When Darkness Falls

Don't Invite Him In

I slumped up the stairs late that night. Blood was still all over my shirt, and I in general just felt like shit. So, naturally, the first thing I do is go to my room and turn on a movie; after getting a shower of course. There's nothing like a steamy shower and a movie after a long day of thinking about how you killed a man, am I right?

A jump scare sounds out from the television causing me to have a minuature spasm and then give an eyeroll. Of all things I could get scared about, a doll popping up out of nowhere managed to do it right now.

I sit there and watch for a little while until I hear a knock on the door that's soon followed by footsteps. Immediately, I pull up the blanket over my head, not wanting to be forced into talking to anyone right now. Now is proably the worst time for me to talk. I might end up just going into a tiny rage moment or a freak out moment, which probably wouldn't be good for any of us.

A knock sounds out from my door, but I just bury my face deeper into the pillow. Maybe if I pretend to be asleep they'll go away. I mean, if I don't answer the door then they definitely won't come in; common courtasy and all. So with that, I throw back the blankets and put my arms behind my head so that I can stretch out my chest which is completely bare at the moment.

But then something horrible happens. The door opens suddenly revealing an irritated looking Phil. His face turns beet red as soon as he sees me, and he quickly averts his eyes. "Ugh, really? You could've said you weren't decent." Phil's voice is laced with irritation as he rolls his eyes and makes sure to keep them off of me.

Really, that's kind of adorable. Okay, no. Stop right there Daniel Howell. You are not going to think of him like that any longer. He made it very clear that he doesn't want to be with you, so you shouldn't want to be with him. "Nothing you haven't seen before, Phil." I give him a smug smile and a wink as i step out of the bed. With the smug smile still on my lips, I stretch my arms over my head and stretch far enough to where it shows a little of my happy trail just for him.

When I open my eyes again, I see him looking away from me with an annoyed look on his face. "Your boyfriend is outside." His voice is harsh and judgmental as he practically spits the words out.

I just roll my eyes and chuckle. "More like boy toy." I whisper jokingly into his ear as I walk towards him earning a roll of his eyes.

"Yeah okay." And with that he turns and walks back down the hallway towards his room. He's gone back to not coming out anymore. I haven't seen him eat in at least two days which is really bad. But maybe he gets up and gets some when everyone else is asleep?

I shrug and then walk over to my newly stocked closet and grab a dark grey V neck shirt and slip it on. Once I make sure my hair doesn't look like a rats nest, I walk out of my door and down the stairs. I'm immediately met with Anthony's happy grin when I reach the bottom of the steps. "You've gotta stop randomly showing up like this Anthony." I chuckle and stuff my hands into my pockets. "If phil starts hating me anymore, I think Shaun might kick me out."

Anthony laughs and runs a hand through his hair. "Well you could always run away with me you know." The smile immediately grows signaling that he actually isn't kidding.

Is he serious? Does he actually think I'm gonna run away? No. I may not be perfect but I'm way happier here, with phil involved or not. "Anthony no." I just chuckle and look up at him only to be met with a hard incredulous stare.

Then he's ranting. "I don't see why you even try, Dan. He obviously doesn't like you or he'd be trying to get with you. Am I not right? Why do you keep doing that?" His face is beet red as he stares up at me with hard eyes.

I can't answer him. If I tell him why I'm staying here with Phil even when he obviously hates me then he's going to try to kill him. Anthony gets jealous even though I was never more than a fuck buddy with him. He got attached and because of that, he's going to kill everyone who tries to get close to me.