'Our love is god.'

Dipper's running on fumes now, he was totally fired. Dipper tripping on shrooms now, thinking that he could hide. Dipper is done for, there's no doubt now, notify next to kin. Dipper is trying to keep Ford out.

Too late, he got in.

Well, more like 'Too late, he found Dipper.'

"Dipper.", Ford sucks in the cool air, he was out of breath after chasing his nephew into the depths of the forest. "What is the meaning of this? You bring up this person in your dream today and they try to kill Mabel in her sleep!"

"H-how do you know for sure if it was the person in my dream?!", Dipper retorts, there was no point in defending himself but he had to try. "I didn't tell you anything but what he did for me! He's a good person, they're nothing alike."

"You ran out of the room when we looked at you, what's your explanation for that?!"

"I - I thought I didn't have a reason to be there, y-you looked like you had it covered.", Dipper says, it was more of 'you guys were staring into my soul and thinking that I had something to do with this so I panicked' kind of thing. His palms were starting to sweat, it was a sign of nervousness. "Please Grunkle Ford, you have to believe me. The person in my dream had nothing to do with this."

"I gave you my book to read! I'm assuming you read it so why don't you tell me what or who exactly is this person?!", Ford yells, he crosses his arms across his chest and looked impatient. The brunette knew he was sick of him, lying and trying to play victim even if Mabel was the one who's faking it.

Dipper goes silent. He didn't want to say cause everyone would know that Bill has returned. He had to continue lying, it was the only way for him to reason with the elder even if it was just a spiral of lies.

"Answer me Dipper!"

"I didn't read your book yet. I was busy..", he was technically telling the truth. He didn't reach the Dream Demon section or read it yet since Bill already told him what he was. He tried to maintain eye-contact and tried to not stutter, Dipper had to prove his innocence.

"You're lying.", Ford calls out, his voice softens and his anger cools down. If his nephew wasn't going to tell the truth, he had to emotionally weaken him. "You used to be so close to everyone, things haven't been the same. Dipper.. What happened to you?"

"Y-you're really gonna pin it on me?", Dipper asks innocently, his voice cracks and tears bubbled in his eyes. He laughs, it wasn't a sweet laugh. He was losing his mind. "You're going to blame it all on me. You're thinking 'oh, Dipper told me about this person in his dream and a person tried to kill Mabel in her dream. These two ideas are connected and Dipper has to be blamed.', right?!"

"I don't like your attitude young man, control yourself."

"SHUT UP! LEAVE ME ALONE!!", the brunette yells, his voice echos in the abandoned tree area. "Maybe you wouldn't blame me if I didn't tell you anything. If Mabel didn't try to choke me to death, then we could've avoided her 'nightmare'. If I didn't exist, then you'd all be living a perfect life and wouldn't be experiencing any problems."

"Dipper, let's not overthink the situation here.", Ford tries to reason, ignoring every word that came out of his mouth. "We're just creating a theory of what may have happened, starting with the knowledge you and Mabel have given me."

"Did you hear what I just said?! Y-you probably want me dead..!"

A swirling storm was boiling in Dipper's heart, a rage of emotions he held back forever was beginning to boil. The brunette falls onto his knees, he clutches his stomach with his hand and keeps his gaze on the dirt ground.

"You wanna know what happened this morning Grunkle Ford? I'll tell you. Mabel tried to kill me by suffocating me with her bare hands because she's a bratty bitch like that.", Dipper confesses. "I hope you're happy hearing the truth.."

"Th-tha--"

"That's a lie? I expected you to say that. But I'm not lying, you just think I am for attention. Or that you believe in Mabel more, thinking that someone like her would never do something never dare to do something as cruel as that.", Dipper's hand digs into the dirt ground, creating patterns of lines and images. Like a fascinated and distracted child, he carves a circle and extends the drawing with branches."You don't know how she's actually like."

"Dipper, listen to me. I believe you but everything is too hard to intake at the moment.", Ford starts off, he looks down to the brunette who was now mumbling some words. He ignores the action and sighs. "I know you're mad and you feel as if the entire world is against you but believe me, it does get better."

Dipper's eyes shoot open, his eyes glow a translucent white. Ford steps back, only now realizing the summoning ritual carved into the ground. The wind spirals, sending leaves to create a tornado like action as the tree branches give in to the ritual.

"Everyone says it gets better but it never does!! I'm tired Grunkle Ford, I'm sick of the way everyone treats me!! Now, I think it's time for it to come to an end!", Dipper cries, his dried tears fades into his skin as carvings of strange designs appear in his skin, surrounding him from his head to his toes.

The brunette throws his ocean blue jacket onto the dirt ground, exposing his arms which was now covered in endless cracks of designs. Ford shields his eyes with his sleeves as a bright luminescence consumes the forest area, there was a gust of wind that push the leaves and trees backwards before falling back in place.

Ford opens his eyes to see a dim sunshine yellow light, he steadily gets onto his knees only to result in him falling back onto his hands. He looks up to the sparkles of dust and fog that surrounded the figure standing in front of him, their eyes meet and Ford knew he had to escape.

"Hey Pinetree, I really didn't think you out of all people would summon me.", the male whispers into Dipper's ear, the brunette smiles. Ford recognized the voice and knew that he had to get Dipper away. The figure picks up Dipper in the bridal-style position and walks towards Ford. "Gravity Falls~ It's great to be back once again!"

"B-Bill, can you put me down?"

"Aw, you're cute when you're flustered! But no, I'll keep you in my arms a little longer.", Bill looks down and gives Ford a sinister smile. "Well, well, well.. If it isn't my good ol' pal Sixer?! What a surprise! I didn't think I'd see you out here with Pinetree! Look Sixer, Pinetree was telling the truth and yes, I was the one who tried to kill Shooting Star in her sleep. Only because she deserves it after all the shit she did to my beloved Pinetree."

"Dipper! Snap out of it! Bill's got you wrapped around his finger!", Ford warns in a panicked-like tone, he just wanted the best for his nephew. "You have to resist and fight!"

"Geez, you're still the same after all these years.", Bill mumbles. "I've been to twenty-thousand different dimensions and whenever I'm with Pinetree, you always assume that he's under a spell. HA! HILARIOUS! YOU NEVER CHANGE!!"

"Bill, please stop."

"Oh, now you're feeling all sorry? Look Pinetree, I don't want to hurt you even more since you're hurt enough. If you want me to shut up, I'll shut up."

Bill gently puts the brunette down, Dipper dusts off some dirt from his clothes and allows the blonde to drape his jacket over his shoulders.

"Th-thanks.. Look Grunkle Ford, I know that you want what's right for me but I'm not a child anymore! I'm 18, I'm old enough to make my own decisions and I don't need you to tell me what's right or wrong.", Dipper says. "A-and I'm not under anyone's control, I'm still me! You can tell by looking into my eyes, no weird eye-colour so it's alright. I'm safe."

Ford's eyes softens, he nods with a weak smile. "Okay. I mean, if Bill means a lot to you then there's nothing I can do."

Dipper smiles, it was a small smile. "Thank you Grunkle Ford. I'm glad that you understand."

"But that's Sixers' lie, isn't it?"

"No Bill, I'm being honest.", Ford snaps. "Maybe we got off on the wrong terms and we could start over again."

Dipper thought that was suspicious, every word that just fumbled out of his mouth was something his Grunkle would never say. Especially to Bill Cipher, Gravity Falls' most wanted demon.

"Look, I really wanted to zap you with this large ass gun to knock you unconscious as revenge.", Bill says as he summons some kind of ray gun. "But I know you're lying Sixer, you just want to keep up your reputation so you could kill me in the end."

"Bill, he said he kind of trusts us.", Dipper repeats, his eyes dart the ground. "So please believe him."

Bill sighs and crosses his arms across his chest. "Okay, fine. But this better not be some sick prank."

"Trust me Bill, it isn't.", Ford reassures. He steadily gets onto his feet, he gives Dipper a nod of confirmation and beams a small smile.

Either way, Bill went all 'pew-pew' and shot Ford with electric blue lazer beams. The elder was electrocuted and he faded into pixelated dust. Dipper was shook as he had Infinity War flashbacks and runs to the spot where his Grunkle was before, tears began to swell and he had the urge to punch the shit out of the demon.

"WhAT THE HELL BILL?! WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?!!", Dipper fumes. Bill chuckles which turns to some psychotic laughter then it dies down. The blonde wipes his fake tears and reaches out for the brunette.

"Don't worry Pinetree, you're dreaming again."

"Wh-WhAt?!!"

"Yeah, it really does suck. I actually want to shoot Sixer out of existence for blaming you.", Bill muses with a grin. "Everything that happened from you performing the ritual to now was all part of your imagination and a bit of my magic."

"Th-then what happened to the actual me?!", Dipper questions with panic in his tone. Bill sighs and snaps his fingers, a bubble pops into existence and shows the brunette's current state.

Lying unconscious in the middle of the forest. Dipper was confused as to why Grunkle Ford wasn't there or even bothered to carry him back.

Was he that much of a burden..?

"I know what you're thinking kid but the light blinded Sixer, he had to run back to the shack to gather some material before getting you.", Bill explains. Rather than popping, the bubble forms into the shape of a butterfly and then becomes real. The blue morpho butterfly flutters its blue-black wings and flies into the distorted grey sky.

"Bye bye little butterfly..", Dipper mumbles and smiles to himself. Unexpectedly, a throbbing pain lashes throughout his body. He screams in agony, collapsing onto his knees as Bill blazes to aid the brunette's wounds.

"Shh, it's going to be alright Pinetree.", Bill reassures. The blonde first examines Dipper, he blames himself for not taking note of the cracks in the brunette's skin from the ritual. Dipper continues to scream, the searing pain was sharp and rushes to every joint of his body.

"You're such a rebellious teenager Pinetree, you're not the awkward and sweaty kid I used to know. You've grown up."

"I-I appreciate y-yoUR cOMPLEMENTS BUT I'M IN PAIN BILL!!", Dipper shrieks. "USE YOUR MAGIC LIPS O-OR SOMETHING!!"

"M-magic lips..? Okay, that's new. As much as I'd love to mark you, these ritual carvings have to be taken care of with caution so my lips won't work this time.", Bill teases. He pulls out a roll of ivory cloth bandages from his pocket, the band-aids extend as they wrap around the brunette's arms. An emotion of warmth took over as the bandages recited their own little spell to heal the marks that the ritual had created.

"I - uh - thanks again.", Dipper mumbles, he avoids making eye contact since he was feeling somewhat guilty. Bill had done so much for him in such little time and he gave nothing in return.

When you're an almighty powerful dream demon, what would you need if you could always create it?

"Hey.. you look sad and sad spelled backwards is 'das' and 'das' not good. What's up?"

"You already read my mind, there's no point of asking..", Dipper sighs. He felt as if he had to return the favor, just to make it even or to balance things out between them.

"You being here with me is enough so don't think that you have to make it up to me when your existence already brings me happiness. Everything is made out of matter, therefore you matter Pinetree."

Dipper smiles, he felt all tingly inside. It was the first time someone had ever said something so heartwarming to him in years.

"Oh yeah, I'm just wondering.. Why did you attempt to summon me? Was it because you couldn't bare to see me only in your dreams?"

"Very flirtatious Mr. Cipher.", the brunette rolls his eyes, he then giggles and Bill's heart just melts because holy crap it's the Dipper Pines standing in front of him that he hated but suddenly caught feelings for??? "But - uh - yeah.. That's kind of the reason, I also needed your s-support.."

Ah yes, Bill Cipher the almighty seeing dream demon, flirting with his dreamer. High quality content right there folks.

"Why are you acting so nice towards me? You tried to kill me and everyone I loved or maybe used to love.. I don't understand you Bill."

"People change Pinetree. I changed, you changed. We all changed for the better, some for the worse but change is a good sign of maturity, Bill says.

"I-I guess? I - uh - I don't know.. Everything is so damn confusing and I just hate it. I feel like I haven't found anything about you and here I am, saying I uncovered all of Gravity Falls' secrets."

"I'm not your therapist Pinetree, talk to me like I'm your friend.", Bill speaks. He snaps his fingers once again, making him and Dipper teleport into a dome, just the two of them standing on the glossy tiles surrounded with flowers and gateways. "These dream sessions are getting nowhere and I just want to have fun with you. Let's make your dreams more entertaining, shall we?"

Now, Dipper being the awkward and not-so-pure child he is, flushes a rose pink. "I - I don't like where this is going. The way you said that sounded very suggestive and uh - I'm scared??"

"Huh? OHHH. Yeah, no. I'm going to allow you to study me for your research."

"R-really?!", Dipper's eyes light up and twinkle brighter than the sun. Well, only in Bill's vision because Dipper is his sun- "That's so cool! Thanks so much Bill, I couldn't ever be more happy doing something I love."

"Doing something you love? There are two ways to interpret that.", the blonde gives the lenny face as his eyebrows raise multiple times.

The brunette playfully shoves the taller male back as he laughs. "You're starting to sound like a perv'!"

"Whatever you were thinking before was incorrect. We're not doing that just yet."

"Not yet? Oh god."

Bill grins. He reaches in his pockets and pulls out a notebook with a blue pinetree in the middle of it. "Here you go Pinetree, I made this just for you."

Dipper stares at the item, examining it carefully as he then takes it from Bill's hands. He lifts the cover gently as the notebook then flies out of his hands, the plain pages flipping rapidly in the air before stopping on a golden sheet.

"This is for you, well duh, why else would I give this to you out of the blue?", the blonde snickers as he uses his hand to control the notebook as he brings it down to Dipper's eye level. "This chapter - or section - however you want to call it, is all about me! You get to jot down every small detail about me because you love me so much."

"I'm not sure about the loving you part yet but okay, that's really generous of you Bill.", Dipper says, showing his thanks. "This is like a one month early birthday present and probably the only one I've recieved in so long. Thank you. C-can I hug you?"

"What kind of dream would this be if we didn't hug or touch each other?", Bill asks as he pulls the shorter male into his chest.

"It wouldn't be a dream, it'd be a nightmare."

Dipper closes his eyes and nuzzles closer into the blonde's chest, he wanted this feeling of happiness to last forever. He knew that gis dream was coming to an end and could feel the vibrations of his fantasy turning black and white. He clutches tighter onto Bill as the blonde did the same.

"Farewell Pinetree, I'll see you tonight."

Just like that, Dipper jerks awake with his one-month early birthday gift in his hands. He was still in the middle of the forest but he could care less about his surroundings, he gets onto his feet and walks.

He didn't know where but just to a place where he could never be found.