*Phil's P.O.V.*
I woke up smiling. I had the love of my life in my hands, sound asleep. He's so exquisite. I never thought love was real or any idea to do with it. I never believed in soulmates or "the one". I just believed that everything happens due to coincidence. But, after I met Dan, I know that isn't true. I feel as if the universe made us meet, but I don't think it was a coincidence. I think that we had to meet to complete ourselves. We both were hurt, maybe even damaged and we tried to pick up the pieces ourselves, but we always lost some along the way and had holes in ourselves, but when we met each other and became close, I feel like he had my missing pieces and I had his. We made each other whole again.
I used to think that the universe didn't create very good things anymore. I thought that good things in this world were rare. But as I'm laying here, with this small brunette boy in my arms, letting out small snores, I know that the universe still makes good things. And yes, they are rare, but that's the whole beauty of it. I found the most beautiful creation the universe has ever made and its in my arms, containing all of my love.
I don't think I could ever stop loving Dan. After all we've been through, I think it's safe to say we're invincible. I don't know what's going to happen with our parents, but Dan is my home now and I'm his. I'll provide for him and we'll make it. We'll prove everyone wrong.
"Mmmph." Dan groaned as he woke up and stretched.
"Morning, Bear." I said as I kissed his cheek as he rubbed his eye with his tiny fist.
"Morning." He said, smiling, "I love you."
"And I love you."
"But, Phil, what are we going to do? Neither of us can go home. Where are we going to go?"
I smiled when I reached inside my jean pocket and revealed my parents' car keys.
Dan looked up, turning his head to the side, not understanding.
"My parents have a few apartments that they use when they go on business trips. This set of keys happens to have their nicest one's key."
His eyes widened and he tackled me, giggling.
"Wait, where is it?" He asked, hovering over me.
"It's in London. We can still go to school and everything, but it will be tough. We'll have to probably get jobs so we can buy food and stuff." I said.
Now it was his turn to smile. He got up and went to his bag and revealed loads of cash.
"It isn't much, but we can live of off this until we get jobs." He said, smiling shyly.
"This is perfect. Want to go see the place?" I asked, taking his hand.
He nodded and we got all of our clothes on and stuff together and drove to the complex.
*Dan's P.O.V.*
The apartment is huge. There are three staircases and big white rooms. It's all decorated with black furniture and there are luckily, two of the bedrooms contain beds. Thankfully, the apartment is mostly furnished. All we have to buy are bed sheets, a few cooking utensils, groceries, and any other necessities that we don't have. Thankfully, we have enough money to buy all of those things and even have a copious amount left over.
We looked in the fridge and it was bare.
"Looks like we need to hit the shops." Phil said, grabbing his keys off of the counter.
We descended down the many, many stairs and proceeded into the car. We went into a few shops, buying whatever we seem necessary. Such as buy one get one free bedsheets. Phil got blue and green and since they didn't have any pastel shades, I settled for black. We also bought some pots and pans, some cereal that Phil was eyeing since we picked it up, toothbrushes, shampoo, body wash, and lots of food. Admittedly, we bought a few things we didn't need as well. Such as various coffee mugs, a copy of the Sims 4 game, a stuffed animal lion, and a few new flower crowns.
In one of the shops, we ran into P.J. and Chris holding hands. We both stopped dead in our tracks. Chris saw us out of the corner of his eye and dropped P.J.'s hand immediately. P.J. then turned around and saw us as well and walked up to us with Chris following.
"Uh, hey gu-"
"YOU TWO ARE DATING OH MY GOSH." I blurted out, then covering my mouth.
P.J. chuckled and then nodded, grabbing Chris by the waist and kissing his cheek, making Chris's cheeks turn a bright red color.
We caught up and told them everything. They said that they wouldn't tell anyone about what happened and asked if we were coming back to school. Phil and I just looked at each other. We didn't know yet, but we didn't want to think of that on top of everything else on our shoulders. Finally we parted ways and agreed to have them over sometime soon.
We finally got back to the apartment and hauled our new items up the stairs. The many, many stairs. We got settled in and made our beds and began heating up some hot pockets for dinner. We sat down on the sofa and ate while watching one of the Harry Potter movies.
I looked over at Phil. I can't believe that we're living together. He took me away from a bad situation as I did him. I like to think that we protect each other. Of course, I'm not exactly intimidating like he can be, but I do try my best to shield him of anything negative. I don't want to ask about his parents. I don't even understand how a parent can disown their own child for something they can't control. I don't even have a child, but I know I would never disown them for anything. People don't understand how much their words hurt. I knew I was gay since I was little. Of course, I didn't know the term or the controversiality of it. I just liked boys in my class. I never questioned it. I never chose it.
What people need to understand is, why would I chose something that I would get beaten for on a regular basis? But honestly, when I look at Phil, I don't care about any beatings or slurs. I just think of us and our future. I want to love him until I can't remember how to love because of old age, but even then, I think I'll know just how much this person means to me. I don't think I could ever forget how much he means to me. I feel as if our connection is too strong that even the universe couldn't break it.
It became midnight and we both were fairly tired. We went to our rooms and I tried to sleep. I turned off the lights and remembered that I'm scared of the dark. I tried to sleep, but after tossing and turning for about an hour and a half, I went down the hall to Phil's room and opened the door. He woke up from the sound and yawned.
"Hey, Bear. What's wrong?" He asked sleepily.
I bit my lip, a bit embarrassed.
"I can't sleep. Can I..?"
He opened his arms and held the covers up.
"C'mere." He said, scooting over as I got in.
He wrapped his arms around me tightly and kissed my temple. I breathed in his scent and smiled to myself. That smell will never get old.
"I love you, Bear."
"I love you, Lion."
He then fell asleep, smiling. I kissed his lips very softly and whispered quietly, "Thank you for being my home."
AUTHORS NOTE:
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