Saviour

Chapter 8: Video Games

AKA DanAndPhilGAMES before Youtube ;)

Phil and I are walking back to my house in what I hope is a comfortable silence. After trying to make a bit of small talk, Phil had realised that I wasn't really into it and left me to my thoughts. I felt bad but mostly I was embarrassed for being such a baby and for scaring him so much.

I was confused too, honestly. No one stuck around much, especially not after they realised how much baggage I had. But Phil had been through one of my panic attacks and my bullying and he'd not only stayed but he'd helped me with both. I tried not to dare believe that maybe he'd stick around but I couldn't help but hope.

I didn't even realise that we were at my house until Phil stopped and I nearly ran into him. I paused, looking at what I knew to be an empty house, dreading going into the suffocating silence.

"Hey Dan," Phil said, interrupting my thoughts and seeming to read my hesitance. "Do you want to come to my house and play some video games and stuff." I broke out into a smile.

"I'd love to," I replied, excitement filling my voice. We turned and continued walking, towards his house this time. I gathered the courage t talk.

"Phil,"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry," I apologised.

"What for?" he asked, confused.

"For making you worry like that," I explained, keeping my head down and staring at my shoes like they were the most fascinating thing ever. For some reason, I was having a hard time looking at Phil.

"it's okay, I'm glad that you're safe," he replied. I said nothing but I couldn't help the smile which made its way onto my face. We made it to Phil's house and I was quite impressed. It was a nice two story house and it was very homey inside. Phil lead me to the back of the house which held a spare room with a TV and half a dozen consoles set up underneath it. There was a bookcase full of games next to it.

"Uh, I like video games a lot," Phil explained, sheepishly. I, however, was on cloud 9 looking at all the games. We sat down on a sofa bed which was facing the TV and grabbed a few games.

Afer a couple of rounds of Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, and struggling through a bit of Portal 2, Phil pulled out a very weird looking game. The writing on the case was in another language, which from the art I'm going to assume was Japanese and Phil had a mischevious look in his eyes.

"Hey Dan," he was grinning and I was slightly scared. "What to play Bishi Bashi Special?"

"I'll bite," I replied, somewhat sarcastic. "What the hell is Bishi Bashi Special?"

"I don't entirely know, I got given it and I haven't played it yet. From what I understand it's like a bunch of really weird Japanese minigames," he explained, looking at the cover as though he could glean some secrets from the characters there.

"Okay, let's do this," I replied. He put the game in and it loaded up.

"Okay so we're Bishi Bashing for two," he said, navigating the menu. I couldn't help but snort. "You're gonna be the boy, I'm gonna be the girl," I burst into laughter at that point.

"That sounds extremely sexual," I choked out. Phil laughed lightly and went into the game.

Holy hell on a stick his laugh. It was beautiful.

"Which one do you want to do?" he asked, scrolling through the games.

"Surprise me," I replied, trying to pull my head out of wherever the fuck it's gone.

"Let's play beans!" he said, selecting one who ich had a way to happy creepy Japanese (?) man on it. The instruction screen came up.

"'ATTENTION!' Oh, my god, this is what it's like to have a seizure," I stated, looking at the rainbow explosion on screen. We began playing and I won the first round, although I had no idea what was happening. We played for a while longer before Phil got super excited and half jumped pout of his seat. When he landed back down however there was a loud crack. He turned to me very seriously.

"I think I broke the sofa," he stated.

I couldn't help it.

I burst into laughter.

I laughed so hard I fell off the couch and actually began rolling on the floor.

"It's not funny!" he exclaimed, laughing slightly.

"I-I don't know why that was so funny," I gasped, pulling myself off the floor. At that point, we heard Phil's mum open the front door and call out.

"Jesus, it's 6 o'clock," Phil said, getting up.

"I should go then," I said, not wanting this to end. "Thanks, Phil,"

"You're welcome, we should do this again."

"Definitely,"

"Oh! Wait for me tomorrow, I'll meet you at your house and we can walk t school together, Okay?"

"Sure, thanks."

"What are friends for?" he replied, grinning.

This is what it's like to have friends. I thought on my way home. This feels nice.

A/N MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Ahhhh!!! Okay, I hope you guys liked this chapter, I know it's a bit short and random but I'm actually really happy with it. As always let me know what you think. Also, Dil and Tab have a baby! Why is this so exciting to me?!