"Hello Internet!" It wasn't exactly hard to predict the first words Dan would say on his videos. In fact, there weren't very many videos where he didn't open it up with his catchphrase. It was the one thing you could count on. Well that, and the fact that he was going to make himself look like an idiot in front of thousands of fans, and most likely sustain an injury from it. He seemed to be good at that.
"I have a very special guest with me today who most of you probably know, and if not you should definitely check his channel out." I sat on his bed cross-legged with Totoro in front of my face while Dan was introducing me. There seemed to be a tradition or something that meant youtubers had to introduce each other in a ridiculous way, so we decided to follow the pattern. Which resulted in me nearly being suffocated by a stuffed Japanese cat thing, due to Dan being as 'violent and intimidating as a butterfly stuck on a pink marshmallow'. Yeah right.
So basically then we did a load of YouTube-ey stuff that involved a wig, a Robert Pattinson mask, a chihuahua, and some seriously bad acting. After we'd finished recording the video, he turned to me with a slight frown on his cute little face. "Do you think we should have told them?" He seemed a little worried. "You know, about us?"
Smiling, I wrapped my arm around his shoulder and kissed him on the cheek. "Nah, don't worry about it. Let them all ship Phan, they don't need to know the truth."
He shrugged. "I don't know, it feels like we're lying to them or something. Maybe we owe it them to tell them."
I smiled and shook my head. "Don't worry babe, it doesn't matter. Only family and friends need to know." He didn't smile back. "You did tell Phil, didn't you?" He shook his head. "Oh great. Please tell me you don't still have feelings for him, and that's why you didn't tell him."
He looked surprised. "What? Of course not! Phil and I are just flatmates, you know that. I'm with you because I have feelings for you, not him."
"Flatmates, yeah. So maybe it's because you're ashamed to be with me?"
"Ashamed to be with you?" He looked hurt. "PJ, you're the one that didn't want to tell everyone about us, because 'they didn't need to know'. If anyone's ashamed, it's you."
"Don't you remember what happened last week? I was the one that kissed you! Why would I have done that, if I was ashamed to be seen with you?" Sighing, I took his hand and looked into his eyes. "Dan, I'm sorry. It would be impossible to be embarrassed about being with you, you're the most perfect human being I've ever met. We can tell whoever you want, I really don't mind. Just as long as I'm with you."
His smile melted my heart like it always did, and he moved his head closer to mine. "You're right, it doesn't matter Peej." And he pressed his lips against mine.