Dan's POV:
"Snap!"
I jump at how loud the voice is. It came from Y/n's mum, who just matched two cards together in the game 'Snap'.
"I win!" she exclaims, shoving her empty palm in my face, then Y/n's, showing us that she has no cards left.
I give her a small smile, even though I want to strangle her, honestly. She reminds me of an overly competitive two year old.
I set my cards down, and so does Y/n.
My phone starts ringing, startling me. I pull it out of my pocket and look at the caller ID.
Phil
I look up again, meeting the eyes of Y/n's mum, who is giving me a death glare.
"I've got to take this... um, sorry," I say to her, getting to my feet and walking out the lounge door, into the kitchen again.
I press the green 'accept' button and put my phone up to my ear.
"Hey, Phil."
"Dan," he replies anxiously. "Where are you?"
"I'm still at Y/n's mum's house... what's up?"
"I don't like being alone... it's getting dark."
I look out the window in surprise, and true to Phil's word, the sky is darkening slowly.
"Is Minty not with you?" I ask.
"No, she had to go home, her mum wanted her for a few hours."
"Oh."
"When are you coming back?"
"Soon, we're not doing much at the moment, so we can probably just leave now, if you like?"
"Yeah, that would be great..."
"You're such a wuss," I tease.
"Shut up," he grumbles, but I can hear the smile in his voice.
"If you're so afraid, call Minty and ask if she's free for the night. She can sleep over at ours, if she wants."
"Yeah. I should have thought of that... thanks!"
I chuckle. "No problem. I should probably go now, see you in about an hour?"
"Okay, bye!"
I smile and hang up. Putting my phone back into my pocket, I make my way back into the lounge. I smile at Y/n, and nod politely at her mother.
"Y/n, can I talk with you for a sec?" I ask.
She nods and gets up, following me into the kitchen. I close the door behind me. She looks up at me expectantly, one of her eyebrows raised.
"Can we go? Phil's getting anxious all on his own," I say, laughing softly.
She rolls her eyes. "I thought you'd never ask." She lowers her voice to a whisper. "She's doing my head in!"
I laugh again and interlock my fingers with hers, leading her back into the lounge.
"Thanks for everything, mum, but we have to go now," Y/n says to her mum.
She rises from the armchair she was sitting in and gives us a pleading look.
"Can't you stay the night?"
I look at Y/n and chew my lip. She shakes her head, much to my relief.
"We really have to get home..."
Her mother pouts, but nods slowly. "I understand. Tell you what, take some of my vegetable pie home, and give it to your friend."
I raise my eyebrow at her. "How did you-"
"Know you had a roommate? You aren't exactly quiet when you're on the phone, Daniel," she interrupts.
Oh.
I smile uneasily. "I'm sure he would love to try it, thank you."
She smiles back. "Go help yourself! I'm just off to the loo."
She walks out of the lounge, and goes upstairs. Y/n and I exchange glances and walk into the kitchen to get the pie out of the fridge.
Y/n puts it into a plastic box and I put the lid on. Then we go out into the hallway again, to wait on Y/n's mum coming downstairs.
Eventually, she arrives, looking rather red faced and excited. I shrug it off, and say goodbye to her with Y/n.
We make our way outside to my car. I open the driver's door and clamber in, and Y/n gets in the other side. I turn on the engine, only to hear a spluttering noise and a thump. I curse and try turning the ignition again, but the same thing happens.
I look over at Y/n, who has wide eyes. "We'll have to stay here for the night..." she says fearfully.
I frown and get out of the car, walking around it and trying to see what's wrong. I get to the exhaust pipe, and I crouch down, looking into it.
It seems to be stuffed up with something - what the hell?!
I try and reach whatever the pipe is clogged up with, but my fingers aren't long enough. I sigh, and get up again, walking to the front of the car.
"Someone's stuffed the exhaust pipe up," I say to Y/n, furrowing my brow. "I can't get it out."
Y/n's mouth drops open. "What?!"
I grimace and nod slowly.
"We could borrow my mum's car?" she suggests.
I'm about to reply to her, when her mother comes out of the house, her eyes shining gleefully.
"Oh, honey, I would let you borrow it, but you're not insured to drive it! You could be charged a lot of money if the police catch you!" she says, in a not very convincing sympathetic tone.
Y/n groans in response. "There's like a one in a hundred chance of me being caught! Could you drive us home, then?"
Her mum shakes her head woefully. "I'm an old lady now, darling! I can't drive far distances."
Y/n curses under her breath, so only I can hear it. I squeeze her arm gently, giving her a small smile.
Her mother chews her fingernail thoughtfully. "You could always stay here, of course. It would cost a lot less money, than a taxi, for example. How does that sound? You two could stay in Y/n's old room."
I open my mouth to politely decline her, but she interrupts.
"Actually, that sounds like a great idea! Come back inside, dearies!"
I'm beginning to compare her to a wicked witch.
I look over at Y/n and shrug. "We can stay here tonight, then call a pick up truck in the morning. We can leave early if you want?"
She nods reluctantly. "Yeah, that sounds okay. But I swear to the Spaghetti King, if she's rude to you again, we're leaving here, for good."
I can't stop my loud laughter. "Spaghetti King?!"
She grins. "Yup. Come on, Danny boy! Let's enter my fangirl habitat."
*le time skip*
Back to you!
You finally get your mum to leave you alone, and lead Dan up to the door of your room.
You grimace. "Please prepare yourself."
He laughs. "Why?"
"I can't remember which posters I have up in here, so you might be overwhelmed by lots of... shirtless guys and horrible fan drawings."
He laughs again. "I've been through that phase. I actually used to have a notebook with just drawings of me and my favourite celebrity or similar together. Needless to say, I burned it - it was so cringey!"
"You could have kept it as a souvenir to show to your children," you tease.
He rolls his eyes. "Shut up and open the door."
You laugh softly and turn the doorknob, revealing a fangirl's paradise - posters covering every part of the walls, a big squishy double bed (A/N: who wouldn't love a big squishy double bed tho amirite), and several plushies of various video game characters.
Dan's mouth drops open as he looks around. He rushes over to a Totoro plushie and scoops it up in his arms lovingly. You chuckle at him.
"Why didn't you bring any of this stuff with you when you moved out?" he asks, still cradling Totoro in his arms.
You shrug. "I didn't have enough room for it all, and mum wouldn't let me bring another suitcase. I've missed this room..."
Dan spots the bed, and hurls himself onto it, bouncing up and down.
"You're such a child," you say, holding back a laugh.
He ignores you and rolls his eyes. He stops bouncing and walks over to the edge of the bed, holding out a hand for you to take. You grin cheekily and take it, pulling yourself up onto the bed and bouncing on it alongside him.
*le time skip*
You decide to ring Phil, to tell him where you are.
"Hello?" he says.
"Hey, Phil. I'm really sorry about this, but Dan and I aren't coming back tonight - someone stuffed up Dan's exhaust and mum won't let me use her car... are you okay with that?"
"Yeah, that's fine. Minty's here, anyway. Where are you guys staying?"
"Oh, that's great! We're just at my mum's house."
"Okay. Well, I'll see you tomorrow, then?"
"Yeah. Bye!"
"Bye!"
You hang up and turn to Dan, who looks anxious. "Is he okay with it?"
"Yeah, Minty's over, so he'll be fine," you reply, smiling.
He nods, and stretches his arms out behind him, letting out a yawn. You giggle at him and kiss him on the nose.
"Should we get into bed now?"
He nods. You smile and grab your pyjamas, getting changed at the side of the bed. Dan does the same on the other side. When you're done, you get in, pulling the duvet around you.
Dan joins you shortly afterwards, wrapping his arms around your waist and snuggling into your hair.
You connect your lips with him, butterflies swarming in your stomach.
"I love you," you whisper.
"I love you too," he whispers back, smiling at you.
That's the last thing you hear before you fall asleep.
A/N: Slightly more exciting than the last chapter? Idek.
THE ALPACALYPSE IS COMING IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. I REPEAT, THE ALPACALYPSE IS COMING IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
*sirens wail*
I hope you're all hyped up ;3 The new chapter should be up in three days, at the most.
Bye! xx