Dan and Phil had fallen asleep on the couch last night cuddled up to each other. Dan woke up first but he couldn't bring himself to move as he didn't want to wake up Phil so he stayed laying there.
When Phil woke up, they immediately kissed.
"Morning, handsome" Dan said
"Morning" Phil said. You could see in his eyes he was tired, even though he had 10 hours sleep.
"I'm going to book your doctors appointment now, okay?"
"I'm scared, Dan"
"I know you are, but it'll be fine"
Dan walked over to the coffee table and picked up the house phone. He dialled the number but Phil took the phone from him and hung up.
"Is it okay if I talk to the receptionist instead?" Phil asked, almost scared of what Dan's response was going to be.
"Of course, if you want to"
Phil nodded and then proceeded to dial the number again. It rung for ages but eventually someone picked up.
"Hello, welcome to Your Local Gp. How may I ask you?"
"Hello, would it be possible to book an appointment for today please?"
"Yes, sure what is your name?"
"Phillip Lester"
"And what is the appointment about?"
Phil freeze and went silent.
"Phillip?" The receptionist asked, in a caring way. "If you don't want to tell me the specific problem, that's fine, but you just need to tell me the general problem that your problem is related to. This is so I can give you the right Doctor, okay?"
"Okay, mental health" Phil managed to squeak out.
"Okay, I've got an appointment here for 1:20, is that okay?"
"That's great thank you"
"Thank you, bye"
"The appointment is at 1:20" Phil said.
"Okay, lets go and get ready" Dan said, pulling Phil into a hug. He checked the time - 11:30.
**TIME SKIP**
Phil signed in at reception and they went to grab a seat. They didn't have to wait long until his name came up on the screen, and they walked to room 2, the mental health room.
The doctor was kind looking.
"Hello, Phil" she said happily
"Hi" Phil answered, bluntly. He couldn't help it, he didn't want to be like this.
"What's the problem today?"
Suddenly, Phil started tearing up but he wiped his tears away angrily. He looked at Dan with a 'please can you explain' look in his face.
"Phil thinks that he has depression" Dan said. He placed his hand on Phil's knee.
"I see" the doctor said.
She pulled out a sheet of symptoms of depression on.
"How many symptoms out of 10 do you have?"
AUTHORS NOTE: There is more than 10 symptoms of depression but to make the chapter easier to write and to understand, I'm saying there is only 10. Hope that doesn't bother anyone! Sorry for interrupting! Back to the story:
"8 I think" Phil said, filled with embarrassment and shame.
"Phil, don't worry, it's not your fault" Dan said. He could tell that Phil was getting a bit emotional again and he needed to reassure him.
"Okay, yes, it does look like you have depression then. How long have you felt like this?"
"About 5 or 6 weeks, since I was diagnosed with Cancer"
"Okay." There was a long pause. "I'm going to start you on anti-depressants. They should help you, take one daily. If they don't help, come back and I can put you on a stronger dose."
"Thank you, Doctor." Phil said meekly.
The doctor printed out a prescription sheet and handed to Phil.
"Go over to the pharmacy and hand this sheet in and they'll give you your prescription."
"Thank you, goodbye"
"Bye guys!"
They walked out of the doctors room and headed over to the pharmacy which was luckily right next door.
Phil walked to the counter and handed in the sheet. Dan then took Phil to the seats.
"What's up?" Dan asked. "Why are you crying?"
"I hate this, Dan! Why can't I just be normal?"
Dan pulled Phil into a hug and Phil sobbed on dans shoulder. When Phil's name was called, Dan went up and collected the prescription for him.
"Tell him that it's a repeat prescription so every 28 days he'll need to come back and get another box. That box will only last him 28 days."
"Okay, thank you"
"Bye"
"Bye"
Dan and Phil walked out of the chemist. Phil had calmed down now.
"Sorry"
"What for?"
"Being over dramatic about everything"
"You're not, don't worry"
They arrived home and they sat on the couch. Neither of them were hungry so they decided to watch some anime to get their minds off of everything for a little while.
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Cancer // PhanFiction (sequel to The Lying Llama)
Fiksi PenggemarTRIGGER WARNING OF CANCER SELF HARM AND DEPRESSION!!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED Dan and Phil are best friends. They have been for as long as they can remember. However, one day, one diagnosis, can change someone's life.
