Phil's pov

I keep my lips pressed together and paint a poker face onto my features to stop myself from breaking down into baby tears. The elevator pings to let me know that I've reached the right floor and I step out. The corridor is completely deserted and for the first time I begin to wonder what time it is and how long I had been down there. It had felt like forever. I check my phone and gasp 6:00?! What the hell? I was not down there for five hours no matter how long it felt. This building feels so cut off and confusing and for the first time being here I really hate it. I miss being outside even though I rarely went outside. I miss having lots of windows and having real natural light instead of these horrible florescent lights everywhere. I start to walk back to my room with my hands in my pockets and my head down. I walk straight into the girl from earlier - Sophie. She smiles at me and flicks her hair over her shoulder.

"Sorry." I mumble referring to the way that I walked into her.

"It's okay." she replies before holding out one of her tiny hands to me. I eye it apprehensively before taking it and shaking it limply.

"Where are you headed?" She asks me starting to walk alongside me. I sigh. I don't really want her to come with me...she's the reason all this happened in the first place. I turn to look at her so I can politely tell her to fuck off but the words dry in my mouth. She is looking at me and smiling hopefully. It's not really her fault that she's pretty and attracts attention and she didn't know it would hurt anyone if she spoke to Dan.

"My room." I reply finally. She nods "Mind if I come? I don't really know anyone yet and I don't think my roommate likes me..." She says sounding a bit worried. I smile at her tiredly.

"I'm sure she does." I say although I'm not really sure at all.

"So who's your roommate? Is it that guy...Dan is it? That ran after you today?" She asks me and I look at her properly for the first time genuinely interested.

"He ran after me?" I say and she nods again.

"Yeah! He watched you go and then he stopped paying attention to me...he kept asking me if I could hear something and then he just got up and ran."

She says thoughtfully.

"It was a bit weird." She added twisting a strand of her caramel hair around her finger.

"Yeah," I say finally

"that is weird."

She pauses for a moment and we walk along in silence for a while.

"Is there something going on between you guys? Are you together?" She asks inquisitively. We stop outside of my door and I turn to look at her coldly. "No. We aren't together."

I snap before opening the door to my room.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you..." She says looking a bit shocked. I look her over coldly.

"It's fine. He's completely available. Knock yourself out." I hiss before slamming the door in her surprised face.

Dans pov

Fucking humans. So easily upset and hurt. So fragile. Like glass figures. Beautiful and interesting but also ridiculously breakable and hard to fix. I enter the werewolves lair for the second time that day and stare into the gloom. For a human like Phil it would've looked like a pitch black room filled with lurking unseen horrors but to me, it looks like what it really is. The floor is a dirtied sludge coloured carpet and the room in furnished in all black and grey. The room is relatively small compared to the rest of the rooms on this floor and it has a cracked leather sofa in one corner and an old bookcase in the other. It's purely for show to scare humans away from it because as soon as you go through the door at the end of the room it is teeming with activity and other doors leading to bedrooms and kitchens and halls. Although most things on this floor are dark colours because harsh bright light and light colours can be painful for a werewolf to look at for too long.There are very few myths about supernatural creatures that are actually true. Vampires are only affected by direct sunlight (we can withstand sunlight through windows but it stings ever so slightly) because the rays burn our papery skin and werewolves don't like bright light because it hurts their eyes and makes them feel sick and slightly weaker. I see something move in the corner of the room and I tense and ready myself on the balls of my feet just in case they attack. I realise quickly that I have put myself in a dangerously vulnerable position by being here without telling anyone.

I keep my strong stance and watch the werewolf as he crosses the room. I don't know him well at all. I watch him warily as he crosses the room and stands in front of me. His slightly golden brown eyes look me up and down stonily.

"Why am I here? Why did you lure my roommate down here?" I ask trying to hide the slightly pissed off tone that is bubbling up in my voice.

"Because we know." He replies to me simply. He straightens up and folds his arms a slightly menacing smile painting itself across his lips.

"You know...?" I ask impatiently. I don't want to be here and I don't want to play games. Time passes by a lot quicker the lower the floor although it feels like seconds at the time. It's dangerous. I push all nostalgia for the lower floors and all connected memories out of my mind as the werewolf starts talking again.

"Your little friend. Human yes?" He says and continues talking without letting me reply.

"I could smell it on him when he walked in. He's your mate. Which is great for us and not so great for you." He tells me his smile broadening.

"He's not my mate." I reply bitterly.

"Oh I see...so you wouldn't mind if we were to kill him then? I mean sure his blood is good but we could get you better..."

I hiss before I can stop myself and the wolves smile becomes so wide he looks like his face might split in two.

"That's what I thought," He says.

"So unfortunately for you that means you have a weak spot now doesn't it? So I'm offering you a deal."

I snort at him and shake my head. "No fucking way." I reply bluntly.

"Oh really? If you aren't willing to cooperate then we can easily take out your human mate."

"He isn't my mate. But anyway what makes you think I would let you anywhere near him?" I ask cockily tilting my eyebrows upwards skeptically.

"You can't be with him every second of every day Daniel. I know you think you are superior to us but you aren't and the moment you leave him alone we will get him."

I swallow and stay silent for a moment thinking the most creative insults and painful ways to kill a werewolf in my head but keeping my lips zipped. Finally I clear my throat to get his attention and reply.

"What is it that you want?"

Phil's pov

I am almost falling asleep by the time that Dan gets back. I wonder if he knows how many hours he was gone or whether time passed just as blindingly fast for him as it did for me. I sit up blearily to look at him as he walks in. His eyes are red and slightly puffy and he looks a little bit like he may have been crying.

"Are you okay?" I ask gently standing up so I can be on the same level as him. He regards me stonily but just for a second I see a flash of vulnerability in his eyes.

"I'm fine." He replies quickly brushing past me to go into the bathroom.

I lean my ear against the door and hear the very faint sounds of sobs coming from the bathroom. He sounds so sad and my heart crumbles a little.

"Dan?" I ask softly tapping the door quietly.

He doesn't reply and I feel a flutter of panic stir up in my stomach like the start of a storm. When he doesn't reply for another few minutes I knock on the door again.

"Dan?" I ask again.

Suddenly the door opens and I almost fall straight into him.

His hair is fluffed up and messy and his cheeks are slightly wet.

"Can you just fuck off? I'm fine." He snaps at me.

I gape at him and step back.

"But I was just trying to help because you were upset..." I mumble feeling my face burn.

He steps up to me and pokes me chest hard knocking me backwards a few steps.

"I don't want your help. I want you to leave me alone. This is all your fault anyway! If you hadn't come to this fucking school none of this would've happened!" He hisses at me running a hand through his hair.

I feel anger begin to rage inside me and I step forwards.

"Excuse me! How is any of this my fault? I haven't done anything!" I say incredulously.

"Why are you even here?" He asks me

"Have you even made any friends so far? I don't think anyone likes you...I certainly don't." He spits at me.

I feel my lip wobble for what seems like the 100th time today and I will myself not to cry.

"What do you gain from this? What's the point in being horrible to me?" I ask my voice breaking slightly.

"You know, they say this is a school that helps you gain friends and 'expand your social skills' but you just aren't likeable so there isn't really any helping you is there?" He says venomously.

Dans pov

His face crumples and I know immediately that I went too far. Way too far. His arms wrap around himself as though he is trying to hold himself together. He stands for a moment trying to keep himself from falling to pieces his face pained.

"Phil..." I begin but I don't know how to finish the sentence. His eyes look at me pleadingly, begging me to say or do the right thing and sort this out. But I don't because I don't now how. Then I see it. A tear creeping along down his cheek and something twists inside me. "No please don't cry." I say desperately crossing the distance that had seemed so immense moments ago, in mere seconds until I am stood so close to him that a step forward would mean that every inch of both of us would be touching. More tears join the other and suddenly as though I had turned on a tap, he is sobbing his body ridged with pain. My whole body screams at me to touch him. To comfort him. To stop his pain because it hurts me so much too. My fingers reach up to brush against his cheek and take away the salty residue his tears had left behind. He leans forwards involuntarily and then he is in my arms. I hold him so close to me my arms so tight around him and the words start flowing.

"I'm sorry...I'm really sorry. I fucked up. What is said to you...earlier was so wrong and cruel and what I said to you just then...it crossed the line and I'm sorry please don't be sad I didn't mean it I promise I didn't. You are likeable I really like you I'm just in a bad mood I didn't mean it I'm sorry." I ramble on clinging to him keeping his warm little body against mine. I feel his body go slightly slack in my arms and I hold him up effortlessly. His voice is tiny and muffled because he is pressed against me but I just make out the words "it's okay I know. I'm sorry I went down there and caused all this to happen."

I drag him with me over to the closest bed which happens to be mine. I cradle him like a baby and pull my fingers through his hair tenderly trying to show how much I do care just through this little action.

"This isn't your fault I promise." I sigh.

He leans into my hand and his face appears out from against my chest. His eyes are closed in apparent exhaustion and they are red and puffy. His nose is slightly red too and you can still see faint tear marks lining his soft skin. I feel so guilty and the feeling eats me up from the inside. I keep stroking his hair because he clearly likes it and lean him back slightly so that he is leant against his pillow with his legs still in my lap and his hand still resting on my thigh. I use my free hand to pick up the hand on my thigh and squeeze it comfortingly before placing it on his chest. I pull his duvet over him and push him over slightly so that I have room to sit on the edge of the bed. Phil's eyes open and he peers at me. "You have such pretty eyes...I'm sorry I made you cry." I say truthfully. Phil's pale skin colours slightly and he smiles at me tiredly

"thank you...and it's okay." He replies and I watch his eyelids droop again as he begins to drop off. I keep one hand stroking his hair to help him sleep. Just before he completely goes, he reaches out to find my spare hand. He holds it against his chest just above his heart.

An- yay an update c: also character chemistry awwh c: I ship Phan so hard it actually hurts me sometimes xD I hope you enjoyed this (very late) chapter and I will try and update a little sooner next time *blushes and showers you with phan to say sorry* please comment and vote because it is lovely to get feedback :3

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