The Unknown. Phan AU

Chapter 22

This is the last chapter :(

To everyone's surprise, Dan was quite a chatterbox when he came out of his shell. He really loved rambling to Phil about his interests and sometimes it was hard for him to shut up. It had been quite a while since everything with Ethan and he was happy with Phil and he barely stuttered when he talked: only when he was upset or nervous. Crowded places still made him anxious and he didn't like talking to too many people but there was definitely an improvement.

"Adventure Time is the best! Melissa let me borrow the first season from them a while ago and I watched it in one sitting, it was that good." Dan said with a tiny grin on his face. Dan's happiness was just so contagious to everyone around him because it made them think of how far he had come as a person.

"I know right." Phil replied, laughing slightly at Dan's enthusiasm. "I have season 2 if you'd like to borrow it?"

"Or we could watch it together? It could be a date!"

"That sounds good to me!"

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The pair did watch the second season of Adventure Time together. Dan had his head on Phil's shoulder, Phil's arm wrapped tightly around him.

As they laughed at the show together, Dan realised that everything had turned out okay. He may have, at one point, hated his life but now he loved every second of it.

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"Phil, look! The stars are so pretty tonight!" Dan exclaimed, looking up the sky with a wide smile on his face.

"Almost as pretty as you." Phil was teasing but Dan was completely okay with it.

He laughed at him, replying, "Well they're prettier than you, you nerd."

They both pressed their backs into the grass, watching the night sky and feeling, for once, fully content. They just laid there in silence for a bit as they thought about everything that had been going on in their lives. "Phil..." Dan turned his head to look into his boyfriend's soft eyes.

"Yeah?"

"I-I..." The stuttering was back. There was no reason for Phil to be worried though because Dan was just feeling a bit embarrassed and flustered and in no way was he upset. "I love you."

Phil wanted to jump up into the air and scream out of sheer joy. He found himself grinning so widely that his jaw was begging to hurt. He had been waiting for the day when Dan had told him that and it had finally come. "I love you too!" Just as Phil finished his statement, he felt something wet drop onto his face.

A couple of seconds later, it was pouring down with rain. "Oh wow." Dan muttered, pulling himself up and taking Phil's hand. His other hand was over his head as an improvised umbrella. It wasn't really working but he didn't really care. They ran together back to Dan's and, once they got inside, they collapsed onto the sofa, laughing to themselves.

Dan and Phil's hair was so wet that it was dripping and their clothes were also soaked but neither minded. They were just so happy.

The unknown was still terrifying as it lingered in the distance but it was somehow more bearable with Phil by his side.

The end...

*cries* thank you so much to everyone who has read this book! All the comments about people hating Ethan never failed to make me laugh! Thank you to everyone who voted, commented or just read this! You're all amazing people :)

I'd just like to remind you that you are not alone. If you're suffering, please speak up. Tell someone, anyone, even if you think your problem isn't that bad.

You'll be okay! Just look at where Dan was in this story. He was depressed and he felt completely alone but everything turned out okay in the end.

So look after yourself! Eat, drink, do your hobbies, take medication, stay in school... you know all that stuff :)

Thank you for joining me on this wonderful journey. I'm actually kind of proud of this book and it's awesome to see a lot of other people enjoy it (I think you enjoyed it at least).

Oh and I just posted a new book today it's called You Can Do It! It would be awesome if you checked it out but you don't need to.

Have a great day everyone<3