Double Date [Dreamnotfound]

Chapter 4

Sofia and Diana, being competitive little pricks that they are, don't allow Dream and George to choose lunch. The boys don't mind since they know the girls' picks are everything they would also want. And churros! The churros sound lovely that day.

"You just started dating a few months back, but you act like an old married couple," is Diana's first statement when all their food are finally gathered from different stalls and they made a home out of one of the picnic tables in the middle of the park.

"Well, we were best friends way before we started dating," Dream begins, and he tries his best not to look at how George's going to react to that. One wrong expression and their whole lie would be blown. Poof! "We met 3 years ago from a mutual friend and we hit it off pretty quickly. George probably knows me even better than my parents by now."

George chuckles but and didn't correct him.

"Really? 3 years is not even a very long time. How did you find out you liked him?"

Dream is about to open his mouth to answer when he realises the question wasn't directed to him. He has a brief moment of panic that is replaced quickly by relief then surprise when George answers just as smoothly as he did.

"Dream's an idiot," he says, and gets the giggles that's already staple from the girls. "But I can't live without him."

"That's cute and vague," Sofia complains when George doesn't elaborate. "Diana and I met on Twitter and we didn't have a typical magical moment of realisation couples like you have so it's really fun to hear other people's love stories."

George thinks about it. "It's probably a few months ago? Even though we're in the same major but we ended up taking different classes and since we're both in our last year in college, we don't get to spend time with each other anymore."

Dream nods meaningfully like what George said wasn't taken from a random story from the best friends to lovers tag in AO3(oof). Dream can even predict the ending from that prompt alone.

"Then one night he turned up at my doorstep unannounced with this bag of coke, beer and pizza after I specifically told him not to bother me that week."

"A party, basically," Diana muses.

"A party but only for the two of us," George says. "He had to wrestle me out of my workspace but eventually I had to give in."

"You can't say no to him, can you?" Sofia asks, and George only replies with a laugh. Dream isn't sure if that's a yes or a no, or if either answer is a good thing or a bad thing.

"Anyway, we ate and then talked about basic college shit, about our requirements and everything but it got sentimental too quickly because Dream is a total lightweight."

The two girls laugh in agreement, and Dream only frowns.

"Like you're not!"

"I am, but you're worse than me," George says, sticking his tongue out at Dream. "So the night went on, we got tipsy and sentimental, and we were saying all those cheesy things about missing each other and not spending time with each other like we used to, and we were both getting even more drunk so everything was getting worse. And then against my better judgment, I realised I really couldn't live without this idiot. And that I really, really like him."

Sofia and Diana swoon. Dream would've swooned, too, if the story isn't completely made up and they're not pretending to be boyfriends. But something about the story sounds familiar, and it's too detailed for something a dude who knows nothing about romance like George to come up with on the spot.

"Oh," Dream says, his memory kicking into place. "That's the time you told me about the amusement park!"

George chokes unexpectedly before saying, "I told him I wanted to go to an amusement park. He was so drunk I didn't think he'd remember."