Phil was sitting on his bed looking at Lion when Dan knocked.

"Can I come in?"

"Sure."

Phil felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up into chestnut eyes. "You okay, Phil?"

Phil nodded and looked down at Lion again. Dan sat across from him.

"Why did you call me here?"

"I.. Wanted to talk to you about something."

Dan's heart sunk at the tone of his friend's voice. He knew this wasn't going to be good. "What is it?"

"Well, I've been.. Thinking. If what's happening to me ends badly, I want all cards out on the table."
Phil swallowed a lump in his throat. "You're my brother, Dan. My best friend. I don't know where I'd be without you. You've been there for me through so much and I don't -" His voice cracked.
"I don't know where I would be without you." Phil sighed and ran his hands through his hair. "I love you. NOT in a weird, creepy, sexual way that everyone seems to think I do, but I do love you. And I do care for you. And please, if I.. If I leave, don't stop doing what you love. The radio show, YouTube - keep at it, because you're brilliant at it and it makes you happy."

He looked up at Dan, who was concentrating on his shoes, frowning. Phil winced and buried his face in a pillow. After a while, he heard Dan speak.

"I love you too, Phil, but you're not going to leave me." His voice with thick with emotion. Phil removed the pillow from his face to find Dan wiping his eyes.

"You're not going to leave me, OK? You're not. Don't speak like that. You're going to be OK. You are, we'll figure this out together."

Phil blinked a couple of times. "But Dan.."

"YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE ME PHIL."

Dan rushed out the door, and a moment later Phil heard his bedroom door close.
Phil got up and went to Dan's door.

"Dan?" Phil knocked.
"Dan, can I come in? Dan?"

Dan ignored him. He couldn't speak, his body was shaking and his throat hurt. He buried his head under a pillow and began to sob, listening to Phil's knocks and pleas. After about ten minutes, Dan realized he couldn't hear Phil outside his door anymore.
He got up slowly, rubbing his eyes and fixing his mussed up hair. Dan opened his door and stuck his head out.

"Phil?" He called out.

He checked Phil's room, but there wasn't anyone in there. Lion was lying discarded on the floor.

Dan started panicking. Where is he?

He checked the bathroom. Nothing. Same with the living room. Oh god, Dan thought, looking at the doors to the balcony.What if...

He stepped outside and inched closer to the railing. He held his breath and peeked over the side. Breathing a sigh of relief, he quickly went back inside, shutting and locking the door behind. He just turned when he heard the sound of the front door closing.

"Phil?" He called, stepping into the hallway outside. He caught a glimpse of Phil just before the elevator doors closed.

Phil's eyes were white.