Summary: Dan works at a small office doing coffee runs. His boss, Mr. Lester, needs Dan to do him a favor while his parents are in town for the next couple of weeks.

Genre/Tags: Fake relationship, getting together, alternate universe

Words: 1,929

A/N: Heya! So I think I finally figured out how often I'm going to update this fic. I'm thinking maybe every 2-3 weeks? I know that sounds really long but I'm sorry. There's not really much I can do lol plus I'm a slow writer? Okay well here's chapter four. And also, major thanks to cynx-17-kh and dansduvet on tumblr for helping me edit this chapter! So give your love to them. They're awesome people 3

Later that day after having his conversation with PJ, Dan told himself that he would call Louise and tell her his final decision. It was pretty late in the evening, and Dan figured Louise was getting ready for bed around this time. He thought it would be okay to have a quick conversation and decided to just ring her up.

"Hello?" The woman said from the other side of the line as she picked up.

"Hey, Louise!" Dan said in a fake excited voice.

"Oh, hello Dan!" Louise said back, imitating his tone. "What a lovely surprise! Why are you calling me this late?"

"Well. I have some news. So, guess what?" He asked while continuing with the same voice.

"Alright, cut to the chase, kid. I don't have time for this," Louise said through the phone.

"Rude," he muttered softly.

"Heard that."

"Okay, so…" Dan took a shaky breath. "Looks like I'm going to pretend to be someone's gay lover for a while."

Louise giggled. "I already knew you were going to take up on the offer anyway."

"Whatever. So this is for real now. I need to say goodbye to my life for a few weeks. Isn't that being married is all about?" Dan laughed nervously.

"Shut up, don't be such a bum about it. Maybe it'll be fun. Who knows? Maybe you'll finally find true love along the way!"

"Now how will that even happen?" Dan asked.

"You'll never know what'll happen between you two," the woman said suggestively.

"You need to stop reading fanfictions on the internet, Louise."

"Never! So when will you tell our dearest boss, Philip?"

"Oh yeah. Good point. Maybe tomorrow when I go into work," Dan said. "Oh god… I don't think I'm prepared for that."

"What do you mean?" Louise asked.

"What the hell am I supposed to say to him?" Dan paused. "'Hi, you know that thing you asked me to do? Yeah, well I guess I can be your husband for a few weeks.'"

Louise laughed.

"That'd be so awkward!" Dan exclaimed, taking her laughter as a sign of affirmation.

"I'm sure you'll be fine! Just go knock on his door and tell him that you'll do it. That's it. Just that. It'll be that easy, come on Dan," Louise said encouragingly.

"Easier said than done, Louise. Not everyone is outgoing like you, remember?"

"You don't need to be outgoing to tell your boss that you're agreeing to help him out by being his lover for a while."

"Yeah, yeah. Well, I'll see you at work tomorrow."

"Mhm. Goodnight Dan!"

"Goodnight." Dan hung up the phone.

The next day, Dan woke up to the blaring sound of his alarm. Except this time, he actually stayed awake instead of hitting the snooze button. He felt a bit proud of himself.

He lazily rolled out of bed and went through his usual routine of work mornings: get dressed, brush his teeth, fix his hair, eat breakfast, and get to work.

When he got to work, he finally remembered that he was supposed to tell a certain someone that he has agreed to do that certain someone a very big favor. Realization hit him and Dan began to feel nervous as he slowly approached the building. Dan figured that he could go to Louise's office first to stall for a while but he knew that she'd know what he was trying to do in the first two minutes. He could still give it a shot, and he could also ask for moral support before he leaves anyway.

Dan walked through the building and reached Louise's room and knocked twice before opening the door.

"What's the point of knocking if you're not even going to wait for me to answer?" Louise asked, not looking away from her computer as she busily clicked at her keyboard.

Dan shrugged even though Louise probably couldn't see him. "I don't know but hey, I woke up on time today - without your help." He started pointing at her in victory. "Ha, in your face!"

Louise finally stopped typing and looked up at him. She raised her brow. "Is that something to be proud of?"

"For me?" Dan pretended to think. "Yeah."

The woman only shook her head but Dan knew that Louise knew he was right.

"Isn't there something that you need to do?" She asked innocently.

"Uhh - um. No...?" He trailed off.

"Hmm, that's funny. I believe that there is something that you need to be doing and I think it's rather important too," she said.

Dan sighed. "Okay, I just came in here for two things. I needed to stall and I also need moral support."

"Don't you worry, I'm all the moral support you need. Now go get em, tiger." Louise stood up and walked towards Dan to push him out of her office.

"Please don't ever say that again." Dan cringed.

"I will say it again if you don't go right now." Louise threatened.

Dan held up his arms defensively. "Alright, alright. I'm going."

The brown haired man walked into the hallway and nervously glanced at the other people passing by him. His co-workers stared at him while he made his way to Phil's office, as if they were questioning why the coffee boy was going to their boss's office.

Dan awkwardly avoided their glares and continued down the hall until he finally reached his destination. He was right in front of Phil's office and he didn't know why, but he was more nervous than ever.

Here we go...

He raised his fist and quickly knocked three times. Dan waited a few seconds before heading his boss's deep voice.

"Come in."

Dan took a deep breath before turning the door handle and entering the room. There he saw Phil staring intently at his computer screen, probably going over important files, before noticing that the younger man was in the room.

"Why hello there, Dan!" His boss said too cheerfully.

Dan forced a smile and said, "Hi."

And soon after, the two men stayed in silence. Dan stood there awkwardly, swaying from left to right, while nervously tapping his fingers on the side of his legs to somewhat calm his nerves. The older man was still typing away at his keyboard, seemingly ignoring the other male's presence for a moment.

"So what brings you here?" Phil asked politely, finally breaking the silence.

The younger pursed his lips. He already knew what Phil was doing. He was being too nice and he was hoping Dan would agree to help him. Dan knew that Phil knew. Phil knew exactly why Dan was in that room right now, but of course he had to play it innocent. Good tactic, Dan thought.

"I came here to talk to you about the... The thing?" Dan said, realizing how stupid he really sounded only seconds after.

His boss took off his glasses and set them carefully on his desk. Phil gestured to the chair in front of him. "Why don't you take a seat, Dan?" Phil offered while flashing Dan a bright smile, teeth and all.

The brunet complied and finally sat down after jittering for the past few minutes.

"So what is it?" Phil asked, his smile still unwavering.

Dan gulped and took a quick moment to rethink his decision. But he couldn't back out now, he was already here in Phil's office and had already told Louise and PJ that he'd do this. He wanted to get his promotion and he was sure he was going to get it after this. So Dan pushed any discouraging thoughts in the back of his mind before thinking, fuck it.

He took a deep breath. "I'll do it."

Dan had meant to say it more confidentially, but he thought it came out more shaky than he had intended. Hopefully Phil wouldn't notice, he thought.

But now he held his breath. He bit his lip in anticipation as he waited for his boss to say something, anything. He closed his eyes shut.

Then he heard a deep laugh erupting from the man sitting across him. Dan opened his eyes. He stared at Phil in a questioning manner, thoroughly confused..

After Phil had calmed down, he wiped away his tears from the laughter.

"I was getting worried. I was afraid you'd say no. I wouldn't know what to do then." Phil laughed again. "Ah, I'm just so glad and so relieved. Thank you. This means a lot to me, Dan. I really appreciate what you're doing for me."

Dan feels a blush forming on his cheeks. He scratches his neck.

"It's not a big deal, right? It's not like we're actually married anyway," he laughed nervously.

Phil smiles softly, "Yeah..."

Dan coughed. "So what now?"

Phil sat up quickly, alarmed by the sudden question. "Oh. Ah, yes. Hmm, I'll give you my personal mobile number and I can text you to meet up somewhere so we can discuss that. If you're okay with that, that is."

"Yeah, sure I'm fine with that."

"That's great. I just didn't want to talk about this now since we're both still at work and should be doing our job. And I don't believe this is really the environment to talk about that," Phil said.

"Of course. I agree." the younger replied.

His boss then took out a small slip of paper and quickly wrote something on it. He smiled once again at Dan and passed him the paper. "Alright, this is my number. You can send me a text right now and I'll get back to you later."

Dan took this as an opportunity to take out his phone and send Phil a short message before slipping his phone back into his pocket.

A ding soon followed after and Phil pulled out his phone. "Perfect. I'll send you a message later, okay? You can get back to work now."

Dan didn't bother to say anything else, he was too afraid he just might explode. He couldn't believe any of that had happened. He couldn't even believe it went as smoothly as it did. He was quite impressed with himself, he'd admit that.

He nodded and backed out of the black haired man's room and hurriedly ran back to Louise's office.

Dan didn't even bother to knock this time and just rushed into the room, almost making Louise jump out of her chair in shock.

"Jesus, Dan! What's gotten into you?" she stared at the brown headed man.

The man took deep breaths. "I can't believe I just did that. Louise, I just did it. I'm going to be someone's husband. What the hell did I just sign up for? Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god."

"Okay, okay - Dan. Calm down. It'll be okay. Stop worrying so much. You will be fine," Louise reassured him.

"I know, but what if I mess up? Oh god, I'm not prepared. What am I doing?" Dan asked himself.

"Your best," Louise snickered.

Dan glared at the blonde woman.

"I'm serious, Louise."

"I am too!" she said while throwing her hands in the air in defense. "You're a hard worker, and I know this is a bit different from your usual work field, but I'm sure you'll do just fine. So stop worrying and go home and start packing or something."

Dan groaned. "I totally forgot about that too… I have to practically move too! I shouldn't have agreed."

"Stop that. You're doing the right thing. Just go along with it, you'll be okay."

He sighed. "I hope so."

A/N: Thank you for reading this and I really do appreciate all of the positive feedback that I've been getting 3