Bashful - A Skephalo Story ❤️

Part 18

The next morning, Zak inspected Vincent's face in the bright bathroom lights. One side of it was completely black, the imprint from Darryl's knuckles distinct against his skin. "You look terrible," Zak sighed, wiping off the blood with a tissue.

"It bloody well hurt, I know that much!" Vincent quipped. "I'll probably have a bruise for 14 years."

Zak thumped him on the arm, laughing. "Try and be serious for once," he rolled his eyes.

"Guys, are you coming for breakfast?" Darryl hollered from the kitchen. He sat three steaming fry-ups onto the table, smirking at Vincent's shocked face as he came in.

"Forget Zak, I need to get myself a Darryl!" Vincent giggled.

Zak pretended to growl. "Hands off, he's my chef." He snaked his arms around Darryl, kissing his cheek.

After breakfast, Darryl cleared his throat to get the attention of the others. "Whilst you're both here, I need to talk to you guys." They looked at him expectantly and he carried on, "Techno got wind of us all staying together and he wants to join us. Only, we don't have enough rooms here. So, we're going on holiday!"

Zak spat out the tea he was drinking all over Vincent. "What?! When did you decide we were going away?"

"Thanks," Vincent grumbled, "I need to change again now."

"Sorry..." Zak tried (and failed) to keep a straight face. Turning to Darryl, he demanded, "explain now."

"Two weeks, staying on Mount Hood in Oregon. Techno booked for us to hire ski equipment, and I covered the cost of the hotel. There's no need to record videos beforehand - we can make vlogs together. That's everything, I think," Darryl stated nonchalantly. "Oh yeah," he blushed, "and we leave tomorrow morning to catch a 5am flight."

"Okay, um..." Vincent whistled slightly, "One: what the HELL?? And two: sounds fun, I'll go pack." He hurried to his room, leaving Zak and Darryl alone.

"Since when did you have the time to plan all of this?" Zak walked closer to Darryl.

"Since yesterday, when Techno rang me. He was quite upset that he hadn't been invited, and I didn't want him to have to sleep on the sofa. Are you okay with going on holiday?"

"If I'm not it's a bit late now," Zak rolled his eyes, "but it sounds fun!"

"There's another thing," Darryl whispered into his ear reluctantly, "I could only get two rooms, so Vincent and Techno will have to share a bed. I haven't told them yet, though," he blushed.

Zak just grinned, pulling Darryl's chin down to kiss him. "You want to play Cupid?" He wiggled his eyebrows cheekily.

"What?" Darryl murmured, his hands slipping to Zak's waist.

"Techno's single, you know," Zak giggled, batting his eyelashes.

"And you're not, so stop acting all coy," Darryl joked. "Are you saying we should set Vincent and Techno up?"

Zak pulled away and headed to their room to pack. "Exactly!" He called over his shoulder, "Why not?"

Darryl followed behind, shaking his head. As crazy as it was, he liked the idea of playing matchmaker.

When they were all packed, the three of them went out for a late lunch to a nearby pub. They laughed and chatted for ages, excited to leave for the holiday tomorrow.

"So let me get this straight," Vincent mock frowned, "you want me to get up at 5am tomorrow?!"

Darryl smirked knowingly. If only they could wake up that late... "We need to be on the plane to take off at 5am. You need to be at the airport two hours early, which is 3am, and the car journey is half an hour, so we'll have to get up at 2am and leave the house within thirty minutes."

Vincent's face froze. Then he pushed his chair back, stood up, and started choking Darryl. "You're a bloody morning person, aren't you?!" He accused.

Zak shouted for him to let go, pulling at his arms. Vincent relented, scowling. "You crazy American man...! Nobody should EVER have to wake up at 2am," he crossed his arms, sulking. "It's 6 in the evening already, we're hardly going to get any sleep!"

"Calm down, you silly baguette," Darryl soothed, "we can go home now, then you can quit trying to kill me and go to bed."

Vincent just nodded, walking out to the car already. "I guess that's our cue to leave," Zak joked, slipping his hand into Darryl's as they went to the car.

Back at the apartment, they all had a shower (Vincent first, of course, so he could go to sleep sooner) and got into their pajamas. "This is crazy," Darryl complained, "it's only 8 o'clock!"

"Well I'm cold anyway, so come and at least have a snuggle," Zak tempted, burrowing under the covers.

Sighing, Darryl joined him. Zak immediately rolled back out of bed, locking the door, then lay on top of Darryl. Kissing him hungrily, he murmured, "It really is too early to go to bed."

His breathing coming quickly, Darryl threw himself into the kiss. Their clothes came off in a dizzy haze, frantic and full of lust.

Let's just say they were going to be really tired in the morning...

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Right, so I've finished this the quickest I could! Hope you enjoyed (again if you saw the mistake from earlier lol)