❛ HOW TO STOP LIKING BOYS! ❜
STEP ONE: Don't think about his smile or the way he looks you in the eyes when he talks to you or his laugh
FAILED STEP ONE.
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DANIEL RAN AFTER THAT. He heard Will say something over the walkie-talkie about finding Dart somewhere in the West Wing, so he ran in that direction. His eyes were deceiving him, no one had been there. Maybe he was just seeing Eleven because it was coming up on the anniversary of meeting her and his subconscious was missing her. Yeah, that was it. It had to be.
He was approaching the bathroom Will said Dart was in when he ran into Mike, Max, and Lucas.
"You okay? You look weirded out," Lucas pointed out once they crossed paths. Daniel's hair was partially sticking to his forehead from sweat (he didn't run very often) and he had heavy eyes with a lump in his throat.
Still, he nodded, "Yeah, just, not a runner, I guess."
Mike didn't look like he one-hundred-percent believed him, but still, he took off down the hall again, "Let's go, down here."
"We're coming!" Lucas shouted back as the two other boys and one girl ran off as well.
They all ran into the bathroom, but only found Dustin standing there with a dumbfounded look on his face. Mike furrowed his brow, "Where's Dart?"
"I don't know," Dustin shrugged, "Not here." Something seemed off to Daniel. The boy was so frantic when Dart first ran off, running through the halls to find him. Now Dustin was just standing here with a blank expression. Not wanting to cause trouble, Daniel stayed silent.
"What?" Mike asked, beginning to check stalls.
"He said by Salerno's, right?" Max confirmed, standing next to Daniel with her arms crossed.
Dustin agreed, nodding, "Yeah, maybe Will has him."
"Wouldn't he have said something?" Daniel frowned, looking at his walkie-talkie in confusion, "I mean, we're all here, but where is he? Why would he tell us where Dart is and then run off?"
Mike turned to Daniel with a worried look, making the connection between this odd occurrence and Will's recent episodes. "We need to find him."
The group sprinted out of the bathroom and down the hall. Mike grabbed Daniel's hand as they ran, pulling him alongside him to make sure he didn't get left behind.
"Will!" Dustin shouted, Max soon yelling the same thing. They all were screaming in an attempt to find their friend. They split up, Dustin and Max going one way with Lucas, Mike, and Daniel going another. Mike and Daniel broke off together while Lucas went in another direction.
"Oh, God, I hope he's okay," Daniel mumbled to himself, squeezing Mike's hand tightly as they explored the halls of the school.
"He's fine, I'm sure," Mike reassured, letting go of his boyfriend's hand to run his fingers through Daniel's curls.
