youth

fifty two ; real life

dan and mabel were sat in his room, both talking about food. mabel was hugged into dan's warm body and had been sat in that position for a while. phil was editing a video he had made a couple hours ago and mabel could remember phil telling them to both shut up. but, she knew that their laughter was definitely in the video. she chose to not face this problem until it appeared. "hey mabel?" mabel let out a soft humming noise in response. she liked to just sit with dan in the comfortable silence they always shared. "i need to do a live soon. do you just want to sit off at the side and watch?" she let's out a quiet sure, knowing that she's going to have to be really quiet watching the live if she doesn't want people asking.

dan went live and smiles were spread all around. "hello hello! how are we all tonight?" he asked the many people watching. he glanced over to mabel, who had her head resting in her hands. dan cupped her thigh gently and smiled before peeling his eyes off her. "who took the photo of you and phil? asks emily. well emily it was one of our friends who doesn't have social media." but dan, mabel and phil knew how big of a lie that was. of course, mabel was with them when they went out. however, he didn't want people to think they were in a relationship. mabel was not strong at agreeing with public relationships as she was afriad they would pick away at her and peel her apart. dan continued to talk on the live until phil walked in. "hey dan"

"what's up?" dan turned his head towards phil and began leaning back in his chair. mabel could see dan falling and was about to say something. dan leaned back too far and crashed to the floor. he laughed but held his head in pain. phil looked towards mabel with worried eyes and she had to decide whether or not to show herself. being brave, she swooped into the camera and crouched beside dan. "are you okay?" she mumbled to him. he nodded his head and took her hand, standing up. mabel decided not to look at the chat and left the room with phil.

"that was quite a bold choice you made" phil states as he passed mabel a cup of tea. she nodded towards him, taking a sip of the hot liquid inside the ceramic mug. "im afraid of looking at the chat again, but i didn't want dan to think i didn't care you know?"

"im sure he knows you care a whole lot mabel" she smiled at phil as he sat next to her, opening his macbook littered with different stickers.

dan walked in about twenty minutes later, holding back a hand to his head. mabel instantly stood up and took his hand, running to the kitchen to find something cold. "im okay really-"

"no dan. you hit your head on the corner of your bed and i dont want you to have like brain damage or something" dan stifled a laugh at mabel's crazy comment but let her tend to his head. "there, should be better." dan rested his hands on her waist and smiles down at her, his forehead leaned against hers.

"i love you mabel"

"i love you too, dan"