A/N: I could've uploaded this chapter earlier this week but my brain was too busy EATING ITSELF. I've been feeling really ill lately and I couldn't bother writing anything. But I needed to write something, so I finished this chapter while I was still a bit delusional. I hope you forgive me for the terrible writing (or if you think it's a bad chapter) This chapter and the next chapter was supposed to be just one BIG CHAPTER but then I thought I should split it into two because idk, so this is kind of like ANOTHER build up chapter... sorry...

ANYWAYS! I hope you still like this chapter! ^^;

"I have Phil and I'm seeing Muse next year, SO FUCK YOU UNIVERSE. Life is what you make of it."

-Dan Howell on Twitter (2009)

Chapter 7:

"And that's all for today, class." Mr. Flare finished up as the bell rang and everyone in the room started to pack up and leave, "Remember to do your homework."

I put away all of my things inside my bag and turned around my seat to see Phil doing the same. His head was down low as he packed away all of his books.

"Hey," I knocked on his desk to get his attention. He looked up at me and I smiled at him, "ready to go?"

Phil smiled back and zipped up his bag. "Yeah, just a sec."

He picked up a box of colored pencils that were left on his desk and scanned the room. He then held his hand up and shouted, "Peej!"

The same curly haired guy from before stood up from his seat, slung his bag over his shoulder and walked over to Phil's desk. Phil handed him the colored pencils with a sweet smile, "Thanks for these."

The curly haired guy ginned as he took the box from Phil's hands. "You're welcome. If you need them again, you could always ask, okay?"

Phil nodded. "Thanks, but I'll probably buy my own. I don't want to use up all of yours."

"Yeah okay," the curly haired guy chuckled, "I'll be on my way now. See you tomorrow, Phil."

"See yah." Phil said as he watched the guy walk out of the room. And I couldn't help but feel a tad bit jealous.

"So…" I said, breaking the slightly awkward silence of just watching the guy walk away, "who was that?"

Phil snapped his head away from the door and turned to me. "Oh, that's PJ. I met him in Art Class today. I didn't bring any coloring materials so I had to embarrassingly ask him if I could borrow some. Luckily, he was really nice and he lent me his extra box of colored pencils."

I nodded my head along and tried to hide the fact that I was feeling a bit jealous. I didn't want Phil to replace me already, we just met. Hopefully, our trip to my house would redeem my friendship with him.

"Well," I stood up and swung my bag over my back, "ready to head to my place?"

Phil's face suddenly lit up as he stood up from his seat and grabbed his bag. "Yeah!"

I smiled at his enthusiasm then we both walked out of the door.

"Oh by the way, my friend, Chris, is having a house party tomorrow. Want to go?" I suddenly asked him as we walked down the corridor.

"Me? Party? I don't think those two things really go together…" he awkwardly chuckled out as he stared down at the floor, still walking.

"No, I'm serious," I turned to him with a more sincere look, "you should go. C'mon, it'll be fun."

To be quite honest, I just wanted him to come so I wouldn't be alone and I'll actually have someone to talk to there.

Phil looked at me for a second before he finally considered. "Yeah, okay. Sure, but I don't think I have anything nice to wear."

"No problem, we'll go to town today!" I gleamed at him, "Let's go buy you some good clothes, yeah? You could also buy your own box of colored pencils while we're there. And then we could go to mine afterwards, sounds good?"

"Yeah…" Phil began to lighten up, "yeah! Why not?"

I took out my phone and checked the time. It was almost five when we entered the sixth clothing store; nothing seemed to catch Phil's fancy. Everything was either too expensive or too cringey, which I didn't really blame him, some things were a bit cringey. But we were entering Topman, so hopefully Phil would buy something this time.

"These are all a bit too pricey, don't you think?" Phil asked as he browsed through a rack of clothes.

"That's what you said in the last five stores we went," I said as I approached him and examined the rack of clothes he was browsing through, "I think everything is pricey, unless you want to go to a thrift shop, if that's what you're trying to say."

"Nah, I'm good…" Phil sighed as he moved to another rack of clothes, "I just need to pick one that's worth the money."

"Okay then…" I shrugged at him. I examined the rack and found a particular clothing that I thought would suit Phil.

"Hey Phil," I called him and I brought out the shirt. He turned to me and I held up a simple blue plaid, "what about this? It's pretty simple, it's not that pricey, it's not that cringey and I think it'll suit you well."

He went over to me with a chuckle, took the shirt from my hands and examined it. "You think?"

"Yeah I mean, the blue brings out your eyes, and the black matches your hair, it also contrasts well with your pale skin." I simply said. I blushed a bit when I suddenly realized what I just said. Phil looked up at me and simply giggled.

"Err, sorry," I quickly apologized, even though I didn't even know what I was apologizing for, "yeah, but no, it will suit you."

Phil looked back at the shirt and slowly nodded at it. "Yeah, okay. If you say so, I trust you."

I smiled at him as he slid the hanger out of the shirt. "I'm just going to see if it fits. I'll be back; you could just stay here and browse through some shirts if you're thinking of buying one too."

"Alright then," I told him as he made his was around the store and shyly approached the nicest looking shop assistant.

"Excuse me ma'am, but where's the dressing room?" I heard him ask. She turned around and smiled at him.

"Over here," she said as she walked across the store and showed him the room.

I watched them from a distance as Phil entered the room and came back out a few minutes later, wearing the blue plaid shirt and checked himself out on the mirror right outside the dressing room. I smiled to myself; he looked really good in the shirt. Even if it was just a simple plaid shirt, it still made him look gorgeous, and I couldn't stop staring at him.

I quickly looked away once I noticed that I've been staring for quite awhile now, I really needed to stop staring at him like that. I reproached the rack of clothes and pretended that I was busy browsing through them to make it seem like I've been looking at clothes the entire time as he changed into his shirt.

"It fits perfectly!" Phil enthusiastically said as he walked towards me. I turned around and saw him holding the shirt in his hands; he had already changed back into his normal uniform.

I smiled brightly at him and asked, "Is that all you're going to buy then?"

He shrugged. "I guess so. I mean, I only need one and this is good enough. Plus, I don't much money on me today."

"Alright then, c'mon." I gestured him to follow me and we both walked to the cashier.

"You know…" Phil suddenly started while we were half way to the cashier, "I could be a fashion expert as well, like you."

I turned to him with a smile and shook my head in both confusion and amusement. "Wait, what? I'm not a fashion expert."

Phil looked at me and grinned, his tongue poking out in the corner of his mouth. My heart suddenly fluttered.

"Well the way you describe the shirt and how you knew it was going to suit me made it seem like you were such a fashion expert," Phil said, "I could be a fashion expert, you should get that shirt over there."

Phil pointed out the shirt that the mannequin we walked pass by wore. It was a white button up shirt with short sleeves and had small moths printed all over it as the design. I turned back to him and laughed.

"You know, that's kind of ironic since I'm afraid of moths." I said smiling.

"Really? Well that's another fun fact." Phil giggled as we finally approached the cashier.

I looked back at the moth covered shirt.

I would probably still get it though.

After we paid for the shirt and promptly left the store, I glanced at my phone. It was still kind of early, so I suggested we go around the shopping centre for a bit. Phil happily agreed and our first stop was an anime and video game store which me and Phil hyperventilated at. It made me really happy inside to know that Phil also loved anime and video games, which were probably the only things that were important in my life right now.

I dramatically gasped as I approached something that was probably the coolest and cutest thing that has ever existed.

"Oh my god, Phil look!" I squealed as I gestured Phil over, took the Tonberry plushie and held it in my hands. I must've looked like a complete idiot fangirling over a plushie but I didn't really care at the moment, "it's a frikin' Tonberry plushie! Look how adorable it is!"

I showed it to Phil and he grinned at it. "Did you see how much was it?"

I examined the plushie and found the price tag attached to the tail, quickly frowning as I saw the price.

"Oh… it's a bit expensive," I sadly said as I slowly and miserably returned the plushie back to its shelf. I turned to Phil and playfully pouted at him. He playfully pouted back and I chuckled as I turned back to the Tonberry plushie on the shelf, "I'm putting that at the very top of my Christmas wish list, though."

"Dan, it's still in the middle of the year, you're not allowed to say the 'C' word yet." Phil teasingly scolded. I giggled at him.

"Sorry," I smiled, "but it would be nice to get this for Christmas though, wouldn't it?"

"Yeah," Phil sighed, "yeah, it would."

As we moved away from the shelf and moved away from the subject of expensive plushies, we continued to look through the entire shop for something interesting that was not pricey. We split up for a bit to look through more stuff that we individually liked and something caught my eye. It was something wearable and it was something fluffy.

I hastily took it with a smile, wore the extra set it came in with and looked around the shop for Phil. Once I spotted him in the Death Note section, I tapped his shoulder and he turned around and giggled.

"What do you think?" I asked him as I showed him the big fluffy hat I was wearing and the fluffy paw gloves it came with.

"Very cute, Dan," Phil simply said in between his giggles, his cheeks turning a bit pink, "you going to get that?"

"Of course I will! It's amazing and it doesn't really cost that much so why not?" I grinned as I took the hat and the fluffy gloves off and held it in my hands, "what about you? You getting anything?"

"Maybe a Death Note poster or that Alphonse Elric plush I saw earlier that was on sale," Phil said, "I don't really know, I'm still deciding."

"Take your time, Phil." I chuckled at him.

After several minutes of deciding, he finally decided to get the Alphonse plushie instead. We both paid for our stuff and happily left the shop. I took out my phone and checked the time again. I told him we had enough shopping and it was time to head to my house to hang out for a bit since it was getting a bit late. And with those words, my stomach boiled with excitement.

On our way out the shopping centre, we passed by an arcade place and at the very entrance of it stood a claw machine, which was surprising because it wasn't there the last time I came here.

"Hey that's new," I pointed at the claw machine. I've always loved one of those and I barely see one out in the open. I stopped walking and looked at Phil "can we try it out?"

Phil smiled at me and nodded, "Yeah, of course!"

I smiled brightly at him as I quickly approached the machine and searched my pockets for coins to slot in. I felt Phil's eyes on me as I found some change and slotted the coin it.

"Here we go," I whispered to myself as I moved the claw around and aimed for the Where The Wild Things Are plushie at the back of the machine. The claw stopped above it and I quickly pressed the "Grab" button. The claw lowered, grabbed the arm of the character and brought it up. I grinned at my own victory; I've never really won anything from claw machines. But then I suddenly frowned as the plushie's arm slipped from the claw's grasp and fell back down to its original place.

"So close!" I hissed as I turned to Phil and he gave me a sad smile, "Oh well, I guess that's that. It was a pretty good try though…"

"Let me try," Phil said in a soft tone as he approached the machine and slotted a coin in. I watched closely as he moved the claw and re aimed for the toy I tried to get. He pressed the "Grab" button and it instantly grabbed the torso of the plushie and brought it back up with no problem.

My jaw slowly dropped in awe as the machine smoothly brought the plushie to the drop off and released it there. I whipped my head to look at Phil with an extremely surprised expression. "Wha- how did you do that?!"

Phil chuckled at my expression then bent down to grab the toy from the drop off.

"Don't tell anyone but I'm secretly the world championship at getting toys from claw machines," he said as he brought the plushie back up with him and smiled at me, "I actually competed in the Olympics and won 3 golden medals."

I rolled my eyes at him and giggled at his statement. "Well, that explains a lot then."

I was about to congratulate Phil on getting the plushie when he suddenly handed it to me with a smirk, "Here."

I looked down at the toy and looked back up at Phil, then down again on the toy and back up at Phil until I finally realized what he was trying to tell me. "W-Wait no, Phil. You won it, so you get to keep it. It's only fair that way."

"No, I won it for you, so you get to keep it," Phil said, "you were devastated when you found out the Tonberry plushie was expensive so why not give you something else instead, it's better than nothing."

"But Phil-"

"C'mon, it's yours, I insist."

It took me a moment before I sighed and gave up the fight as I slowly took the toy from Phil's hand, looking at it for a second before a smile finally made its way back up my face. I looked back up at Phil and he gave me a sweet smile, it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I didn't know why I felt like that but whatever the reason was, I didn't really care. It felt nice, I've never felt like this before.

"Thanks," I whispered to him as I smiled back and tried to hide the blush on my face.

"'welcome…" Phil simply said as he stared at the ground and looked back up, his face was also quite red, "so… your place?"

My eyes widened as I looked outside, it was looking a little dark already. How long have we been here? "Y-Yeah, c'mon!"

"Wow, it got dark really fast…" I said as we exited the shopping centre and walked down the street as I clutched tightly on the Where The Wild Things Are plushie in my hand, "how long have we been playing in there?"

"I don't know but it didn't feel that long, though," Phil said as we turned to a corner in the street and saw the Manchester Eye in front of us. We both looked up at the wheel in awe as we continued to walk.

"Whoa, is that the Manchester Eye?" Phil asked.

"Yup, it looks kind of scary up close like it's about to fall and crush us all." I joked.

"Have you even been on it?"

I shook my head. "Not yet. I didn't really have the time to go on it and no one would really invite me to go. I want to, though."

Phil turned to me with a smile. "Why don't we go then?"

"Really?" I chuckled at him, "Us?"

"Yeah! Why not? I mean, obviously not today, I don't have any money on me anymore but we should really go on it one day!" Phil gleamed, "C'mon Dan, it would be really cool, what do say?"

I thought about it for a little bit before considering it. "Yeah, alright then. When?"

Phil looked back up at the wheel and shrugged. "I don't know but one day. We'll go on it before the year ends, I promise."

I smiled at him. "Okay then, you promised."

Phil happily nodded as we turned into another corner and continued to walk back home. I looked up at the clouds and the sky suddenly thundered.

I guess that explains why it was so dark, it was about to rain, typical UK weather.

"Looks like it's about rain…" Phil pointed out the obvious.

"I guess it is."

"We better hurry then before we get caught in the rain." Phil said, walking a little faster now.

A/N: YAAAAY BUILD UP CHAPTERS ARE OVER. Again, sorry if this chapter sucks (I was delusional when I wrote this), I'll make it up in the next chapter (I know I said that in the previous chapter but I swear this time) the next chapter will be like the ULTIMATE PHAN CHAPTER FILLED WITH SEVERAL PHAN REFERENCES (if you guys could get them all) but don't expect too much of it because it might be terrible again :P (I'll try my best to NOT make it terrible) and it may take a while if I'm going to make it not crap :P

btw speaking of Phan references, there's actually 3 (or maybe 4) in this chapter. can you guys find them all? ^-^

I PROMISE the next one will be good! But like I said, it's gonna take a while but it will be worth it! I SWEAR!