Pretty Cute - A Phan One Shot

Pretty Cute

(Art credit to - @prplepixieart on tumblr).

Phil sat there waiting for the pizza he ordered over an hour ago. He was beginning to get impatient when he received an alert on his phone saying the delivery guy was here. He slips on a jacket and steps outside to find him. As he expected, the delivery guy wasn't there, but he sees another guy with curly brown hair leaning against a pillar and staring down at his phone. The stranger didn't even seem to notice Phil staring at him. Phil was totally transfixed with this boy. There was something about him and Phil just couldn't take his eyes off him. His perfect hair, his deep brown eyes, his gorgeous smile, his...

"Hello?" The stranger was waving his hand in front of Phil's face, which caused him to snap out of his trance. "Dude, are you okay?" Phil suddenly realised that the stranger was looking at him, with a concerned expression spread across his face.

"Uh, sorry, what?"

"You were like, totally spaced out just then. Are you okay?"

Phil was silently praying that the stranger hadn't noticed him staring. "Uh yeah, I'm fine. Sorry I was just lost in thought, I guess. I wasn't staring for any reason. I mean I literally didn't even notice you standing there. I swear, I seriously wasn't thinking about how cute you –"

The stranger cut Phil off before he could finish, thank god. "Dude its okay! I get it." Phil stared at the ground, trying to hide how flustered he was getting. "I'm Dan by the way. You're Phil right?"

Phil looked at him, confused. "Uh, yeah... How do you know my name?"

"I'm in your Physics class."

"Really? I don't think I've ever seen you before."

"Yeah, I'm kind of an introvert. I tend to just sit at the back and then slip out as soon as the bell rings." Phil noticed how uncomfortable Dan seemed to get, then, and was desperate to make it better.

"Well, maybe we can sit together next lesson?" Phil asked with a smile.

"Uh yeah sure! Sounds good!" Dan seemed relieved. "So, why you out here anyway?"

"Oh, stupid pizza delivery guy. Late as usual."

Dan chuckles "Hah, same here. They're the worst. I've been waiting well over an hour now."

"I know the feeling." The both laugh. The laughter fades into silence as Phil stares at the ground, unsure of what to say next. He could feel Dan's eyes upon him, causing him to flush bright pink.

All of a sudden, Phil seemed to get a burst of confidence. "Uh, so I was wondering, after we get our pizza do you wanna come back to my room and maybe watch a film?" Dan looked taken aback. How could he have been so stupid? Of course Dan wouldn't say yes! "Never mind. Sorry, I don't know where that came from. Just forget I –"

"I'd love to." Dan interrupted with a soft smile. Did he really have to be so cute?

"Okay, cool." Phil smiled at him.

They stood and chatted for a while before receiving their pizzas and heading back to Phil's room. "So," Phil said as he shuts the door, "What should we watch?"

"I've noticed the anime posters all over the walls." Dan said.

"Yeah, I'm kind of a massive nerd." Phil chuckled.

"Then we obviously have to watch Attack on Titan! It's my favourite anime by far!"

"No way, really? Mine too!" This guy really wasn't helping Phil's crush. They chatted for the next hour or so about school, music, games and movies. They were both totally and utterly fixated with each other, but neither of them would admit it.

Dan started shifting uncomfortably from sitting on the floor for so long. Phil had just let him sit there as they were both feeling awkward at the start of the night, but Phil wasn't so afraid anymore. "You know, you can come and sit up here? I feel bad letting you sit on the floor." Phil offered, patting the sofa beside him.

Dan moved to sit next to him. Phil could feel the warmth radiating from him and really had to restrain himself from collapsing into Dan's arms. The sofa was pretty cramped and they were pressed up right against each other. Dan yawned and stretched his arms before resting his arm around Phil, all the time staring at the TV screen. Phil just laughed.

"Really? You used that move?" He tried to laugh it off but he could feel his face getting hotter with every second that passed.

Dan looked at him, trying his hardest to pretend he had no idea what Phil was talking about. "What move?" Dan said nonchalantly. Phil just laughed before giving in to Dan's embrace and cuddling up to him on their sofa. Smiles spread across both their faces.

"Phil?" Dan's voice broke the silence.

"Yeah Dan?"

"For the record, I think you're pretty cute too."