Dan and Phil One Shots (2)

Himself (2)

TW: Same as last time.

"Daniel, since Phil and his family are coming over for dinner tonight, I want you to wear something smart. You can wear your skinny jeans and one of your smart shirts." Dan's mum said, laying down some cutlery on the kitchen table.

"I don't want to wear a smart shirt. Can't I just wear a hoodie?" Dan mumbled in response, frowning. Phil's family knew about and accepted Dan's love for feminine clothing so, if his mother wasn't home, he could have gotten away with wearing something he liked.

"Of course not. You need to look smart like the smart boy you are."

"Mum, stop forcing me to wear things I don't want to wear."

"Daniel, go up to your room and get changed right this instant."

"No."

"Daniel!" His mum snapped and just as Dan turned to leave the room (in the opposite direction to his bedroom), she reached out and grabbed his arm, in a rough way. Dan gasped, immediately recoiling back from her arm like she had just hit him. Her grip was so strong that he couldn't budge though.

"Mum, please-" Dan choked out, on the verge of letting out a loud sob. Tears were already trailing down his cheeks, he was almost at the sobbing stage.

"Go and get changed."

Dan's mum released Dan's arm and he solemnly walked out of the room.

Once he was safely shut in his bedroom, he let out a loud sob. He was in no shape to go back downstairs for dinner so he did one thing he was an expert at doing (considering he was often grounded...). He opened his window and climbed out onto the roof. Luckily for Dan, there was a tall tree just by the roof, meaning he could reach out and easily climb down into the front garden.

He sprinted down the garden so that his mum couldn't see him before walking down the road.

He didn't even have his phone.

He hoped to walk forever.

-

"Hello Mrs Howell! Is Dan in his room?" Phil asked as soon as he had entered the "Howell House". Dan's mum nodded, sending Phil the widest- and also fakest- smile. Phil quickly clambered up the stairs to Dan's bedroom before knocking on his door. When there wasn't a response, he pushed the door open to find the room was empty.

He noticed the window was wide open and realisation hit him.

Dan had left again.

Being his best friend, Phil knew it straight away.

-

Dan wasn't sure what to do with himself. He had already walked around the park multiple times and it was beginning to bore him. However, he knew he couldn't go home because Phil's family most likely had just arrived. Dan wanted to return home when it was only his mother there.

Then there wouldn't be awkwardness with Phil's family.

In the end (it doesn't even matter), Dan decided to sit himself down on one of the benches. He pulled his knees to his chest and allowed himself to get absorbed into his thoughts.

-

"Dan isn't in his room?" Phil exclaimed as soon as he was back downstairs.

"Oh," Dan's mum sighed. "Did he leave again?"

"I think so. Do you want me to look for him?"

"There isn't much of a point," Dan's mum said, making Phil's parents hold back gasps. "He always comes back in the end anyway."