Thin metal

chapter 3

"Dan can i come in?"

*triggers*

"umm wait a second" I heard noises of drawers opening and closing, a clank and some rustling.
He appeared at the door in his jake hoodie.

"Dan do you want to go out to Starbucks for a coffee?"

"Umm yeah just give me a second to get dressed phil"

He came out wearing his galaxies hoodie skinny jeans and put on my black converse.
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Once we were almost at Starbucks Dan turned to me and stopped me In my tracks.

"Why are you taking me to Starbucks?"

"So we can have some bro-time"

"Phil..."

"Yeah Dan?"

"DONT ever say that again" as he laughed.

I wanted to know why he was avoiding me lately, but I wanted to have fun with dan first.

The sky was a streaky gray with light mixes of black clouds, though it was mid-day. Rain poured gently from the clouds, and I sighed happily. I love London weather, even if I say I hate it on camera. I love it especially when it rains. I might sound like a girl when I say this, but it feels like I just took a nap when I step into the rain. What's the word? Rejuvenating.

We got to Starbucks and I held the door open for dan. He mumbled something I guessed was thank you. We went to the counter and placed our order. As Dan waited for our coffee and cookies, I grabbed a seat in the very back of the store where no one sat, I wanted some privacy when talking to Dan. I saw Dan come over with our food, and I pulled out his chair for him. I grabbed my coffee and scone and sat down.

"So Dan, we haven't done much together recently. Why is that? I miss spending time with you Dan," I said. shit. I was going to avoid that for a little while, not just start off our conversation with it. No no no no.

"Phil, I-"

"No, Dan, I'm sorry. That was rude, I shouldn't have, I, I," I rambled. I realized Dan was just staring at me, so I shut up.

"Phil, it's fine," he laughed. "I've just been kind of... unfocused lately... ya know?" I nodded. Dan sucks at lying. It was obvious he was now. I really didn't want this to be like CSI, all interrogation-y, though, so I left it at that.
Dan and I sat quietly, yet contently as we sipped our coffee. Dan's knee brushed against mine, and he blushed as he said sorry. I told him he didn't need to apologize, and he quickly calmed down and went back to his light smile. That was weird. It took me a while to notice Dan was tugging at his sleeves. It was Spring, hot enough for me to wear a t-shirt, not a galaxies hoodie. So why was he?

"Are you cold?" I asked. Dan looked quickly down at his sleeves and stuttered, "Y-Yeah, I don't even know why. Weird, huh?" I didn't want this to be all CSI, but I guess you can't help it when your best friend is lying to your face.

"Dan, what's been going on? You're acting so weird recently!" I almost yelled. If we weren't sitting in the back, we would've gotten a bunch of evil looks from people because I was being pretty loud at this point.

"phil, I've already told y-" I cut him off.

"Don't give me any of that crap, Dan. I want the truth. Now." He sighed, and I saw tears brimming in his eyes. Normally I would've calmed down and apologized immediately, but this was different. I felt like I was losing my best friend. Dan looked around for a second to my confusion, but I realized he was making sure no one was around. Is he showing me something? He let his tears spill gently and quietly as he pulled up his sleeves. I gasped as I saw multiple deep cuts and the scars of old ones lining on his wrist.

"dan, I-"

"Just give me some time to myself, please," he said as he pulled his sleeves down, got up, and walked out. I was too confused to follow him. Dan was cutting? Why? Was it me? Was there somethingelse dan was hiding? Was it the haters of his channel? What was it? And more importantly, why? Why? Why would he do that?

A/N this one shot is finished by the way. . I thought it would be good to leave it on a cliff hanger do then you could end it yourself. ..