Universes || Phan {Completed}

Blueberries

Dan crawled out of bed, before trodding downstairs.

"Dan?" His dad called out, which was strange cause he should be at work
"Why're you home?" Dan replied, trying to de-posh his voice as much as possible so his dad didn't get annoyed
"I have an obligatory paid-leave day." He sighed "And I'm bored out of my mind"
Dan giggled, sitting down
"Well I mean- you could give Phil and I a lift into school?" He smiled cheekily.
His dad sighed
"How far away does Phil live?"
"About 15 minutes if you're walking" Dan nodded, remembering how long it took to walk there that morning "But Phil usually meets me here, so we can take him"
"Fine" His dad laughed "I'll take you- only 'cause you're talking really funny"
"You find my regular accent annoying though, don't you?" Dan spoke regularly
"Only when you blabber on about nothing" He snarkily replied.
"I don't blabber, I ramble" Dan tried to over-exaggerate his accent this time.
"Go get ready" He swished his hands to shoo Dan while smiling widely.

\/\

Dan had just finished tying his tie when he heard the usual knock at his second story window
"Your tie's uneven," Phil said through the window, smirking.
Dan raised his eyebrow, laughing at Phil, who was perched awkwardly on his roof.
"I could let you sit there forever" Dan giggled, opening his window, letting Phil inside.
"You're too kind" Phil replied, making Dan blush.
"Do you want a ride in with my dad? He has obligatory paid-leave"
"Yeah!" Phil smiled "Walking sucks"
"Have you finished reading The Bridge to Terabithia yet?" Dan asked as Phil sat on Dan's bed.
"Yeah- I was super sad. I almost cried"
"You cried heaps when I read it to you-"
"Shush!" Phil giggled, throwing a toy at Dan "Maybe a little"

Phil got up, walking over to Dan
"You really don't know how to do your tie, do you Dip?" Phil smiled, as he began fixing it.

Dan was used to Phil standing this close to him, they were always close. Inseparable, according to the teachers.
Phil sighed, before taking Dan's tie from him.

"Let me just-" Phil mumbled, tying the tie properly around Dan's neck.
"Thanks, Pip" Dan giggled.
"Any time" Phil replied, his face close to Dans- when his dad called them down

"We're leaving now" He yelled "C'mon"
"Let's go, Dan" Phil whispered, grazing his hand over Dan's.
"Okay," Dan whispered in reply.

But they didn't move. They stood there, looking into each other's eyes, standing quite close together. Breathing in sync, hands almost touching.

"We don't have all day" Came another yell from downstairs

Phil pouted slightly, walking away from Dan to grab his bag. Dan did the same, biting his lip in confusion.
Why did we just keep looking at each other? and more importantly why was it so nice to keep looking at each other?

\/\

Dan's dad was blasting Pink Floyd when they got into the car.

'We're just two lost souls swimmin' in a fish bowl, year after year. Runnin' over the same old ground, what have we found?
The same old fears,
Wish you were here'

"Who's this?" Phil asked as he climbed into the car, before Dan
"You don't know Pink Floyd?" Dan asked in amazement.
"No" Phil replied "Clearly not"
"I'm surprised" Dan's dad chimed in as he began driving their car out of the driveway.

\/\

The only subject Dan didn't share with Phil was art. Which was fine, because Dan didn't know anyone in his art class.

Dan excelled in art. He was put up a year for art, in fact. He was doing art with kids older than Phil. It was amazing. His teacher said he was top of their class, too.

His favourite thing to draw was eyes. They were windows to the soul, Phil told him. He mostly drew Phil's eyes, since those were the only eyes he memorised completely off by heart.
Nobody in his class noticed they were Phil's eyes.
Nobody really looked at each other's eyes,
Which was strange, since Phil definitely had eyes deserving of appreciation.

\/\

Phil chucked a blueberry in the air, before catching it in his mouth
"How was art?" He asked, throwing another into the air.
"Fun. I drew some pretty eyes" Dan blushed when he said pretty because people don't call boys eyes pretty, for some reason
"You'll have to show me them one day," Phil replied, giving Dan his last blueberry
"One day" Dan replied, quieter
"Shake on it?"
Dan nodded, reaching his hand out.

They shook hands.

"Hey queers" Jax spat, as Daniel W followed after him
"Bugger off, Jax" Phil sighed "I could call you two the same thing since you're always around each other"
"No- We have girlfriends" Daniel retorted
"Sisters don't count, Daniel"
"Fuck you" Daniel yelled, grabbing a teachers attention.

"Daniel! How dare you use such foul language" The teacher sighed, grabbing Dan's arm. "You're going to spend the rest of the day writing a letter, apologizing to Daniel W, Jaxson and Philip" She began pulling Dan away.
"It was me-" Phil called out
"Philip stop taking the blame for your friend" She sighed, before entering the school building.

Daniel W and Jax had already gapped it before she could consider them to swear.

\/\

"Why did you say it, Daniel?" She asked, quietly "Is everything okay at home?"
"I didn't say it- I don't even know what it means" Dan replied angrily "I sound nothing like Daniel W"
"Are you saying it was Daniel W?" She laughed "Daniel W has never had a scratch on his record in his life. I doubt that he would cuss in school"
"Well he also called me and Phil queer, but I don't know what that means- and please don't tell me"
The teacher seemed taken aback by the word queer. She rushed off, telling the receptionist she was looking for Daniel W.

Queer.

Queer is what got Daniel W in trouble. Finally.

\/\

Phil walked over to Dan
"Ms said that I could come to collect you" Phil grinned, reaching his hand out for Dan to take it.
"Thank's for trying to take the blame" Dan replied, as Phil held his hand.
"I'd do anything for you, silly" Phil replied, still smiling.