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Chapter Eighty-Nine

"What are you doing today?", Dan asks me when we eat breakfast one morning.

"The usual, designing and answering emails. I don't have to do as much today though. How about you?", I ask, eating the cereal Phil offered me, which I know is secretly Dan's.

"Phil and I have to film this Christmas thingy for the BBC and then we have free time so I'll probably film a new video as well."

"Oh okay. Can we not do something when you have time off?"

He sighs: "I'd rather film, haven't uploaded in ages."

"But we haven't done anything fun in ages, too.", I pout.

"We actually did last nig-", he begins but gets cut off by me hitting him with the spoon and Phil spitting out his milk in the back: "Daaaan."

"Just joking. But I'm serious, I do really have to film."

"Please? It's almost Christmas and I want to do some Christmas shopping before the shops get too crowded."

"Babe.", he just replies.

"Please?"

"Y/N.", he moans.

"You never film anyway so why do you have to do it on a day you could spend with me?", I say, earning an "One to zero for Y/N" from Phil.

"Um- because I want to and you know exactly why I don't film all the time."

"If you say so.", I answer coldly and turn to Phil: "Wanna go Christmas shopping with me then, Philly?"

I can see Dan throwing his hands up and rolling his eyes in annoyance before Phil replies: "Yea sure!"

***

Phil and I head out at around 4 pm, which is a busy time for London anyway but it is much worse since it's leading up to Christmas.

"What are you planning on getting Dan?", Phil asks after we get off the tube.

"No idea, I'll just get him whatever comes to mind while shopping."

Not only don't I have an idea on what to get Dan, but my mind just drifts off to the conversation he had this morning.

He'd really rather film when he can spend time with me. And I know he hasn't uploaded in a while, but he has also gone longer without uploading and was fine with it.

The only times I'm useful to him these days is when he wants to cuddle. Literally. Whenever I am working or am busy he will come up to me and say: "Can we cuddle? Pleeaasee?"
Most of the time I don't give in, but sometimes I just can't help it.

"You okay?", Phil asks me, interrupting my thoughts.

"Yea, just a bit put off by Dan."

"Aw don't worry about it. I'm sure he doesn't mean it in a bad way."

I am sure I would have thought that if I would've known what he was filming back then.