What Is Love? DK x CS

Requested by Carsonthememethief.

Danny p.o.v

I am so sick of Jordon bullying Matt for no reason. Both men are gay, both men have a hug crush on the other. They have both told me this. Now I have Matt crying his heart out in my spare bedroom, and I am about to go and comfort him for the second time this week. I am getting frustrated, but I can't let Matt see this. I am supposed to be helping him, not making things worse. "Matt, come here," I tell him softly, I walked into the spare room a minute ago to go and comfort him. I allow him to come and speak to me when he needs to, and I am always here for him. Matt walks over to me and I wrap my arms around him as he sobs into my shirt. "I can't do this anymore Danny," he cries, and I rock him gently.

"I know Mattie, I know. I hate it just as much as you do," I tell him. I was not aware that Jordon was this much of an asshole when I first met him. Now I do, and I have mixed feelings about that. Is he really gay and in love with Matt? Or is he just saying that, so I don't confront him for his bulling of the poor drummer. I manage to calm Mattie down and we sit on my spare bed for a little while. "I'm sorry Danny, I shouldn't be burdening you with this," Matt tells me, and I smile at him. He says this quite a lot after he comes to me crying. We were in the studio today. Well, I was supposed to be, but I had my wisdom teeth removed yesterday and I felt shitty from it. "You aren't burdening me with this Matt, I care a lot about you and I am here to help," I tell him.

Matt will probably spend the night with me. Reese doesn't mind it, she knows Matt needs the help and they would do the same if I needed somewhere to get some peace. She's worried about Matt too, the bullying is taking it's toll on him and we can all see it. Everyone but Jordon. "Yeah, but you're still feeling rough from yesterday. I should not be forcing all my problems on you," he tells me, and I pat his back. I kinda felt a bit sore and rough, but I had spent most of the morning sleeping and I can take pain medication if I needed it. "Hey, I told you that I am here for you no matter what. You would do the same for me. The surgery yesterday wasn't as bad as I was expecting, I just feel a little pain every now and then," I tell him.

"Do you want some coffee hun?" Reese asks, she was at the door with a mug for me which I took with a smile and kissed her on the cheek. "Yes please Reese," Matt replies and Reese smiles and leaves to make the coffee. I need to confront Jordon at some point and get this all figured out. If I can do it and get the bullying to stop then everyone is going to be happier. Jordon doesn't get offered to hang out with us anymore. Well, if Matt is staying with Austin and having fun with him then Jordon does. We try our hardest to get the bullying to happen as less often as we are able to. Matt appreciates the breaks from the bullying that he gets for sure. "We'll figure something out to get this bullying to stop once and for all," I tell Matt.

I want to figure out a plan to get the bullying to stop, if I talk to Jorel, George and Dylan I am sure that they will help me figure something out. Something that will save the band, because honestly, I don't think it is going to continue that much longer. The bullying is starting to cause a rift between everyone and Jordon and it is going to take something big to heal that rift before it destroys us all. "I know Danny, I just don't know what would help the band out," he tells me. Tomorrow I think Matt should go and spend the day off with Austin, I am going to arrange for Jorel, Dylan and George to meet me so we can discuss what to do with Jordon. "Yeah, wanna chill with Austin tomorrow? Get all of this crap off your mind?" I ask his as Reese brings his coffee in.

He thanks Reese for the coffee and she sits next to me. "That's actually the best suggestion anyone has had for me. I know Austin is in Las Vegas and I could spend tomorrow with him," Matt replies. I am glad I can help him at last. Sure the comforting helps him a lot but that isn't really much in the grand scheme of things. I'm not stopping the source of his pain by cuddling him. I am not stopping the bullying that has been going on for years now. Reese plays with my hair and smiles, I know she worries about me, but I am going to be fine. I am not going through any major mental health issues right now.

"We'll get this sorted out soon enough," Reese tells us both. She knows Jordon's ex-girlfriend Randi and we might get her to help stop the bad behaviour if it continues for much longer. Everyone is beginning to lose their patience with Jordon. "Yeah, don't want Danny burning himself out in the process though. He has done so much to help us already and I am grateful for that, but I don't want you doing too much," Matt tells me, and Reese and she nods. Reese wraps her arm around my waist and I let her snuggle into my side. Our daughter is quite content playing downstairs and she knows where we are if she ever needs us. "I won't burn myself out, I will not let it get to that point," I tell them.

I would honestly end up punching Jordon before I let that the whole incident burn me out. I want to see how the guys would feel about distancing ourselves from Jordon as if we were thinking about shutting the band down. Well, I guess it is something I can propose to the guys when we meet up tomorrow. I need to text the "Anti-Jordon" group chat, I need to confirm the meet up tomorrow otherwise I have just wasted half an hour calming Matt down by telling him that we have some plans in the works when we don't. I get a few messages within the space of a few seconds, Matt doesn't know about the group, he's busy texting Austin to get tomorrow sorted for him. "You boys and your phones. I'll cook dinner," Reese says, with a chuckle.

J3T: Fancy meeting up to plan operation bully stop?

J-dog: Operation Bully Stop? Yeah I'm in.

Funny: I'm in too, where's Dan?

Dan: Comforting curly again, was gonna ask if the three of you wanted to meet up.

J3T: Aw, is he okay now?

J-dog: I take it you have something in mind there Danny Boy.

Dan: Yeah, he's fine now. Nothing coffee and cuddles don't fix at least. He's really struggling to cope with it now. I have something in mind

Funny: Yeah, he needs a long vacay. Somewhere away from him. So I take it we only find out tomorrow?

Dan: Yeah, you can wait the…. 14 hours it's gonna be between now and the time I hope we can meet up.

J-dog: Wow, you really paused to count. Never change Dan.

J3T: 9 am does sound like a good time to meet up, we have a lot to discuss anyways.

J-dog: Meet at my studio, I'm not being lazy. I'm just reducing the risk of Jordon showing up and ruining our plans

Funny: Good point, cause if we went to Sean's studio then he would be able to walk in freely and it would just mess everything up. If we all go to Jay's house then only Jay can let certain people in.

J3T: Fuck this has become like a conspiracy club or some shit.

Dan: Oh god, laughed so hard I fell on the floor now Matt's looking at me like I have two heads… send help please

J-dog: Poor Danny, just tell Mattie that you got sent a joke

Funny: No help for you there Danny

Dan: All sorted

J3T: Good, see you all tomorrow

I look to Matt with a sheepish smile. We all watch Shane Dawson as our guilty not so secret.. secret and when George said that it was like we are in a conspiracy club or some shit I just could not hold the laughter. "George kinda referenced us to Shane and I couldn't help myself sorry," I explain, and Mattie hugs me. He does know about the group chat but doesn't want to be a part of it which is something that I do respect. If he does ask about it then to I tell him what we have been talking about. "Fair enough, just wasn't expecting you to literally face plant the carpet," he tells me. Even Reese was giving me weird looks from the doorway. "I just could not stop laughing just picturing the four of us as Shane, Ryland, Andrew and Garret," I tell him, and he shakes his head.

"I would say that you're Ryland Danny," Matt says and we both collapse into fits of laugher and even Reese chuckles. I didn't know who I would really identify with but a few of the guys have said Ryland at this point. I think I might start agreeing with them now. "Alright boys, dinner's on the table," Reese says, and I jump up and run up to her before spinning her around and kissing her. "Thank you baby," I tell her, after she kissed me back. I did the spontaneous kissing more and more and since I have had no complaints I will keep on doing it. "You're welcome my love," Reese says, and we all go to enjoy dinner. Matt left a little bit later to go back to his house to enjoy the time with Austin tomorrow, not after giving me a big hug and thanking me.

"I gotta do something for you to say thank you for all the times I have cried on you lately," he tells me. I smiled at him and then shook my head. He should not have to do anything, if Reese and I were to break up or something sad happened to me I know that he would let me cry on him. That's the main reason why I did it. Friends should help friends and not bully them. "You don't have to Matt, I think the thank yous are enough," I tell him, and he smiles. Scarlett comes running up to give her uncle Matt a cuddle and told him to ignore the person who is making him upset then he'll get bored and stop. I chuckled because I knew she got that off me telling her that with people in her class. I picked Scarlett up and we waved Matt off as he got into his car and left.

"You're too pure for this world Daniel, all of the guys but Jordon see it," Reese tells me, she came up behind me and hugged me while I was holding our daughter in my arms. She often tells me this and that I am too kind after I do a good deed for someone. "I know, one day Jordon will see this I am sure of it," I tell her. She smiles, and we walk back inside because we both knew it was getting close to Scarlett's bedtime. Scarlett has her head on my shoulder and I knew she was falling asleep already. "Come one Scarlett, bed time for you baby bird," I tell her, and I feel her snuggle closer. She's had such a busy day today, so I understand why she is falling asleep a little earlier than her bedtime. I carry her to her room, so I can get her ready for bed.

I put her in her pyjamas and put her under the covers. She cuddles ger teddy and I read her one of her all time favourite bedtime story. She falls asleep just as I get to the end, so I kiss her on the top of her head and leave the room to watch films with Reese like we usually do after Scarlett has fallen asleep. I cuddle up to Reese and soon find myself dozing off a little. "Aw, are you feeling a bit sleepy there baby?" she asks me, and I nod. I don't think I am being burned out just yet, but if this carries on for too much longer then it might just happen. "Yeah, just a little bit. It's not too bad, because I think I can get on top of it quick enough," I tell her, being open and honest with her like usual. She hugs me gently and I smile at her. "I know you will baby, I just worry because this is no where near over yet and I don't want anyone getting hurt during this," she tells me.

This is a very true fact that we have all considered, even when I was angry and considered punching Jordon in his smug face. The worst thing that would happen would happen is for someone to get hurt because of Jordon and his actions. I would happily take that hit thought if it was necessary despite some people wanting to disagree on this. "I know Reese, I will keep safe and make sure the guys are safe too. We are taking everything into consideration. We are even meeting at Jay's house tomorrow, so we minimize the risk of Jordon finding out," I tell her, managing to put her at ease for now. She will be completely at ease once this whole thing is over and there is no risk of Jordon suddenly punching one of us.

I yawn again and snuggle up to Reese. Personally like her I wish for this all to be over, but I know it's not going to be over without a fight it seems. I hate how this whole thing is going down and I want it to be a smooth ride. Then again I have been told that I want never gets so I should have seen this coming if I am being one hundred percent honest with myself. "After this, do you want to go to bed? You need all the sleep you can get, so you can rest up for the battle ahead," Reese tells me, and I kiss her on the cheek and nod. "Yeah, I am definitely tired right now and gotta recharge my batteries for the battle," I tell her, and I chuckle. This film is alright, I'm not super into it yet I am not mega against it either.

The next day

We are in Jorel's house and he supplied us with coffee which was definitely needed for me. I woke up twice during the night and it was rough. "So what's the mighty plan to defeat the bully Jordon?" George asks as I am mid gulp of coffee. At least we are not wasted too much time before diving right into the subject. "I was kinda thinking about working with the management team to arrange some fake projects for us to do and mention them around Jordon. Kinda like we are considering leaving the band and doing other things to try and get him to realise that he is extremely close to being on his own," I explain after I finished with the gulp of coffee. Jorel makes my coffee drinkable straight away because he knows I am prone to chugging it down all in one sometimes.

The key to my success with this plan is for the acting aspect of it to work. We need to pretend we are working on to release and for management to not call out our bluff. The other three men in the room seem to be in agreement with me which is good. "That's a good plan Danny, I think we can pull it off. We can bring Three Tears back to life with you, Jorel and I and then for Dylan thinking of him just having a solo career which is completely up to him," George says, and I was happy with the way that the conversation is going. Even Dylan seemed to agree with the decision made for him. I knew Three Tears was a thing just before Hollywood Undead was a thing and the two older males still have memories from that.

"That will work great, I don't mind pretending like I have a solo career in the works while you three do your thing. Even Matt can have a solo career in music to help push this along," Dylan tells us. I'm glad he is on board which is amazing. I can talk to Matt tomorrow about him having a part of the plan to get back at his bully. I hope he will be on board with it, but I am not going to push him into agreeing. If he doesn't want to do it then he doesn't have to and that would be totally fine be me and the other guys. "I'm not going to force Matt into it, but I will ask him tomorrow about it. He's taking a mental health day with Austin today," I tell him, and the others seem to be in agreement with me. I am so glad that everything will work out okay in the end.

Three weeks later

Oh the plan is going perfectly. Three days after our meeting we went to the studio with Sean. Jordon was off sick which was the perfect chance for us to talk privately with the management about the plan. Everyone was on board, including Matt and we have been doing well with playing the game of pretend. "Danny, Jay, George how's the Three Tears song coming on?" Jason asks, I was in the middle of writing it and Jordon was definitely within earshot the entire time. We also have a cover concert planned for next weekend in a bar, kinda like Han Cholo does. "Good, could probably have it recorded by next weekend ready for mixing and all that," Jorel says and I hide the smirk when I see Jordon's face. This plan is working brilliantly.

"Great, was thinking of releasing yours, Dylan's and Matt's new singles at the same time. Kinda like bang bang bang new music from the guys from HU," Jason says, and I hold back the smirk and the chuckle again as Jordon looked to us with a lot of jealousy. He is the only one who isn't releasing his own music outside of HU with our managers and it's starting to get to him that we are getting special treatment but not him. I look to George who sends a little wink my way ant tilts his head towards Jordon. Jordon was non the wiser to what was going on around him and it was quite funny to see all of this unfold right under his nose. Now I only hope no one gets hurt in the potential fall out of this. I will be willing to jump in when Matt gets attacked again because that has happened a couple of times now.

Matt noticed how tense I suddenly became, I heard Jordon slam the table as he got up to leave the room. No one paid any attention to his outburst, but we are all on high alert. "You okay Danny?" Matt asks me, and I nod. "Just making sure Jordon doesn't hurt anyone," I tell him. It's nearly lunch time already. Jorel came and nudged me forwards a little bit. Then he sat behind me and started to massage my shoulders in an attempt for me to relax. "Jesus fucking hell Danny. When was the last time you ever chilled?" Jorel asks, it hurt at first, but I soon found myself relaxing under his touch. Matt walked over to sit next to us. "Uh, probably never. At least never been massaged like this before," I tell him.

"I think you should get this done at least every once in a while. It would be good for you; your shoulders are so incredibly tense. It might make playing the guitar less painful too," Jorel says, I might agree to this I don't really know yet. I have to admit though that this feels amazing and it is very tempting to get it done more often. By more often I mean a second time, because this is my first ever massage. "This is where Jorel decides to set up a massage parlour in the same shop where his sister does the eyebrow stuff," Dylan says. I started laughing, then George and the rest soon fell into a fit of laughter. This is so good, a lot less tense than it was just a few minutes ago. Jackson just smiled when he saw us all laughing.

They want the whole thing with Jordon to end now, they have had enough. That's why they were so eager when we mentioned our plan to put it into place as soon as possible. They never knew how well this was going to work. I was completely chilled by the time Jordon came back after lunch. I was still on the high alert for Matt and his safety as Jordon was not completely calm. I was also on alert in case he attacked one of the others. I wasn't as tense but Jorel knew I was listening out to the different sounds in the room. "You okay?" Jorel asks, as quiet as possible. I nodded and looked towards Jordon. He hasn't done much but scrap everything that he has been working on this morning. It wasn't much, I saw it before it was scrapped, and it was just angry scribbles.

"Right, Dan, Matt and Jord you are all staying behind after this session is over," Jackson says, it send shivers down my spine. I was going to be the mediator while Jordon and Matt solve their differences, or I lock them in a closet and pray 7 minutes in heaven happens and not a murder. Matt shrank into his seat and Dylan rubbed his arm. Jordon looked thoroughly pissed off, but I stayed calm for the rest of the band's sake. Was I scared? Of course I am, I am fucking terrified inside, but this ends tonight. I am going to make sure it ends TONIGHT. Jordon will not bully Matt anymore. "I'll protect you Matt don't worry about a thing," I whisper, I sat next to him and put my arm around his shoulders, sending a glare Jordon's way.

Jordon wasn't looking in my direction which was a bonus. "Oh the lion has his claws out," Jorel says, intentionally loud and he got shoved to the floor by Dylan. I pretended that I had claws and then we cracked up into laughter again. I need this moment before they leave, and I am faced with the horrors of an angry Jordon and a scared Matt. My task is to get them to talk and hopefully get together by the end of it, or at the very least admit what is wrong with them. I know they both fancy each other, I just need them to admit that and stop this petty fight. I wanted George to be with me for back up and security, but he can't stay. Jackson just wants the three he mentioned, he is quite strong, so he will break up any fights that happen.

I am going to try my best to not trigger any fights, it's Jordon who is the unpredictable one that I have to look out for. I have everything planned out in my head. Whether or not it will work the way that I want to is another matter altogether. I am not going to have high expectations for that reason, I don't want to feel bummed or disappointed with the results. I carry on focusing on what I am supposed to be doing with Three Tears for the last hour that we have left in the studio for today. Matt wanted to leave and not have this little confrontation with Jordon, but I was going to protect him like I told him a few times. "Dan, look after Matt okay," George says when we have ten minutes left before the other three leave.

"I will George, don't worry," I tell him, and he smiles. He knows I am going to take good care of the older curly haired man. Now it's time for them to go and Matt wanted to go hide in the corner. "Right, Jordon, you sit on this chair. Matt you sit on this chair and Danny you stand in the middle," Jackson tells us, and we do as we are told. Jordon was not too impressed, but I was hoping for the best for the two older males. "Right, you need to tell us what is going on. We can't keep going on as a band if you keep bullying the drummer," Jackson tells us. I am prepared to jump in if Jordon goes to attack Matt. "Please Jordon, you are tearing us apart," I tell him. I really hoped he was not going to attack me for that.

He looked at me and I showed him with my expression that I was being genuine with him. I was tired of this, the arguing and the aggression. I love this band, it saved my life when I became depressed and now it was all falling apart. Jordon lowered his head in shame, I think we are onto something here. "I'm sorry Danny, I'm sorry to all of you. I have let something get in the way of what we all love and it's breaking us up," Jordon says, and Matt moves and takes Jordon's hands in his. I was on high alert, but Jordon didn't mind this at all. "What's wrong Jordon, just tell us," Matt encourages, and he rubbed his thumbs across Jordon's palms. I held my breath, anticipating Jordon to show some violence. He loots to me then to Matt.

"I love you Matt. I just thought that if everyone knew that I was gay that they would hate me, so I acted in the wrong way," Jordon says, I still have my breath held. This is amazing, he's finally admitted it. "I love you to you massive idiot. No one would hate you for that," Matt says, and I sigh in relief. "Seriously Jordon, if you had not have said that I was gonna get George back in here and shove you both in that closet," I tell him with a smile. No one in the band is homophobic, we all knew of the crush Matt had on Jordon and I was the only one who knew Jordon felt the same. They looked at each other then they both stood up. I smiled, I knew what was coming next and it was going to be beautiful and the start of something amazing.

They put their hands on the other's cheek and then pressed their lips together. It was the sweetest first kiss that I could ever witness. I was grinning like they were when the kiss was over. "Now seriously how fucking hard was that?" I ask, and Jordon shoves me. I was fine, and I shoved him back. Within less than five minutes it had gone back to the way that it used to be, and I was so happy. I have some changes to make to the "Anti-Jordon" group chat. That will be my way of telling the guys that it worked, and everything was alright. "Thank you Danny. I understand you have been here for my Mattie while I have been an asshole," Jordon says, they were talking while I wasn't paying attention. I wanted them to admit their new relationship without interference from me.

"You're welcome. I knew if I ever had a reason to get upset that I could go to any of you for support and I had to do the same for Matt," I tell him, and he pulls me into a hug. I hug them both, I was now a third wheel I take it. "Right, go have a date you two. You have a lot of catching up to do," I tell them and they both skipped out holding hands. Matt said something about paying me back for what I have done but I shook my head. I didn't do it for money or anything like that. Now to tell the others what happened. First off change the group chat name. I think fans have said the two are called Da Scene as their ship name. Jackson was impressed and now it was all cooled off he could go home. This is gonna be fun.

Dan changed the name to "Da Scene Fan Club"

Funny: what?

J-dog: Did it go well then?

J3T: No shit, the name changed.

J-dog: ohh, just saw that.

Dan: Yep, all sorted in less than five minutes. They held hands and skipped out.

J3T: Better than violence any day of the week.

Funny: Please tell me you recorded that.

Dan: Nope, but Jackson did. He just sent it to me.

J3T: Wow, now you have blackmail material in case it all fucks up.

J-dog: It won't though, they will be in bed with each other by the end of the night.

Dan: Fucking hell Jay. I don't think they'd go that far so soon.

Funny: Well, the sexual tension has to be released somehow.

J3T: I can't believe you two.

And that is the end of another one shot, hope you enjoyed.

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