All Was Golden In the Sky (Phan AU)

Chapter 4

The two men had ordered lunch and had brought their sandwiches with them to sit outside the flower shop. Phil was happily staring into space, somewhere past Dan's shoulder. Dan adjusted his pink flower crown uncertainly. He was hungry, but whenever he tried to eat, he would face Phil again, and something would churn in his stomach. He put the sandwich down for the fifth time.

'Those blue eyes...' They suddenly interrupted his thoughts, causing Dan to look downwards. 'Whoops. What if he noticed that I was staring?'

"I-uh-I," he stammered, trying to keep his cool. "Um... How's work in the tattoo parlour?" Phil smiled warmly, which made the tight nervous ball in Dan's chest dissipate.

"It's going quite well, actually," the punk replied. "Turns out I have a lot of free time. Since there's an odd schedule and all, I can hop by your work every now and then... Maybe?" He followed the request with a shy smirk. Dan nodded.

"I'd love that!" He exclaimed. "Marie isn't much to talk to, since she's usually in her office when she isn't serving customers." He tried to fix his hair into place, suddenly taking notice of the growing humidity. Maybe it wasn't just the dampening air, but the heat around Dan's shoulders he felt getting hotter.

'Maybe I'll have a friend...' The very idea elated him. He grinned and looked down at his lunch. 'Maybe I'll finally eat lunch, too.'