just a school project || a hs phan au

Chapter 19

a/n: gosh it's been forever since i updated, whoops. and all of u probably know this but my tumblr accounts r antinasa (my shitpost ect main) and steampunkhowell (my nsfw shit phan trash dump) nd my personal ig is spaceruler.

this chapter is not suitable for young children.

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Dan doesn't have too many important conversations with Phil for a few more days. He definitely remembers that night, because it's basically the only thought in his head. Maybe that's why he's lost in thought when he feels himself being dragged by the back of his shirt on Tuesday.

In just a second, he's in the storage closet. For a second, he internally panics. When he realizes who it is, it doesn't improve his situation.

"Ty?" Dan tries to look calm, but he's just unsure of what he wants. It's not like it's his business at all, and it doesn't make sense that he's just dragging him into closets and asking like this. Not to mention, there was no doubt they were going to be late to class.

"Hey, Howell. How was your date with Lester last night?" There's a smile on Ty's face, but it's not reassuring. He's too forcibly calm, and that can't mean anything but trouble, coming from Ty.

"Date?" Dan asks immediately.

"Rose lives down there. My girlfriend," he explains, as though Dan doesn't already know that. "She saw you and Lester making out near by her house, she said."

"It's none of your business even if we did," Dan says, but it's weak. He doesn't want trouble. He's just trying to live, and falling for a boy like Phil probably isn't the best way to do that. It never causes anything but trouble.

"Do you think you're special?"

Dan takes a breath. "Sorry?"

"You heard me, Pretty Boy. Do you think you're the only one Lester's done like this? Lester and I were fuckbuddies too, you know."

"We aren't fuckbuddies," Dan insists. "We haven't fucked."

"No? That's what Phil said too."

"We haven't," Dan assures. He pauses a second. "You and Phil were fuckbuddies?"

"Yeah," Ty nods. "He hasn't fucked as many people since you. We haven't fucked since then either, but I'm sure that's nothing."

"That's not true! There was the one girl-" Dan cuts himself off. He hasn't considered her for a few days, and the thought makes his stomach churn. If Phil hadn't planned on telling him about her, there was no telling how many other people he could do that with.

"Aw, are you all sad that your boyfriend slept with another chick? I bet she's not the only one. Don't get your hopes up."

Dan almost let's 'shut up' slip from his lips, but he knows that's not a good idea. The last thing he needs is more drama from a person he wouldn't even be talking to.

Lester isn't anything but trouble. Yeah, no kidding.

"He's just my friend, I guess," Dan says. His mind is buzzing about how it's a lie, but it shouldn't be. Phil and he aren't anything more than that. At least, they're not on a label higher than that.

"Right. Whatever." Ty lets out a short laugh. "You have your fun with him. Good luck."

And the sad thing is, Ty probably means it when he says 'good luck.'

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Phil comes over two days later to work on the project again. Dan's mum gives Dan a knowing look the second he gives in, and he knows she doesn't mean harm by it, but it sickens Dan. If his mother knew what this boy was like, she wouldn't be fine with it.