Let's Capture Love [BoyxBoy]

III - The Two of You

Josh instantly snapped out of hypnosis, the moment he saw Zach's face. He opened his eyes wide and then sat up. "What the hell...?" He muttered, really frustrated. The whole point of that therapy was to get rid of Zach, but instead, Zach just became more involved with him. "I know that guy? That's impossible." Josh muttered.

On his way home, Josh was still bothered by what he saw while under hypnosis. "No. My mind is only playing with me. I was thinking about that asshole too much that my memories got jumbled up. Right, that must be it." He said, trying to convince himself. "Besides, there's no way that it was that asshole. That freshman was all innocent and shy, and that asshole is crazy, confident – too confident –, and really annoying."

He decided to simply sleep off the confusion brought about that supposed to be a session to clear his mind and recall his forgotten memories, but it seems that even his dreams were unforgiving.

It wasn't merely a dream, though. It was a memory that made it way out of the deepest part of Josh's mind where all of his forgotten memories were sealed away.

His continued where the visions he saw during hypnosis ended. Zach, the innocent and shy Zach, was looking at him with a surprised expression and a beet red face. "You like my picture?" Josh asked as the shocked and embarrassed Zach only looked at him.

"Yes. I like you." Zach blurted out and everyone in the room turned their heads to him in shocked. Zach looked really shocked and embarrassed by what he said as well. "I mean, I like your picture." He corrected. "I like your picture..." He repeated as his voice lowered down and so was his head. Everyone else in the room left out a sigh of relief when they heard that.

Josh was surprised as well, hearing Zach's initial reply. Everyone in the room was silent. They're probably worried about what Josh would say. They're probably thinking that he'll say something to scare the innocent Zach away.

Looking at Zach, Josh could tell that he was really embarrassed and afraid. He knew it wasn't his responsibility, but he wanted to make the innocent one feel better.

"I also like... your picture." Josh replied and gave a small sincere smile to Zach.

That seemed to do the trick, because Zach looked up, still blushing, but with a huge smile on his face. "Thank you." Zach said cheerfully.

Josh turned around without saying anything. He was afraid that his friends might read his face, especially Naomi. "He's so cute..." He muttered to himself as he walked back inside the small office.

With cold sweat dripping from his face, Josh woke up and sat back up. "Oh shit..." He muttered as the dream was still very clear and fresh on his mind. "I think he's cute...? Shit..." He said once again. There's no way the present him could accept that thought at all. Not only was Zach the reason why he and Gale broke up, that crazy guy also had the audacity of mocking him back at the pub.

There was no way Josh would believe that the innocent freshman is Zach. Besides, that freshman was really a talented photographer, Zach on the other hand had never hold a camera ever since he started working at Red Strings. If he's really the freshman, then Norman would've recruited him as a photographer not a desk worker.

The first thing that greeted Josh when he arrived at work was Zach resting both of his arms at the reception desk while he talked to Alice with a smile. "Really? He shouted at a customer? How scary..." Zach said animatedly and shook his head.

The way Zach was leaning towards the desk, it was easy for anyone to think that he's flirting with Alice. Josh stayed silent and watched Zach closely, those clothes, that posture, that hair, and that attitude, it was the complete opposite of the freshman he saw in his memory. As I thought, it's not really him. They're completely different.