You came to in your own bed this time, and sat up in fear. Was that it? You were back home, and your adventures with your heroes were over? You weren't sure if you could just go back to your cruelly ordinary life after that.
As your eyes adjusted to the dim lighting, you realized that the room was shaped differently. You were still in the flat, with either Dan or Phil. You'd fallen asleep on both of them. Who would you wake up with?
To be honest, you weren't sure yet who you'd prefer to be with. Both Dan and Phil were amazing in their own ways, but every member of the Phandom has to admit that they like one of the two better- even if it's just a tiny bit!
Right now you were just so overwhelmed by meeting both of them, and Phil kissing you on the forehead, and Dan winking at you (which is just as sexual as any kiss.)
You hugged your pillow in frustration, and took a few deep breaths. You really shouldn't be thinking about which one of your YouTubers you liked more. The important thing was to figure out how to get home- even though you didn't really want to get home. And when you weren't focusing on getting home, you needed to focus on getting Dan and Phil back together.
Separating Dan and Phil was unthinkable. It was like peanut butter without jelly. Cats without cat whiskers. A fangirl without her fandoms!
You stood from your bed and went to the window, pushing the curtains back. It wasn't snowing anymore, and instead the streets were filled with ugly, grey slush. People, all clad in depressing shades of black or grey, sloshed through it on their way to work. A couple of people were out shoveling, scarves wrapped tightly around their faces as they carelessly flung snow into their neighbors' yards.
You removed your hands from the window, shivering as the cold on your fingers traveled through the rest of your body. Besides, it was just plain cold in your room. You needed to find the heat and crank it up higher.
You also needed to figure out if you were currently staying with Dan or Phil so you knew who to expect when you walked out into the hallway.
You glanced at yourself in the mirror as you headed to the door, and froze. Oh no. No way you were facing either Dan or Phil looking like this. Your hair was a disheveled mess and your pajamas were lopsided. You didn't remember putting on pajamas in either the Dan or Phil Universe. You hoped that neither of them had dressed you... You shook your head, trying to clear it of any dirty thoughts.
You brushed through the tangled knots of your (h/c) hair, and looked around your room for something suitable to wear.
You ended up putting on black jeans and a comfortable flannel.
You moved stealthily towards the door, but it creaked unnecessarily and ruined your plan to sneak up on either Dan or Phil.
After that, you hit your foot on the door stopper, tripped, and sprawled out into the hallway. You muttered a word that your mother would not have approved of.
"(Y/N). You're up, I see." You looked up at Dan, who was standing over you with his hands on his hips, looking smug. "Yea, yea. Thanks for that, Dan," you said sarcastically, when what you really meant to say was, "I'm so glad to see you."
You didn't exactly have a way with words.
"So, I'm going to guess that you want to lounge around and spend all day on the Internet today. Right?" Dan asked. You gave him a half-hearted thumbs up, and finally gathered yourself up from the floor. "You got it. Why? Isn't that what you want to do?"
Dan nodded. "Of course. But... We got invited to go somewhere today. And since we canceled with friends yesterday..."
You tuned Dan out for a moment so that you could think. Only one day had passed in the Dan universe- the Daniverse. So what was happening in the Phil universe- the Philiverse? Were you still asleep? This was all very confusing. You'd never believed in parallel universes or any of that, but it seemed like you were currently stuck in between two.
"...(Y/N)?" Dan was staring at you expectantly. "What? Huh? Sorry. I zoned out."
"No problem, you know I do it all the time," Dan said with a sad laugh. "I said, Louise wants to meet us at Starbucks to catch up. We haven't seen her in a while. I know you're good friends with her- and it'll just be the three of us. Not, like, a huge crowd or anything. No need for social anxiety. What do you say?"
You perked up at this immediately. Louise, also known on YouTube as Sprinkleofglitter, was super cool. You'd watched all of her collabs with Dan and Phil and you loved her advice on fashion and makeup.
"Yea! I'd love to meet up with Louise!" you said, sitting up excitedly.
Dan nodded to himself. "Great. Because if you didn't, we might have to get you signed up for a social group. You really have no friends."
"I have you," you protested. "That's true," Dan said with a wink, extending a hand to help you up. "You've always got me, (Y/N)." He yanked you up and towards him, brown eyes boring into yours, grinning at you like he knew a secret. His face was inches from yours, and you wondered how he would react if you were to lean forward and close the distance between the two of you.
Just as you were about to close your eyes and go for it, he turned and headed towards the kitchen.
"Dan!" you called out. "Why do you do that?!"
"Do what?" he called back, acting oblivious. Was he acting? Did he really not know that nearly every movement he made could be taken flirtatiously?
"You just... You're so... Never mind."
"Are you eating breakfast before we go?" Dan asked. "Although it's nearly lunch time. Again." You shrugged. "Nah, I'll get a donut or something at Starbucks."

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In Another Life (Dan and Phil X Reader)
FanfictionYou've lived most of your teenagerhood as a major fan of Dan and Phil, and a proud member of the Phandom (shipping them or not, your choice.) You wake up one day to find yourself seemingly inserted into Dan's life as his best friend, and the next da...