A/n I really cba with this but I'm trying to write it more.
Phil's PoV
I couldn't do it, I thought I could but I just couldn't. Chris seemed so special but he just was not, always nagging that I was thinking about Dan, always acting like he was above people. So I left him, I refunded the skates and gave the money to a homeless guy that Chris was rude to.
I ended up in a forest, it was nice, cold. There's always something going on in forests, once I was in Ohio on holiday and part of the forest was alight. I heard a boy scream "is anybody out there" over and over. I didn't reply.
This time the only life seemed to be me, just walking, trying to loose myself while getting lost. I reached a clearing and I saw a boy crying. A boy I hurt. Dan.
Dan with the soft brown hair and the innocent dimples, Dan who had been playing on my mind since I met him, loving, kind, beautiful Dan.
I shushed him, my hands stroking his back, I told him it was me, that I was here. He said everyone abandons him and that I should just go back to how I was before him. I said he was too important to me.
I carried him in my arms as he cried into my shoulder. I took him all the way to my house and sat him in my room before running a bath. When the hot water was filling the tub enough I turned off the taps and went through to get Dan. I told him he should have a bath because it would help him sleep and he agreed.
He then explained that he was beaten up in the woods by some bullies from his first high school that hated him since year 7. He had gone to the forest to take photos for his coursework.
"It's ok Phil, I'm-Ah...I'm fine." He looked at me innocently.
"No you're not Dan, you're covered in bruises and cuts and your pretty knees are all grazed." I softly touched a hand against his rosy cheek and frowned at the cut across his eyebrow.
"I-ok." He was too tired to argue.
"Are you uh...are you ok to wash or do you need help?" I gave him a worried look and he blushed a deep pink.
"I'm uh...yeah I might need some help." He scratched the back of his knack and looked away.
My bath was pretty big, two could fit. Anyway we were just friends, it was totally innocent. I explained that I could join him in the bath and he agreed. Telling me we should keep our boxers on. I agreed.
Once we were both in the foamy water and blushing like crazy I grabbed a flannel off the side and dipped it in the water before leaning over him and rubbing it softly to his cuts on his face.
"Where else did they hurt you?" I asked quietly and he looked me in the eyes, holding back tears and pointing at a bruise on his cheek, I put arnica on it and he next pointed to a graze on is chin. I tried hard not to look at his lips and I realised Chris was right, I liked Dan.
I leaned down and pressed a soft kiss to his lips, pulling away after a few seconds. He smiled at me.
"You don't know how long I've been waiting for that."
After Dan was all cleaned up we dried off with a fluffy towel and went to sleep in my bed.
