"I love you."

Darryl pulled the smaller boy off of him and looked him in the eyes.

"You love me?"

Zak froze, just sitting and staring at Darryl. He wasn't sure how to respond.

"Yeah....."

Darryl didn't know what to say. A jumble of thoughts raced through his head while he was searching for something to say. Zak doesn't love him, does he? He couldn't. He just told people the exact opposite of that.

"No you don't, Zak. Stop that."

Zak stared blankly at Darryl. He felt a pit form in his stomach and a knot form in his heart.

"B-but I do. I swear I do."

"If you do why'd you say those things about me?"

Zak could almost feel his heart tear.

"I... I just didn't want to be made fun of.."

"Oh."

Wrong thing to say Zak.

"Well, if you're too embarrassed to publicly be my friend, don't be my friend."

Silence.

"N-no pleas- I.. You don't.. You don't understan- I didn't..."

"I'm done talking about it. I want you to be safe so you can stay here for the time being. You already know where the guest room is, so you can sleep there. I'm gonna go take a nap."

And with that, he walked away. Leaving Zak, alone, upset, and confused. Zak didn't know what to do or how to feel. He knew that Darryl for sure hated him this time.

knock knock

"C-can I come in..?"

"Go ahead, Zak."

The smaller boy quietly entered the room while shutting the door behind him. Once he closed the door he came and sat on the bed next to where Darryl was laying.

"I want to make it up to you..."

He said with a low, sad voice. He wanted Darryl to forgive him, but he didn't know what to do.

"Zak, it's fine."

"No I'll... I'll tell them all that I love you!"

Darryl's face lightly flushed a shade of pink upon hearing that. He didn't necessarily want that from Zak, but he would've also loved it.

"You don't have to do that, okay? Just please don't say those things about me."

"I still want to make it up to you though..."

"And how do you plan on doing that?"

Then Zak got an idea, a rather risky idea.

peck

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sorry this one is so short fjsksjnd the next one will be longer i swear

also this has nearly 3k reads now tytyty