Skinny Love (DreamNotFound)

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TW's:
-Eating disorder

'Fine,' I sighed. 'I-.'

'Take a breath,' George said. He sat next to me, wrapping his arm around my shoulders. It calmed me down a little.

'I think I uh- I might have an eating disorder.'

It went completely quiet and George started crying five minutes later. Sapnap hugged me tightly. 'Dream, how long is this going on for?'

'A year now I think.'

'What does your eating disorder make you do?' Sapnap asked me.

'Starve, purge, exercise.'

George pushed Sapnap softly away and hugged me tightly. He was sobbing and I felt tears streaming down in my neck. I rubbed his back. 'It's okay, George. It's okay.'

'No, it's not. You're in pain.'

'Don't be this emotional, I will be alright. You guys are with me now.'

'You're not okay. My best friend isn't okay.'

George cried harder and harder and I felt his tears falling down my neck. They rolled down and some of them were stopped by my hoodie. I let him cry for a minute, but I couldn't take his terrified sobs anymore. I started crying too and we both each other tightly.

'You could have died,' George whispered.

'Could have, but I didn't.'

'I- I love you Dream.'

I smiled and felt my stomach flip a little. I didn't know why, but it felt good.

'I love you too.'

'I love you no matter what,' Sapnap now said.

'I love you all more.'

'Never,' George whispered.

I let go of him and we looked each other in each other's eyes. They were beautiful.

'You're eyes are beautiful,' I let accidentally slip out.

He smiled a little and I saw a slight pink blush brush over his cheeks.

'Yours are even more beautiful.'

I blushed now too and we looked at each other, smiling both.

'Hey, hello!' Sapnap yelled.

We both startled and looked at Sapnap. 'Sorry,' I mumbled. 'I guess- the moment, you know.'

'The moment yeah,' George now mumbled.

'The moment, sure.' Sapnap giggled.

We were both left blushing like crazy. George helped me up and we walked to the car. Sapnap drove us home, I couldn't drive like this.

When we arrived at home, I got force by them both to drink some soup and go to bed. I didn't want to sleep yet, but I knew I was too exhausted to stay awake. I drank the soup as they told me to and I went to bed. I didn't directly fall asleep and heard George and Sapnap talking.

'Yeah, we lock the bathroom after dinner.'

'Yeah, that purging stuff is so unhealthy.'

'He needs to try and three small meals. Let's say a little yoghurt for breakfast, a small piece of bread for lunch and-.'

I got nervous. I had to eat, they were going to force me. I shouldn't have told them ever. But still I was happy with what they did. I knew they wanted to help me and maybe I would feel a little better after eating a little more. I passed out too often now and I think I wouldn't survive like this. I stood up, walking to the bathroom. I needed to weight myself. I weighted myself everyday, but since I was so weak, I didn't for days. I stepped on the scale and got happy. I lost 6 kilos in just 5 days. I was finally getting beautiful.

'Dream?'

I startled and turned around. I was only wearing my boxers and grabbed a towel to hide my fat body.

'Dream,' George said with tears in his eyes. 'That's a really low number.'

'It's not even underweight.'

'You look underweight, Dream.'

'Don't look at my body.'

'Dream, you're very thin. You're BMI doesn't say anything. You weight too less for your body.'

'Why are you here?'

'I heard you walking and I wanted to check.'

'Am I not even allowed to walk?'

'I wanted to make sure you weren't exercising or purging.'

He walked closer and hugged me. The towel fell down, I broke the hug and quickly put on my shirt and shorts. We hugged again and George softly stroke my neck.

'Can you please go and sleep? For us?'

'I couldn't sleep.'

'Come, go to bed. I will stay till you sleep.'

I nodded and walked with him to my room. I pulled my shirt off and crawled under the sheets. George started hugging me and I started to doze off. I heard footsteps on the stairs and I heard the door slowly opening. I was too tired to look up. I only concentrated on Georges loving arms around me. It made me feel so warm inside.

'Where were- oh,' I heard Sapnap.

'I'll be right back,' George whispered.

And then I fell asleep.

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