San and Seonghwa are laughing together about all the things they're conjuring up with their imagination. San falls back onto the bed on his back, a giggling mess when Seonghwa imagined up a mountain made of stuffed animals. Seonghwa looks down at the laughing San and smiles warmly, feeling his own face becoming warm as he watches San.

San tries to control his laughter, sitting back up, being quite close in proximity to Seonghwa. He can't stop smiling and starts making faces at Seonghwa, trying to knock him out of whatever he's doing. He looks like a frozen statue.

Seonghwa nervously looks away from San, "Hey, don't make such silly faces."

San makes a pouty face and bounces once on the bed to urge Seonghwa to look back at him, wanting his attention, "You like my silly faces!" He complains, crossing his arms to act like he's really pouting.

Seonghwa glances back at San, seeing his pouty face making him unable to hold back his smile. "How cute you look when you're pouty..." he says quietly to him, slowly leaning closer to San, "Hey," Seonghwa lifts his arm, reaching to hold onto San's face. He feels his hand begin to shake and the dream feels glitchy the closer their skin gets to touching, but he has such a strong urge to touch him.

San's heart starts to quicken the closer Seonghwa gets to him, nervously closing his eyes, as he's unsure what Seonghwa is about to do.

Seonghwa finally touches San's soft cheek, but the moment is soon interrupted.

San felt his touch for barely a second, but then he felt nothing, so he opened his eyes and Seonghwa had disappeared. San let out a deep breath and relaxed back on his arms on the bed. What happened? Did Seonghwa wake up already? San didn't think they had been in the dream world for that long tonight...

Seonghwa's eyes go wide as San disappears in front of him, his hand empty where he was once holding his cheek. Seonghwa's heart pounds hard as he falls forward onto his knees, putting his head onto the bed and between his knees. His breathing is heavy, "What am I doing... What did I just do?" A million thoughts ran through Seonghwa's head as he realizes he's shaking.

"What did I think I was doing?" Seonghwa is whispering all his thoughts aloud to himself, scolding himself. San must've woke himself up when San knew what he was about to do... How can he be so stupid? He dreads the next night when he will have to face San again.

Only... The next night, San doesn't show up in his dreams.

Seonghwa's dreams are missing San's presence for the next three days. Seonghwa has been beating himself up about his mess up every single day.

San feels scared during those three days, afraid that Seonghwa might be going to bed at a different time because he thinks he made a mistake. San has been theorizing though. They have never touched each other in their dreams before. So, why is it that when they touched they disappeared from each other's dreams? Was it permanent? Is Seonghwa really gone from his dreams forever?

San goes to bed on the fourth night, hoping that tonight he will finally see Seonghwa again. He misses him. He realized how much he looked forward to going to sleep because of Seonghwa, but since the disappearance, he's just been in his feelings, hoping that one night he will return to him.

What was Seonghwa going to do that night? Why did San's heart start beating like that when he got so close to him? His head was so clouded during it, that he can't even remember what was going through his mind at the time.

Seonghwa goes to bed on the fourth night and wakes up in his dreams to find San. He can't help but feel his chest tighten at the sight of him. Was he upset at him? Seonghwa swallows, having promised himself that he would pretend like nothing happened that night if San ever did come back to his dreams.

"Hey, man... You've been gone for a while. How have you been?" Seonghwa asks, trying to sound calm.

San smiles at Seonghwa, feeling so happy to see him again, "Seonghwa, I've missed you. I didn't know if you would ever come back! It's only been a few days, but it felt like so long. Especially having to be in the dream world without you... It's really no fun at all."

Seonghwa is a bit taken aback by San's forwardness, even using his name. It makes his hands feel clammy when he hears San say his name. He hates this feeling. He can't be feeling like this.

"Haha, I wasn't sure what happened! It was so weird when you just disappeared. I don't remember much, really." Seonghwa says, knowing fully well that the night hasn't stopped going through his mind since it happened, but he can't allow himself to be feeling like this. He feels so silly.

San gets closer to Seonghwa, wanting to be closer to him since he hasn't seen him. From the other night, could Seonghwa be feeling that same way that San is? He can't be sure. Seonghwa is saying he doesn't remember much of what happened... Does he regret it? San can't help but lay his head upon Seonghwa's clothed shoulder.

"Well, that's okay! We're back together now, right?" San looks up at Seonghwa with bright eyes and his sweetest smile. He isn't sure of Seonghwa's feelings, but San hasn't felt like this for someone before.

Seonghwa flinches when San lays his head on him, feeling the warmth of him through his shirt. Why is he doing this to him? It's pure torture... Seonghwa slightly moves, willing San's head up from his shoulder. It pains him to do so, especially when he sees San's eyes shift when he moves away.

"Exactly, we're back now," Seonghwa says, feeling the tension in the room. The air was so thick around them from Seonghwa's standoffishness that he could almost cut it with a knife.

San can't help but feel awkward with the situation, and he tries to think of a way to bring Seonghwa's mood up. San's smile comes back when he thinks of an idea. He closes his eyes and when he opens them, a small Toothless plushie is in his hands.

Seonghwa watches San as he knows he's conjuring up something. Seonghwa sees the little plushie appear in San's hands and he can't help but smile.

"What is that?" Seonghwa asks him, curious about why he made a plush of that cute dragon from How to Train Your Dragon to appear.

"He reminds me of you! I was watching the movie during one of the days we couldn't be together and I realized that he kind of looks like you," San shows Seonghwa a warm smile and holds out the plush for him to take.

Seonghwa slowly takes the Toothless plushie, petting the head of it. He smiles at San, "Thank you, San. I love this movie so much!" Seonghwa holds onto the plush tightly, feeling bad for being so cold towards San.

Maybe he can allow himself to feel for San... It is only a dream after all. It's not like he will have to face the true reality while they're both just a dream. San doesn't even live here in Korea... Seonghwa also hasn't told anyone about this dream nonsense, so he thinks it'll be okay. He feels comfortable with San. He wants to be kind to him, but he's nervous about how his feelings will continue to develop if he allows himself to feel for San this way.

San realizes that Seonghwa feels uneasy about their last meeting when they disappeared, so he decides to let Seonghwa make any further moves.

"I was hoping that would make you happier, you seem so down," San picks up one of the pillows and holds it close, "Maybe we could talk about something cheerful! Like our friends!"

Seonghwa nods reassuringly to San, "Don't worry, I am much happier now! Haha, our friends? My friend Yunho recently released a dance video on YouTube and he told us all how viral it's going, so I'm really proud of him."

San is glad that Seonghwa seems happier now, loving the excited twinkle he gets in his eyes when talking about his friends' accomplishments.

San realizes something, however, "Wait. Yunho? I have a friend named Yunho too from back in Korea! I remember how busy he always was with dancing. Maybe we're friends with the same Yunho!" San gets excited at his realization, starting to wonder if they will somehow meet once he goes back to Korea.

Seonghwa's eyes go wide at what San says. They can't possibly have a connection through Yunho... Seonghwa is going to have to eventually face San in person when he comes back if that's true. What is Seonghwa going to do? He can't tell his friends about how he's falling for a man... Korea is still so closed off from the idea. He doesn't know what his friends think of the idea, but he's afraid.

Seonghwa forces out a laugh, "I guess we will have to see each other once you're back in Korea, huh?" He asks nervously, wanting to get away from this topic though.

San sees Seonghwa getting uncomfortable again and decides to push the topic away, "Maybe!" He replies quickly and then lays down on the bed with his pillow, unsure of what to say next.

Seonghwa's heart goes soft when he sees San just laying there holding onto his pillow, "You're a really good person, San," Seonghwa says, petting his Toothless plush as he too lays down.

"I don't know how you're always so happy and cheerful all the time, but it's admirable. It's a quality in you that I adore," Seonghwa goes on, wanting to let San know what's going on in his head, "You seem to be always thinking of others, just like how you were watching that movie and thought of me. It made me feel really special when you conjured this up... I want to thank you," Seonghwa finishes, his voice getting a bit shaky towards the end.

San looks over at him and smiles big, his dimples showing, "I just never want to see you unhappy, Seonghwa! I think that you deserve happiness," He pokes his finger at Seonghwa's chest.

Seonghwa is wearing his favorite long-sleeved blue and white striped pajamas.

"Hey, don't poke me!" Seonghwa chuckles, "I'm ticklish," He covers himself up with the blankets, hiding from San.

San laughs, "So you're ticklish now?" He gets up and crawls over to Seonghwa, "I'm gonna get you! You can't hide from me, Seonghwa!"

San starts to tickle Seonghwa through the blankets and Seonghwa's uncontrollable laughter erupts loudly as he begs for San to stop.

San giggles, finding it funny to play with him like this. In the moment, he gets on him to continue the tickling and to keep Seonghwa from getting away.

"Saaaaaaan, stooooop!" Seonghwa is near tears with laughter, pushing at the blankets and undercovers his head to look up at San so close to him. His heart feels like it stops when their eyes meet and his body feels a million degrees hotter.

Since they're just in a dream, this should be okay... right? Seonghwa's eyes shine brightly as he looks at San.

San stops tickling him when Seonghwa's head pops out, getting caught up looking into his deep brown eyes.

Seonghwa hopes that San can't hear his heart pounding in his chest as he puts one of his hands on San's covered shoulder, feeling the need for contact. Seonghwa feels himself leaning up closer to San, his breath hot.

San gets goosebumps when Seonghwa's warm breath touches his skin. Want is taking over his head as his eyes soften and his lips slowly part, lowering himself closer to Seonghwa.

Seonghwa bites the bullet and gently brushes his lips against San's, feeling how soft and warm they are. The feeling lasts no more than a second, Seonghwa feeling San's weight no longer pressing on him. San has disappeared again, only this time, Seonghwa isn't feeling ashamed in himself, but feeling the need to see San again as soon as possible.

San knows Seonghwa will disappear when their lips touch, but he needs this, he craves this. He assumes it will be like last time they touched, that it will be a while before they show up in each other's dreams again, but they needed to feel one another.

No matter the shame, no matter the confusedness, what is certain is that they need each other. They feel comfort in each other. They're safe together.

For now...

End of Chapter Three