Secret Romance DM x TP
It literally feels like forever since I did one of these so let's go. Slight AU
Don't forget you can request any pairing with either a current or former member of HU and their real life partners if you so choose. The only thing I won't write is SMUT and drug/alcohol abuse.
Also I am aware of Aron getting arrested a little while back, I can thank Instagram and my good friend Joana for letting me know about that.
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Danny p.o.v
I feel like a teenager back in high school again. Sneaking out in the middle of the night trying to be as stealthy as possible. The guys can't find out who I am in a relationship with, so I have to sneak around so I don't get caught. They hate the person I am dating anyways, and I know it will end badly if they do find out. Jorel came over a little while ago and fell asleep on my couch when I had already planned to meet my boyfriend. It was too risky to have him come over like it was originally planned. Jorel is leaving tomorrow, so I am sure that my boyfriend can spend tomorrow night at my house if he so desperately wants. I don't want to wake Jorel up as I quietly leave my house for a few hours. I will grab some groceries on my way back to help with this.
Jorel will believe me if I said I woke up and realised that I had no groceries left. He can look in the cupboards and see for himself if he really wanted to. I leave my apartment and head to my car to go meet up with my boyfriend and then make a quick Walmart stop before coming back home hopefully before Jorel wakes up. He's pretty drunk right now, so I doubt he'd question much about my activities. I love the excitement that's involved with all of this. I have managed to date this man for five years without anyone knowing any different. I prefer it this way anyway, despite the nerves and fear involved when someone mentions dating. Less bother involved, you don't have to speak about your dating life if people don't believe you have one.
I have been dating Aron Erlichman for the last 5 years and I have never been happier. I know he wants to fix his relationship with the others, but that's not possible right now. He knows he has done too much damage to the friendships that he had and now he has to wait until it all calms down before he can attempt again. Luckily I am the link between the band and him even if the band don't know it. I can tell him when the relationship is getting better, so he can attempt to fix his mistakes. We both know the guys won't hold their grudges against him forever. Well, we are hoping they won't hold their grudges against him forever. I have always been too afraid to ask them to their face about Aron because of how quickly their mood changes.
"Hey, are you okay?" Aron asks me, we always meet at the same location unless we think the guys from both our bands know where we are going. "Yeah, just got a drunk Jorel on my couch," I tell him. I go into his open arms and he hugs me tightly. He has always been gentle and caring around me which is something I didn't expect when we first started dating. "Don't worry Danny, he barely remembers his own name when he's drunk. You'll be safe," he tells me, and I nod into his chest. He did barely remember my name until I told him what it was. I feel so comfortable and happy right now. I have my hoodie he gave me on so that if someone does see me then they will not really know that it is not me.
"Yeah, he doesn't know I am gone either. He's currently sleeping so he wouldn't even know that I have left the apartment yet," I tell him, then I told him about the Walmart plan after we have some couple time together. I am really excited to spend any time with Aron. "Fair enough little love. Let's enjoy our little time we can have together," he tells me, and I smile. We usually go to have a little drink and a meal, then go star gazing and go to our own apartments. It's always sad when we have to part, but we know we'll see each other soon enough. "Yeah, let's enjoy our time," I tell him. I stand on my tiptoes to kiss him and he lifts me up. I wrap my legs around his waist and enjoy our snuggle time. I miss this cuddle time with him.
"Let's go to California Donuts tonight, I feel like you need the destress and some donuts," he tells me. I know he walked here, and I give him my car keys since he is on my insurance. Donuts sounded good to me, it was a good comfort food for sure. I know I need to take my mind of what's going on in the band right now. "That's a good idea, these management teams are really getting on our nerves. We'll get Day of the Dead out eventually but might make our own label for the next one. Being independent might be better for us. We could get closer to our roots," I tell him. I like being open with him about what's bothering me, and he always finds a way to help me calm down and make all my worries disappear.
"Yeah, let me know when things calm down a little bit. I wanna go and at least apologise for what I've done. They don't have to be friends with me, but it would be a step in the right direction and I've got to stop being childish," he tells me. I smile at him, at least he said that he was the childish one. I do admit he was a bit childish over the whole thing. He told me that he had to include me in ones in the beginning to make people believe that we hate each other when we are in love with each other in reality. "Okay, we won't tell them that we are dating until we are sure that you guys are friends and that it is safe to do so. I will be proud of you regardless," I tell him. I am going to genuinely be proud of him life he deserves, it's not everyday that he admits that he's done something wrong and tries to fix it.
"Glad that you will support me little love. I know that it would be nice to mention that we are together and have them be proud of us, but there will be a time and a place for that to be a possibility," Aron tells me. I would love to have Aron hang out with us on tours, it would be a dream come true. To have all 7 of us in one room talking and joking like they used to before I joined would be incredible. "That would be good, but yeah let's take it one step at a time first. It might even be a year before we get to reintroduce you to the guys and see how much of a better person you have become," I tell him while we are in my car on the way to the donut place. Next time we have a date during the day I would love to go to the Dog Café in Silver Lake.
"I couldn't have been even half the man I am today if it wasn't for you. Honestly Danny you have been the best thing for me. if you had not have come into my life the way that you have I would still be bitter person that I used to be," he tells me, and I blush. I have some idea of the impact our romantic relationship has had, but I had no idea it was that powerful with him. I look at him and smile as he parks the car. "Well I am glad I have been able to make a difference, but it wasn't all me. You had to make some big changes to the way that you see yourself and your life," I tell him. We get out of the car and hug each other tightly. Now it's Aron's turn to blush, he rarely blushes but moments like this when he does makes me smile.
The date was amazing, just me and Aron enjoying ourselves and having some fun. The donuts were soo good. We got them and went to a good place to watch Los Angeles during the night time. Maybe one day we will just sit near the Hollywood sign. I'm driving us back to the meet up spot, so he could go home and then I will go back home. We had so much fun we didn't want to star gaze tonight, I also have to go to Walmart before Jorel wakes up and I am not sure when that will be if I was being completely honest. "I enjoyed our night Danny. Try not to stress to much my love, when the time is right everything will fall into place," he tells me, we are still in the car and he touches my cheek with his finger.
"I enjoyed our night too Aron. I trust you, it might take some time, but I do believe that everything will work out in the end," I tell him, with the smile I know he loves. I do have faith that he knows what he's talking about and he will have time to work this out without anyone getting hurt in the crossfire. I will be there when it happens anyway to defuse any tension. I kiss him hard before we leave, he decided against coming over tomorrow if people have a habit of turning up to my house drunk since the bar they frequent is only a few blocks away from me. The stress of everything that is going on right now will make them want to drink more and I openly invite them to stay at mine after all, so I should be a good friend.
At Walmart I grab all the things I needed as well as a few hangover cure treats for Jorel. I know it is almost morning now. Well, it's 7 am now so I guess it is technically morning. I did get 5 hours sleep because I went to bed early in anticipation of the early date I was going to have with Aron. We tend to do them between 3-6 am because that is the time that we are least likely going to be discovered if the others are out and about in Los Angeles because at that time they are most likely going to be in bed or on my couch in Jorel's case. I silently cheer as I walk in to discover Jorel is still passed out on the couch and does not seem to have moved during the short period of time I was gone. I cover him with a blanket and leave the medicine on the table before I go sleep in my room.
1 pm
"Dan, wake up," Jorel asks, he sounded a bit worried for some reason. I remember being tired and going to bed. I open my eyes and look at Jorel. He sighs in relief and hugs me. "I forgot you are a deep sleeper, so I tried to wake you up and ask if you wanted a late lunch and you didn't move. To be honest it scared me," he tells me, and I hug him back as I allow my brain to slowly wake up. It has been a while since he has had to wake me up for anything, so I can understand why he would freak out. "I'm okay, and yes I would like a late lunch if the offer still stands," I tell him, and he smiles. I am glad that he is calmer now. He probably texted the others asking for CPR instructions or something. "Yep, lunch offer still stands," he tells me.
We go to the kitchen/dining room as his phone rings. "That will be one of the guys," he tells me, and I crack up laughing. "Hello George, I don't need the CPR instructions because Danny is awake now," he tells George who is on the other end of the phone. I hold back more laughter, it's not to make fun of Jorel after how worried he was for me. Jorel looks to me and shakes his head while I am still trying not to laugh. This was going even better than I thought it was going to. There was no need to worry about him seeing me sneak out this morning. "He's finding this funnier than I am to be honest," Jorel says, and I regain my composure. "I knew that you were going to do that though, it's been a long time since anyone had to wake me up for anything," I tell him, hoping George would hear it too.
"How long did you sleep Danny? It's one pm by the way," George asks, Jorel had put it on speaker for us to chat while he makes lunch. "Um I know I slept sometime during the night, but I wasn't sure how long for, then from seven until ten minutes ago," I tell him, I did make it sound incredibly convincing and last night was a little bit of a blur. "Alright, that's a decent amount of sleep to be fair. I'll leave you two to enjoy your afternoon now I don't have to give anyone CPR instructions," George says, I knew he was a little worried about me at first but now he's fine. We both say our goodbyes and he hangs up. "You having sleeping issues again Dan?" Jorel asks while he's in the middle of cooking our brunch? I'm not quite sure what he is making yet.
"Yeah, it's been on and off again," I tell him, being honest. He knows I have officially been diagnosed with insomnia and I am slowly learning how to deal with that and know when to take medication to help me sleep and things of that nature. "I don't think I helped showing up last night drunk to be honest," Jorel says, kind of sounding a bit sad. It doesn't work like that though. He puts our food down on the island counter and I hug him. "No damage was done by you showing up last night Jay. It's not like my brain went oh Jay is here, and he's drunk let's pull an all-nighter. It was nice to have someone around," I tell him. He hugged me back while I was talking and then smiled at me. I hope that cheered him up a bit.
"Fair enough, if I show up next time drunk and I disturb your sleep just kick me out okay? I'll get myself home safely," he tells me, and I roll my eyes. It's all well and good him saying that, but I know if I actually did that then I would be panicking about it until I got word from him that he really was safe and back home. "Yeah, we'll see how that goes," I tell him before shoving a forkful of omelette into my mouth. It was so good, I know Jorel always says he can't cook, but he does it to get out of cooking. "Thanks for the food," I tell him, we had been eating in silence until this point. I am going to do the washing up since Jorel was the one who did the cooking. Technically he shouldn't have even done the cooking since he is a guest here but that was what he wanted to do.
1 year later – Danny p.o.v
Now that everything has settled down, Aron has decided that today is going to be the day that he reintroduces himself to the rest of Hollywood Undead as the changed man he has become. Inside I am absolutely shitting myself, but on the outside I act as if nothing is going to happen. I know that he is going to join us in the studio today and I am going to act surprised about the whole thing. I am not one hundred percent sure that it is all going to work out in our favour but at least we will know by the end of today if they are willing to forgive him for what happened or not. He sent me a text and I am nervous about opening it when some people tend to look behind my shoulder. I changed his name on my phone to be Lion with a lion emoji on either side.
The guys are not stupid, they know that Nora is Aron backwards and even with an emoji on either side they would still realise it, so I decided to put his nickname for me as his name in my phone. The guys are busy doing their own thing right now, so I am going to open that text and answer it. They shouldn't be nosy as to what I am doing on my phone anyway, I don't lean over their shoulder when they are on the phone. I deserve that bit of privacy, I could be sending really personal messages to someone or gift ideas for them. I bet it's going to be a text telling me not to worry about today, he's quite keen for me to not panic about him being around the guys again. I just don't want him to get hurt if the guys decided that he needs a punch for what he's done.
Lion□□: Hey, try not to worry about today. I still love you whatever happens, and I hope we get the reaction we both want.
Me: I'm not worried. If this works it will be nice to spend more time together even if our romance still stays secret.
Lion□□: That's good baby. I'll see you in a little while.. I love you
Me: Okay, see you in a little while. Love you more.
I put my phone away before Jorel came and sat next to me. I knew he was making his way over to me, but I still jumped when he sat next to me suddenly. "Didn't mean to scare you. Thought you looked a bit lonely over here by yourself, so I thought I'd come make you less lonely," he tells me, I told Aron how I often cuddle up with the guys, so he won't get jealous when I hug Jorel like I am doing now. "I just can't really focus on making any good lyrics. I'm okay though, maybe the creativity will hit me soon," I tell Jorel. He smiles at me and I sit on his lap. I am happy to have friends like him in this. I just don't know what do to right now with the next album. I can't concentrate, and I know Matt wants to leave soon.
"Jesus Danny your muscles are tight. Maybe you should go get massaged a bit more," Jorel tells me, he had pushed me forwards a little bit and started to massage my shoulders a little bit. I was starting to relax at Jorel's touch and George and Jordon came over. "I don't have time for that," I tell him, between the band and my secret romance I really had no time to treat myself to anything like a spa day. "We'll have to force you into one then Danny," George says, and I roll my eyes. He is saying that now, but I don't think he'll actually go through with it. He will forget that we ever had this conversation. "Feeling any better?" Jorel asks, a few minutes have passed, and I was feeling more and more relaxed.
"Yeah, a bit relaxed now," I tell him, I am still a little apprehensive about what is going to go down soon. The others don't need to know that though, they don't know anything about what is about to go down. Then there was a knock on the door and I knew who it was. The others were confused, so I played along with the game of pretend. "Aron, what are you doing here?" Jordon asks, sounding surprised and not angry. I am curious to see what the other guys reactions will be to seeing Aron for the first time since probably 2009 or 2010. "Came to clear the air and say sorry to everyone I've hurt," he tells us. Jorel seemed calm as did George and Dylan. Only Matt seemed angry at this point. I know George is on guard though.
"Fair enough, I don't particularly have a grudge against you anymore. Welcome back," Jordon says, and I could not help the smile on my face. I am glad this is going well, we are going to tell them that we have been friends since 2005 which is true. "Thanks Jordon, I appreciate not everyone is going to welcome me back with open arms. Honestly I am not expecting anyone to after what I did," he tells us. Then Aron comes to try and chat with us for a little while. I wasn't expecting George to square up to Aron like a fist fight was about to occur. I was watching the two of them, I don't want either to get hurt so I will be on my guard ready to intervene if needed. I was confused by the sudden turn of mood with George. I thought he was so calm about Aron coming back.
Matt was glaring at Aron from his spot, the rest of us didn't really know what to do, we just sort of sat where we were as we watched the pair square off, seeing who will crack first and punch the other and start the fist fight. I have a feeling they will fist fight, I am currently the closest one to them, so I will break them up if I need to. There were no words spoken between the two, I am sure George has his reasons to be angry though. Aron has said a lot of hurtful things to all of us, it pained him to write about me when we were together, but I reassured him I was fine, I knew why he was doing it and he never really meant to hurt me. "Do you think they will beat each other up?" I ask, pretending to be an outsider for now.
"Probably, George is pretty angry over what Aron has said over the years. The punch up won't be much in the end. I believe Aron means what he said, he's a changed man now. He just has to prove it will stay like this to the rest of us," Jorel says, and I was happy someone else said they want to be friendly with Aron again. I saw George get ready to swing for Aron and I got in the way just a second almost too late. I felt the fist connect with the side of my head and I was falling to the ground as I pass out.
"Should we call an ambulance? He's not waking up," I hear someone ask, it's all very foggy in my head right now. I'm not on the floor like I was expecting to be after I passed out. George accidently punched me in the head and it was a pretty strong punch. It was meant for Aron, but I'd rather be hurt than either of them and I don't hear any fighting. "It's only been an hour, give it a little more time. You did punch pretty hard to knock him clean out like that," I hear a different voice reply. Someone put something cold on my head which I didn't like, and my body told them even though I didn't feel awake enough to open my eyes. "You saw that right?" someone else said. Man I wish I could recognise who is talking right now.
I think the first voice is George, the person who replied to him said that he was the one who punched me, so it had to have been George. The other two I am not sure. "Yeah he moved a little, he'll probably wake up in a little while," I hear Aron say. I could pick out his nasally voice quite easily amongst the others. "He'll be happy to know we are friends again. Well, everyone except Matt," the third voice said. I think that might be Dylan, I can't quite tell. The more I think about it the second one might be Jorel because he's always calm when there is madness around us. "He will, that's our Danny for ya. It's probably why he stepped in, he hates conflict and will do anything to stop it if he's able to," I can tell that was Jordon talking.
"He will do, and it kinda worked despite him being the injured one in all of this. I'm just worried I might have done some serious damage or something," George says. I just wish I was awake enough to open my eyes right now, then I'd be able to reassure him that I feel fine other than this headache which seems to be getting worse. "Only time will tell on that one, I think the worst he's gonna have is a minor concussion and if we are all really worried about him then we will take him to urgent care," Jorel says. I am feeling more and more aware of what is going on around me as I feel more awake. I am usually reluctant to get medical help, but if I need it then I won't deny going to urgent care if that is what is needed.
The light hurts my eyes as I am finally able to open them. God this sucks, so bad. Jordon whispered that I was waking up and I felt Aron take my hand. I have fainted around these 6 a couple of times and one of them usually does this when I start waking up. "Hey Danny, take it easy buddy," George says, I did have my eyes closed against the light for a brief moment. I feel awful if I am being honest with you. "Oww," was all I managed to say as all the pain in my head just suddenly became more intense. I felt Aron rub my hand and it did bring me a little comfort. "It's gonna hurt, but we'll get you sorted," Jorel says. I do remember them talking about taking me to urgent care if I feel really bad. I have to admit despite not being awake for very long I do feel like maybe a trip to urgent care is needed today.
"You guys aren't fighting anymore?" I ask, trying to focus on anything but the head pain that comes with being punched once and then knocked out. Aron smiles at me and so do the other guys. "Yeah, we decided to put our differences aside now. Aron has proved now he has changed," George says, and he gently touches the side of my head that was not punched. I know he wants to apologise for punching me, but it was my fault since I was the one who got in the way of them. Well, from what I can see Matt still is not going to be friendly with Aron. I want to sit up now, I am currently laying on the couch, but I need the bathroom. "Steady Danny, you just woke up like five minutes ago. You don't want to push yourself too soon," Aron tells me.
"But I need the bathroom," I tell him as they help me into a sitting position and I ignore all the dizziness I currently feel. "Alright Danny, just take it easy and I'll help you," Aron replies, the guys where happy to let Aron help me to my feet and then support me as we head of in the direction of the studio bathroom. I have a feeling that Aron is going to be the one who takes me to urgent care in a little while. "You shouldn't have done that baby, I appreciate you saving me from feeling pain, but I hated that," he tells me. We are in the bathroom now, so we can talk about our relationship a little bit. "I was not expecting to get knocked out by it. I just didn't want anyone else to get hurt," I tell him, he sighs.
"I know, but I deserved that punch. You know how much of an asshole I was to everyone. Matt still hates me even though he was worried about you when he saw you go down. Everyone stopped what they where doing when we realised George knocked you out. Never heard six people say fuck at the exact same time without realising that we were so in sync. It was so scary George thought he killed you until I reassured him that your pulse and breathing is fine," he tells me. It was scary by the sounds of it, but I am on the road to recovery now. We finish up in the bathroom and I find myself needing less assistance walking back to the lounge where Jorel and the others made a comfortable seat for me.
"Aron, are you gonna come with us when we take Danny to urgent care later? You have been friends with the dude for long enough to be included. And what better place to rekindle a friendship than Los Angeles urgent care," Dylan says, and I covered my face with my hands to stop myself from laughing because my head hurts a lot. "If Danny wants me then then sure. I also think that we should have a movie night for those that want when he's feeling a bit better," Aron says, and I know that Matt is not going to come with. "I don't mind you coming with, who's explaining to the doctor though?" I ask, it's gonna be a fun story to tell for sure. Oh how did you get a head injury? Oh just George Ragan punched me so hard I passed out.
"I'll explain, it is my fault that you're in this mess anyways. Let's get going while you're sort of stable in case the wait is long," George says, and I smile at him. It is a good plan, I'll probably leave urgent care with a concussion diagnosis or something. Jorel and Aron work together to help me walk out of the studio because I got dizzy again as I stood up. George and Jordon nervously followed behind. Dylan said he was coming over to mine tomorrow to make sure I was okay, and Matt said nothing. We don't know if all four of them will be allowed in urgent care with me. I am guessing two people will be allowed maximum. "Who knew this was gonna happen today," Jordon says, none of us knew I was going to be knocked out today.
Three hours and some Chinese takeaway later, we are finally home. The guys are having a movie night at mine regardless because I know that it will just be a chance to relax. I have a minor concussion, so Aron nominated himself to keep an eye on me over night. Everyone is happy to have Aron back and I was glad that they forgave him now. "Are you okay now babe?" he asks me, and I nod. We all had hugs before going our separate ways back at the studio because we all came to work in our own cars. "Yeah I feel good now, the headache has gone now because of the morphine they gave me," I tell him. He chuckles as we go to his car, my car was in for repairs, so Dylan brought me to work in his car. Maybe we should carpool more often.
I was very tired when we got home, so I asked Aron if we could relax for a little while before I go to bed. He has to wake me up every four hours or make sure that I respond to him every four hours. Now we can have some couple time, I'm so happy right now. We can't tell the guys yet, but at least six of the seven guys can have some fun. "Thank you for today baby, I will make it up to you that you got concussed," Aron says, as we climb into bed. "You're welcome baby, the punch in the head was worth it in the end," I tell him, then I kiss him gently on the lips. He kisses me back and we snuggle up under the covers. "I can't believe I am agreeing with you right now Danny," he tells me, and I chuckle. I fall asleep a happy man; my boyfriend is friends with my friends again and our romance is still secret.
And that is the end of another one shot, hope you enjoyed.
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