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"Chances" - Jun x Yanan

“Chances can be missed, but not all chances should be taken.”

-> paring: roommates Junhui x Minghao ; besties Minghao x Yanan ; soulmates Junhui x Yanan -> characters: pet store worker!Jun ; coffee shop worker!Mingao ; pizza store worker!Yanan -> genre: fluff, strangers to lovers, bulleted list fic -> word count: 3.5k -> content warning: slight cursing, lots of crackhead headcanons, slight dark humor, cross group shipping(? -> don’t know if this counts), I LITERALLY WROTE THIS IN 2018 BECAUSE OF CYZJ

p.s. hi hi, this is my first fic that've uploaded in a while ! I wrote this in 2018 since I was really really into cyzj (Chao Yin Zhan Ji - The Collaboration a show that Minghao and Junhui was on) and this is where I fell deeply in love with Jun and Yanan and their friendship. I've made some changes and I hope you guys can enjoy!!

it’s another interesting day in Junhao’s apartment

because Jun is groaning in the next room over from Minghao

“Junhui shut up or I’ll kick you out of this apartment”

for some odd reasons our lovely, sweet boy Wen Junhui always get rejected when he confesses to someone

he can’t even count the amount of times he’s been turned down for the past 22 years of his life

every time he finds the courage to confess he just,,,

*sounds of broken glass*

yeah that’s Jun’s heart shattering

and then Minghao has to be by Jun’s side to pick up all the broken pieces and help him super glue each piece back together

insert cartoon mini!hao with a broom and dust pan sweeping by cartoon mini!jun’s side who’s currently sobbing

last night the same thing happened again.

Jun came home

curled up on the couch and sobbed his heart out

while Minghao goes through his checklist of comforting Jun:

patting him

telling him it’s fine

none of it s your fault

making him drink water to calm down

once Jun’s sobs dies down Minghao led his big baby roommate back to his room and tell him to sleep all the thoughts away

today Minghao’s shift at the coffee shop starts a bit later than usual

which just so happens to be the same time when Jun has to go to work

Minghao knocks on Jun’s door

who is still groaning smh

“hey you gotta get up so you can pay rent. come on now or I’m barging into your room”

silence. 

“alright I’m coming in, you better not be naked in there”

Minghao turns the handle and pushes the door into Jun’s room

he just sees a blanket ball on top of Jun’s bed

aka there’s a jun holding the structural integrity of the ball

Minghao shakes the blanket ball

“Jun get up you have work later”

“hm”

well that’s the first word other noise Xu Minghao has heard from this boy today

“aren’t you excited to see all your kids later?”

(*note: jun works at a pet shop, and all the pets in the shop are his babies!)

finally Jun peeks out from his blankets

Minghao sighed,

thank god you’re not dead

he sits on the side of Jun’s bed and pats where he thinks his shoulder is(?)

“I know you’re still upset about last night but hey let me tell you what I read earlier”

“Minghao all you read are fictions”

“Junhui you don’t even read”

Hao quickly shuffles to his room and ran back to where he was in Jun’s room

he held the book up to show blanket ball!Jun who’s still lying in bed

“1231 Ways to Find your Soulmate”

Jun just looks back at Minghao and the book

“huh, so you read fiction and guide books”

*whack*

[Minghao: 1]

[Junhui: 0]

“no dumbass I read BOOKS”

“anyways, I was reading and I found one of the experiences here that’s kinda similar to you”

Minghao flips to the page he was talking about and made jun sit up to read it

“Section 1025: Fate Guidance”

“Hao this is stupid all soulmates are based on fate”

“just read”

“Explanation: You’ll not be able to find your soulmate until you get some discourages. Also known as getting rejected. But this is a good sign because it is fate guiding you, making you skip all the unnecessary heartbreaks from the relationship, in order for you to find your true soulmate.”

now Jun is getting intrigued

and more comforted

since this naive boy has never really learned about the concept of soulmates

or at least other ways to find them besides the tattoo way

smh all those fanfics

which Minghao said it isn’t possible because nobody is born with tattoos unless it’s birth marks

but them fanfic dont write it that way HMMMMM

“hey Minghao”

“yeah?”

“do you wanna go out with me?”

Minghao.exe has stopped functioning. 

“um no?”

“okay I just wanna test this out”

Minghao is literally trying to hold back his urge to whack jun with the book AGAIN

he snatched his book from Jun and walk out of his room

“by the way you probably have 15 mins to get ready for work and to eat breakfast before you’re late”

now you see a wild Jun is running around the house

“also I cant pick you up from work tonight, I’m gonna be meeting up with my friend so get your own ride”

and with that Xu Minghao has left the chaotic Jun running around the house 

don’t worry Jun got to work on time, he loves his job so much he would never be late

also he just doesn’t wanna get fired because bro does need to pay rent 

then the night rolls around,,

Minghao is out at dinner with his good friend from high school, Yanan

even though they live in the same city they never meet up often since they are both busy with their lives and full time jobs

“so pizza boy what’s up with you these days”

ah yes

Yanan. is. a. pizza. boy.

he usually does deliveries because the pizza store thought “hey we need a good looking and good working fella to deliver pizza so maybe costumers will buy from us more. oh Yanan you’re perfect for this position”

and Yanan uses his pizza delivery boy advantage to maybe encounter and meet his potential partner…

“you know just delivering pizza as usual, or be the cashier when I’m not on delivery. hey lemme tell you about this really pretty-“

“Yanan this better be the same person you talked about last time”

um yeah 

Yanan also has this thing where he changes the person he’s interested really fast

if he gets a good vibe, it is a potential!

Yanan’s roster can probably wrap around the earth three times

he could be called as a player but he’s never really dated any of his interests

“uhhh, what if it’s not?”

“Yanan man you really gotta give some more thoughts into your relationships. you can’t always just have a crush on someone just by their looks or just vibes after you spoke with them for 10 mins”

“well I mean I do want to make a commitment one day but I just can’t help myself”

and right as he said that he’s eyeing some who just walked pass by their table

Minghao sighs.

“and that’s exactly what i’m saying. dude do you not believe in soulmates?”

Yanan shook his head

to Yanan, soulmates are like myths or fairy tales

it can be true, but it’s obvious it’s made up

once again Xu Minghao whips out his book that he showed his roommate this morning 

and he flips to a certain page

“read this”

“Way 610: Selective"

"Explanation: You need to be careful with who you make commitments with. If they are not the one, you’ve lost your chance of finding your real soulmate. If they are the one, it should be an instant click.”

Yanan looks up from the book

“so? you understand it now?”

“Minghao this doesn’t apply to me alright? this book is for everyone, how would you know this one is my way of finding soulmates? also bro why do you carry a textbook around you?”

Minghao glares.

“alright alright, but i’m just telling you to be careful and not to make the wrong choice”

with that they continue on with their dinner and flipped the subject over

for the next couple of days everything went on as usual for all the boys, they went to work, take care of their personal chores. rinse and repeat. 

well to Yanan there was something out of the ordinary for him 

he was sitting on his living room floor

“You need to be careful with who you make commitments with.”

of course at his job he was doing what he normally does, making deliveries, checking eyeing out who he could make a potential commitment with

but ever since that night 

he’s been thinking about that line from Minghao’s book and making him feel uneasy?

I’m just overthinking this, yanan thought

he got up to make himself some dinner and watch tv to clear his mind away

the next day went on as normal, but Minghao needed to stay and close the shop

so Jun went home first and he changed into his pajamas instantly

then he looked around the kitchen for anything that can be dinner worthy

ramen? just ate that last night.

salad? nah that’s minghao’s grass.

spaghetti? oops we ran out of sauce.

sandwich? nope not in the mood for it.

basically jun concludes his kitchen status as: 

[no food]

he looked on the fridge door filled with restaurant menus and flyers, hopefully finding something that can be delivered

and the first thing that caught his eyes was the the local pizza store flyer

“well guess you it is”

then Jun called the number and ordered a large pepperoni pizza

not that he was gonna share with Minghao or anything-

but large pizza it is

he slumped on the couch playing on his phone, waiting for his pizza and Minghao

15 mins later, the door bell ring

which made Jun rolled off of the couch

yes he literally rolled off of the couch

because:

1. no one ever comes over so the doorbell isn’t in frequent use

2. the doorbell sound is scary when you’re alone in a SILENT house

3. he forgot the money

after grabbing his wallet from his room he shuffled to the front door and opened it

there,,,,,

in front of Jun is this beautiful, has an extremely nice smile, flawless pizza boy

named Yanan,, because you know, name tags 

while Yanan is in front of this handsome, even though he’s in pajamas pants, stunning boy

named,,,,, well he kinda forgot the order receipt was in his pocket

“damn”

smh nice one Junhui

“I-I’m sorry?”

“oh, uhhh,,,, I’m just surprised at how big the pizza is,,,”

and by now Yanan is giggling

yes Jun, you made a smooth move

“yeah the box might make the pizza seem extremely big, but the sizes of our large pizzas are all 16 inch!”

“oh wow I didn’t even know that, guess you just learn something new everyday huh?”

pizza boy Yanan nodded, and kinda kept his gaze on Jun for awhile

since Jun was also looking at the other boy

basically they created an awkward atmosphere but none of them can’t feel it?????

finally Yanan was the first to snap back to reality

(the hot pizza box was getting to him)

“oh the pizza will be $16.64”

Jun pulled out $30 and told Yanan to keep the change

yes Jun just gave a tip that’s almost the same amount as his food

which wasn’t a problem because that pizza boy was fine

so is the pizza 

but mostly it’s because of his pizza delivery boy 

after Yanan has gone out of the apartment he felt that his heart was basically racing out of his chest 

but he wasn’t even running??

Yanan shook his head to clear his mind and continued on with his work

as Yanan continued to make deliveries, he couldn’t get the image of the boy he saw earlier out of his mind

later when Minghao came back home he just sees Junhui lying on the couch hugging a giant pizza box

“you good?”

“yeah”

“lemme guess you ate that whole box of pizza?”

“nope, I haven’t ate a slice yet”

and then Jun peeks into the box

“Wen Junhui what the hell are you doing hugging a FULL pizza box”

“hey Minghao can we order pizza more often”

Minghao just glares at jun for couple of seconds and walked into his room to change into his lounge clothes

10 mins later, Minghao walked out of his room and he sees Jun still hugging that box of pizza

“dude I’m gonna eat that pizza if you aren’t gonna eat it”

“no”

huh ???????

Minghao is so confused on why Jun would buy a whole large pizza and not eat it

[thughao activates]

*snatch*

“I’m putting this on the kitchen table”

now Jun is pouting on the couch after he lost his pizza box

he was about to get up and get a slice of pizza but suddenly he felt his phone buzz in his pocket

Text from [Unknown Number]:

Hey

This is Yanan

You know that pizza boy from earlier

I’m sorry I forgot to give you your receipt earlier

Sorry if this was weird

I’ll show myself out

Jun is actually going to melt at this point

he just looks at his phone in disbelief

damn that cute pizza boy texted me

then he sees the texting bubbles again from Yanan

Okay I’m back to say that I just wanted to chat with you a little more

Oh, you read my messages already

smh Junhui you forgot you had read receipts on

UGHHHHH now I’m sorry for spamming you

with his shaky fingers Jun finally typed back a response to Yanan

no you’re fine!! 

I just couldn’t text back because I was eating a slice of pizza

I was thinking about I wanted to chat with you more as well!

in reality Wen Junhui is: [panicking on the inside]

with that Jun literally stood in the middle of the living room with blushed cheeks for half an hour texting Yanan

Minghao: if you don’t come over any time soon I'm taking your pizza and feeding it to the squirrels in the neighborhood 

yes Minghao is in the corner watching this mess who was crying his heart out last week but now he’s smiling like an idiot 

also yes Jun eventually did get a slice of pizza

for the next couple of weeks Jun and Yanan just been texting back and forth and getting to know each other better

and man

did they fall more deeply in love with each other

but because their schedules never lines up

since that night when Jun ordered pizza they didn’t get to see each again 

and after that since Minghao kinda banned Jun from having pizza again 

(Minghao: we spent 3 nights finishing all that pizza, and Jun barely ate any!! AND HE ORDERED IT!)

also because Minghao promotes that healthy lifestyle !!

so one night Minghao and Yanan got together again for dinner

they were just making small talks

also Hao is once again nagging Yanan about the soulmates thing again

and suddenly Yanan just goes

Yanan: hey can I tell you something 

Minghao: sure

Yanan: I’m kinda talking to someone right now

Minghao: ooh really, what’s their name? *taking a sip of his water*

Yanan: his name is Jun

Minghao: *chokes* wHAT.

Yanan: I’m talking to a guy named Jun, what’s wrong with that?

Minghao: well my roommate’s name is Jun too, must be a coincidence...

Minghao’s mind is basically like

yeah,,,,

it could be any jun

it doesn’t have to be his best friend/companion/roommate Jun

BUT,,,,,,,,,,,,

WHAT IF.

“hey Yanan do you have time in the morning in the next couple of days?”

“I don’t work until 1pm on Saturday”

“perfect, come to The Coffee Shop at 11am on Saturday. I need to show you something”

Yanan is basically looking at Minghao weirdly now because he doesn’t know what kind of plans Minghao’s mind is making

flashbacks to all the times in high school where Minghao tried to pull small pranks on Yanan to embarrass him

“sounds sketchy but I’ll come by”

and with that Minghao has started his mini quest

that same night when Minghao went home 

he sees Jun on his phone as always

his sixth sense kicks in and his plans that he cannot share: [activates] 

“hey Junhui what are you doing right now”

“playing on my phone can’t you see”

well alrighty then smartass

“you’ve been pretty glued to your phone for the past few weeks, anything going on?”

Jun shakes his head while he’s CLEARLY smiling and giggling at his phone 

“nahhh I’ve been looking at memes”

“show me”

for some reasons Jun froze as Minghao said that

“nahhh you wouldn’t like them it’s not your humor”

“Junhui I've lived with you for 2 years now I know when you’re lying fess up”

to be honest,, Minghao actually didn’t know he just randomly guessed

(the sixth sense !!)

“ughhhh fine, you know how couple weeks ago I ordered pizza”

“ah yes the night where I came home and seeing you hugging a FULL box of pizza”

“shut up”

Minghao’s face literally screams “try me”

“anyways, I kinda have been talking to that pizza boy ever since that night”

“damn, you already got his number the first day you met him?! what’s his name?”

“first of all, he had my number from the receipt; second of all, his name is Yanan”

[secret agent Xu Minghao has completed all of his objectives]

well, almost. 

since he is the one who always encourages Jun to do certain things

and he found out Jun has never seen Yanan ever since

sooooooo

“hey don’t you work kinda late on Saturday?”

“yeah, at 12, why?”

“you should invite Yanan out to The Coffee Shop and confess to him then”

Jun just shaking his head

his entire body is rejecting to that idea

“Minghao I don’t think I’m ready”

“well that’s what you think, I think, wait no, I KNOW you’re ready”

with that Xu Minghao just left Junhui on the couch pouting and contemplating at his bright phone screen

“ahh screw it”

[To: Pizza Boy]

Hey do you wanna meet up at The Coffee Shop on Saturday?

[From: Pizza Boy]

Sure!

I actually have to run an errand that day around there too 

Seems like you read my mind and plans lol

[To: Pizza Boy]

I’ll meet you at 11am then!

and yes

Wen Junhui just successfully planned his first date with Yanan

but the date is under Minghao’s supervision so he can call the emergency code word “meow” when he needs help

when 11am Saturday rolls in

Minghao was already there since he had to open the store that day

Jun came about 10 mins early because he was having too much anxieties at home without Minghao

but Minghao is just ready to watch a romance drama unfold right in front of him

he almost packed popcorn to work

since Jun sat with his back towards the main entrance he didn’t see when Yanan walked in till he heard his voice

“hey what’s up Minghao”

huh

wait,,,,

Yanan knows Minghao?!

what is going on?????!?!?!?

[Jun’s panic mode: activated]

“what did you wanna show me I’m actually running on a schedule for a date later”

oooooh

and here comes devilish sneaky Hao

he popped his head out of the counter more and looks in Jun’s direction 

“hey Junhui come over here”

Jun can feel his face starting to get hot

and he sloooooooowly inched his way to where Yanan and Minghao are

“hey Yanan”

now Minghao is getting REAAAAAAAL HYPE

“here Yanan, lemme introduce, Wen Junhui, aka Jun, aka my roommate”

“Jun, this is my best friend from high school, Yanan”

Jun and Yanan looked at each other and then looked at Minghao

and they did that for maybe a whole 30 sec

Yanan: oH you set us up huh

Minghao: bingo!

Jun: I literally live in the same house as you how come I didn’t notice

Minghao: well maybe if you weren’t so glued to your phone you would’ve noticed. now do whatever you need to do. I’m here to work

and he does a shooing motion to continue enjoying his show tell them to continue their date

of course, he bought them drinks because you don’t wanna just chat without a drink at The Coffee Shop!

then Jun lead Yanan to the table he was sitting at

they both just made some small talks since they’ve talked a lot over text already

and then

Jun finally brings up the courage to ask

“hey, sooo I kinda invited you out today because ever since the day I saw you, I literally asked Minghao if I can order pizza every night just so I can see you again. I’ve liked you ever since the first day I saw you.”

deep breathe in,,,,,,

“do you wanna go out with me?”

0.00000001 sec later

“yes, of course! I was about to say the same”

Yanan was so surprised at how fast he replied to that

he didn’t even think before he said anything

Jun was also surprised at how fast Yanan responded

but he was even more surprised that he finally didn’t get rejected for once

they were both giggling at each others reactions

and talking about what they should do for their next date

behind the counter you see Xu Minghao holding up his soulmate guidebook in the background

yes Junyan literally did that in front of Minghao’s book

Minghao: soulmates are real kids

p.p.s. a new love letter has been shared! @imujings @seungchaos -> if you want to be notified when new letters have been shared, please comment or sent in an ask!

[awkwardtickleetoo]

Sleepy Kitten

hellooo party people :D

so I ran a poll for you guys to vote for which fic I should post next, and this is the one that won!! I've been working on this for quite a while tbh, just like slowly molding it into what it is today, and I'm pretty proud of it honestly!!

shoutout @mushiewrites for helping me out with this and reading it over and over again whenever I changed the tiniest detail lmao (like All of my fics tbh, and all of the future ones to come). you're a real one mushie <333

lee!george, ler!karl, feat. ler!dream and ler!sapnap, ~4k words

enjoy!!

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"Dream?" Karl's soft voice rang through the living room where Dream was sitting on the couch looking a little too sad and gloomy to not warrant Karl's curiosity. His head perked up from where it was resting on his arm that was draped over the back of the couch at the sound of his name, and he looked over at the door frame that Karl had walked through with Sapnap following suit barely seconds later, and he smiled at the other two.

"Hey," Dream greeted, blinking tiredly and watching as they both walked over towards him. Sapnap took a few quick steps to cross behind Karl, turning to sit against the edge of the couch arm, while Karl stayed standing in front of Dream. He tilted his head to be at a parallel angle to Dream's tilted head, and reached out to wrap his finger around a stray curl of hair that rested behind Dream's ear.

"You alright? What's got you all mopey, handsome?" Karl asked, smiling when the affectionate name and touch made Dream let out a soft hum. Dream's lips quirked up into a smile at the action, and he rested his head back down against his arm as Karl played with the back of his hair.

"Nothing really. I'm just bored," Dream explained, closing his eyes as he stretched his arms above his head, letting them flop back down around him after. "You guys were busy so me and George were hanging out, and then I guess he, like, got bored or something and said he was going to take a nap! Like, we weren't even done with what we were watching and he just leaves to go sleep! How fucked up is that?!" Dream explained, exaggerating his annoyance with a dramatic eye roll, and Karl and Sapnap both giggled along with him.

"No, you're right, that is super fucked up, he does that all the time!" Sapnap agreed.

"Yeah!" Karl confirmed as well, pausing for a second before smiling down at Dream. "I think we should do something about it." Dream's eyebrows raised as he looked up at Karl again, taking in his mischievous smile that made him grin more as well.

"Oh yeah?" Dream asked, now narrowing his eyes as he took in the energy of the conversation. He watched as Karl looked over to Sapnap, and they shared a borderline evil smile as well. Karl put a hand out, offering it to Dream to take, as he pulled Dream to stand up. "I feel like you guys have a way more thought out plan than I anticipated," Dream offered. Sapnap chuckled, falling back a step to be in line with him as they walked.

"Trust me, you have no idea. This is, like, Karl's specialty. You're in for a treat," Sapnap explained with a smile as they approached George's cracked open bedroom door. Karl pushed it open slowly, careful not to disturb George just yet, at the risk of putting a wrench in his own plans.

They were greeted with the sight of Patches laying at the foot of George's bed, curled up on top of one of his hoodies that was half falling off the edge. She chirped softly at them before she jumped down and trotted her way out the door, obviously disgruntled by them disturbing her sleep. Next, they were greeted by the sight of George, asleep in his bed, exactly where they expected.

As they stepped closer, they picked up on more details. George was lying on his side, the outline of his legs underneath the covers showing that one foot was just near the edge of the bed and the other was tucked up a bit further with his knee bent. The arm that was resting against the bed was straight out in front of him, fingers curled around the corner or the pillow on the other side of the bed, and his other hand was curled up near his face, half-covering his mouth. His face was also slightly flushed, and they could only imagine it was caused by the added warmth coursing through his body from the extra fluffy throw blanket that half covered his lower body on top of his comforter.

He looked comfortable, content, and… kind of adorable. If you'd asked Dream, he could've sat there staring at him until he woke up naturally.

But Dream didn't voice that opinion, because Karl began his secret plan before he got the chance.

Karl flipped up the corner of the blankets to expose George's socked foot and the few inches of skin where the cuff of his pants had slid up in his sleep. George's foot tensed at the cool air, toes curling a few times before he went still again.

Karl took this as an invitation, and smirked as he ran a finger from George's big toe to his heel.

George's foot flinched again, moving a bit more this time, and he let out a tiny sound from the back of his throat accompanied by a small breath through his nose. Karl's smile widened at the sound, but it was obvious he was looking for a bigger reaction. So, he repeated his action, continuously this time, trailing up and down George's foot over and over again.

George let out another huff of air through his nose, another noise leaving his throat, this one higher pitched than the last. His lips quivered into a smile, and he turned his head further into the pillow and pulled his hand in closer to hide his mouth. When Karl switched to scratching just at the heel of his foot for a few seconds, there was another sound, but this time it sounded suspiciously like a choked giggle. His eyelids fluttered, clearly on the verge of waking up but not quite passing the threshold yet. Instead, there was a small whine, and George's body squirmed slightly, seemingly by its own accord. His other leg slid down to his outstretched one, using that foot to partially cover the one that was being tickled and curling his toes to try to get rid of the feeling.

Karl kept pushing.

He used one finger to gently guide George's foot away, shifting them so they were flat next to each other, and he switched to dragging all ten fingers up and down either sole. He kept his touch light, made sure to use his nails, and kept his fingers in a stiff claw shape as he scratched. George stirred quite a bit more now, pushing himself to lay fully on his stomach as his entire body squirmed on his bed, movements sluggish from sleeping. His fingers gripped the edge of the pillow they hovered near, and the hand near his face moved closer to cover more of his mouth.

Despite the few giggles that fell from his mouth and the way his legs curled up to escape the feeling, he still wasn't entirely awake yet.

Apparently, this was close enough to what Karl was aiming for.

Karl moved his leg up to kneel on the bed, making sure to press his weight down slowly so he didn't alert George to his movements yet, before lifting his other knee and centering himself on George's mattress.

"George~" Karl cooed, leaning his body forward as he scooted up the bed. He used one knee to gently nudge George's thigh and push his legs apart so he could sit back on his heels between them comfortably. George let out a tiny noise of discontent at the movement and sudden voice, despite Karl speaking as softly as possible. "C'mon, George, it's time to wake up."

Then, Karl fully pushed away the covers and pulled one of George's ankles out, bending his knee so his foot was up in the air and Karl could wrap his arm around it, holding it in a firm headlock as he scratched over his heel again. This finally broke George out of his sleep, and the other three men could've absolutely fawned over him when they heard the raspy, sleepy giggles escape from behind his hand.

"Whahaha– hehe– what are you doihihing–?" George spoke through his laughter, his voice scratchy and his words coming out slurred. His toes curled tight against his foot, and his foot twisted in Karl's grip when he realized he couldn't push his leg down. "Whaha- whoho?" He blinked his eyes open further, turning his head to the side so his face was slightly out of the pillow and he could see who was currently tormenting him. Quickly after, he found himself squeezing his eyes shut and hiding his face again, when his laughter picked up as Karl's fingers trailed down towards the arch of his foot and scratched there instead. "Ah- ha! Kahaha–Karl, s-stohop!"

Karl took this opportunity to take matters even further, giggling to himself as he put his next move into action. He glanced over at Dream, who had a huge, fond smile on his face as he watched George squirm, and then at Sapnap, who shared a similar smile as he leaned his shoulder against the wall and watched Karl work. He dropped George's ankle and lifted his own knee again, throwing his leg over George's hip, and repeating the motion with his other leg so he could straddle George's lower back. George gasped and pressed his hands flat against the mattress, pushing his torso up until he could lift his head up slightly, feeling his spine arch forcibly from the weight settled on his lower back.

"Ka-Karl, wait, what are you doihing?" George asked again, obviously much more awake this time, and much more confused. His words were still laced with nervous giggles as he tried to crane his neck around far enough to make eye contact with Karl.

"George, you were supposed to keep Dream company while me and Sapnap were busy in his office. That was your job," Karl explained, mocking disappointment, and George let out a sound from the back of his throat as he shook his head a little, dropping down to his elbows as he kept himself propped up in a more comfortable position.

"It-it wasn't my job, we were just hanging out! It wasn't, like, an obligation, I just–" George tried to explain, but suddenly there were two soft hands slipping underneath his shirt and holding onto his sides. His words cut off immediately, followed by a gasp, and he nearly fell over with the way he flinched. There was another gasp and flinch as Karl softly squeezed his sides where his hands rested, then started massaging his thumbs into the tender skin on the back of his sides. "Ngh– Karl–!"

"No, I know, but you were hanging out and having a good time. And you left Dream, just to go sleep," Karl accused, still pretending to be upset, but his facade was starting to fall as he heard giggles from behind him that made him want to giggle too. George heard the sounds as well, followed by Karl giggling back at the person, and he tried pushing himself up further up to turn and see who the other person was.

"Karl!" He ended up with his body completely twisted and contorted, his left arm slipping underneath his body to the right side, and only then did he notice the two other men standing in the room as well, just watching the scene unfold from behind Karl. His jaw dropped slightly as he gasped again, face flushing bright red at the idea that Dream and Sapnap were just standing there, watching Karl tickle him awake. Karl used his twisted and stretched position as an opportunity to let one of his hands slide up onto his tummy, scratching his nails right around the center and giggling even more as George squealed and dropped down entirely, hiding his face in the pillow and pressing his stomach down to the bed. "OH– my Gohod!"

"I mean, I just can't believe you would leave Dream alone like that, I'm sure he's so upset about it," Karl said as he slid his hand back down to cup George's hip, letting his thumbs return to digging into his back, adding more pressure this time as he kept up his slow, drilling circles. George outright whined, tilting his head forward so he could press further into the pillow but he could still protest. His laughter was creeping up on him now, bubbling up in his chest and throat as the circles on his back slowly became unbearable.

"That's–!"

"He probably felt so betrayed and lonely."

"Noho!" George complained, still feeling the need to defend himself even though he was well aware they were messing with him. He made a small noise of frustration as he attempted to turn his hips to flip himself over, but the way Karl was still pinning him down made it almost impossible to move at all. Instead, he decided to try pushing himself up again, managing to turn enough to make eye contact with Dream for barely a second before Karl very suddenly drilled his thumbs directly into the very, very sensitive point on the back of his ribs. "Dream– AH, KAHARL– nahahaha!" George tried to bargain, almost immediately being cut off by his own loud yelp and the laughter that followed. His knees curled up until one foot almost hit Karl's back, before he started kicking his legs against the bed as he tried his best to squirm away. Karl kept drilling his fingers into the same spots, poking his thumbs in and out and digging in as much as possible, and George let out another loud bout of laughter as he collapsed against the bed once again. He reached his hands behind him, grabbing Karl's fingers and pulling at them desperately in an attempt to get them off his ribs as soon as possible.

"Dream, isn't that true?" Karl asked, having to raise his voice slightly for George to hear him over his own laughter.

"It's NOHOT– PLEHEHEHEASE, STOP, plehease, oh my GOHOHOD, I'm d‐ahaha- I'm dying- hehe…" George's laughter died off as Karl stopped drilling into the back of his ribs, his entire body going limp as Karl gently rubbed the area to rid him of the ghost tickles.

"It is true," Dream chimed in, smiling brightly at the situation, unable to hide it. Dream took a few steps forward, going around to the side of George's bed and tapping his shoulder so he'd turn to look at him. George did, for a second, before his cheeks flushed and he shoved his face into the pillow again. "I was so sad when you left, George, all because you wanted to sleep, really?"

"Dreheam, come ohohon–"

"I think you deserve the karma, George," Sapnap jumped in this time, earning himself a disgruntled groan from the man he directed his dig at.

"Shut up, Sapnap!" George yelled, voice muffled slightly when he dropped his head down to hide his face in his elbow. The second he heard a gasp after he spoke, he realized he fucked up.

"George!"

"N-no, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry!" George backtracked immediately, his breathing getting faster as he picked his head up and whipped around to look at Sapnap. "Tell him it's fine, Sapnap, please, please tell him it's fine!"

"Hmmm… I dunno, Georgie, that was pretty rude," Sapnap agreed, putting on a fake sad voice as George whined and shook his head.

"I think you need to be taught a lesson about respecting your friends, Gogy," Karl explained as he pressed his thumbs into the dimples on George's lower back for a few seconds, smiling deviously as his giggles became frantic and his squirming and head shaking returned tenfold.

"Nohoho, stop, dohohon't do it, dohon't, please– Karl! Plehehase!" George's voice was more whiny than any of the three of them had heard it before, most likely attributed to his tiredness and embarrassment, and Dream almost felt bad for him, on the verge of intervening and telling Karl to leave him alone.

That is, until Karl cut off his line of thinking once more, and he heard the incredible laughter that came from George when Karl stuck his hands under his arms and wiggled into the sensitive skin through his t-shirt.

"NOHOHO! Oh my gohohohod, Kahaharl! Fuhuck, gehehet OHOHOFF! GET AWAHAY! Gehet OHOHOUT of thehere!" George pleaded through his still-frantic laughter as he snapped his elbows inwards and kept them pinned tightly to his sides to try to block out Karl's tickling. Sure enough, it didn't do anything to help, and he instead attempted to tense and curl up the rest of his body as well. His knees were drawn in together, his ankles crossed, and he bent his tense knees until his heels actually did make contact with the middle of Karl's back. "DREHEHEAM- Sapnahahap! Hehelp mehehehe, plehehease!"

"Help? Okay!" Sapnap piped up, ignoring George's protests of 'waitwaitwait no I take it back I take it back DON'T-' as he grabbed George's ankles and pushed his legs flat down on the bed. George attempted to kick his legs back against Sapnap's hold, but Sapnap simply sat on the bed next to his legs and held each ankle down with one hand to keep him in place. "Dream? Would you care to join?"

"NO, Dreheheheam! Plehease, Dream, please, behehe nihice!" George stammered, laughter falling back down to giggles and titters when Karl slipped his hands out from under his arms and settled for massaging the heels of his palms into George's back to give him a much needed break.

"Hmmm… I'll think about it," Dream said as he walked towards the head of the bed, kneeling down on the floor next to where George was laying and resting his cheek on one of his arms so he could look George in the eyes. George turned his head towards him, and Dream nearly cooed at the sight. His eyes were glassy and teary, no doubt from how hard he was laughing and how tight he was squeezing them shut, his cheeks were bright pink, and a dark red flush was taking over the tips of his nose and ears as well. His hair was a complete mess, soft brown waves pushed in every direction, and his expression was pleading and, frankly, a little pathetic as Dream reached out to gently comb his fingers through George's hair to fix it up a little bit. "You're so cute when you're all disheveled like this, Georgie."

"Wh–" George said with a giggle, bringing his arm up to shove his face into the crook of his elbow and hide from the attention. "Shut up!"

"It's just the truth," Dream confirmed, voice fond, as he migrated his fingers from George's hair to let the nail of his pointer finger softly trace over the shell of his warm, flushed ear.

"Nohoho, nnn– ugh, Dreheheheam!" George whined, flinching away from the traces a few times before completely melting into the bed as Dream continued. "Thihihis– that's sohoho not fahahair, yohou cahan't– you can't doho thihihis…" George's giggles increased a small amount when Dream let his fingers follow their line down behind his ear, then below to trail over the side of his neck, and then back up the line to around his ear again. He kept this path going the more George giggled and whined and melted under his touch.

"It's okay, we know you love this," Dream reassured, ignoring George's complaint of 'not true!' and gently sliding his hand over to the back of his neck. He cupped his palm over the warm skin there for a second, before letting his thumb and pointer finger play with the hair at the nape of George's neck and his middle finger gently scratched at the skin on the opposite side to keep a soft smile on his face. George hummed happily, enjoying the delicate touch, melting into it even as Karl and Sapnap decided they were bored of watching the other two act stupidly fond of each other and took matters into their own hands.

Sapnap took George's ankle– the one that Karl hadn't taken hostage at the start of this, to give George some variety– and pulled it closer to him, trailing his fingers over George's calf and watching his toes curl and flex when he couldn't pull his leg away. George's giggles started up again with full force, much more squeaky and muffled this time, and Sapnap pushed a little further by slipping two fingers into George's sock and slowly sliding it off.

"Oh, NO–!" George protested immediately, trying to sit up and squirm away, but Dream's hand and Karl sliding further up to the middle of his back kept him almost completely immobile. "Sapnap, plehease–"

"Relax, you baby, you're fine," Sapnap disregarded George's complaint, letting go of his sock as it was halfway off his foot and scratching at the sides of his bare heel. George's foot twisted and tensed wildly in his grip, his laughter turning into raspy squeals now,, but it was nothing compared to the sudden boom of laughter and return of squirming that came mere seconds later. When Sapnap looked behind him to find the cause, he noticed Karl had reached behind him to grab George's hips, forcing his fingers between his torso and the bed to press his middle and pointer fingers into the pressure points right above George's hip bones.

"KAHAHARL! I THOHOUGHT YOU WERE DOHOHONE!" George whined, his breathing becoming shaky and sharp, and Karl laughed along with him, bringing his hands in front of him to give his bottom ribs the same treatment as he leaned down to speak in his ear.

"I was gonna be, but you never know when I could start up again, right, my sweet kitten?" Karl teased, giggling into George's ear and nuzzling into his shoulder as George shook his head.

"OKAY OKAHAHAY! PLEHEHEHEASE, I CAHAHA– I CAN'T TAKE IHIT–!"

Karl finally stopped after that, sliding off George's back and sitting cross legged next to him. He tapped Sapnap's arm, hinting for him to stop as well, and Sapnap slid George's sock back on and softly placed his leg back down on the bed. Dream kept up his gentle movements, knowing they would help George calm down, and the group sat in silence for a few moments, listening to George's residual squeals of laughter as he took in heavy breaths and swallowed thickly.

"You okay, pretty boy?" Karl asked, softly patting George's back to comfort him. George nodded, humming to confirm, and he slowly lifted his head up to turn to look at him.

"I fucking hate… all of you…" He mumbled, trying to sound mean, but the blush on his face and the way his voice cracked in the middle of his sentence made it very hard.

"We know," Sapnap agreed, turning around to kneel at the edge of the bed.

George was about to continue, when suddenly, Karl jumped on top of him, wrapping his arms around George's waist and pulling him onto his side to force him to cuddle.

"Oh my god, Karl!" George yelled, caught off guard by the onslaught, but before he could truly comprehend what had happened, Karl had pulled away and leaned back up to grab Sapnap's hoodie and yank him down in between the two of them. George giggled as the bed shook from everyone's movements, and giggled more when Sapnap wrapped an arm around his waist instead. "You guys are so dumb, you're such idiots, oh my god."

"Takes one to know one, bitch," Sapnap snarled back, squeezing George to his chest and making him let out another squeaky giggle. George looked up to see Karl leaning over the two of them, and his attention was drawn back to Dream, who was still kneeling by the side of the bed.

"C'mon, handsome, you're coming up here too," Karl explained, motioning for the taller man to join them, and Dream smiled wider than before as he jumped up to climb on the bed as well. He pushed on Sapnap's arm that was around George, forcing all three of them to move back slightly, and collapsed on the bed next to George, jostling the mattress once more. "There we go, this is perfect now!"

"Yeah, soooo perfect," George grumbled, rolling his eyes even as a smile stayed glued to his face. He was met with another squeeze to his side, this one from Sapnap, and he jolted before mumbling out an apology.

The four of them stayed like that, cuddled together, talking about what Karl and Sapnap had been working on all day, before eventually deciding to get up and attempt to finish that project together. Four sets of hands were better than two, after all.

[koobiie]

shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

[liquidstar]

If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)

At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.

Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.

[paintedcrows]

Had a silly thought about hypothetical cat curse shenanigans with @dark-lord-of-awesomeness's How to Cat Burglar a Family ;)

Bonus doodle!!

[tooquirkytolose]

Don't Be Difficult

[chloesimaginationthings]

Can’t spell “Five nights at Freddy’s” without GAY

(Based off @/flashcs5 post)

[datcravat]

SCIENCE BEGETS TRUTH✨

[jobycewl]

I believe in the “Everyone is jealous of Shang Qinghua” agenda

[egophiliac]

can't believe that skeleman has turned on us, and Halloween Prom is tomorrow.

(what a top-tier UM...we are about to be just totally obliterated in the absolute silliest way. what possible use could this power have outside of bringing us to the brink of utter holiday disaster.)

[ddejavvu]

Just saw a TikTok complaining about ‘kitten’ as a pet name in fanfiction and while I do agree with/understand their discomfort on that one the comments were FULL of people mentioning all the other common pet names ?? Like honey babe baby sweetheart etc ?? Is your partner just supposed to call you by your name the whole time ????????

[zaahvi]

GLORY TO THE RISEN GODS

[isagaiia]

you are the wolf

[elizaisdunn]

how I imagine Grian telling the gang it’s time for a new season

[journey-to-the-attic]

"karasu search how 2 cheer human up"

"karasu search difference between sad human and zoning out human"

"karasu search how long is it safe for humans to zone out for?"

(+ a longer look at each scene:)

[paintedcrows]

Introducing RoyalAuthor! ...I cannot stop thinking about these old man scientists...