how could i not fall for you? - discontinued.

chapter ten.

"it's almost one and neither of them have answered, zak! i'm getting worried..."

darryl hugged zak tighter, rambling on about how worried he was about the safety of his friends. he had wanted to get in contact with them and hopefully do something before vincent left to go back to france, but when he called, nobody would pick up.

zak finally spoke up, he too getting a little antsy. trying his best to calm the older's nerves, zak put his hand on darryl's cheek, and placed a soft kiss on his forehead.

"hey, how about we go and check on them? i'm sure they just overslept or stayed up or something. i'm sure they're fine."

hearing this brightened up darryl's mood a little, so he nodded ever so slightly and got up to go and change, zak doing the same.

a few minutes passed, and darryl was in the car with zak in the front seat.

darryl drove to clay's house, his anxiety still visible. he tapped his fingers against the steering wheel, bouncing his leg up and down as well. zak wanted to try and calm him down with a hug, kiss, or something, but he didn't want to interrupt darryl while he was driving. instead, zak opted to a more verbal kind of comfort, trying to persuade to darryl into believing that they were really fine.

"maybe they left the house early? went on a walk or something?"

darryl smiled at zak's attempts to calm him down, which admittedly, worked.

"you sure it's okay to just- invite ourselves in like this? i mean, they could be busy." darryl played with his hair, the anxiety coming back.

"they aren't gonna mind, we just came to check on them, alright?" zak had a soft and comforting gaze, making darryl feel safer.

"okay, you muffin."

zak got out of the car as darryl trailed behind him. he lightly turn the doorknob, the door surprisingly being unlocked. he peered through the crack, the sight he saw mildly shocking him.

zak smiled, opening the door wider for darryl to see.

the two were snuggled up on the couch, vincent with his face buried into clay's chest, while clay had his arms around vincent's waist and his head resting on vincent's shoulder, a blanket draped on top of them as the cherry on top.

zak closed the door, looking over to darryl.

"do you think they're, y'know, a thing now?"

darryl was practically beaming, almost fangirling on the inside.

"dating or not, i'll be happy and supportive of them either way! they're so cute together!"

zak shook his head, darryl being too wholesome. "this is why i love you."

✨ time skip ✨

vincent stirred, golden rays of sunlight streaming through the closed blinds of clay's windows, blinding him.

forgetting what had happened last night, and in the first few hours of the day, he was about the throw what he thought were his bed's covers off of himself until he felt a weight around his waist.