It was Saturday and Dan just got done taking a shower in his personal bathroom. Water droplets dropped off his wet curls as he dries himself quickly and throws on his outfit for today. It was a pale blue collar shirt matched with his white pants and shoes.

He peeked out his door and crept over to Phil's. He puts his ear to it, listening intently for the sound of running water. When he hears it, he smiles and turns the knob, walking into the room. If Phil was going to steal his panties, how about he steals his jacket, then they would be even.

He searches everywhere, under the bed, in the closet, in the drawers. Still no jacket. Did he shower with it on?

Then Dan looks at the half closed door and sighs. It was risky but it was the only way. So Dan opens the door and slips in keeping his eyes down, he spots the jacket hanging off of the sink. The rest of his clothes were scattered on the floor.

Dan reaches for it, and closes his hand around the soft leather, but just as he yanks it, a pair of glasses fly off with it and slam to the floor. Since when did Phil wear glasses?

"Who's there?" Phil calls out.

Dan looks up reflexively and his face turns red as he catches sight of a naked Phil.

Phil was squinting into the steam that had been created by the hot water, and luckily, he was blind.

Dan re collects himself, and runs out the bathroom, his hands clasped tight on to the jacket, a smile etched into his face, and also a certain image in his mind.

He couldn't stop picturing it as he sits on the bed with the jacket. It was there, in his face and he had stared at it for a lifetime. But it was also the perfect opportunity to see what was hidden under the jacket, but he had been so preoccupied....

"No no no stop thinking about it!" Dan whispers. He looks at the black fabric and brings it up to his nose, taking a long sniff, he breathes in the smell of cigarettes and honey.

"Woah, why does he smell so good?" He sniffs it once more and a thought crept up in his head that made him throw the jacket under his pillow and stand far away from it.

His ears were burning in embarrassment. This was not the Dan that he himself knew. He never acted like this before, and he blames Phil for it. He was sitting there thinking so much that he didn't hear when Shane spoke to him from his doorway.

"Hey Dan do you-"
"I didn't see anything I swear!"

"What the hell?" Shane looks at him for a moment and Dan takes the time to re collet himself.

"I apologize for my outburst Shane, I was merely trapped in my own mind for a second."

Shane looks at him funny before shrugging and going to sit on his bed. Dan holds his breath as he watches the pillow move a little.

"So anyway, the boys and I all want to go on little shopping spree in the schools store, and it looks like someone needs it."

Dan looks down at his outfit, "What's wrong with it?"

"Dan no one wears polo anymore."

"What why?"
"This is exactly why we're going shopping, at least until someone here can get a car so we can go to a actual mall."

Dan sighs, he thought he dressed pretty good.

Shane sighs and gets up, hitting the pillow down to the floor in the process. Dan shrieks and puts his hands over his mouth. A move he does when he gets scared.

Shane looks opens mouthed at the leather jacket, he points at it and turns to Dan.

"How did you get this?"

"I took it please don't tell Phil!"

Shane goes over to the door quickly and Dan is about to get on his knees and beg but he had just closed the door.

"Are you kidding me? I wouldn't tell when we have taken such a brilliant treasure."

Dan sighs in relief, dropping his hands, "Thank you Shane."

"Let's go through his pockets."
"What?"

Shane looks at him stunned, "You mean to tell me you weren't planning to go through his pockets? Then why did you steal it?"

"I-I just wanted to see why he always wore it."

Disappointed Shane just shakes his head, somebody help this poor boy. "Okay Dan, it's time for a little action in your life, go through Phil's pockets."

Dan's eyes went wide. "No! I can't, what if he figures out?"

"Dan Phil is going to get out the shower and he's going to wonder where his jacket is so if you don't hurry..."

His heart was beating in his throat as he crosses the room and sticks his hand in the first pocket.

"Ugh! A lighter and a pack of cigarettes."
Dan retracts his hand and wipes it on Shane who just rolls his eyes. "That's what I expected, come check the next one."

Dan was getting curious now as he wraps his hand around something.
"It's just packets of weird plastic circles, called Trojan what could he want-"

"Dan put those down!" Shane smacks them out his hand and they fall back on the jacket. Shane picks one up instead and studies it. "yep, it's a large, Dan you better get him while he's still available."

"What?" Dan looks over his shoulder to try to get a better look, "what is that?"

Without warning, Shane rips off the foil and throws it to the ground, and the small circle turns into a long plastic bag.

"This is a condom Dan, this is what Phil puts his dick in."

Dan covers his ears, "Why is everyone so forward with these things!" But Dan was looking at how long it was, and thinking back to what he saw in the shower.

"What did you want me to say? And it's already lubricated feel it." Shane throws it over to him and Dan reflexively catches it. "Ew It's wet here you take it." He throws it back.

Shane catches it, but immediately tosses it right back to Dan.

"I don't want it!"
"Take it!"
"No!"

They were throwing in back and forth until Dan decided to just not catch it and let's it smack on the floor. Great. Shane picks it back up and dangles it menacingly in his face.

"Hey Dan I'm inviting James to come.... with.. us..." Felix had opened the door.

"Um.." Shane hides the condom behind his back, "it's not what it looks like."

Dan was just standing there shocked, this was much worse than Phil sniffing his panties.

"It better not be! And why is both of your hands so wet." Felix asks.

"It's lubricated feel-" Shane throws the condom with amazing accuracy and it smacks on his face and stays there.

Felix gags and runs out the room, begging for sanitizer.

"Okay hurry, we have to put this back in and get it back to Phil." Shane stuffs the rest of the items back in the pockets.

"Now what?" Dan asks.
"What do you mean? You give it back to him."
"Me!"

Shane was already walking out the room. "I have to go get James, so you better hurry, just look cute, he'll forgive you."

Dan sighs and looks at the jacket, he picks it up and turns it over in his fingers. This was the first time he's actually stole something, how could he? He's never done this before, but his mind was so clouded with revenge that he just did it without actually thinking about the outcome. It was only fair to give it back to him in person.

So, squaring his shoulders, Dan walks down the hall, counting his steps as he goes, he can hear all the others goofing off in the living room, and wishes he was down there.

"Phil? It's me." Dan knocks on the door, but it opens by itself revealing something that made him gasp and walk all the way into the room.

Phil was standing with his back turned, shirtless and on each of his shoulders were pale pink scars.

"Phil..." Dan says quietly.

Phil turns around and looks at him. The tips of the scar curved around to the front to. Dan reaches his hand up without thinking and traces the jagged line, never before seeing marks of violence up close. He hears Phil have a intake of breath and he quickly retracts his hand.

"I-I'm sorry, I just saw them and I um here-" Dan stutters, giving the jacket to him.

Phil takes it, and looks at him for a moment. "Dan-"

"I mean of course I shouldn't have taken it, it was wrong to and I understand that I promise-"
"Dan."
"But it's okay if you're mad, and I also didn't mean to touch your muscles- I mean shoulders! So I'll just go-"

"Dan!" Phil says, but there's laughter in his eyes. "It's okay breath alright?"

Dan nods and lets out a shuddering breath.

"Besides," Phil says, grabbing a white t shirt and throwing it on, then his jacket, "I knew you were in there, you're the only one on this hall with a almost feminine body."

Dan grows flustered, "but but you can't see! I saw your glasses that I didn't know you wore."

"Dan I don't need glasses or contacts to make out that blurry figure of yours." Phil laughs.He ruffles Dan's hair and this time Dan let him without complaining.

"Phil? What happened to-"

"Alright guys we're going shopping! especially for Dan bless his heart." Shane yells into the room. James appears under his arm, "Hi sisters!"

Phil looks him up and down pointedly and then shrugs, "Okay I'm in."

They all walk out and start down the steps. Sean had somehow managed to grow tired from the first step and was now on Mark's back sticking his tongue out at Felix who had just tripped over one. Shane and James were talking in the front, James telling him that two boys from his hall named Ethan and Grayson didn't want to come.

Dan and Phil were in the back, Dan's hands were twisting nervously as he kept glancing over at Phil who had a calm look on his face.

"Phil-"
"Dan not now okay." Phil says immediately as if had been expecting the question.

"Okay." Dan says. And they continue to walk in silence to the store.

Kingston's fact#8:The store can be visited on the weekends or on Fridays, it sells clothes, school supplies, shoes, and accessories, not food.

Inside, James pulls Dan away from Phil's side. "I need Dan, we're going to do some sister shopping together."

"But I was going to go with Phil." Dan protests.
"No! Shane said you needed my help so you're getting it, Phil can take care of himself right Phil?"

"I don't see why I just can't go with you guys." Phil says, sticking his hands in his pockets.

James rolls his perfectly eyeshadowed eyes, "No! How about you go find something good for yourself okay? We'll be right back."

James tugs Dan to a spot where a pile of clothes were already laying beside a dressing room. He shoves Dan into it and hands the clothes to him.

"I'll be waiting so get going!"

Dan closes the door and he gasps. "J-James?"

"Yes kitty girl?"
"These are all girl clothes."

He could hear him sigh, "I know Dan that's why I want you to try them on."
"B-but I'm not a girl!"

"I'm not either Dan and I still got these cute ass boots on."

It was true, from under the door Dan could see James' black knee length boots that he wore with his shorts and a long sleeve shirt.

"I can't!"

"Dan what's your full name?" James asks sweetly.

"Daniel James Howell, but I don't see how that-"

"Daniel James Howell you put on those clothes right now or so help me I will come in there and do it myself."

Dan was already scrambling to find the perfect clothing on the floor, he didn't want James to come in here.

Dan steps out of the dressing room but his eyes search everywhere to look out for anyone that can see, especially Phil. He had put on some tight blue jean shorts with a little black crop top, he wore white shoes with them.

James squealed and turned Dan around to look at him from behind. Dan turns back around quickly, blushing like mad.

"I knew your hips would look so good in those."

"They're so tight." Dan pulls at his crotch  area self consciously and James slaps his hand away. "You'll be fine, I do it all the time."

Dan saw the top of Sean's head and he retracts into the dressing room, "I'll just see what else we have."

He comes out next with a black skirt and a red crop top, the same shoes, his eyes were down to the ground, embarrassed that he was actually wearing a skirt that showed to much thigh.

"James why do I have to do this?"
"Phil I think he looks good don't you?"
"Yea definitely."

"Wha!" Dan looks up and sees him take in his body greedily, he covers himself up, and sees a flash come from beside him, and laughter from Mark.

"James!" Dan exclaims.
"I thought I needed more opinions, and Phil was the best candidate for it."

"But what is he doing here!" He points at Mark.

Mark puts his phone back in his pocket, "Oh I followed Phil."

"Wow Dan..." Phil was still taking in his outfit.

Dan blushes madly as he turns and runs back into the dressing room to change. Never again would he go clothes shopping with James.

—-

After the shopping trip, all the boys were walking to the yard to sit down. Dan ended up shopping with Shane and got clothes that he felt looked actually pretty good, even though James tried to give opinions like 'this should be shorter'

He pulls up beside Dan with a glossy stick. "Here put this on." He whispers since Phil was right in front of them.

"Is that lip stick?" Dan splutters.
"No it's lip gloss there's a difference." James says and uncaps it, "if you put this on, it will protect your lips from the sun."

Dan brightens up, his lips always got chapped in the sun. "Okay put some on me!"

James laughs quietly as he presses it lightly to his lips. "Now rub them together."

Dan complies, "It smells good,"
"Don't lick it even if your tempted to." James hands him the stick, "here have this if you need to reapply for the 'sun'"

Dan nods happily and sticks it in his pocket.

James walks to the front with Felix and Shane saying something like 'gullible' under his breath.

They all sit down on the grass, enjoying the slow breeze that had creeped upon them. Phil sits close to Dan and looks over at him. He has to look for a long time before he notices. "Dan are you wearing lip gloss?"

"Yes! James says it's for the sun."
Phil looks over at James from behind his head, he couldn't see what James looked like or said but it made Phil's face glow with amusement and laughter.

"Well you look good Dan." He says finally, he brings his nose closer to him, and Dan feels the urge to kiss it.
"It smells good to."

He backs up and his jackets falls back a little bit, Dan opens his mouth, about to ask again but closes, knowing that Phil didn't want to talk about it.

"Hey I bought you this also." Phil says almost embarrassingly. He pulls a bracelet out his pocket.

"Phil that's beautiful! Can you put it on me?" Dan puts his wrist out.

Phil wraps it around his wrist and Dan can feel the warmth of his fingers as he claps it together. It was a simple silver bracelet with a flower on the middle of it.

"Yeah I just saw it and thought of you, delicate like a flower, I-mean you aren't a flower! But um.." Phil stutters and his ears turn red as he scratches the back of his neck.

Dan pats his shoulder, "Phil I get what you mean, I love it."

Phil smiles, "Thanks."

"Hey you guys look over there!" Felix yells, pointing at the road where a pink Lamborghini was pulling up.

"Who the hell can afford on of those?" Sean says perplexed.

James gets up quickly and struts gracefully to meet the car, where a door opens and a pink sparkly boot steps out that looks like it was encrusted in diamonds.

A boy steps out but he was wearing an all Gucci pink jumpsuit, his hair was short and white, stopping right below his ears. He grins and hugs James.

"This Academy keeps getting gayer and gayer." Shane sighs, "including me."

oof done hope you enjoyed this!! a awesome person helped me come up with some ideas for this chapter so thanks to that person:))

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