tea - dreamnotfound

sticky situation

"dream! what's wrong with you!" i shout, chasing after him in his green parrot form.
"i just wanna see what it has in its mouth!"
"it's just wheat! let it be!"

clay starts attacking the poor fox with his beak. this plugin was my idea since people seemed to love the dog video, but i'm really starting to regret it now.

"dude it's gonna take so many hits," he groans, "just help me."
"i'm not gonna kill it!"
"come on george, just-"

i bite my lip, hitting the panicked creature twice with my sword which is enough to kill it.

"i feel horrible," i pout, taking my hands off my keyboard.
"it's just a block animal, baby."

he scoots his kitchen chair closer to me, leaning in and giving me a peck of sympathy on the cheek. i grin from ear to ear. his affection never fails to make me smile. i'm glad we're recording this and not doing it live so that our cringeworthy cuddles can be cut out in editing later.

it was actually me who suggested making a video today. this morning clay was constantly on the phone with different people. i know bad was one of them, but i have no clue what the other calls were all about.

he kept trying to be so secretive too, repeatedly walking out of the room whenever i came in and lowering his voice so i couldn't hear what he was saying. it got me paranoid after a while, so i hid away in bed until he eventually hung up the final call. i think he noticed i'd become anxious as a result, because right after that he hopped into bed with me and just spooned me for an hour straight.

when i suddenly told him i'd like to record something he visually lit up, his eyes glittering wildly. the fact that i finally took initiative must've surprised him i guess, and i don't mind at all. as long as i get to see that pretty smile of his i'm more than happy.

today's in general been a good day too; i've gotten out of bed, gotten dressed properly, and eaten fairly normally without feeling too guilty. baby steps.

"god, i can't focus when you're all over me constantly," i point out, rolling my eyes ironically.
"it's fine, you could just cut it out, we can take our time sweetheart."

i giggle at the adorable pet name, lightly punching clay on the shoulder to make him stop.

"no, i just wanna beat the game!"
"huh?" he utters, looking back at me with a hurt expression, "you don't want my love and attention? fine then."

he gets up, grabbing the chair and moving it a couple feet away from me.

"i didn't mean it like that clay!" i whine, trying to reach for his hand and beg for forgiveness.
"you've hurt me."
"look, you can have smooches when we've beat the ender dragon, okay? not now."
"okay, whatever."

we manage to find the stronghold quite quickly despite the tense, anticipating atmosphere in the room. clay cracks jokes like there's no tomorrow to keep the youtube viewers entertained, while i'm staying mostly silent.

"geeeooooorge! feed me!"

i cringe as i realize the echoing will be horrible in this video and hurry over to my feathered friend who is frantically flying around, trying to avoid getting hit by more mobs. he eats the last of our seeds before we can continue looking for the portal room.

"dream, seriously be careful, i don't have any seeds left."
"well we're gonna have to go up to the surface to get pearls anyway so there's no problem."
"if you die we lose! don't be an idiot okay."

it feels like i'm walking in circles and my patience is really starting to run low. clay seems just as frustrated as me, and the fact that we can't even go straight to the end after locating the portal makes everything way shittier.

i'm about to release a huge sigh when a sudden strange noise makes me jump. i crane my head towards the empty chair beside me, only clay's headset now haphazardly thrown on it. he's had enough of this, i can tell by the way he stiffly paces in a circle.

"ugh," he mutters, "can't we finish this later? i just wanna make out with you right now man, i really wanna make out."
"of course you do," i snort, taking my headphones off, "just... we need to not forget about this whole video, alright?"
"can't promise you that," he winks before gripping my waist and pulling me into a long, heavy kiss.