A/N Hey! I want to thank PhineasFlynns and Coopkat53 for reviewing my last chapter, this one is for you two ;D
Disclaimer: I do not own Phineas and Ferb, Disney do, and if I did I would not have Isabella drooling over Phineas, the girl is too clingy.
Ferb woke up, yawning and for some reason worried not knowing exactly what he was worried about. Shrugging he got out of his bed, stretching as he walked towards the shower. Jumping in and having a quick shower, wrapping a towel around his waist and walking back into his room. Phineas still asleep on the bed, making Ferb chuckle as he saw Perry laying on his head, his laugh suddenly stopping as a cold shiver ran down his spine, knowing why he felt worried. Yesterday's events washed over him, making him wince as he dressed as fast as he can but making as little noise, slipping back out the room only waking Perry up who gave his cute little sound and jumped from Phineas head to walk out of the door. Ferb shaking his head with a fond smile on his lips, shutting the door and walking downstairs to see his mum already awake and making bacon and eggs.
"Morning Ferb honey, you ok?" Ferb nodded as he jumped up to sit on the barstool, resting his elbow on the breakfast counter with his head resting on his palms.
"Where is Phineas?" His mum asked, making Ferb's eyes widen, him and Phineas always walked to breakfast together, shrugging at him mum he looked away at Perry who was curled up in his bed. His mum frowning as she wondered if the boys had a falling out, not mentioning anything however.
Phineas opened his eyes slowly, looking over at his brother's empty bed and heaving a huge sigh, he was supposed to get up early so he could corner his brother. Running his hands through his hair he slowly got out of bed, sluggishly working his way through his morning routine of getting dress. Finally in his clothes and walking slowly down the steps, rubbing sleep out of his eyes as he saw his brother eating toast, bacon and egg with their mum. He smirked when he saw an empty place next to Ferb, grabbing a plate of food and taking the spot. Sensing Ferb tense up but acting like he didn't notice.
"Morning." Phineas spoke with a cheery voice, Ferb nodding to his brother while his mum returned a morning. Everyone tucking into the food in front of them.
"This food is brilliant mum!" Phineas exclaimed, making his mum chuckle and Ferb's lips twitch at the corner.
"Thank you." Their mum chuckled, taking their plates and going into the kitchen to wash the plates up, giving Phineas a chance to turn around to speak to Ferb, only to find him gone. Ferb could be such a sly git at times.
Ferb had followed his mum when she took the dishes out, moving as quiet as a mouse as he did, knowing his brother would try to stop him if he made a noise.
"Mum can I help?" He asked, his mum looking shocked, not because Ferb was being helpful but he was normally glued to Phineas's side, even when doing chores.
"Sure honey." She replied, hesitantly, Ferb smiling and washing up their breakfast plates, his mind drifting as the bubbles soothed him. Wondering how he was going to avoid his brother for the whole summer, which seemed nearly impossible. Looking up at the calendar on the wall he smiled brightly, their sister Candice would be returning today. That should be able to distract Phineas for a while. Hearing footsteps, he quickly turned around, spotting Phineas walking up the stairs looking as if he was trying to find someone. Ferb quickly pressing himself closer to the sink to hide, holding his breath counting in his head until he was sure Phineas was upstairs, letting out the air in a relieved sigh.
Hearing the doorbell go, Ferb dried off his hands and walked out of the kitchen before quickly backtracking into it as Phineas bounded down the stairs to open the door. Ferb hiding behind the wall as he peeked out to see who it was, spotting Isabella and frowning, normally the gang would just turn up in their backyard and knock on the back door if they weren't outside. Wondering what she wanted, Ferb walked out and stood behind his brother, waving to Isabella who smiled and waved back. Making Phineas look back and smile at his brother, Ferb not meeting Phineas's eye but staring straight at Isabella who was now talking to Phineas again.
"So are we going to the cinema tomorrow?" She asked nervously, Phineas flinching as he stumbled for words, Ferb feeling sorry for his brother and walking up to him, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Phineas and I are planning to have a monster movie day." Isabella looked disappointed but nodded, waving as she walked back. Phineas closing the door which gave Ferb a reason to remove his hand from his brother's shoulder, turning around and walking into the living room, knowing his mum was there. Sitting next to her just as Phineas ran into the room, looking disappointed that their mum was there, sitting next to Ferb. Almost too close, Ferb squirming as he wondered what he could do to run. Letting out a sigh of relief as the doorbell once again rang Ferb getting up, walking over to the door, and opening to reveal his sister smiling brightly.
"Hey little brother." She ruffled his hair before walking in, Ferb getting her suitcase and bringing inside, making Candice smile appreciatively at him. "Thanks." He gave her a thumb up as he shut the door, walking with her into the living room. He watched his mum and brother jump up to embrace Candice with a warm smile on his lips.
Ferb turned on his heels and walked up the stairs, going into his room and laying down on his bed, thoughts running through his mind. Thinking of reasons why the machine would have said that. Excuses really, pulled out of his thoughts when the door to his room opened Phineas standing in the doorframe. Ferb waved to him, already having his story planned out in his head, laying back on his bed which dipped when Phineas sat on it.
"We need to talk Ferb." Phineas spoke softly, Ferb looking at him with an eyebrow raised, the question obvious in his eyes. 'Do we?' Phineas almost blinked as he nodded slowly, Ferb sitting up and staring at his brother, step brother his mind reminded him.
"About what the machine said..." Phineas started, Ferb holding a hand up giving Phineas a smile.
"The machine misread my emotions, I know what it said but I don't feel that way about you Phin. You are my brother, and that's how I see you as." Ferb shrugged and smiled sheepishly.
"I actually don't know why the machine said that, I think we must have done something wrong." Ferb acting his part expertly, adding a frown as if thinking about what they could have done wrong. Phineas looking almost hurt as he got off his bed and walked over to his own bed with a simple 'Oh' almost convincing Ferb to drag him back and kiss him senseless but this was better for the both of them. It would never work out, two brothers living in the same house not to mention to morals of it. Shaking his head Ferb slipped under the blankets and snuggled down, hearing the soft breathing of Phineas in the bed next to him, squeezing his eyes shut and trying to push away the guilt and pain of what he just did.
Ferb didn't mean to fall asleep, he only meant to look like he was to make Phineas leave, but when he opened his eyes it was dark outside. Looking at the clock on his table he saw the little green numbers read 11:34. Blinking he sat up, looking around the room and found Phineas curled up in the fetal position on his bed, whimpering. Immediately jumping out of his bed and running over to Phineas, sitting next to him and pulling him onto his lap."Phin...Phinny?" Ferb asked worriedly, his nickname for his brother coming naturally. Phineas's eyes fluttering open to rest on his brother, flinching and pulling back, wounding Ferb although he didn't show it. Letting him go and watching Phineas shift away from him, his fingers curling into a fist as he stayed quiet, watching his brother intensely.
"Sorry." Phineas whispered before continuing. "I had a bad dream. You...You were trying to kill me." He shuddered, Ferb instantly wrapping his arms around his younger brother and holding him tightly, rubbing his hand up and down his arm feeling Phineas relax under his touch and feeling slightly smug.
"Phinny I would never hurt you." Ferb whispered, Phineas nodding in response and leaning in closer to Ferb, the British lad keeping his arms tightly around him until he felt stable enough to pull away. They stayed like that for a while, Phineas wrapped up in Ferb's arms while Ferb held him tightly, not taking long for Phineas to fall asleep. Ferb placing him back into his bed and pulling the covers up, seeing the small smile on Phins lips, not helping but lean forward and press a gentle kiss to his lips, hoping not to disturb him. Ferb stayed with Phineas through the night, lying down next to his brother who had his head resting on Ferb's chest, his own hands wrapped around Phineas's tiny waist. Happily falling asleep both boys having sweet dreams.
Waking up the next morning found Ferb feeling stiff, a weight pushing down on his chest as he spotted his brother lying across his chest. Chuckling softly he laid his brother down on the bed and slipped out, hearing his name leaving Phineas's mouth. Smiling softly he walked over to the dresser and slipping into his everyday wear.
"Ferb..." A soft whisper reached Ferb's ears, looking over and frowning at his brother. "Aren't we watching Monster Movie all day today?" Ferb almost laughed, he forgot he said that but he didn't think Phineas would take him seriously.
"If you want to brother." Phineas seemed to frown at the last word but as soon as Ferb blinked it was gone, thinking he must have imagined it. Phineas nodded and Ferb gave him a thumbs up, going downstairs to microwave some popcorn. Getting enough popcorn for about...15 minutes if he knew his brother but that was all he was doing for now, walking back upstairs with a bowl of popcorn and two drinks he spotted his brother bending down to pick out some DVD's. Making Ferb almost drop the popcorn but managing to retain his self and sit in front of the TV, holding up the popcorn to Phineas who beamed.
"You got popcorn!" Phineas played the first DVD, sitting next to Ferb as the both of them watched the film, munching on the popcorn as the film progressed. Ferb sneaking glances at his brother throughout the movie, always facing forward when he even got a hint that his brother was about to turn his head towards Ferb, hoping that his lie yesterday wouldn't be found out. The movie and popcorn was slowly coming to the end, making Ferb jump up as he pointed to the bowl telling Phineas he was going to refill it, the boy in question nodding as his eyes stayed glued to the TV making Ferb chuckle. Leaving the room and heading downstairs as he re-filed the popcorn bowl. As he waited for the popcorn to finish popping, he thought about his brother, wondering if his brother even suspected that Ferb had lied. Knowing Phineas he probably didn't, he was always too oblivious to them sorts of thing, he didn't even know Isabella liked him.
His phone rang in his pocket, making him jump. Chuckling when he saw who it was, Speak of the devil he thought as he answered the phone.
"Ferb can I ask you something?" Ferb waited for her to ask him, he knew she knew he never spoke on the phone. "Does...Does Phineas know I like him?" Ferb rolled his eyes, he didn't want to be the one to answer, keeping quiet until Isabella sighed. "I know, I should ask him myself, thanks Ferb." She cut off, slipping his phone into his pocket as he refilled the bowl, taking it upstairs. Spotting Phineas on the phone looking lost, raising an eyebrow at his brother Phineas just shook his head, sitting back down Ferb took a handful of popcorn, waiting for Phineas to finish his phone call.
"Yes I know...But...Izzy...Ok Ok... Tomorrow? I guess... Ok." Phineas sighed and took some of the popcorn, stuffing it in his mouth, making Ferb's eyebrow raise once again.
"Isabella just asked me to go to the cinema with her tomorrow and I did promise her in school that we would go cinema in the holidays." Phineas scratched his neck, looking up at the clock that hung on the wall, seeing that it was 12 o'clock, wondering where all the time went. Ferb was rather jealous of Isabella at that point but hid this from his step brother, choosing to smile instead.
"Well Isabella is a pretty girl, I am quite sure that you will have a great time, Phineas." Phineas noted the use of his full name, normally it was Phin or bro or Phinny, wondering if he had made his brother mad. Ferb saw the worry cross Phineas's eyes and gave him a smile, more to show that he wasn't angry at him than anything else. Both boys sat back down, the mood slightly down and awkward as they watched more monster movies, not really getting into any of the films. Both minds drifting off into tomorrow, Phineas wondering what he was going to wear and what film Izzy wanted to watch while Ferb thought about all the ways he could try to keep Phineas in the house. Both stayed quiet throughout the whole of the movies and dinner, finally going to bed and just laying there. Ferb could hear Phineas's deep breathing, the tell tale signs that he was deep in thought, finally letting out a sigh. Phineas had a date. With Isabella.
"Fan-fucking-tastic." Ferb whispered to himself.