dan stared down at his phone, completely ignoring what his peers around him were saying. this bram character was interesting and quirky, which lit a certain spark in the curly haired boy that made him smile. they texted for a whole 2 days, with the occasional sleeping break in between. dan found most of the time bram would leave suddenly, which didn't bother him, he was probably busy. dan felt a sudden tap on his arm, making him jump slightly. he looked up. phil lester was smiling slightly at him.
"are you going to finish those?" phil laughed. dan look down the small plate of chocolate samples. he shook his head. "awesome, thanks." phil took one and popped it into his mouth, then taking the whole plate. dan smirked at him, phil blushed, noticing that dan took attention to his impressive act. dan laughed and shook his head, looking back down at his phone to text a long paragraph to bram. chris punched dans arm.
"ow, what the fuck?" dan glared at him.
"chris." phil snapped. the pair looked over at him. "don't hurt people." chris sighed.
"sorry, princess." he said sarcastically. dan stopped paying attention, he kept typing rapidly. chris took his phone from his hands.
"chris!" dan immediately reached back for it, chris held it high in the air.
"ah, no, unplug, buddy." chris smiled, tossing dan's phone into his bedside drawer.
"chris, please–"
"nope, stop watching gay porn and live life." dan's face flushed bright pink.
"i- i wasn't– dan tried to defend himself.
"come on, buddy, talk to us." chris smiled softly, his eyes warm and inviting. dan huffed.
"what do we even talk about?" phil laughed softly. dan smiled, though they just met today, phil's laugh was beautiful, his smile was too, everything about him was amazing.
"earth to dan." chris snapped his fingers in front of dan's eyes. dan blinked and looked at chris. "you're eyeing phil down, geez, heart eyes howell." dan's face flushed again.
"i wasn't–"
"save it." chris cut dan off. "let's play some matio cart, shall we?"
✄
dan flung himself into his bed as soon as he got home, not bothering on greeting his family. he took out his phone and deleted the draft to bram, and wrote a new one. he was subtle on details, not wanting to give his identity away just yet. bram later replied, putting butterflies in dan's stomach. they talked for about two hours before bram had an unexpected leave.
but dan didn't mind.
