Part 22

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The only moment that could compare to Dan and Phil's first kiss as husbands is their first dance. With Phil's head on Dan's chest, the younger man has never relished in being taller than him more than he does in this moment. Holding Phil close, with his hands pressed to the small of Phil's back, Dan closes his eyes and just breathes in this moment. With The Cab's song playing softly in the background it, once again, feels as though he and Phil are the only two people in the world.

The reception as a whole is beautiful; Dan and Phil's parents make speeches, welcoming their new son in law into their families, Louise gets drunk and sings karaoke with Jack, Dan and Phil share the first bite of their beautiful wedding cake, and everything is as perfect as it could ever be - it's almost as if it's not real, like the entire day was something out of a film.

When the party comes to an end hours later, they wave goodbye to everyone as they leave the reception and usher themselves into a cab. They make a stop at their flat briefly, and Phil runs inside to grab their suitcases - Dan assumes he packed them while he was at Louise's - and loads them in the trunk of the cab before rejoining Dan in the back seat.

"Hey, you," he says with a smile.

"Hey." Dan rests his head on Phil's chest, the older man's arm wrapped around his shoulders. He feels so tired, yet wide awake at the same time, his entire body buzzing with excitement. The cab ride - where they're going, Dan still doesn't know - is quiet mostly, with the two of them cuddled up in the backseat. It's only when Dan sees the sign for the airport in plain sight that he sits up eagerly, looking out the window.

"Where are we going?" Dan asks.

Phil just smirks, "You'll see," is all he says and the cab pulls into the airport parking lot. He doesn't answer any of Dan's questions, even after they're inside, and it's only until Dan sees the flight schedules, one line in particular saying Flight 277 London, England to Nagoya, Japan.

His eyes go wide. "Phil..." he says slowly, because he doesn't want to jump to conclusions but if he's right about where they're going he's pretty sure he's going to have a heart attack.

Phil smiles proudly. "For our honeymoon," he says. "We are going to Japan's Nabana no Sato Botanical Garden, where we will see a light show tribute to nature." He turns to Dan, still grinning, and he goes to say "Surprise!" but he can't even get the word out before Dan throws himself into Phil's arms and kisses him.

"I love you," he says as he presses his forehead to Phil's, and god he loves Phil so much. Not because of the things he does for him, but because he truly is the best person in the world and anyone would be lucky to call Phil their husband. And despite the fact that they have only been married for a few hours, Dan can't help but to feel like the luckiest man in the world.

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