Ethereal

Movie Night

Dan's P.O.V

"Come on Dan the movie is about to start!" Phil yelled, clearly not knowing I was in the door way. I went over and sat down next to him, putting the popcorn in between us.

"What movie did you pick Phil?" I asked pretending not to know.

"The Blair Witch Project. I heard it was really good." Phil said looking at me.

"Is it a horror movie?" I inquire, hoping he realizes how uncomfortable I am with it.

" Yeah, it's a horror movie, are you sure you want to watch it? " He looks at me concerned. God he's so cute. I don't even try to banish the thought from my mind, knowing I won't be able to. I squirm in my seat before replying.

" I'll watch it only on two conditions; I get to choose the next movie and.. " I trail off, not knowing what to say. " I don't know where I was going with that actually.. " I scratch the back of my neck.

Phil giggles and says, " Well I could try to not eat your cereal? " " Deal. "

" Then let's get this movie night started! " He chants. I roll my eyes fondly at his childish antics. " You're such a dork. " I tell him.

All I hear is a quiet " But I'm your dork. " Before the movie playing drowns out his voice.

Phil's P.O.V

I look over at Dan, he's holding the blankets up to his face to shield his eyes from the sight before him.

" Dan? I can change the movie if you want, it's not a big deal. It's kinda boring actually. " Honestly it was just creeping me out and I didn't want to admit it. Only reason I did want to watch it was because I wanted to cuddle with Dan.

The same boy peers at me from under his duvet. " If it's not too much trouble, could we just watch an anime, like Attack on Titan? " He mumbles. I smile a bit and go change the movie.

I look back to see him checking me out. I turn before he notices and sees my cheeks warming.

Why is he staring at me? Is there a fuzz on my butt? Is he just staring at my butt? Does he.. Like me..?

As the redness fades I grab the remote and go sit back down. " Ready for some AoT action D-Slice? " Before he answers, he simply presses play on the remote.

" Really? Is that a question? " Dan grins before sitting up. His smile gets wider as I roll my eyes and grab some of his blanket.

" Better share your blanket, my feet are freezing. " I touch my feet to his side and he yells.

" THATS COLDER THAN MY HEART OH MY GOD. " As he finishes his sentence, we both burst into laughter.

Attack on Titan being long forgotten, as well as the storm. We just talked. No awkwardness, no random silences. Just talk. It hasn't been like this since before I realized.

Before I realized I loved my best friend.

Dan P.O.V

I didn't expect myself to actually enjoy movie night. I figured I'd be sitting through something I don't care about with the person I care about most.

Funny isn't it? Meeting him from the internet and then he became the most important person in the world. It's astonishing to me. I'm entirely grateful to have a friend like him.

You know you'd like it better if he was more..

" Dan, looks like we totally forgot about the anime. " Phil laughs and then says quietly, " It was worth it though. "

It was like I wasn't supposed to hear the last part, or maybe I was? Was he hinting something or am I crazy? I'm crazy! He can't like me that way. This isn't just a dream. Bloody hell.

I look back at him and smile best as I can. " Guess we did forget about it. " I kick him softly.

" Wanna go get some ice cream and then come back and watch more movies? " I ask hopefully.

" Dan it's past midnight. " He laughs heartily, his tongue hardly poking out of his mouth.

" So? Ice cream is a treat for any time of day. Plus now we can count it as an early breakfast? "

" We do have ice cream in the freezer. We did just buy it so it wont be spoiled. Even got the fancy kind that you seem to love. " He sighs. " I kinda just want to put a movie on and go to bed out here. Is that okay with you? You can eat ice cream? "

I look at him. Really look at him.

I just couldn't say no. He looks too cute to disagree.

" I guess that works, how about some Howls Moving Castle action? " I say while standing.

" I say that movie is perfect. I'll grab the bowls and such after I get the movie in, you can go get yourself some of that ice cream you've been dying for. " He giggles out, starting to get on his feet.

I smile and watch him go over to the bookshelf. Totally checking him out.

What? I can't help it if his butt is that nice. What do you expect from me?

I stare for another moment then walk out of the room, grabbing one of the popcorn bowls.

I have ate some of my ice cream and we have sat back down before I realize Phil had put his socks on the table. I look over at him and nudge him, trying to get his attention. He looks over so I simply point at the socks.

Why, Phil. Why.

That's all I can think when he grabs the socks, and pins me down on the couch. He starts pushing the socks into my face, trying to get me to sniff them. I start yelling not even two seconds after, " NOOOOOO! "

He rolls his eyes, smiling, and starts laughing loudly. After we wrestle around for like 4 more minutes, we both just sit there and watch the movie like nothing happened.

After a few minutes I realize Phil is still straddling me. Over time he sits, and eventually lays down on my chest. I look down as he looks up, I smile a bit at him before going back to the movie. Dozing off by the second.

Let's just say, even though we were on the couch, it was the best sleep the both of us had in a long time.