"Please?" Phil pleaded; Dan hesitates but stands up, completely ignoring Phil's extended hand. Phil put his arm around Dan's waist to help support him, Dan blushes a deep shade of red and his stomach fills with butterflies.

Dan worries the entire walk
home that he's dreaming and that he's going to wake up any second now. Dan's surprised when he doesn't and they arrive at Phil's home, he had a beautiful house. It was huge compared to Dan's small 2 bedroom apartment.

"My room is upstairs, you can go wait up there if you want, I need to grab some things." Phil said,

"Um, okay" Dan left Phil's grip and started to walk up the stairs. He looked around the second floor, there were a couple doors and he wasn't exactly sure which one was Phil's room. He started to open the doors and look inside each one; he finally got to one at the end of the hall and opened the door.

Inside there was blue painted walls and lion plushies and band posters everywhere, definitely Phil's room. Unless he had a sibling, that would be awkward if he was waiting in the wrong room.

Dan tries not to panic while he waits for Phil to come into what is hopefully his room.

Dan sat down on the bed and started to look around, it was so much nicer than Dan's room. Heck, it was probably better than his entire apartment. Dan didn't really have much of a room, just a mattress, a tiny T.V, and a dresser.

He hears Phil coming up the stairs and then walking down the hall, he enters the room, Dan feels relieved. He's holding a first aid kit, a cloth, and 2 mugs of tea. He handed Dan one of the mugs;

"I don't know if you're a tea person or not, but its peppermint."

"Yeah, I like tea, thank you" Dan said and took a sip. The room goes quiet.

"Why did those people want to beat you up anyways?" Phil breaks the silence, "I mean, you don't have to answer that, I don't mean to get up into your personal space. You don't even know me, ugh, I'm sorry."

"No, it's fine." Dan set down his tea, "I don't know really. Nobody likes me, not even me. I'm a loser."

"That's not true, Dan. They're assholes, don't listen to anything they say, and besides, I like you."

Dan blushed, "You don't count, you've known me for an hour."

"And I think that we could be friends." Phil smiled; Dan blushed harder and looked down.

Phil giggled, "Let's get you cleaned up now, I doubt you want the cut on your lip to get an infection." He set down his tea and grabbed the first aid kit beside him.

He grabbed some cleaning ointment and put it onto a cotton wad, he scooted closer to Dan.

"Ow!" Dan jolted back,

"Oh my god, I'm sorry! Are you okay?" Phil panicked.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I just overreacted really."

Phil nodded and placed the cotton wad back on Dan's lip, he flinched a little bit but continued to let Phil help him.

"Okay, all done." Phil said, Dan looked in the mirror and looked at the giant bruise around his eye,

"My mom is going to kill me once shr sees me. I have to cover this somehow." he sighed.

"Yeah, I mean we could try to use make-up? My mom is probably a couple shades darker than you though, you're so pale."

Dan smiled a little bit but stopped right away, he hasn't smiled in a long time, he's almost forgotten what it's like to be happy.

"C'mon, we're going make-up shopping for your pale skin." Phil stood up,

"You're kidding me."

"Do you want to cover your bruises or not?"

Dan sighs, "Fine."

They started to head downstairs to get their shoes and Phil handed Dan a jacket and they left to go to the drugstore.

"Hey Phil?"

"Yeah?"

"Could I ask you something?"

"Of course"

"Why are you being so nice to me?"

Phil pondered, why did he help Dan? He doesn't know who he is, he just moved here yesterday.

"I don't know, I just felt if I walked away I would've regretted it, violence is never right. You looked scared and like you needed help, and I know if I was in your shoes I'd want someone to stand up for me."

"Nobody's ever stood up for me. Thank you." Dan says just loudly enough for Phil to hear him.

Phil smiled, "You're welcome."

They arrived at the drug store and Phil grabbed Dan's hand and led him over to the make-up section,

"Okay where is make-up for humans who never leave the house" Dan says, Phil laughs,

"I didn't know make-up was so expensive! 12 pounds!! What is this!" Phil grabs a bottle from the shelf and opens it, he put a little bit on his hands and slapped it onto Dan's cheek.

"Phil!" Dan laughs.

Laughs.

It was the first time Dan had laughed or even smiled, in months, and it was with a complete stranger.

"You have a really nice smile." Phil says, Dan looks down and blushes.

"Hey," Phil lifts Dan's chin up and looks him in the eye, Phil starts to lean in and starts to rub in the foundation he put on Dan's cheek.

Oh.

A clerk comes behind them, she stops to look at them and Phil turns around to look at her.

"What?" Phil asks

"You know you have to pay for that, right?"

"Yeah..."

She scoffs and walks away,

"Oh my god" Dan face palms

"Wait! I'm not done yet, you're going to mess it up!!" Phil giggles

"This is so stupid"

"Shut up." Phil smiles more as he continues to rub it into Dan's skin.

"I'm so great at this; I could be a make-up artist. Look in this mirror Dan, you look fantastic." Phil pushes Dan in front of the small mirror.

Dan laughs as he looks at himself,  "Sure, good luck with your make-up career."

"Thank you, let's go pay and then we can go back to my house and watch movies."

Dan felt his pockets, "Shit, I didn't bring money."

"That's fine; I was going to pay for you anyways."

"I'm paying you back later."

"I'm not taking your money."

"You've already done enough for me, Phil."

"And I'm going to continue to do things for you."

Dan rolls his eyes as Phil walks over to the cash register, paid for the foundation that neither of them were really sure how to use, and they left the shop.

~~~

They arrived back at Phil's home and they sat down on the couch with hot chocolate and popcorn and they started to watch The Walking Dead.

Dan lays his head down on Phil's shoulder, "Thank you, Phil."

"It's no big deal, you're welcome." Phil smiles at Dan.

"It's quite a huge deal actually, seriously, thank you so much Phil."

Phil smiles wider and hugs Dan, "You're welcome."

~~~~~

i might make a pt. 2 to this is you want lol

-nat (:

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