High (Phan AU)

Dinner

After my meet up I went upstairs to my hotel room where I showered and prepared myself for dinner with Dan and my friend Marty.

I rummaged through my suitcase for a decent outfit to wear, "Ah there they are" I said as I pulled out my black pants from the cluster of clothes that laid in my blue suitcase. I put them on while buttoning my shirt up and finishing off my routine with a spray of cologne.

I pulled out my phone to check the time, it was 8:16 pm. Marty texted me and told me that he could not make it to dinner tonight. I could be completely alone with Dan. Perfect.

"I'm outside your hotel room." I texted Dan standing next to his window trying not to seem awkward as guests walked by me in the hallway.

The door opened and out walked Mr Howell. The very first thing that I noticed was his smell, he smelled absolutely incredible. He liked to dress in darker colors. I liked that a lot too. I really hoped my plan would work tonight.

"You look nice" I said smiling at Dan. Dan looked down at the ground for a moment and laughed at little. "Thank you Phil, so do you."
"What are we standing around here for? Let's go eat!" I said.
We walked down stairs to the dining hall and sat down at the table. Dan looked so shy and uncomfortable. I had to warm him up a bit or this wasn't going to pan out at all.

"So what do you do Dan?" I asked. My question broke his focus from the menu that was in his hands. "I make videos about how awkward I am and people laugh at me."

I laughed audibly at what he said.

"What do you do?" He asked me as he intertwined his fingers together clasping his palms.
"I make videos too, I also watch a hell of a lot of anime, play excessive amounts of video games, eat too much food for a normal person, and I'm a big adventurer. I love to try new things and meet new people." His cheeks were pink. He opened his mouth to say something but our waiter was here to take our order, we both took the kitchen special, house salad.

"I think you and I have quite a bit in common." Dan said after swallowing a bite of his salad. I smiled at him. He's so innocent.

"I agree, we should definitely go back to my hotel room after dinner." I didn't ask him I stated it, but of course, he went with it. I almost felt bad because Dan had no idea what was running through my mind. But I knew, and it's not...the best.

We stood up and put some money down on the table to at least tip our server for the night. The walk up to the hotel room was quiet but the silence wasn't agonizing.
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"Your room is way bigger than mine." Dan said jokingly. I laughed. I could tell this kid was incredibly tense. His body language gave it away. Every move he made was noticeably robotic he was so stiff. It was almost as if he was holding his breath.

I rubbed the back of my neck trying to think. "Go and sit down, I can put a movie on if you'd like?" Dan seemed to breathe a little easier now that I suggested something for us to "do"

Dan sat down and crossed his legs as I stood in the kitchen reaching for the-

"Can you make popcorn Phil?" I heard from the hotel living room.

"Yeah haha I was just reaching for it."

"Okay cool! What movie are we going to watch?" Dan asked.

I thought of good movies to play that were recorded on the hotels DVR as I put the popcorn into the microwave. I had to seem "interested" right?