party animal; why don't we bxb

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summer depression by girl in red is stuck in my head :/

"daniel, i can't do this."

"you don't even love him. you should be loving me."

"i do."

Chapter 5

after everything that happened, weeks went by.

daniel was still controlled by nate and his threats.

daniel was still deeply in love with zach.

zach was still dating nate.

zach was still deeply in love with daniel.

they still haven't confessed.

jack and corbyn got together after the whole thing with corbyn and daniel.

jonah met a girl named Sandra, and they're a thing.

it seems the only people who weren't happy, were daniel and zach.

one of the most important things though, they still went to parties.

daniel being the party animal he was, went for fun, and zach being the one feeling all the pain, tried to drown his sorrows with beer and drugs. it was a cycle.

zach had went with daniel, attending jonah's party.

"not really a party when you're out here alone." jonah chuckled as he stepped out the door, two bottles of beer in his hand, one being handed to zach as he sat on the steps of jonah's porch.

"yeah, a little too down to party. i think i'm going to get daniel and we're gonna leave." zach explained to jonah as he drank his own beer that was place in his palm.

"what's got you so down?" jonah whispered as he wrapped his arm around zach's shoulder, holding him into his chest as zach started crying, soaking jonah's black, nirvana, t-shirt.

"i love him so much, and i can't tell him. i'm supposed to be in love with a boy that loves me, but i can't return the feelings. daniel is all i think about anymore and i can't even be apart from him for a few hours. it's so fucking unfair that i havr to go through this pain." zach cried, gripping onto jonah, jonah squeezing him and pulling him into his chest more.

"i'm so sorry, z." jonah whispered as he kissed zach's head.

"i can call an uber for you and daniel, and you guys can go home. i'll see you at school monday, okay?" jonah said as he looked into zach's eyes, befoee zach nodded and sniffled into the air.

as zach sat there, he realized he had to go find dani, getting up and putting down the brown bottle.

as zach entered the house, he found daniel on the dance floor, dancing by himself as he had developed insane trust and safety issues after nate has raped him, zach still not knowing.

"come on, dani." zach whispered as he grabbed daniel, heading toward the door, an uber pulling up to the sidewalk, them entering and waiting for the car to start.

as zach stated his address, daniel looked at him admiringly, taking in every detail of his face. the small rare freckles scattered across his face, anf the way his cheeks were always red, the way his hair was pressed against his forehead, not styled for anyone at that party, since he had no reason to. zach had rings on his fingers and his black one and his sliver one, just the right size to fit around his thick fingers, yet not squeeze them.

"you're beautiful." daniel giggled as he laid on top of zach, pulling zach closer to himself, trying to show zach that he need all kinds of love from the boy.

"here you are, sir." as zach opened the car door, he pulled dani out with him, placing him on a firm spot on his back where he wouldn't fall and, most likely, break a bone.

"hey, you." daniel frowned as he poked zach's cheek gently, feeling the mush under it, and how squishy it was, making daniel press a soft kiss to it.

"i meant what i said, i said you were beautiful. did you hear me?" zach was starting to get annoyed by the daniel's habits.

"hey! answer me! i'm talkin-" and daniel was cut off by the familiar feeling of lips planted on his.

as he cupped zach's cheeks, he was sober, standing on his tippy toes to get more of zach's lips, zach holding daniel's waist gently.

daniel pulled away quick, noticing the scenario going on.

"zach. we can't." daniel whispered, pulling away from zach, backing away.

"why?" zach asked as he stepped forward.

"because of nate. you have nate. this is cheating and i won't tolerate it." daniel said into the air, trying to mean his words, but the feeling on his lips still lingered, him craving more.

zach was disappointed at this. wanting nothing more than to treat daniel as he was his owm boyfriend, basically already doing so, without the kisses.

"stop it, stop walking forward. zach i don't want to be next to you." as zach unconsiously moved toward daniel, he heard daniel's harsh words and stopped in his place quickly, before daniel finsished, "i'm afraid, if you come any closer, i won't be able to control myself, and i'll do everything i can to have you in my arms, have you next to me, but until nate is gone and out fof your life, i can't."

zach understood, not saying anything, yet understood. if anything, it should have been him saying these words to daniel, nate was his boyfriend afterall.

"daniel." zach whispered at him, silently hoping that daniel didn't hear him, but he did, and daniel awaited an answer.

"i love you." zach said as tears streamed down his face.

"i love you too." daniel sniffled as he grabbed zach and pulled him in a hug, nothing more than that.

dnaiel released zach, amd they sat, talking hours and hours of what they would do after their senior year, which college they would go to, both wanting to go into music, and then talking about how they would be together for it all, holding eachother, picking eachother up when they fell, it was true they were meant to be together, it was inevitable.

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