Dream scooped the human by surprise as George squeaked and held tightly on Dream's fingers and shut his eyes

Dream gasped, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! I just thought you wanted a ride!" Dream instantly placed George on the ground gently and walked behind the human

George stopped and rushed to look up at the giant. He gave puppy eyes as Dream awed and knelt down as he placed his hand towards George, who eagerly climbed on

As they made it home, Dream placed George on the couch and walked to get a glass of water. He was sipping the liquid and heard a whimper. He rushed to see the human missing as he shook his friend frantically

"George? George?! Where are you?!" Dream whimpered as he layed on the floor to see if George was underneath the couch, but no one

George was on the ceiling fan. How did he get up there? When Dream moved to get his glass of water, George was noticing every joint of the giant's body and climbed quickly without him feeling the human pulling himself from the hoodie

He climbed to his head and jumped to catch the blade of the fan and pulled himself to make it to safety. He stiffed his laugh as he heard the giant searching for him, hearing fear and worry in his tone

"George? Georgie?!" Dream stayed silent as both froze. He did just call him that! George's face heated up and groaned. "I heard you!" Dream said as he looked around

He spotted the human on the ceiling fan with his hands on his face

: Hey, Georgie!

: Don't. Call. Me. That!

: Awww, is Georgie mad?

: DREAM! That's it!

: What?

: I challenge you!

: To what?

: If you can catch me or "attempt" a kill on me, you can call me by that nickname, but if I win, you get to train me more to be a better fighter, aaaaaaand, I want you to follow my orders if I ask you to help me

: Sounds like a win-win to me

Dream noticed George run towards the center of the fan. Dream chuckled and made his way to grab the brunette, but the human had already landed on the soft couch and dashed under it

Dream crouched to catch him, but he missed. The giant growled and made sure George had no escape. The human giggled as he tiptoed towards the kitchen and climbed onto the table island

George whistled to get Dream's attention and waved at the giant, "By the way, the challenge ends at sunset!"

Dream giggled and ran to where the human waited. George dodged Dream's arm and held onto the lime green hoodie sleeve. Dream attempted to grab him, but he swiftly moved away from the swing and climbed all the way towards the blonde hair

George smiled and pulled it hard. Dream winced as he tried grabbing the brunette, who dodged it quickly and jumped down grabbing onto the white rope from his hoodie

Dream shook his body as George let go and landed back onto the couch. He instantly slid down and ran towards Dream's room

It was big, and clean, but it seemed like it might not last long. George ran under the bed as he looked out the window. It was almost sunset, but he can't be too cocky about his training

He wanted to defend himself. He climbed onto the bed and noticed Dream searching frantically around. George rushed and hang onto the back of the lime hoodie. Dream gasped and his arms reached for the brunette

George swayed, but later was caught by Dream as the giant cupped his hands together, noticing the sun set after his catch

"Seems like I win!" Dream smiled as George frowned. The giant opened his cupped hands and placed George on his palm as he eyed the human. He may be small, injured, and has no one to care for him, he did great

: You were great!

: *blushing* T-Thanks

: I'll teach you some self defense. In my world, there are more giants out there, and you need to prepare yourself in case you got caught by one of them

: Do you know any of them?

: Some I am familiar with, but we never spoke in such a long time

Dream sighed as he looked to see George raising his arms up. Dream placed him on his shoulder and George made his way to the collar of the hoodie and held on

Dream smiled as he walked back to the barrier. He chanted the entrance and opened to show the same forest George was found (lol, get it?)

George didn't want to go back. He gripped onto the collar tighter, but he loosened as he felt Dream's fingers pinch his stomach gently and placed him on the ground

"I need to see what happens to you," Dream said as he noticed the brunette sniffing. Dream needed to know how they treat his George, so he decided to walk with him until they made it home

George's home was still the same, and sadly, the Kendall's arrived. George backed into Dream's hand as he looked up to see his emerald eyes with a look of worry

George entered. To his surprise, the Kendall's were crying as they hugged their foster son, but the friendly act dropped as Mr. Kendall grabbed George from the arm and pulled him outside

: WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?!

: *whispering* Nowhere

: SPEAK LOUDER, YOU FUCKING USELESS RAT!

His 'father' slapped George's face as the giant gasped. Dream had to stay hidden or the consequences would be greater for him, but he was watching George getting slapped and he knew he failed to protect him

George layed on the ground as Mr. Kendall went back inside. George sobbed as he brought his knees to his chest and bent his head down

He heard a rustle and noticed Dream slowly making his way to him. George wobbled and fell onto Dream's hand as the giant lifted him up to his eye level and inspected his new injuries

Dream went back to his world and placed George on the couch. He heard a whimper as he noticed the brunette curling into a ball

Dream had an idea. He sat down onto the couch and scooped up the human. George looked up as Dream smiled and placed him on his lap. George made himself comfortable and his eyes fluttered as he closed them

George felt pressure as he noticed Dream's giant hand on top of him. George smiled as he felt like someone finally care for him, love him, and protect him. He knew Dream could do nothing with his parents, but being here was enough

"Goodnight, Clay!"

"Goodnight, Georgie!"