The sun crept through the windows of the bleak lounge at sunrise. It was approximately half past seven in the morning and after a mere two hours of sleep, Phil was woken by the light peeking in from the window. A large variety of extreme emotions came over him throughout the night, at some points he felt the calmest and most relaxed he had ever felt and at other times he was so excited that he couldn't sleep.

He had no idea what was causing these intense feelings, Phil barely even knew Dan and he already had been affected by simply being in his presence and talking to him.

As the sunlight began to get stronger, Phil was fully awakened and looked down at Dan who was still fast asleep. Squinting, Phil began to pat the sofa trying to find his glasses. When he finally got hold of them he put them on and took in the environment properly. It saddened him to see his once happy and colourful lounge covered in boxes. With a sigh, he pulled himself up.

He quietly tiptoed around the camp-bed, trying not to wake Dan up. Phil continued to look behind him at the sleeping boy and his tiredness was replaced with giddiness. His emotions were changing so rapidly and he had never felt like this before.

Shaking his head as an attempt of coming back to reality, Phil walked out of the lounge and down the hallway into the kitchen. "Ow!" Phil exclaimed as he hit his head off of the glass door leading onto the kitchen. He pushed the door open and bent down to pick up his glasses that had fallen off his head.

Phil walked over to the cupboard where he stored his cereal. His pleasant expression drooped to a sad smile when he saw only one box left. All of his belongings were slowly fading away into various black bags and boxes.

It was hard to ignore the fact that the apartment he had lived in for almost three years was no longer able to be which saddened him. With Martyn moving out, he had no one to help pay for the house and Phil felt very alone.

With a sigh, Phil pulled out the Cheerios and reached into another cabinet for a bowl. He turned around to get milk from the fridge and was scared by Dan as he walked through the door yelling "boo!" Phil jumped and as he did so the cereal erupted from the box leaving pieces all over the floor. Barely able to catch his breath, Phil began to tell Dan how much he scared him but before a few words could even be uttered, Dan burst into laughter.

Phil pretended to be offended and stifled his laugh. "Dan why would you do that it's going to take ages to clear up." Phil said whilst whining but as he looked up at Dan he couldn't contain his laughter. The pair were aching with the laughter and for the first time in years, Dan felt at ease in someone's company.

Once they had recovered from the laughter pains, they began to pick up the Cheerios together. When Phil wasn't looking, Dan threw a handful of the cereal at him playfully. Phil's response was almost instantaneous as they partook in a cereal war.

Phil's parents, Martyn and Lily, whom were very tired as it was not even eight o clock, walked in after hearing all the laughter and noise to find Dan and Phil throwing cereal at each other. It was an understatement to say they were confused. Kathryn simply said with her soothing northern accent "What on earth are you two doing?" Dan looked at everyone feeling embarrassed and awkward while Phil's reply was "Anyone want cheerios?"

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Phil's family were slightly annoyed at the fact that it was very early but they all just laughed and went along with the situation as it appeared to them that Phil was happy. Once all of the cereal had been picked up, they all sat at the table and for once the chairs all being full. With Phil's mum and dad in the purple and red chairs, Martyn in the green chair, Lily in the grey chair, Dan in the orange chair and Phil in the blue chair.

The table and chairs brightened up the now bleak lounge as all that was left apart from them was the couch and the television. All of the walls were lined with boxes. Everyone was talking to each other while eating what was left of the cereal.

Dan felt slightly out of place so once he had finished his breakfast he stood up. "Thank you so much for having me here, I appreciate it. I'll leave you all be now." He began to walk out of the lounge as Phil's family wished him well and said their goodbyes. The hangover had finally kicked in and that being paired with only a few hours sleep, he was aching and needed to get settled as soon as possible.

"Wait! Dan!" Phil exclaimed as he ran after him down the stairs. "I can't just leave you. I'll bring you into town and get us some new clothes before you leave." Phil insisted as he put on his jacket. Dan fixed his shirt, suddenly realising how much of a mess he must have looked and agreed submissively.

As they walked out of the door of the apartment building, Dan realised that nobody knew where he was so he quickly texted his mum letting her know that he was okay. For the next few hours, Dan and Phil walked through the streets of London, still wearing their suits from the night before, and got to know more and more about each other as they grew fonder of one another by the minute.

"So where are you going to go now?" Phil asked Dan curiously as they walked into a clothes shop to get some new attire. "Well my family were staying in some hotel and that's where all my luggage is so I suppose I'll go back there." He mumbled as he picked out a hoodie and jeans to buy.

"Where did you travel from?" Phil asked. "Wokingham, Berkshire." Dan responded. "But hopefully I'll be out of there soon enough." Phil gave him a puzzled look. "I plan to move somewhere else, it seems as if I'm just in the way back home so it would probably be best."

Phil's eyes opened wide suddenly, his heart pounding."I'm sure that's not the case, Dan. Where are you moving to anyway?"

"I was thinking about London."

A/N

Aghhh I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I made it extra long as I procrastinated and missed three upload dates whoops! Thanks to everyone for your support and thanks to phluentinphan for helping me fine tune my phanfic

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