"What the hell were you two thinking?" Mr. Man-Whose-Name-I-Couldn't-Remember shouted angrily. "There are thousands of fans out there waiting for you guys to go out there with Woody and Will to perform, not spill secrets. Did you put him up to this, Kyle? Because this seems like something you would do. Guilt the innocent one into drinking so he tells all his secrets."
"Our secret." I corrected.
"I don't give a flying fuck about whose secret it is, you're not ready to tell it to an entire fan base yet," he snapped. "We're doing this for your own good, I don't think either of you fully realize how badly some people are going to react to your 'news'"
"I told Ralph," Dan chipped in cheerfully with a proud grin on his face. "Ralph knows and Ralph approves. I think the only bad reaction we've gotten is yours. Maybe there should just be less people like you in the world because then we'd be okay."
Dan shrugged and I burst out laughing. He was going to get us killed if he kept opening up his mouth. This was definitely going to be the last time he would drink before going on stage. "Thanks for your input, Daniel," the man sneered. "Now as I was saying-"
"Call me Dan. I go by Dan, not Daniel." Dan turned away from him to look at me, looking child-like with his messy hair and innocent eyes. "Can we go to sleep now? I'm really tired and I want to cuddle with you."
"Now is not the time to-"
Dan turned towards the member of management and glared. "Excuse me. I wasn't asking you to cuddle, I was asking Kyle."
"Babe," I dropped my voice to a whisper. "Maybe we should listen to everything he has to say first. We can sleep and cuddle after that, I promise. He should be done talking soon."
"No." Dan stood up and pointed to the man while looking at me. "Do you realize how fucking sick I am of listening to this? It's always 'Do this' or 'Do that' and I'm done getting bossed around. I'm tired of you having to go on dates when the only date you should be going on is one with me. Janna doesn't deserve you." He looked down at the floor and quieted his voice. "She doesn't love you like I do. She'll never love you as much as I love you."
"Dan, I don't love her, okay? I don't even like her for that matter. You're my boyfri-"
"Are you guys going to let me talk or not?" he asked impatiently.
"I think that we're both fine with you not talking." Dan sent him an annoyed look before sitting down. "Just say what you want to say so I.." He turned to me. "We can go to sleep."
"Just remember that you put yourself into this situation, Smith. We want both of you to make a video." He shot a quick look of disgust at Dan as he continued his train of thought, "Probably not tonight though because he's 'tired'. In the video we want you to-"
"Are you asking us to make a sex tape or something?" Dan blurted out which made me start laughing hysterically again. He started to laugh too once noticing that I found it funny which must've pissed the guy off.
"We're asking you to make a video that clears some things up," he responded with an impatient tone of voice. "We want you to tell them that you're not together and that this was just some drunken joke or something along those lines."
"Are you fucking stupid? We can't just be like 'I'm in love with my best friend' one night then say 'No homo' the next. People already have their own theories about what's going on between us and I'm sure Dan just set the record straight for all of them. I bet you anything there was a video of him saying all that and that that video is everywhere by now. If you try to cover up what happened with a 'just kidding', it's only going to prove to everyone that you're a bunch of selfish assholes who don't give a damn about anything but money and yourself."
Dan started to speak but the man spoke again. His words made Dan shut his mouth pretty quickly. "What you two have is wrong. We tried to get you to realize that with Janna, Kyle. We tried to straighten you up with her but I guess she just wasn't right for you. Maybe we could find somebody else? Or maybe Dan will be easier to break."
"Don't you fucking dare. If you or some whore you find on the street touches him, I swear to god I will-"
"You'll what?" The man asked tauntingly. "What exactly are you going to do to us, Kyle? Last time I checked, all four of you signed our contract. We own you."
"People are going to find out about this. The contract's going to end soon and they're going to find out. You can't cover up what you're doing forever." I started rambling, trying to make us seem more threatening but it didn't seem to be working.
"I guess we'll figure all that out when the day comes. I'll see both of you bright and early tomorrow morning though." He smiled and stood up to walk out of the room but stopped right before the exit. "I'll bring my video camera. Oh, and tonight's show got rescheduled to tomorrow. You're going to apologize to them for the incident as well."
It seemed like the second he left the room, Dan had forced himself into my arms (not that I minded or anything..) and was mumbling apologizes against my chest. "It's not your fault, alright? We'll get through this. We got this."
I gave him a reassuring smile once he looked up at me then softly pressed my lips against his. "Let's go to bed now though. You said you were tired."
"I'm exhausted." Dan corrected teasingly and I stood up to carry him to his bunk since it was closest to the lounge room which was where we had just came from. I set him on the bed then laid down next to him. He snuggled up to me closely then reached down to pull the blankets over us. "I love you."
"I love you more," I muttered back tiredly and it wasn't long until we both had fallen asleep in the same position we had woken up in that morning.
