A/N: helloo there. just thought of maybe uploading another chapter because i actually really am trying not to be lazy and lounge around with nothing to do haha

disclaimer: i donut own the fault in our stars or dan and phil

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setting: AU-ish

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II.

unconditionally


"Hey Dan, wanna go see a movie?"

Dan turned his head around at the sound of Phil's voice, and saw Phil staring at him with a hopeful expression on his face. Smiling slightly, he shut off his mac and stood up.

"Sure, anything you wanna see?" He asked Phil, who's eyes lit up instantly as he grinned.

"Ooh, let's see The Fault in Our Stars!" Phil said excitedly. When Dan looked alarmed, he pouted. "Oh come on, pleaaaase? We haven't seen it yet."

"Okay, okay." Dan said, knowing that Phil would beg him to see it if he said no. "We can go see it. I'll just get ready right now." And with that he left Phil in the lounge and took off sprinting to his room, trying to decide what to wear.

Half an hour later he emerged, just wearing one of his simple black shirts with a white circle on it with skinny black jeans and black shoes.

"PHIIIL? I'm done," Dan shouted, looking around for his flatmate. Seconds later, Phil emerged from the kitchen.

"You took forever," Phil complained. He was wearing his bat shirt and skinny jeans, very much like Dan's outfit.

"Hey, shut up!" Dan said, lightly swatting the side of Phil's head.

Phil then giggled as he reached inside his pocket, pulling out two packs of tissues and tossing one to Dan, who caught it. "Just in case."

"Phil, I swear I'm not going to cry in the middle of the movie, despite how sad I know The Fault in Our Stars is," Dan said firmly.

Phil grinned. "Okay then! But just keep it. You never know."

Dan facepalmed and after that, the two adults made their way out of their flat and on to the cinema, which wasn't that far from where they lived.


They settled down inside the movie theater, both of them holding popcorn and sodas in their hands. Once they found a suitable place to sit down at, they placed their items down.

"There's not much people here," Dan observed, looking at the rows of empty seats. There were only probably five or six people seated around them. "Wouldn't it usually be really packed?"

"I dunno, maybe half the population already did see this movie because it came out a few weeks back," Phil said, shrugging.

Dan smiled in response while Phil turned his attention away from Dan and instead to the giant movie screen before them. In the lighting, Dan could see Phil's multicolored eyes in the reflection of it.

The way Phil smiled has always affected Dan in a heart-stopping way. Dan had always found himself lost in Phil's eyes... Because they were always just too beautiful. Even the way he laughed made Dan laugh as well—because he was happy when Phil was happy.

He couldn't imagine life without Phil. But Phil didn't know that Dan felt this way towards him. Of course they were best friends, it wasn't even a question.

At this point, Dan realized that he was in love with Phil.

He was in love by the way Phil smiled, the way he talked, the way he laughed... And just about everything about the person seated next to him.

Dan's thoughts had to be stopped at this moment because at that point, the movie began to start, and he looked up to see the opening credits.

"The world is not a wish-granting factory," the book had said.

And Dan agreed.


A few hours later, the movie then ended and the credits rolled in.

Besides him Dan saw Phil pull out a couple of tissues and dab his eyes, which were filled with tears. Phil took a shaky breath and sighed. "Well, that was a touching movie." He said. "Dan? What did you think?"

Nope. Nope. Nope. Dan was not crying. Dan was definitely not crying. Why would he, Dan Howell, be crying at the end of The Fault in Our Stars

"Dan? Dan, are you crying?" Phil's amused voice then said.

Dan buried his face in his hands. "Don't look at me!" he mumbled shamefully, while Phil burst out laughing, despite the fact that he too did cry as well.

"You are!" Phil giggled. "And you said you weren't going to!"

"That was before I saw the movie," Dan moaned. "These are manly tears Phil!" he protested as he continued pulling out tissues and as Phil continued laughing. Dan then threw a few tissues at Phil weakly, who dodged them.

To his surprise, Phil then hesitated, and slowly swung an arm around Dan, making Dan flinch a little bit, but then relaxed as Phil pat his back. "It's okay Dan," Phil said comfortingly, though he was still smiling. "You can cry as much as you want. I'm here for you. Don't worry."

"Thanks, I guess..." Dan mumbled, mortified, as he buried his face in the tissues.

A few moments passed, and all you could hear were Dan's sniffles. All the people probably who did watch the movie most likely have left around this time, much to Dan's relief.

That would be fucking embarrasing if someone saw me like this, Dan thought inwardly. He cringed at the thought and continued blowing his nose.

"Hey, Dan?" Phil then asked quietly.

"Hm?" Dan said, rubbing his eyes and sitting back up, feeling slightly embarassed. He could feel his cheeks turning a bit red and he looked down so Phil wouldn't see him blushing.

"You look cute when you're crying." Phil said a little bit too quietly, but Dan caught his words and was looking at Phil, who looked clearly embarassed for saying that.

"I mean—," Phil stuttered, but he was cut off when Dan immediately inched forward and kissed him, straight on the lips. They then both broke apart a few seconds later, and both boys were tomato red.

"Well..." Dan whispered, a smile spreading across his face. "That felt wonderful."

Phil breathed out a yeah in agreement, and the two of them continued on staring at each other, both feeling quite awkward. Then Dan cleared his throat. "So, um... Phil. I have a question for you."

Phil looked up at him.

"D'you wanna be my, you know ... ?" Dan said, his heart pounding, unable to finish his sentence. Luckily, Phil understood, then giggled and nodded at once, and Dan felt completely overjoyed.

He couldn't stop smiling after that.


Both of them were now leaving and making their way back to their flat when Phil spoke up from besides him. "Hey, Dan." he said quietly.

"What?" Dan said, returning his glance.

"Okay?" Phil asked, unable to hide his smile as he kissed Dan on the cheek playfully. Dan sighed and then smiled as well, getting the joke.

"Okay."

And with that, the two adults glanced at each other, both of them grinning.


A/N: woahhh. this was really cheesy omg. But i'm actually proud of this one xD and plus i'm happy that i'm actually updating this story a lot lol

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thank you, and i hope you enjoyed this chapter ~

-choco