Boys This Young

6|I Really Love Phil Lester

The rest of the week from the morning Dan woke up on Wednesday, was awkward.

Arin kept apologizing to Dan, as he had forgotten that he did last night. Dan had forgiven him, but he was being so distant Arin thought he was just pretending he wasn't mad at him. So, he bought him some McDonalds for dinner that night, still apologizing. Dan was grateful, but still remained distant. He didn't want to hurt him.

But Arin didn't know this, or understand why he wouldn't just talk to him.

So, on Thursday, Dan woke up with a gift next to him on his bed. It was a teddy bear, with a little note that said, I'm beary beary sorry...have a donut. -Arin.

Dan had sighed, feeling slightly suicidal from the bad pun, but he was still smiling. He wished he wasn't, but he just couldn't stop smiling. Arin wasn't in the dorm, he'd already left for classes or maybe breakfast. Dan knew he'd see him at his last class today, and he didn't know how to feel about that.

He didn't know how to feel about Arin's McDonalds or his donut. He ate them both, hating that he was taking advantage of the situation. He really did forgive Arin, but Arin just didn't believe him. It was terrible. He was terrible.

Dan was anxious all of the rest of his classes, and when it got to his lunch he didn't even see Arin. He had forgotten that their classes were totally different on Thursday's except for the last one. He saw Troye though, and Troye seemed extremely happy for some reason.

"So, I was talking to Tyler," Troye said, "And he said he might just buy me a car for my birthday!! How fucking great is that?? I might be able to live in his house instead of at school."

"Oh, yeah really great," Dan said, faking a smile. Yeah Troye was really lucky.

"Are you okay?" Troye asked, "You seem down."

"Oh no, I'm fine," Dan said, "I just....nothing."

"Dan!" Troye said, hitting him across the arm, "You can't lie to me! There's something wrong with you, I can tell."

"Well, I'm-"

"Boy trouble?" Troye asked, "You look like boy trouble. Which doesn't make any sense because you're with Phil. Unless you and Phil are having issues...OH MY GOD NO ARE YOU OKAY IS PHIL OKAY WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU TWO DID HE CHEAT?? PHIL WOULDNT CHEAT BUT MAYBE HE WAS DRUNK AND YOU'RE ALWAYS HERE SO HE COULD GET LONELY-"

"TROYE!" Dan shouted, stopping him from continuing, "Its fine!! It's not about Phil, me and Phil are fine!!"

"Sorry, you know I ramble sometimes," Troye apologized, "But what do you mean it's not about Phil?? It's always about Phil with you."

Dan scoffed, "Yeah, well, not this time."

"Who then?" Troye asked.

"No one."

"Alaskan Bull Shark," Troye said, "I know boy trouble when I see it."

Dan sighed, "Well, it's about...Arin."

"Excuse me?" Troye asked.

Dan rolled his eyes, "I...may have read Arin's journal the other day. And I found out that-"

"He likes you," Troye finished, a small smile on his lips.