In your eyes ☆ zaniel

An I Love You [7]

Daniel's penthouse
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Ever since that date in the park, things had been going great for the couple. Most days they cuddled. Others, they worked on Daniel's book. They consistently were doing something, but never alone. Those two were like magnets, attached at the hips. They went on a lot of fun dates, even though most public ones got invaded by fans. But it was fun, because at the end they knew they were each other's and no one else's. That's all that mattered, it was summer love. They were both wrapped around the others finger.

Daniel knew it was summer love, he wanted it to sprout into something more. Zachary also knew their love belonged to the summertime, he wished it would blossom into something worth the while. Neither of them knew that they were both thinking the same thing, though.

There was a knock on the door, Daniel was still asleep so Zachary opened it. He was only wearing a baggy t-shirt that belonged to Daniel and underwear.

"Uh," Jonah was shocked by Zach's outfit and Zachary was shocked that Jonah freaking Marais saw him wearing only Daniel's shirt.

"Zachy, who's here.?" Daniel called from the bedroom.

"Come in Jonah," Zach moved out of the way so Jonah could come in, "sweetheart it's Jonah."

Daniel came out with a pair of shorts and he was throwing on a shirt as he was walking down the hallway, Zachary had to stop and stare for a minute.

"Uh, Daniel can I talk you for a minute. Alone." The way Jonah said alone, made Zach feel as if he did something wrong falling for a celebrity.

Daniel nodded and followed Jonah to the kitchen. Zachary gave him a worried look and the love in Daniel's eyes assured him he would be fine. To pass the time, Zach went into the sun room and pulled out his current read, the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur.

When in the kitchen, Jonah got straight to business. "Daniel, I came to check how you guys were holding up, why didn't you tell me you guys were," he paused trying to find the word, "exclusive?"

"Well I thought you would've seen the Instagram posts, we got attacked by fans on a couple of our dates." Daniel shrugged not understanding what the big deal was to Jonah.

"Daniel, you know I don't check the fandom drama. Ever since limelight's said Tate was using me, she was hurt and it hurt me to see people thought those horrible things about one of the nicest girls I've met."

"Well, surprise? There's just something about that boy, I haven't figured it out yet but he's got me wrapped around his finger. I think I'm infatuated, Jonah." From the way Daniel talked about Zachary and how his eyes lit up, Jonah knew his best friend was in love.

"Just be careful, please. You know there's risks in dating a fan." Jonah warned, acting as if dating a fan was a sin.

Zach became curious and stood right outside the kitchen, so nobody could see him. He wanted to hear what they said but after a couple seconds of thinking, he didn't want to intrude in on his boyfriends privacy, so he went to his room and wrote in his journal.

"Jonah, in my eyes, Zachy isn't just a fan okay. He's my best friend, who I can tell anything to. He's my love. He's a star in my eyes. He's everything I need."

"You think that now but what if he turns out to be someone he's not. I know you think he's all you need but are you one hundred percent sure?"

Meanwhile in the other room, Zachary was writing away. I just, i wish I knew what I was in his eyes. Zach yawned, and fell asleep leaving his journal open on the recent page.

"Listen Jonah, I love him. If you have a problem, I will kindly ask you to leave my house." Daniel felt bad for being rude to Jonah but he didn't understand what his problem was.

"Fine, but just," Jonah paused, "call me if you need anything okay." Before Daniel could respond, Jonah was already leaving out the door.

Daniel sighed and made two cups of green tea. When they were done he brought them into his room. Zachary wasn't there so he looked all around the house until he got to Zach's room.

He knocked on the door but there was no answer. Scared that something happened to upset Zachary and he ran away again, Daniel opened the door and saw Zach sleeping so peacefully.

He smiled at his boyfriend and then crawled into bed beside him. Zachary never used the guest room bed anymore, there was a spot reserved next to Daniel in his bed.

Daniel wrapped his arms around Zach's waist and buried his head in his neck. He stayed like that, placing soft kisses on Zachary's neck and shoulder.

Zach slowly woke up and turned to face Daniel. He stared into the boy's beautiful blue eyes and smiled. "I really love you, did you know that?"

"I love you too Zachy. More than any words could ever say."

and with that, the two boys said their first of many 'I love you's'.

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ugh im so obsessed with all this cute shit that's happening.
emma collaborated with jojo and im not thriving.
ok but penn badgley from YOU is so hot.
fight me.

— jaymi <3