Missed Opportunities // Dan Howell x Reader

Chapter 32

Chapter 32

~Time skip the week is over and Phil is back~

Y/N POV

Welp. One hell of a week, wasn't it? Stress, drama, and pressure.

Yet also the feel of everything being so right. Because I had that when I was with Dan. But I'm back at my house now, obviously.

And without Dan by my side it's a lot tougher. But he still sends me texts for no reason at all throughout the day. And it makes me smile

We did nothing the rest of that week. Just stayed in and talked. Which honestly was the best thing I could've done during that time. I talked to my audience about how I'm gonna be a bit distant for a while. That there was kind of a family emergency type thing that I couldn't really speak about, and I needed time. And they were literally so supportive

I also texted Phil that week about what had happened to Maddie. It turns out, Mrs. Paul had already talked to my parents and they knew all about it.

So here we are now!
Oh here we are now...

It's been a few days since that week and Dan and I had decided to meet up outside of Starbucks.

"Dan!"

"Pup," he says leaning down to give me a hug "I missed you." He says softly near my ear

"I missed you too."
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We went to a near by park.

(A/N: this is about to be some unrealistic fanfic shit cuz I say so)

We walked up the pavement to a few wooden steps up to a pathway. Down the concrete path you see a spread of green in a circle. In the center a single cherry blossom tree. And all around in the distance are separate park benches.

I walk up and see a few people. It was quiet and quite empty for summer. It was beautiful and simple all at once, and I couldn't help but smile.

You sat underneath the tree in the shade while others were either in a bench or sat by a ledge near a stream

Dan's POV

I looked to my left as we sat down and saw her smile. It was an amazing feeling.

(A/N: "you never knew how wonderful that smile could make someone feel" where my DEH  fam at?)

And I've never had that before. That feeling. Where I could feel my stomach flip from a single glance. I wrapped my arm around her and she fell down with her head in my lap. She didn't lie there intentionally, the weight of my arm just took her by surprise.

"Why are giggling?" I said, I could only help smile at hers

"I wasn't expecting that" she responds and I lean down to kiss her

When we sit up, we talk for a while. I ended up pulling out my phone to take a picture.

"Dannnn, whyyyyy?"

"Cus you're beautiful" she gives me a disappointment head shake and squints eyes. Giving me that 'stop being cheesy' look

"It's not like we're gonna post it anywhere. Oh... We should probably talk about that."

"What? It's only the fact that we're hiding from like.. everyone we know."

"When does that stop?"

"I mean, it has to be sometime soon right? What even is this if we're not being out in the open about it?"

"What does that imply?" I said jokingly but oddly sad. My mind running over the possibility of her not wanting me

"I didn't mean it like that. You know what I'm saying. We need to tell Phil so that we can tell the others. And if not, it's basically like we don't exist

...and I never want this to not exist"

"Me too." I kiss the top of her head

"I'll come over to yours this week. We'll tell him together" she says giving my hand a squeeze

"Okay. When do you visit Maddie in the hospital?" I ask, remembering Phil tell me about an appointment

"Sunday. And I'd really appreciate it if you went with us"

"Will that be awkward?"

"Not if we tell Phil before then, I know it's fast. But I think we should." She looks up at me. We've been stretching this out for too long anyhow. It's time to tell Phil before we've been dating for a month and it's too late

"Okay...          Friday?"

"Friday."

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A/N: Hope you enjoyed!
Uploading the next chapter in a few

-Lei xox