until they met - skephalo

Chapter 26 - Blinded by love

Darryl's POV ;

I woke up to the sound of my alarm, I immediately snoozed it as I didn't want to get up.

That was the routine recently.

Sleep. Feed Lucy. Sleep. Feed Lucy. Sleep.

I had a lot of things to do, I just couldn't bare to do it.

It's been 1 week since I was at Zak's house.

Maybe I was overdramatic but, knowing Zak didn't like me the same way was... It was a feeling I couldn't describe.

I was hurt, sad, mad, etc. But, I was confused, relieved? I couldn't understand, so I cried.

Pathetic, right? I cried infront of him and he comforted me.

After he stopped comforting me, we sat in silence.

We were both left speechless.

I could tell he was uncomfortable, a bit confused, and his face was full of guilt.

I said...

Flashback :

"You don't need to apologize for anything,"

"What do you mean..?"

"You look guilty" Darryl awkwardly forced a smile.

Zak smiled back.
"Thank you Darryl.."

"For what..?"

"For helping me understand myself. I never fully got it until now but the reason I could come up with this conclusion was because of you..."

"..."

"N-Not in a bad way..! I mean you.... opened my eyes to realize how I hurt myself... and more importantly, everyone else in my life.. Especially... you."

"ah..."

There was an awkward silence.

"If you don't mind, I think I'll be leaving." Darryl got up and walked to the door.

"right...I uhm.. Love you."

"That doesn't matter now Zak" Darryl turned around and gave him a warm smile.

"Will we, talk again..?"

"Let's take a break, I think we both need it.."

"O-Okay..."

Darryl opened the door and left. He hesitated after closing the door.

"I... loved you too." He said under his breath.

End of flashback.

Darryl's POV :

I never understood why I said the things I did.

I never understood my feelings in general.

Zak is a sweet, caring person. Who happens to have a great sense of humor and a contagious laugh.

Deep down inside I knew I was getting myself into this.

I was just blinded...by love.

Sometimes I wonder, How I would've been now if I hadn't met Zak at all.

I concluded I wouldn't have been half as happy as I was when I spent time with Zak.

Instead of regretting every decision that led me to this point I finally got up and started the day.

I did my normal day to day activities. The activities I did before I met Zak.

I fed Lucy and decided to make myself breakfast.

As I was getting the pan ready, I looked in my pantry, I was craving pancakes.

That's when I remembered.

Oh Zak....

I grabbed the box and looked at it.

Zak had opened it wrong at first so I was ripped at the top.

I smiled to myself and started to prepare the batter.

Once I finished, I put butter all on the pan and poured the batter.

I waited until I felt like it was ready and went to flip it over, and as I did... It was him again.

Where I realized I liked him... Where I made the decision that I wanted to be with this guy platonic or not.

I was a little flirty with him at the time too. Bold of me of all people.

I flipped over the pancake and a warm feeling entered my cheeks.

I finished making the pancakes so I sat and ate at the table.

Remembering how George and Arran questioned me and how oblivious Zak was.

After I finished, I went to my room and got on my computer.

I had a few staff meetings and trainings to do. I also wanted to stream, since I hadn't done it in a while.

I realized Zak was in teamspeak, by himself.

I smiled and went to click to join call, and then I realized.

He's not waiting for me.

I ended up joining another call as I set up for the stream.

A part of me hoping Zak would notice and we could talk.

But once I was ready, he had left.

I took a deep breath and shrugged it off, and started stream.

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