'Please say you're not breaking up with me.' Kyle turned around, tears in his eyes. Dan stood there shaking his head.
'Come here you idiot. I'm so sorry, I'm not breaking up with you.' Dan pulled Kyle into a tight hug. 'I'm sorry, I've been acting like such a dickhead. I just don't know what to say you know?'
'So you still want to be with me right?' A single tear escaped Kyle's eye. Dan wiped it away with his thumb before kissing Kyle.
'I still want to be with you. More than anything.' Dan held onto Kyle's hand and walked him over to the bed. He lay down, gesturing for Kyle to do the same. He did and then questioned Dan again.
'So, what is going on Dan? I'm still so worried.'
'I...It's...Can we please talk about it later? I genuinely do want to sleep.'
'That's fine. I'm here okay.' Dan smiled and nodded, a few tears falling down his own face. He rested his head on Kyle's shoulder and sighed deeply.
'Shhh...I got you babe.' Kyle stroked Dan's hair as he drifted off to sleep. He was still worried sick, but he somehow managed to fall into a slumber too, with Dan curled up in his arms.
Kyle was woke buy a sudden nudge and a whisper in his ear. he turned around to see Woody,
'Mate, we've just arrived and me and the rest of the guys are getting ready to go out for something to eat. Just wondering if you wanna come?'
'Umm, yeah sure. I'll wake Dan now.'
'Cool. we'll wait for you but don't take too long' Woody let out a slight chuckle before getting up and continuing to get ready.
Kyle turned back over, still with Dan in his arms. He put his hand on Dan's face and kissed his nose lightly.
'Danny?'
Dan opened his eyes and took a hold of Kyle's hand.
'Babe, we've arrived. Everyone is going out to eat, do you wanna come?'
Dan sat up and looked cautious. 'I don't know...'
'It's alright. We can explore the city for a bit afterwards too.'
'Just you and me?'
'If that's what you want.'
'Okay, I need to get ready.'
'That's fine, we'll wait for you.'
About another 10 minutes passed and most of the crew were walking through the city (that they really love) and they managed to find a small restaurant, not too fancy to their relief.
They got a table tucked away in the corner of the restaurant. Dan sat by Kyle, of course. Kyle sort of got the impression that he was nervous...
They all had been out like this many times. In pretty much every city they've been to! But Kyle comforted Dan anyway, he wanted to make sure he was alright.
When Dan excused himself to go to the toilet, Kyle got even more worried. He didn't follow Dan, he wanted to give him some space, obviously.
After about ten minutes of Dan's absence, Kyle really just wanted to get up and go and check on him but he didn't want to seem clingy. Until Dick spoke up.
'Damn, is everything alright with Dan? He's been gone for nearly 15 minutes.'
Everyone looked at Kyle as if he was supposed to know.
'I...I'll go and check on him.' Kyle stuttered. He got up and swiftly headed for the toilets.
As he walked through the door, Dan was leaning against the sink shaking and breathing heavily.
'Dan?! Shit!' He ran over to Dan and held him in his arms. 'Dan? Babe, it's okay just breath, come on.' He Held Dan up and helped him regain his regular breathing pattern.
As Dan started to calm down, he stood up properly and held onto Kyle's hand. 'Thankyou Kyle.'
'Are you okay? Dan what happened?'
'I'm fine, stop stressing out.'
'Dan, what happened?'
'It was just another panic attack. It's nothing.'
'Dan that's not just nothing! And are you saying you've been having them like this before? How long has this been happening?' Kyle stressfully ran a hand through his hair and looked away.
'Kyle please stop stressing out!' Dan grabbed Kyle's arm and pulled him into a hug 'I'll explain if you just calm down, okay?'
'Okay, I'm sorry. Now please explain.'
'I...You know I've always suffered with anxiety and stuff...' Kyle nodded as Dan spoke. 'And I had started to over come it and get more confident...Well, lately It's like it's all been thrown back in my face. And it's not so much stage fright. But more me thinking I won't be accepted. It's like there's a voice in my head that's forcing me to do things. And I push people away. I'm sorry, I don't mean to. It's in my head.' He looked down, ashamed at what had just slipped out of his mouth. There was no one else in the toilets but he still spoke quietly
'Dan...I'm so sorry this is happening to you.' He took a hold of one of Dan's hands. 'Has something triggered this?'
'I don't...Maybe. Can we talk about it later? I don't think this is quite the best place to be talking.' Dan smirked slightly as he and Kyle headed towards the door.
