dreamnotfound / gream • one shot / short story book

a splash of color • soulmate au

so this is a soulmate au where if u touch ur soulmate you see color

I'm aware George is actually colorblind so when he sees color in this he'll still be protan colorblind after being able to see in color fs in chat

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George thought the universe was teasing him when seventy three percent of the world's population plunged into total colorblindness in 2007. Being colorblind before the plunge was somehow worse and better all in one, at least he saw color. But then again, most people did before then.

By 2008, scientists had come up with an explanation for the anomaly. They began with telling the world that soulmates are, in fact, real. They went on to explain how your soulmate was someone you share an intense emotional and intimate bond with.

The scientists had some advanced explanation for how people could regain their normal vision- but to make it easier to comprehend George remembers it like this: "you can see color again if you touch your soulmate."

He thought it was stupid as a 10 year old, he thought it was stupid now. He'd lived some of his life without certain colors anyways and he thought the world was prettier in shades of black, white, and gray.

He rolled his eyes at the thought of a soulmate returning him to seeing only shades of blue and yellow. Maybe if he did meet his soulmate his previous colorblindness would be cured. Maybe.

George had a pretty good life otherwise, he had a few hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube, played and coded minecraft with his best friends for a living, and basically did what he wanted.

Speaking of best friends, he was set to be in a plane in a few hours to meet them for the first time in person. He'd just finished putting the last of his belongings into a suitcase when his phone rang eagerly. He looked at the Caller ID, seeing that Dream was calling him for the fifth time today alone.

"I'll be in America in about 12 hours Dream, you can go without being annoying until then." George rolled his eyes when he brought his phone to his ear, hearing Dream exclaim loudly on the other end.

"George, you and Nick are going to be able to see Florida why do you sound so depressed?!" George could hear the smile in Dream's voice.

"You're like an overly zealous puppy Dream." George smiled, hearing the tapping of a keyboard on the other end of the line. "Of course I'm excited I just don't like flying and I'm going to be in a plane for like 10 hours."

"You don't like flying?!" George felt a little sheepish, not liking flying and being in a plane was one thing, but he didn't want to be made fun of for it. "Why didn't you tell us? Sap and would have come to you!"

George smiled at that, his friends really are the best even if they're far away.

"It's just easier for me to fly to you guys," George shrugged, petting Cat who was sitting in his lap. "I've got to go in a minute though, my mom is dropping me off at the airport. And it's like 3 am there Dream go to sleep."

"Whatever mom. I can't wait to see your face George! Bye!" Dream proclaimed happily over the phone and George hit the 'end call' button. George sighed, scratching Cat happily. His mom would be babysitting Cat while he was away.

He turned his computer off, Cat jumping off of his lap and leaving his room. George closed his eyes for a moment, opening them to the same black and white color as before. His mom arrived in a few minutes, driving him to the airport and waving goodbye as he passed through customs.

George was really not prepared for a nearly ten hour long flight, but he had some snacks, a portable charger, and his headphones. Because of recording, coding, and editing his sleep schedule was fucked, even if he'd just yelled at Dream a few hours ago about sleep. He shut his eyes on the plane, Dream was nice enough to pay half of his ticket for first class seating to make his ten hour trek slightly more comfortable.