Is This True Love? (DNF)

Chapter 73: Snacks

Clay POV.

I hadn’t taken my eyes off of the screen, even as I felt George moving away from me and heading into the bathroom. The idea that Jimmy was continuing to show us off as friends put me on edge, since I wouldn’t have called the two of us that (especially after I had liberated the star of his show and taken him home with me).

As the conversation continued I pulled on some clothes, since (to be completely fair) I didn’t want to be sitting naked in the cold bedroom and I had felt bad about changing when George didn’t have any of his own clothes. Honestly I felt relieved to be able to wear my own outfits after spending weeks wearing the limited option of clothes available to buy on the show.

My room had a large variety of available clothes, although I wasn’t a big consumer when it came to buying stuff. There was a slight excitement that I couldn’t help but feel at the opportunity to have George wearing my actual clothes instead of wearing something I didn’t technically own.

Only when I sat back down did I notice that it had been a while since George had left for the bathroom and so I decided to go over to check on him. I knocked on the door, and after a few seconds where he didn’t say anything I called out to him.  “George?” There was still nothing and so I decided to ask. “Are you alright? You’ve been in there for a few minutes.”

Even though there was a lock on the door I did have a key which would allow me to lock or unlock any door to the house and I always kept it in my pocket. If he was in there too long it could be because something happened like he bumped his head and knocked himself out. Before that fear came to light though he responded. “I’m fine Clay. I was just thinking.”

After a few anxious seconds he opened the door, glancing meekly up at me and I almost instantly swallowed him in a hug. He didn’t react in any way, not moving further into the hug nor attempting to get out of it. The brunette just allowed me to hold him.

“Are you feeling okay?” I asked him, and had care filling my gaze. When he shrugged the caring smile fell and I led him over to the bed, feeling more uncertain at the fact he couldn’t give a clear response. I took a small step back as he sat down, glancing around the room as if he was somehow needing privacy at this moment.

“Do you want to find a movie?” I asked, wanting to try and find something to do with him, since there were many things I had been rambling about earlier that I was hoping for us to do together. Although it was his first day outside of the island I was prepared to already begin doing some fun stuff.

While George thought for a few moments I allowed him some space and time to think. I stood and waited patiently for a response, watching the way his gaze travelled temporarily around the room. “No thanks.” He managed some enthusiasm. I noticed the faint smile that he managed before it faded away a moment later.

“How about we order something? It is still quite early in the morning but there will be a few places open twenty-four hours.” I continued to offer, noticing now that his gaze had moved away from me completely, looking towards the door of the room. “George? You are staring off into space.” I noted, brows furrowing. “Are you feeling okay?”

Eventually I gave up, finding myself shifting awkwardly from one foot to the other. Although I wanted to spend time with George it felt difficult at the moment. Eventually five feet of distance had grown between us. “I’m going to-um… go make something to eat.” my hands fidgeted, moving to brush through my hair as I continued to back away.

George continued to watch me, with me feeling as though he was examining every action that I had under a microscope. “I’ll make you something and… then I’ll be right back.” It was pretty bad for an excuse, which I accepted as I said it. George didn’t say anything, watching as I stepped out of the room.

When I was outside of the bedroom I sighed, feeling as though I was doing something wrong. I’d won, after all. George was now my beloved, he was no longer trapped in the grasp of Jimmy Donaldson and now I was free to love and lust after him without a camera to stalk our every move.

Worry ran through me, the way that George had seemed so tense around me throughout the morning, despite the fact I tried to pretend I didn’t notice it. It was a wild change from yesterday when he had been desperately holding me to protect himself from Jimmy and the other people on the show.

Without even thinking a hand moved to the door, I pulled the key from my pocket and locked the door, having a slight smirk as I returned the small dirty golden key back to my pocket. Feeling the security of knowing that he wasn’t going to leave me right now I took a few steps away from the door before turning to walk down to the kitchen.

I walked downstairs to go and get some food for both of us, since he was probably hungry after not having dinner last night. I was quick, now feeling worried about him as paranoia continued to boil up inside of me.

There was just so much on my mind that I had to focus on at once. Taking care of George, who knew next-to-nothing about the real world outside of the show that he had grown up on. Then there was Jimmy, who likely knew where I was and would be coming along at some point to try and reclaim him.

I went into the kitchen, taking a few long moments to consider what I wanted to treat him to as I looked around the kitchen at food that was available. Both my fridge and my pantry were nearly empty, since I donated most of my food to charity before coming on the show in order to stop everything from going mouldy when I returned.

I had only been away for two to three months, and so I still had some things that I knew wouldn’t expire during my time on the show. That included pringles for example. Something which I knew that George hadn’t eaten since it wasn’t available on the island. After thinking it over for a while I grabbed a couple bags of food and cans of drink in my arms to take back upstairs.
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Story is going to be over in a few days 🥲

Ezra also tells me that in a few days he will have a new story part up so look forward to that.