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He snapped his fingers in front of me to bring back my attention. I quickly averted my gaze from his eyes to my hands. "I'm Daniel, what's your name?" I looked back up to him. His eyes were the size of the moons and he looked extremely excited. "I'm Phillip! Can I call you Dan?" He smiled up at me. "Sure" I chuckled. "As long as I can call you Phil, deal?"
"Deal" he replied, clapping his hands together, looking as excited as a kid at Christmas.

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3 months later and Phil had stuck by me. We had grew closer and foun out we have lots in common. He liked the same music, hobbies and general stuff as me. "Daaaan!" Phil called, holding the a for at least 5 seconds. "I'm hungry" he pouted.

We were running low on food but I couldn't tell Phil because I wanted to keep him happy. I wanted to see that sparkle in his eyes when I made him smile. I had only been eating one meal every 2 days, to save food for Phil.

"Phil, I need to talk to you" I sighed. He tilted his head to indicate he was confused, and walked over to me. "This was going to happen sooner or later, but we're running our of food." Phil's mouth hung open and he covered it with his hand. I pulled him into a comforting hug. His cold tears trickled down my shoulder as he gripped onto my ripped shirt tighter. "I'm sorry" I whispered as I patted his back . He look me in the eyes and spoke with all his emotions "I'm staying with you"

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