Hurting More Than Once//Jachary COMPLETED

Chapter 22: Scares and Cuddles

JACK
I don't know if I'm paranoid or is there someone watching us. Every time I look out the window there was someone standing near our rental house and it was always the same person. I'd shake it off and turn my head back towards the tv. We were binging Orange is the New Black all day since we had nothing better to do. Though Zach was still a little hurt from falling, even though he didn't want to admit it, he was bright eyed and happy, for the first time in awhile. Micah kept texting him which was weird, he'd ignore him unless Maya texted him. He'd answer right away to her and they've become pretty good friends, even though they only met a couple of days ago. To be honest, I thought it was a little weird that Micah texted him a lot. Especially if Zach had ignored him the entire day. It was just weird, like he was obsessed or something. Zach puts his feet on my lap and lays down, eyes still glued to the tv. I chuckle at the sight and we continue to watch. Corbyn groans and gets up out of his chair. "You guys wanna watch a movie and I'll make popcorn?" He asks. "What kind of movie?" Zach whines slightly. "A scary movie!" Corbyn shouts with excitement. Zach groans and leans his head back. "We can't watch a regular movie?" Zach pleaded. "No, this gives Daniel a chance to cuddle up to Jonah when a scary scene comes on."

DANIEL
"This gives Daniel a chance to cuddle up to Jonah when a scary scene comes on." Corbyn responded to the smaller boy. I glare slightly and my lips curl into a smirk. "We do that anyways so there's no difference." I smirked slightly as Jonah laughed a little. I whisper under my breath, "it gives Zach a chance to cuddle up to Jack when a scary scene comes on." He must've heard me because he gives me a long glare. I laugh slightly and Corbyn just looks at me like I'm a weirdo. You are one. That's not the point. I guess no one else heard me, not even Jonah surprisingly but Zach who was sitting sort of across the room heard me. That boy craves attention. He's just Zach, he craves it because he's never had it. So of course he's gonna turn his head every time he hears his name, no matter how quiet. He doesn't seem, off? Besides him being gay, no. He's different, in a good way though. We are all different. Yeah. "Can I talk to you Daniel?" Zach says sternly. I nod and get up as he lifts his leg off of Jacks lap. We head into a different room, closing the door behind us. "What the heck Daniel. First of all, does Corbyn know?" He asks calmly. I was expecting him to yell. Same. "It is a little obvious, not to Jack, but to everyone else, maybe...?" I respond back to him. He takes a deep breath and heads out the room before looking back and saying, "you're so lucky I didn't murder you in here for what you said." My eyes go slightly wide but he just chuckles at the end a walks back over to the couch, going back to his original position. I stand there in just complete shock but laugh at the thought of the younger boy hitting me. It was raining pretty hard outside so it was perfect weather for a scary movie. I walk back over to Jonah and lay down with my head on his lap. He plays with my hair and groans slightly because Corbyn is taking too long to make the popcorn. "Hurry up Corbyn!" Jonah shouts. "Alright, alright, Chill. I've got to make multiple because there is no way I am sharing with you guys." He responds with a chuckle. Jonah just shakes his head and looks for a scary movie. "What about IT?" I ask with a slight smirk, knowing that Zach hates that movie. "No." Zach says sternly. "Why not." Jonah says with a small smirk.

ZACH
I know what they're trying to do, it's not going to work. I glare at them and Jack just stared at me then a Daniel, looking so confused. I mouth towards Daniel 'I'm going to kill you and Jonah' while he just laughs along with him. "Popcorns ready!" Corbyn shouts. He hands me a bowl of popcorn and Jack snatched out of my hand. "Hey!" I shout at him. "If you want the popcorn, you're going to have to get your lazy butt up and actually sit down." He laughs. "Ugh, fine. Only because I want popcorn." I groan, getting up from my sitting position. He smirks with delight as I grab the bowl from him. "Haha! You thought you were gonna win, NOPE!" I laugh, laying back down as he frowns. "Fine then, I'll just have to lay down next to you." He smirks. I get flustered, i dont know why though, it's not like we haven't cuddled before in front of the boys, but still. He lays down next to me, pulling a blanket over us and I just set the bowl on top of my chest. He wraps one of his legs around mine, when finally Corbyn turned on the movie. "You can cuddle into my chest if you get scared," He whispers. I nod and try to pay attention to the movie. The first scary scene comes on right at the beginning so I yelp slightly and turn my head. Jack just chuckles and continues to watch the movie.

(Time skip to when the movie finished cause I'm too lazy to write what happened during.)

Everyone had fallen asleep halfway through the movie but Jack and I stayed awake the entire time. The movie finally came to an end as most of the time my head was buried into Jacks chest. He turned off the tv and set the popcorn to the side, setting his arm  across my waist and closing his eyes. I shift my body so it's facing towards him and he pulls me slightly closer to him. Small snores escape his mouth as my eyes drift close and eventually fall asleep, with a small smile on my face along with Jacks.

Word count: 1062! Most I've ever written

A/N: Super sorry for posting late, I got distracted with a bunch of different fanfics. Also been feeling like crap and stuff so yea. Good night! 🌙💤😴😘