Flight 407

Chapter 24-emotional rollercoaster

A/n hey guys how have you been? I've been good, I've watched Priscilla queen of the desert with my mom and it was honestly so amazing.
Enough of me- hope you'll enjoy this chapter❤️

Phil groaned and rubbed his eyes, he had much more to take care of before the show than he thought and he felt really bad about leaving Dan for so long, he knew how shy Dan was and how he hated talking to new people, and he noticed it much clearly that day, since every time someone spoke to him he could see Dan tense and noticed how he would inch closer to him, as if asking for protection, and now he left him alone with new people he had never talked to before.
but he knew he couldn't just go back to the room, he committed to doing the show, and so, he did everything as fast as possible.
When he stood in front of the door he checked his watch to see it has been thirty minutes since he left and felt terrible, he hoped Dan was okay and tried to convince himself that if something went terribly wrong they would phone him.
He held his breath and walked into the room, the atmosphere already felt more tense and he searched around the room for Dan when he heard a quite whine "stop" the voice dragged out and Phil was already power walking to the direction the noise came from because that was his boyfriend's voice and he worried, what could they possibly be doing to him? Sure, Phil trusted Angel and Ray, but they could be a bit... Well, much, and overwhelming, especially for Dan who feared loud noises and yelling, even if it was out of excitement.
Phil stopped close to the makeup table when he heard Dan's soft giggle, he inched closer to the table when he was blocked by Angel
"Let me pass"
"No"
Phil huffed "why not?"
"He's not ready yet" he said in a stern voice "why don't you take a sit on the big sofa and Dan will come to you when we're done"
Phil was confused but still complied
"And no peeking" Ray called
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Dan was nervous, at first he was nervous because of Angel and Ray but after a few minutes and far too many compliments for his liking he didn't mind them, he really liked them actually, and decided that were nice and good.
Then he was nervous snout wearing makeup, because he never did anything like that before and he wasn't even sure how it would feel to have it on his skin, but while Angel and Ray applied the different products onto his skin he found it calming and didn't look in the mirror because he was too busy talking to the duo or simply listening to their bickering and chuckling.
Then he was nervous when Angel plugged in a curling wand, he didn't want to have curls, he hated his natural ones and really didn't want to have someone purposely curl his hair, but he kept quite because he feared confrontation, but he couldn't help but twitch and wriggle around in his sit because of the uneasy feeling he had in his gut, which made Ray's work much harder, as he was just in the process of curling his lashes
"If you don't stop moving R is gonna rip your eyelashes off" angel said, which didn't help and only made Dan more uncomfortable than before
"Dan" Ray said gently, glaring at Angel and then softening his eyes as he looked at the young boy
"Yeah"
"Are you feeling uncomfortable with anything, do you want us to stop?"
Dan has learned that Ray was much more sensitive then Angel and could easily read people and he was a real sweetheart, not that Angel wasn't, Angel was a sweetheart, just in his own way.
"Well" Dan gulped "I-I don't want you t-to curl my hair, I-I just don't like having c-curls" he spoke quietly and in a shy manner and both Angel and Ray had to lean foreword in order to understand what he was saying clearly, when he was done they both straggled not to awe out loud
"I'm sorry" Angel said, while unplugging the curling wand "I sometimes go over the line a bit, but its good you told me"
Dan nodded thankfully.
And then Dan wasn't nervous, he even made a few jokes, that was until the door opened and Phil walked in. That's when Dan was most nervous, what if Phil hated it? Thought it was weird and left Dan all alone there, a two hours drive distance from home.
His body shivered involuntarily and the second Angel noticed that he went to tell Phil to leave.
It felt weird to Dan, to have someone that cared and worried about him, other then Phil that is.
"Are you okay there squish?" Ray asked quietly
Dan smiled a bit at the nickname he was given, because according to Angel, he was just so squishy and his cheeks were incredibly squishable, yes, squishable is a word.
"Yeah, just, what if he hates it?"
Angel and Ray smiled at him "we've known Phil for a long time, trust us, he's not gonna hate it, he's gonna love it so much he might ask you out"
Dan blushed, he was already his boyfriend, he didn't need to ask him out, but Angel and Ray didn't know that, obviously
"If you swing that way, that is" angel added hastily and Dan simply smiled, not really giving him an answer.
As Ray saw Dan was still hesitating he placed his hand on his right should softly, which still made Dan cringe a bit, he didn't really like strangers and new people touching him
"look, if you want we can just take it off" he suggested softly , Angel pouted a bit but still nodded.
Dan thought for a second "no, it's fine, I'll show him and if I would want to you would maybe take it off later?"
The couple nodded and grinned at him, hurrying to touch everything up.
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Phil sat on the comfortable sofa for about ten minutes, at first he stared at the direction Dan was at impatiently, he huffed in annoyance because all he could see were the backs of Angel and Ray and from what he could see they were just talking to Dan, after about two minutes doing that he went on his phone, Phil could be a very patient person when it came to things like helping people or stuff that had something to do with his family and especially anything Dan related.
Unfortunately, he was really impatient when it came to waiting or doing things slow, like plying video games were you had to wait until attacking or anything, he just couldn't do it, he would just get frustrated and lose.
That's why it was no surprise he decided to use his phone after only two long minutes waiting.
Luckily for him though, a fee minutes into scrolling through Instagram mindlessly Angel called him over.
Phil neared the makeup table where he was once again greeted by Angel's and Ray's bodies blocking him from seeing his Dan
"Why did you call me over if you were just not gonna let me see him again? And also, why the hell can't I see him? I don't unde-" Phil's rumbling stopped as Ray and Angel both stepped to the sides while smiling widely and completely ignoring anything Phil said.
Phil on the other hand was stuck frozen in place, his mouth hung ajar as he didn't get to finish his sentence, his eyes were the only thing that was moving, they scanned over Dan's face in awe, glimmering at the beautiful sight in front of him.
Dan was sitting with his hands folded neatly and shyly in his lap, his eyes were staring at his fidgeting hands and only came up for a glimpse to barely meet Phil's eyes and quickly dropped back down.
His eyes lids were adored with a crisp black wing and his eyelashes were coated with mascara and even from the short time he got to see dans eyes looking at him, he could tell they made his gorgeous brown eyes stand out more and glimmer even in the bad lighting in the room.
Dan's cheek bones were lightly defined with a bit of shimmering highlighter and Phil saw some bronzer was applied to the places on the face Phil guessed bronzer was supposed to be applied to (as he didn't know much about makeup but still trusted Angel's and Ray's knowledge).
Dan's plump lips were coated with a light layer of neutral looking lipstick which could just be lip bomb since Phil always thought Dan's lips looked pink-isn and as if he was wearing lipstick already.
In Phil's eyes Dan looked absolutely amazing, not that he didn't usually, the light make up only enhanced Dan's best features.
A few minutes of staring and what felt like awkward silence to Dan, Ray coughed and Phil snapped out of his trans. His eyes snapped up, to Ray and Angel "could you give us a second?"
"What? No! We want to stay and see what happen-"
"Sure" Ray cut Angel off and glared at him "we're gonna go get some food, be back in like an hour and a half"
"Okay" Phil's eyes moved to Dan who looked uncomfortable and was still not looking up at him. Ray dragged Angel out the room and closed the door after them.
Phil bent down so he was eye level with Dan who was much shorter than him and also sitting down.
"Hey Bambi" he started gently, while lifting a hand and carefully caressing Dan's cheek and raising his head a bit higher so he would look at him.
"Hi" Dan's small voice answered, shyly looking at Phil for longer
"You look absolutely gorgeous babe"
"R-really?"
"Yeah bub, did you look in the mirror yet?"
Dan shook his head no "I'm too scared"
"You have nothing to be scared of, you are one of the most beautiful people I know, makeup or no makeup, you are my sexy ass boyfriend and I think you should look in the mirror and decide if you want to continue wearing it for the rest of the evening. I don't mind whatever choice you make as long as you are comfortable" he kissed Dan on his right cheek, while being extra careful not to smudge the make up that was applied there.
Dan blushed bright red and mumbled a few words, Phil just chuckled and held the back of his chair
"Can I turn you to the mirror?"
"Ok" Dan took a deep breath and squeezed his eyes closed as his chair turned, he heard Phil laughing behind him "you better open your eyes so you could actually see something"
Dan took a deep breath and hesitantly opened his eyes, which widened immediately upon seeing his reflection "wow"
Phil watched him through the mirror "is that a good wow or a bad one?"
"I-I'm not sure" he leaned closer to the mirror and inspected the perfect makeup job he had gotten "I think it's a good wow" he said finely and sat back down on the chair, Phil smiled "good" he walked around the chair and motioned Dan to stand up, he sat down and Dan huffed in annoyance "you can't just take my sit like that"
Phil smirked and reached his hands to Dan's waist, grubbed it and set Dan down in his lap "better?" He asked cheekily and Dan just blushed and nodded, cuddling closer to Phil.
Phil ran his hand through dan's hair, tagged gently a few times and Dan sighed in pure bliss.
A few minutes later Dan pulled slightly away from Phil yet still stayed quite close to him "we shouldn't be like this, I mean, anyone can come in any second"
Phil shook his head and leaned foreword so his mouth was right next to Dan's ear "I had Ray lock the door" he nibbled on Dan's ear slightly and Dan let out a quite moan, he and Phil hadn't really done anything in a long time, not that they had done much before, but because Phil knew Dan felt kind of uncomfortable he refrained himself from kissing him which was something Dan was very grateful for, well until now he was.
Dan turned around and desperately wanted to kiss Phil, to make out with him even. he wanted to tag at Phil's hair and he wanted Phil to grab his waist and bring him close and bite his lip and leave hickeys all over his neck, but he was too shy to do anything about it and was afraid Angel or Ray would notice his makeup or lipstick smudging, so after kissing phil on the cheek gently and making sure he didn't leave any trail of the lipstick behind, he returned to laying on Phil's chest and drew his tattoos out with his fingertips.
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Before Dan knew it a knock was headed on the door, well, more like banging and the annoyed voice of Maia calling them to "open the god damn door Phil or I swear to fucking god" both Dan and Phil groans as they realized their alone time was over and Dan hopped off Phil who kissed the top of his head before unlocking the door to a flustered Maia "thank The Lord Jesus Christ, fucking finely"
"I didn't know you we're such a believer, Maia" Phil teased
Maia glared at him "oh shut up" she smiled "look, it's starting in abut thirty minutes, Angel and Ray will be in shortly to do your hair and from then on its just inviting twenty one pilots, take a few pics with the crowd to post on social media and..."
"I know, you literally had me read the schedule like 30 times" Phil interrupted her
"Okay fine, good luck out there" she went to hug Phil but he asked to tell her something in private so she nodded and went with him to another corner in the room, all Dan could hear was Maia saying 'sure' and than they hugged and she left
"What was that all about?"
"Nothin'"
"Please tell me"
"Just asked her to keep an eye on you okay?"
"Phil" Dan whined "now she thinks I'm a baby"
"No she doesn't, she thinks you are sweet, besides, all I asked her was to escort you to your sit and make sure you're safe, don't worry, she won't be there, she'll be back stage, all she's gonna do is take you to your sit and have one of the security people keet an eye on you to make sure you're safe, don't worry she's really nice I swear, she's a sweetheart"
"Fine"
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Phil was going to go on stage in a few moments and Dan was nervous, he was sitting in his sit in a VIP area which was almost completely secluded from the rest of the people in the arena, which was good, he was alone and didn't want to have to talk to anyone.
Dan noticed a man was walking between the sits, offering people to buy food and drinks and Dan thought it would be nice to surprise Phil with some fries or hot dogs when he came back, and although he felt his stomach clench in discomfort at the thought of having to speak the salesperson, especially now, when he had a full face of makeup on.
he swallowed and stood up, he knew Phil would be proud of him because he knew it was something Dan struggled with and Dan really wanted Phil to be happy after doing so much for him and wasting so much money.
Dan cleared his throat awkwardly "excuse me, sir" he spoke as loudly as he could with his stomach twisting, and luckily for him, he was loud enough, as the man heard him and walked over to him, but just as he got close to the VIP area the tall, well built body guard blocked his way "you can't come any closer, this is a privet area" his voice was strong and Dan flinched although it wasn't directed at him.
The man sighed and looked at Dan "sorry man"
Just as he started leaving Dan mastered all his bravery and called after him "wait" the salesman stopped and looked at him slightly annoyed, Dan gave him a sign that meant 'one second' and turned to the bodyguard "um, if I go outside of the area, j-just for a minute, could I buy some food from him?"
The bodyguard thought for a moment and shrugged "I guess"
Dan smiled "thanks"
He exited the marked VIP area and started walking towards the inpatient and annoyed looking man, and yet he walked proudly, he couldn't believe he did that, for him it was hard and he felt brave and strong after succeeding, it was a sign he was getting better.
He was so lost in thought he hadn't noticed the muscular, bald guy who was walking in the same lane as he was. When he did notice him it was when he bumped into him and fell to the dirty floor a small yelp escaping his lips.
The man glared at him harshly and gritted his teeth "fucking fag" he muttered "bumping into me with his queer body" he then walked away and spat on the ground next to Dan, the girl that was walking next to the man giggled and Dan felt his eyes water, he felt as if everyone's eyes were on him, he quickly stood up and dusted him self off, he headed the salesman a 20 pound bill with shaky hands and requested a large fries and two hot dogs, the man handed him the food, not meeting Dan's eyes, Dan whispered "thanks" in a shaky voice and walked back, the sound of the salesman's voice blurred behind him, becoming nothing but white noise in his ears, it was probably something abut forgetting his change but Dan just wanted to return to his sit, he didn't care about the money, he was embarrassed.
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Phil went on stage, he just presented twenty one pilots, took a few pictures with the crowd and answered a few questions, Dan didn't really listen, the man's words kept repeating in his head, more voices of the bullies from school soon joined them making Dan feel like he was going to be sick.
Before he knew it Phil was walking through the small gate of the VIP zone, sending Dan a happy smile, Dan faked a grin back at him
"So" Phil started, excitement evident in his voice as he set down "how was I?"
Dan felt bad, Phil did so much to him and he couldn't even bring himself to listen to twenty fucking minuted of him on stage? So Dan did what he was getting better at, he lied "you were so good and funny, the crowd absolutely adored you" he fake smiled and him and Phil laughed "thanks babe"
Dan nodded
"What's that?" Phil asked as he saw the fries and hot dogs sitting on the small table that separated his and Dan's chairs
Dan blushed "I got us some food" and got humiliated
"Best boyfriend ever"
Dan chuckled I'm the worst boyfriend ever, how can you be so blind?
Phil smiled at him as he stuffed some fries into his mouth and handed Dan a hot dog
"No thanks" Dan said, he didn't need the calories, why did he even buy that because you have no self control, maybe if you had some you wouldn't have been so fat Dan winced at the brush words his brain shot at him
"Please" Phil pleaded
"No, I'm good"
"Dan" Phil's eyes looked worried and sad
Phil is upset because of you, you fuck up, he was so happy a few minutes ago Dan sighed, he just won't eat for a day, or two "fine"
Phil perked up "yay" he handed Dan the hot dog and subtly squeezed his hand, keeping it out of everyone's eyes "thank you"
Dan ate the whole hot dog and his eyes glossed over again fatass
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A few minutes later the lights went out and the crown went silent in anticipation, Phil grubbed Dan's hand and squeezed it and chuckled at how Dan barely noticed because of how excited he was, staring at the stage.
A sheer white fabric was then lowered from the ceiling and red lights were turned on in the background, the crowd squealed excitedly and so did Dan.
A few minuted later nothing happened and Dan turned to Phil "now I understand why it's called emotional rollercoaster"
Phil laughed when suddenly music started playing and both of their heads snapped to the direction of the stage.
The songs went by, Dan and Phil stood up,danced and sang along. The show was amazing, tyler disappeared from the stage and reappeared in the crowd twice and Dan stood wide eyed and amazed, at one point Tyler just sat on the people in the pit and sang and on another Tyler a drum set  was brought out to the crowed in the pit and josh literally drummed on the crowed, Tyler got into a water walking ball and walked on the crowed and so many more amazing things happened.
The concert was truly amazing in every aspect and dan wished for it to never be over.
When the first notes of goner started playing the crowed buzzed with excitement and so did dan, as it was one of his favorite songs. That's why he didn't notice Phil standing behind him until he placed his hands on his hips and started swaying from side to side. Dan was too peaceful and happy to think, he didn't think about his father, or about his bullies, or about his mother, or about what would happen if someone were to take a picture of him and Phil, he just leaned into Phil and placed his head on his chest and relaxed at the feeling of the slight vibrations he felt as he and Phil sang along.
They stayed like that for the rest of the show and only separated when the last song started (stressed out) and they danced and jumped along to the music. But they still stayed close, much closer then before.
When the show ended a few tears slipped out of Dan's eyes and Phil hurried to wipe them away "what's wrong Bambi?"
Dan shook his head "it was just the best night of my life and" a few more tears slipped out "thank you so much for taking me and for being so amazing and perfect" more tears coated his red cheeks  as he  wrapped his hands around Phil's neck and hugged him tightly, phil hugged him back and placed his hands on Dan's hips to support him as he was resting his entire weight in Phil.
"But the night isn't over yet baby" Phil whispered
"Hum?'
"There's this amazing after party we were invited to plus a whole bunch of my friends will be there and I would love for you to meet them"
"Yes, yes, yes" dan stepped back and started jumping up and down "let's go, please" he whined and Phil laughed, dan was high on adrenaline and happy. Dan then grabbed Phil's hand and dragged him to the building were they had previously gotten ready in.
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"Are you sure you got everything" Phil asked as they exited the building
Dan nodded and let Phil lead them to the car, he opened Dan's door for him and jogged over to his side, when they got in Phil grabbed Dan's hand and dan smiled at him, content.
Phil raised Dan's hand to his lips and kissed it gently, making Dan blush "did you have fun"
"Oh my god Phil" he called and Phil chuckled "it was literally the best day of my life, they were honestly so good and amazing preformers and I hadn't been at many shows and never of really known bands or sings but it was the best concert I'd been to..." Dan continued speaking of the concert excitedly as Phil listened, hummed and sneaked a few looks at him when they stood in red lights.
Happy, excited dan was his favorite dan and Phil adored the way his eyes sparkled when he talked about topics he loved, he could only hope dan's eyes would sparkle like that when he spoke about him one day.
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Soon the ride there was over and phil who was chuckling at dan who was now singing along to "toxic" that played on the radio stopped the car "here we are" he announced and dan suddenly quieted  down, he didn't have great memories of parties, when he was younger he would just either not go to parties or follow his friends around the room all night because he was too awkward to speak to anyone and eventually he just felt really bad at the end of the night because he felt as if his friends were annoyed and tired of him, some of them actually told him they were. And after he came out he was only ever invited to one party and it ended up being a prank and he swore he would never speak of that night again, that was the worst night of his life, and he'd had some pretty bad ones. So that explains why he was so tentative about going to the after party.

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