We are the ghouls of London // PHAN

•CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE•

IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE! DOUBLE CHAPTER UPDATE COS SPECIAL XMAS CHAPTER TOMORROWW!!

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Phil lay back on his bed and closed his eyes. The bed felt empty and cold with Dan gone hunting with his friends.

Phil got up and walked towards his window. He had closed it after becoming extremely cold in his room with it open. Rain had started to pour from the sky above his house and it made Phil miss Dan even more.

Where was he? What was he doing?

Phil stepped out of the room and looked into the guest room as he passed it to go to the stairs, his iPhone 7 pressed in his jean pocket. He saw Adrain lying in the double bed in there giggling as Phil's dad told him a bed time story. Phil couldn't remember his dad doing that to him when he was younger, only his mom. Was this a new characteristic his dad had taken on or could Phil not simply remember?

He left the room and went to go down the stairs to make himself and Dan make hot chocolate for when they were both together later when his phone buzzed in his pocket. He stopped at the top of the stairs and glanced down at the screen.

1 message
Connor 🎞

Phil felt his heart went into his mouth as he was scared. Had something happened to Dan? All these scenarios entered Phil's brain and began to scare him a lot as he slid the message across.

I'm not a stalker i promise but me and Dan are under your bedroom window cos Dan is a right wreck

Phil ran into his room and grabbed his bomber jacket and pulled it on. He opened the window, rain drops landing on him as he climbed out the window and down the tree to land on the grassy ground with a thump.

"Phil!"

Phil made his way forward to Connor who was helping to hold Dan up in his arms. He was crying and a total mess. Pity built up in Phil's chest as he pulled his boyfriend into his tight grasp, honestly not caring wether Connor did or didn't know if they weren't going out or not. Phil rubbed his boyfriends back as Dan cuddled onto him. Phil rocked Dan's fragile body and looked up at Connor, "What happened?"

"Termika... she was... shot..." Connor said slowly as he rubbed his neck.

"Shot?!" Phil exclaimed as be stared at Connor, "What happened?"

"Let's get Dan inside first and then I'll tell you," Connor spoke calmingly as he wiped a few stray tears away from his eyes.

Phil looked up the tree and sighed, "How do we get this guy," he gestured his boyfriend, "Up a tree to safety? If he can't walk on his own without falling to the floor, then climbing will be an issue."

Connor walked towards the tree and pulled himself up to a low branch. He gestured his arm out, and Phil moved forward with Dan still crying on his shoulder. Leaning down, Connor grasped Dan under the armpits and pulled him up, Phil pushing him up by his butt so he was sitting on the same branch as Connor was.

Looking towards Phil, Connor snorted, "And that's how we get an emotional 'human' up a tree."

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Once they had entered the room (Phil drastically sweating from all the hard work of having to haul Dan up an extremely tall tree in his back garden) Phil and Connor finally managed to lie Dan down onto Phil's brightly coloured bed in his room, hopefully allowing Dan to get some sleep and calm down.

Phil listened as Connor told him what happened with Termika and the fact it was PJ's dad who had done it. He listened carefully to everything Connor had to say before then telling Connor everything about what had happened with Richard that day and about how he threatened Dan about Sam Kassidy.

Connor soon had to leave and Phil watched from his open window as Connor clambered down the tree and made his way along the streets. Phil watched until he could no longer see him due to the neighbours over grown tree's. Sighing, Phil pulled himself back into the room and closed his window. Looking towards Dan, his body looked so fragile and broken as he lay in a deep sleep with his arms cuddling himself.

"What are we going to do with you Daniel?" Phil smiled as he clambered into the warm bed next to Dan and wrapped his arms around his boyfriend, a smile creeping onto the boys face as he slept a peaceful sleep despite being so traumatised.

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"Dan... pancakes..."

Phil slowly shook his boyfriends shoulder as he steadily held the plate of warm pancakes in his grip. Dan twisted in the bed and slowly opened his eyes and saw Phil smiling at him, "Morning sleepy head."

Dan smiled back before holding his head and groaning, "What... what happened yesterday?"

Putting the plate down, Phil moved to sit next to Dan crossed-legged, "Don't you remember?"

"Err..."

"You went out with Connor?"

Dan froze before looking at Phil, "That actually happened?" after Phil nodded Dan groaned, "I thought all that was all a bad nightmare I had!"

"Sorry to say but it wasn't..."

After groaning again, Phil pushed the plate of pancakes towards his boyfriend, "I made these specially for you if you want them."

Dan smiled as he picked up the fork and began to eat the food happily and savoured every bite, "I had no idea you could cook Phil."

Phil blushed, "I only began to learn properly how to a year or so ago by my dad."

Listening a second, Dan noticed how quiet the house was, "Why's it so quiet? Is your house usually like this?"

"Your brother has gone to a friends house for a bit, my dad dropped him off there before heading to work. Therefore, we are home alone Daniel," Phil smiled.

"So I can do this without anyone hearing us?" Dan pushed himself forward and pushed his lips against Phil's own. They moved their lips in sync before Dan pulled away. Phil smiled.

"No one can here us, so yeah I guess..."

Dan grinned as he leant forward once again and put his lips against Phil's as they began to make out, their lips moving in sync and Phil's eyes closed as he enjoyed the moment.