The Boy Upstairs (DanXReader)

Chapter 12: Water You Talking About?

"Okay, you can open your eyes now!" Dan said, his voice sounding suspiciously excited.

I opened my eyes and immediately threw my arms over my face when I saw the super soaker aimed at me. "NO!" I cried out, Dan laughing at my reaction.

"It's okay," Dan laughed.

"No it's not! You put that thing away!" I demanded.

"It's important for the video though, I swear!"

I lowered my arms, warily eyeing the super soaker as Dan pointed it at the ground. "How so?"

Dan smiled and began explaining. "You told me recently that you love movies, correct?"

"Yea..." I said slowly, not sure where he'd be going with this.

"Well we're going to go back and forth, giving each other quotes from movies. The other person will only have ten seconds to guess the movie it's from. You get it right, you're safe. But if you don't get it..." Dan aimed the super soaker and quickly sprayed me in the face with it.

"DAN!" I screamed, Dan laughing hysterically.

I quickly grabbed the super soaker away from Dan and sprayed him in the face. He cried out in surprise as I laughed and quickly held the super soaker my back to keep it away from him. He reached for it, resulting in me doing my best to scoot away. The struggle eventually ended in both of us toppling over onto the bed laughing.

Dan and I smiled at each other once we stopped laughing. We were incredibly close, Dan holding himself above me. I looked up at him, wanting to pull him closer and eliminate the distance but afraid to do anything with what I'd said that night. It had barely been two weeks since that night had happened. I still thought about it a lot but I was also still terrified of messing things up between us by moving too quickly.

"Hey..." Dan said, looking straight into my eyes.

"Y-yea?" I asked, my voice almost a whisper.

Dan bit his lower lip, looking a bit nervous. "I uh... would- ah... never mind," he said, sitting up.

"No, what?" I asked, sitting up.

"I-uh... was wondering if... it'd be okay for me to kiss you..." Dan mumbled, looking away as he quickly got up and turned off the camera. "I-I'm sorry. I don't want to make you uncomfortable but... I just... I still really like you. I'm fine with just hanging out if that's what you want though! I-I shouldn't have said anything!"

I stood up and grabbed Dan's hand again. He looked back at me with a worried expression. "I-I'd like it if you kissed me. I really want to take that next step with us..." I admitted. "I'm just scared... I don't want to lose you again..."

Dan blinked with confusion. "Again?" he asked. "What're you talking about?"

I looked at the floor, feeling nervous. "Well I mean... we didn't talk for a long time... and now you're so much more important than me... I-I don't want to get left behind."

Dan gently lifted my chin with his free hand, making it so the two of us made eye contact as he looked at me with utter disbelief. "Never say that I'm more important than you. What the hell would even make you think that in the first place?"

"You've gotten so successful since I first moved..." I said quietly, glancing at the ground. "And I'm just... I'm just me..."

"Hey, please look at me," Dan said gently, making me bring my gaze back up to his. "Who cares if I make videos online? I'm still just plain old, awkward Dan. And you... you're absolutely fantastic. You're kind, caring, sensitive, funny, beautiful... I could never leave you behind. You're too important to me."

I looked at Dan, doing my best to not cry. "Y-you really mean all that?" I whispered.

"Absolutely," Dan said, tucking a wet lock of hair behind my ear.

"You're the most amazing person I've ever met," I said, wiping my eyes with my sleeves.

"Nah, that's Phil," Dan joked.

I giggled, sitting down on Dan's bed and pulling him down beside me. We both stayed quiet for a few moments before I looked at Dan. "I... I'd be okay with trying for something more..." I said, Dan grinning in response. "I-I can't promise I won't still get scared and I'll probably still feel inadequate at times, b-but I'm going to try my best and-"

"Just be yourself and be honest with me. If you feel upset or scared about something then let me know," Dan smiled, pulling me into a hug. "I want you to be comfortable. We'll take this as slowly as you want to."

I smiled, pulling out of Dan's hug and looked into his eyes. "Thank you," I said, readjusting myself and kissing Dan.

"Would you want to go get some dinner with me tonight? Maybe see a movie too?" Dan said as we pulled apart.

"That sounds nice. Maybe we could go see Fantastic Beasts?" I said with a nod.

"I have been meaning to learn where to find them," Dan said, nodding thoughtfully.

A/N: YOU GUYS ARE OFFICIAL~ Also, FBAWTFT is pretty great. Nostalgia me gives it a 10/10. Film student me gives it a 7.5-8 though. It's a good movie, especially the second half. But it has some issues and things that aren't necessary. I definitely recommend seeing it though!