Phan Fic-
Based on "Heart Attack" by Demi Lovato
Dan pressed the button closest to him on the board in front of him in the studio for the radio show to play the request for the latest caller. Phil was stood next to him, whiteboard in one hand and pen in the other as he drew yet another unidentifiable animal for Dan to replicate. The chords of the requested song filled the studio and Dan slipped off his headphones, aware that thousands of people were watching him through the camera in front of him. One of the producers started to talk to him about something to do with a new way to request songs but Dan found himself paying more attention to what Phil was doing. Even though Phil was attempting to draw some sort of animal that was two at the same time, his concentration was clearly displayed on his face and Dan could see Phil's tongue poke out slightly as tried to perfect his drawing. Dan wondered why he was looking at Phil like he was the most interesting thing in the world and tried to pay attention to the producer again. Phil had just finished his drawing when it was time for them to go back on air and Dan tried to get back into his role of a radio presenter. As the music faded away, Phil started to talk to the listeners about how to get involved and Dan found himself watching his friend more than he used to. They took their last request before the Dan vs Phil challenge, it was some love song that had gotten high in the charts that week and they were encouraged to talk about it by the producers before preparing for the challenge.
As Dan listened to the song he started to think about his love life for a moment as the singer sang about picking the wrong person. Dan had felt like that, that he never said "yes" to the right guy and because of it he never put his love on the line anymore. All of the guys Dan had gotten though had never required much effort, he'd never gone as far as washing his hair before seeing them and had gotten them to do what he wanted. The song came to an end and it was time for the challenge, it was something that was physically degrading yet again that would involve them getting closer together than normal. The two of them moved to the area outside of the studio and the challenge was set up for them, it was some sort of blindman's bluff and it was Dan's turn first. He put on the mask that they had given him and the challenge started. Dan walked around blindly for a minutes, banging into the walls and furniture before he heard Phil exhale quietly at the side of him. Slowly Dan turned in the direction of the noise, misjudging how close Phil actually was and walked right into him. Dan felt as if his face was glowing as he walked straight into his friend and felt his face glow even more when he realised that he actually liked being that physically close to Phil. Phil moved away to hide so that Dan had to find him again and when Dan once more walked into Phil and it caused the two of them to fall to the floor that time, Dan landing directly on top of Phil, Dan felt his breath hitch slightly for a minute, feeling paralysed for a second before having to get off Phil so that he could have a go.
The challenge, to Dan's dismay, ended quickly and they had to run back to the studio. They talked about the challenge for several minutes and when Phil praised Dan even for just a second, Dan felt his as if his face was glowing and trying to cover it up so that it wouldn't show with his hands, pretending to adjust his hair. As another song started to play, the two of them started to talk about the show and Dan suddenly found himself becoming nervous when talking to Phil, when Dan tried to be himself for even a minute he felt like it was a cry for help as he struggled to say anything without blushing slightly. Dan didn't know what was going on and tried to concentrate on finishing the show. It was Phil's turn to talk again when the music ended and Dan tried to not to watch him , fiddling with the buttons to stop himself from looking at Phil. Dan tried to work out what was going on and part of him kept saying what he didn't want to hear. It was time for the last request of the show and Dan watched the clock, wanting to leave as soon as he could before he could think anymore. He turned to press another of the buttons when he slipped on one of the discs scattered on the floor of the studio. Before he could fall to the floor, Phil grabbed his hand and pulled him up. Dan felt so nervous that he couldn't hold Phil's hand for even a second and he turned to hide his face away from the camera in the hope that what was going on in his mind was not visible on his face.
It was time to say good bye to the listeners and Dan was glad to leave the studio, his heart was beating too fast and he felt as if his lungs were burning as he listened to Phil say his farewell. Dan knew what he was feeling but he felt that the pain was more trouble than the love was worth if it ended badly and that he would rather be numb than go through it . Dan felt as if he was never good enough for Phil, knowing that he would have try harder if he even wanted to stand a chance with Phil. He decided that he had to put his defences back up if he didn't want to feel that sort of pain, but when Phil looked at him again, Dan felt his heart beat unevenly again in his chest and knew that if he did fall in love with his best friend then he'd have a heart attack if his heart was going to carry on beating in such a strange way every time he looked at Phil. Dan felt like he was sweating slightly out of the sudden nervousness and realised that he had never broken a sweat about anyone else before. Dan wondered to himself how he was going to survive VidCon next week if he kept reacting to his friend in that way after only a few hours together. When it was time for them to go , Dan nearly took off at a run from the studio , he was scared off doing something stupid in front of Phil. As they got into the taxi to take them back home , the two of them sat together in the back seat. Dan felt like he was flying too close to the sun by sitting so close to Phil, feeling as if he was going to burst into flames with wanting his best friend and Dan knew he only had himself to blame for not being able to get up the courage to get what he wanted. Soon they arrived at the apartment and Dan waited by the door whilst Phil paid for the taxi , trying to occupy his thoughts with anything other than watching Phil. All too soon Phil had paid for the taxi and came towards Dan. Dan felt his heart beat quickly again and hoped that his face was not glowing like it had before. Phil walked past him to open the door to the apartment and Dan breathed a slight sigh of relief. He wasn't ready to do anything about Phil just yet even though deep down he really wanted to, deciding to wait and see how their trip to VidCon turned out first.