Today was the day, Tyler had decided. Today was the day that he would ask Dream to move in. It had been something he'd been kicking around in his head the past few weeks, after... well, after Ash had left.
No, not Ash. Ashley. They weren't friends anymore. They weren't anything anymore. Aside from the inevitable conversation of what pets went with who- although he was suspecting a custody arrangement might be easier at this point- she'd cut him out if her life and he had cut her from his.
The why wasn't important. What was important was that Ash had moved out, and that barrier was gone. It had always been an admittedly flimsy excuse, even to him, that he couldn't move in with Dream because he still lived with Ash, think of the pets, it wouldn't be fair to them or her. No, they weren't married anymore, hadn't been for awhile, but she had still been his best friend.
Until she wasn't, and that excuse was gone.
It had scared him at first, the thought of asking Dream to move in. It seemed so real, so official. But with Ashley gone, the house seemed so big, and it was starting to feel empty, lonely when Dream wasn't around. They'd gotten to a point where it seemed weirder not having him around all the time.
Maybe it was a little selfishly driven, this sudden wanting to ask Dream to move in when Tyler still couldn't even say the word boyfriend without getting flustered and blushing red- he didn't know if he'd ever be able to fully get past that.
But it wasn't entirely selfish, either. Dream had seemed so down, so defeated after what happened last night that really, what could be a better way to cheer him up than break this good news to him? Hell, they could even start moving Dream into his place today; Tyler had stayed the night at Dream's place, and he wouldn't mind showing off his strength a bit as Dream lounged on a sofa, watching him move his things in, blending their existences together.
He wouldn't mind that at all, actually. He was so caught up in this fantasy at breakfast that he put his spoon down from his usual grapefruit, declaring right then and there- "You should move in today. To my place. Yeah?"
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