This Is Home [Danny/Dash]

Chapter Three: Time To Myself

When I turned around to find a frustrated looking Dash, but not the kind of frustrated I was used to seeing. He had this look. This strange confused look in his eyes. The way he was avoiding eye contact more than usual set me on edge more than usual, and I let my voice falter.

"Well?" I asked, wondering what would make him look like this. He quickly faced me with his eyebrows more ajar. He got closer to me and I took a step back as he began to trace his eyes down my body, from my arms to my torso, then down to my legs. I wished at that moment that I was wearing something longer than just a t-shirt and shorts so I could cover myself better and ease my anxiety, though that wouldn't be ideal since we were only a month or so into school and it was still hot as hell outside. I pulled down at the edges of my shirt trying to make myself feel less uncomfortable.

All I could do was stand there as he stared me down in a way he never has. I wished I could just disappear and leave this place. Dash made a huffing sound as he let his eyes fall to the ground, clearly discontent with whatever he found.

"You get in a fight or something?" Dash finally asked me. Huh?

"What do you mean?" I asked, puzzled as to what reasonable cause that would create to drag me outside. Not like I would subject myself to any more altercations than I had to, but why would he care if I was? Gesturing down to my cut-up arms and legs I finally got it. The other day he had fought the box ghost and ended it with more cardboard caused cuts and bruises than he would care to admit. Although he liked to rough me up, he never left cuts on me. He must have noticed.

"Um, no." I quickly replied. Dash clearly unsatisfied tisked and looked me right in the eyes, causing me to stumble back a few inches. He clearly didn't want to push it further, not wanting to seem as if he cared that much, and I was fine with that.

"Ugh, whatever." Dash muttered and turned around. Okay, this is really weird. This is so out of the norm for any sort of interaction that Dash and I had ever had. He started to walk away before pausing.

"Just watch your back." And with that, he was gone. Wow okay, kind of a harsh way of ending things I guess, but Dash has always been rough around the edges. I decided that the entire situation spoiled my mood and walking home sounded like even more of a drag than usual.

Danno: Hey guys, I'm gonna have to pass on walking today.

BIG LARGE nerd: But we just waited so LONG for you

Samonella: is everything okay?

Danno: Yeah it's all good, I just feel like taking a short cut today.

Samonella: yeah that's valid.

BIG LARGE nerd: You better spill later though, and I mean ALL the tea sis

Danno: Yeah yeah later.

I secured my phone inside my backpack and surveyed the area. Not many people, so not much of a problem for me. I crouched down to hide behind a bush and let my eyes light up green, beginning to transform. It's a strange sensation I have gotten strangely accustomed to. The surge of power flowed throughout my body, filling me with energy. I turned myself invisible and took off to the sky.

The breeze of autumn air made me feel alive after a long day of dreary lessons. Nothing made me feel better than a change of scenery, and looking over the town on his way home did just that for me. It helped me to put my life into perspective and think more about how my little problems didn't really matter in the bigger picture. But these thoughts only really lasted for moments before I arrived at my house, slowing down for the landing at my window.

I threw my bag onto my desk and plopped onto my bed, letting my eyes shut and relaxing my body. I let the events of today go by in my mind as I slowly drifted into darkness.