For a few moments, when Dan first woke up, there was nothing on his mind. Nothing at all, except the calm warmth of sharing a bed with his boyfriend. He hadn't opened his eyes yet, but he knew what he'd would see the moment he did. The first thing he would see would be Phil's brightly coloured pyjama top, with his arms pulling Dan closer to his chest. If he looked up slightly he would see Phil's face, pressed against the dark coloured pillow, his hair a mess and his face peaceful. He opened his eyes to see if he was right, and he was. Phil was there, pressed up against him, still sound asleep. Dan couldn't help but smile at his boyfriend. They were happy together, had been for years now, and Phil was Dan's whole world.
He moved slightly to get more comfortable and Phil began to stir as well. He opened his eyes slightly, obviously still half asleep and saw Dan smiling up at him. He smiled back and tried to whisper a good morning but it came out as mumbled nonsense. He squeezed Dan closer against his chest for a minute before letting him go. As soon as Phil removed his arms from around Dan, Dan seemed to remember what they'd done yesterday and his anxiety came flooding back. Neither of them had any idea of what they would be facing when they finally decided to let the outside world in.
Sitting up, Phil looked over at Dan's worried face and said "You ready?" He been fairly calm about the whole thing but now that they were only moments away from finding out how their fans would react - or if they even had any fans left - he was beginning to get a lot more nervous, he could feel the butterflies waging war in his stomach. That evil little voice in the back of his mind was telling him all the ways this could go wrong, that they shouldn't find out, that they should put it off for as long as possible just to put off the inevitable shitstorm that they were walking right into.
Dan nodded and they both got out of bed. They'd left their phones in the living room, trying to distance themselves from everyone's reactions as much as possible. Deciding to put it off even more, they decided to have some breakfast and have a shower first. Dan got two bowls out, and the cereal and milk, and noted that there was much less of his cereal then there was the day before. He gave Phil an exasperated glance and Phil giggled as Dan made them both breakfast.
They sat in silence as they ate their breakfast, leaving their dirty dishes next to the dishwasher instead of putting them in the dishwasher once they'd finished it. They were both too nervous to show any major signs of affection for eachother so they decided to shower separately. Phil went in first, whilst Dan turned on the telly and watched the morning news, knowing that him and Phil weren't famous enough for any of their drama to be mentioned. He was watching the tv, but nothing he was seeing was really going in, his mind was more focused on later on when they were going to turn their phones back on.
After about 20 minutes, Phil appeared, hair dripping wet and towel wrapped around his waist. He gave Dan a quick kiss as Dan passed him and entered the bathroom. it only took him a few minutes to have a shower, especially since Phil had used most of the hot water. He was back in the living room within 15 minutes. He'd gotten dressed in black jeans and a plain black tee, but hadn't done his hair, instead deciding to leave it to dry however it wanted. Phil had gotten dressed too, and was now wearing lime green joggers with a cartoon pattern on them with a plain white top.
They sat in silence next to each other staring at their phones for a few minutes, trying to get enough courage to turn them on. After 7 minutes, Phil turned to Dan and said "Now is as good a time as any?" and reached forward and picked up his phone, pressing the button to turn it on. Seeing Phil turning his phone on, Dan decided he should do the same, so reached out and did so before he had chance to change his mind.
As the screen lit up, his phone began to vibrate and beep uncontrollably as he received notifications from throughout the night.