Love At Last Sight//Phan AU

Ch. 3

(Dan)
Fire
Fire everywhere.
Explosions, pain, severed body parts flying in all directions.
I'm running and running, as fast as my lanky legs will carry me. I'm not sure where I am currently or why I'm here, but it's not good. Nothing is good. As I'm running faster than my body is willing to go, I see something out of the corner of my eye.
A pale figure, with jet black raven hair and bony cheeks falls over, I run to him, as he never ran to me, and as I flip him over to see his face, I can see that it's not there. Just blood.
"AHHHH!!!"
I scream and jerk upward as if I'm being possessed. I can't hardly breathe and I'm quite shaken up. I start to process my surroundings. I realize quickly that I am in pain, and I study where the pain is coming from. My arms, they're so soaked in blood that you can't even see where the cuts are. I look at the light shining through the small window above the bathtub and realize suddenly that I'm so late for school. I notice I'm laying on the floor so I try and get up, but to no avail. I'm too weak. Even though the red rivers have dried up and the thick water no longer flows, I am still too weak from sadness to remove myself from where I belong. I, Daniel James Howell, am human scum. I finally decide not to give a fuck about school and I fall back asleep on the cold tile, praying to the God I refuse to believe in that I will have the strength to get up when I wake.
***
(Phil)
I look up at the clock and notice that it's 20 minutes past first bell and Dan still hasn't shown up.
It's not like I care.
I don't.
Not one bit.
The teacher drones on but I'm not paying attention, I decide to daydream instead.
The beautiful girl sits next to me in my car, we're driving down the highway and her gorgeous curly brown hair is flowing in the wind. She laughs up at the sky, a laugh you make when you're happy. I have the power to make this fantasy girl happy. She sings along to the indie songs on the radio and taps her fingers along to the beat. She looks over at me and says something I wasn't necessarily expecting.
"Don't let me be gone."
A/N: Cheeky TØP reference ;)
(Dan)
I wake up again, this time more aware than I was the first time I awoke.
I sit up on my elbows, my arms are in serious pain. I try my best to get up and this time I succeed, but I kind of regret it when I look back down at the mess I left. I turn to face the oval mirror above my sink and it looks like a murder scene. There's blood soaked all down the front of my shirt and dried blood in my hair. I decide to start cleaning by cleaning myself first, so I get undressed and get in the shower. I turn on the warm water and feel to make sure the temperature is right. I get in, and as soon as I do I regret it because the stinging feeling coming from my arms is almost unbearable. I slowly and gently try to scrub the dried blood off of my raw skin and think happy thoughts. Once I get that torture over with, I go for my hair. After I watch as the last bit of blood flows down the shower drain i turn the water off and grab a towel. I dry myself and step out of the shower and study the mess before me. Man, this is going to be a bitch to clean up.

(Phil)
I run to the school bathroom and try my best to wash my face as if i'm washing the thought of him out of my brain. I try to tell myself he's nothing more than a queer but I know that's not true. I know that one of these days I'm going to sink down to the same level as him and I'll be caught in the same web. But I'll resist it as long as I can. I'm worried about him. Something tells me he didn't just skip school because he was under the weather. That's none of my business anyways, I try to tell myself.

(Dan)
After getting everything cleaned up, I throw my dirty clothes into the washing machine and get some new boxers and pajamas out of my drawer. I throw them on and go to poop down on the couch to watch some TV. I turn it on and the first thing to show up is breaking news.
Delcan Clan Outraged By New Enforcements From President Rump
I always hated that guy. I didn't vote for him either. He's a loser. We can't win a war against the Delcans. Their weaponry is far too advanced. I decide to turn the TV up and tune in.
"Rump makes new immigration law that no Delcans are allowed in the country anymore. He plans on removing all the remaining Delcans and this is what we quoted him on saying.
"I don't know who decided to let them in in the first place but we have to put an end to all of this nonsense. When they send their people to our planet, they're not sending their best."
"This has caused several riots of the Delcans people to break out across the world, 11 humans have been killed and 2 moon children so far. No one knows if this will lead to war, but the way things are looking now, it's very likely."
I change the channel. I don't need to worry about that. It's not like I'm fit to be involved in any war anyways. Just let the real adults work it out themselves.