap to be fair"

With that another notification sound came through. Another person had joined the call.

"Hey, Bad, Dream, what's up? Why are we meeting?" I was assuming that was Sapnap. 

"Ok, so I wanted to introduce you to someone who I've known for a very long time. Sapnap, Dream, this is George. George doesn't talk but he types in chat."

"Uhm ok. I'm Dream. Hey George, do you mind me asking why you don't talk? It's ok if you don't want to answer." That was the question I was trying to avoid.

I typed in chat "it's because I have the fear of talking to others because of past experiences and I just always think I will screw up or people will hate me". I know it is my first day ever meeting them but I already felt really comfortable with them. 

Maybe this could go well...

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