"Phil!" Dan panted, bursting through the door. "I'm so sorry, I got distracted-"

He stopped talking when he realised that Phil was fast asleep. A small smile crept onto his face as he crept over to his boyfriend and lightly brushed hair off his face.

Phil's eyelids fluttered open and he smiled up at Dan.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you," Dan apologised, sitting down next to Phil.

"It's alright. I shouldn't have been asleep then anyway."

Dan nodded, sliding the laptop out from under Phil and opening up the video.

"Oh my gosh! Another half a million views?"

"Really?" Phil exclaimed, looking over to the screen. "Wow."

"That's... Wow. Just wow."

Phil laughed lightly. "Well put."

Dan reached into his pocket and felt the reassuring shape of the small box there.

"Dan? Are you OK?"

"Yeah, just a bit distracted, I guess."

Phil put an arm around Dan and rested his head on Dan's shoulder. "Shall we watch something?"

"Ok. Which one?"

Phil named an anime which they both loved, and Dan nodded happily. "Sure."

Phil found the anime on the internet and the two of them settled down to watch it. They were watching an episode which was obviously fan service, during which the main character proposed, and Dan felt slightly uncomfortable, knowing that he would have to be that person in only a few hours time.

"Then, marry me."

Dan closed his eyes. If only his proposal could be so simple. But as it was, he knew he'd be too nervous, and he'd end up rambling, and it would be awkward and messy and nothing like he'd imagined.

"Dan?"

Dan opened his eyes and realised that Phil had paused the anime and was looking at him worriedly.

"What's wrong? You seem really distracted and I'm worried about you. Are you alright?"

"Yeah, yeah, everything's fine."

"Dan, stop it."

"Stop what?"

"Stop hiding things from me. All I want is to help you, and if you've got something to say, then please, just say it. Don't hide it from me."

Dan hung his head.

"So what is it?"

"I don't really know how to say it though."

"Just talk. You'll get the message across eventually."

"Ok. So... I haven't rehearsed this or anything, but..."

Dan pulled the little box out of his pocket.