Rewind: Means to Flashback/go back in time
Fast forward: Means to go forward in time (or go back to the present if it is used after a "Rewind")
Pause: Everything pauses except for Dan and Phil
Dan P.O.V
Phil and I felt like fucking idiots once we realised that we could've literally just fast forwarded through 10 hours' worth of work just to get that bloody Ambrosia. And without a moment of hesitation, I took one last look at Phil and I pressed the button for time to speed up 3 times as fast. It's a strange sensation; watching as time literally flashed before your eyes and moving so fast that I swear I was going to pass out.
Fast forward
Once the time skip was over, my body had already returned to normal. I missed looking at the pinkish colour of my skin; but I missed seeing my real body more. How long have we been here already? How long has it been since I've last made a Youtube video? Returning back to 'normal' made me miss my life, even though I never really had one in the first place, and I had a serious case of home sicknesses. I missed waking up and smelling Phil's coffee first thing in the morning and twitching at the sight of his multi-coloured socks sitting on the coffee table. And as unbelievably weird as it sounds, I missed seeing Phil's real face. Don't get me wrong, the Sims graphics are amazing when it comes to customizable characters, but it wasn't enough. No game could possibly replicate the shape of his cheekbones, the shape of his nose or the peach colour of his lips perfectly.
"Dan…Would you stop staring at me already?"
"Ah-" I chuckled in embarrassment. "Sorry."
He rubbed his hand on the back of neck and all I could think about was just how Anime it looked. "It's fine. But what's wrong? You look worried."
I wasn't really thinking it through when I did this, but I just wrapped my arms around Phil and embraced him. Something about hugging Phil made me feel as if all my problems disappeared, even if it's just for a brief moment.
"I want to go home."
"Why would you want that?" A third voice joins the conversation; It was Dil, with an unhappy expression on his face.
"Well as much as I'd love to, we can't live in a video game for the rest of our lives, Dil." Phil explained to him.
"But you can do whatever you want here!" Dil grabs our hands and looks at straight in the eye. "You can date, get married, and do it as many times as you want and no one can judge you! All I want to for us to be a family, please…Dad?"
"But Dil we-" I stuttered, trying to figure out a way to explain the difference between reality and games to him.
"You think I don't know about it Dad? The way the world cruelly judges you as if they know everything. One side of it you have a crowd of lusty girls begging for your relationship to happen, while on the other side there are people constantly demanding that you are friends and absolutely despise the possibility of it. It's all really unfair. Because no matter what you want to do, you can't due to these circumstances." Dil connects our hands together roughly. "And think about, if you return now, you'll just have to restart your relationship all over again, doesn't that just get tiring?."
"Dating, getting married and having kids aren't satisfying if you get it so easily." Phil explains to Dil, clutching my hand tightly. "Dil… You're pretty much our child so I want you to understand this, but life's no fun if you can just do everything by pushing a button. Life is about struggling, working hard, and pushing yourself to your limits until you reach that one moment of glory where you finally get what you've been working for." Phil pulls our hands away from Dil and now we're properly holding hands. "And as long as the person that I'm working for is Dan, I'll do it as many times as it takes."
Dil and I completely froze once Phil finished talking.
"Wow Phil stop you're giving me an existential crisis."
"I'm even a biological person but now I'm starting to question my own existence."
Phil chuckles, breaking the after effect of his words. "Sorry, was that a bit too much?"
I was about to say something witty back to him, but it struck me that we were getting off topic and I decided to keep it to myself. "Anyway Dil, Please let us go back. I know that it's going to hurt you, but can you really be happy living with parents who don't even want to be here?"
"I...I Guess not." Dil stays quiet for a minute or so. "Dads, do you know what binds a Sim to this world?"
Phil and I look at each other but then back at Dil and shake our heads simultaneously.
Dil points above his head. "It's the green dimond. It binds us to this world as long as it above our heads. If you can break it, you're no longer a 'Sim' and aren't allowed to stay here. So they take you out."
"How do we break it?" Phil asks as I attempt to reach for mine.
"If you do something that breaks the law of Sims, you can get out."
"What do you mean by law of Sims?" I asked Dil with a confused look on my face.
"Remember back in chapter- I mean, when you guys couldn't even kiss? If you can overcome something like that, then you've broken a law."
Sometimes, on rare occasions, Phil and I have this thing where we have the exact same thoughts at the same time. So when I turned my head to see Phil nod at me; I knew that this was one of those times.
"Wait a minute…" I started, gripping my fist for emphasis. "So you knew this all along and you didn't tell us?"
Dil was taken aback at my comment and unconsciously took a step back. "Well I-"
"I'm disappointed in you Dil. Did you really think that we'd be happy if you just forced us together? Is that how sick minded your view of family is?" Phil usually never gets angry, so just by listening to his angry voice even I was getting Goosebumps.
"I mean- I'm sorry Dad I just wanted you two to be happy."
"BY TRAPPING US HERE?!" I thought I sounded a bit too harsh, but I decided to roll with it anyway. "I nearly died Dil. We don't see this world the same way you do, why can't you understand that?"
Dil's eyes were becoming damp with tears due to our constant yelling, and he was too focused on holding them in to say anything back. His mood was 'Sad' and the once fresh green bar that represented our friendship had turned dark red. Seeing that this was enough, Phil and I dashed towards Dil and quickly wrapped our arms around him in his delicate before the game refused the [Hug] option that we selected. The sound of glass shattering ran through our ears as the pieces of Dil's Diamond, which resembled broken alcohol bottles, fell on our shoulders.
"Dads…?"
Both me and Phil nearly fell over in the middle of our hug when we realised that Dil wasn't there anymore.
"So… Are we going to the same thing?" I asked Phil, who had an unusual smirk across his face.
"Well…I'm against non-consent, but it would be an interesting way to return." Phil mumbled under his breath.
Assuming that he was just talking about the Hug, I then proceeded to select a few crude interactions for Phil and he did the same. After a few minutes of arguing, fighting and saying insults to each other that never made sense, the pink romance bar that we both worked so far to restore had finally turned red.
As I watched Phil select an option, something about his gestures seemed off. Even as a non-frequent Sims player I knew that usually when Sims hug, they'd just open their arms and embrace since I've done with Phil so many times. But this time was different, instead of opening his arms up, he grabbed my arm and dragged into the bedroom, pushing me onto the bed.
"Phil…? Aren't we meant to hug now?"
Phil chuckles. "There's more than one way to break the law of Sims Dan." Hand drifted smoothly under my shirt, and I squirmed slightly when his cold palm touched my chest.
My eyes widened as I felt my face heating up. "You didn't…"
"Oh yes I did."
Dil P.o.v
I couldn't help but constantly be fascinated by the way my body looked in Dads' world. Is this what it feels like to exist in reality? Even though I know it was all just an act, I couldn't help but feel the aftershock of my Dads scolding me, despite knowing full well that it was all my fault.
It felt strange to finally be in the room that you've been watched from your entire life. I started to explore the other parts of the apartment that I never got to see, and because infatuated with the way that the house was rearranged. They had everything put together, from toys and fan gifts to everyday household items like coffee mugs. How did these two manage to live together for this long without ever realising that they liked each other? I hear a clutter come from the computer room and I rushed inside to see Dad collapsed on the couch as if he just had an existential crisis, while my other Dad chuckled at his state.
"Even after literally passing through two different dimensions, the pain is always there."
"Sorry Dan, Maybe I went too far back there."
I tilted my head. "What's wrong with Dad?"
"WHOAH Dil is that really you?! And don't worry about your Dad; he just won't be able to sit for a day or so."
"PHIL."
I smiled. "Well I'm glad you two made it back home safe, Dad."
"Well, what are you going to do now Dil?" Dad asked me, still resting his body on the couch. I really hope he's okay. "You're a human being now. You're not a Sim character with a job, girlfriend and house anymore."
I thought about it for a moment and flicker my eyes around the room until it landed on the camera attached to their computer. Something about it motivated me; as instead of always watching them, I wanted them to watch me.
"I think I'm gonna become a Youtuber, like you two."
"Sure. Go for it."Dad told me, not surprised in the slightest as he continued to rub Dad's back.
"But Dil, you have to change your name." Dad warned me as he attempted to get up, but failed a second later when pain rushed through his body. "People aren't going to take you seriously if you just use your Sim name since everyone knows you."
"How about Winston?" Dad suggested. "Or Zack?"
"I swear to god Phil…"
I thought about it for a moment. I didn't have a wide collection of names since I only knew the names of Sims characters, so this was going to be difficult. A few words and phrases floated above my head randomly until I finally came up with the right name.
"I thought of a new name!"
"What is it?" My Dads asked me at the same time.
I smiled. It was the perfect name that was going to be the beginning of my Youtube career. This was the name that people were going to call me when they talk about me, the name that everyone will soon one day recognise. And my Dads were going to be the first to hear about it.
"My username is going to be-"
The End.
A/N: I'm SO sorry for the late update! DX I ran out of ideas, had no time (In fact im sacrificing study time JUST for this, so be glad XD) and just procrastinated for so long. I really wanted to end this, and I'm sorry for rushing it (The Ambrosia Arc ended WAY too early) but it needed to end; I had no ideas, no motivation, even if I continued it would turn into something that you wouldn't want to read, trust me. And I'm really sorry for the very "readers interpretation" ending, but this was the ending that I had in mind when writing 'Our Simphany'. I was originally intending to stretch it even further and say that Dil was in fact, one of Dan and Phil's friends (*cough* PJ *Cough* XD) but scrapped it because it was way too much of a stretch. And The lack of smut content I am so sorry [Woohoo] was such a running gag in this series but I never really wrote it in detail so im sorry if you were expecting it DX (Go read 'Countdown to Him', my other story if you want a tad more of that) But Thank you so much for reading 'Our Simphany' This far! All your nice comments are what drove me to write, and I am so glad if you took the time to write one, or leave a favourite! :D Thank you, and hopefully I'll see you again one day with another phanfic XD