Title:Â All of the Internetâs Effects
Drabbler:Â thegreatphan
Doodler:Â kiroujiswonderland
Beta:Â hotlikealaska
Summary:Â Dan and Phil decide to go through the phan tag.
WC:Â 992
Warnings:Â It says the âfâ word twice and thatâs it.
It was a boring Saturday afternoon when all this started⊠and where else would you expect me to be but tumblr. Yep. Phil and I had claimed our comfortable positions on the sofas facing each other after a quick episode of Sword Art Online, both of us with our laptops propped open.
It was eleven in the morning and I could already tell it was going to be one of those days where your thoughts are on a separate realm of existence- where all the hypothetical âwhat ifâsâ are brought to life and thereâs no relative connection between one tangent and the next. Phil always had an adorably funny habit of referring to them as âinternet thoughtsâ but this time, it felt like a little more than that. This time, the tangent prompted me to go through the phan tag.
Before I continue, I feel the need to remind you of how terrifying that tag is and how bad of an idea this was, but I forgot in the spirit of the moment⊠I suppose.
The first post on the tag was semi-decent; a drawing to represent the sim series on danandphilGAMES- however it heavily implied that Phil and I are married. Moving on. Next in the tag was a text post reading, âDan has more chins than I have friendsâ. Now, I thought this was hilariously true, so I called Phil over so he could see.
âPhil?â
âYeah?â
âYou wanna hear something funny in our tags?â
âI thought we werenât gonna care what the phandom does!â
âI got curious!â
Phil then- reluctantly- got out of his comfortable position on the sofa across from me and I teased, âBesides, if the phandom writes smutty fanfiction about you and I, wouldnât you want to know?â
âNo, because Iâm not a creepy ogre like you.â
I got a good chuckle out of that and by then, Phil had found a nice spot on the couch and settled in.
Next on our list in the voyage through tumblr was, you guessed it, a post addressing heart-eyes-howell. Of course this was the first thing Phil saw when he came over (well done Dan). As I later found out, me looking at Phil is the majority of what the phandom talks about, so it seemed mandatory for me to pull off an infamous âno homoâ in order to compensate for the situation, but because this is Dan youâre talking to here, I ended up enforcing it.
The post caused Phil to develop a pretty weirded-out expression, so as quickly as I could, I leaned over and whispered, âPhillu senpaiâ with an emotionally compromised look on my face.
This lead him to playfully say âDan-kun.â
He saw some humor in that.
Thank God.
After that, we saw some lovely, creative submissions for Draw Phil Naked (despite him discontinuing that segment) and I ever-so-flirtatiously complimented him with the phrase, âIt must be such an honour to be depicted as an incredibly attractive naked manâ.
âHow do you know thatâs not how I actually look naked?â Phil remarked.
I snorted softly in reply and that was that.
Fast forwarding through a few hours and more short bants, we were both staring at the screen in silence- scrolling along- thinking many things and saying nothing.
For the sake of honesty, I will mention that I have thought plenty about what it would be like if Phil and I ever dated. It was inevitable- surely- that after all these years of being in constantius close proximity with my best friend, that I hadnât at least toyed with this idea. Of course, simply âtoying with the ideaâ isnât where I drew the line; 2009 had everyone thinking we were a couple, and I would be lying if I said I wasnât head-over-heels for him then, but I thought I had become a master of repressing those emotions. Well, I âthoughtâ, because the entire next conversation proved me wrong.
âHey Dan?â Phil asked, looking at me curiously.
âWhat?â I nonchalantly replied.
âAre you in love with me?â
What the fuck.
How the fuck am I supposed to reply to that.
I managed to squeak out a flustered âW-what the Hell, Phil?â
Phil let out a full and pure laugh, which I wouldâve thought was endearing if I werenât just asked that question. Fortunately, Phil had spared me a few extra moments to think by continuing with his idea.
Well, you make it incredibly obvious.â Phil added. âThe whole âheart-eyes-howellâ thing isnât exactly baseless.â
âAnd?â
âYou get jealous when Iâm around anyone else for extended periods of time.â
âThat could just be completely platonic!â I justified.
âYeah, it would be⊠if you werenât shaking right now.â Whoops.
âErm-â I started before Phil interjected, âDonât get me wrong, if you did, not much would change between us. I mean, weâre pretty much dating already, everything in the universe seems to ship us- the only difference is that weâd be more affectionate. Iâve been wanting to express this for years, but because you were young, I thought I should wait it out a little.â
I had to just stare at him and blink for a few seconds because my mind was still trying to comprehend everything. Itâs a bit hard to think if your heartâs thudding in your ears and you can feel a lump in your throat tbh.
âWait Phil⊠is this your way of asking me out?â
Phil hesitated before answering, âSure.â
I inhaled sharply and ranted, âSo Iâve struggled with a massive crush on you for years and youâre telling me YOU KNEW THIS ENTIRE TIME, FELT THE SAME, AND DIDNâT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.â
Phil nodded, âThatâs what Iâm saying.â
âYouâre lucky I love you so much.â I sighed, embracing him.
Phil whispered, âI really am.â










