As soon as Dream said the video intro, all three of the boys began to die of laughter.

"We literally could make an entire bloopers video out of this," George said, holding back some giggles.

"Well excuse me for not knowing how to record with a facecam Mr. Twitch-Streamer over here!" Dream said. This lead to another fit of giggles.

"Alright, alright, let's actually try to film," Sapnap said once the laughter had died down a bit.

"Okay," Dream said. "Let's try to film the intro again. In this video, I try to die in a car wreck while my two friends try to stop me. Oh by the way, I guess this is a face reveal, too," Dream said with a giggle.

They boys spent the next hour filming a video explaining all of their recent experiences, from the car accident to the coma to the fight in the basement of the hospital. They made sure to mention that they were all okay now, but that was the reason that they had disappeared for a while.

"Oh yeah," Sapnap says, as they are getting towards the end of their filming. "Kinda forgot to mention this, but we will be at the Gaming Convention in Orlando this year!"

Dream facepalmed. "I completely forgot about that."

George looked between the two. "I didn't even know about that!"

The boys all laughed, turned off the camera, and decided to go ahead and edit the video. They decided that, since they were all in the same situation, they would each edit it their own ways and upload the video to their channel.

After about another hour of editing, Dream got up from his desk and stretched. He decided he would go ahead and schedule the upload for two tomorrow afternoon. He turned around to George who was editing away on his work laptop. "I set the upload for two tomorrow. Does that work?" He asked his friend with a yawn.

"As long as Sap is cool with it, I don't care."

Dream turned to his door and opened it.

"Dream?" George asked, stopping Dream in his tracks.

"Yeah, George?"

"How are you, after everything? I mean... we never really talked about how you felt or anything."

Dream paused, then slid the door shut again. He went over and sat on his bed next to his friend. "I couldn't move," he said. He didn't even realize he was talking until the words were just spilling out. "I... I felt trapped. I couldn't move, or... do anything." He hadn't realized how badly he had wanted to talk about everything. He began to feel the first few tears roll down his cheek as his friend watched him in shock. George had never seen, or even heard his best friend cry. He gently wrapped his arms around Dream's shoulders as he continued.

"It was like... being trapped at the bottom of a lake. You can hear some of the things going on at the surface, but the people at the surface can't hear you." Dream's tears were flowing more consistently now.

At that moment, Sapnap peeped his head in the door. Dream didn't even bother to look up. George waved him forward, motioning for Sap to join in on the bro moment. He sat at the edge of Dream's bed, worry lines etched into his face as he watched his roommate fall apart. He put his arms around Dream and George, doing his very best to just be a warm and comforting presence among this storm of emotions.

As he sobbed, Dream continued to mumble about his prison that was his own mind for several days. Eventually, he grew very quiet.

"Dream?" George whispered, loosening his grip so he could look at his friend's face. Sure enough, he had fallen asleep. Sapnap got up and grabbed a blanket from the closet in the hall while George eased his friend's head down onto the pillow resting beside him. Once he was tucked in well, George and Sapnap went out into the hall to talk.

"Is he gonna be okay?" George asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

"He's strong George. He will get through this," Sapnap stated, though on the inside, he was very unsure. George looked into Sapnap's eyes, and began to break down himself. "This is all my falt," he mumbled, his voice becoming muffled by Sapnap's hoodie as he was pulled into a hug.

"No it's not Georgie, no it's not."

The two stood there for a few moments, until George's breathing steadied and he began to let out soft little snores. Sapnap smiled, and half dragged, half carried, George into his room. He placed him down on his bed, tucking him in carefully. As he was leaving his room to go sleep on the couch, he turned around to look at his peaceful friend.

"Good night, Georgie," he whispered, closing the door on his way out.

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A little bit of a more emotional chapter 😢 anyways, thank you to @seaSpirits for the idea for the video intro! I really hope you guys are enjoying the story thus far!

Much love,

Sa1ty Lettuce