i've been lying | phan

t h r e e

dan's pov;

As soon as we've finished dinner, put on an anime. First, Phil puts all the dishes in the dishwasher, we switch turns every day with who puts everything away.
'Phil!' I shout, 'Which one do we want to watch? We could rewatch Shingeki No Kyojin?' I ask.
'I was thinking of maybe rewatching Yuri! On Ice?' he shouts back.
'Sure, do you want to start at episode one again?' I ask.
'Yep, sounds like a plan!'
Phil walks back into the lounge with a bottle of coke and a bag of crisps. No glasses. Weird.
He sets them down on the table and sits down.
'Wait, Dan you like condiments right? We could get some to go with the crisps?'
'Haha, no I'm good thanks, do you want some?' I laugh. How did he remember that?
'Nahh, I'm good.' he laughs nervously.
Why is he acting so odd?
It's almost like he acted back in 2009.
I shrug it off and focus on the anime again.

~le time skip kind of i dont even know~

I open my eyes and find that I'm still on our sofa.
It's dark around me and cold, except for the left side of my body, which is pressed against something soft and warm.
It's Phil.
I quickly sit up.
He must be asleep as well. He'd never just let me fall asleep against him.
I check, I have to squint my eyes to see in the dark.
He is awake.
What?
I'm so confused.
'Sorry for falling asleep on you, Phil.' I say, apologetically.
'Huh? Oh, it's fine, don't worry.' he replies.
I don't understand this man.
'Umm, yeah. Anyways, I'm going to bed I think. Sorry, again.' I say awkwardly and confused 'I'll clean up my stuff when I wake up tomorrow morning.' I add.
'Nah, it's fine, I'll do it when I go to bed, I'll be going in a minute too.' Phil replies.
'Oh, okay, sure thanks. Umm, goodnight I guess?' turning my reply into a question almost.
'Yep, goodnight Dan!'
What is up with him?

I walk off into my room and take off my socks and change into my pajamas.
When I walk to our bathroom, I see Phil walking towards his room.
'Hey Phil!' I say.
He freezes.
'What's up?'.
'What is going on Phil? Are you okay?' I say as I put my hand on his forehead to check his temperature. 'Hmm, you don't seem to be ill.'
'Nothing's up? I'm all good. Um, goodnight Dan!' Phil says and almost storms into his room to then close his door right in front of my face.
What the hell?!
Have I done something wrong?
I walk into the bathroom, brush my teeth and go the toilet. Then, I make my way back into my room and turn off the lights.

I dive into my bed and stare into my dimly lit room, the only light is coming from the string of fairy lights on the top of my headboard.
What have I done that could make Phil act like this?
Did I upset him?
Does he hate me?
What happened?
Is our friendship over?
Before I know it I'm crying. No, not again. Yikes, why does this always have to happen?
My crying turns into uncontrollable sobs.
This is going to be a long night.

(story of my life tbh lol)

phil's pov;
I messed up.
Dan has definitely noticed that I've been acting differently. It's almost like back in 2009 when I had a massive crush on Dan but I knew that we could never be together and also, he'd never like me back. I just gave up.
All of a sudden I can hear someone crying.
Is it Dan?
Did I upset him?
I want to go comfort him but I can't. It'd be way too awkward for me to go over and talk to him.
We'll see tomorrow.

~time skip to the next day and also pov switch for the third time this chapter wow intense times yall i know~

dan's pov;
When I wake up I feel horrible.
My eyes are still puffy and red from crying and my throat is dry.
I gather my shit together and tell myself that I'm going to talk to Phil today or tomorrow if he doesn't say anything.

I walk into the kitchen and see that Phil is also there.
'Goodmorning Phil.' I say.
'Oh hey, goodmorning!' he replies 'Um, are you okay? I think I heard you cry again last night?'.
'Oh what? Yeah I'm fine, I was just.. um.. watching a cute video on Tumblr..?'.
Why did you say that Dan? Why?!
'Oh. Okay, well let me know if there's ever anything I can help you with okay?' he says.
'Thanks, I will.' I smile.
'By the way,' Phil says, 'I looked on Twitter and everyone is hyped about this new website/game! It's called 'Who Said So?' I think. Have you heard about it?' he asks excitedly.
'Umm, no? What is the point of the website?' I ask. I have never heard from that website before.
'I think you make an account and ask other people questions. Then, you'll get a response from either 5, 10 or 20 people. You can choose to be anonymous when you answer and somewhere in the answers will be the answer from the person who you asked the question in the first place. You have to guess which answer is from them!' he explains.

(this is the kind of plot twist causing thing, if you don't understand the premise of this website, hit me up and i'll try to explain lmao, it's kind of like curiouscat but then with multiple answers i guess?)

'No, I've never heard of that haha. Is it very new?' I ask.
'Yeah! I think they just came out with it a few days back! I thought that we could maybe play it on the gaming channel sometime soon?'.
'Sure, sounds great!' I say, 'Maybe we should both make an account firs so we can familiarize with the site and how it works?'.
'Sounds like a plan to me! We can ask each other some questions for a few days and then play it on the gaming channel?' Phil asks.
'Good idea, let's make the accounts after breakfast maybe?' I ask Phil.
'Sure.' he smiles.

~time skip to them making the accounts lol soRRY I CANT WRITE I KNOW BYE~

'So, what's your username going to be?' Phil asks.
'Well, since danisnotonfire is probably already taken, I'm going to go for DanHowell?' I reply.
Phil types it in.
'Valid username'
Yes then.
'What is yours going to be then Phil?' I ask him.
'Probably PhilLester? I mean, AmazingPhil is probably taken as well.' Phil laughs.
His username is also valid,
Once we're done setting up the accounts, we play around with the site a bit. We ask each other some random questions like;
'What is your favourite animal?'
'What is your favourite colour?'
'What music are you into?'

(if anyone makes a peppa pig reference i stg)

After a while of playing around, we both take our laptops into our rooms and ask some more questions. Just for fun.

After about an hour I decide that it's time for lunch and I walk to Phil's room.
'Phil, shall we have lunch? I think we've still got some bread left in the cupboard.'
'Yep, sure!' he replies and instantly gets up and walks to the door to join me on my way to the kitchen.

'Do you want some tea?' Phil asks.
'Yep, sure.' I reply.
He's not acting that weird anymore.
As he fills (or should i say phills? bedum tss. i'll fling myself into an ocean) the kettle over the kitchensink, he looks like he's focused on something. Almost like he is about to confess a murder or something.
'Oi, Phil are you okay? You've been acting off. If there is ever anything you're stressed (out) about, you know you can tell me? I'm always here for you. I'm your best friend.' I say.
Phil smiles, 'Thanks Dan, I know that. Thanks.'
'You can always talk to me Phil. Now, let's have that lunch shall we?' I grin.
Phil smiles and starts to boil the water for our tea.

okay that was a horrible chapter lol im v sorry.
also it's v long oops (1400+ words).
i wrote this kind of quickly and tbh im too lazy for spelling and grammar checks so yeah im sorry for any typos etc lol.
anyways, the plottwist will probably happen next chapter or the chapter after that one idk yet.
okay im an awkward mess thanks for the support yall bye have a blast.
(also wtf phils new picture that he dropped was perfect?! gotta blast)

'take a deep breath in, out, and say 'i'm fine. i'm in control of my future. everything will be fine.' i believe in you.
~ dan'