Beyond The End [Dream team x Reader]

Chapter 9

Y/N's POV

The edge of the ravine looked a lot deeper up close.

Which, unfortunately, didn't make it less deep from far away either.

Sapnap stood beside me, peering over the edge like it was just another obstacle in a game.

I, on the other hand, very much did not feel like I was in a game.

"I think there's water down there," he said, pointing slightly to the left. "We can land in it."

I followed his gaze.

There was a small pool wedged between stone and dirt, just barely visible from where we stood.

Barely was not the most comforting word I had ever heard.

"Yeah," I said slowly. "We can."

Sapnap glanced at me.

I realized I was still staring down.

"Hey." His voice softened a little. "We're fine. We just jump, land, and then we get iron. Easy."

Easy.

Right.

I swallowed and stepped closer to the edge anyway.

Sapnap didn't move away.

Instead, he lifted his hand slightly, not grabbing mine, not forcing anything, just there.

An option.

I hesitated for half a second.

Then I took it.

His grip tightened gently, steadying more than pulling.

"Okay," he said. "On three."

I nodded once.

"Three..."

I inhaled sharply.

"Two..."

The world suddenly felt too quiet.

Sapnap's voice stayed steady.

"One."

We jumped.

The fall hit instantly, wind rushing past, stomach dropping, everything turning weightless and wrong and too fast.

And then—

Impact.

Water exploded around us as we hit the pool, cold and shocking and real.

We resurfaced almost immediately, gasping.

I pushed wet hair out of my face and laughed before I even realized I was doing it.

"We actually did that."

Sapnap surfaced beside me, shaking water off his face like a dog.

"Yeah," he said, grinning. "We did."

We climbed out onto the stone together, water dripping off our clothes.

For a second neither of us spoke.

Just breathing.

Alive.

Then I shoved his shoulder lightly.

"You said that was easy."

"It was easy," he insisted. "Emotionally. Not physically."

"That makes no sense."

"It makes perfect sense."

I shook my head, laughing again, and started toward the ravine wall.

Iron.