Dan jolted up. He checked his phone to see it was barely five in the morning and the whole school was still asleep. The room was barely lit by the sunrise as Dan swung his legs over the side of his bed. He watched his roommate's chest rise and drop slowly, in a deep sleep. He wouldn't be awake for at least another two hours.

Dan stood up, grabbing his jacket and pulling it over his thin shoulders. He slipped his shoes on, grabbed his phone, slid it into his jacket pocket and left the room. If he was caught leaving, he would most likely be in a lot of trouble but all that was running through his head was his dreams. He thought he was over his nightmares.. they had stopped months ago. He wandered out of one of the school's back doors and the fresh air hit him.

He looked up into the sky, imagining his parents looking down on him. He stopped, standing still and watching the still sky. What was so bad about giving Phil a chance? He managed to survive being broken once so he would probably be able to do it again.

"I'll give him one more chance for you." Dan mumbled before diverting his gaze to his feet. He took a deep breath and turned on his heel. "For you." He repeated.

-

"Dan? What are you doing here?" Phil mumbled, rubbing his tired eyes. He looked very confused: his eyebrows were furrowed and he was staring at Dan like he was an alien or something.

Dan didn't say anything, he just leaned forward and pressed his lips onto Phil's. Phil pulled back, all tiredness gone and replaced with shock. "What was-" He started but Dan cut him off.

"I like you too."

"It's 5am.. you could have told me later."

Dan let out a soft giggle before replying, "I had a dream. It persuaded me to tell you I liked you and so this is a sort of 'in the moment' thing."

"Ah. How do you feel about going on a date?"

"Maybe at a more normal time."

"Awesome!" Phil leaned in and kissed Dan's cheek.

Neither Dan or Phil went back to sleep, instead, they stayed up just talking to each other about simple things.

"Dan, what's your favourite anime?" Phil randomly asked, placing his hands into his lap.

"That's a hard one... probably Soul Eater or Free!."

"Free! seriously?"

Dan giggled slightly, hiding his face with his hands. "Don't judge me. Oh, I also like Yuri!!! On Ice."

"Wow," Phil sarcastically shook his head, letting out a tiny laugh. "Mine's probably Death Note." Dan's smile faltered and suddenly he was frowning and Phil had no idea why. "Oh, yeah, I know you hate it. What's so bad about it though? It's really interesting and L is pretty awesome."

"I know." Dan mumbled, looking down at his lap with a deep frown.

"Then why do you hate it?"

"You guys are so loud." A voice groaned and both Dan and Phil were confused until they saw Chris sit up. "What time even is it?"

"6am." Phil replied.

"What are you even doing up?"

Phil smiled softly, remembering why they were actually up. "The early bird gets the worm."

"What the hell are you on about.." Chris was rubbing his eyes and looked more confused than ever.

"Don't worry."

They forgot about their previous conversation about Death Note and changed the subject.

This is probably my favourite chapter