~I Want You~

I Want You

'I Want You': part 17)

"Already watching the telly, Darren?" said Daniel as he closed the door. "Ya" he replied with a yawn. "Where did you go? I woke up and you were gone"
Daniel removed his jacket and placed it on the bed. "Oh, i just took a small walk down mainstreet. Quite boring actually, since nothing was open yet" Darren yawned again, crawling onto his bed. "Is it cold out?" "Ya, quite nippy, i'd say" he replied with a shiver.
"Darren, how come *you* always get the bed by the window?" he asked playfully.
Darren laughed. "Danny, you're such a child" he said still laughing. Daniel smiled. "Don't change the subject, answer my question"
Darren looked away and yawned. "I don't know. It always just works out that way, i guess....why? Do *you* want this bed?"
(No, i want *you*) thought Daniel. "No, that's alright, Dazzy, i'm fine with my bed, thanks"
Darren smiled. "you sure? Cuz i don't mind switching beds with you"
(Why don't we *both* sleep in that bed?) he thought. "No, Darren, it's ok, really"
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it" said Daniel, jumping off the bed.
It was the cleaning lady along with her cleaning equipment standing beside her on a trolley. "Morning clean up" she said in a cracked voice. "you'll have to leave your room for 20 minutes" she said, already making her way into the room with her vacuum.
Darren sat up in his pyjamas, giving Daniel a 'who the hell is *she*?' look.
"Excuse me, sir. You'll have to leave the room now" she said to Darren, her voice still cracking.
"Can i atleast get dressed?" he asked.
She sighed, placing her hands on her hips like an annoyed granny. "Look mister, you can get dressed when i'm done" she said, then started up her vacuum.
Darren narrowed his eyes at her, then stormed out of the room, Daniel following behind.
"Who the hell does she think she is, throwing me out of my own room in my pyjamas!?" he exclaimed angrily.
Daniel held in his laugh. Darren looked so adorable standing there in his cute pyjamas, throwing a tantrum.
"Darren, take it easy. The old hag will be done soon"
"She *better* be" he replied loudly.
In the 20 minutes that they stood together in the hallway, there were several snickers and strange looks shot at Darren from people walking by. "God, this is so embarrasing!" he exclaimed.
Daniel shook his head with a smile.

Daniel sat alone on his bed, staring up at the pale colored ceiling.
Darren was out with Ben and Karl, Nicole and Anna went downtown to shop for clothes, and God only knew where Lee was, as usual.
With a sigh, he laid back down on his back so that his body was fully stretched out on the bed comfortably. He began to sob, the tears slowly falling down his face as he thought about Darren.
It depressed him to think of how one-sided their feelings were for one another. He knew that Darren didn't love him the way that *he* loved *him*.
"Why can't i just hold you, Darren?" he said outloud between sobs. "How can't you see what i feel for you?"
All of a sudden, there was a loud knock at the door.

who could that be?