Daniel's POV

My life officially sucks. I thought the night was going well. Johnny and I went to Golf n' Stuff, and then went out for dinner, and we even kissed… and I thought we had a connection, an understanding and then Johnny pushed me off and ran away. Did I do something wrong? I don't know but on Tuesday I'll talk to Johnny, that is if he listens…

——The rest of the weekend goes by how you expect someone who got their heart ripped out of their chest and stomped on to go (a bit dramatic, but it's true) ——

It's Tuesday, and it's lunchtime and Daniel is trying to talk to Johnny. He tried to talk to Johnny in the morning, but he couldn't find him anywhere, so this is the only time he can try talking to him. Daniel walks into the staff room and sees the guys (and Johnny!) sitting at a table.

“Hey guys!” Daniel faux exclaims.

The guys say a hello back, Johnny doesn't say anything.

Daniel sits down beside Johnny and sees that his head is down.

“Hi!” Daniel mutters to Johnny.

Johnny looks up and Daniel attempts to make eye contact with him, but Johnny quickly lowers his head.

“Hi” Johnny whispers.

Daniel rolls his eyes, really? Is Johnny just going to ignore Daniel for the rest of his life?

“Can we talk?” Daniel asks Johnny.

“Umm, I..I'm kind of busy right now” Johnny falters.

“Well, are you free later?” Daniel questions.

“I don't know” Johnny murmurs.

Alright, if Johnny is going to act like this, there's no point.

“Right, well, umm whatever, see you later I guess” Daniel growls, leaving because he can't deal with this shit right now.

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Johnny's POV

There's a loud bang as Daniel slams the door, and the guys all stare at Johnny.

“Why are all you guys staring at me?” Johnny asks.

“Maybe because you obviously did something wrong” Jimmy articulates.

“Yeah, you probably didn't kiss him before work or something” Dutch jokes, laughing.

Look, Johnny knows that Dutch doesn't know about what happened yesterday, but it still angers him as to why Dutch is making jokes like that when he knows that Johnny has liked (likes) Ali since forever.

“Well that's obviously not true because I don't like Larusso like that, You know that I like Ali. I'd rather lose my job than date Larusso, he's not even that attractive” Johnny hisses.

The guys look at Johnny, speechless.

“Are you okay, Johnny?” Bobby asks.

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“What, yeah, I'm fine” Johnny replies, standing up and leaving the staff room.

His head starts to hurt from thinking too much, thinking about last night, this morning, the encounter they had a few minutes ago. His mind is occupied with thoughts of Daniel Larusso, and he doesn't know what to do. Johnny knows that he shouldn't have kissed Daniel back last night, but in that moment it felt right, Johnny felt like he belonged, that Daniel’s lips were meant to be on his, that their bodies were meant to be pushed together. Gosh, Johnny is screwed. He doesn't know whether he wants to date Daniel or ignore him for the rest of his life and try to get with Ali. To make matters worst, he didn't even get enough sleep last night.

Suddenly, he feels a hand on his shoulder, and he quickly turns around and sees Bobby.

“Jesus, Bobby, you almost gave me a heart attack” Johnny squeals.

“Sorry man, I just wanted to ask if you were ok? You seemed really mad when Dutch said the thing about Daniel, you know it was a joke, right?” Bobby questions.

“Yeah, I know I'm just not doing the best today” Johnny says wearily.

“Is something wrong?” Bobby asks.

Johnny’s been friends with Bobby since he started his job and knows that he can trust him. Maybe he should tell him, his mind would probably hurt a bit less.

“Honestly? No” Johnny replies.

“What happened?” queries Bobby.

“So, remember yesterday when I didn't answer any of your calls?” Johnny says.

“Yeah, you seemed busy” Bobby acknowledges.

“Well, I was actually out with Larusso, I was apologising to him and I invited him out, so we went to Golf n' Stuff and then out to dinner” Johnny's rambled.

“I'm glad you apologised, and it sounds like fu—” Bobby notes.

“A…and then he kissed me and I kissed him back, but then I pushed him off and ran, and I don't know if I like him or not and yeah, that's what happened” Johnny blurts.

“Oh” Bobby marvelled.

“Yeah, Oh” Johnny says.

“Well, do you want to be with Daniel?” Bobby asks.

“Well, that's the thing. I don't know” Johnny says.

“Well, maybe you can—” Bobby starts.

“No, it's fine, I'm going to go, bye Bobby” Johnny interjects.

“Oh, um bye then” Bobby vacillates.

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Bobby's POV (New POV!!! Bet you didn't see that coming)

Bobby practically sprints to the staff room after Johnny leaves.

“Why the fuck are you running?” Dutch questions when Bobby sprints in.

“Guys I need your help” Bobby says, panting.

“What is it? You're scaring me” frets Tommy.

“Johnny and Daniel like each other, and we have to get them together” Bobby shouts.

“Wait… how do you know that they like each other?” puzzled Jimmy.

“Because Johnny just told me that yesterday he and Daniel basically went on a date and Daniel kissed him, and he kissed back” Bobby jabbers. “He's just confused, but I know he likes him” Bobby adds.

“Ok, so what are we going to do?” Dutch asks.

“I think I have an idea” Bobby states.

——They come up with a plan that isn't the best but could work——

“Are you sure this is going to work?” Tommy frets.

“I don't know, but it's worth a shot!” assures Bobby as they hide behind a wall.

They hear Dutch telling Johnny to follow him and see Dutch leading him into the janitor's closet, before Johnny can react he is locked in.

“Guys, what the hell are you doing?” Johnny questions.

“We're helping you” Dutch yells, from outside the closet.

Then they see Jimmy leading Daniel to the janitor's closet, the door opens and shuts quickly.

“What the— what are you guys doing?” Daniel asks.

“We know you too like each other, but are fighting right now so we won't let you out until you make up” Bobby chirps.

“Bobby? Are you kidding?” Johnny challenges.

“No, we're not” bubbles Bobby.

The guys hear a sigh from Johnny, but they do start talking a little bit, obviously the guys will be listening in on their conversation. They can only hear some snippets of their conversation, but it's something.

“Well, you kind of ran away after” they hear Daniel say.

“You don't understand” they hear Johnny mutter.

Most of the conversation is muffled, but they can clearly hear when Daniel shouts:

“Oh, suck it, Lawrence”.

“I'll never like you Larusso, yesterday was a big mistake” they hear Johnny yell back.

Uh oh, this isn't good.

“Please unlock the door, I'm done talking to him” Daniel grouses.

“Yeah, I am too” Johnny sneers.

Bobby unlocks the door and the two quickly run out of the closet and go their separate ways.

“Well, that didn't work, what are we going to do now?” Jimmy asks Bobby.

“I don't know” Bobby sighs. He doesn't know what he's going to do with these two…