Drive // PHAN

19.

yo wtf 7k reads? I don't even update... y'all are champs. I appreciate this so much. It really may not seem like a lot, but that's more people I have in school, which is a lot. Hell, its seven times that, and I cannot thank you enough for your support :) also thank you all for the comments they're all so lovely, I make sure to read them all, even if I don't reply.

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Two weeks since the incident, and Phil was set on getting Dan to acknowledge his problem. Phil knows it's there— he spent a whole day with Dan, and he didn't see him eat a thing. There has to be something wrong.

So, whenever he could, he'd offer Dan food. Which may or may not have been the best idea, but he really did want Dan to get better. He'd deny each time, saying that he'd eat later, and that he honestly was not hungry, which Phil bought before, but not now. He was determined.

He didn't know exactly how to help Dan, which is why he was sat down researching about 'how to help my friend with an eating disorder,' and things of that nature. He hoped that Dan wouldn't be too hard to convince, that after a while Dan would just give in. The rational side of him knew better than to think like that, because so far Dan had been the most stubborn person he'd ever known.

He closed the laptop (not before clearing his history), and set off to look for his phone because he hadn't talked to Dan all day. They'd planned to hang out, they just hadn't communicated at all, which come to think of it is a bite weird. Dan always wanted to talk.

He had plenty of texts and calls from Jenna, though, wondering why he ignored her call, and why he isn't answering. He rolled his eyes, and called Dan. Breaking up with Jenna wasn't a mistake.

one ring. okay, whatever.

two rings. Isn't Dan always on his phone?

Three ri- "hey, Phil!" He chanted excitedly, which confused Phil even more.

"Hey, Dan. What's up? We still on for tonight?"

"Yeah! My parents are home tonight though— you get to meet them!"

Oh. His parents— Dan had told Phil about them. They're problematic, but at the same time still nice personality-wise. He knew it hurt Dan when they'd talk nonsense about LGBT, Black Lives Matter protests, and things of the nature, because even when they didn't know each other in person, Dan would text Phil about every little detail of his life, excluding anything about Phil.

The thing is, Phil knew Dan would be fine if he hadn't ever called him names, push him, hit him, bully him. If he didn't feel guilty in general when he'd hit Dan, it was tenfold when he finally knew who danisnotonfire was. That he was hurting his best friend every day, without a second thought. How could he be so heartless?

Sure, he still had anger issues, but he was keeping them under control. He'd could to ten, breathe deeply, and if all else failed, he'd bunch his bed. It was the best way he could get rid of his anger, other that physically hurting Dan. The other problem? When he got mad, his mouth  did not speak the truth, it spewed dense, hurtful remarks about the other person, which honestly weren't true nine times out of ten.

Dan was sensitive. Perhaps it was the lack of parenting, or just general low self-confidence, but he couldn't deal with hate. He took it to heart.

Yes, they were practically polar opposites, but if opposites don't attract, what does?

"Sure, Dan. What time, again?"

"You could come over whenever— now is fine actually, if you're free, too!"

"Okay, see you in a few."