His Glimmer Of Hope

Chapter 23

Two weeks came in a blink of an eye and Jaylen's worries did not go away, instead, it became worse, making his anxiety worse as a result. After he finished washing up, his phone vibrated, showing a message from Kujo. "Yo~ Woke up yet?" Kujo texted and followed with a map and address for the photoshoot. *Hmm?* Jaylen was confused as the address is not a place neither a shop but an apartment instead.

"It's an apartment?" Jaylen texted back, thinking that Kujo texted him the wrong address. "Oh yeah, it's my apartment :)" Kujo replied. "Oh.. Okay. What time should i be there?" Jaylen asked and Kujo answered almost immediately. "Late morning." *That's soon.* Jaylen thought as he looked at the time shown on his phone. "Okay, i'll try to reach before 12pm." He texted Kujo and went to change into his outdoor wear, which consisted a grey plain hoodie sweatshirt and a black pants.

When he finally arrived at the stop, he texted Kujo, who replied that he should wait at the stop for him. As he is using his phone while waiting for Kujo, he felt a tap on his shoulder and he turned around. "Hey. Glad you made it." Kujo smiled and hugged Jaylen, making him blush. "I was worried that you might get lost." Kujo said with a smile and Jaylen let out an awkward chuckle since he could not really deny that fact.

"Let's go in and let's start the photoshoot. The staff has already set up everything." Kujo said and hold Jaylen's hand tightly, trying to assure Jaylen and also to put his worries to ease. "Just relax alright?" Kujo said as he looked at Jaylen when they entered the elevator. "The highest floor?!" Jaylen exclaimed unconsciously, shocked. "Yeah." Kujo chuckled sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head.

When they arrived, Kujo invited Jaylen into his apartment. When he entered, he looked around, slightly confused. Even if Kujo is a very neat person, the apartment looks bare. "Oh. I only use this apartment for photoshoot." Kujo said when he saw the confused look on Jaylen's face. "Huh? You.. Rent this two-room apartment just for photoshoot?" Jaylen repeated and Kujo nodded. "My apartment is not suitable for shootings afterall." Kujo said with a sheepish smile and Jaylen nodded, still surprised and wondering just how much Kujo actually earned and have.

"Kujo! You finally have a partner for a couple shoot huh?" A female staff said and Kujo smiled proudly. "Yeah. I finally found my special someone." Kujo said, his arms over Jaylen's waist and Jaylen blushed at Kujo's comment. "Kujo, hurry up with the make up and costume! We have to start shooting!" The cameraman said and Kujo nodded and ushered Jaylen into the room and shut the door.

"Sit on the chair." Kujo said as he started putting make up on Jaylen, making him blush at the close distance they are at. Kujo smiled at how cute Jaylen is as he kept putting make up on Jaylen. When he is finally done, he put on his own make up and he looked at Jaylen. "Here, put this on." He said as he passed Jaylen his outfit. *T-shirt huh..* His panicked slightly, not wanting people to see his scars on his wrist. Without warning, Kujo took off his shirt, showing off his perfect well-toned body and Jaylen's eyes widened, unable to look away, with his jaw dropped.

Kujo chuckled as he saw Jaylen's reaction and went over to him, his shirt not buttoned still. His face slowly closing in and his lips are soon a few inches away from Jaylen's. He then closed his eyes as he kissed Jaylen's lips softly. He smiled when he felt Jaylen slowly kissing back but soon pulled away. "Come on Jay. We should change." Kujo smiled sweetly with warmth as he ruffled Jaylen's hair gently and with care. He then buttoned up his shirt and changed his pants. Jaylen sighed and reluctantly took off his sweatshirt, heaving a sigh of relieve that he did not cut anywhere else other than his wrist.

He then put on the t-shirt and the bermuda pants and looked at Kujo. "Come here." Kujo said as he signaled Jaylen to sit on the chair once more, which he did, and Kujo put the wig on Jaylen. He then looked at Jaylen, examining if there's anything else that needed to be fixed. He then nodded with a smile. "You look perfect as Ren." Kujo commented, making Jaylen blushed. He then put on his own wig and fixed the style a little. After examining himself on the full mirror, he hold Jaylen's hand and walked out of the room.

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Quote #22:

"You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life."