Jealous? (Dan Howell/Phil Lester x reader)

3: Twitter Recognition

Your pov

I walked back to Phil with our drinks, and my newly found confidence visible in my step. 

"Here you go!" I handed him his beer. He looked a little puzzled and I smiled sympathetically.
"Sorry, I completely skipped over introducing myself!" I held out my hand. He shook it gratefully, but before I managed to get out more than the first letter of my name, he interrupted me.

"You're Y/N, right? I mean, I hope you are. Otherwise I'm looking very stupid right now, aren't I." He spoke quickly and with somewhat of a nervous giggle. He took a sip of his beer in a rather obvious attempt to avoid eye contact. I must admit it was quite endearing. Under different circumstances I might have gotten flustered at apparently being recognised by someone famous, but somehow Phil's evident awkwardness made me feel all the more on top of the situation. I felt a strange need to be the in-control person in this conversation and even more so, reassuring.

"Haha, yes!" I laughed. "How do you even know ?"

Phil was visibly relieved that he hadn't mistaken me for somebody else and seemed to grow a little more comfortable now that we were actually getting a normal conversation on the rails.
"You're rather active on Twitter and I think I just recognised you from your icon!" 

I nearly choked on my cocktail laughing.
"Twitter. Are you for real right now?" I chuckled. Of course it was Twitter. What else would it be. It wasn't like Phil Lester would magically have stumbled across my shitty, tiny YouTube channel at some point in the past. My online presence and involvement with Dan and Phil was definitely biggest on Twitter. Still, I was in need of a casual, light-hearted reply and laughing at the ridiculous coincidence of him recognising me from my profile picture seemed like the right move to make. 

"Well, it's not like there are many people tweeting us with a picture of themselves as an icon so it sticks out!"

He was openly laughing along with me now.

"It's nice to meet you anyway", I smiled. 

Phil's pov

Why was I so awkward! Thank god she was actually who I thought she was! She seemed very nice though. I was glad she wasn't acting all giddy and nervous actually, that would have made things so much worse. She wasn't super young anymore, which probably helped. I mean, she was young, just not like.. fifteen. Dan's age, maybe? I figured I should probably make some more small talk. She was nice enough to buy me a drink, after all.

"So, what brings you here tonight?"
I instantly regretted the question and had an inner facepalm moment while it dawned on me that, since there was a concert here, that was probably the obvious reason for her to be here. 

"I was actually just looking for a nice night out and a friend told me there was a concert here, so I came to check it out. I mean, I didn't know who was playing but I guess I lucked out cause I've actually been really into this band lately!"

Okay... Maybe not that much of a stupid question? She didn't seem too bothered by it anyway.

"So how about you? Were you just hoping to get some random good vibes tonight, or did you actually come to see Ghost?" she continued.

"I've actually never heard of them, but Dan was really enthusiastic about them and I trust his judgement. And I guess also your judgement then, haha!"

She laughed. I suddenly noticed how cute her laugh was. She looked like a bit of a tough rebel, with her heavy boots and fishnets, but the way she laughed just made her seem really outgoing and sweet, in a way, though I was sure she wouldn't be too happy if random people called her that.

"I promise you won't be disappointed", she winked.

Something was strange. I couldn't really put my finger on it. It wasn't a negative, uncomfortable kind of strange, but there was something about the conversation that just felt... different? The thought kept bouncing around in my brain while Y/N told me she was hoping they would play Tokyo Nights and I recalled Dan mentioning the song and... wait... Dan! That was it. She hadn't once brought up Dan! Normally people would sort of gravitate towards Dan more when we were together, or they'd ask why Dan wasn't with me when I was alone, but she hadn't asked about him or mentioned him at all. It was quite refreshing actually... Talking about Dan, where was Dan? Did he drown in the loo or something? Should I go check?
I noticed Y/N had gone quiet and I was about to apologise for being lost in thought and probably frowning, when I saw she was looking past me.

"Hi."

Guess I found Dan...