Phoenix Howell- Goodbyes and Hellos

Day 2

Phoenix's POV-
I was sat in the lounge. The minute that we had gotten off the boat and Dan and Phil had carried me up the many stairs to our home I was being badgered. They were constantly at my side, asking if I needed a sip of water or a bite so eat. It was sweet but still very annoying.
"No, thank you." I said politely every time.
Adrian still hadn't talked to me. I decided that it was my duty to talk first.
First I called out his name quietly, when he didn't come I shouted for Dan to fetch him.
When Adrian popped his head in I asked "Watch Riverdale with me?"
He shook his head, his movements so small and careful that they were barely noticeable.
"We need to chat." I said.
He carefully sat down next to me.
"Do you hate me?" I asked.
"No."
"Talk to me." I said.
There was a long silence before he busted out, "Its on me!"
"What's on me?"
"You were stabbed tons of times, again! You can't walk, you may never walk again because the doctors said it affected your nerves! You heard them! Your bones are broken. You ran away! You left because of me, Phoenix. Don't act like none of this is true." He yelled.
"Adrian, I love you. You're my brother. Siblings fight all the time. Yes, I got hurt. I ran back and got caught by my father, but that was a bad choice on my part. I chose to leave, I chose to stay away from my true family. I was scared. But this is all on me." I replied calmly.
"I don't want to do this." Adrain said with tears in his eyes. He rested his head on my lap for a quick second before rushing out the door.
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I was still in the lounge watching the television when I heard Dan call Adrain to the room and they piled in. Phil and Dan sat together as usual, but this time they held hands tightly. They both looked quite nervous.
"You two are my family." Phil said. "I haven't known either of you but I consider you my own siblings. I love you both."
"We love you too, Phil!" I smiled. Adrian still said quiet, staring at me.
"Which is why I feel that I need to be completely open with you. I'm...gay." Phil said, nervously chuckling.
"And we're dating!" Dan said awkwardly and very loudly.
"Wait?" Adrian finally spoke.
"I'm bisexual..I think..I don't really know. But I'm at least gay for Phil!" He also nervously laughed.
"Awe, that's so great!" I smiled. They looked happy.
It took Adrian a minute before he got up and "bro hugged" Dan and said "congrats, man." Before he disappeared back to his room.
"You two still aren't-?"
"Not more than about two words I'm afraid." I said.
Trying to change the subject I brought up the attention of the very recent news of my brothers new found relationship.
"It's been a few weeks." Dan said.
"So is Phan officially canon?"
"We- well...we aren't hiding it. We just aren't making it official to the fan base." Phil said. I tried to adjust myself on the couch. Dan stood up from his seat and started to help me. I loved Dan. He's my brother and there isn't anything that I wouldn't do for him, but at this point all I wanted was to be independent.
He started to gently lift and pull me up when the word "STOP" yelled from my mouth. I became stunned. I had no intention of even saying anything but the frustration took over. Dan quickly let go of me.
"Phoenix, I am so sorry. Did I hurt you?" He talked very quickly.
"No...uh..no. I just-" I stopped talking and thought for a moment. "I'm sorry. I just wanted to try getting up on my own." I said calmly.
"Oh..I'm sorry." Dan said quietly.