[summary]
↳ how they say i love you in your relationship

[warning/s]
↳ language!!

[notes]
↳ im back i think. hope u guys enjoy!!! this is so unedited

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DREAM

• it's just so easy for him to say the three words all the time. "i love you."

• "i love you!" he says it a lot, but he means it each and every time.

• unfortunately, you're having a hard time saying it.

• it's not like you don'r love him. you actually love him a lot. you'd always tell him, "more than words could say", because that is how you express your affection. not through words but through hugs and kisses.

• you just couldn't seem to say the L word for some unknown reason.

• everytime he comes into the room- for example the kitchen, to get a quick water refill. he sees you, kisses your hair, and leaves the room after getting what he needed. "i love you!" of course, he wouldn't dare forget that.

• and he doesn't completely leave the room until he sees your cute reaction.

• him saying i love you was a reminder. both a wonderful and painful one. wonderful because it feels good to be reminded that he loves you. at the same time, painful that you just couldn't say it back.

• but this time, you were determined. you were going to tell him. there's no turning back now.

• you tried practicing in the mirror. it was a slow process but you managed to say the L word without choking in your spit. then, you thought of dream's smile and twinkling eyes looking down at you as you imagine yourself stumbling and stuttering through words.

• you slapped yourself out of your stupor. cursing your self-doubt and nagging anxiety.

• the day continued normal. normal is when dream is busy streaming or working on content creation while you were doing your own work. patches just picks whichever workaholic parent she wants to stay with. it's calm and quiet for the cat to simply relax in.

• the two of you agreed to watching a movie together. you've already ordered food and as you were rummaging through the paper bag, dream came out from his room.

• immediately, he sauntered to your side, wrapping his arms around your waist. "i love you," he says. it seemed so simple.

• once more, you couldn't say it back. he didn't mind. your heart hurt.

• you only smiled at him and kissed his nose. "come on, i've already picked out a movie."

• "you're the best." the two of you got your takeout and placed it on the coffee table in front of the couch. you pressed play on the remote and the movie began.

• the food was already gone and you were only halfway into the movie. cuddling close to each other, dream laid down his body on the sofa, resting his head on your lap. instantly, your hand found his curly hair and played with it.

• the movie soon came to an end and dream stretched with a yawn before facing you and hugging your waist again. he closed his eyes with a smile as you watched him. he just looked so comfortable, so radiant and warm.

• "dream?"

• "yeah?" he mumbled. here goes nothing.

• "dream, i..."

• he opened his eyes, looking at you through his lashes. "hmm?" his brows furrowed slightly as you struggled with your words.

• it's just the L word. one word. four letters. you can say the first and third word easily, but the second one? you really need to try hard.

• "i l..."

• he sat up now, his gaze still afix at you. he was waiting for you to speak.

• "dream, i lo..."

• he froze in his seat. he could hardly breathe. were you about to say it? he slotted his fingers through yours and gave it a light squeeze. "yes?" he was nearly smiling.

• "i loooo..."

• "you can do it, babe!" dream grinned. "i love you!"

• "shut up let me focus!!" you glared slightly.

• he continued cheering you on. "i believe in you. you can do it."

• just say it. say how you feel. "i lll..." you huffed. "i love you."

• the two of you erupted into laughter as you celebrated. dream chuckled. "i love you too!"

• "i can say it now! i love you!" you were smiling so widely, facing him with sparkling eyes. "i love you, i love you!!!"

• dream kissed your temple with closed eyes as he sighed out. he held your hand tightly and looked at you in the eyes.

• "will you marry me?"

• "WHAT?!"

GEORGE

• oh george... he is such a tsundere he couldn't help it.

• unlike dream, he rarely drops the L word.

• but that was alright for you. you understood, really. "gonna go buy me groceries, alright? i love you." you told him through a voice chat.

• "k, see you later." was all he says. very affectionate with his words, no one could truly compare.

• "alright im gonna go to sleep now," george says through a late night call.

• "okay. i'll talk to you tomorrow. i love you, okay?"

• "mmmh. sure." in which you just laugh, but inside there was a pang in your heart.

• "alright. fine."

• you didn't want to be petty, but you really wanted to hear it from him. just once. you'd do anything.

• yet, instead of confronting him like a healthy couple, fine. two can play that game.

• "alright, i gotta go to work now."

• "alright. bye." george says.

• "yep." then you left the call.

• well that's strange. you didn't say your famous catchphrase. where was his i love you?

• "ok i have to go." "bye george." he waited a bit to hear if you're going to say more but you already ended the call.

• another late night video chat and you were still up doing your work. george was trying to edit. usually you would bombard him with stories from your work or whether you fed that stray cat from your neighborhood but today it was radio silence.

• "y/n."

• "yeah?" thankfully there was a reply.

• "you're not talking to me."

• "w..." you mumbled, a small smile on your lips. "i am literally talking to you."

• "but you're not telling me anything."

• "well, i'm kinda busy right now love, and you told me you have to edit so i figured you need peace." you shrugged.

• "y/n... talk to me..."

• "are you throwing a fit? really?"

• "no... you wouldn't understand..."

• "tell me what's the problem then."

• he groans, combing his hair. "i don't know..."

• "what?"

• "i don't know!"

• "george..."

• "..."

• "georgeeeee...." you cooed, smiling at him. he was still saying nothing. you huffed. "george." he was smiling now as if having fun with you trying to reach out to him. it wasn't actually funny to you. you were supposed to be the one throwing a fit, proving a point but here you are the one coaxing him to speak.

• "george." you said. "love?"

• "that!"

• "what?" you asked.

• "that word! you never say that to me anymore!"

• "what? your name? i literally just said it."

• "no! the other word!"

• "what?" it's just back and forth, you who seemed to forgot the word while george tries so hard to get you to say it. he kept saying your name in annoyance.

• "well i don't understand what you're trying to say, love."

• "there! the L word!"

• "what about it?" you were getting angry now. and so was he.

• "you never say that anymore."

• "oh? you noticed?"

• "you think i wouldn't?" he replied. "you never tell me that anymore. why?"

• "well, they're just words, you know." you shrugged nonchalantly. "it's lame."

• "lame?" he shrieked. "what do you mean?! you don't love me anymore?"

• silence...

• "Y/N!!!"

• "what, what's the big deal? aren't you used to that? why are you making such a big fuss!"

• "but you love me, right?" george said, and you looked to the right, covering your mouth as you stopped yourself from grinning. "y/n!"

• "yeah... i guess... but you don't love me. you never say it back, so what's the difference if i stopped saying it?"

• "i do!"

• all according to plan. you being petty and childish were just a moment of weakness, all for george to finally say it.

• "you what, george? what are you trying to say?" you asked.

• george was moving all over the place. he was antsy, playing with his hair, slapping his skin, and looking at anywhere but you. "i love you. there, i said it."

• you let out a small laugh as you gauged his reaction. "say it again."

• "fine, but i'm not doing it because you said so. i love you."

• "not so hard now, is it? i love you too, george."

• he smiled now too, so happy that he gets to hear you say it again. he likes to hear the reminder all the time, even though he's too afraid to admit it out loud. but finally, he wasn't too afraid of saying those three words to you.

SAPNAP

• it is a competition on who gets to say the most i love yous in a day. the two of you are competitive like that.

• "i love you."

• "no, i love you!"

• "I LOVE YOU MORE!"

• "I FUCKING LOVE YOU, YOU MORON!"

• "JESUS CHRIST, GET A ROOM!" quackity would chime in, letting them know that they're not the only ones in the call.

• everytime there's an i love you, there's gonna be a more enthusiastic i love you that will follow.

• there's no serious-toned, low sensual i love you's, always gotta be the screaming, energetic i love you's ever.

• when playing a game and one decides to troll the other- "I LOVE YOU!! IIIII LOVE YOU~!"

• and proceeds to complain when you don't say it back. "SAY IT BAAAACK! SAY IT BACK, YOU MONSTER!"

• "I LOVE YOU! THERE I SAID IT. NOW TAKE THIS, SAPNAP!"

• the two of you will never get tired. "I LOVE YOU, OKAY? TAKE CARE I LOVE YOU."

• "I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER, I LOVE YOU BABY!"

• just two people, aggressively shovimg their love onto each other.

KARL

• the two of you say it often equally, but mostly you're the one who say it first.

• he tries, he really does.

• in almost every message he'd send, there's a heart attached at the end.

• he doesn't type the complete i love you on text, instead he says ily with the entire arsenal of heart emojis.

• but in personal, he says it a lot.

• just not as boisterous as sapnap. he gets all shy and says i love you in such a small voice, that only the two of them can hear. "i love you." sometimes mumbled, sometimes whispers.

• one time you couldn't help but feel insecure, which is entirely normal to feel that way sometimes. but karl always saves the day by putting his hands on the either side of your face and looking at your eyes as he repeatedly tells you "i... love... you, y/n. you. i love you so much."

QUACKITY

- just like his offline and online persona, there's a difference between his i love you and his i love you, you know what i mean?

- yeah he would say i love you whenever you get him an energy drink or any other favors from him. he tells you i love you as an apology when he trolls you in karmaland, he tells you i love you before pushing off your in-game character.

- but there's also an i love you when you cook him his favorite meals from mexico that he missed so much. an i love you before going to sleep side by side and occupying each other's spaces for warmth. i love you every time they're outside and looking at the stars after a long drive.
- for whoever initiates it first, probably equal? you also say i love you when he looks cute while studying, you say i love you when he fixes something broken. another i love you when he takes the time to remind you that he's going to his office to stream.

- he usually is the first to say i love you before ending the call, and you get all blush-y telling it to him back.

• oh shit i just remembered he's bilingual YOOO TE AMO JUST HITS DIFFERENiT

• so many nicknames!!! mi corazon, mi vida, mi alma!!!!! and then you wouldn't understand him and he'd just chuckle and never tell you what it means

• but you don't wanna google it anyway because you think it ruins the vibe yknow?

• but yeah "c'mere, mi vida" YEAHHH (i can't write more i might just die from the cringe but im red as HELLLL anyway!!)