phil chuckled at the surprised look on dan's face, kissing him again.

"we can make it a game," he mumbled against his mouth. he could feel dan frowning.

"what d'you mean a game?"

phil hummed softly, his thumb ghosting over the soft skin on dan's jaw. he wanted to bite him again. "a competition. we can see who can get the closest to death... who's more truely careless." it sounded like a good way to spend his time, and he knew dan couldn't say no to competition.

the other boy's brown eyes flashed in interest. "a game...?"

phil nodded, their noses brushing. "it'll be fun..."

"fun," dan repeated back to him; the tone of his voice made phil's heart race. phil nodded, taking his pretty shaking hands and pulling them to his chest. his own hands had always been shaky and sort of twitchy, and now was no exception. dan watched him, his eyes searching over his face. then he smiled in a way that seemed determined, and just a tiny bit crazed. "okay."

phil grinned, leaning in to kiss him again. dan's mouth was soft and he tasted a bit like mint, his face cold and impressionable. dan whimpered softly against him and grabbed onto him almost as if he was afraid of falling down if he didn't.

phil didn't know what it was about him that so peeked his interest. maybe how he seemed to see the world in the same morbid lighting as phil did, maybe how his dark eyelashes fanned over his freckled cheeks when he blinked for just a little too long, as if he was sleepy.

phil knew that at best his fascination was just that, as well as possibly a little bit of admiration. but not too much more. it couldn't be too much more; phil wouldn't allow that. dan was going to fall for him, not the other way around.

dan made an intriguing squeaky sound and phil refocused on the boy's rose petal mouth, running his thumb slowly over his cheekbone, sucking on his lower lip until he made the sound again.

"are you just trying to get rid of me with this game?" dan asked after a moment, his voice breathless with a dash of teasing. phil didn't open his eyes.

"yes."

dan laughed softly, just short of a giggle, and climbed into his lap, straddling his skinny hips. "good."

something came to phil as dan kissed him as if trying to suck the life out of him; a horrible idea, but an idea nonetheless. he nipped at dan's lower lip, sucking gently.

"come to my house."

if dan was really going to be his next person of interest, he needed to see it. actually, now that phil thought of it, he hadn't shown many of his targets where he lived; it seemed like it would scare them away. he had told them about it, though.

dan just seemed like the type to enjoy that type of thing.

dan pulled back enough to meet his eyes, his brown irises flashing with surprise.

"yeah?"

"yeah." phil kissed him again, claiming his mouth, his hands exploring over the dip of his back. "right now."