Life Can Be Beautiful - Dan Howell xReader Imagine Thingy

Merry Christmas

Dan and i carry our suitcases into my room and he lets himself fall onto the bed immediately (tired from such a "heavy workout"). I lie down next to him

"wanna join me for some Christmas shopping tomorrow morning?" i ask expectantly.

"define morning"

"well... like 11am or something?"

he sighs "we'll see" he grins and pecks my cheek. With that the conversation is over for him as he takes out his phone to check his twitter. "Don't you want a Christmas present Howell?" I ask smirking "bc only nice people get christmas presents... like people who help their girlfriend..." i never actually called myself his girlfriend, have i? what a strange thing to say, what a strange title to give myself.. dan Howell's girlfriend "with her Christmas shopping" Dan puts down his phone and turns on his side to be able to look at my face better. He cups my cheek and moves closer and closer to my face. our lips are only centimetres apart now and i can feel his warm breath on my skin. "nice people give their boyfriend a Christmas present even if he doesn't help them with their Christmas shopping." after saying that he lies back down. "OI you're such a tease!" i say throwing a pillow at him, he smirks. "do you think it was easy for ME not to kiss you?" he asks "you needed to be taught a lesson though!" "oh yeah?" i ask climbing on top of him doing the same thing to him that he did to me, but just as I'm about to pull away from almost kissing him, Dan turns us around so that he's the one on top and steals a kiss "never try using my tricks against me mrs (y/s/n)"

-time lapse to the next morning-

December 23rd, 7am
i wake up and feel two arms wrapped around me holding me close. At first I'm confused as I'm in my OWN bed at HOME and not at dan and Phil's apartment, but then i remember. I turn around in Dan's arms to look at his face resulting in him strengthening his grip around my body. "it's okay I'm not going anywhere" i say assuringly, stroking his cheek. I lean my head against his chest. I can feel its movement as his lungs fill and deflate in a steady rhythm. I listen to his calming heartbeat and i almost immediately fall back asleep again.

10am
"Morning sleepyheads" my dad says as he puts on the light. Dan and I groan and he buries his face in my shoulder. "5 more minutes phil" dan mumbles sleepily. I giggle. "I'm afraid Phil's not here Daniel... and I'd strongly suggest you take your hands off my daughter" Dan gasps in shock and backs away immediately blushing. "sorry sir.. I-i didn't mean to.. I just.." he stutters and my father starts laughing. "it's okay i wasn't being serious" dan starts blushing even more. "but you two should get up now. seriously."

Dan and i buy some last minute Christmas presents like a plushie blob fish for Phil. At about 4pm we take a train back home.

"thank god the train station is only 5minutes away from my parents' house" i say starting to shiver slightly "are you cold?" Dan asks "a bit" i mumble. I feel his arms wrap around my body. "better now" he whispers into my ear. "way better" i chuckle.

December 24th, 3pm:

"Are you ready for church??" I ask Dan.

"What do you mean 'are you ready for church?'"

"Well, we'll have to go to church." I giggle. "Don't worry I'm about as excited as you are, but I need to go because of my father... and I'm sure you want to give me some company" I pull the best puppy dog eyes i can.

"ugh.. you're lucky, you're so cute" Dan says embracing me. "But we'll watch the Doctor Who Christmas special afterwards, right?"

"Yup, tomorrow."

"Huh, what do you mean tomorrow?" Dan looks at me shocked.

"We'll have to wait til tomorrow, hun"

"gosh what is this?! church and no Doctor Who Christmas special on Christmas eve?" Dan sighs. "how do you even survive this every year?"

"I don't even know tbh" I say dramatically. "How about we spend next Christmas at Phil's and your apartment?"

"How about you'll have moved to our apartment til next Christmas"

I giggle. "I'd love that..."

-time lapse bc I'm too lazy to write about church-

"was it really that bad??" i tease dan. "uh-huh." he sighs and rests his head on my shoulder. I giggle and ruffle his hair. "heyyyy" he groans. "you know that i hate that" "Merry Christmas" i place a kiss on his lips. "i love you" he whispers. i hear my mum clear her throat beside us which i ignore as i peck dan's lips once again.

When we got home, we had a delicious festive dinner and fortunately Dan got along with my family very well. After my family left Dan and i snuggled up in my bed. I drifted off to sleep very quickly lying safely in his arms.

Merry Christmas to all you lovely people who read my story. I love every single one of you❤