The Wrong Way Around [Phan]

Chapter 1

Phil's Pov

I rolled over and checked the clock. It was 8:00 am and I had just woken up. What was that I smelled? Was Dan up already, making breakfast? I didn't believe it for a second, but when I crawled out of bed and went out to check, there he was, looking at an online Deliah recipe and making pancakes.

I smiled, but stopped when he turned around and said "Good morning, sleepy head! Has your clock broken? It's nearly 12:00!"

Oh. "I guess so, Dan. Sorry. And you know, you didn't have to make pancakes just because I slept in..."

"It's not every day I get to do something before you're up, so I decided I might as well do it for you. I know you haven't been feeling great the last few days, what with all the..."

He trailed off at the end of his sentence and we both knew why. Neither of us really wanted to discuss it.

"Anyway", he continued. "Go sit down, they'll be done in a few seconds."
So I went to sit down and just stared at him and smiled to myself again, knowing that there were more secrets I was keeping than just the one I had told him last night.

He turned around and I stopped again, my face going slightly red, but then he smiled at me as he dropped the pancake onto my plate and I just had to give him a huge grin back, no matter how much it hurt to see him just walk away again as though it had been nothing, just a little friendly smile.
No matter how much I knew he thought it had been and meant nothing to me.

I again smiled a sad little smile to myself and began to eat.