Dan: I've been thinking

Phil: I thought you didn't want to talk to me again?

Dan: Ethan made me think that

Dan: But I just thought about how you were there for me. You were such a good friend and I wouldn't be here without you

Phil: Yeah but you don't need me anymore. Ethan was right in making you think that

Dan: Oh, okay..

-

Dan had just left to go help Alice set up the table when Ethan decided to look at his phone. Dan had been texting someone before and he was curious as to who it was. Luckily he didn't have passcode (honestly who doesn't have a passcode?) so Ethan went straight into his home screen. He went into Dan's text messages, raising an eyebrow as he noticed Dan had been talking to Phil. He went into the messages, reading them and shaking his head.

-

All of dinner, Ethan was staring at Dan, trying to figure him out. Had he been trying to make him seem like a bad guy? Did he want Phil back? Ethan was going to ask him.

Dan stood up, beginning to walk upstairs as Ethan closely followed. "Do you want Phil back?" He asked as they sat beside each other on the bed. Dan shook his head, looking at him with a puzzled expression on his face. "That's not what it sounded like when you were talking to him..."

"T-Talking to h-him?" Dan just about whispered, even though his heart was pounding fast in his chest. He didn't like Ethan's tone of voice: it was scaring him.

"Yeah. I saw the messages."

"H-How?"

"I was scared. I've been worried about you since I found out about your arms yesterday. You could have been talking to someone who was hurting you for all I know." Ethan stood up, towering over Dan like his dad used to. Dan's whole body was beginning to shake as he was panicking. His breathing was ragged and he couldn't think straight because of what his mind was screaming at him.

Get out. He's going to hurt you.

"Is he better than me? Of course he would be... I wouldn't be surprised if you loved him more, considering how stupid, ugly and worthless I am. You're not denying it." He couldn't deny it because he couldn't even hear Ethan anymore. He had to get out. He stood up, shoving passed Ethan and bolting to the bathroom where he sat with his back against the door. Tears were burning his eyes as he was mumbling to himself, "He's n-not my parents... He's n-not my parents..."

Dan didn't even want to shut his eyes because every time he did, he saw flashbacks of his parents screaming at him and hurting him. He must have been sitting there for around ten minutes (it felt like days) when there was a soft knock on the door. "Dan? It's me." Alice's voice was soft and soothing but Dan was frozen to the spot. The words were dying down and he was no longer mumbling but he was still petrified. "Come out? We can have a nice long chat with some hot chocolate if you need? You don't even need to talk. Just don't do anything."

Dan hadn't even thought about that. His eyes darted to the sink where a razor was sitting.

"Ethan's worried about you. He came to me crying his heart out because he thought he said something that made you have a panic attack."

Ethan. Dan's body was still shaking as he stood up, making his way over to the sink. He then sat back against the door. It wasn't even what Ethan had said, it was his tone of voice. Disappointment. He knew the tone all too well.

He tried to pull the razor apart but it wasn't budging. Fresh tears welled up in his eyes as he couldn't do it and, in the end, he just chucked it across the room in frustration. "Dan, please come out. None of us are going to hurt you; we just want to make you feel better, alright? You don't even need to talk. As I said, you can just have a nice hot chocolate and we could even watch a movie, if that's what you would like."

Dan stood up before realising that he had subconsciously been scratching his arm. He slowly opened the door before letting out a cry and running to Ethan who was caught by surprise. He wrapped his arms around the broken boy, rubbing his back gently in attempts to calm him down. "Do you want to talk to Alice?" Ethan asked, his voice gentle. Dan shook his head, pointing at Ethan.

"Okay, you two talk it out. I'm here if you need me. How about that hot chocolate I offered?" Dan didn't really pay much attention to Alice but Ethan had nodded for the both of them.

"Do you like cream and marshmallows?" Ethan brushed a piece of hair out of Dan's face as he nodded slowly.

-

Dan had his head on Ethan's shoulder as he sipped the hot chocolate. "I'm really sorry, Dan..." Ethan mumbled, placing a hand on Dan's knee. "I'm just so scared to lose you because you're all I have and I'd die without you." Dan looked into his eyes, as if to ask really? "I'm only being honest."

"T-Tired." Dan murmured exhaustedly. He finished his drink off before placing it on the side and laying down with his head in Ethan's lap. He fell asleep within seconds as Ethan began to play with his hair in the most soothing way.

I'm so sorry Ethan is turning out to be kind of a bad guy :( He's one of my favourite YouTubers (CrankGameplays) so can I just say that he's probably the sweetest person ever but for the sake of this phanfic, he isn't. Please forgive me for making him so meannnn