I was still up when Dream's alarm finally went off. He stirred awake while I faked a yawn and looked over at Dream. He turned towards me and smiled.
"G'morning," He said, his eyes barely open. I tried to hold back my smile, but failed and smiled back.
"Good morning," I responded.
"Did you sleep okay?" I nodded.
"I didn't mean to fall asleep here, sorry. What time did you finally go to sleep?" Dream yawned.
"One, maybe two. You practically fell asleep the moment your head hit my pillow," Dream laughed. "You stole my side of the bed. Does it smell like me?" he asked sarcastically.
"Weirdly enough yes it does," I said joking back. I pulled the comforter further up to my face and snuggled into it. Dream wheezed, his voice rough and hoarse like it was that morning when he picked me up. I guess it was his morning voice, it was nearly enchanting.
"What time is it?" Dream asked. I glanced behind me at his bedside clock. The red letters read four-thirty.
"Four-thirty. We should get going." I said, stifling a yawn. I threw the covers away from me and got up. Stretching my arms up and over my head. I could feel my shirt rise a little as I did so, exposing my abdomen for just a second.
"You can stay here if you'd like. Catch up on some sleep." Dream offered, looking up at me from the bed.
"I don't want to be living it up napping on the couch while you have to deal with Sapnap. It's fine."
"I mean in here. I know how much my couch sucks. You don't have to act like it's comfortable." Dream laughed sitting up from bed, he ran a hand through his hair. My face went warm.
"No, I couldn't do that. It's fine, it seems unfair." Dream walked over to me and studied my face for a moment before grinning. He lifted me at the bend of my knees and supported me at my back with his other hand. He threw me onto the bed laughing. He had done that so easily it shocked me.
"Sleep. I'll be back in a while." He walked out of the room, shutting the door softly when he left. I desperately wanted to get up and meet him at the door. To tell him that I should come with and that it wasn't a big deal. But my body refused. Instead, my eyes fluttered closed and the scent of him from his bedsheets overtook me. I couldn't help but fall asleep instantly.
A few times I had sworn that I heard the door open a couple of hours later. But I brushed it off and thought nothing of it. Probably Dream getting his phone or Sapnap stalking me. It was nearly noon by the time I finally woke up again. I slipped out into the living room to see Sap and Dream chatting at the dinner table.
"Just don't think too far into it, people's minds make them think weird things." I heard Sapnap say softly. I didn't think anything of it and walked into the kitchen, both of them staring at me. Sapnap got up and greeted me with a hug.
"George! Morning sleeping beauty!" he patted my shoulder and gave me a smile. His smile was always contagious to me, something I never understood as to why. But it never made me feel the same as when I saw Dream's smile. Especially when it was a genuine one. But Sapnap's smile had a wonderful effect too. I could never tell if he was genuine, he was always too good at the fake ones.
"Hello SnapMap," George mocked.
"I hate you," He chuckled, going back to his seat at the kitchen table. "By the way, I already told Dream, I have to leave tomorrow night. I have finals coming up and I really don't want to fail," Sapnap was in college, he had been for the past two years now. Neither Dream nor I wanted him to fail, so of course, we understood.
I sat down at Dream's four-person table.
"Oh, George! Look at this awesome photo I took today!" Sapnap pulled out his phone to show me, I was expecting some awesome photo of the sun or clouds or something. But what I saw was different.
"Is that me?" I asked nervously laughing.
"Yup! You were on your tummy and hugging the pillow you were laying on. You were like snuggling super far into it! It was so cute!" Sapnap said, in some variation of a baby voice. I rolled my eyes and walked over to the fridge, there was a plate with my name on it. Dreams voice filled the room.
"Oh yeah we had breakfast, we saved a plate for you," I nodded, smiling at the thought.
"It was Dream's idea to be nice and give you leftovers, he's obsessed with you." Sapnap said without even looking at his phone.
"Yeah I know," I laughed, Dream just scoffed and I could imagine him rolling his eyes.
"Yeah right, it's more like the other way around." Dream said sitting up and walking over to the sink. He placed his glass into it.
"Please-" I said looking over at him, his eyes were tired and he had bags under them. "You look exhausted," I said, peeling back the foil on the plate.
"Gee, thanks." I cocked my head to the side and gave him a 'really' look.
"You got like three hours of sleep. Go lay down, I mean this in the best way but you look terrible." he laughed and stuck his tongue out at me.
"Fine, goodnight guys," He sighed walking into his bedroom.
"Hey, Sapnappy?" He looked up at me, completely turning away from whatever social media app he was scrolling through. "I feel like we should do something for him. You know? For letting us stay here?" Sapnap's eyes lit up.
"Yeah, we should!" He said getting up from the table.
"We should..." I looked around his house, it's been a mess for the past day. I knew it looked nothing like that when I arrived. "Clean up?"
"I don't know, can't some people take offense from that?" Sapnap said, furrowing his brows.
"Yeah but when I got here it looked so much cleaner, I think he's just been distracted since we got here. It wouldn't be offensive, right?" Sapnap thought for a moment.
"Okay, yeah! We can do that..."
"Okay, we can clean, then I can run you to the store if you need it." Sapnap raised an eyebrow.
"You can take me?"
"Okay, I can't drive and I wouldn't feel comfortable taking Dream's keys anyway. We can call an uber." I laughed walking over to the sink and squatting down. I opened up the cupboards and pulled out cleaning supplies. "You start in the living room and I'll start in here," Sapnap nodded with determination in his eyes.
...
Sapnap and I walked through the store. He got a few snacks and hygiene items he wanted and then we headed towards checkout. I caught a glimpse of the bouquets of flowers all along an aisle.
"Hey give me a second." Sapnap nodded and I walked over to them. I found those same light blue ones he was eyeing the other day. I smiled and grabbed them, bringing them over to the cashier. Sapnap eyed me curiously but brushed off his question and didn't ask me about it.
When we got back, I peeked into Dream's room. He was still sleeping soundly, and he looked like he wasn't going to be up for another few hours. Quickly I cut the stems of the flowers and put them in a vase full of water. Making sure Patches wasn't in there to knock it over when I placed them on his bedside table. I smiled, he was in the spot that I was in earlier. A small smile on his face as he slept. I eyed the note before placing it down. I wasn't ever good at the sappy stuff in person, but I could make someone burst into tears over words.
'Thank you for everything, Dream. We love you more than you know :] Thank you for putting up with us. You make us smile and laugh when we need it and somehow always make us feel better. You're my best friend, I love you.'
