Double Date [Dreamnotfound]

Chapter 3

For all of George's words, he can't seem to keep his promise of making Dream the most miserable pretend-boyfriend in the world. Maybe it's the amusement park effect, (Who can be miserable in an amusement park?) or Sofia and Diana who are being the best double dates in the world, accommodating and loud and excited that it's too easy to get pulled in by their energy.

Maybe it's the stress, too. Dream and George hadn't been spending as much time with each other as Dream would like, and those few times together, George would complain about the work load he has as a graduating computer science major.

And it's George's original idea to go to an amusement park on a free day.

Who is Dream to deny his best friend of the fun?

Sofia and Diana are two un-poppable bubbles of energy, a brilliant iridescent pair of light, pulling the two boys to wherever they please. They make Dream and George pick out cutesy headbands they are to wear in the park, and while the two girls argue that they should have matching ones, Dream picks a sheep headband for George only to find out later that George picked a tiger ears headband for him. They didn't talk about it, so when they show up with each other's headband, they laugh out loud because "I picked this for you, too!"

Dream thinks it's typical of them, as he wrestles George into the sheep headband which he puts on with a frown. Also, cute. Very cute.

Picture taking is a must for the two girls, and they take pictures of everything. Their matching headbands, then Dream and George's. Between rides, they manage to sneak in time to take pictures of each other, then force Dream and George to strike some poses. At first it's awkward, trying to look couple-y without making George uncomfortable, but the girls seem to be content just seeing them standing together so the boys leave it at that.

They've only ridden a couple of rollercoasters, but the two girls have already bought three pictures as souvenirs and constantly dissed Dream and George's pictures which they described as "Plain and basic."

Apparently, screaming on top of your lungs while holding on the safety handles for dear life immortalised in photo form is plain and basic. Well, compared to Sofia and Diana's pretty couple hearts and hair flips that will give models a run for their money, their pictures are plain and basic.

"Let's try a couple shot then," Dream tells George who rolls his eyes. Dream knows he's just taking the bait, but he really couldn't help being competitive.

"Oh~, am I hearing it right?" Diana sings, waving their new couple photo in the air to brag. "Do you want to challenge the two of us to a couple photo competition?"

"That sounds too official," George points out.

"It is official if you accept the challenge," Sofia says. "The cuter couple gets free lunch. What do you say?"

That's the only motivation George needs, and the game is set.

"So... how are we supposed to do this?" George asks as they stand at the foot of the looming rollercoaster the girls chose for them to ride.

"Try not to die, at least?" Dream tries, his voice weak. Of all the rollercoasters in the park, the girls just had to pick Black Hole Twister, one of the more... formidable rides.

"You're paying for lunch," George decides, pulling on Dream as they step forward on the line, earning giggles from the girls in front of them.

"Hey! I'm already paying for your dinner!" Dream says before he can stop himself. "Don't give me that look."

"What look?" George asks too innocently. "I'm not giving you any kind of look."

"Let's half at least?" Dream bargains then turns away when George tries to give him another kicked-cat look he knows he won't be able to resist, especially since George's convincing powers are magnified with the sheep headband on.