Song: Night Changes by One Direction
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Phil closed the brown door behind him as he smiled at Dan and looked to the streets and saw the many children dressed up in costumes along with their parents. Dan put his hand out putting an offer out for Phil to hold his hand. With the most beautiful smile, Phil took his hand and headed for their first house. The streets were lit by only the tiny candles in the many jack-o-lanterns along the street houses. So far Phil could tell that the most popular costume this year was apparently Robbie Rotten and Vamperina. When a small child with a Robbie Rotten costume came up to Dan and high fived him, Dan did a little snort instead of laughing out loud, making Phil burst into laughter.
Dan stopped Phil at a house that finally didn't have more than two people at one door. As the boys went up the porch steps, an older kid in her teenage years had a road work sign that read: 'I sure hope it does'.
"I love your costume." Dan laughed as the girl gave a faint smile and a quick 'thank you' before walking away.
Phil was already up the many porch steps as Dan was only on the third of many. "Do you need help, my love?" Phil asked putting a handout.
"No thanks, I got it." Dan smiled as his cheeks were already pink.
About three minutes passed by until Dan was finally up the stairs. Phil smiled at Dan with loving eyes, as Dan just flashed a quick smile saying 'I'm sorry I'm such a burden' but, Phil didn't question anything. This was going to be a great night, and if this night doesn't turn out great; Phil will probably stab somebody out of rage. Phil pressed the cream-colored doorbell and waited for the door to open. The door opened with a loud creak and stepped out an old woman.
"Oh, hello boys!" She smiled.
"Trick-or-treat!" Dan smiled as he and Phil held out their pillowcases waiting to receive the candy from the elderly woman that wasn't in costume. As the old woman looked at the smiles she had plastered on their faces, she looked down at Dan's oxygen tank and gave a long frown. As Dan noticed, she quickly stopped and smiled allowing them to say 'thank you' before closing the door on their faces.
"Are you going to need help going down with your tank?" Phil looked at Dan and Phil could tell he was upset by the question that was just spat out. "Daniel?" Phil snapped his fingers in front of Dan's face even though he knew it was a dick move. Dan jumped slightly. "Are you going to need help with your tank when you go down the stairs?"
"N-No," Dan walked past Phil as more trick-or-treaters came up the stairs. Phil couldn't pinpoint why Dan was upset, he loved Halloween. As long as Phil knew Dan, he always said that his favorite holiday was Halloween. Getting candy was like the many Christmas presents he received from Santa on Christmas morning, the Jack-o-Lanterns were the trees that lit up this holiday leaving nobody in the dark on the holiday. But, tonight Dan was acting as if this was the last Halloween ever to be in existence. Dan actually seemed really depressed, but Phil knew that a side-effect of Cancer was depression. But, maybe Dan was depressed for another reason. Maybe he felt like a burden to Phil tonight.
"Dan?" Phil caught up to Dan when he got down the stairs. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah," Dan smiled as he began walking with Phil to the next house.
But, when am I ever okay? Dan asks himself as he smiles at Phil. Dan never liked being alive. He dreaded getting up every morning to go to school, he became addicted to alcohol when his parents got divorced. Dan actually had to go to the hospital twice because he consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol. Dan also had a serious eating disorder that he had ended up going to the hospital. He looked down at his stomach that was flat as a poster on a wall, but he still felt fat. Dan looked at his arms as he remembered he had scars that were fading as well. Before Dan actually began talking to Phil, he planned on ending his life after the school week was over. But, Phil had saved Dan without even knowing he did. Dan had been eating more and he stopped cutting, along with tossing his alcohol bottles away. But, when Dan had found out he had Cancer his world just crashed straight into the sun burning everything Dan once loved, except Phil. Dan was broken when he found out he had Cancer, he didn't care that much because he knew he could die from it but, he hated it because he knew Phil would care. Just thinking about how scared Dan was to tell Phil he has Cancer, still makes his heartache. Dan hated knowing that he indeed was just another burden on the world because he has Cancer, he was pretty much labeled as 'handicapped' now. He was just another person that needed help doing simple things because he has a medical condition in which he cannot help himself. He never liked people helping him and giving him attention like this. But, Dan has now learned to accept it even though it really bugs him.
Time passed quickly as Dan and Phil moved through three streets, stopping every now and then to stop and rest for Dan. Well, not technically rest. Every time Phil saw Dan red-cheeked and trying to catch his breath, Phil would try and get Dan to stop and sit on the curb, but Dan refused every time as more aggravation built up within. As Dan walked up to the next house, their porch only had two steps in total which meant a huge break for Dan. As Dan began walking up the stairs, he quickly grabbed his chest falling onto the grass patch beside him.
"Dan!" Phil screamed as he threw his pillowcase and ran to Dan. As Phil got to Dan, he noticed that the brown-eyed boy couldn't catch his breath. "Dan, take a few deep breaths. Steady your heart!" But, it was no use. Dan was hyperventilating as one of the tubes were out of his nose, he was near close to the color of ice in the tundra. Phil reached for his phone in his back pocket almost dropping it when he coaught it in his hand. As he dialled the numbers for the ambulance Dan flipped Phil's phone out of his hand.
"Dan?!" Phil got the phone off of the ground. "I need to help you, I need to get you help!" Dan franticly shook his head 'no' as if Phil was about to stab him or himself.
"...Phil..." Dan's words were raspy and barley understandable. "...No..."
Phil's eyes swelled with tears as he knew what his boyfriend meant; he wanted to die. Dan's skin was paler than Phil's own, his lips purple as if the were dyed in paint. Dan was dying. Phil had a choice to make; Save his boyfriend and have Dan leave him, or let Dan die and make him happy but lose his true love. Phil would over everything chose option number one. Phil fumbled with his phone as he dialled 999 quickly.
"Hello, 999 what's your emergancy?" The womans voice picked up.
"Hello, my boyfriend is hyperventilating and his oxygen tubes are out of his nose, and he has Cancer and, and-"
"Sir, take a deep breath,"
"He's dying! His skin is ice white and his lips are deadly purple!" Phil screamed into the phone.
Phil cried into the phone where they were at as more tears swelled in Phil's eyes, as Dan's eyes began to fill up his own.
"Dan," Phil cried as he held the younger boy in his arms. "It's going to be okay, help is on the way. I'm so sorry." Dan just smiled sofly as he slowly closed his eyes as his purple lips parted slowly and not waking up until the medics arrived.
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Please. Don't. Kill. Me. I actually don't care if you do, just don't come snatching my wig, please! For the first time ever, I actually got feels writing something; THANKS LAST FEW PARAGRAPHS OF THIS STORY. But, I found this saying really funny, I got it in my Wattpad newsfeed when somebody replied to it: "Gay ships are yay ships." ...... I'll leave you with that but, before I leave I'm going to say this: I got a new dog! Well, actually, it was my uncle's dog then he gave the dog to my grandpa, now we're getting the dog! So, I already know him. He's currently in my lap as I write (he's a black, male Pitbull if you are wondering) Well, that's it for now. Make sure to eat something, be happy, stay safe, and stay alive! II-//
luv u!!! (#^.^#)
(Also, this story is not over!!! There's still 11 to 12 chapters left of this story!!!)
