Sapnap went slowly back to his room, trying to for as long as possible, avoid what he must do. He hated disappointing people and then having to face them. Especially when it was George and with such a big secret too. When he got to his room he sat down in his chair and was fast to make the decision to call him on Discord. As he made his way over to Discord and George's profile he thought of what he would say. Of course he would apologize 'cause he was truly sorry. He really hadn't meant it and if he could take it back, he would. But he wasn't sure if that was enough for George to forgive him.
Stopping himself from thinking more he clicked on the call and waited as the signals rang through his headphones. After ten seconds he got a bit worried. What would he do if George didn't pick up? But he didn't have to worry for so long. The signals were hastily cut and it went quiet. On his screen he saw how the timer started to count the seconds. George had joined.
It was quiet except for the two breathing. Sapnap just hoped George wasn't too angry. He was scary when he was angry and Sapnap wouldn't lie, it scared the shit out of him.
"Hi?" He eventually tried.
"Hi." It was impossible to read George's tone. So Sapnap took a deep breath.
"I am so sorry George. I really didn't mean to tell everyone that. I was just so worried about Dream and it just slipped. I know that's not an excuse but i am just so sorry please forgive me. I promise I won't do it again. I will do anything George, just please forgive me."
He was still a bit angry at Sapnap but when he sounded so sad George had a hard time being so. Therefore he gave in. With a sigh he said:
"It's fine Sapnap."
"Wait, really?" He now sounded more confused than sad.
"I guess so. I know you were just worried, I was too. And I suppose they would have found out one way or another, sooner or later." He hesitated before saying. "The only thing is...I don't want it to spread to...him."
"Don't worry about that, I will personally go and threaten them all to silence." Sapnap tried to joke. But George wasn't having it.
"Ha-ha." He said in a monotone tone.
"Okay, but for real. Karl told me that they came to an agreement to not say anything to anyone." George didn't like the idea of having his friends talk about him and his secret but at the same time he was thankful that they had sensed that this wasn't something that he wanted shared. The thought of having to face his friends once again crossed his mind and he tried to shake it off. He realised he hadn't said anything and tried to think of something.
"Seems like you've been talking to him a lot lately." George settled for teasing Sapnap.
"Don't try to change the subject." George could swear that Sapnap was flustered. "So, have you talked to any of them?"
"No." He simply answered hoping that Sapnap would skip the subject. Spoiler alert: He didn't.
"Dude, you have to do it sooner or later! Why not just get it over with?" Sapnap asked and George thought about it for a second. What was the reason that George didn't want to face them? Was he scared of them not accepting? No. Everybody in the Dream smp was super supportive of the LGBTQ+ so it wasn't that. But what could it be then? Maybe them demanding a label of his sexuality that he didn't have. Probably. Also, they would all be really uncomfortable around him and Dream now. Scared of making a DNF joke and not really knowing how to act.
George would hate that. Too tired to tell Sapnap all this he just said something simple as 'I don't know'. He then made an excuse about being tired and hung up.
Right as he was reaching for his phone to order food he got a notification. He had gotten a message. Surprisingly enough it was from Tommy. He opened it.
Hello, I was just wondering if you were still up for the vlog tomorrow. Totally understand if you aren't, so no pressure. :)
Right, he was supposed to film a vlog with Tommy, Ranboo and Tubbo tomorrow. Remembering what Sapnap had said, George decided that it was a perfect opportunity to talk to them or whatever it was he was supposed to do. So he responded:
I'm still in.
A couple seconds later Tommy responded.
Great! We will be picking you up at 9am.
George smiled and suddenly remembered that he was on his way to order food before he saw Tommy's message. After he had done that he waited for it while scrolling on Tiktok. Most of his for you page was Dream smp related and more then he would like to confess was specifically Dream related. A lot of thirst traps as well as Minecraft clutches. A very fun mix.
His doorbell rang and he went up to get it. He had just ordered an easy burger with chips from a local restaurant. When he came back into his room he saw that someone was calling him.
Of course it was Dream. He answered the call while unpacking his food and putting on his headphones.
"Hello?"
"Hi."
"Why'd you call?"
"What the hell was that with Sapnap?" Dream aggressively said and he was forced to turn down his headphones.
"Nothing, we solved it." He said as he took a bite of the burger. It tasted like shit.
"What? Did you two fight and not tell me?"
"We might have...but it's nothing really, we solved it." He said evasively.
"About what?" Dream kept pushing.
"Why are you so persistent in knowing? He just accidentally told a secret of mine to some other people. But we solved it so let it go." Please let it go.
"What secret? Why don't you tell me?" Dream still didn't back away and George had had enough.
"For fucks sake Dream! I'm not telling you." He said as he took another bite of the burger.
"Why?"
"Oh, so you are allowed to have secrets but I'm not?" George finally raised his voice. It was silent for a second.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think of that." Dream whispered and George signed.
"Yeah, yeah." He muttered. It was already 11pm and he knew that he needed to be well rested for tomorrow. "Well, I need to go now."
"Wait, don't leave! I'm sorry I didn't think, I don't want you to be angry with me."
"I'm not angry with you?" It came out as a question.
"Then why are you leaving?"
"Dream," George chuckled. "I'm not angry i promise, i just have a vlog to film with Tommy tomorrow. I need to sleep."
"Oh, okay. Can't you stay a little longer?" Dream begged. Not being able to turn him down, George gave in and continued to talk with him.
Dream smiled as he listened to George rant about another thirst trap of himself.
"I mean why is it always me they make it about." He asked.
"Have you ever considered that it's just you who gets them on your for you page. Everybody's for you page isn't filled with George thirst traps."
"No but yours is."
"Can't deny it." He heard George fake gasp.
"I can't believe it, Dream is a George simp confirmed. I wish I had gotten that on tape." Dream laughed.
"No one will believe you."
"They will, they will! They know how much you simp for me."
"I don't!" Dream defended himself and George laughed.
"Wait," George suddenly said in a serious tone. "Dream what the hell! It's already 2am." Dream smiled.
"That's not my fault."
"But it is! Anyway, goodnight idiot."
"Goodnight." The call ended.
George's alarm went off at 7am meaning he had gotten less than five hours sleep. He groaned as he forced himself out of the bed. He would be so tired today, he thought as he decided to take a quick shower. When he stepped into the shower his hair immediately got in his eyes as it got wet. It was so damn long and he just wanted to get rid of it. But he knew how much his fans liked it and they would probably be sad when he did cut it off. Not that he would let the fans rule his life but still…
After the shower he put on some clothes and packed a bag with some other clothes that were a bit more flexible so he could jump with them. Tommy hadn't told him much about what they were supposed to do other than that they were going to a trampoline park.
At 8am he had already eaten breakfast and was for the most part ready to leave. He realised that he could have woken up later and mourned the one more hour of sleep he could have gotten. He was just about to go on Twitter when he got a call in discord. It was of course none other than Dream.
"Dream, what the fuck. It's 3am." He complained as he opened Twitter on his phone.
"And?" Dream questioned with a slight chuckle and it made George shiver a bit. When Dream challenged him like that he couldn't help but feel some kind of way. "You know I have a fucked up sleep schedule." George only scoffed at that and wrote his password to log into Twitter.
"Any particular reason you called or...did you just want to hear my voice?" He joked and clicked onto the trending page.
"Nah, just wanted to hear your voice." George just hummed sarcastically at that and rolled his eyes. First place on the trending was 'DREAM'. He let out a low huff as he clicked on it. "What?" Dream asked.
"Just reading Twitter."
"Oh, I deleted Twitter. Are they saying anything good?" George read a particularly funny Tweet and laughed.
"Wanna hear a real funny one?" He asked and then started to read outloud from his phone. "I can't believe how you all still support Dream, he is a manipulator. Like faking a panic attack on stream for attention. That's a bit far even for you, Dream." Dream bursted out laughing and George joined him.
"Who the hell am I manipulating?" Dream manages to get out between the laughs.
"Should I respond to it?" George asked when they had calmed down.
"Yeah, yeah. Do it!" George thought for a minute about what to say before responding to the Tweet.
George GeorgeNootFound
Yeah I know! I can't believe how people still support him, he is just so manipulative.
"I thought that you were filming a vlog with Tommy today."
"I am, they are picking me up in an-about an hour." George said after checking the clock. It was now 8:11am.
"So I won't be able to talk to you at all today?" Dream said in a sad tone and George smiled.
"Just go to sleep." He said as he looked down on his phone and saw that Sapnap had replied to his reply to the Tweet. "Is Sapnaps sleep schedule also fucked?"
sapnap sapnapalt
yeah, manipulating you into falling in love with him
George just shaked his head and responded with a classic Badboyhalo 'o_o'. Not even thirty seconds later Bad responded to that with 'Hey! That's my thing you muffinhead'. Did anybody have a good sleep schedule? Sapnap then responded to that with 'Being in love with your best friend? Yes, true' referencing Bad's and Skeppy's 'friendship'. George just rolled his eyes as he chuckled.
"Twitter again?" Dream asked.
"I mean, if you are just going to keep asking me to tell you every Tweet I see, then you can just download it again and look for yourself."
"Ugh, it's just so toxic."
"Ugh." George mocked him.
"Shut up." Dream mumbled. They had had this conversation a couple weeks ago when Sapnap had complained about Dream always saying 'oh come on now'. He had just responded with 'ugh' and then Sapnap brought up how often he said that. Now it was just an ongoing joke and everytime Dream said it, George acknowledged it.
"So, what are you doing today? Now that you have a break." He asked while silently hoping that Dream was planning to at least try to sleep.
"I don't know. Annoy you?" George scoffed at that and they kept talking.
He kinda forgot the time and jumped when he heard knocking on his door.
"Oh, it must be them. Well bye Dream."
"Bye! Say hi from me." Dream sounded a bit disappointed but George ignored it.
After he had ended the call and shut off his computer he grabbed his bag and went to open the door.
To say that Tommy was nervous was an understatement. He was currently on his way to pick up George with Ranboo and Tubbo. They had all been there during Dream's panic attack and the...aftermatch.
Except for his message to George yesterday he had not spoken to anyone in the Dream team. Tommy wasn't sure how to act with George now and he had no idea how George would act with them.
Tommy sat in the passenger seat next to his dad who was driving the car while Ranboo and Tubbo sat in the backseat. Coming closer and closer to George's house, Tommy decided that he had to do something. So he picked up his phone and went to an old Snapchat group that he had with the two others. Before typing anything he looked to the backseat and immediately caught Tubbo's eye. Tommy gesticulated at his phone and Tubbo seemed to get it as he lightly tapped Ranboo who was looking out the window.
Tommy
What are we going to do about what we heard?
They hadn't discussed this before as they all wanted to respect that George didn't want others to know.
Tubbo
Idk should we wait for him to bring it up or...
Tommy
What if it's super awkward then?
Did you see the thing Sapnap Tweeted at George?
Ranboo
No what was it
Tommy found the link and sent it.
Tubbo
Seems like if they still joke about it at least
Ranboo
Guess they solved it
I just think we should assure George that we aren't judging him or anything
I mean if he seems like he needs that
Tommy
Yeah
"We're here." His dad announced as they pulled into the driveway of a familiar house. Tommy looked back at Ranboo and Tubbo and they looked as nervous as he felt.
"I guess you can stay in the car dad." Tommy said and saw that he pulled out a book and started reading.
They got out of the car and walked up to the door.
"Someone knock." Tubbo said and pushed Tommy forward.
"I'm not gonna do it." He said and backed away again.
"Come on now guys, we shouldn't even feel nervous about this." Ranboo said and knocked three times on the door. A couple seconds later it opened.
George stood in the doorway. The first thing Tommy noticed was that he had bags under his eyes. It seemed as if he hadn't slept much and Tommy wondered what the reason for that was. He also noticed that his hair was significantly longer than the last time they met.
Before anything got too awkward, Tommy was quick to pull George into a hug. George then went on to hug Tubbo and then he looked at Ranboo.
"You are so much taller than I expected." Ranboo smiled and they hugged. It was then silent and Tommy could feel the tenseness amongst the four friends. What finally broke the silence was what Tommy guessed, a notification from George's phone. He picked it up and shaked his head at whatever was on the screen, but Tommy could see a little smile on George's lips.
"Uh, I think we should talk about what happened." Ranboo finally said. George looked up at them and slowly nodded. He then sighed and leaned on his doorway.
"Go ahead, ask away." As Tommy had suspected, George seemed exhausted.
"George...you know that we would never do something like that. We wouldn't snoop in your personal business. But we're here if you want to talk." Tommy said and the others nodded.
"Thanks but I know you have questions and I don't mind if you ask them." George said but didn't look anyone in the eyes. Tommy wasn't really sure if George meant that but he did have one thing that he had wondered about.
"Well, one of the things I have thought about are all the DNF jokes...like how do you feel with them? I don't wanna make you uncomfortable with that but I guess Sapnap has known for a while and still he is the one who makes the most jokes. So...like are they okay?" Tommy asked, a bit hesitant.
"I don't mind the jokes...i just don't want you guys to act any different with me...or Dream." George slowly looked up at them.
"I guess you haven't told him." Tubbo said and George silently nodded.
"You know that we fully support you and everything, right? And we would never judge you." Ranboo assured him and George smiled.
"Thank you. I think I really needed to hear that, I've only had Sapnap to talk to for so long and sometimes he can be a bit...much." Tommy laughed and agreed. He knew how Sapnap was and he could not understand how Dream and George could handle having him as best friend. "Just please don't tell Dream." At the same time George said that, his phone got another notification. He looked at it and mumbled. "Idiot."
"Of course we won't tell him." Tubbo said and smiled. "You want another hug?" Tubbo asked and George smiled.
"Of course." They all went in for a group hug.
His phone started to ring and he sighed. As he guessed it was Dream. He looked at the others before answering the phone.
"What do you want dickhead?" George answered with and he heard a surprised laugh on the other side.
"What did I do to deserve that?" Dream asked and George could hear the smile.
"What you did? Oh, I don't know. Maybe tricking me into staying up to 2am?" George looked at Tommy and it looked as if he had just gotten something confirmed.
"Tricking you? You didn't check the clock." Because you distracted me, as you always do.
"Yeah, yeah. Anyway if you don't stop calling and texting me, I will block your number."
"You would never do that." George hated how right he was.
"I would."
"No."
"Well, at least i will put it on silent so don't bother texting again." He hung up and looked at the other guys. "Sorry." He said as he put the phone on silent.
"Dream?" Tubbo asked and George nodded. "How is he?"
"He said he was fine but I'm not too sure of that, you know how he is."
Without George to entertain him, Dream had absolutely nothing to do. There would be at least six hours before George would be back, possibly more. And now when he had a break he couldn't just appear on someone's stream. He also didn't feel like talking to any of his friends, he would only be met with endless questions about his well being. And the only other friend he could talk to was Sapnap and he was probably asleep. After hesitating for a minute he downloaded Twitter on his phone again. He scrolled on his notifications and saw that George had tweeted something. It was a response to the hate comment he had read out loud earlier. He also saw that some of his friends had responded as well.
George GeorgeNootFound
Yeah I know! I can't believe how people still support him, he is just so manipulative.
sapnap sapnapalt
yeah, manipulating you into falling in love with him
George GeorgeNootFound
o_o
BadBoyHalo BadBoyHalo
Hey! That's my thing you muffinhead
sapnap sapnapalt
Being in love with your best friend? Yes, true
Well that last one hit a bit too close to home. Uh...not the part about Bad and Skeppy, the part about being in love with your best friend. Dream frowned at that. It felt weird to think about it. Being in love with your best friend. Who was a guy, and who was straight. And whose feelings would never be the same as Dream's.
The Tweets had only been sent a couple of minutes ago so Dream assumed he had been wrong. Maybe Sapnap was awake after all.
"Yeah?" Sapnap shouted when he knocked. Dream opened the door.
"Hi, you wanna do something?"
"What, is George busy so you need to come to me?" Sapnap jokingly taunted.
"Mhm. What was that before with George? Did you two fight?" Dream asked even if he already knew the answer. Maybe he could get Sapnap to say something about it that George had not already told him.
"I thought you talked to George."
"I did."
"Then didn't he tell you anything?"
"No." He lied. Sapnap eyed him suspiciously.
"Well...it was just a secret that I, you know, kinda leaked."
"What secret?"
"Wouldn't be a secret if I told ya. Would it?" Dream frustratingly sat down on Sapnap's bed.
"Who was it that you told the secret to?" This was starting to sound like an interrogation.
"Dream, don't even try this with me. Last time I told someone, George was so mad. If I'm being honest I'm not even sure if he has forgiven me."
"When we talked it sounded like he had-" Dream realized his mistake a bit too late.
"Wait here a minute, you two talked about it! You are just trying to get more information from me." Dream just shook his head as if he had no idea what Sapnap was talking about and smiled. He then walked out of the room. "Hey, I'm talking to you!" Sapnap shouted behind him.
They ended up ordering some food and watching a movie on the TV.
