You're Alright, Larusso

Chapter IX

Daniel's POV

My life officially sucks. I thought the night was going well. Johnny and I went to Golf n' Stuff, and then went out for dinner, and we even kissed… and I thought we had a connection, an understanding and then Johnny pushed me off and ran away.

Did I do something wrong? I don't know but on Tuesday I'll talk to Johnny, that is if he listens…

——The rest of the weekend goes by how you expect someone who got their heart ripped out of their chest and stomped on to go (a bit dramatic, but it's true) ——

It's Tuesday, and it's lunchtime and Daniel is trying to talk to Johnny. He tried to talk to Johnny in the morning, but he couldn't find him anywhere, so this is the only time he can try talking to him. Daniel walks into the staff room and sees the guys (and Johnny!) sitting at a table.

“Hey guys!” Daniel faux exclaims.

The guys say a hello back, Johnny doesn't say anything.

Daniel sits down beside Johnny and sees that his head is down.

“Hi!” Daniel mutters to Johnny.

Johnny looks up and Daniel attempts to make eye contact with him, but Johnny quickly lowers his head.

“Hi” Johnny whispers.

Daniel rolls his eyes, really? Is Johnny just going to ignore Daniel for the rest of his life?

“Can we talk?” Daniel asks Johnny.

“Umm, I..I'm kind of busy right now” Johnny falters.

“Well, are you free later?” Daniel questions.

“I don't know” Johnny murmurs.

Alright, if Johnny is going to act like this, there's no point.

“Right, well, umm whatever, see you later I guess” Daniel growls, leaving because he can't deal with this shit right now.

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Johnny's POV

There's a loud bang as Daniel slams the door, and the guys all stare at Johnny.

“Why are all you guys staring at me?” Johnny asks.

“Maybe because you obviously did something wrong” Jimmy articulates.

“Yeah, you probably didn't kiss him before work or something” Dutch jokes, laughing.

Look, Johnny knows that Dutch doesn't know about what happened yesterday, but it still angers him as to why Dutch is making jokes like that when he knows that Johnny has liked (likes) Ali since forever.

“Well that's obviously not true because I don't like Larusso like that, You know that I like Ali. I'd rather lose my job than date Larusso, he's not even that attractive” Johnny hisses.

The guys look at Johnny, speechless.

“Are you okay, Johnny?” Bobby asks.

“What, yeah, I'm fine” Johnny replies, standing up and leaving the staff room.

His head starts to hurt from thinking too much, thinking about last night, this morning, the encounter they had a few minutes ago.

His mind is occupied with thoughts of Daniel Larusso, and he doesn't know what to do. Johnny knows that he shouldn't have kissed Daniel back last night, but in that moment it felt right, Johnny felt like he belonged, that Daniel’s lips were meant to be on his, that their bodies were meant to be pushed together.