Dream slowly opened his eyes, stretching out into a sitting position on the bed. it had been about a week since the incident, Techno had fixed up dreams wounds as best he could but when Phil had come walking in and saw how terrible of a job Techno was doing, he stepped in and took care of dreams wounds himself.

dream smiled fondly at the memory of Phil and Techno slightly bickering. he stood up, looking out the window, it was still dark. around three in the morning currently. he would've gone back to sleep if it weren't for a loud sound taking over his entire focus. "Techno?" he whispered to himself, making his way out from the room and into the hallway.

he turned to where the sound came from, oddly enough it was a sob. that wasn't like the blood god at all. he stood in front of the door to the pinkettes room. he went to move his hand over the door knob but hesitated before twisting it open. "Techn-" he said softly yet cut himself off at the sight of what he saw. Techno was on the floor more in the center of the room, sobbing into one of his hands which covered his mouth, the other balled up his hair.

he looked up at Dream and closed tighter around himself as he laid sideways on the floor, knees already as deep into his chest as possible. Dream stood there awkwardly for a moment before rushing over to the other on the floor. "Techno? what happened?!" he asked in a gentle tone with panic and worry laced over each word.

Techno couldn't make out an understanding sentance. it was just muttered words, too fast for dream to really get. "I-I'm- I- can't- no nO- I'm I cant- I can't no what dream I just- help can't no" Techno gripped his hair together and moved his hand over his eyes, shaking lightly. he couldn't understand himself either. he wanted to say something but each sentance he created in his mind mushed together and it didn't end well.

"Techno, woah. hey, hey, calm down." dream rubbed his hand up and down Techno's back. "hey, hey, look at me," he slid his hand into the other, gently pulling it away from over his eyes. the pinkette tightened his grip on dreams hand as he bit the inside of his cheek, fearful of his state of vulnerability.

"come here," he pulled the other into a sitting position, and then into his chest, not fully knowing what to do but trying his best to make the other comfortable. and to his surprise, techno had immediately wrapped his arms around dreams neck, burying his face into the others shoulder.

dream felt awkward at the closeness but fully knowing he did this to himself, spoke gently into the others ear some reassuring sentences that helped calm down the tears. he hadn't realized just how tightly techno's grip on him was until the other relaxed in his arms, the sobs coming down to shaky breaths.

"that's it..it's okay..shh follow my breathing pattern" techno did just as told and his eyes relaxed from being tightly squeezed shut. "'m sorry.." he whispered to the blonde before unknowingly to dream, fell asleep. "it's okay techno" after a couple of minutes dream spoke up again, "techno?" he tried pulling him away al-

-though the pinkettes sleepy grip grew tighter. that's when dream realized he was dead asleep. luckily, the position of where techno's arms where around dreams neck made it all the more easier to carry him to bed. so, pulling the pinkettes legs around his waist, he stood up and walked over to the others bed, trying to set him down

unfortunately, techno did not let go. his stomached filled with immediate butterflies when he realized he'd have no choice but to stay like this or sleep with him in the bed. his face lightly heated up with a reddish pink dusting over his (face)cheeks. he wanted techno to be the most comfortable right now so the bed was his #1 option. and..his back was gonna hurt if he didn't lay down.

he climbed into bed, struggling a bit before laying onto his side, a sigh of relief escaping his lips when he realized the moment didn't wake up the pinkette. he quickly let his body relax in the bed, changing his hands position from under the others thighs to around techno's back.

the two slept like that for the rest of the night, comfortably. although the next morning would be an awkward one..