Dream's pov

"Dream? Are you there?" Sapnap called through my headset. His voice snapping me out of my thoughts as I watched his character crouch on my screen. His character inching towards me.

"Yeah, sorry, what did you say?" I said as I began playing again. I must've been standing there for awhile since Sapnap already had a full set of iron armer.

"I was saying that we should log off and join the Dreamsmp soon. Bad said he was gonna show Skeppy around and I wanted to be there and show off my house." Sapnap said as I mined some iron ore.

"Yeah, we can get on there now and finish this world later." I said as I disconnected and logged onto Dreamsmp. George's name popped up in the game chat in greeting, my discord going off indicated that he joined the call.

"Hey, guys." George said, I could hear the smile in his voice, my heart squeezing slightly in my chest in excitement to talk to my friend.

"Hi." I greeted, sitting up in my chair instead of slouching like I was moments ago.

"Hey, is Bad gonna log on soon?" Sapnap asked, the two instantly bickering. I chuckled and listened to them as I went around spawn and saw a few new builds that looked interesting.

"Dream, he's hitting me!" Sapnap whined as he ran over to me with George close behind.

"Knock it off you two." I chuckled and rolled my eyes. "So immature."

"He started it." George said in a mock annoyed voice that had me grinning. "Dream, you should help me built-"

"But I wanna play with Dream!" Sapnap cut him off causing them to fake argue a bit longer before Sapnap gave up and went off to help Bad show Skeppy around leaving George and I in the chat room.

"What did you want me to help with?" I asked curiously.

"It's a secret base actually. I wanted to make one since everyone else seems to have them." George said.

"Yeah, I have a few hours." I instantly gave in. I was glad Sapnap left the chat because he would definitely call me a simp for sure.

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"Thanks, Dream." George said once the build was done and to his liking.

"No problem... so... you're not gonna stream tonight?" I asked, glancing at my monitor that had Discord open.

"No, I just wanna relax. What are you gonna do?" He asked.

"I don't have any plans." I shrugged, the chat going silent for a few moments as George killed a skeleton.

"Wanna talk for a bit?" George asked and I nodded before remembering that he couldn't see me.

"Yeah." I said, George laughed softly.

"I'm logging off, private call me." He said and logged off. I did the same and switched to my phone as I called him. George picked up after two rings. "Hey."

"Hey." I greeted, turning off my computer and lights before falling into bed.

"How has your day been?" George asked, I could hear him moving around on the other end.

"It's been good." I said, looking at the time and seeing that it was 1am. "How about you?" I asked, making small talk.

"Mines been good, we need to code those games soon." He reminded, rambling about what he wanted to add and how long all of it would take. I smiled as I listened to him talk. His voice was so soft when we weren't recording. My mind drifting for a moment as I let his voice lull me to sleep. "Clay?"

"Yeah, sorry, I fell asleep." I mumbled in embarrassment.

"It's okay, you should sleep. We can talk when you wake up." George said as I rubbed my eyes.

"Are you sure?" I asked, yawning into my pillow as I rolled over, tucking the pillow under my chin as I got more comfortable. "I can stay up."

"You wanna stay up and talk to me? What a simp." He teased causing me to roll my eyes.

"I like talking to my friends, George." I chuckled softly, tilting my head to the side slightly.

"When do you want to record those Manhunt videos?"

"Whenever you guys are free. I don't have much going on." I mumbled, suppressing another yawn.

George and I kept talking as I fought sleep just to talk to him. His voice almost lulled me to sleep every other minute and before I knew it it was 4am. My eyelids felt so heavy as I nuzzled my face against my pillow.

"Hmmph..." I mumbled, half asleep as I tried to answer George. I could still hear his voice. It was so nice, so soft and smooth, it made me smile... Whenever I heard his voice I couldn't help but smile.

"Goodnight, Dream..."

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I groaned softly as I rolled over and pulled the covers over my head to block the light out. The birds chirping loudly outside as I closed my eyes and tried to go back to sleep but after a bit I gave up and peaked my head out from under my blanket. My phone sat next to me, plugged in and still on. I frowned and rubbed my eyes, rubbing the sleep away.

"Dream?" I heard George say softly.

"George?" I said, realizing that we hadn't ended the call and I had fallen asleep.

"How'd you sleep?" George asked, I could heard his keyboard clicking.

"I slept good." I said, stretching and letting my bones crack before relaxing once more. It's been awhile since I last fell asleep on call with George.

"That's good, I've been on the server with Tommy and Tubbo." George said, telling me about what they've been doing while I was sleeping. I listened as I got up and went to the kitchen, the tile floor felt cold against my bare feet. A shiver going up my spine as I rushed over to the rug so I wouldn't have to deal with the bitter cold. I got myself some tea, leaning against the counter as I looked outside into my backyard.

"That sounds like fun." I smiled, sipping my tea and sighing softly.

"Yeah... you know you sleep talk." George said making me freeze.

"I do?" I asked, feeling embarrassed.

"Yeah, you were mumbling and I asked if you were awake but you asked if the pizza was ready yet and Sapnap laughed because I told him." George admitted and I groaned.

"That's so embarrassing." I groaned, feeding Patches who meowed at me loudly.

"It was funny." George laughed softly. I rolled my eyes and sighed again. Everything felt so cold all of a sudden. A shiver going up my spine as the mug slipped from my hands and shattered. "Dream? Are you okay? What was that sound?"

"What?" I mumbled softly, staring down at the broke mug, tea spilled all over the tiled floor.

"There was a crash. Are you okay?" George said again, my mind trying to process what happened.

"Yeah... I must be tired still... I-I dropped my mug. It broke." I said as I crouched down to pick up the pieces.

"Be carefully, don't grab any sharp pieces. You should go lay down after you clean it up." George said. I could tell he was worried about me.

"You sound like my mom..." I said lightheartedly causing us to laugh.

"I can be worried about my friend." George said, he sounded normal again.

"I appreciate it. I'll be fine." I assured, cleaning up the mess and making sure that there was no pieces of broke mug on the ground. I picked up Patches and her food bowl, bringing her in to my room just in case. I would feel terrible if I accidentally missed a piece and she stepped on it.

I set her down on my dresser with her bowl so she could finish eating.

"I should go to bed." George said after a long moment of silence.

"That's a good idea." I nodded, looking at the time. It's late for him, he needs the rest. "Goodnight, George... talk to you later." I said.

"Goodnight, Dream, get some more rest." George said before saying a soft goodbye. I mumbled a goodbye and hung up, looking at my phone before turning it off and crawling back into bed.

What was that earlier? Maybe I didn't get enough sleep...

My heart squeezed as I thought about it for a moment longer before closing my eyes. The cold, lifeless grip of sleep pulling me in to its soft emptiness.

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Hello everyone,
I've been meaning to write this for awhile now. I hope you all liked the first chapter. Minecraft YouTubers are keeping me going.
There's more to come.

This one is gonna be wild

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