This got such a good reception and THANKYOUUUUU. Also thanks to...I'm forgetting your username... I think it was Dev The Maniac? I'm too lazy to go and check. Thanks for pointing out there was indeed a typo in the title and I'd spelled it Insantiy because I'm a twat who doesn't proofread anything xD
moving on!
"I-I've got this," I muttered to PJ as I walked over to Dan, slowly and steadily, trying to appear as confident as I dared to. His smile was even more sickly up close, and I got to him just as his laughter stopped too abruptly, as if that horrifying sound- almost as bad as nails on a blackboard, or teeth on a plate- had never exsisted.
"So, Phil, I didn't think you wanted to die," he grinned.
"I don't, Dan," I said as calmly as possible, "I want to live. With you! Like it's always been! You're my best friend and I love you, no matter what. No one is going to die tonight, okay? Let's just all sit down and have a nice cup of tea- you don't even have to put the knife dow-"
Before I could finnish barginning with him in my baby voice, I felt a slice into my face and crashed onto the kitchen tiles, warm blood trickling from just below my eye.
Something clicked within Dan as his legs started to shake and PJ's breathing grew more ragged behind me. "Phil, I- I'm so sorry," he whispered, kneeling down beside me and reaching out to touch my face. It was almost like he was normal, he was Dan again. I could see the apology welling up in his eyes along with tears and his kindness was showing through; Dan was showing through. I felt the corners of my mouth turn upwards as I smiled at him, the first time I had smiled in so long.
"Are you okay, Phil?" PJ chipped in.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Dan, I'm fine, see? Just a bit of blood, I'll be fine."
"I'm so so sorry, I-I just- NO!" he screamed, flailing on the floor, kicking and hitting all the kitchen cupboards, pounding his fists on the hard titled floor as if he felt nothing, the insanity back in his eyes.
"PJ!" I called frantically, "help me pin him down, he'd going to hurt himself!"
PJ was quick to react, and though Dan was fairly strong, we managed between us to wrestle him to floor; I stradled his waist and pinned his wrists while PJ awkwardly sat on his legs to stop him kicking out like an out-of-control horse. I was thankful to PJ for the second time that day, because usually Dan's strength would overpower me and I would end up being beaten to a pulp untill I was purple all over. It was just a side effect, and it was a side effect I could live with.
Dan's breathing soon slowed, and when we thought he was calm enough to be released, we slowly losened our grips on him. He didn't move.
"Dan?"
"Phil, you're still bleeding, maybe you should-?"
"Dan's more important, I don't care! Dan? Dan, say something!"
"Phil!"
"Dan! DAN!" I was almost crying, making my cut sting even more, but I hardly noticed. Would you notice something minor like that if your best friend could be dying?"
"Phil."
I turned to him. "Dan."
"PHIL, WILL YOU FUCKING LISTEN TO ME FOR ONE SECOND!"
I looked back at him again and swallowed. "Sorry..."
"Is he still breathing?"
I put an ear to his chest, which was indeed rising and falling. I nodded, but felt unable to pull myself away, and PJ didn't bother trying.
"Dan, please say something," I whispered. "Anything."
"Anything," he muttered.
"Dan! Why didn't you say anything?"
He sat up, knocking me off his chest with no effort. "It was them again. Phil, they wouldn't let me talk. I wanted to answer you but they-"
With no warning, he stood up and walked out of the room normally as if nothing had happened. PJ shot a concerned look at me which was clearly a mix of WTF and Aren't you going to follow him?
"Dan, where are you going?"
"To get into pajammas."
"Dan, you don't wear pajammas!"
But I got no answer. I was about to call again, but PJ said, "Just leave him be, he'll be fine. If we hear anything, we can just go up and help him, okay? Babying him all the time isn't the answer."
I didn't aknowledge what he'd said.
"Now you see why he scares me, don't you?"
He simply nodded. Nothing else was needed.