Perception {Dreamnotfound}

4 | The Costs Of Kills | 4

-George's POV-

"WHY DOES THIS TAKE SO LONG?!" Dream whines for maybe the fifth time this half hour.

He's being dramatic, the trip to central city isn't that far. It's two hours at best, and we've been going for not even half an hour. I'm already regretting letting him tag along.

"You never been to central city before?!" I ask rolling my eyes at the whining boy. "Nope. Never had reason to. I'm not interested in finding my target until I find my soulmate. Staying in central city is a death trap."

He's not wrong. The city is always full of people, generally people stocking up on supplies or retrieving their target profiles from the hub. You get in and out, as fast as possible. It's like navigating a minefield.

"Fair point. But what is your obsession with soulmates? Don't you at least want to know what they look like incase you meet them? Then you can keep watch of where they go if you ever need them."

Dream shrugs, kicking at the pebbles beneath our feet as we walk. "I don't want to spend my life trying to kill someone George. I want to spend it with someone I love." He sighs, looking around at the trees. "Pretty world, fucked up system. Don't know how the hell you've coped for so long without even seeing colours."

It hadn't occurred to me until just then that I won't be able to tell the colours apart on my target. Distinguishing if their hair is blonde or brown, green or hazel eyes. A near impossible task for me, I could easily get the wrong person.

"Do we have to go to the city? It's dangerous, and probably not worth the trip. What if your hunter attacks you again?" Dream protests.

That surprises me. Dream doesn't seem like the type to act cautious. Reckless, would be more accurate, the complete opposite.

"Yes we have to go, I want to get my target's profile. You should have yours too."

Dream shakes his head far too quickly to be normal. "No! I don't want mine! I don't want to kill someone for no reason George! If I know who my target is, I'll kill them on the spot! I know it, and I don't want that to happen. I'd rather not know."

I sigh, checking my compass to make sure we're heading the right way still. "What gets me is the guilt. Why should you kill one person, but not another? Why does your 'soulmate' get priority to live over someone else? It's not fair."

Dream shoots me a look, one that suggests he thinks I'm being stupid. "But you can justify killing someone to save your own life? Selfish, if you ask me. I don't want to kill someone, but if they threaten the people I care about I will."

We walk in tense silence, both of us hating every second of it. As much as I hate listening to him whine like a child, it's somehow better than the awkward silence currently handing thick in the air.

"So you'd kill someone if they tried to kill your soulmate, but not yourself?" I ask, contemplating if he's crazy. So he'd just let someone kill him?!

"No. I'd kill someone if they attacked me, or if they attacked my soulmate. Or my friends, for that matter."

From the way he gazes anywhere away from me, I can tell he's embarrassed. Probably blushing.

"Despite the fact I knew we weren't soulmates as soon as I stepped in to help, I didn't run away. Know that if it came to it, I'd kill your hunter just to save you."

My heart warms unsettlingly at his words. He'd kill for me, despite me not being his soulmate. Ridiculous.

"Pfft. I'll believe it when I see it" I mutter, snorting at his stupidity. Most people can't kill, I doubt he would if it came to it. Maybe for his soulmate, but not for me.