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sapnap wasn’t normal, this wasn’t okay. anything for his brother, though. tommy deserved a better childhood then he had. he was going to make sure of it, even if it meant robbing banks-
which, in his defense it’s actually pretty fun. however, you would never expect to hear the thing that was what your soulmates supposed first words to you would be on one of your missions, well, it happened.
on sapnap’s wrist was, “dude, you’re not as smart as you think you are.” how was he supposed to know it meant he was going to get caught and that person would be his soulmate? don’t blame that on him, the moment he heard it he turned, “what did you just say?” he asked, still gripping what he had in his hand.
the face on the man was just about the same as his, shock. “you’re- no, what?” while he was confused, sapnap took the time to admire what his supposed to be soulmate looked.
blonde hair, green eyes, the typical high school fuck boy.
he decided it wasn’t worth it, the money wasn’t worth getting caught and having his soulmate in his life. that’s not what he needed and he refused to have anything to do with the blonde. “you know what? you can take the money, and you can pretend that i was never here.”
throwing the bag in the middle of the room, closer to dream, he turned, wondering how the fuck this could have happened to him, especially now.
at the very least, his soulmate was hot. but then again, even at the risk, if he did try and be friends with his soulmate he didn’t know what was going to happen, he already had to protect tommy from people who wanted him dead for stealing, how was he also going to make sure his soulmate was safe?
honestly, for the better of both of them it would be best if sapnap and his soulmate just forgot about each other. his soulmate on the other hand didn’t get that, because before sapnap could leave he placed a hand on his shoulder.
“wait, i’m dream.”
dream, who the fuck names their kid dream? sapnap turned around, “you literally caught me stealing from you, why do you think you should tell me your name and not arrest me?”
“dream” laughed, handing the bag that sapnap dropped to him. “if you need it that badly you can have it, i wouldn’t wanna hurt you anyway.”
sapnap never had someone speak to him that way. “do you really think i’m that much of a good person?” he asked.
dream nodded, “there’s probably a reason, there’s a reason for everything in the world. you don’t have to leave, i promise you.”
narrowing his options, he could take the bag to his brother or he could stay with his soulmate for a while. he didn’t know which one sounded better, sure, he’d love to spend time with his soulmate but his soulmate also doesn’t know who he really is.
dream put his hand out for sapnap to take if he wanted to come with, fuck it.
“my name is sapnap, and yeah- this is for my brother.” he responded, taking the blonde’s hand as he led them out of the vault.
another laugh from the blonde, “see, i told you that you were a good person and just had a reason.”
maybe knowing who his soulmate was isn’t all that bad, “what about you though? a lot of people want me dead and it’s hard enough trying to protect my brother.” sapnap asked after they got to a place that wasn’t all that in the open.
“if you think i’m gonna let anyone hurt you or your brother, you’re mistaken, sapnap. i’m not going to hurt my soulmate or my soulmates family. i’ll do anything i can to make sure of it.”
sapnap smiled, for once in his life he felt like he could trust someone that wasn’t tommy. “you don’t know how much that means to me, dream. thank you, thank you for not just leaving me back there or arresting me.”
“you know what your name reminds me of?” dream asked, taking sapnap’s had after a moment of silence.
shaking his head, sapnap smiled. “what?”
“a panda.”
“why a panda?”
dream’s smile could kill people. “its panpas backwards.”
“well that’s always fun to know, thank you for everything.”
dream’s eyes teared up, “don’t cry- wait please no.” sapnap whispered, putting a hand on his back.
just like his smile, his laugh could kill. “i’m crying tears of joy, dumbass, you make me really happy.”
that was all they needed, sapnap didn’t know he was going to meet his soulmate while robbing a bank and dream didn’t even believe he would ever meet his soulmate.
funny how much their prospective can change over the course of a few minutes.