Long Way Home [ON HOLD]

⭐Chapter 6⭐

Theo's P.O.V.👕 

All the way back from the cubby to his house, with Anya's cycle rattling next to him, Theo brainstormed as to how he should follow Anya. He had given his word. His mother had always wanted him to spend some amount of time out of Bradford, doing a course somewhere in England. Should he pretend that an offer came from an institute in Southampton? Should he pretend as if he had been called immediately? But, mum would want to speak to them before she lets me go... how do I jump that hurdle? An idea pinged in his head, as he thought back to a month ago, when he had saved one of his friends from complete and utter destitution by covering for him at school for almost a week. The boy had only recently come out as gay to his friends and family, and revealed that he was 'very much in love with his boyfriend', who was another friend of theirs, Joey. For a week there was some risk of their being found out, which is why he had taken a week off to let the rumours dissipate, after which everything had returned to normal. Daniel had said that he 'owed him one' and now was the opportunity to cash in on that favour.

He called Daniel, and was surprised when he took twice as long to respond as he usually did, so he asked him off the bat why he took so long. "yeah hi man, nice to hear from you too." Daniel mumbled sarcastically, then said, "so how can I help you? I – "he was cut off by another male voice, which was, Theo thought, made gruff and angry just for show, which said, "will you PLEASE stop calling my boyfriend! He's mine, okay?" Theo sighed. Joey. He had always been very melodramatic, and quite a splendid actor. It was good he caught them together. "Joey, it's your buddy Theo, who once saved your arse. Lay off." Theo replied curtly, and joey, breaking out of character to laugh, followed up by saying "hey man. Sorry. I love him." Theo was sure he heard an 'aww' break out from behind joey, and rolled his eyes at their sappiness. It was adorable, yes, but in controlled limits.

"put me on speakerphone, Joey, I'm glad I caught both of you together. I need some help, and it time for you to pay me back for that favour I did you." Theo said, getting down to business. This was his best friend they were talking about. "alright, only I hope it's nothing serious. Daaniellll, how do you work this stupid phooone?!" said joey in a wheedling tone. " 'ere, I got it." Replied Daniel, and Theo could feel the sarcasm dripping from his voice. A second later, he heard both their voices clearly. "Daniel?" he asked. "yeah man, I'm here. Sup?" Daniel replied. "so I know you both are great at voice modulation and acting and all that, so I have a little scene for you. Remember Anya?" "yeah, your best friend right? Next to us, of course. She's real pretty, and that coming from a gay boy. So yeah, what about her? I heard she ran off?" joey replied. Theo winced at the words. Bad news really did spread faster than the good. "uh, yeah... so I need you both to act like distinguished heads of a photography school... in.... oh I don't know, Southampton." He tried as much as he could to remain casual about it all, but it was sickeningly hard. "act as if you liked my work and you want me to spend an indefinite amount of time with them, training to be a professional photographer. Hearing two grown men on the phone would surely convince her that it is true. I, uh, have to go somewhere in Southampton, and mum can't know about it. What do you think, boys?"

"well, we'll do it, but I wish you'd tell me why you're going..." Daniel replied, and joey merely mumbled his assent, apparently deep in thought. "oh, that's for me to know, and you to find out," replied Theo cheekily, but there was still a hint of sadness in his tone. "oh alright, be like that. So do you want us to do it now?" asked Daniel. "no, not now, I'm still out. I'll give you some time to prepare or whatever, but when I call you next, it'll be my mother, so you must do it then. Dan, joey, this is really important to me. Can you wholeheartedly promise you won't screw this up?" Theo said, not able to control his emotions any longer. A small quaver came into his voice, which didn't escape the other two boys' attention. They didn't talk of it to Theo, however, but each silently resolved to discuss the matter with the other later. "don't fret, you have our word. We'd never do anything of the sort to you. We're friends, remember? Joey assured Theo, who breathed a sigh of relief. "alright, good. I have to go. Bye guys, and, uh, thank you. Your helping me more than words can say." Said Theo, who now had to formulate his part of the acting "bye" the other boys said simultaneously, and disconnected the phone.

Joey looked at Daniel, and Daniel looked at Joey. "you know, Danny..." Joey said, smiling at the love of his life.

"yeah, babe?"

"that boy is in love with Anya. Hands down, he's going to look for her."

"I thought so too. Well, I wish him luck. I only hope that they would be half as happy as we are, and that would be more than enough."

"aww, I love you Daniel."

"and I love you, Joey."

AHAHAHA i should be writing janiel fics lol not really.

so its decided, Theo's going after Anya. anyone shipping Thanya yet?

do you want to see more of these two in the story? let me know. oh who am i kidding no one is going to reply lol

so okay bye.

ALSO, Janiel is goals bye.

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