internet friends;; phan

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phil's pov

We pull up at the park I had previously found on Google Maps and it looks beautiful, orange, red and yellow leaves having fallen off the trees and covered the grass in a layer of autumnal spirit.

I grab the basket from the back seat and run around to let dan out. "Shall we?" I ask, holding my hand out, He takes it and we walk over to a patch of the grassy area.

I stretch the blanket out over the grass and put the basket ontop, we both take a seat and I open the basket, gesturing for him to help himself.

"You're so good at planning dates and stuff, I need to plan a really good one one time" Dan says, while eating some of the sandwiches.

"Next time I promise I'll let you plan something, I just love planning little things that'll make you happy" I tell him and he tries to roll his eyes and look unbothered but the rosy cheeks and dimple popping saying otherwise.

I smile and watch a family across the park play fetch with their dog,
"I've been practicing a song on piano that I wanna play for you" Dan says and I gasp slightly,

"Really? Can you play it when we get back to your house?" I ask excitedly and he nods happily.

After eating our body weight in sandwiches, cakes and crisps we pack away whats left and lay down on the blanket to cloud gaze,

Dan leans on my shoulder,
"hm, that one looks like a rabbit" I say softly and point at the sky, dan starts laughing into my neck.

"Sorry to break it to you honey but that is the shape of a bird"
I look at dan confused and back up at the cloud,

"No! Look!" I exclaim, lifting his hand and using it to point out all the features,
"Tail, back, ears, head, legs. See!"

Dan laughs harder,
"Noo I'm telling you - Look at that part. That looks more like a beak than a pair of rabbit ears"

I laugh and shake my head,
"We're just going to have to agree to disagree, Let's just call it a Babbit and move on" I give in and Dan just nods and sighs in content. Squeezing his eyes shut to block out the sun, I scan his face and bask in the beauty of his soft features for a moment, probably a moment too long as he squints his eyes open and starts giggling.

"What is it?" He whines, patting his face,

" 's nothing. You're just really pretty," I admit and he blushes,

"Oh stop it you,"

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About a hour passes and about twelve more debates about cloud shapes and one leave fight - and Dan and I are still laying on the blanket, laughing softly at one anothers jokes while I carefully play with dans hand, bending and unbending his fingers and tracing little patterns on his palm.

"I uh, I bought you something" I say nervously, sitting up, He sits up too.
"Yeah?" He asks sounding kind of worried.

I pull out the box I hid earlier and Dan looks a bit taken back,
"Now don't worry, this isn't a wedding ring." I say to calm him down and he softly giggles and shakes his head.

I open it and take it out, Lifting up his left hand and putting it on his finger,

"It's a promise ring. And It's to promise that I'll always care for you, even if it gets bad again, I'll stick around for as long as you need me to. And it's a promise for a future of us. And A promise that I love you and that no matter what, even if you lose everything, down to the last penny in your pocket. You'll always have me - okay?"

I ramble and Dan nods, tears streaming down his face as he pulls me into a hug and tackles me to the floor peppering kisses all over my face.

"fuck, I love you so much"