Happier// Phan

Chapter Thirteen

"Baby you look happier you do, I know one day you'd fall for someone new, but if he breaks your heart like lovers do, just know that I'll be waiting here for you"

Phil's POV

I turn around greeted by a familiar face; he looks up at the broken building from under his hood sighing before returning his attention to me.

"Dan?" I question under my breathe "Yeah, it is" I answer his question avoiding eye contact afraid of what the outcomes will be if I do.

"It's where we met Phil" He smiles looking back up at the building.

I watch as he moves closer to me before he lifts my chin with his index finger a sense of familiarity shoot through me as he forces me to look into his soft brown eyes, we look at each other for a couple seconds, Dan's soft lips brush mine as we slowly move closer to each other until they finally met, the kiss is filled with happiness, sadness, desire so many things but I realise this is wrong, I quickly push him away taking a step back. I lean my head down to focus on what's below me and not what Dan is going to say.

"Please Phil, don't do this?" I hear him cry.

"What? Push you away? We haven't properly seen each other in months and we kiss, why shouldn't I, Dan? Tell me" I remove my eyes from the ground and focus them back on the boy in front of me watching as his expression changes.

"Look Phil, I'm sorry, I truly am and Skye can confirm that" He pleads mentioning Skye's name "She came over the other day-"

"I know" I interrupt looking down at the snowy cobblestone path "I tried to stop her but she insisted, I'm sorry" I apologise, afraid of what she said, when someone hurts her friends she isn't gentle, physically yes as she doesn't hurt anyone physically.

"She told me how you've been doing" He continues, I look up startled and curious about what exactly he knows "You should drink like how you did you know" He advices me looking worried.

"I know..." My chest closes up knowing he knows how excessive he hurt me, I wanted to seem like I could get over him but when I really can't, him and that stupid pretty face.

"Promise me you wont do it again, when Skye told me you had me worried sick" Moving closer to me, but this time I don't take a step back I just nod in reply. "Just like that night at the club" He trails off.

My heart beats faster as Dan brings up that night, the night I don't remember half of. But I do remember that I said something to Dan that I don't exactly regret and was true.

"Do you remember? After all you did collapse" Dan asks with a little giggle.

"Just my breakdown and collapsing after that it's gone" I reply still wondering what went on.

"I caught you, you fell on top of me so I stayed with you" Dan admits looking down at his fiddling hands.

He stayed with me? But Pj was there.

"I-um- didn't want anyone to hurt you so I stayed until Skye took you home" Dan looks up from his hands his face filled with worry.

"Might be a bit too late for me not getting hurt" I point out "But thanks" I add

We stood in silence, still running through what Dan had just told me, he stayed to protect me...

"Why don't we continue this conversation out of the cold street" Dan suggests interrupting my train of thought by grabbing my hand with no hesitation leading me into the familiar nature walk.