Chocolate Boys

[6] Standing in Protest

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Phil's POV

My head snaps up as I hear the front door slam, where's Dan gone? We were meant to film the next bit of undertale for the gaming channel today, why has he left?

He hasn't said anything to me all day, he's just been humming and listening to something on his laptop. I did wonder if he had forgotten about filming today, considering he hasn't said anything about it, but I dismissed the thought. He is a part of the gaming channel as much as I am.

I pick up my phone to see if he has left any messages, but there is nothing, the last message being last week when he asked me to pick up some milk. He got a bit annoyed after my day dedicated to eating cereal cleared out all of the milk. Ahh well, it's not like he was annoyed for long, soon he was back to staying in his room doing who knows what and disappearing during the day.

On a whim I call him, needing to at least say something otherwise I'm going to crazy. It dials for a bit, when he answers with an impatient, "yes, Phil?".

I suddenly don't know what to say. Do I accuse, confront? That isn't me, but being me hasn't made any difference in how Dan treats me lately. I decide to act a bit hurt, but also annoyed.

"Dan, where did you go? You just left, you know we were planning on filming now. Did you forget? Because I'm fed up of hearing that now. Where the hell have you gone? And don't tell me any more lies, I know you haven't been saying the truth for a long time Dan. We're best friends, you really thought I wouldn't notice?" I rant, cooped up emotions and feelings coming out in just a few seconds, a poor example of how I've really felt these past few weeks.

Oh god, did I go too far? Will it just get worse now? I hear some muttering in the background, the sound of a car door being tentatively opened, and my anger flares up again. So he has been spending time with someone else. A burning question appears in my mind now, who? Who would he ditch me for?

We'd always had an understanding that we needed each other, we knew if one of us went off somewhere they'd always come back to the other, a kind of mutual trust that was hard to find. But Dan has broken it multiple times now, and yet I still cling on to it, hold onto it like a lifeline, like giving up on it would be giving up on him. On me.

"Phil, this isn't a good time right now. I'm sorry, I completely forgot, I have a lot on my plate at the moment. I'll see you tonight," and with that he hangs up, disbelief crossing my face. Did he just, blow me off with a "I completely forgot"?

Yeah. He has completely forgotten me, not today, but for the past few WEEKS. I feel mad at him, mad that for the first time I actually stood up to him compared to my usual submissive personality, and yet he didn't seem to care. And even thought I am mad, furious even, it's still tinged with sadness. That I am still not good enough for him, that I can't even interest him enough to film a video. But that is also what makes me even madder.

The fact I am always pining for him, that I will never be able to let go.

I use my anger to convince myself I need to find out who he is spending all his time with. And I know it must be the same person, it cannot be a coincidence.

I place my phone on the table, which is quite hot now due to my sweaty palms. I get up and go to Dan's room, my hand hesitating as I place it on the handle.

I have never done anything like this before. It may surprise you, but I've never felt the need to. I've always been comfortable in our friendship, (and the fact he wasn't going out with anyone (yet)) so the thought never appeared. But now it has, and like a seed in mud the idea has grown and grown, in the short few moments I have had it, and without any hesitation now I firmly push the door handle down and step into Dan's dark room...

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Idk if that was even tense

I wanted to end on a sort of cliffhanger, barely one really.

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