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“I’m attracted to Danny.”
It was said in a dumbfounded tone, then he let his shoulders slump and repeated in a more deadpanned tone; “I’m fucking attracted to Danny.”
He gripped the sides of the sink tighter while staring into the mirror. He was looking a little pale. He had tried to ignore the tiny butterflies fluttering in his chest and stomach area when Danny stood close to him but it was hard to ignore what he’d been feeling.
He was goddamn attracted to Danny.
For fuck’s sake.
Danny.
The dude who dyed his hair every fucking second these days because he was facing a midlife crisis. The dude who wore denim on denim like it wasn’t the biggest fashion nope of the year. The dude who had a wife and children. That didn’t matter much though. Funny had a girlfriend and kids too.
That’s messed up.
No. It is not. Funny was attracted to Danny, but he didn’t plan on doing anything about it! He didn’t want to fuck Danny or date him or anything like that. He just felt that strange sense of attraction pulling on him. The type of attraction you may feel from watching someone you… well… FIND ATTRACTIVE.
This was honestly frustrating. Most people experience casual attraction on a daily basis but Funny never thought he’d find himself experiencing casual attraction towards one of his closest friends for fuck’s sake. Danny fit in with everyone from the band. He could let Johnny be a dominant opinion in conversation, could let Charlie take the lead on everything, could talk music with J-Dog and could be an absolute dumbass with Funny just to bug everyone. Dude was like a chameleon sometimes. But Funny never expected to feel attracted to him.
Not even if he were the last man on Earth. So if he didn’t want to fuck or date or whatever Danny, then what did he want? Honestly just being around him and watching him and maybe even get a hug or something? That would be so fucking nice.
Shut up.
Funny let out an exasperated sigh and finally left the bathroom of his hotel room. J-Dog and Danny shared the room with him. Being a five-piece band kinda sucked when it came to room arrangements. As a six-piece they’d just take rooms of 2 but as a five-piece, the guys had been arguing so much about who would get to sleep alone, that they ended up on agreeing NO ONE should sleep alone and there should be an unhappy group to take the extra person in.
This time the extra person had been Funny. He was allowed to sleep on a makeshift mattress with a tiny blanket and pillow in between the two amazing queen beds of J-Dog and Danny. Though at the moment Danny was with Johnny and Charlie. Who knows what he was doing there but he could hear laughter coming from the other room. He instantly wanted to know what was so funny. Though he assumed it was better than feeling the heat prickle his skin from knowing Danny was sleeping less than six feet away from him.
J-Dog was sitting on his bed, scrolling through his phone while ready for bed. Since they weren’t playing tonight, he’d get an early night and catch some sleep. The guys had been more than sleep deprived for the past few days. Johnny had a cold so his snoring was tenfold worse aboard the bus – poor Charlie won’t catch any sleep anytime soon. None of them got enough sleep to be comfortable. It was so bad Charlie threw his shoe at him at some point.
And then woke Johnny to ask for it back when he missed.
“I have a problem”, Funny mentioned.
J-Dog raised an eyebrow. “Did you clog the toilet?”
“What? No. Why would you think that?”
“Because you just spent half an hour in the bathroom and come out saying you have a problem”, J-Dog said without looking up from his screen. Funny made a face. “Not like that, asshole. I have a problem with Danny.”
“What? Why? I thought you guys had so much fun together”, J-Dog looked up and put his phone away. Funny made an awkward gesture with his hand. “Yeah well… That’s the problem. I think I’m attra-…”
The door opened and Danny walked in, still looking over his shoulder to throw an insult at Charlie – who presumably made another inappropriate joke. Funny stopped mid-sentence and cleared his throat. Danny turned to the two of them. “Am I interrupting something?”
“Ye-…”
“Nope”, Funny Man cut J-Dog off with a glare. He was hoping his eyes were yelling “I WILL TELL YOU LATER” but judging by J-Dog’s confused expression, they might’ve been yelling it in Chinese instead.
Danny shrugged it off and went into the bathroom.
J-Dog cocked his head. “Tell me now.”
“No, too risky. I’ll text you”, Funny Man hushed him. J-Dog rolled his eyes. “Are you seriously reverting us back into the teenage stage of life?”
“Oh fuck you, we didn’t even have phones like these as teenagers.”
“Fair enough”, J-Dog mumbled.
Funny sent him a text.
Funny Man
I’m fucking attracted to Danny 23:04pm
J-Dog
What?!! 23:04pm
J-Dog looked over at Funny Man. “You’re joking.”
“Shut up, dude! No, I’m not!” Funny Man hissed. He furiously tapped his phone.
Funny Man
It’s just dumb attraction. I don’t even wanna do
anything about it 23:05pm
J-Dog
No fuck? 23:05pm
There was a disgusting eyebrow wiggle to accompany the message and Funny supressed an eyeroll.
Funny Man
No fuck!! I have a girlfriend! 23:06pm
J-Dog
Sorry. I think I’m starting to develop the single mentality 23:06pm
Funny man finally felt the eyeroll coming through. Danny entered the room and saw them both on their phones. “Are you guys texting each other?” he joked.
J-Dog laughed awkwardly. “Nah man”
“Nope”, Funny Man added.
Danny settled into his bed and so did Funny – his own, you perverts. He tried his hardest to ignore Danny would be sleeping really not that far away from him. He could hear his every breath but they seemed to slow and deepen. It was almost mesmerising to listen. Funny drifted off to sleep rather quickly, must’ve been the lack of sleep aboard the bus helping out too.
Though he found himself on stage performing with the entire band. Even Da Kurlzz was there. He hadn’t seen the guy in two years. But he was there and smiled at Funny. Funny had no instrument, no microphone. He just stood on stage and saw Danny singing. Though Danny wasn’t facing the crowd. He was facing Funny, making eye contact while he slowly stepped closer, almost seductively. Danny put a hand on his shoulder and Funny brought his hands to Danny’s waist to hold him back. There was a patch of the dream he didn’t remember after that but he was pretty sure it included Danny leaning forward. Did they kiss in his dream? He couldn’t remember.
Though sitting at the breakfast table of the hotel, he wasn’t in the mood to remember his dream fantasy of Danny’s attention on him. The butterflies under his skin were raging wildly, telling him to just enjoy this feeling. He did feel a sense of guilt for his girlfriend but hey, he couldn’t help who he was attracted to! Besides, it was innocent attraction. He didn’t want to do anything about it.
They both had families for fuck’s sake. And to be fair, thinking of sex with Danny made his full body cringe like no, thank you. He preferred the innocent attraction and the jittery feeling inside.
“Danny’s sleeping late”, J-Dog had told the others at the breakfast table so they had enjoyed their breakfast without him. By the time they were done and almost ready to leave, Funny Man saw Danny arrive at the table from his peripheral vision while he was talking to Johnny.
“Hey Funny?” Danny asked.
Funny turned his head to look at Danny who was sitting opposite from him. The dude decided to wear a figure-hugging plain black shirt but for some reason it made his muscles stand out way more than usual. He looked like he’d been working out and Funny found himself gobsmacked for a second while Danny asked a question. He did his best to look Danny in the eye. “Sorry, what?”
“You talked in your sleep. We didn’t have Johnny snoring for once but now you woke me up with your sleep gibberish. Not again tonight, dude.”
Funny barely registered it, feeling his cheeks heat up as he grew flustered. He fucking looks amazing. Why does he look amazing today? Did he, like, do push-ups before coming down or something? Jesus Chri-“Uhh yeah… Uhm yeah, t-that’s good. I uh won’t.”
He could’ve punched himself for the dumb stammering. Danny really just had him turning red by just looking amazing.
“What’s with you?” Charlie chuckled. He kicked Funny under the table. Funny averted his eyes from Danny but from his peripheral vision, he could see the handsome man still. He had no idea why he suddenly felt like this. There was a split second where he thought about his dream and thought of how it would feel to pull Danny against him and just hug him for a bit, but he quickly shook off the thought.
“He’s up in his feelings”, J-Dog teased and Funny kicked him harshly in the shin. J-Dog grunted in pain, clutching his leg. “Dude!”
“Shut the fuck up!”
“Okay something’s up and I wanna know!” Johnny called out. “What’s going on?”
“Nothing!” Funny bit.
J-Dog rubbed his shin. “Funny thinks Danny’s handsome and is too embarrassed to admit it.”
Charlie gave Funny a look. “Really? It’s fact Danny’s handsome.”
Danny smirked and Funny thought his jaw was gonna drop at how charming it made him look. “You think so?”
Funny had hoped he was asking Charlie but Danny’s eyes were glued to him. Funny nodded slowly. “You are, but I didn’t think that I’d end up thinking you are. It kinda came as a surprise to me.”
“You either think so or don’t think so, dude”, Johnny said. “It’s not rocket science.”
“I think he’s referring to the attraction implied by thinking someone is handsome”, Charlie added.
J-Dog nodded furiously. “Yes, that’s how he feels.”
“Dude!”
“What? It’s just attraction. You can’t help it”, J-Dog complained.
Funny hid his face in his hands. “Yes, I know, but it still feels illegal as someone in a relationship.”
“Being in a relationship doesn’t mean it’s cheating to feel attraction to someone. It depends on how you deal with it. If you just enjoy the feeling, good for you, but if you try to get with Danny, you’re a bit of a dick and a cheater”, Johnny explained. Charlie nodded along like a bobblehead to emphasize how much he agreed with Johnny.
Funny shrugged. “I know but the feeling just kinda hit me in the gut and I’ve never thought of a close friend like that so it was kinda shocking.”
“It is”, Charlie agreed. “I remember when I first started feeling attracted to Danny.”
Danny sunk further into his chair. “Jesus Christ, I didn’t know you were attracted to me.”
“Really? You wanna work out like that and tell us you had no idea what you were getting us into?” Charlie deadpanned and Funny couldn’t help but laugh. He felt more relaxed knowing Charlie was in the same boat as him. Charlie shrugged. “I mean, I know it’s easy for me to talk. I’m poly afterall so if I wanted to, I could totally pursue Danny in the end, but I don’t want to.”
Aaand Funny was not in the same boat afterall. He hid his face in his hands. “Can we change the subject now?”
“Sure!” J-Dog called out. “But know that we’ll tease you about this for a few weeks to come, dude.”
“I wish I had never told you”, Funny Man hissed at him.
J-Dog grinned. “Too bad you don’t have a shooting star to wish it to.”