Darryl POV

"It's all started on January 17, my birthday. I had just turned 15 and my whole family was pretty happy." Zak started, "My dad said that he would go out and be back in an hour. None of us really thought much of it. My mom, my sister, and I were playing a board game when my dad walked in. He had a cake and a gift bag in his hands, he had a huge smile on his face. We all ate cake and I opened my gift, it was a computer. It was one of the happiest days of my life. But even thought I tried to ignore it there were some bad things too. My dad was acting a bit strange, he stumble when he walked, and his words were a bit slurred. I quickly realized that he was drunk, my mom and sister didn't seem to notice though. I decided not to mention it, I thought it was just a one time thing. I wish I hadn't ignored it, I wish I told my mom what was going on. But I didn't. Before I went to bed that night, my dad walked into my room and said, "Happy birthday Zak, I love you." That was the last time he ever told me that. The days after, every night my dad would come home drunk. It kept getting worse, he would come him at 3:00 am and he would knock things over, breaking them. He started to get very mad easily. He wouldn't hit any of us but he would punch walls and damage things around our house. Eventually I guess my mom got sick of it. Randomly one day my mom and sister were being quiet. I asked my mom what was going on but she wouldn't tell me. I asked my sister and she told me what was happening. They were moving out. At first I was happy, since I thought I would be going with them. But they said I couldn't come, that I had to stay with my dad. They never gave me a reason why I couldn't come. So they left and for a year my dad abused me mentally. I'm not going to get into that, and for three years after that, he abused me, physically. They were the worst yea-"

He was cut off by his own choked sob. He buried his face into his sleeves and began to cry. I didn't know what to do in the situation. I've never been the best at comforting people, but I tried anyway.

"Zak, it's okay." I whispered.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't be such a baby." He said.

"You shouldn't be sorry. This isn't your fault, none of this is your fault." I replied.

"But maybe if I wasn't such a disappointment then my dad wouldn't hate me." He replied.

"Hey, don't say that." I said.

He didn't reply.

"Look at me." I said.

He pulled his hands away from his face and looked at me. Tears were running down his face and his hands were shaking. I felt my eyes begin to tear up but I quickly blinked them away.

If I lose my composure, it's just going to make things worse.

I grabbed his hand and looked him in the eyes. "You are the most amazing person I've ever met. You never fail to make me smile. There's nothing wrong with you, you're not a disappointment."

"No, you're just saying that." Zak said, sniffling.

"Zak, I don't lie about things as serious as this." I replied.

He just nodded and I checked the time, realizing how late it was. I stood up and pulled Zak up by the hand. "We should probably go home." I said.

"Okay." Zak said.

We began to walk to the car.

*extra part cause why not, this doesn't rlly add anything to the story but I'm writing it anyway*

Zak just went to bed and now I'm sitting on my bed scrolling through Twitter. Then I remembered Zak mentioning that his birthday is January 17. That means he's a Capricorn.

I quickly clicked the home button, got off of Twitter, and got onto Wattpad. I clicked search and typed, 'Capricorn book'.

A bunch of results came up. I clicked one and opened up the first chapter.

(1) Capricorn's will put the "all is well" face, but the reality is that they deal with a ton of stress. They take on a lot of things not wanting to disappoint but they are easily over whelmed. They need to be around people who encourage "playtime".
(2) When a Capricorn cries, it's because of built up anger and emotions they've been holding in for too long.
(3) Capricorn's remember all compliments and insults they are given. Especially when it comes to loved ones.

(If anyone reading this is a Capricorn, are these true?)

That reminded of me of all the things I've said to Zak that might have hurt his feelings. I ding mean to hurt him that bad.

With new information about Zak, I went to bed.

Okay um late night chapter. It's 2:00 am yay 😑 anyway would you guys be interested in me including lime in future chapters?