Soon after I was holding him and soothing his sobs I heard a soft snoring. Zak had fallen asleep in my arms. I could tell by this alone that he didn't get this very often. I didn't either, so I rather enjoyed this. I could do this forever.

Before I knew it I too was drifting off to sleep. His warmth was making me more and more tired as time went on, but I didn't want to let go. I felt wrong leaving him. After today's events I didn't really feel comfortable leaving him alone. I decided to just let me eyes fall into nothingness.

"D-darryl...? Are you awake?" My slumber came to an end as Zak sleepily started speaking to me. His voice was soft and gentle, it was clear he had just waken up. I looked down at the smaller boy, he looked so pure, so soft and sweet. I noticed that his cheeks were flushed bright pink, it was so beautiful.

"Yes, I'm awake." As I said that he let go off me and got up. He shifted himself off of my lap and onto the bed. His face getting even brighter as he moved.

"Oh.. Thank you for earlier..." He said shyly. He looked absolutely adorable. I had never really taken the time to realize how perfect his features were. He was such a beautiful person, with a beautiful soul. I admit, I never really wanted to look past the obnoxiousness, but it was clear that it was more of a facade than anything. He was so calm and collected privately than in public.

I told him to not thank me and after that we just spoke for a little bit. Everything was going fine, until he looked at his phone and visibly started to panic.

"Shit shit shit my dad gets home soon. I'm sorry but you need to go, Darryl." I wanted to question it but I decided to not press the issue. Part of me was worried about it, but maybe I was just thinking too deep about it.

We said our goodbyes and exchanged hugs. He walked me down the stairs and basically shoved me out the back door. I left the yard and made my way onto the street before realizing I have no clue where I'm going. Like, absolutely no idea. I kind of remembered how to make my way back to school, but I didn't know how to get from my house right from here.

An extremely long walk later and I made my way back to my house. For reference, I left his house at 4:00 and entered my house at around 4:45.

"Where have you been Darryl?" Oh. My mom? She was rarely ever here, she was always off doing, well, I don't know.

"I was off at a friend's house." She looked suspiciously at me, I guess she didn't believe me.

"Oh right, well I just stopped on by to say hi before I went on another business trip." I knew they weren't actually business trips, but I didn't mind.

Her and I caught up a little bit before my phone started going off.

sad losers gc

4 New Messages

I could almost guarantee Vincent and Dave telling me to go somewhere with them because Zak is blowing them off again. This annoyed me sometimes, but I guess it wasn't all that bad.

Vincent

Hey baaaaaaad

Vincent

baddddddddddaaddddd

Dave

Baalalaaaaaad we wanna hang outttttt

Vincent

yeahh bad pleaseeeee

Darryl

Zak ignoring you guys again?

Dave

nah we just wanna hang out

Not much else happened, the conversation was rather boring. I wasn't really in the mood to go out tonight, but they wouldn't shut up about it so I eventually just said yes.

My dad luckily came home a little later than usual today. My mom and sister went on a mini vacation together so it's just been my dad and I at the house. Most of the time my dad leaves my mom and sister alone, but never me. He often gets blackout drunk and I'm always the one who faults from it. It's been like this for years.

My dad's extremely homophobic and I can almost never have boys over when he's home. He always reacts poorly to it.

It wasn't long until I heard my dad stumbling up the stairs. "ZAAAK WHERE THE FUCK ARE Y OU??" Of course. His words were slurred and it was obvious he was already drunk. It was only 5'o clock.

He made his way into my room and looked around. I expected him to say something about me skipping school, but he didn't. He noticed the hoodie Darryl left behind, though. I honestly hadn't noticed he left it, and I don't think he noticed either.

"WHOSE FU *hic* CKING HOODIE IS THIS, I KNOW THIS ISNT *hic* ONE OF YOURS" I didn't know what to say, my soul was screaming inside of me. I knew I had to lie.

"I-it's my new one dad.. I bought it the other day.."

Slap.

"DON'T FUCKING *hic* LIE TO ME ZAK"

Slap.

I couldn't form any words. Nothing came out of my mouth except for a small whimper. It was like earlier, except Darryl comforted me, while my dad made it worse.

I want his comfort again.

"FUCKING ANSWER ME ZAK.

Slap.

I had nothing to say. I couldn't speak, I couldn't fight back, I couldn't do anything. I was helpless. I let the tears flow. I let the pain set in.

"

Punch.

He wouldn't stop. The punches came and came. I just let it happen. I slowly faded out of consciousness. My mind going blank. I had nothing in my head except for Darryl. I missed him holding me. I missed feeling cared about. I missed his comfort.

As the world faded away I heard my dad walking out of the room. He didn't care about me. He just let the blood pour. It got everywhere. My blood spilled over everything. I was wasting away in my very own bedroom.

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this one was a bit,,,, yikes !!

anyways i love bbh so much he's such a sweet little muffin i love him !! he makes my heart so happy hes so sweet and pure and wonderful ugh 🥺🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💓💚❤️💛💓🧡💓💓💓💛❤️💚🧡💗💚🧡💗💛🧡

also lol, if you thought this one was yikes you're in for a real treat the next couple of chapters (;