Back In Time (Dan And Phil FanFiction)

Chapter 1: Living life

August 16th 2025
Dan's POV

It was so nice to finally leave the apartment and feel the warm summer breeze on my face, even for a typical British day it was surprisingly warm. I walked along the sandy beach listening to the waves crash against each other, the sound of seagulls cawing above me as children laughed and squealed while playing in the sea and splashing each other.

I never thought life would be so peaceful, in my early 20's I constantly thought that life had no purpose and why we were even put on this earth to constantly contemplate life and I felt like constant shit all the time because all I would do is lie on my bedroom floor wondering about the Universe. I was wrong. Oh, boy I was wrong! This is the first time in so long I felt so free and happy, so many things I could be thankful for and to be honest, I was. I was the happiest I had ever been and I was beyond thankful for that.

"DAN! HEY DAN WAIT UP!!!" I heard I familiar voice shout. I turned around and saw my best friend and fellow YouTube companion Phil running to catch up to me, I must have zoned out while walking which I started doing that a lot lately. Nothing bad just........thinking.  Thinking about everything my thoughts were sometimes it was like a tornado in my brain, I literally had so many I couldn't keep up. I chucked slightly as Phil caught up with my wheezing and out of breath.

"Jesus Christ Dan, I could have run a marathon! You have your head in the clouds too much you know that right" he said chuckling slightly trying to catch his breath. Phil was one of the only friends who understood me. I mean, sure we've been best friends since we 18 and 22 but over the years Phil has come to understand me more than my actual family. He had always been there to support me in my rough years and I couldn't thank him enough for that. He was such a kind person, fragile and innocent. To be fair it would be very hard to hate Phil if you met him in person, which is one of the things I liked about him.

I scoffed, " Like you could ever run a marathon Phil, you can't even walk up the stairs without blacking out!" I said laughing, he nudged my shoulder slightly. "Hey you don't know that! I could run if I wanted to, they did use to call me lightning legs back in the north" he laughed. I shook me head slightly while laughing and looking at his deep blue eyes, even phil's eyes where full of adventure and wonder ever since the day I met him. "No one has ever call you that!" I told him, he folded his arms and pouted slightly, like a sad puppy or a child.

"They did too." He protested giggling, I pushed his arm slightly and he landed in the sand as I ran ahead he laughed and caught up with me trying to push me over but not succeeding which made us laugh even more.

Even if Phil was 38 and I was 34 we still acted like teenagers, maybe got the occasional stare from strangers but we didn't care. I didn't really give a fuck if people thought we where a bunch of Weirdos or gays, they can stare and point all they like I didn't really give a shit. It's they first time I didn't care about people's opinions I got enough of that from being on YouTube, but over the years it did get better, I learnt to not get offended or even sad when strangers or trolls would send me hate comments saying these awful things about me and Phil, mainly all of them was about us being gay or emo.

I soon learnt to just ignore these people and not get offended but these sad people online, eventually I just learnt to deal with it and block those people. And it surprisingly felt so good to block haters and trolls he just enjoyed bringing other people down and make them feel miserable, sometimes we all go through things like. It's not nice but, sometimes we need confident boosts like this.

As soon as Phil got up brushing the sand from his jeans we began walking together along the beach feeling the cool breeze in each other's faces it was absolute bliss. "What are you thinking about may I ask Dan?" Phil said turning to me stopping at his tracks. I looked at his blue eyes that widened with wonder and curiosity, I smiled at my raven haired friend. "Life".

So this is my very first fanfic and I hope you guys like it, I'm not brilliant at writing but I really hope you enjoy and I'll try and post as many chapters as possible thanks guys! Love you!!
Sophie
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