CHAPTER FORTY-NINE. ✧ ೃ༄
❝ REPEATED NIGHT SCHEDULE. ❞

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"So nice."

Angelica sat next to Dream on the grass, their mugs left on the side as they stared up at the sky. Since it was night, the stars were brighter and evident. Angelica felt like she was in heaven, next to the guy that she liked, her stomach warm because of the hot chocolate, her heart rapidly beating against her chest as she rested her head against Dream's shoulder. It made her want to cry because in the back of her head, there's that reminder that Dream only saw her as a friend, but... That's okay. She had him as a friend and that's okay, too.

They sat in silence for about 5 minutes, just enjoying nature and appreciating what was around them. Crickets were heard not so far from them and there was barking from a dog 5 houses down. They also heard their neighbor playing some music as they usually did at this time of day.

"You know," Dream started, voice under a whisper, "I really do enjoy these moments."

"Yeah, I do, too," Angelica breathed out before smirking, "because I don't need to listen to your annoying ass voice."

Dream looked down at her and shrugged her off, a snort escaping his lips. "You're so mean. After everything I've done for you and you treat me like this?"

He started to dramatically cry and Angelica raised an eyebrow at his dramatic antics. "Dude, chill."

"You need to start respecting me," Dream sniffed, playfully glaring at her.

"Why?" Angelica exclaimed, staring at him with a look of disbelief. Dream hid his smirk and shrugged, eyeing her.

"How old are you?"

"19," Angelica answered.

"How old am I?"

"Old."

Angelica started dying of laughter at Dream's offended look, clearly having believed that he was going to be making fun of her. How wrong he was.

Angelica fell backwards, landing on the blanket while holding onto her stomach, laughing so hard wheezes started escaping her mouth.

"I'm not that old!" Dream shook his head at her and she snickered, panting as she was out of breath for laughing hard. One glance at him, she started laughing again. "It's not even funny."

"Your face made it funny," Angelica breathed out, feeling a headache forming. "Oh, God. That made my day."

She sat up and wiped the tears forming in her eyes, snickering a bit more before her laughter trailed off. They were, again, enveloped in utter silence. Well, kind of, the neighbor was still playing music.

"If you saw a shooting star right now," Dream began, eyes on the sky, "what would you wish for?"

Angelica sighed and thought about it. "To not feel as depressed as I always do on an occasion. You?"

Dream thought back to his old relationship before falsely smiling down at the girl awaiting for an answer. "Not sure. I feel like it would take me ages to know what I would want to wish for."

"Hmm," Angelica hummed, looking away from him. "Reasonable." They continued staring at the sky, eyeing the airplane that was passing. "Whoosh."

Dream chuckled at her sound effects. "Really?"

"Really?" Angelica mimicked him, deepening her voice.

"You're so annoying," Dream pressed his hand behind her neck, knowing that she was the most ticklish there from last time. Angelica slapped his hand away repeatedly until the skin turned red and he yelped, clutching his arm. "Ow! You hit me."

"You wouldn't stop tickling me,"Angelica defended, giving him a look. "I had to defend myself."

Dream snorted and ruffled her hair, causing her to glare at him again while tilting her head to the side to get away from him, but Dream continued to chase after her hair.

"I want to mess that birds nest even more," he furrowed his eyebrows as he continued trying to mess up her hair even more.

Angelica quickly stood up and he quickly followed after. The two looked at each other and Angelica fixed her hair. "Really?" She looked at him as he simply stared at her with an amused look. "First, you eat my last strawberry shortcake. Then, you have the nerve, the nerve, to tickle me. Last, you mess up my hair? You are so annoying."

"Hey, you started it, idiot," Dream arched an eyebrow at her, clasping his hands behind his back as he leaned forward with squinted eyes. Angelica stared at his eyes, trying not to look away from the intense eye-contact. "After all, I think I fixed your hair. It was shit before."

"I think it looked great!"

Dream smiled at her words. "You finally complimented yourself."

Angelica smiled at his words next, registering her own words. She happily scoffed, nodding. "I mean, it's not a lie. I looked pretty hot today and still look nice."

"Mhmm," Dream nodded. "You still do."

Angelica sarcastically laughed. "Haha," she let out. "I have messy hair, my butt has a green stain because of the grass, and lets not even talk about the hot chocolate stains, too, since your annoying ass nudged me when I was drinking."

"That was pretty funny," Dream wheezed, covering his lower face with the palm of his hand before it dropped back to his side when he saw Angelica laughing, too.

"You're pretty funny."

"Thank—"

"Funny looking!"

Dream gave her a straight-faced expression, smiling a little at hearing her laughter. "Did you really tell me the most, cliche comeback of all time?"

"Yes, yes I did."

Dream shook his head and eyed some flower petals on her hair from when she fell backwards on the grass. He stepped closer and Angelica felt her breath hitch in the back of her throat at the closeness.

"You had a couple of petals in your hair," Dream mumbled before staring down at her when he didn't hear anything. He simply looked at her and God, her eyes... They looked so beautiful with stars reflecting on them. Her eyes were getting watery because of the wind blowing on them until they were dry and she had licked her lips out of habit, gulping. She looked so beautiful...

Dream has never in his life wanted to kiss someone as much as he did now.

So...

He kissed her.

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