Unrequited Love (boyxboy)

Chapter 9: Zac's POV

Luke and I don't make it to the car till after 5 because he was trying to convince me to let him pay for everything. I know he can afford it, but I am very much capable of spending a couple hundred dollars on furniture. I tell him that we can split the costs but then he says that he will buy his stuff and the stuff we will share. I finally give in and tell him that I will just pay for my stuff and let him pay for the rest. Most of the money I have is from graduation because I've been saving up for the move.

"Put on your seatbelt, Zac. I don't want anything to happen to you." Luke says and reaches over and buckles me up. His face was inches from mine. Probably even closer. The distance between us is a little too close for comfort. I gulp.

"S-sorry, thanks." I gently push Luke away. He sits back down in his seat and looks me up and down. His behavior really has been strange lately.

"You're welcome silly goose." Luke laughs as he reaches his hand over and ruffles my hair. I can't help but blush. When Luke sees this, he touches my cheek. I instantly turn away from him. I need to stop being so damn obvious.

"We should go get some food; you haven't eaten anything today." I say and wipe my face off. Luke looks away and nods. I feel bad for moving away but the touch means different things to us. I don't want to be lead on. That's why I agreed to hang out with Ollie as soon as we get back from our trip. I didn't expect him to text me so soon. I just slept with him last night. I like that he is different from others.

Luke pulls out of his parking spot as I turn on the radio. I put on the station that he likes because we always listen to it when he drives. I don't enjoy this music as much as he does, so I throw in my Air pods. I put on an album from Mother Mother because all their music is good. I can't complain about a single thing in their music.

"Here, put on something you like", Luke says as he holds up the aux cord. I look at him confused for a second then back at the cord, "Take it, I want to listen to something new." That's strange. Luke has never wanted to listen to any of my music. Luke pushes the cord into my face and I move back to avoid it.

I connect the aux and shuffle it through all my music. Of course, the first song that pops up is Beyonce but I'm not ashamed because she is very popular. Luke looks over at me and smiles but doesn't have any rude remarks about it. I let the songs shuffle for a while as we drive. I think we're going to Target but I'm still new to the area so I'm not sure.

"Are you okay with getting food from Wendy's? We can eat it in the car on the way." Luke asks as he briefly looks over at me then back to the road. He loves Wendy's and I know that he really wants it. I can't say no to him.

"Yeah, that sounds good." I smile at him. I don't mind Wendy's, but I was hoping to get something a little less greasy because I had drinks last night. I probably burned off most of it with my, activities, but I still need to keep in shape because exercise it not my thing.

"I wanted to take you somewhere nice, but if we don't get to the store soon it'll be too late by the time we leave." Luke states as he pulls into the drive through. I don't know why taking me somewhere nice is important but okay.

I have Luke order me a salad and fries. He orders 3 different burgers and Loaded fries with a frosty. I don't where he puts all the food because he stays fit. I don't think I've ever seen him not fit. I know that he goes to the gym on Wednesday morning and goes for a jog most other days, but it doesn't add up in my mind. Now that we have moved, I don't know if he'll continue that. He might have weightlifting stuff in his room. I didn't see any when I was in there earlier, but it could have been in one of his boxes.

Luke pulls into the target parking lot and scarfs down his food. I eat mine at a regular pace. Luke looks over at me and I smile back at him. He quickly looks away and I awkwardly turn and look at my phone. Suddenly, he pokes me in the face with a French fry. I look up at him and go to ask why he did it but as soon as I opened my mouth he shoves in the fry.

"What the hell Luke!" I almost choke on the fry. He starts laughing and food comes out of his mouth. Even like this he is as handsome as he was when I first fell in love with him. But he also has the same maturity as he did then. That was when we were about 14.

"Sorry! Feed me one please." Luke says and clears his throat. He opens his mouth and looks at me. Is he serious?

"Sure, how many do you want?" I say jokingly and Luke looks at me with a serious look. So, I guess he wasn't joking.

I grab a few fries and put them in Luke's mouth reluctantly. He grabs my hand and licks off my fingers before I can pull away. I stare at him in shock. Not only was that very gross but it was somewhat sensual. When he finished licking off my fingers, he looks up at me. When he lets go of my hand, I just hold it there for a second.

I clear my throat, "We should go in if you're done eating." I say and wipe my hand off on my black jeans.

"Oh, well I'm done." Luke says and smiles. The smile seems kind of fake but also genuine. It's a smile I've never seen, so it could be neither. He looks truly happy. I smile back and he blushes. I'm the only one acting awkward so I wonder if it was all in my head. He did blush so it could be that he is acting weird too. I don't know anymore.

When we get into the store, I plan on going in a separate direction to get my stuff while Luke goes off and gets what he needs. I walk away from him to get a cart and when I turn around, he's right there waiting for me. I walk up to him and hand him some hand sanitizer.

"Why do I need this?" Luke asks. I squirt some onto the handle to cart. I'm not a germaphobe but I don't want to pick up anything from the cart.

"You need to put some on your cart, so you don't get sick." I hand the bottle back to him and push him up to a cart. He turns around and pats my head.

"We can just share a cart. Let's go shopping!" Luke says and moves me to the cart. I start to push it and he wraps his arm around my waist how new couples do. We aren't a couple by the way.