Parallel Universes || Phan

Chapter 5

Dan's POV*

Oh god. Oh god. Oh god.

What the helllllll?

This is going to be so god damn annoying. It was hard enough supressing my feelings with one Phil around but TWO? What am I supposed to think? 

One of them has feelings for me ... although it's technically not me and besides he lost other me ... and then there's my Phil who I have no idea if he likes me ...

He must have felt so awkward when Phil, or Phillip, in this case said I was his boyfriend ... well not me, other me- NEVER MIND! 

Little nagging voices whispered in my brain as my thoughts wondered. I sat on the couch, frowning as my brain argued.

"Phillip is sure to like you ... he already has feelings for his Dan, which is still you!"

"Don't be rediculous, he just lost someone close to him!"

"What about you're Phil? The one you've been in love with for years? Are you just going to give up and dump him like that?"

"Phillip will definitely like you though!"

"BUT PHIL!"

I groaned at the thoughts and blushed when Philllip entered the room. I could tell it was him because his hair was slightly longer than Phil's, he was wearing different clothes and his eyes were slightly sadder. The miserable look on his face made my heart break and all I wanted to do was walk up to him and kiss him but I bit back the urge.

This is so wrong ... I'm crushing on two people who are the same person except one is pretty much off limits and the other I'm sure is straight. It's not fair, there's two of them and I can't have either ... I was shocked at this thought. I was being really selfish, we have a bigger problem on our hands and I'm saying it's not fair that my crush doesn't like me.

"Dan? You okay? You sort of spaced out." Phillip chuckled, sitting on the same sofa as me but still far away as possible, knowing it was probably still a bit weird.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine. Just a lot to take in y'know?" I replied. It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't completely true either.

"I know I'm sorry for being such a nuisance." He sighed, looking upset. He has a lot to deal with, I'm sure stress is eating away at him. He's stuck in a parallel world, his boyfriend just died and now he has to see me walking everywhere AND a clone of himself. I don't blame him.

"No! It's no problem really. It's quite exciting actually." I grinned, showing my dimples. He smiled sadly at me, his gaze lingering a bit too long. I noticed I was holding the gaze but he seemed to realize what he was doing and looked away. I saw the slight frown on his face. He knew it was wrong ... because well think about it. Boyfriend's dead here I am like I'm suddenly replacing him.

If he's anything like my Phil he's too sweet to do anything like that ... too sweet and too innocent however hard the situation might me. Even when I knew these facts I still felt that pang of disappointment and I cursed myself. The sad part is, I have more of a chance with this Phil than my Phil and that's worrying.

Soon Phil came into the room with three bowls of soup and set them down on the table in front of us. He looked a little happier now, calm even. I always feel happy when he's happy so I relaxed and gave him a small smile as he sat down in the chair next to me.

"So ..." Phillip started, filling in the awkward silence. "What do you do? Like on YouTube?" He asked curiously. The words looked so weird leaving his mouth, but that's only because he's identicle to Phil.

"Oh, um, we sort of do comedy stuff. Well ... vlogging. I usually share stories about how I'm such a fail." I laughed. Phillip smiled and looked at Phil. 

"Yeah me too I guess, not so much fails but I usually share stories and stuff." Phil grinned.

"Cool and the BBC?" He questioned.

"We have a weekly BBC Radio show every Sunday from 7 until 9 and we take in people's responses and replies to our questions on twitter and facebook. We also show music videos people have made, play Dan vs Phil and 'I don't know how to internet'" I explained.

"Sounds fun." Phillip smiled.

"It is." Phil and I said at the same time and laughed.

"So what about you, Mr scientist?" I chuckled and sipped my soup.

"Oh me? I'm only one of the most famous peole in the world." Phillip said casually and took his own sip. Phil and I stared wide eyed. He looked up and laughed. "I invented the hover car ... and Dan found a way to cure global warming." Phil explained, sounding more sad near the end at the mention of the other Dan. 

"I feel so underaccomplished now." Phil sighed, making us all laugh. 

"Won't people be worried about where you've gone?" I asked.

"Yeah, what about your parents? And brother, I mean assuming we have the same families..." Phil said.

"Yes we have the same families and to be honest ... I don't really care that much. it's nice not to have too much attention everywhere I go." Phillip stated.

"Don't get too used to it. We're not extremely famous but there a few people who still recognise us." I pointed out and Phil nodded.

"Well I'll have to lie low then, won't I?" Phillip suggested.

"Good idea ... which brings us to our next problem. What are we going to do with you? I mean someone will probably find out at some point." Phil sighed.

"How about we worry about it tomorrow? Phillip, you look exhausted, like you're going to pass out any second." I said.

"I haven't slept in two days, I think it's fair to say I'm shattered." Phillip yawned.

"Come on, you can sleep in the nerd room, we can pull the sofa bed out." I replied and Phil agreed. Phillip, Phil and I went up to the nerd room. Phil let Phillip borrow some of his pyjamas and we set the sofa bed up.

"Thank you guys so much and I'm sorry for all of this ..." Phillip sighed.

"No problem." I smiled. He smiled back and we left the room. Phil and I stood in the hallway, an awkward silence washing over us ... this was the first time since Phillip was here that we were alone. I could tell he was still a bit freaked out by the whole boyfriend thing as well as I was.

"Well ... goodnight." He said awkwardly and hugged me before walking to his room. 

"Night." I sighed and went to my own for some well deserved rest.