We are the ghouls of London // PHAN

•CHAPTER FOURTY-SIX•

PJ stood there in the doorway, his mouth open wide in shock. His eyes too were wide and open, staring at the two of them.

Dan wasn't sure wether the look was out of just shock but also being disgust of what he was seeing, but nevertheless, after becoming utterly embarrassed in being caught in the situation, Dan pulled away from his and Phil's paused kiss. His cheeks beginning to burn up at to an impressive heat and just by looking at Phil, he could see Phil was having the same reaction, his cheeks now a bright crimson colour.

All three of them were lost for words on what to say next, fearing whatever they would say could make the situation more awkward than it already was.

"Get. Out." PJ growled, staring at Dan angrily, "Get out of my house NOW!"

Dan started to get up from where he had been sitting on Phil's bed, "PJ I - "

"You know what? I don't want to fucking hear it!" PJ snapped, cutting Dan completely off, "Phil's dad was killed last night, and here you are, taking advantage of Phil's confused self, and... and... kissing him!"

"I'm not confused!" Phil stood up for himself, getting up from his position on the bed to stand next to Dan, "I'm trying my hardest to come to terms with it. Me and Dan were talking about it with one another..."

PJ laughed sarcastically, "Oh yeah because you are both just so happen to be in the exact same boat don't you?"

Dan went to say something but Phil cut in angrily, "You know what? We are in the same boat. Two years ago, Dan's own Dad died and that left Dan to be fully responsible of his younger brother. So he knows exactly how I feel at this time. And as he says, he may have a mother who is alive, but she does fuck all for his family; Dan is the mother and the father for his younger brother. Therefore, Dan does know how I feel not to have anyone in your family care for you."

"Phil -"

"No! Don't you cut in as I am speaking! You know, I've had enough of you thinking you know me so well, PJ, because you don't. You don't know anything! You are completely different to me and Dan. You have a mom and a dad who are not only alive, but care about you."

"What has this got anything to do with Dan taking advantage of you?"

"It doesn't. Because Dan wasn't taking advantage of me," Phil breathed out before wrapping his arm around Dan's torso and pulling Dan in close to him, "Dan is my boyfriend and I love him."

Sure, Dan had heard the phrase 'I love you' multiple times from Phil, they had been going out for a while to be honest (this was the longest relationship he had had ever since that girl he dated all them years ago). But to hear Phil saying it as he defended Dan? It made him feel like he meant something for once.

"You... love him?" PJ questioned, staring at him.

"Yes. Yes I do," Phil snapped angrily, "So if you have anything mean or homophobic thing to say, then you can get the fuck out."

"I wasn't going to say anything homophobic—"

"Good, because we already have Connor and Joe to support us with it. So if you want to turn against us, I know for certain they will support us," Dan said, managing speak up for the first time that argument.

"Joe? Joe knows?" Phil asked, acting as if PJ suddenly had magically left the room.

"You text me during business and Joe saw it as he sits next to me," Dan said, "He was super supportive of the whole situation so-"

"Wait... you told Connor and Joe before you told me?" PJ asked, aiming the statement right at Phil.

"They just happened to find out about us—" Dan butted in.

"Still! You could have, like, told me about your secret relationship..."

"If we weren't originally going to tell everybody about us, what makes you so special? Over everybody we're friends with, why should I tell you first?" Phil snapped.

"Ok... I'm sorry..." PJ sighed, "I know I was being an idiot. I... I was just shocked when I first walked in and found you both kissing."

"Obviously," Phil replied sarcastically, "So shocked you suddenly turned into a fucking against Dan..."

"I'm sorry..." PJ sighed, looking at Dan, "I'm really... really sorry..."

Deep down, Dan knew it would take a lot more than a 'sorry' for Dan to well and truly trust PJ again. However, for simplicity and the aid to be able to come back to the house with ease without PJ yelling at him every time, it would be much easier to say that he did forgive him.

"It's ok," Dan shrugged, pulling Phil in close to his torso.

"So when did you first tell each other you had feelings for one another?" PJ quizzed, finally closing the bedroom door behind him.

Dan and Phil exchanged looks. They had been practicing an excuse to tell everyone which did not involve telling them that Dan was a ghoul. Now was their first chance to put that plan into action.

"Well... over the Christmas holiday, me and my brother stayed round Phil's and his dads house. And... we just got talking about things happening and our lives and I guess it just kinda slipped out how I liked Phil..."

"Why were you round Phil's house?"

"Well, turns out that his moms 'boyfriend' was one of Sam Kassidy's minions, and was there to spy on Dan. He was beating up Adrian, Dan's little brother, and when Dan tried to save him, he too then became one of the victims," Phil spoke.

"Wait... what about your mom?" PJ asked Dan, "Didn't she help you at all when you and your brother were being beat up?"

Dan shoom his head slowly, "No—"

A sudden large crash from outside the house made all three of them quickly dash towards he window. Conveniently, Phil's guest room had a window overlooking the driveway and there, Dan spotted a tall, dark figure making its way down the street. Straight away, Dan noticed the red glowing eyes it had from underneath its hood.

"Ghoul..." Dan spoke as he watched the figure as it kicked yet another stray bin into the rather quiet road.

"Ghoul? What's a ghoul fucking doing here?" PJ began to panic as he stared at the figure too.

"It's here for me," Dan spoke, trying to act confident when inside, he was a panicked mess. He quickly pushed past Phil and PJ to get to his school bag and as he opened it, grabbed his ghoul mask which he kept in a back pocket, just in case something like this occurred.

Dan pulled it out and went back over to the window to see the ghoul begin to slowly turn into PJ's driveway. Trying the handle of the large window, Dan sighed, "Can this be opened?"

"Opened? Why would I open it when there is a ghoul down in my fucking driveway?" PJ cried.

"Here!" Knowing what Dan was planning since he had seen what would happen before in that alleyway not too long ago, Phil grabbed a small silver key off of a shelf above his new desk.

Dan opened the window and put his mask on. After feeling his one changeable eye for certain go red and bright, he looked at Phil, "As soon as I am out that window, close and lock it. I don't want to risk you or PJ getting hurt."

Phil nodded understandingly before Dan kissed him, and watched him climb out of the window and down towards the ghoul on the driveway. Like Dan had said, Phil locked the window once he had closed it, and went to go put the key back when he noticed PJ's mouth was wide open, a bit like when he had first walked in on him and Dan 'making out'.

"Dan... he... eye... red..." PJ stuttered

"Yes... Dan's a ghoul..." Phil sighed as he looked at PJ, "But Dan is a good ghoul. He'd never hurt me, but just save me from ones, like that night we first kissed..."

"So you didn't first kiss at your house?"

"No. We did it before then. Dan saved me from being killed by a ghoul one night. And now, he's gonna do it again - only this time, to save us."