Phan Oneshots

Paper Stars

Summary: Dan starts to get love notes in his locker in the form of origami stars, so he gets the help of his best friend, Phil, to figure out who it is.
Word Count: 2,398
Warnings: cussing
A/N: Thanks to ​ as always for giving me ideas. I'm a fucking sap recently because my boyfriend proposed to me and I just wanna write a crapton of fluff and puke rainbows everywhere. This is short and sweet, which is very rare for me! I hope you like it anyways!  

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The day Dan opened his locker to a strange slip of paper folded into an origami star was one of the strangest moments of his life.

"What," Dan said simply, giving the offending paper a strange look. He bent down and retrieved it, staring at it long and hard. It was thin, made with a flowery paper, and he could just make out words written in very small print on it. "What," Dan said again.

With a small amount of struggle, Dan managed to unwrap the star, revealing the writing inside. The script was sloppy to the point where Dan thinks it was written with the wrong hand. Dan said "what" again and the word didn't even sound like it was real anymore. It took him a few minutes to read what it said due to the scribble, but he eventually managed.

'i used to stare out the window because i thought the scenery was beautiful. Then i saw you and suddenly the world didnt seem nearly as captivating as before.'

Dan gaped at it. He was horribly confused. Who could have written something like this? It wasn't like he was well-known or popular at school. He was just a nerd who liked to listen to music too loud and go on long rants about movies nobody cared about. Did this person get the right locker? Surely not. Dan was just... Dan. Not anyone to be marvelled at.

"What's that?" The voice made Dan jump and he whipped around to glare at Phil with a hand over his heart.

"You scared me," Dan admonished.

"Sorry," Phil replied unapologetically. He peered at the piece of colourful, wrinkled paper in Dan's hands. His gaze was curious and Dan felt a wave of embarrassment hit him as Phil sidled closer to him so he could read. "What's that?" He asked again.

Dan shoved his friend away from him, trying his best to hide the note. "It's nothing," Dan replied.

Phil snorted and snatched the paper from Dan's hands, scanning over it much more quickly than Dan had been able to. His eyes widened and he gasped comically at the realisation of what it was. "A love note!" His voice was loud, too loud, and Dan shushed him, slapping a hand over his mouth.

"Shut up!" Dan hissed, glancing around. Nobody seemed to be looking at them, thankfully. Phil's eyes were comically wide and he was snickering, the bastard. "It is not!"

"Really? Because that's what it looks like to me. Little Danny has a secret admirer!"

Dan glared at him until Phil's giggles subsided to mindful curiosity. He peered over at the note once more, cocking his head to the side. "Who do you think left it for you?" He asked curiously.

Sighing, Dan shrugged and shoved the note into his pocket. Maybe he could pretend it was all a dream. Not that he wasn't ecstatic that someone liked him but it was a bit /weird/. Almost like he was in a dramatic romance movie. Dan was not romance movie material. "Who knows," Dan muttered, slamming his locker shut and shouldering his way through the crowd towards his locker. He knew Phil would follow. "The only people I talk to are you and Louise and I know for a fact that you both don't want to secretly get in my pants. Must be someone I don't talk to."

Phil hummed and Dan glanced over at him in time to see him rubbing his chin. "It /is/ quite peculiar," he commented. "I mean, who would have a crush on /you/ of all people?"