"I don't want to talk about this anymore, Phil!" Dan Howell yelled at his boyfriend.
They were arguing again. They seemed to be doing that a lot lately. Dan had been best friends with Phil Lester for over four years now, that was a really long time. Or, that's what it felt like to them. It wasn't until a couple weeks ago when Phil poured his heart out to Dan about how he really felt about him. Dan was quite shocked when Phil said that he was in love with him but happy at the same time because he felt the same. He just always kept to himself. Phil hadn't even known that Dan was even gay. He just poured his heart to Dan and took a chance.
But now, it's been a month since Dan and Phil had officially started dating. Things were going okay. They were happy to be with each other like this finally. The only problem was that Phil wanted to come out to their friends, family and Youtube subscribers whilst Dan, on the other hand, wanted to keep their relationship private. He felt that it wasn't the internet's business that they came out or not. He was happy just the way he was. He didn't mind hiding. But, Phil did. Phil didn't want to have to hide his love for Dan. He wanted to be able to hold Dan's hand and hug him and kiss in public whenever he pleased. Dan didn't want that apparently. Phil didn't understand why Dan wanted to keep hiding their relationship like this.
It was a Friday evening, around 6 o'clock. Dan and Phil had been arguing for the past hour now. Dan was getting frustrated and upset about the whole situation. He just didn't want to deal with it anymore. He hated talking about 'coming out' with Phil.
"Why can't you just take no for an answer?!" Dan yelled at Phil.
"Why can't you take yes for an answer?" Phil asked calmer.
Dan rolled his eyes as he continued pacing back and forth.
"You won't give me a good reason why we shouldn't come out to the internet, Dan," Phil said.
Dan turned and looked at him. "Are you being serious?" He asked.
"And don't say 'the Phan shippers will ruin everything'! That is not an answer," he warned.
"It is in my book," Dan snapped at him.
Phil scoffed and shook his head. "Why are you so afraid of coming out?" He asked calmly.
Dan glared at him. "I'm not afraid! I told you before, Phil! I don't think it's any of the internet's business. We shouldn't have to come out to them. It's none of their business if we're a couple or not," he snapped. He shook his head and continued pacing again.
"I understand that, Dan. But, wouldn't it be much easier if we just told them? You won't even tell your own bloody family!" Phil yelled. Phil hated that they were arguing like this.
"What I tell my family is my own fucking business!" Dan yelled angrily.
Phil frowned. "Dan, can't you just think about this?" He asked quietly.
"I don't want to think about it, Phil. God damn. I'm done talking about this!" Dan yelled.
"Dan, please," Phil begged. He took a deep breath.
Dan's eyes began to water up as he stared at Phil.
"You just don't understand how I feel," Dan mumbled.
"Then make me understand," Phil whispered. He went to walk over to Dan but Dan quickly turned around and ran out of the lounge. "Dan!" Phil yelled with shock. He went to follow Dan but Dan was already down the stairs and out the door. Phil walked back into the lounge and then he sat down on the couch. He hid his face in his hands as a couple of tears fell out of his eyes. He wished he could just talk to Dan about this, where they could work it out as a couple... but nothing ever seemed to work because they always ended up arguing with each other.
