Darryl POV

Zak is gone again. I'm preying he's not doing something stupid, but if he's gone for 20 more minutes I'm going to look for him.

I was sitting on the couch bouncing my knee while staring at the door. Suddenly it opened to reveal Zak. He looked... well I wouldn't call it happy, but content.

He noticed me staring at him and sighed, "What? I can't leave the house for one second without telling you?"

"N-No it's not that. It's just last time you left, it didn't turn out well. Plus you said you were going to edit!" I replied.

He rolled his eyes, "Uh huh."

"So, where were you?" I asked. He sat down on the couch next to me, pulling out his ears buds.

OH MY GOD HE DOESNT HAVE AIR PODS HES SO POOR-

He shrugged and said, "No where."

"Well obviously you were somewhere. Did you meet up with someone?" I asked. If he did, I hope it's someone that's a good influence.

"I went on a walk, by myself." He replied. "Oh, it's pretty late. I'm gonna go to sleep." I said, "You should too."

"Okay." Zak replied. Then he simply got up while humming a song that I didn't recognize.

Zak POV

I settled down in my bed and stared at the ceiling. How was I supposed to fall asleep like this? I haven't gotten a good nights sleep in a long time. I shut my eyes and attempted to fall asleep, but failed. After a while I gave up.

I stood up and walked out if my room.

Darryl POV

I had begun to doze off, almost asleep, when I heard a quiet knock on my bedroom door. "Come in." I mumbled.

I heard the door creak open and I rolled over to see who it was. Surprisingly, it was Zak. I sat up, "Oh hey, what's up?"

Zak looked down as if he was ashamed. He looked back up at me and sighed. "Can I stay  in here tonight?"

"Um.."

This was so unlike Zak. Usually he would do everything in his power to distance himself from me. But any chance to get to know Zak, the real Zak, better is a chance that I would take.

Zak noticed me not replying right away and looked panicked, "You know what, I don't need to stay in here. That was a stupid question, you probably don't want me in here. As a matter a fact I'll go to my room right now."

Before he left I chuckled and said, "Of course you can stay, come in you muffin."

Zak walked in and smiled at me. Suddenly his eyes lit up, "This is like a sleepover! I've never had a sleepover, this is so cool!"

I was taken aback by his sudden outburst. But I began to smile at his childishness. He ran out of the room. Seconds later he cam back in with his blanket and pillow. He dropped them on the floor and laid down.

A few minutes later he looked up at me, and glared at me. "What?" I asked. Was he mad at me? "You can't stay up there, on the bed! We are equal, you have to sleep on the floor too." He said.

I groaned but reluctantly grab my pillow and blanket, and dragged them onto the floor. He seemed satisfied with my actions and laughed. "Let's play... 21 questions!" He exclaimed. I was exhausted but it was the perfect opportunity to get to know him.

I sat up and faced him but he stayed laying down, facing me. "So, ask me a question!" He said.

I didn't want to ruin the mood so I decided to ask light hearted questions. "What's your favorite color?"

He scoffed, "You know what my favorite color is. Blue, obviously."

"Okay that was a muffiny question, but it's your turn." I replied.

He propped his head on his hand, "Hmm, if you were trapped on a deserted island and you could only take on person with you, who would it be?"

"That's a hard one. Probably you." I said. He looked shocked at my answer, "Why me?"

I smiled, "Because you would be super fun to hang out with. Especially on a deserted island where there was nothing to do."

He gasped dramatically, "Are you saying I'm only fun when you have nothing to do?"

"No, that's not what I meant, I-" I started.

He rolled his eyes playfully, "I was kidding you idot."

I laughed and after that we sat in a comfortable silence. Him on his phone, probably on Twitter.

I had my phone on but I wasn't looking at it, I was looking at Zak. So he doesn't fake his personality when he talks to me. He just hides his darker personality.

"You know what Zak?" I said, he looked up at me and I continued, "I like it better when you're like this."

He sat up, "Like what?"

"When you act like this. When you're not just moping around all day." I said, smirking.

"I do not mope around all day!" He whined, sounding like a child.

I looked at the time and realized it was almost 3:00 am. "Aw, I wanted to sleep early today."

"We both know that wasn't going to happen." Zak replied.

"Ok well I'm going to sleep." I said, "Goodnight."

"Goodnight Darryl." He replied.

Suddenly he'd pulled out a hoodie out if no where. He always seemed to have a hoodie with him at all times. He put it on and pulled up the hood.

"Goodnight." He said once again before laying down and closing his eyes.

Zak POV

Today wasn't such a bad day after all...

I made this chapter longer! It's not that long but still, I wrote a lot more than I usually do. I decided to do a more light hearted chapter because things were getting a little too depressing 😬😂 (exactly 1000 words) now byeeee.