"Hello Internet!"
"Hey, guys!"
The two British males had started a new video, going to be uploaded onto Phil's channel, amazingphil. They laughed together happily, making another 'Would you rather' video. A few times they would throw a plushie at each other playfully, other times holding Totoro. After they finished, Dan slouched lazily into the brown chair.
"Hey, Phil?" He spoke. Dan's brown eyes looked up at the raven-haired boy pleasantly, grabbing his laptop sitting on the nearby table. He opened it up and clicked on one of his many tabs open, the tumblr tab.
"Yes Dan?" Phil replied over his shoulder, pouring some heated coffee into two mugs in the kitchen.
Dan scrolled down the tumblr posts and pictures, hearts and love spread out across the page. 'It's that time of year again…' Dan sighed rather loudly. "Well…It's February 14th. Got any plans? Someone to see?" Dan winked, smiling, although he wasn't too happy. He took the coffee mug from Phil's right hand and nodded a 'thank you.'
Phil took his own sip of coffee from the coffee mug. His pretty blue eyes peered over at the brunette. The early sun's glare made his eyes seem sparkling. Dan blushed fiercely and looked away quickly. Phil took another sip into the silence, thinking of what to say.
"…Yeah," He finally replied, looking down into his half-empty mug, "I'll wait for that special someone near the lion statue."
Dan groaned, burying his face into Totoro's chest. He daydreamed about Phil waiting on top of the lion, for that special girl. And when she came she would ride the grey lion with the raven-haired boy, kissing passionately. He quickly shook the thought off, 'I'm on the internet too much…' Dan thought, flustered.
"Well, could you come home early so I don't get lonely and bored by myself?" Dan's big brown eyes pleaded and begged to Phil, causing him to get red and look away before Daniel could notice.
"Sure yeah...!" Phil replied quickly, sipping the last of his coffee, and then looked at the time. 9:54.
Phil groaned, setting his cup on the table and hurried to his bedroom."I have to get ready! I want this to be special!" He called out to his friend, dressing himself up nice.
Dan looked down at his full mug sadly. They'd always spend Valentine's Day together. 'When did Phil even find a date? More importantly, why haven't I met her?' The brunette thought angrily, griping tighter onto the mug's handle. He remembered Phil's Valentine's Day video gift for him. It made him so happy, Phil with his sweet words towards Dan. It was almost obvious this would happen, Dan thought, blushing a bit more, that I would soon fall for Phil.
Phil fixed his hair up a bit while coming back into the living room, all nice and classy. Phil smiled his usual goofy smile and spoke, "Dan have you seen my"- Phil stopped talking when the taller boy went up to him. Dan stared at him for a bit, blue eyes into brown eyes. It was like that for a while. Dan reached over and grabbed Phil's jacket. He handed it to his best friend and smiled wearily, his voice quieter than usual. "Be safe. Come back after the date, yeah?..."
Phil smiled softly, taking his dark blue jacket from Dan's hands gently. "Dan, don't worry. I'll be back soon okay?" He put his hand on the black doorknob, turning it and opening the door. Dan shivered, as there was some snow on the ground and he was wearing short sleeves. He watched Phil leave, and shut the door slowly.
"Why couldn't he have just stayed here?" Da thought to himself selfishly, opening his laptop again and scrolling through his many tabs.
Dan awoke from the buzzing of his phone. His eyes fluttered open fast, scared from the noise. He looked down at his phone, it showing a couple messages and the time. 6:25 pm. Dan groaned, was Phil not back yet? "I fell asleep?" Dan asked himself. He shut down the overheated open laptop and set it to charge on the table.
"God…He isn't here." Dan said, a bit annoyed. There was another ring from his phone, and Dan clicked on the message, scratching his head.
New Text Message
From: Phil Lester
Hey, Dan. You okay? And can I ask you something?
Phil was surprised when his phone buzzed back, looking down at his phone once again, sitting on the lion statue.
New Text Message
From: Dan Howell
Yeah, fine. Just sleepy. Yeah, what is it?
The brunette and black haired boys kept going each time their heard the buzz, texting their best friend back as soon as it was sent.
New Text Message
From: Phil Lester
There's a slip of paper near the microwave that I need. Please don't read it. *laugh* could you meet me by the lion statue and bring it to me?
New Text Message
From: Dan Howell
Yeah, of course. See you soon Phillip! (:
Phil's face turned red, reading Dan's last message. See you soon Phillip. (: Phil fixed some hair out of his face and looked away, not replying to the last message. 'It's been long since I've seen him call me Phillip.' The raven-haired boy thought, pressing his cheek up against the cold mane of the lion statue.
He inhaled and exhaled, nervous about something, his breath visible to the air. His eyes fluttered shut, feeling the cool breeze from the snow and wind. There weren't many people around, it was getting dark. The snowy wind blew harder in the early February. Phil listened to nearby sounds patiently while he waited for his friend.
Dan chuckled a bit, wondering Phil's expression would've been, as he looked down at his read text message. He got up from the couch, walking to the kitchen rather quickly, the sooner the better. He located their microwave and looked for a piece of paper. Dan grabbed it from their marble counter, right next to it like Phil said. '…Don't read it huh? Why not?' Dan thought opening the folded paper slowly. 'I'll just scroll through the words…' Dan told himself.
Beloved Dan,
I'm not surprised you're reading this. That's why I told you not to, I knew you would. But it's okay, keep reading.
I lied. I don't have a date tonight. I'm pretty sure you don't know how I feel. So I'm spelling it out for you know. Dan, I love you…I'm pretty sure it's just one sided, but I just wanted to let you know. I've loved you for a while now; we spend so much time together. And you're so precious to me. Remember the Valentine's Day Video I made for you on YouTube? I meant every word.
However, if you do feel the same…I understand if you want to keep it a secret from the phangirls. They wouldn't leave us alone, they've waited for this. Although I'm not doing this for them, and I hope you won't either. Because, I love you Dan. I love you so much!
Love,
Phil
Dan read it. Dan read it over twice. Again.
"W-What is this?!" Dan shouted into the silence of the house. "Is this some joke?! Phil!" He rambled fiercely to no one that would hear. He scrambled over, tripping almost, to snatch his dark grey jacket off of the chair. He put on his white shoes quickly and tied them messily, crumpling the paper as he sat on the couch for a minute. 'No, he couldn't….Even if it wasn't a joke, it sure isn't one-sided! That Phil…' Dan brooded. He really had no thoughts.
He opened the front door and walked into the now-snowing dark night. It was beautiful, glittering pure white falling all around him. He stood there for a moment, mesmerized as they fell. He quickly shook off the hypnosis of the beautiful flakes and set out for the statue, leaving footprints in the snow.
Phil's eyelashes fluttered open, exposing his pretty blue eyes, hearing Dan's stomping toward him. He smiled a bit, sitting up on the lion. "You came…" He said in a sleepy tone, looking Dan straight in the eye.
Dan stopped walking when he was at the lion's big grey paw. He had a stern look on his face, looking up at Phil. "What the hell is this bullshit about?..." Dan whispered, crumpling the paper more and throwing it to the snow-filled ground. He felt lied to, like the meaningful words were all a joke- and he came here for nothing.
"So you really did read it, huh?" Phil said, looking down at his now hot-headed friend. "You seem mad. I guess it is one-sided." Phil said out loud to himself, looking to his right side, where the lion's mane was. He felt ashamed, how could he have told his best friend? Their friendship could be all ruined now! 'Stupid…Stupid!' Phil thought to himself, wanted to hit himself I the head.
Dan growled, "Don't call my feelings one-sided." He was still angry, but now he knew Phil meant what he said in the note. This made him calm down a bit, as Phil processed in what the brunette had just said. "…What?"
Dan trudged up to meet the other boy, face to face. He grabbed Phil by the red and black striped scarf, pulling him down closer to him. Dan's face and ears were red, His brown hair hiding his dark brown eyes. He waited for Phil's next action.
Phil smiled, taking Dan's hands and holding them as Dan clutched his scarf. One of Phil's pale arms reached up a bit, holding up Dan's chin so he could meet his eyes. The black haired boy leaned in a bit, and Dan slightly flinched. Was he really going to do it? Or is this all in his head? Phil chuckled a bit, very softly.
"I love you Dan." He said to the other boy, leaning in once more, but this time Dan didn't move. He'd been waiting for this. Phil's lips parted, pressing his lips against the other boy's as Dan kissed back, just a bit. He swore he saw sparks.