Mental

Chapter Fourteen|Bittersweet

Dan

Dan was laughing as he pulled a broken stapler off of Pj's office floor, throwing the plastic contraption in the bin, and throwing the rest of the pieces in with it. Pj was sweeping paperclips up, with a fairly less amused face.

"It's not funny," he whined, but Dan continued to laugh.

"Aw, I think it's kind of funny. You were fast asleep the whole time they did this. Didn't even hear them destroy your precious  stapler."

"They drugged me! How was I supposed to do anything? I was out of it for hours!"

"It wasn't all that bad. You looked so cute drooling all over your desk in a pile of trash, and doctors files."

Pj shakes his head, "Oh shut up, and help me clean."

"Don't be such a grump! You have to admit that it was a pretty genius plan," Dan grinned.

Pj couldn't help but smile back at the sight of his dimples, "Alright, yeah. It was pretty smart."

Dan skipped towards him kissing him lightly on his lips, "That's the spirit, Pasta Man!"

Pj rolled his eyes, "Oh, god not you too."

Dan giggled, "I've admittedly been hanging out with Phil too much."

Pj sighed, "I'm such an asshole. He'll probably never forgive me for what I said. I'm not even mad that he did this." He motioned towards the wreckage of papers around him.

"Don't say that Pj. One day he'll realize that hating you is a waste of his time. You are fantastic. You were just heated up in the moment, and didn't mean what you said. He'll understand."

"But I think that he's in love with you," Pj mumbled.

"Hmm?"

"Oh, nothing," Pj lied.

He picked up the pile of paperclips in the dustpan, and slid them into their former box solemnly. He felt like he was a terrible person for loving Dan. Did he really deserve to be happy if someone else wasn't because of him? Why did he say those things to Phil?

Next, it was time to scrub 'PUSSY!1!' off of his wall. He sighed again, and made his way over to it. Dan stood there staring at it with a huge smile on his face.

"Do you think that Phil did this alone?" Dan asked.

"Most definitely not. He probably planned it with someone," Pj answered.

"Okay, but who?"

"Probably my sister Jessica. Yesterday was her favorite holiday: April Fools," Pj said.

Dan's eyes widen, and he turned around suddenly as he slapped Pj across the face. Pj's eyes widened too.

"Ow! What the hell was that for!" Pj shouted.

"That was for not being the one to tell me Sugar was your sister first! I completely forgot she told me that you were her brother. I was going to confront you, but I was distracted that day. Why didn't you tell me?" Dan shouted.

Pj laughed, "I didn't think you needed to know."

Dan's eyes narrowed, "She is my patient, and you are my boyfriend of course I needed to know!"

"I'm sorry, Dan. To be honest I was a little embarrassed about it, and it never really came up in conversation."

Dan huffed, "I'm so tired of you thinking that I don't have to know things. We are supposed to know each other better than anyone else! I'm an adult Pj. Yet you always keep things from me."