*Phil's POV*

Once the faerie had left, I turned to Dan. He was laying on the ground, in obvious pain. I think I heard a crack, too, so I believed he had gotten worse.

Suddenly, Chris burst in. "I heard a noise, are you oka-DAN?!"

He rushed over to where my boyfriend was laying and checked for a pulse. Once he was satisfied, he turned to me with a stern look on his face. "Phil, I swear to fucking god if you tried to get him to stand up, so help me..."

"It wasn't me!" I yelled, offended that he'd blame me like that. "Did you not hear some goddamn faerie bursting in here?"

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry, Phil." 

Chris immediately took action to get Dan back in bed, and once he did, he left the room, still pale in the face.

*Dan's POV*

Chris seemed more horrified by the fact that PJ had been here than the fact that I had broken myself further. I had almost forgotten that Chris was who PJ cheated on me with, and he had been heartbroken too. That was probably why.

Phil finally got up and walked over to where I laid, laying down beside me and wrapping his arms gingerly around me. "Dan," he asked, "who was that?"

It hit me that I never told Phil about PJ. I don't know why, I guess it never came up. "So," I started, "when I was thirteen, I fell for this really cute guy." Phil looked offended, so I cleared it up. "Not anymore, Phil, let me finish." He seemed satisfied, so I continued.

"This guy was my everything. He even made me realize I was bi. We were together for about three, four months, maybe? Then, one day, I went to the woods - these very woods - to see him, and he was fucking making out with none other than Chris. It was my first heartbreak and I still haven't fully recovered."

"That doesn't explain who that faerie was, though," Phil pointed out.

"Right you are, love. That faerie was called PJ, and he was my asshole boyfriend making out with Chris. In fact, I didn't even know he was a faerie until then. Those things play dirty tricks with your mind."

"I'm sorry, Dan."

"Did you know that's how I met Chris? It was like, hey man, this faerie cheated on us, let's be best friends." I laughed, but Phil didn't find it funny.

We laid in silence for a bit, before Phil spoke.

"Dan, did you ever have feelings for Chris?"

My eyes widened. "Hell no. Chris is my best friend and always will be."

"I swear he flirts with you constantly."

I looked directly into Phil's eyes. "Phil, I don't have feelings for him, and he doesn't have feelings for me. We made a pact when we met that we would never date, ever. I love you, lion, and that's all that matters."

Phil snuggled closer to me and smiled.

After another while, I spoke again.

"I have dreams about Peej now. Horrible dreams."

Phil perked up at that and looked at me, confused. "Well, they're usually dreams where I think it's you, and so I go and kiss you, but then it turns into him and you see what I'm doing and leave me. I'm so scared it's gonna happen for real. What if I accidentally cheat on you? You'd never ever forgive me and I'd be alone again." By now I was starting to cry, but Phil just shushed me and rubbed my back.

"Dan, listen," he soothed me, "I understand. He's messing with your mind. It's all part of his magic. I'm going to keep you safe from him because I love you."

"Thank you."

"You know what else I'm doing because I love you?"

"What?"

"I'm turning you into a fairy."