Zak's Pov:

     I wake up feeling weight on my body. I look down to see Darryl sleeping peacefully on my chest, my arms still around him. I blush at the position we are in. I smile at thought that we just went to sleep in each other's arms. I'm glad that Darryl trusts me enough to do such things with me. I look at the time to see that I woke up before my alarm sets off. I then look down at Darryl's sleeping face. He looks so peaceful. God he's so beautiful. Good thing I woke up earlier than normal so that I can just stare at Darryl for a while. My sight then wanders off to Darryl's cheek. Thankfully, the bruise that was once there has healed now. I then gently kiss him on the head and whisper, "I love you."

     I just look at Darryl's sleeping face for a bit, until I get startled by my alarm. I flinch and quickly turn it off. I look to see that Darryl is still sleeping soundly. As much as I want to stay in bed with him, we have to get up for school. I gently shake Darryl to wake him up. I whisper out, "Darryl, it's time to wake up."

     I see him slowly start to wake up. At first it seems like he doesn't know where he is, but he relaxes once he sees me. He smiles at me and says, "Morning."

     "Good morning, love."

     He blushes slightly at the name. He then looks like he's thinking about something. Then he says, "Did you... watch me sleep?"

     I giggle a little guiltily for being caught. I then say, "Of course, what did you expect? I couldn't help myself, you just sleep so soundly and peacefully."

     He blushes and buries his face in my chest. He then mumbles out, "You're a muffinhead..."

     I laugh at his actions. I lift up his face and say, "But I'm your muffinhead, right?"

     He looks down from embarrassment, but I see him shyly nod. I lift up his head again and give him a kiss on the lips. I smile at him and say, "Time to get ready for school, babe."

     He nods his head, and we get up from my bed. I walk to my closet to get a new pair of clothes. I then hear Darryl behind me say, "Umm... Zak? Do I go to school in the clothes that I am already in or...?"

     I guess I didn't think of the fact that Darryl needs a different pair of clothes, since he's still wearing what he wore yesterday. I throw him my favorite cyan hoodie and a pair of pants. I get myself a dark blue t-shirt and black pants. I then say, "You can wear that. I'll go change in the bathroom, while you can change here."

     As I'm about to walk out of the room, Darryl says, "I- isn't this the hoodie that you wear almost every day?"

     "Yup, that's my favorite hoodie."

     "Shouldn't you be wearing this then?"

     "No, I want you to wear it."

     Before Darryl can say anything else, I leave the room and go to the bathroom. I quickly change into my clothes and leave the bathroom. As I step in front of my bedroom door, I knock on it and say, "Are you done, Darryl?"

     "Yes, you can come in!"

     As open the door and step inside, I see Darryl blushing shyly while wearing my clothes. The hoodie is a bit big on him, but not too big. The sleeves go over his wrist but doesn't fully go over his fingers. He looks cute. I blush at the sight. I smirk and say, "You look good in my clothes. My hoodie looks better on you than me. I think I should let you use my clothes more often."

     Darryl grumbles and says, "You sure are enjoying this aren't you?"

     I walk up to Darryl and put my hands on his waist. I say, "Don't act like you're not enjoying this as well. And yes, I am enjoying this. You wearing my clothes is showing to me and everyone else that you're mine."

     Darryl blushes like crazy and puts his hands over his face, covering it. I laugh at his actions. How adorable. I then say, "Come on, let's see if I can make you anything for breakfast."

     Darryl nods. I take him to the kitchen to find someone already there cooking. It's my sister. I'm surprised she's still here. Normally she would be on her way to college right now. I then say, "Samira? Shouldn't you be at college right now?"

     Samira looks at me and says, "Oh, good morning, Zak! I thought we could have breakfast together today. Today's classes were cancelled. Don't worry on being late to school, I'll drive you there today."

     She then notices Darryl standing behind me. She then says, "Oh! You have a guest over? Did he sleep in your room? Why didn't you tell me Zak?"

     "Sorry Sam, I forgot to send you a text. We fell asleep before I got to tell you anything."

     "Well, I guess it's fine. I'll make sure we have enough food for all of us. Do you like omelets and French toast, um- sorry what's your name?"

     She looks at Darryl. Darryl seems to get nervous and says, "M-my name is Darryl, ma'am."

     "Oh, no need to be so formal. Call me Samira or Sam. I'm not sure if Zak has mentioned me to you before, but I'm his sister."

     "Yes, he has mentioned you before. Oh, and also, yes, omelets and French toast is fine by me."

     Samira smiles says, "Alright, you two take a seat, I'm almost done cooking."

     Me and Darryl listen and take a seat next to each other at the table. Soon, my sister places a plate with an omelet and French toast in front of us along with a cup of orange juice. As Samira sits down with her plate of food and cup of juice, she looks at Darryl and seems to notice something. She then turns to me and says, "Zak, is that your favorite hoodie that Darryl is wearing? Why is he wearing it? You never let anyone else wear it."

     Out of the corner of my eye I see Darryl blushing. I don't know if it's because my sister realized he's wearing my clothes, or because he now knows that he's the first person that I've let wear my favorite hoodie. Maybe both honestly. I respond to my sister by saying, "Well, you see..."

     I look at Darryl and he looks nervous. He knows what I'm about to say. I grab his hand from under the table in reassurance and smile at him. I then look at Samira and say, "Me and Darryl are actually dating."

     Samira looks shocked. But she smiles and says, "Well, congratulations you two. I'm happy for you."

     Despite what Samira says, I can tell that she looks a bit on edge. I think I know why. We then eat our breakfast and chat a bit. Samira mostly asks questions about our relationship, Darryl asks what college is like to Samira, and I am mostly quietly listening to them and every so often glancing towards Darryl. When we finish and are about to leave, Darryl says, "Can I quickly use your bathroom?"

     Samira says, "Of course! Go ahead."

     Once Darryl leaves the room to go to the bathroom, Samira looks at me with a worried expression. She then says, "Zak... are you... planning to break Darryl's heart?"

     I expected this honestly. Samira found out that I was a player last year when everyone thought that I was dating her. She was sad when she found out, but all she could do was try to convince me to stop. But other than that, there was nothing that she could do to stop me, it's not like she's my mom, and she knows that I'm my own independent person that has to make their own decisions. All she can do is give me advice. Though at this point, she cares for me as if she was a mother. Especially when our mom sadly passed away by cancer when I was 10. After my mom's death, my dad changed. He didn't abuse us or anything like that, but he stopped giving me and my sister much attention, he kinda just let us deal with stuff ourselves. All he basically did was have a roof over our heads and give us food. And every so often he bought us whatever we needed and would give us our birthday gifts.

     But as soon as my sister turned 18, she wanted to move out of the house to a place closer to her college. She invited me to live with her, which I agreed to, and I ended up moving to the school I'm in when I was just going to start high school. My dad ended up buying the apartment for us, and he said he was going to keep paying rent for us as long as Samira stayed in college and ended up graduating, since the reason why my sister wanted to move out was because she wanted to be closer to college. Of course, Samira will have to buy her own place once she starts her career. My dad said that if I go to college, he would be willing to rent out a place for me as well once I'm studying. I look at Samira and say, "No, I'm not going to do that. I promise that I'm no longer going to be a player, I already stopped so that I can be with Darryl."

     Samira smiles and say, "Thank goodness! So, you actually have feelings for Darryl? That's great! Darryl seems like such a sweet guy, I was worried about him honestly."

     "Yes, I do have feelings for Darryl. I'm honestly in love with him. I've never felt this way for anyone else before."

     "I'm happy for you brother! I guess Darryl was the one destined to change your ways. You better treat him well."

     I laugh and say, "Don't worry, I will. I really want us to work out."

     Samira comes up to me and gives me a hug. She then breaks the hug and says, "I'm proud of you Zak. Not just because you finally found someone to love, or that your no longer a player, I always have and always will be proud of you no matter what, even when I found out you were a player. This is because you're my brother and I will always love you no matter what. I hope things work out between you and Darryl."

     I smile and say, "Thanks sis... That means a lot to me."

     A few moments later, Darryl comes back and the three of us leave. Samira takes us in her car to our school. Once we arrive, me and Darryl get out of the car and say goodbye to my sister. We walk inside the school, holding hands. We start walking towards our first class. But then, we get stopped by a voice saying, "Zak? Is that you?"

     I stop. That voice sounds familiar, and I don't like the sound of who it reminds me of. I slowly turn around to face the owner of that voice. I see a girl with long light brown hair, lighter than the color of Darryl's hair, with dirty blonde highlights along with the tips having the same color. She is pale, paler than Darryl, and has light blue eyes that look like the sky. Oh no... It's her.

(God damn, this is the longest chapter yet, with over 1950 words 🤯Who do you think the mystery girl is?)