He just kissed me.

Oh my god. He just kissed me.

I sat there, bright faced, staring at Zak. I didn't know what to do or say. I was still lying down when he bent down to kiss me, so I sat up in my spot.

"Come here, muffin." I said while gesturing for him to come sit on my lap. He inaudibly murmured something and sat down. For a moment we sat in silence, looking at each other. Usually that would be awkward, but right now, it was comfortable.

I wrapped my arms around his waist and pulled him closer to me. At this point I could feel his hot, shaky breaths on my neck, and I could tell he was nervous. I turned over to him and whispered in his ear.

"I love you too."

"You do..?"

"Of course I do."

Everything was so comfortable. It almost felt perfect. I could feel his lips turn into a smile as he rested his head on my shoulder. He soon shifted downward and sat his head on my chest.

"Bum bum, bum bum"

"What are you doing Zak?"

"Listening!"

"...To what?"

"Your heartbeat, silly."

I felt my face flash red. Is this what it felt like to be genuinely happy? To have a lovely little angel, lying on your chest, listening to your heartbeat? It felt like genuine happiness. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

As this was going on I remembered the state I found him in at his house. As much as I loved holding him, he needed to be cleaned up and taken care of first.

"Wrap your arms around my neck, sweetie."

At first he looked slightly confused, but then he obliged. Once his arms were wrapped around my neck I slid my hands under his thighs and picked him up. I started to carry him to the bathroom.

"Where are we going..?"

"You're gonna take a bath."

"Oh?"

I said nothing more as we were entering the bathroom. I sat him down on the toilet and turned on the water for him.

"Is this too hot?" I said while grabbing his hand and carefully putting it under the water.

"Nono, this is fine.."

With that, I plugged up the drain and watched the tub flow. As I was watching the water rise I remembered I had some left over bubble bath soap in the closet. I barely ever took baths, but when I did it was always a bubble bath.

"Do you want bubbles?" His face immediately lit up and he started nodding. I went over and poured the soap under the faucet, hopping to get as many bubbles as possible. The bubbles very quickly started the pile up, and some almost fell out.

"Alright, there you go, dear." I said while turning the faucet off. At first he looked at me with a look of uncertainty, and then he looked like he was going to say something.

"Hey... uh... Can you uh...." As he was speaking his voice trailed off and his face grew hot. He looked embarrassed.

"Can I what?" I said softly to him while grabbing his chin and looking him in the eyes. He was stunning. His beautiful brown eyes stared back at me.

"Canyoupleasebatheme..?" Despite how fast he said it I could still understand him. You'd think bathing someone would be sexual, but the look on his face was so pure and wholesome. He just wanted to be cared for.

"Of course I can. You get in the tub while I go grab you a towel and some clothes." As I was walking off I heard him silently humming while getting undressed. I wasn't too sure what clothes to get him, so I just grabbed a hoodie and some boxers. Hopefully that would be fine.

When I made my way back to the bathroom I saw him sitting there, playing with the bubbles and splashing water all over the floor. He truly was a child at heart.

I put the items down on the sink and sat down on the floor next to the bathtub. The second I sat down he grabbed a handful of bubbles and put them on my face.

"Hehe, look Darryl, you look like Santa!" To please him I went up and looked in the mirror, I didn't really look like Santa, but I just went with it anyways.

"Hmm, I suppose I do. I think you should too." I said while grabbing bubbles and placing them on his chin. He just smiled and giggled in response.

After that I went on to clean up my little santa. I washed his hair and began to clean up his wounds. Every now and then he winced from the pain, but for the most part he seemed to enjoy the experience.

I never thought I'd say this, but I genuinely enjoyed giving him a bath. It was so pure and nice. I've never been one for caring for someone else, but I could get used to this.

Once I rinsed the conditioner out of his hair I had him unplug the drain. While unplugging it I stood up and opened the towel. I held the opened towel over my chest. After he got out and stood against the towel, I wrapped him up and picked him up bridal style.

"Darryl what are you doinggggg?"

"Shh, don't worry." I said to him while I walking back to my room. Or, our room? Who knows. I sat him down on the bed and ran back to the bathroom to grab his clothes. I also grabbed the hairbrush while I was in there.

When I got back in the room I sat on the bed and pulled his covered body into my lap. Him basically soaking me almost immediately. From there I slowly, but surely brushed his hair. Making sure to not hurt him.

Half way through the hair brushing I heard him murmur something.

"Thank you..."

"You're welcome, angel." I said while finishing up the hair brushing. Once I got done I picked him up and placed him back on the bed.

"Here are your clothes." I said before turning around. We weren't necessarily close enough to get dressed in front of the other, but then again I just bathed him.

"Done!" I heard him say before turning around and seeing him not be done. He was only wearing the boxers.

"Uh.. Are you going to put the hoodie on?" I asked a little confused. Maybe he just wanted to go shirtless, which I didn't really mind.

"Nu, I want you to put it on me!"

Holy shit. He's so adorable.

I went over to him and grabbed the hoodie.

"Put your arms up, please."

"Okie!" He said while putting his arms in the air. I placed the hoodie over his arms and pulled down. The hoodie was a bit too big for him, which just made him look even cuter.

"Thankie! Thankie!" He said before jumping on me. I wasn't prepared so he just ended up falling on the floor, but I picked him up and held him. At this point it was already getting a bit late and it was nearly dinner time.

"Hey, baby?"

"Mhmmm?"

"Want to help me cook dinner?"

After I said that he gasped and said yes about seven times in a row. And with that, we made our way into the kitchen.

I sat him down on the counter before opening the fridge and searching for something to make. We didn't have much, and I didn't want to just feed him ramen for dinner, so I had to look for quite awhile.

"Would you be okay having scrambled eggs?"

"Oooo yeah, I love scrambled eggs!!"

I grabbed the eggs and the milk out of the fridge and sat them on the counter next to Zak. Then I went and grabbed a glass bowl out of the cupboard, and sat that next to Zak as well.

I grabbed Zak off of the counter and placed him next to me.

"Can you crack five eggs for me please?"

"Mhm mhm." He said before attempting to crack an egg. He ended up cracking it, a little too hard though. Resulting in egg being all over the counter. He looked really upset and disappointed.

"I'm sorry.. I-"

"Shhh, it's okay. While I clean up the mess can you please grab me five eggs out of the container and set them near the bowl?"

"Mhm.." He still sounded a little upset, but he sounded better than before. Once I got done cleaning up the mess I went and cracked all of the eggs, and added in a little bit of milk. I grabbed a fork out of the silverware drawer and handed it to Zak.

"Here, can you mix it all up for me please?"

A smile plastered across his face while he was nodding. He seemed really happy to be helping me. He went ahead and mixed everything together and grabbed onto me when he was finished.

"Good job!! You did such a great job mixing these together, I'm so proud of you." From what I gathered he almost never got any praise at home, and he really seemed to like it. So, I gave him praise here.

Then I went ahead and cooked the eggs while he stayed latched onto me the entire time. I served the eggs and we went and watched a movie on the couch.

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ayo

just to be clear in the story its a friday rn, so the next day they wont have school

ok? ok (:

i like this chapter a lottt, i think its super cute. i hope yall do too