Royalty

XVI

A/N: I have three things to say. 1) The entire time I was writing this, I was listening to the soundtrack for Yuri!!! on ice lol 2) I really wanted to write at least one chapter from Phil's perspective, so I did for this one! It's... a little different I think. 3) This is the last chapter!? (Minus the epilogue, calm down) I can't believe this is almost over. I've spent so much time on this.

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~Phil~

When we broke apart his lips were red and swollen. He was so cute and out of breath, I was too. I righted the crown that was falling off his head, and fondly pushed a few curls away from his forehead. His hair was a mess. God. I missed him so goddamn much.

"Shit" he said breathlessly. The moon was right over our heads, casting weird shadows all around us. Dan's crown glimmered in the light. He looked ethereal standing here before me. I loved him. I loved him more than I thought possible for me to love someone. Loving him was killing me. The way he was looking at me now made me want to steal him away from this place and never look back. I wanted to shield him from the world. I wanted to make him happy. He looked so weak. His skin was pale and his eyes were bloodshot. Did I do this to him? Did I hurt him so much that he was suffering? My heart ached at the thought of him hurting because of something I did. "Phil?" Dan said softly. "What are you thinking?"

"Run away with me" I blurted out. He blinks like he's not quite sure he's hearing my right. "Please" I added.

"Phil" he said with a slight frown. "We can't run away"

"Why not?"

"Where would we go? We don't have any money, or a place to live. And what about your family? Do you really want to leave them?" I sighed quietly.

"At least come live with us then" I said. "Until we can save up enough money to buy a place of our own"Dan got this look in his eyes. It was like he wasn't here anymore. He was like this when he was thinking. I waited for him to come back. "Well?" I asked.

"I love you" he said. I smiled softly.

"I love you too" he started nodding. He had more to say. "What else?"

"This is crazy I hardly know you" he muttered, mostly to himself I think.

"I know but-"

"But you're my soulmate and I love you. And it's not like I can stay here much longer..." he stopped talking out loud, but I could tell he was still going over it in his mind.

"Dan?"

"I want to go with you" he said. I felt my heart lift in my chest. "But I had to do something first" my smile dipped a little.

"Alright, what is it? Do you want to get some of your things...?"

"Fuck no" he said venomously. "I don't want to bring anything with my from this place" his anger quickly dissipated and was replaced with nervousness "I- I don't want my parents to wonder what happened to me" he said. "I don't want them to think I'm dead. Or Jack. I can't just leave him without saying goodbye" he paused. He wasn't sure of whatever he was planning. "God, this is crazy I can't believe that I'm thinking about doing this..." I frowned at him.

"We don't have to leave now. We can wait a few day for you to get ready or-"

"No. We have to leave tonight. I can't stay here any longer"

"So what are you going to do?" he licked his lip and looked me in the eye.

"We're going to dance" he said. His mind was going a million miles a minute. He was like this when he was scared. His brain worked faster than his mouth could handle.