Dash sat on the floor in Lancer's classroom. A ghost attack had started happening not too long ago and parts of the ceiling had crumbled around the exits of the room, trapping them inside.
The power had also gone out a few minutes ago and so Lancer was making his way around the classroom, placing and lighting candles. Dash watched as Mr. Lancer placed a candle on a desk near Danny. The candlelight flickered across the other boy's face in a mesmerizing way.
Dash couldn't help but notice how agitated Danny looked though. He didn't seem to be scared about being caught in the midst of a ghost attack like he usually was when he was running away. He sat there, looking around the room, an annoyed expression on his face. Maybe annoyed he was stuck here? This class was supposed to end right after the ghost attack happened and Dash could only take so much of Lancer's presence as well.
It was then that Danny looked up and met Dash's gaze. Dash pulled his eyes away and started studying the grooves in the tiles on the floor.
Dash didn't notice the other boy making his way towards him until he was sitting down on the floor next to him. Dash jumped a little, turning his head towards Danny.
"Are you having fun looking at the floor or something?" Danny asked.
"What do you want, Fenton?"
Danny shrugged. "Honestly I'm kind of bored. I've never stuck around for this end of a ghost fight before. Do you guys always wait around like this?"
Dash frowned at Danny's wording. "We usually have drill procedures that we follow during a ghost attack, normally they're kind of like fire or tornado drills. Not that you'd know since you're always sleeping during class when they go over it or running away."
Danny shrugged again. They sat in silence for a few moments before Valerie groaned across the classroom.
"Ugh! Where's Phantom? If he's supposed to be such a hero, where is he? This should be over by now." Valerie huffed.
"Maybe he's busy with something else, Valerie. What about the Red Huntress? Where's she at right now? She could be doing something." Danny said to her across the room.
Dash watched with wide eyes as Valerie crossed her arms and started grumbling.
"Aren't you guys friends? What was up with that?" Dash asked.
"She knows how I feel about Phantom." And he left it at that.
"Okay." Dash said. Then a thought crossed his head. "Hey, how do you always manage to run out of the room before a ghost attack anyways? At first we were always like 'oh Fenton's just afraid of the ghosts' but it's like you knew they were coming."
"Aha, intuition?" Danny said, scratching the back of his neck.
"No, really. Do you carry around one of your parent's inventions or something?"
Danny pointed a finger at him sharply. "Yes! Exactly. I carry one of my parent's inventions around all the time."
"Can I see it then?" Dash asked.
"Oh, well, uh, you see." Danny gestured around the classroom. "I forgot to bring it today. Hence why I'm still here."
"Well maybe you can show me-"
"Bonzai!"
Dash heard the shout of Mr. Fenton through all the rubble and after a moment all the rumbling that had been in the building a moment before stopped and the power turned back on. Dash let out a breath.
"Well look at that." Danny said standing up. "I better go get my stuff since we'll be out of here soon."
Dash watched as Danny walked back across the classroom to where he had been sitting earlier and watched what little candlelight he could see dance across his face before the other boy blew the candle out.