I Will Love You Endlessly (Sequel to i dare you to love me)

Part 23 (The End)

The flight from London to Nagoya takes over thirteen hours, and even though by the time they get to Japan it's morning, they're both exhausted and completely jetlagged. Phil tells Dan that they aren't going over to the botanical gardens until tomorrow, so they make their way over to their hotel and check into their room immediately.

They both slump against one of the walls in the elevator and Dan's posture is so poor that he ends up shorter than Phil. He takes that as an opportunity to rest his head on Phi's chest, closing his eyes and exhaling contently as he listens to the beating of his heart. Phil once told him that when they met, Dan had planted flowers in his chest and everyday since then, they grow more and more in bloom. Dan never told him, but Phil had done the same for him. He presses himself tighter against Phil's body and smiles, ready to spend their first night as husbands together.

Dan can't stop thinking about being with Phil; even though, technically speaking, the only thing that has changed about their relationship is a piece of paper legally binding them as life partners, it feels as if something has changed now - in a good way. Everything feels new and different, and Dan doesn't understand how or why but he likes it; it's like he and Phil are embarking on this adventure together and he's ready to take his husband's hand and brace whatever life has to throw at them - together.

As soon as they get to their floor, Dan musters up whatever energy he has left and he kisses Phil, unable to keep his hands off of his husband for a moment longer, and pushes him up against the wall by their hotel room door. Laughing, Phil struggles to get the room card out of his pocket while Dan's kisses move from his lips to his neck, and he lets them in their room. The second they're inside, Dan pounces on him like a horny teenager and Phil, once again, laughs against his lips, his hands gripping the younger man's waist, holding onto him as they try to walk to their room without ceasing in their makeout.

Once they're in front of their bed, Phil slows things down, breaking their kiss and smirking a bit when Dan whines at the lack of Phil Kisses he's receiving. Having changed their clothes on the plane into something more comfortable, Phil grabs the zipper of Dan's hoodie and pulls it down, pushing it off of his shoulders and discarding it on the floor once he has it undone. Without breaking eye contact, he allows Dan to do the same, smiling while Dan helps him out of his sweatshirt and pepper little kisses to his lips once it falls to the floor. Dan removes his undershirt, throwing it onto the pile of discarded clothing on the floor, and he places his hands on Phil's waist, pulling him in close as the two of them kiss again, their mouths moving together with feverish passion.

"I love you," Phil gasps between kisses, lowering Dan onto their hotel bed and hovering over top of him.

Dan grabs the hem of Phil's shirt and says, "I love you too," and then smirks a little when he adds, "Mr. Howell."

Phil smiles widely when he hears that, placing his hands on top of Dan's and shimmying out of his shirt, and he exhales, "I love you too, Mr. Lester," as he goes to kiss his husband once again, and when their lips touch it feels like flowers bursting into bloom. And Phil closes his eyes, eternally thankful that Dan dared him to love him.