Psycho

Unit 10

hello! i'm back with a new chapter! you'll see more of quest and friends and more of dan and his weird behavior. also, the beginnings of phil's concerns. hope you like! hopefully you'll enjoy the new characters as much as i do since they'll appear loads of times in the story!

Also, please acknowledge the fact that when I wrote this part, I wasn't aware of the radio show change (as I stated in the introduction, I started writing this story a few weeks after Dan posted his 'Psycho Thoughts' video. So, I've been writing this for a while now and the radio show was still on Sundays then...) As this part is too relevant to the story and wouldn't exactly fit with the new schedule, I'm not going to change the fact that Dan and Phil are doing a two hours radio show on a Sunday.  Thank you for understanding and enjoy reading! :)

Disclaimer: This story contains violence, gore, sexual content and strong language. Subjects covered might trigger some. If you are very sensible or easily offended, please abstain from reading.

The lull had settled in Dan's scatty world. Phil barely noticed the sudden phlegmatic manners in his friend's behaviour, and didn't bring his mind to even question it. Because, honestly, Dan Howell was one very complex human being.

The days that followed Carrie Drysdale and Dave Evans' deaths, the tension had dropped. Perhaps not inside London citizens, who were mostly frightened by this shocking announcement that had doomed on them on that peaceful Friday afternoon. But inside of Dan, it brought bliss.

For three days, Dan's mind hadn't played any tricky games with him. For three days, murder hadn't even crossed his heavy thoughts. Even when he heard about his two last victims on the news, nothing inside of him had triggered. He had sat on the sofa, comfortably snuggled inside his sweatpants and sweater and his warm cup of tea resting in between both hands desperately trying to fight the cold weather when the new appeared on his television.

Phil, who had been seated next to him at that moment, had shivered out of fear and disgust. He had expressed his rather peculiar hate for murder, dropping the words "Agana Baldwin" and "Bradley Cox" now and then in his animated speech. Dan didn't flinch. He simply listened to his friend blabber about the fact that it had been three murders and one abduction in the space of only three very little days, and that he wondered if this would go on for much longer.

Dan guessed Phil had never heard of so many gory murders in so little time, and didn't argue. He didn't feel angry to the slightest, or even offended. He simply sipped his tea peacefully, waiting for his friend to quieten down.

On Sunday morning, the two of them reviewed their planning for the radio show. Dan was already sitting at the table, reading the sheet with concentration when Phil came back into the lounge and hit his hand on the table. Dan jumped and put down the paper.

Phil held his phone in his right hand.

"For the hash tag this week," Phil specified when he saw Dan's puzzled eyes glancing at his phone. "I've written down some things that have happened to us this week that could be a good theme."

Dan nodded Phil to go on.

"There's the awkward cinema situation."

Dan had a small laugh filled with half humor, half embarrassment. He had managed to drop all of his popcorn on the floor trying to climb up the cinema's darkened stairs as everybody watched.

"Alternatively?" Dan asked, rubbing his forehead to brush away the embarrassment.

"Well, to be honest," Phil sniggered. "I only wrote two things."

Dan sighed.

"Of course you did, what's the second?"

"Your newest video about psycho thoughts."