As Dan walked into his class, everyone stopped talking and started staring at him. Allison broke the silence.
"So", she said with raised eyebrows, "how was your date?" She asked while dragging out the last word.
"It was great", Dan smiled.
"How is mr. Lester feeling?" Neil chimed in.
"You'll have to ask mr. Lester, I don't know that". Dan answered while rolling his eyes.
He told the class to put the chairs in a big circle for a discussion on the play.
As they all sat down, Kevin raised his hand.
"Yes?", Dan said.
"I have an idea", he said with a proud smile.
"Oh my god you guys!" Alex yelled.
"Alex let me finish, so as I said, I have an idea".
"Mark your calendars guys, Kevin, our Kevin, has an idea, who would've thought this day would come". Alex joked and later on yelped as Kevin playfully hit him.
Dan wrote down everything his class said and was quite pleased with the results.
"Look at that, we finished 20 minutes early".
"Please tell us about your date", his students whined.
"You guys are obsessed", Dan said.
"We just want you happy", Amy answered and Dan clutched his heart.
"Fine, it was nice, we talked for 3 hours and went to my house after", Dan smiled, causing Kevin to wiggle his eyebrows.
"Not to do that you nasty fuck". He said.
Kevin raised his hands in defence.
"We just talked some more, drank some wine", Dan continued.
"This is so cute", commented Amy.
"Are you guys together now?" Asked Neil.
"I don't know", Dan answered, "it's only one date, but things are looking good".
Allison squealed, "I'm so happy you found someone sir".
"So am I, Allison. Alright guys, time to pack up".
As he approached the vending machine, he saw Phil standing there, smiling at whatever Chris was telling him.
"Hi", he said as he stood next to Phil.
"Hey Dan", Chris answered, "haven't spoken to you in some time".
"Yea I know", Dan scratched his neck, "sorry Chris".
Chris just lifted his shoulders and went on with the conversation. As he finished talking, Phil turned to Dan.
"Do you want to come over later?" He asked.
Dan nodded, he needed some affection.
"Alright, ill prepare some dinner for us, you just take some comfortable clothes with you". Phil said and Dan wondered what he would've done if he said no.
"Yea alright, that's fine", Dan answered.
Chris looked between the two of them. "Did you finally admit your weird crush to him?" He asked Phil.
"Shut up Kendall", Phil joked and Dan just blushed, Phil talked about him when he wasn't there? Phil actually had a crush on him?
Hours passed and it was finally lunch time, Dan went to the staff room, getting ready to grade some papers, he didn't see Phil coming in, he did feel the soft kiss pressed to the top of his head though, he looked up and smiled.
"There you are", Phil said, "I was looking for you".
"You were?" Dan asked surprised.
"Of course, who else would I spend lunch with?"
Dan shrugged and scribbled something on the paper before turning back to Phil.
"What time do I come to yours?" He asked, he only had one hour after lunch and needed to know how much time he had to prepare.
"Around 5?" Phil proposed.
That'd make 4 hours. "Okay", Dan said softly.
He finished grading and put the papers back in his bag.
"What are you gonna make?" Dan asked with a soft smile.
"I was thinking about tacos", he answered.
Dan's eyes went wide, "yes, oh please yes".
Phil chuckled, "that's settled then, I'll see you tonight?"
Dan nodded and waved him goodbye as he sighed and closed his own book bag, he made his way to his class were a bunch of cute 13 year olds were waiting for him.
"Good afternoon guys", he started as he walked in with a smile.
"Good afternoon mr. Howell", they all said in union.
"We're doing improvisation today", Dan explained, "pick a partner and I'll give you a scenario".
Truth was, Dan had planned something else but he wasn't in the mood to do much teaching this last hour, besides, making his students happy with a class was nice as well.
The hour passed quickly as he saw play after play, it was cute, watching them all trying their hardest to outshine each other. It didn't matter, Dan would give them an A for trying anyway.
He went home and took a quick shower before packing his bag, he was excited, finally having someone to cuddle again was a nice feeling. Before he knew it, it was 4:30 and he left the building. As he arrived at Phil's flat, he was pulled into a deep hug, a chaste kiss following shortly after. Dan dropped his bag and followed Phil to the living room. Phil put on a show, Dan thought it was 'how I met your mother', he didn't care though, it was background noise anyways. He settled against Phil's chest and played with the arm that was draped around him. Phil was running his other hand up and down his thigh, occasionally pressing a soft kiss to Dan's neck. Dan shivered every single time. He had a permanent smile plastered on his face, soft sighs escaping his lips every once in a while. He loved this, loved the attention. Loved Phil.
