Danny's POV

I fly home and land in the alley out back. I walk inside to find my parents are gone. They left a note saying that they were going on a trip to a ghost convention and won't be back for a week. I crumple the note as tears start to fall down my cheeks. Nobody cares anymore. I should just go live with dad from now on. It's not like I have any friends left. Not in this world anyway. In the ghost zone I have mom, dad, Ember, Dora, Johnny, Kitty, Youngblood, and even Andrew. I start packing my bag. I don't pack much, I can come back for more later. For now, I just need enough for the next few days.

As I fly through the GZ, I spot a certain library and decide that he is the only one that I actually want to see. Drying my eyes the best as I can, I fly to Andrew's lair and touch down. I knock on the door after a minute of hesitation and it opens for me. I don't see anyone there, but I assume that they didn't open for nothing so I walk in.

I start walking aimlessly, admiring the walls and shelves of books. I know that I would never get bored here. Eventually, I come into a room that seems to be a type of sitting room. Pacing back and forth, is Andrew, cursing in French.

"Idiot! You fucking idiot! You should have known better than to start to-" I clear my throat to get his attention. He looks up surprised.

"Sorry. I knocked and the door opened on its own. I can leave if you want." I say starting to turn around.

"No Wait!" he says. I comply and turn back around. He walks over to me and looks at me like there is something on my face that shouldn't be. "Have you been crying?"

"I knew this was a bad idea. I'll be at dad's." I turn to leave again but he grabs my arm and pulls me into a hug.

After getting over the initial shock, I return it and this time I can't stop the tears. He doesn't say anything for a long time. Just holding me in just the way I need to be held right now. When I finally calm down, he drags me to the couch. "I'll go make us some tea. Then we can talk." I nod and pull my knees up to my chest.

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Andrew's POV

"You can stay here this week if you would like, but I do think we should go to school on Monday. Even if we stay invisible until we know if they plan on telling anyone." I say.

"Are you sure it's alright if I stay here? I can stay with my dad." Danny says, knowing that I tend to like my space.

"And have him telling you 'all is as it should be'? I think you'd be better off here. Besides, if you stayed with Pandora, she would just tell you to listen to your father." He laughs at my impression of his parents.

"Thanks Andy, it means a lot."

"Did you just call me Andy?"

"If you don't want me to I don't have to. I just have a tendency of shortening the names of my friends when I'm talking to them. Sorry." He says with a bit of a blush. Damn I want to kiss him so bad right now. I can't though. He's too emotional. It would be taking advantage of him.

"I like it. Nobody ever calls me Andrew since I go by ghostwriter but now that's what the humans call me. I like that there is something that just you call me." I tell him. His blush grows and I have to get up to rinse our tea cups just to keep myself in check.

When I return, I see that he has fallen asleep. I look at the sleeping form of the man that I just realized was my mate and I can't help but sigh. I go over and pick him up. I carry him to the room next to mine and put him in the bed, and covered him up. I decide to go and write in my diary.

Dear Diary,

I learned a lot today. I got up at around three o'clock this morning like usual. I finished writing my newest book before receiving a call from Danny. He was asking me to meet me at his place to go to the Nasty Burger with Sam, Tucker, and him. Normally, I would have refused the offer, but today, I found myself unable to say no. While I was on my way to the Fenton portal, Clockwork, Danny's adoptive father, stopped me. He said that when I was finished with my friends, that he wanted me to come to his clocktower. He said that it was time he told me why he needed me to look over Danny at school.

When I was at the Nasty Burger, I was actually having a good time. Of course that is where things got weird. I was bragging to Danny that I was going to get to know why, granted vaguely due to the presence of our human friends, and he tried to push me playfully. He obviously failed when I caught his arms. I told him that I'm always on top. This clearly sounded better in my head because instead of thinking I meant I always won, well let's say his thoughts weren't quite as pg. Quickly afterwards I excused myself after attempting to clear up the misunderstanding. I went straight to Clockworks after that.

While I was there, he told me that because he defeated Pariah, Danny was next in line for the throne. When I asked him why he chose me to help Danny, he said that I would discover the truth to that tonight. He said that I would know when the time to inform Danny of my discovery came around. With that I left and returned here to my library.

A few hours later, while I was trying to convince myself that I didn't have a crush on him, and that he would never return my feelings anyway, Danny was in the room saying the door opened on it's own. Then I saw the tears in his eyes. As I held him while he cried on my shoulder, I realized that I wanted to be there for him everytime he cries. I want to laugh with him and hold his hand when things get hard.

And then things clicked. Just like Clockwork said. The feelings I've had for him, the reason he came to me instead of one of his parents or other ghostly friends, and why I've been so attracted to him. Danny Phantom is my mate. The person I was destined to be with.

I made us some tea and he told me about what happened. Apparently, his friends and him got into a bit of an argument that he wasn't ready to tell me about. It resulted in him revealing to them that he was Phantom. He didn't want to wait and see the fear and hatred that he was sure they would have in their eyes. So he transformed and left.

When he returned home, his biological parents had left a note informing him that they would be gone to a ghost hunting convention for the next week. They never even bothered to tell him before they left or say goodbye. He said that just because he didn't see them as parents anymore, didn't make it hurt any less when they did things like that.

I offered to let him stay for the next week while his parents were gone. I don't think it's a good idea for him to be home alone right now, and I would really like to get to know him better. Sure I get to spend time with him every day at school, but that's when the humans around. The few times it has just been the two of us, he has been different. He seems to let me see more of what he's really feeling.

Now that I know that he's my mate, I think he is probably doing it subconsciously. He's more relaxed around me because his body recognizes that I am his mate even if his mind doesn't. I can't wait till I can finally tell him the truth.

Sincerely,

Andrew Riter

I finish and it is already one o'clock. I decide to go to sleep since I only require two to three hours of sleep.