Secret Romance II DM x TP
I love this idea so much, so I have made a sequel and I know it was requested as well.
Remember – This is an AU which means not everyone will act like how they would irl.
Danny p.o.v
I love waking up next to Aron. I don't have to worry about being seen with him anymore since everyone is friends again. George insisted on paying me $100 as compensation for the concussion he gave me which led to them becoming friends. I do admit it was the weirdest way to get them to talk and not fight, but whatever it takes I guess. "Danny, it's four am go back to sleep," Aron whines. I wasn't paying attention to the clock, but after Aron said that I did have to check because he has lied to me before to get me to sleep in on days off. I roll into his arms and rest my head against his chest. I had a feeling, the same sort of feeling I had shortly before Aron made friends with everyone but Matt again. It was like someone is going to find something out.
"What's wrong? I know that sigh Danny bear," Aron tells me. I hadn't even noticed I had sighed until Aron pointed it out. "I just have a sneaking feeling that our relationship isn't going to stay so secret for long," I tell him. We should be asleep, but I feel good for getting it off my chest. He rubs my back and kisses the top of my head. "No worries my love, they will accept us I bet. Everyone but Matt has basically accepted me back in because of you," he tells me. I don't feel one hundred percent better about it, but it did help a little bit. I snuggle as close as I can get. I hope they accept us for who we are. "I know they won't mind because George hinted at getting us together anyways," Aron says when he realises, I am not quite assured enough to fall back to sleep.
"I know Aron. I know that Matt won't accept it though, he doesn't even accept us all being friends and wants to shit stir in studio sessions to try and turn everyone against you," I tell him. Revealing a little more about what goes on behind closed doors. He doesn't want any part of the band anymore, so he doesn't join us in the studio, and we meet up outside of the studio. Aron also said it would be better for tension if he didn't go to the studio after I was knocked out there. Matt still openly vocally hates Aron, so I can see why he'd stay away. I don't like confrontations, hence why I stepped in and got hurt last time and Aron knows that I would do it again if the opportunity arises. I will defend any of them if I can.
"Yeah, it's a shame but in all honesty, he can do what he likes with his life. I don't care what he thinks about our relationship if he found out about us. He doesn't know how much I love you and how much I care about you and how much this relationship means to me," Aron says, touching my cheek and making me blush. I know Aron is telling the truth, I know how much our love means to him. "It means the same to me too. I guess I am overthinking it again like when you said you were going to reintroduce yourself to them," I tell him, and he frowns. He doesn't like it when I talk down about myself. He kisses my cheek and holds me close. I kiss him back and yawn, I was starting to get tired now all of these worries were out in the open.
"I don't think you are overthinking Danny. You're so used to rejection and the feelings that come with that and you're worried that it is going to happen again and that is perfectly reasonable. We can't predict what they will say and do, apart from Matt but I am sure it will go fine," Aron tells me. I know we will try and keep this secret for as long as possible. I yawn again and Aron coos at me. I push him and he chuckles. "Let's get some sleep little lion," he tells me, and I don't have any issues with that. I close my eyes and fall asleep just before Aron did and he told me he loves me to the moon and back. I want to tell him that I love him 3000 but I was too sleepy to reply at that moment. He knows I love him back anyway.
A few hours later – Danny p.o.v
"Aw it's a good thing you can get the kiddo to open up to you. It's so hard getting Danny to talk about what is going on because he hates worrying people," I hear mom say from the kitchen. I thought I had studio work today. How long did I sleep? "Yeah he's sleeping as far as I know. The guys all wanted a day off from the studio, so I am letting him have a catch up. He got a lot off his chest at four am. I see your son as being the one I spend the rest of my life with," he tells my mom. They must be in the kitchen, but they don't know I am awake yet. I look to my phone to see George has texted me to say the tension that has been building up got too much and today is an emergency day off, so no one explodes in a fit of rage at another person.
My mom's conversation with Aron naturally died off before I went to the bathroom which would have alerted them to the fact that I had woken up. "Afternoon little lion," Aron says, coming up to me as I entered the kitchen and we kissed in front of my mom who looked like she was on cloud nine. She has always been supportive of my relationship with Aron as soon as she found out about it. "Afternoon," I tell them. I had slept from 5 am till 1 pm which is not bad considering I have a bad tendency to suffer from insomnia. "Sleep good buddy?" mom asks me, and I nod. I want some coffee though, I am still kinda waking up a little bit. Aron made me sit down while he made me coffee and some brunch as eggs and beans on toast counts as breakfast and lunch.
"Don't worry about what the band have to say if you have to spill the beans on your relationship. Ninety nine percent will be happy with it. I saw the way Jorel looked at you two hugging during that home show," mom says. I had completely forgotten about that show on our last tour because we had a huge argument with Matt over the fact that we had invited Aron to the show. We wanted him to see for himself how big our fanbase became and it was technically because of Aron that we all had our dream job, so we have to repay him somehow. "Yeah, I think Danny forgot that. When you weren't around Matt had a massive go at them for inviting me and it upset Danny which made me hug him. You never told me this dude was gonna make me into putty," Aron says, and I just smile at him.
"But you still love me, right?" I ask, giving him the puppy eyes as my mom smirks on. He kisses me on the lips as he gives me my coffee and my brunch. "Of course, I do Danny. You're too good to resist," he tells me and sits next to me as I dig in. I know mom was desperate to be the mediator if we all sat around the table and aired our feelings out. If we are not careful then Matt might just bring the band crashing down. "Have you had a reason as to why Matt still hates you?" mom asks Aron who shakes his head. I love having a good relationship with my mom because I can still come to her as an adult with my problems and she will try her hardest to get them solved or guide me in the right way to solve it myself.
"Nope, didn't really get an answer when the others made friends with me. Then again, this one decided to take a punch to the head for me, so we kinda got distracted," Aron replies. My mom was fully aware of the whole concussion thing. I had told Rigo because he saw the bruise when I was in a face time call with him and he told mom. "Yeah and something tells me Danny is going to take more punches if he carries on. I am all for defending your friend, but maybe not taking punches so hard you get knocked out and concussed," mom says, just as protective of me as she has been since the day I was born. "I wasn't intending to get knocked out. Maybe a shiner was as far as it was going to get, but I underestimated George's strength," I tell her.
I suddenly get the urge to tell my mom the full story about the home show when she wasn't in the dressing room. I know we had just had an interview and Aron was sorta hiding in the corner of the room, so he was brought up. As far as everyone knew we still were not on good terms with Aron, so it must have been a surprise to see him in the dressing room and no one was trying to tear his throat out. It was interesting to hear 5/6 members of the band saying that we all get along great. Matt decided not to answer. We didn't mention what happened when Aron made up for the mistakes that he had made. I had already forgiven George for the punch even though it was not intended for me, so I was not going to bring it up again.
Flashback – Danny p.o.v
"Why is this asshole even here? He isn't part of the band anymore," Matt says angrily. We had just finished what I would consider to be one of the weirdest interviews we had ever had. The interviewer waited until the last 5 minutes to bring up the fact that Aron was in the room and no one had attempted to kill him yet. "He's the reason we are all here with jobs and a decent paycheck going into our bank account. He was one of the men that made this band, so he at least deserves to see how the band he created is doing," I tell Matt, feeling a bit fed up of this shit. Aron looked like he wanted to leave, even though we all wanted him to stay. "Danny's right, none of us would be here if Aron hadn't helped make this band," George adds.
I don't like where this is going. We tried to not mention that on our home show day and our Las Vegas show day that Aron was coming along. We had been planning this behind Matt's back since we were told about the tour. Not because we wanted to start a fight, we just want to keep the peace. The tension whenever Aron's name is brought up is bad enough. "Don't worry about it guys, I'll go into the crowd at show time and you won't have to deal with this," Aron says, and I hear a collective sigh. This is not the first time Aron has suggested he leave. "And let you get hurt by overexcited fans or any haters that are lurking around? No fucking way, we invited you here and you're staying," Jorel says, and I agree with him.
Aron knows that not all of our fanbase like him similar to how not all of our fanbase likes me. There will always be that Danny V Deuce debate despite the fact that I am dating my so-called enemy. "Jorel is right. It is too dangerous for you to just walk around. You can wander around plenty before the doors open and I am sure it will be more enjoyable from the side lines," I say, sounding really confident. I don't usually speak against Aron or Matt, but this time I felt like I had to. Aron smiles at me, and I knew he had accepted it. Matt just scowled, but I pretended that I had not seen it. "They are both right, we don't want any more ER trips because someone decides to walk into a hostile situation and get their lights out," George says, and I throw a cushion at him.
I knew he had only mentioned that because of me walking in between the two of them and getting knocked out. "I still say it was worth it," I mumble and Dylan laughs. I am doing my best to improve the atmosphere in here and it is not working. "Was it really worth it though Daniel? Think about it, this bastard walks into the studio uninvited and expects everyone to be friends again. You get knocked out and because he shows a little bit of care and less selfishness that he is automatically forgiven. Nah it is going to fuck up in the end, he is going to go back to his old ways this band will fall apart and it is all going to be YOUR fault because nobody listened to me," Matt says, shouting almost the entire time and shoves me as he storms out.
That really hurt me emotionally, so when I landed on the floor, I just stayed there trying to take it all in. Aron scooped me off the floor and gave me the best "brotherly" hug he could manage whilst trying to hide our relationship. "Ignore him Danny. You have spoken to me for five years before we arranged the studio thing together. I would have shown that behaviour by now if I was really going to stab you in the back. I didn't show up to tours and I was in the wrong back then and it took you to come in with your bubbly personality and lift the band up higher than I ever could for me to realise that. Matt is going down the same dark dangerous path I went down, and it will backfire on him eventually and he will see how lonely it is," Aron says, trying to make me smile and feel better even though I was holding back tears.
I was trying to fix the band's relationship with Aron, try and get it back to the good old days when no one had to worry about a damn thing. I had and still don't have any intentions to destroy the band that saved me from bankruptcy and homelessness. "No one thinks that you will destroy us Danny, but an idiot. You know how appreciative we were when Aron showed up and we forgave him because we knew that was the right think to do. We had no way of contacting him so to find out that you have been talking to him since he left the band was incredible. We would have honestly tried to make friends with Aron again much sooner than we ended up doing if we hadn't had deleted his number," Jordon explains.
"Come with me a sec Danny," George says, he could tell their efforts to cheer me up were in vain and Aron was working with the situation to hide our relationship as much as we can. He let me go with George who took me to another room. I was on the verge of breaking down the entire time we were talking after Matt stormed out. "It's okay to get upset about this Danny. Matt can be a nasty bitch when he wants to be. He wasn't really affected by what Aron did, he's just being weird," George says, I had let a few tears slip. Even though I had made friends with Aron pretty much weeks after he had left the band, I decided to not get involved with whatever happened between them. All I knew was Aron's show attendance was not the best.
"I don't want to be the one to bring the band down to the ground George," I tell him, since there were only the two of us in the room I could speak as quietly as I wanted. He hugs me as I cry. I was letting this get to me, but we have a large fanbase now and I don't want to break it. We have sound check in an hour ish then the meet and greet before the concert starts. "You will not be the cause of the bands end. I am betting that old age will be the end of the band really. A lot of the fans will be happy that we have made up with Aron. Matt is just talking through his ass, no one is listening to him because no one believes that Aron is going to go back to his old ways as he doesn't want to be in the band anymore," George says.
I was too busy overthinking and panicking to realise what Matt had said. He will go back to his old ways. Well, Aron can't really skip shows if he is not in the band anymore. "Oh yeah, god fucking damn it I am thick," I tell him, wiping the tears away as I finally calmed down a little. George chuckles and pretends to dance with me. "You're not stupid Danny, it took me a while to remember Aron doesn't want to be a member of the band and he just wants to support us from the side lines. I don't think Matt quite realised that either," George says, we have more comeback fuel for when Matt inevitably decides to star another argument over the fact that we like hanging out with Aron. I went to the bathroom to splash my face a bit to make it look less like Matt had made me cry.
"Oh yeah, I remembered something. Danny why don't you explain how Matt's logic is flawed," George says, I had walked back in and Jorel and Jordon hugged me before Aron pulled me towards him for another hug and I hugged Dylan too. "Matt is working on the assumption Aron wants to have a role in the band again and he just wants to be a supportive friend this time. Aron can't bring the band down if he is not in it," I tell them, I secretly thanked George for this I saw Matt frown in the corner of my eye. I chose to pretend that he wasn't in the room. "Oh yeah, that makes sense. It doesn't matter if Aron is not at every show because he won't be performing," Jorel says, as it all clicks in their heads. I could see the cogs turning in Dylan's brain.
Present day
"I hated that bit when you went off with George because I knew you had cried and I wasn't there to comfort you," Aron says, as my mom took the story in. I was looking at my phone for a moment because Jorel had asked me to meet up with him and everyone else who likes Aron later at the bar so we could have a fun night. "Sounds to me like you definitely need an intervention with Matt. He will possibly bring the band down if he carries on the way he is going. That whole shoving and yelling at you was totally uncalled for," mom says, and she hugged me. I can't wait for tonight if we are going to have a good time. Jorel was calling me and I was ignoring him as I had already replied to his text message.
"I know mom, but it is hard. It's like talking to a brick wall whenever you mention Aron's name to Matt," I tell her, I had finished my brunch ages ago and I had washed and dried all of the dishes as I was talking. I was a little worried about the possibility of Matt destroying the band after the way he has behaved, but I am sure this time around all of us will be strong and ignore his efforts. It is not our fault he choses not to see how nice Aron is to everyone. The times where he has been there on tour or a studio day and gives us food because he knows we have been too busy to get it ourselves. I laugh as Aron pushes my phone towards me. Jorel was being persistent with his calls that is for sure. I finally answered the call.
J: Finally, were you sleeping or something?
D: Hello to you too. No, I was talking to my mom in person and I already replied to your text to say I am going tonight.
J: Ohh yeah... my bad. Have you heard from Aron? He's invited too.
D: Yeah, he texted me to say he was going too, and I should to.
J: Good we need a night out
D: Yeah, we do
J: I have tried to pick a place that Matt wouldn't be so hopefully no confrontations tonight and just fun
D: No worries about that. I saw his snapchat earlier and he is spending the day in Las Vegas with Austin
J: Thank fuck for that man. We don't need no party pooper tonight
D: Yeah, are you sure you're not drunk already?
J: I will have you know Mr Daniel I am perfectly sober right this second. Not had a single drink. See ya later
D: Okay whatever you say Mr Jorel. See you later
"Fucking weirdo," I mumble as the phone call ends and Aron laughs. My mom shakes her head, I had the call on speaker the entire time. "I shall leave you two to it. Be sensible tonight and for the love of god use protection," she says, and I laugh while Aron tries to hide. "Alright mom see you later," I tell her, and I give her a hug. She hugs me back and then goes to give Aron a hug. "Your mom is the best," Aron says after my mom left. I was so gad that she was supportive of my relationship with Aron. Just because I have a boyfriend does not mean I can't give her grandchildren. She knows surrogacy and adoption are options and they are something I am considering when Aron and I are further down the line in our relationship. "She really is, I know she will come up with something to stop this silliness going on," I tell him.
I snuggle up to Aron on the couch and we watch some movies and TV shows. We have a few hours to kill before we have to leave the apartment to go to the bar for dinner. "I can't get over how through all of this that I still have the guys as my friends. Sometimes I wake up in my apartment and I don't believe I have you or the guys in my life then you text me and it's all okay," he tells me after a while. I know he has changed from the man he was immediately after he had been kicked out and he had given everyone he had hurt formal apologies which all, but one person accepted. We know why Aron did what he did ad we would be very stupid to hold a grudge against him when he has seen the error of his ways.
"I know, but I am happy that it has worked out as well as it has. Yeah, Matt's an issue right now, but think about it. It could have gone a lot worse than it did. You could have been outright rejected by all of them," I tell him, and that was where we decided to leave the conversation. An hour before we are due to leave, we get ready and Aron says he will arrive at the bar a few minutes after me to hide the fact that he was in the apartment with me and we look less like we are dating each other and more like we are friends. "Ugh I am going to have to resist kissing your pretty face all night. This is going to kill me Danny," he tells me, and I chuckle as I wrap my arms around his waist. We can get all our kissing done now.
"Well, nothing is stopping us from making tonight the night we come out to the ones we trust right?" I tell him, it would certainly take a huge weight off us. We would only have to hide our relationship from Matt then and there are plenty of times like tonight where we are away from Matt and with the rest of the guys. "Yeah, we'll see. After how stressed you got last night over it I kinda want to wait and see if they figure it out for themselves first before we spill the beans. If they ask about it, they will probably be more willing to accept it," Aron tells me. He is making a fair point, I guess. I know Jorel is more curious about us than the others and I don't know if they have figured it out yet. I guess we could hint at it during the night as much as we dare and see what happens.
It felt weird to leave at the same time as Aron, but to have Aron arrive at the bar five minutes after I had done. I naturally acted like I had not seen him in a while, and we hugged before I sat down. I already had a drink I was guarding against spiking while I was drinking it. Jorel had gotten me a drink as I arrived. Aron chose to sit next to me, and George was on the other side. Jordon and Dylan looked like they had pre drinks as they "danced" with different girls on the dance floor. At least we know they are having the intended fun and carefree time. "Those two were drunk when they showed up," Jorel explains as Aron and I watch the younger two men on the dance floor. "Doesn't surprise me really," Aron says.
George was wasted by the time we had all finished our meals and he was joining in with the other two who were still on the floor and now starting to get some pretty harsh rejections. Jorel had gone to get us another drink. I had walked from the apartment, so I could get as drunk as I wanted. Which I didn't want to do tonight. We can use tonight as a date night, and no one will ever know. Aron had driven here so he was dedicating himself to driving any of the drunk trio home if they needed it and refused a taxi. I sneaked a kiss while Jorel wasn't looking and Aron smiled at me. We are playing a very dangerous game right now. Jorel could come back at anytime and catch us and he wasn't drunk, so he would question it.
We had managed to get away with it the first time. But when Jorel came back with another round of drinks an hour later Aron had kissed me and Jorel had seen it. "So uhh, when did this happen?" he asks, not sounding in the least bit angry with either of us. "About sixish months after we met. When I said Danny was the reason, we could become friends again I was not kidding," Aron says, and I nod to confirm it and we were both hugged by Jorel. Okay, so at least one member of the band accepts it. "Nice, I was kinda suspecting it. I just didn't want to out you guys if you weren't ready and the drunkards won't know until then," he tells us which is nice. I knew one person wasn't going to know.
"We can probably let the drunkards know in a couple of days and when they are sober. We have your blessing at least and we don't really need Matt's," I tell him. I was feeling a lot more confident about this now than I was at four am. It would lead to me telling Aron I am overthinking yet again, but he hates it when I say that and then he finds a way to justify the whole think which shoots down my self-doubt. Our conversation was cut short by a drunken Dylan who crashed down next to me and wrapped his arms around me. "Dannny, did I ever tell you how sexy I think you are?" Dylan asks, slurring all his words and making Aron very jealous. I look to Jorel who is busy trying to not laugh and give the game up to the man who was not going to remember this in the morning.
Jorel has his phone out and he is recording us. He loves having any kind of bribing material when we are drunk. "I don't think you've ever told me that Dylan," I tell him, looking at the drunk man. He was nearly falling on me and Aron was doing his best to support me. "Well, I think you are very fucking sexy Danny boi," Dylan replies and I gently push him upright as I saw a girl nearby who was waiting for him. "Aw I am flattered, but I think the girl over there wants to work her ass for the funny money," I tell him, quoting one of our songs and succeeding to send the drunk man away. I put my head in my hands and shook it before I looked at Jorel who laughed. "Well, was not expecting that," I tell them.
Now Jorel knows about us, it is perfectly safe for me to kiss Aron on the cheek to calm him down. Aron never really acts on his jealousy even though I know he really wants to do it. The guys have all been drunk around each other, but Dylan hasn't really done that to me. He doesn't really try and hit on any of the guys when he is drunk. He tends to hit on girls until they end up punching him in the face. "Don't worry baby. I will never leave you for any member of the band no matter how hard they try and hit on me," I tell Aron, who was recovering from the moment between Dylan and I. Jorel shakes his head and almost tries to down his drink in one. "Poor Aron, Dylan trying to steal his man," Jorel says. I hold my breath as moments later George walks back over and he was a bit more sober.
"You guys all okay over here?" he asks, and he had not heard the conversation between Dylan, Aron, Jorel and I. "Yeah, just had a very drunk Dylan try and hit on me and I used a war child quote to get him away," I tell him, without any mention of Aron being my boyfriend. George has a similar reaction to Jorel, and I laughed. I can't believe the War Child quote worked as well as it ended up doing. By the end of the night Jorel had asked us if we trusted George enough and George found out about us dating. He accepts that and says he has kinda been waiting for the announcement for a while now. Apparently, we were not so subtle back when we were in the hospital. He was really worried about me if I was being honest.
We go back to the apartment together as Jorel and George task themselves with making sure that Jordon and Dylan get home in one piece. Those boys were still pretty drunk when it got towards closing time. I hold Aron's hand the entire time we walk home, and we get changed into our pjs as soon as we get into the apartment. "Well, that went better than expected apart from Dylan," Aron says. I kiss Aron on the cheek and blush when he kisses me back. "He's drunk, he won't even remember what happened when he wakes up tomorrow," I tell him, touching my protective boyfriend on the cheek. He hugs me tightly. "I know, but we have to remember Dylan saying how sexy he finds you when I should be the one saying that," he says.
"I know how sexy you find me you dork. I find you just as sexy," I tell him, and he grins. I fixed the entire situation and I hug him in bed. "I love you so much Danny," he tells me. Louie joins us in bed and snuggles up almost like a needy toddler. "I love you too Aron," I tell him. I laugh as Louie gets up to lick us both and then snuggles back into my side. "Aw Louie, we love you. You silly little dog," I tell him. I close my eyes and let Aron rub my back a little bit. "Goodnight Aron," I tell him, and he stops rubbing my back when he realises how close to sleep I am. "Goodnight Danny bear," he tells me. I fall asleep happier than I did the night before.
I hope you enjoyed this one shot! Let me know what you think and I'll see you next time.
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