Fix Me | Phan High School AU

Chapter Thirty-Six

A/N: I had such a hard time writing this chapter?? If it sucks at least you'll know why lmao

Also, if you didn't see my last chapter, I made a new story called Blossom! It's a Pastel!Dan and Punk!Phil AU and I'd really appriciate it if you would go and check it out!

Dan's POV

"Hey assholes," Val greeted me and Phil at our lockers. Leave it to her to make an entrance.

"Hey Val," Phil laughed.

Alec walked up beside me, casting a friendly smile towards Phil, but only a nervous glance in my direction. He had been acting kind of odd lately, he always seemed on edge...

"So I don't have dance planning for the first time in like, forever, wanna meet up at the café after school?" Despite it being early in the morning, Val was bouncing lightly on her toes, seemingly unable to stand still.

"Yeah, sure. I don't think we have anything else planned?" I glanced at Phil to see if he would correct me, but he just shrugged.

"Great!" Her eyes lit up as she brushed her pink hair out of her eyes. "See ya there!"

Before either of us could respond, she grabbed Alec by the wrist and pulled him down the hall.

I stared after my friends' receding figures before turning towards Phil. "How is it possible for two siblings to be so different?"

Phil shrugged, closing his locker door. "I have no idea."

Phil's POV

Thankfully, the school day passed by quickly. Before I knew it, I was walking next to Dan, Val, and Alec on the way to the café.

"...So after like, five years of debating—well, arguing is probably a better term—we decided to stick with the starry night theme. Thank God we didn't have to do Hawaiian, I think I actually would have dropped out of school." Val finished her long rant about the dance, sighing dramatically.

"I d-don't blame y-you," Alec agreed. "Hawaiian is k-kinda cheesy."

Dan and I murmured words of agreement but went practically unnoticed as Val began another long-winded story. This time, however, she only got a little ways in before getting cut off.

"So then I looked that hoe in the eye and I said—"

"Oi!" The four of us turned around to see a large, angry man walking towards us.

"This can't be good..." I heard Dan mumble under his breath.

The giant stopped a few feet behind us, shooting Dan and I a nasty glare. "Do ya' mind doin' that in private? Faggots..."

I stared in disbelief at the man. I had experiences with homophobic people before but I had never met someone so public about it.

"Sorry sir," Dan began mockingly, "but what exactly is it that we're doing?"

"Bein' all gay in public!" He motioned wildly to our intertwined hands.

"Oh, so they can't hold hands in public but they—" Val motioned to a straight couple sitting on a nearby bench who were having an intense make-out session, "can eat each other's faces off?

"Well yeah, but bein' straight isn't a sin, see? I wouldn't expect a couple a queers like you to get that. Yer not right in the head, none of ya'!"

Dan's grip on my hand was steadily getting tighter. I had never been quick to anger, but Dan on the other hand...

"Is that what you think? Yeah well why don't you take your opinions and shove them up your asshole you fu—"