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They all shared knowing smiles. What a simp.

Sapnap notices that the days pass by more quickly when he's with George. Ironically, he's happier than normal when he's with George, but that's only because it gives him pure serotonin when he messes with the Brit.

Right?

It's not like Sapnap's doubting himself— "If you're going to trust one person, let it be yourself" and stuff, right? That quote is probably copied and pasted all over the internet but still. He trusted himself to win a violin competition and what did he do? He won. He trusted himself to do an ollie and what did he do? He did an ollie.

But you can't really compare people to violins and skateboards.

People are more complex. People have feelings, some too big and some too small. People have opinions, some too strong and some too neutral. People talk, some too much and... No, Sapnap doesn't believe someone can talk too little. Keeping your mouth shut is what everybody should be doing.

Anyways, the point here is that Sapnap has no idea why he enjoys being with a certain British actor that isn't even close to being out of his league.

After thinking about this for over an hour at 4AM, Sapnap's mind decides to focus on only one subject until he absolutely understands it: GeorgeNotFound.

And that brings us to the present.

Rich and famous people are usually hard to figure out, but Sapnap thinks George is fairly simple in his own complicated way.

For starters, George is a huge nerd. A huge one. That might as well be his only personality trait. Sapnap can almost see the appeal if he squints hard enough at the brunette. The thing is, George isn't just a book nerd, he's also a hardcore computer nerd. Is coding a trend nowadays? Does Sapnap really live under a rock?

When he realises that he has no idea what goes on in the world, Sapnap does what he should've done a long time ago— He swallows his pride and searches up "GeorgeNotFound" on incognito mode because he thinks he'll really turn into ash if George ever saw his stupid name in the college student's search history.

And holy fuck, people are obsessed. There are hundreds of fanclubs and fanpages about a guy Sapnap has been hanging out with and teasing for over two months. There might as well be cults too. Twitter goes especially hard and oh my God, so many people have their profile picture as George.

It's mostly people talking about how attractive and kind he is and Sapnap can't help the frown forming on his face because The fuck? Georgie is so much more than pretty and he isn't nice at all! These morons don't know anything about him. They don't know how he never picked strawberries before, how he can't blow a bubble with bubblegum, or how he can be a total emotionless asshole! And with that, the raven refreshes his phone and turns it off, flopping down on his bed with Lily silently watching him.

This question kinda ties in with Question #1 in a way. Sapnap knows George reads, codes, and acts. The acting part is his job so that can't be considered a pastime and everybody reads books, so Sapnap only knows one thing. He only knows one thing and that rubs him the wrong way.

He needs to remedy this immediately. He doesn't know why he cares so much, he just does. So he takes out his phone and hurriedly types out a message.

Sapnap:
GEORGIE THINK FAST WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME

And almost as fast as Sapnap sent his message, George replies.

GeorgeNotFound:
i act?

Sapnap:
ACTING IS YOUR JOB IDIOT

GeorgeNotFound:
i.. read?

Sapnap:
EVERYBODY READS

GeorgeNotFound:
i code??

Sapnap:
SAY SOMETHING I DONT KNOW

GeorgeNotFound:
there isn't anything else though???

Sapnap:
THERE HAS TO BE

GeorgeNotFound:
there isn't.

Sapnap turns off his phone and places it beside him, tapping his foot on the floor. He bites his lip and his eyebrows furrow— Why is he so adamant about this? Then he hears the notification ding, his screen lighting up. The raven picks up his phone and unlocks it to read the message.

GeorgeNotFound:
i mean,
i hang out with you?

Sapnap:
okay so im your hobby.

Sapnap rereads the statement he made over and over again. He doesn't know why but it makes him feel hot inside to know that he's George's hobby. He's George's entertainment that the Brit can do anytime—

GeorgeNotFound:
you're more than that but yeah, i guess?
anyways, im coming over. i wanna take you to this fancy restaurant that just opened.
i'll pay so all you have to worry about is looking good.

Sapnap sends a checkmark emoji because he doesn't think his brain can even form a single "okay" right now.

Yes, Sapnap can admit this question is a tad bit strange, but knowing how a person interacts with other people, whether they be strangers or family, can tell you a lot about that person— Or at least that's how he views it.

The raven hasn't seen George interact with many people outside his job. He knows that the actor comes off as polite and charming to strangers, but Sapnap knows better. His friends also seem to know better. They probably know him better than Sapnap.

A bitter feeling settles in his heart. He's used to bitter feelings, but this one is different. Sapnap can't pinpoint it though. He's not sure he wants to.

"Sap?" A voice calls out his name (or nickname?) from the hallway and the college student hadn't even changed out of his hoodie yet. How'd he get here so fast? Sapnap wonders, pulling out the denim jacket that he got for Christmas (it wasn't a gift from anyone, he bought it for himself).

"Don't just wander around the dorms! What if someone sees you and recognises you?" Sapnap hisses with no real bite to it, opening the door and pulling George inside. "Jesus, how'd you get here so fast?"

The man in question is about to reply but immediately closes his mouth when Sapnap starts taking off his pants.

"Wh— What are you..." George trails off, his voice cracking a little. The Brit's face is pink as he immediately squeezes his eyes close, turns away, and puts his hands over his eyes in that order.

The half-naked college student can't help but poke fun at the other. "I'm stripping for you, obviously. I mean, that's why you're here, isn't it," And only because Sapnap is the biggest moron who never thinks anything through,

"Daddy?~"

Did he just say that out loud? Oh my God, he said that. To George's face. He called him daddy. He has no pants on and he called GeorgeNotFound daddy.

"I'm sorry, don't hurt me."

"Put on some fucking pants and I'll consider it."

George did not consider anything and he made Sapnap sit in the backseat, lonely and all roughed up.

Okay, he's not roughed up, but he is lonely. The brunette is giving him the coldest shoulder he's ever received in his life! That's completely unfair! Sapnap is the one who gives cold shoulders, he most certainly does not receive them.

Yet here he is, sulking in the very back of this very expensive car with a very cruel and not-alpha-male driving.

"Are we there yet—"

"No, shut up."

This turns Sapnap's pout into a frown. Georgie can't really be mad at me. He's probably still flustered— Clearly not daddy material. He can't help but joke in his head, unknowing that his frown just turned into a fond smile.

The brunette looks at his rear-view mirror and sees this, quickly turning his eyes back to the road with a scoff. "You're so weird, what are you, a masochist?"

"Only for— Holy shit, we're going to crash—"

(They did not crash but they were dangerously close and they did receive nasty glares from the other drivers).

The restaurant did not fail to disappoint and its fancy design alone was almost enough to forget about how they went almost twice the speed limit. They're sitting at a table for two on the second floor, away from the very few other people in this fine establishment. Sapnap has never been to one of these prim and proper restaurants, being a broke college student and all, so it's only natural that he's gawking at everything he sees— Even the menu.

George seems to notice the raven's awe and a tiny smile is painted on his face. "God, just order something already. The waiter will be coming back soon." He sighs at the shell-shocked moron who seems to be lost in his thoughts per usual.

"... Sapnap? Hey, Sapnap? Sappy? Hey!" The actor strangely remembers saying those words before but he has no time to ponder about it since Sapnap snaps back into reality.

"Gosh Georgie, no need for you to shriek in my ear with your shrill and annoying voice." The raven quips.

"Just because you said that I'm not paying for your food anymore."

"I'll just have garlic bread— Ooh! Do you think they have carbonated melon milk?"

"Did you not hear me? I said I changed my mind." Saying that also gives the brunette some massive deja vu.

Sapnap just responds with his sunshine smile that can blind more people than the sun can. "Awh, but if you do that you'll ruin our—"

And then the college student who shouldn't even be in such a fancy place has a realisation.

George suspiciously squints at him for cutting himself off. "Ruin our what?" And before their conversation could continue, the waiter came back— Perfect timing for Sapnap.

The actor gives the overly polite waiter their orders and Sapnap knows he should be paying attention because of Question #3 but he just can't. His thoughts only revolve around one question right now.

There's no way, right? George probably takes all his friends to expensive restaurants and he shouldn't question the older about it.

But he does, he can't help it.

"Say, do you take all your rich friends to restaurants as exquisite as this one?" Sapnap casually says, focusing on the glossy wall and pretending not to care.

The Brit tilts his head at the question before brushing his hair back and responding. "Uh, yeah, sometimes after a long day of work or just to hang out. Sometimes it's just me and someone else and other times it's the whole gang. Why do you ask?"

Oh, then it's not a date. The raven broods. George takes other people to fancy restaurants. People probably ask George on dates. Who wouldn't? Sapnap probably would too if he wasn't such a cowardly idiot.

Then the waiter comes back with their food. This waiter really has impeccable timing.

He places down the food and tells them that he hopes they leave satisfied. The waiter also places down a juice box— Carbonated melon milk— And winks at Sapnap before walking away.

Sapnap picks it up and gives a soft thank you before stabbing the straw through the hole and taking a sip.

It tastes more bitter than usual.

George notices that the days go by more easily when he's with Sapnap. Ironically, he's comfortable than normal when he's with Sapnap, but that's only because it gives him pure serotonin when he messes with the broke college student.

Right?

George is 100% doubting himself right now— Screw those Don't doubt yourself! You're awesome! quotes. He hates quotes like that. People may say that he's very successful in life, being an actor with a "delightful personality" and a "very handsome face", but God, he's so much more than that.

He codes and he codes well. He was self-taught and he spent days staring at his computer— It's a miracle that he isn't blind. Well, he is blind, but he's a different kind of blind.

Nobody has the right to say he has a "delightful personality" because holy fuck, can he be an obnoxious bastard. But he isn't more obnoxious than Sapnap. No living creature can beat Sapnap in that category— The brunette remembers how he and that absolute moron first met— It was a terrible first impression. They both hated each other at first sight.

Like the opposite of Love At First Sight.

George thinks the concept of Love At First Sight is stupid anyway. You can't just instantly fall in love with someone just by looking at them— You only like their physical appearance and find them pleasing to look at.

The concept of Growing In Love is much better. It takes time but that's how romance should be. You have to get to know the person, you have to feel them out. Let yourself befriend them and enjoy their company until one day you look at them and realise you see them in a not-so-platonic light anymore.

That's how romance should be.

A perfect example of Growing In Love is himself and Sapnap.

Wait, what? The Brit jolts up from his bed.

After panicking about this for over an hour at 4AM, George's mind decides to put his heart to the test: Is he really in love with Sapnap?

This one's surprisingly easy— The raven can be extremely egotistical and an overall dickhead, but a lovable one. It's one of those things that you can't explain. He's like, the human embodiment of the sun. Yeah, it can and will burn you with no remorse, but it still brings light to your world. Without it, you'd be surrounded by complete darkness and you can use other sources of light but they'll never shine as bright as the Sun. They'll never burn as good as the Sun.

And maybe George went too into detail there.

And maybe he really is whipped for the Sun.

Would it surprise you if I told you that GeorgeNotFound only needed that one question to confirm his feelings? I hope not because there were extremely obvious signs— Even his friends knew it the day they first saw the pair lying in bed together. George has never been a fan of physical touch and all of the sudden he's cuddling some random guy?

Yeah, painfully obvious.

His so-called friends tease the Brit about this revelation a lot. Every time Sapnap comes to the set (it's not very often, much to George's disappointment), all his shitty friends start elbowing him and giggling, like they're the best matchmakers that this universe ever had. His fake friend alert is blaring right now but he does appreciate the smacks on his back and the encouraging words they give, even if George swears they'll break one of his bones if they keep hitting him.

"When are you gonna ask him out?"

"Are you guys gonna fuck soon?"

"What kind of weird kinks does he have?"

These are repeated questions the brunette gets asked daily and honestly, he can't take it that much longer because he doesn't know. When am I going to ask him out? Am I going to ask him out? If I do and all goes well, would we even...? He feels like his soul is on fire and he knows exactly whose fault it is.

"C'mon guys, this is the last scene! Everyone has to watch this!" He can hear excited chattering and George makes his way over just in time for the scene to start. The Brit couldn't help but smile because this was the ending he and Sapnap created and it's a happy one. He remembers Sapnap with an umbrella over his head and that blinding smile. He remembers how they bickered about making the ending both realistic and happy.

And then he remembers Quackity calling Sapnap pretty. And how Sapnap looked so happy with Dream.

George knows his friends wouldn't try to take him away, even if they easily could, but God, what if there's someone else? Someone else who thinks Sapnap's very pretty and fun to be around? Someone else who can make Sapnap smile a smile so bright that it rivals the Sun?

George clenches his fist as the scene unfolds.

Ether grabs Rareta's hand and runs away with her as fast as she can while the Entity who looks identical to Ether takes time devouring the killer like it's the first good meal it's had in decades. Nobody has ever left the forest but then again, nobody had a sadistic killer on a killing spree determined to take out their whole village. They don't spare a second glance, they can't. They keep running and running until they can hear clamouring noise and they can see hundreds of people bustling about.

It's not okay. Everything they've been through is not okay, but they will be. It'll take time, it always takes time to heal. Sometimes Ether wonders about the Entity. She wonders what it's doing while looking exactly like her. 'Etheroid', she thinks she'll refer to it from now on, for it looks like her but it'll never be her. It's just a resemblance of her. An 'oid'.

He's decided. He'll do it the day the movie premieres.

Okay so George knew he made a vow to himself that he'd ask Sapnap out on the day the movie premieres, but he's having extreme doubts because the movie's coming out tomorrow. What if he makes Sapnap uncomfortable? The Brit runs a hand through his brown locks and is about to press the call button, but decides texting is the safer option.

GeorgeNotFound:
hey, you awake?

Sapnap:
uh huh but i don't wanna be o(TヘTo)o
sleeby.. i just got out of the shower.. probably gonna pass out soon (×﹏×)

The only thing the actor registers is that Sapnap just got out of the shower. He just got out of the shower and his hair is probably still wet and— Alright, let's curb the horny for a second because Sapnap sends another text.

Sapnap:
did you seriously just leave me on read (°ㅂ°╬)/

GeorgeNotFound:
NONO sorry sorry, just thinking again.
anyways, the premiere's tomorrow and everyone is gonna go watch it in the director's private movie theatre.

Sapnap:
yes i've been informed

GeorgeNotFound:
so, i'll pick you up at 6AM?

And then George throws his phone on his bed and puts his head in his hands. He slowly but surely reaches his phone and takes a deep breath before reading the response.

Sapnap:
ah shit i should've told you before
i have my history exam today, we gotta be there at like, 4.

He can feel his heart sink. It's not a complete rejection but it still has an effect— He totally forgot Sapnap had school and his exam today.

GeorgeNotFound:
oh
oh yeah that's cool, you complained more than you studied, but i hope you kick its ass.
i know you can.

Sapnap:
gasp!! rare sighting of georgie being nice to me!!
im screenshotting that! no take-backs, you love me!
also sorry i couldn't come, i think i'd have a blast making fun of your acting :c

This seems to mend the Brit's heart. "Yeah, more than you know, stupid." He whispers before turning off his phone after he sends a "<3". It's late, he should go to sleep.

If George is less excited to see the movie, nobody has to know about it. But of course, people sense something's off with him, and of course, those people are his outlandish friends.

"Thought you'd be more excited, Gogy. Will you cheer up when Pandas gets here?" Dream teases, sidling up to the Brit on the sidewalk and of course, when Dream starts something, everyone joins in.

"Pandas? Hey, is that the Sapnap guy?! He was a total—" Before Tommy could finish his sentence, Techno bopped him on the head— Apparently the two had bonded over both playing the violin.

"It seems Techy Wecky has taken a liking to your manz, George. Better watch out." Quackity chimes in with a snickering Karl and Punz. So before anything can escalate, the brunette lets out a sigh and stops on a crack in the sidewalk.

He doesn't want to tell them, not really, but he's going to. "Sap isn't coming. He, uh, has that history exam."

Everyone lets out a quiet oh.

"But it's whatever, let's just keep going." George tries to wave it off but none of them are moving.

"We can force them to keep the theatre open until next morning." Oh No.

"You gotta buy flowers or some cheesy shit like that! This is your first date ever, time to go all out!" Double Oh No.

"Let's get to work, boys!" Triple Oh No.

Meanwhile, all that is happening, our friendly neighbourhood Sapnap just finished having a midlife crisis. Is it because of the test? Partially, yes, but it's also because of the heart George sent yesterday because why the fuck? The exam started very early in the morning for no good reason at all. Who has this many questions about history? What happened to move on from the past?

Sapnap doesn't know how he did— He forgot all the questions and his answers once he was finished. School went by rather slow today and that's probably God mocking him for not being able to see the movie premiere with George. It's whatever, the book is better than the movie. He groggily muses, opening his dorm door and not bothering to lock it before he flops down on a chair. His digital clock says it's 11:00 and he doesn't even know how it's so late already.

Meoooow. Lily purrs, her paw tapping the window. The raven just lets out a tired laugh and looks over to his cat.

"Meow to you too. What're you doing at the window?" He asks, slowly getting up and Holy shit is that George?

Indeed it is GeorgeNotFound, waving excitedly whilst wearing the exact blue shirt he was when they first met. People online draw him wearing it a lot so that must be his trademark outfit.

Then Sapnap gets a message.

GeorgeNotFound:
bring lily and get down

And that's all he needs.

"It better be warmer in the movie theatre. Do you want me to die?" Sapnap complains as the Brit just rolls his eyes and continues leading them toward the theatre entrance. Lily is snug in Sapnap's arms. "Well, you did wait for me for like, 5 hours. That's simp behaviour, Gogy. You also got me flowers!" He can't help but tease the other as they walk in, the flowers in a vase back at his dorm.

"Can you shut up? If you talk during the movie, I'm kicking you out." The actor threatens with a lovesick grin on his face while Sapnap gapes at the theatre. The movie is rolling the opening credits just as they walk in and sit down. The college student bursts in a fit of laughter when George is on-screen— It's not like he's bad, he's most certainly not— It's just funny to him. Call it a bad sense of humour if you must but Sapnap's laughs are contagious and even if there's nothing funny about a teacher being killed, George laughs as well.

The movie is good, of course, it is— It's barely an hour as well and by the end of it Sapnap's already half asleep on the other's arm. "I guess it's not as interesting since you wrote it all, huh?" George softly says, tucking in a strand of hair that covered his face.

"Mm, we wrote it all, moron." Sapnap rubs his eyes and mumbles, sitting up straight.

The movie is rolling the end credits and the room is now pretty dark.

George promised himself that he'd ask him out. He also was forced to promise his friends as well. He's gotta do it. It's now or never—

Then all his thoughts halt to a stop. There's the feeling of soft lips on his own, but only for a split second before they're gone.

"Very romantic, thank you for taking me on this not-cliché-at-all movie date, GeorgeNotFound." Sapnap whispers. Did George just imagine this? Maybe he's in a dream.

And just to be sure, he pulls the younger closer and kisses him again. This one's rougher and longer and when they pull apart there's a silence between them.

A comfortable one.

Then Sapnap ruins it by saying one word: "Gay."

"Literally die."

The next day, they told their friends that they were together. George got to meet Ant and Bad who were extremely kind and Sapnap got to meet George's huge and rich family who were extremely scary. He got to meet George's cat for the first time so it wasn't that bad.

The days have gotten warmer and sunnier.

The Sun is shining when Sapnap receives his history exam mark: 95.5%.

The Sun is shining when George gets cast into this hit movie.

The Sun is shining when the duo is out on a date in the newly rebuilt café where Averia, the real person, died. They were just about to leave when a very pretty lady walked in, a smile painted right below her lavender eyes. Sapnap freezes in place and George tries to snap him out of it. The Brit told him to let it go. Let it wash away. And the two walk out of the café and the Sun greets them. It's alright, it's still shining.

And it isn't the actual sun that's shining when George and Sapnap have their domestic moments in the night, but it's better. It's better because it's Sapnap and it's better because he's with George.