Locked Away // phanfiction

Part 2

Not again. Dan looks up annoyed when he heard his door open. He was sitting on his bed reading and he hates being disturbed while reading. 

A guard stands in the doorway but steps aside after opening it. In came walking the new kid. Dan had already spotted him during dinner. He takes two steps into the room and looks Dan straight in the eyes. Dan sighs and looks back at his book and continues reading. 

"Hello." he hears the guy say, but Dan has already decided not to care. They're always gone within a few days, he tells himself. Just hold on a few days, then he gets to be alone again.

The guard closes the door behind the boy, leaving them in silence, together, in this small room.

"I'm Phil," the boy says. Dan refuses to avert his eyes from his book. He'll get the hint soon.

It's quiet for a few seconds. "Your name is Dan right?" 

The awkwardness becomes too much after a few more seconds of silence and Dan looks up. "Yes," he just sighs. This was actually the first time Dan sees his face up close. It pisses him off that he is attractive. This new piece of information makes him wanna ignore him less, which is not suppose to happen.

"Well Dan, nice to meet you," Phil says, and he smiles. 

Dan squinted his eyes. "Yes, extremely pleasant." he says sarcastically while tilting his head slightly. This just makes Phill laugh a little.

"I think so," he walks towards the other bed and sat down, facing Dan. "Maybe not the best circumstances, but still nice to meet you." 

Dan is quiet for a moment. Most new guys are scared or at least uncomfortable. It pisses him off that this guy thinks he can just talk to him like that. "You knew my name, so you must know more about me." 

Phil frowns. "Why would you think that?"

"Yes or no?" Dan raises his eyebrows.

He can see Phil hesitate for a second. Then a grin appears on his face. "Yes, I have heard some things."

"Well then you know it's not really nice to meet me." Dan pulls his leg up to his chest. "If you're smart you go to the office tomorrow after breakfast 'cuz it usually takes a few days to switch rooms." Dan grabs his book and starts reading again. He can feel Phil looking at him.

The rooms is quiet for what felt like a long time. Dan just stares into his book without actually reading, he is waiting for a responds.

"Yeah I don't think I'm gonna do that." Phil finally says. Dan's eyes slowly drift from his book to Phil. "I get bored, very quickly, and I have to spend 6 weeks here." Phil simply shrugs. "You're the least boring guy I've seen in here."

Dan finds himself getting kind of worried. Is he being serious? The longest Dan has had a roommate was one week and he likes it that way. He likes being alone. 

"I doubt you'll feel the same in a few days, when the sleep deprivation gets to you."

Phil laughs softly. "You really don't want a roommate do you?"

Dan slowly closes his book. "No, not really."

"Maybe you should give it a chance. I'm really fun to hang around with." He gets a wide grin. "Promise."

"Yeah I wish I could say the same about me." Dan puts his book on his nightstand, on top of two other books. He stands up and walks towards the sink in the corner of their room.

"There's no harm in getting to know someone." Phil says while Dan grabbed his toothbrush. In a calm manner he puts toothpaste on it and started brushing his teeth, ignoring Phil.

"You know, talking to another person, being nice." Phil raises an eyebrow with a grin. Dan likes the uncertainty that creeps over Phil's face every time he is ignored. It's only for a second, before his confidence takes over again and he finds a new thing to say. "Is it true about the nightmares?" he asks.

Dan freezes for a second, then started rinsing his mouth. He probably should talk about it, maybe explain or warn him or something. But the way he asked it... He asked it out of curiosity, like asking about a rumour that peaked your interest. It didn't sound like he cared.

Phil pulls his feet up on the bed, eyes focused on Dan. "If it is true, you could at least give me a heads up," he shrugs.

Dan turns around to face Phil and locks eyes with him. He opens his mouth to talk, but changes his mind and just walks towards his bed and pulls away the covers. With his clothes still on he crawls underneath them, his back towards Phil.

"It's 7.30 pm." Phil frowns. "Are you seriously not gonna talk to me?" Dan feels kind of proud, he can tell the boy is getting annoyed. He likes that he can't get out of Dan whatever it is he is looking for.

For a few seconds the room is quiet, until he hears Phil getting up and walking towards the door.

"You can buy earbuds in the store." Dan softly says, stopping Phil from moving for a second. "And if you do hear me, you can just wake me up." he says, before pulling the covers further up, hiding away.

"Alright." he hears Phil says, just before he leaves the room.

Now that he's alone again, he grabs his book again, hoping the pages with swallow him and takes him somewhere else.