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"Dammit, I died again!" Dan watched as Arin's screen once again changed to a 'GAME OVER'. Arin sighed and stared at the machine for a moment before looking at Dan.
"I'm done. Do you want to play?" Dan glanced at the machine before shaking his head.
"No way dude. It's a lot more fun to watch you and make jokes." Arin nodded in understanding.
"Yeah, I get what you mean. Well, I'm getting kind of tired of video games. Do you want to go eat?"
"Hell yeah! I could totally go for a burger right now. Come on, I know just the place!" Arin followed as Dan led him outside and down the streets before stopping in his tracks.
"Hey, hang on. Let me text Ross so they don't wonder where we went." Dan nodded as Arin quickly typed a text updating Ross and Barry. Gesturing for Dan to lead on, Arin wondered where they could be heading, and if he had ever been there. Lost in his thoughts, Arin almost ran into Dan when he stopped.
"We're here! Have you ever been here before?" Arin looked up to see the giant "In-N-Out Burger" sign. Despite living in California for all of his young life, Arin had never been to In-N-Out. As he shook his head, Arin watched Dan's expression change from inquisitive to surprised.
"Really? Holy crap. Get ready for some of the best burgers in your life, then!" Dan said, and dragged Arin into the restaurant. After being sat down in what Dan called "the best booth in the resteraunt", Arin took the time to examine the booths and tables. It was busy, but not nearly as busy as Arin expected it to be.
"I'll order for you, to make sure that you get the absolute best on the menu. Stay here." And with that Dan was up at the counter and Arin was left to his own thoughts. With nothing to really think about, he decided to eavesdrop a bit on the table next to him, filled with some girls he recognized from older classes at High School.
"Haven't you heard? Jenessa got her name, and apparently it's RYAN! Can you believe that? There's no way Ryan is her soulmate!" A blonde one said.
"Well I've heard that Ryan hasn't gotten his name yet. If that's true, than Jenessa might not be his soulmate." The redhead sitting next to her stated. Remembering his own name, Arin looked down at his wrist. Dan. Who could that be? The only Dan he knows is....
"Here comes food!" Arin was startled out of his thoughts as a burger was placed in front of him. He watched as Danny quickly scrambled into the booth chair across from him, and immediately picked up his own burger before looking again at Arin with his mouth half ready to take a giant bite.
"..... What?" Arin grinned at this odd, wild-haired boy across from him before finally picking up his own burger. Dan watched as Arin took a bite, curious as to how Arin would react to his first In-N-Out burger. The look of wonder that seemed to cross Arin's face before he dived right back in to his burger was enough for Dan to return to his own burger. Eating in relative silence until each boy's burger was gone, Dan watched as Arin finished his burger before speaking.
"What did you think? Best burgers since ever or what?"
"Amazing. How could I not know that these existed?" Arin leaned back and contentedly sighed, patting his stomach for good measure.
"EXACTLY! People just think 'oh it's just a fast-food place, it's not going to be very good' but I sincerely think In-N-Out's burgers are something truly special." Arin watched as Dan focused on nothing, clearly thinking deeply about something.
"I totally get it. So, um, hey...." Arin trailed off, biting his lip a little as he regained his thought train.. "How long have you known Barry and Ross? They've just never really mentioned you before, so I was kind of wondering..."
"I've only known Barry for a couple months, actually. He and I had talked a few times in class, but it wasn't until one half-day that we had the entire class crying of laughter that we really formed a friendship. Nothing like stupid-almost-innapropriate-jokes to form a friendship, y'know? I just met Ross last month. He tagged along with Barry once when we were meeting to hang out and he's been a good friend ever since, though he is a bit of of a... oh, how do I put it...."
"Self-righteous asshole?" Arin smirked and Danny burst out laughing, disturbing the table of girls behind them.
"Yeah! That's a good way to put it. He's a good friend though." Arin nodded in agreement. No matter how much of an asshole Ross could be, you could always count on him to be there when you needed him.
"There they are!" Arin spun around in his chair to see Barry and Ross walking towards them.
"Well, speak of the devil." Dan laughed as they sat down.
"So you guys were talking about us. Hope you said something about my amazing hair, or video game skills, or..." Ross listed off traits before Arin interrupted.
"All bad things, all bad things." He assured Ross with a smirk. "Anyway, Danny, I was about to ask you for your phone number. Here." Arin said, handing over his phone. Dan typed in his number and a message before handing the phone back over and pulling out his own. Arin glanced at the message Dan had written to himself.
Yo this is Arin, you know, that fucking rad video game dude you met? Also butt stuff. Arin chuckled to himself. If he had any doubts about Danny's character after commentating video games with him, they were definitely cleared up now. He saw Ross and Barry exchange some sort of look out of the corner of his eye, but he didn't pay them any attention as Dan sent him a message.
Danny Sexbang in the hiz-ouse. Not saying that again. Who even thought up 'hiz-ouse'? Arin's eyebrow quirked up.
Danny Sexbang? He typed.
Yeah. When I start a band one day that's going to be my alias. Awesome, right?
I like it. We should be in a band together one day.
Definetely. Arin looked up smiling at Danny to see Danny smiling right back. Unbeknownst to the two, Ross and Barry exchanged another look. Barry took out his own phone to text Ross.
They're almost definitely soul mates.
I ship it. Ross laughed to himself. Barry shot him a bemused look.
"What are you laughing about Ross? Hmm?" Danny leaned over to try to look at Ross's screen. Ross quickly switched out of his messages.
"Nothing. Nothing at all..." There was no way Ross would ever mess up Dan and Arin's friendship just because they're probably soul mates. If they were going to fall in love, it needed to be on their own. And Ross knew just how to help them on their way......