"Watch where your going faggot!"

Dan's head snapped up as soon as the words were thrown at him.

It was a Friday afternoon and school was finally over. Dan could finally leave this hell hole and go home, where he was safe and where he didn't have to deal with any kids from school, and where he didn't have to worry about getting beat up. This is why Friday was Dan's favorite day of the week.

"What a loser!" Another kid from the hallway yelled.

Dan rolled his eyes, but knew it would be best to keep his mouth shut.

"Oi, Howell! Don't roll your fucking eyes at me," One of the boys warned.

"He deserves a punch for that one," Another boy said.

Dan gasped and then he quickly continued walking down the hallway. He finally made his way out of the school, thankfully being able to ditch the boys who were planning on beating him up, and he was ready to go home. He just had to wait a little more for his ride.

You see, Dan Howell wasn't the most popular kid around school. In fact, he was the least popular kid at his high school. Nobody liked him. Nobody cared about him. That's how it's always been and no matter how much Dan hated it, he had to live with it.

Dan was the shy, nerdy kid who never spoke to anyone at school. There were those days where he could get off completely free without having to worry about anyone but then there were those days where he would have to take a beating from the school bullies. He couldn't do anything about it and he didn't want to tell anyone because he didn't want to pour his problems down on someone else's life. These were his problems, and he needed to take care of them by himself... somehow. He was just too scared to stand up for himself. He's tried once before... and it ended badly for him.

Dan sighed out loud as he sat down on one of the benches by himself outside of the school. He pulled out his phone and looked at the clock. It was 3:15, and his ride should be here any minute. He just had to wait a little while longer to go home.

Dan's head popped up as soon as he heard a bunch of commotion. He stood up and then he saw a group of girls, giggling and chatting and there was someone else. Dan chewed on his bottom lip as he stood there for a few seconds, trying to figure out what was going on. He finally saw what was going on and smiled as soon as he saw what everybody was gushing over. "Phil!" Dan yelled. He grabbed his bag, then he started walking over to the group of people.

"Who are you?" Dan heard one of the girls ask.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Dan smiled as soon as he heard the familiar voice.

"Is that really yours? This motorbike?" Dan heard a boy ask.

"Yeah... it's mine. Listen, have you seen - ah! There you are,"

Dan looked up when the voice called his name and smiled even bigger as he watched an older boy push through the crowd of people and there he saw his boyfriend... Phil Lester. Dan had been dating Phil for about a year now and he couldn't be happier with him.

Honestly, Dan didn't even know how he ended up with someone as cool as Phil. Everybody around town knew who Phil was. They loved and adored him. Phil was an older boy though, he was 19-years-old. Three years older than Dan. But, Dan didn't care.

"Your late sir," Dan said as he stared at Phil.

Phil was wearing that leather black jacket that Dan loved, and Phil knew that Dan loved it.

"Sorry love. I lost track of time," Phil said. He finally walked up to Dan. "How was school?"

Dan rolled his eyes. "Take a wild guess," he said as he threw his backpack over his shoulder.

"Same as usual then? Ah, well... at least it's Friday and I get to take you home for the weekend and have you all to myself," Phil said. He smiled, and then he leaned down and pressed his lips against Dan's and kissed him gently yet passionately.

Everybody who had been curious about Phil and his motorbike stood there with their mouths open and a few even gasped as they watched Phil... kiss the kid they knew as the loser of the school, the gay boy that no one wanted to hang out with. That was Dan Howell for you.

Dan's smile remained as he kissed Phil back. He gently wrapped one of his arms around Phil as he kissed him back.

This is what Dan had been waiting for all day. He'd been waiting to be in Phil's arms and had wanted to kiss him all day. Dan didn't really get to see Phil during the weekdays because of all the school work he had to do so he always had to wait for the weekend, which sucked for Dan. His parents had a strict rule that he couldn't see Phil unless all of his homework was done... because they knew that once he was with Phil... he couldn't focus on anything else.

Phil finally pulled away from the kiss and looked down at Dan, smiling. "I've missed you."

Dan glanced over and rolled his eyes as soon as he saw that everybody was staring at them, and then he looked back over at Phil. "Looks like we've got an audience." He whispered, nodding towards the crowd of people.

Phil also looked over. He wrapped his arm around Dan's shoulders as he looked at everyone. "Um... can I help you?" He asked, keeping his hold on Dan.

Phil knew very well how people in this school treated Dan and he hated it. He didn't go to this school so he couldn't do anything about it.

"Um, why are you with him?" A girl asked, throwing a glare at Dan.

"Well, why not?" Phil asked as he looked down at Dan.

"He's the biggest loser around here. I'm sure you could have anyone you wanted... like me," The girl said. smiling sweetly.

"Chelsea, you already have a boyfriend!" Another girl yelled.

"So, what? I'd leave him for this guy, any day!" The girl, Chelsea yelled back at her.

Phil chuckled and shook her head. "Sorry, but I'm already taken," Phil said as he wrapped an arm around Dan. "Come on, Dan." He said. He pushed through a couple people and led the way over to his motorbike. Phil grabbed one of the helmets and handed it to Dan.

"You didn't have to do that." Dan said as he took the helmet.

Phil looked over at Dan and frowned. "What do you mean? I wanted to," he said.

Dan rolled his eyes playfully. "They're never going to shut up about this," he said.

"That's fine. But... they should know that I will not hesitate to murder someone who tries to hurt you. You know that," Phil said as he grabbed the other helmet.

"You're not going to murder anyone," Dan said. He laughed.

"No... not really but... I'll do anything to protect you," Phil said.

Dan couldn't help but smile. "Let's go home shall we? I've been waiting a week for cuddles!"

Phil laughed at him. "Yeah, it's been a while hasn't it? Come on, let's go home." He said. He sat down on his motorbike. He watched as Dan sat down behind him and put his helmet on. "You ready?" Phil asked as he also put his helmet on.

"Ready." Dan replied. "Also, have I mentioned how amazing you look in that leather jacket?"

"You might have mentioned it a few times." Phil said. He laughed.

Dan smiled. "Let's get out of here. I'm ready to go home."

"Hold tight!" Phil said as he started the motorbike and then they took off.