Summary: It would never be him.
Characters: Kwan with Dash x Danny
Prompt: Cross Dress Jealousy

Day Seventeen

"Remind me why we agreed to wear this?"

Kwan bit his lip, trying not to snicker at his grumpy friend as Dash tugged at the short pleated skirt of the cheerleading outfit that Paulina practically forced him to wear that morning. It looked fairly ridiculous on the buff body of a football player, but Kwan wasn't exactly one to talk since Paulina made him wear one as well. The things they did for friendship. Kwan shook his head at that thought.

"Because Paulina's our friend, and we're not going to let her lose a bet," Kwan reminded as Dash huffed irritably. When the door to the bathroom opened, Dash shot a glare at it, ready to snap at whomever entered. The blond jock's foul mood seemed to evaporate immediately when his blue eyes landed on the man that stepped through the door.

"What are you wearing?" Fenton asked, blinking surprised eyes. His mouth twitched somewhat, like he was restraining the grin that was threatening to spread over his face at the sight of the two jocks wearing the ridiculous cheerleading uniforms.

"You know," Dash said slowly, a smirk replacing his scowl as he approached Fenton. In a few long strides, the jock had the other man backed up against the wall with a hand placed awfully close to Fenton's head. They were about the same height now, Dash no longer having to lean down to put himself at eye level with the loser. Fenton filled out somewhat over the years, putting on some muscle, but he didn't compare to Dash in terms of buffness. "Paulina made sure to have a uniform ready for you to wear too."

Kwan watched the exchange. The two men with their heads so close their lips could practically touch. A flush crept onto Fenton's face at the nearness, and he licked his lips as he stared into Dash's eyes. It was like a game they played, seeing how close they could get, dancing around the truth, before one of them cracked and kissed the other.

And it hurt him so badly to watch the pair. Kwan kept his own feelings bottled up while his best friend crushed over the loser. He tried to ignore it, but he was insanely jealous of Fenton who managed to steal his friend's heart. Why? It was a question that circled his mind every day since realizing Dash had feelings for Fenton. Why him?

"I'll catch you later," Kwan said with his usual cheer as he slipped out of the bathroom. He barely heard Dash mumbled a confused "see ya" before the door closed behind him. They still had some time before the first class of the day started, and Kwan wandered the halls, not knowing what else to do. He had to get away from the pair before his emotions just bubbled over and did something he would regret.

It was better like this. He told himself that over and over, like somehow repeating the words would make it true and lessen the pain. But it seemed to only make it worse. What made it better? Why would Dash choosing Fenton instead of him be better? He tried to convince himself of that fact, but it was a failing argument.

They would all be off at college next year. He would have plenty of chances to find someone else to love then. But it was just another lie he told himself. Who would ever take the place of Dash in his heart? They were best friends since they were in diapers. They fought on occasion, but they always remained the best of friends. But Dash would never look at him the same way he looked at Fenton, and that killed Kwan every day that he had to sit back and watch them.

The bell rang somewhere in the distance, and it barely registered in his mind that he left the school. Sometimes, he wished he could forget all about his feelings for Dash.

animevampLlover: XD Yeah. I kind of wrote it as a pre-Doctor Dash scene.

Just Will: Haha, yeah. XD Jack likes to stick his name on everything. Danny did somehow convince Sam to use Jackson as Lex's middle name though. XD;; Ugh! Sometimes I really wish they would have given us more background on all the characters. Like, I think Jack mentioned once that they had to eat horse meat during the war. And that's just like "... what?!" Thanks~ I'm glad you thought it was cute~ =)

midnight: Thanks~ =) No~ She died when Lex was 4. I think. Let's see. Lex is 7 in Doctor Dash, so yeah. He was 4, because Sam died 3 years prior to the start of the story.

MsFrizzle: Why thank you! X3 It's pretty fun writing Danny in a domestic setting. 8D