When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the alarm clock blinking 8:22 over and over again.

The power went out. Great.

I roll over and almost went into Max's chest. He was still asleep. I couldn't help but stare at his wrists. The marks had faded some, but not a lot.

I still feel really bad, since I basically the one who put them there. Ugh. If she ever gets that idea again, I'm saying no.

I gently put a hand on top of the one he had on his pillow and squeezed it.

"I said it was okay, (Y/N)." He says, making me jump a little. "Don't worry about it so much."

"I didn't know you were awake." I reply.

He opened his eyes and stares into mine. "I've been awake for about 5 minutes."

"Oh."

"Look, I know you feel bad about the whole thing still; it's not your fault. My mom doesn't really think about what people with think when it comes to holiday pictures. That's why she's a photographer... Well, retired photographer."

He brushed some of my hair back behind my ear. "Just don't worry about it. The marks'll heal, we'll just laugh at the picture later on." (Max... Eh... Seriously?)

I couldn't help but laugh.

"What?"

I just shake my head with a smile as I sit up. "Nice reference."

"Reference?"

I grabbed my phone, went into my music list, and played a song out loud at a low volume. "Look at this photograph, every time I do it makes me laugh." Then I stop it.

He just smacks his forehead. "I wasn't even trying to make a reference."

"Well, you did." I stretch and flop back. "I don't want to get up."

"Then don't."

"No, I have to go in today. I've gotta help Jess with a Minecraft Machinima for MyStreet." I rub my eye.

"Ah." He got up and put his gold bar T-shirt on. "Ross and I start Redstoner 2 today."

"Oh, god, you're still doing that series?" I raise an eyebrow. "Even after the backlash you guys got from parents?"

He just shrugs. "The majority of viewers wanted it to continue. We can't control who watches it. It's up to the parents to monitor what their kids watch." He pulls up the comforter and sits down on the edge of the bed. "That and we need more new content."

"Why don't you two do the Butt Knights idea?"

"Planned that for next week." He kisses my forehead and walks into the bathroom. "That and we have to pick up some stuff during our lunch break today."

"Like what?"

"Uh... We need to pick up the tree Ross ordered, some duct tape rolls - big ones - and I'm running out of hair gel."

"What do we need duct tape for?"

"It's mine, Red and John's turn to do the duct tape challenge."

"What? No."

"Yeah." He leans against the doorway with a comb in his hand. "Is there something wrong with that?"

"Max, you know I'm not comfortable with that kind of stuff." I say, making my side of the bed. "That's why I haven't done it. I had to do a whole vlog about it when the fans started to spam my Twitter page about it."

"It's no big deal. Ross'll be the one taping us. It's not like he's gonna kidnap all three of us in the middle of the video."

"I know that. When did you become okay with getting tied up?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, two days ago you literally wanted to hide yourself when your mom had me tie you up with Christmas lights. Now you're just like, 'Oh? Ross wants to tape me to a chair? Okay!'" I cross my arms. "You're starting to worry me."

"Look, if you're that worried about me, you can supervise while we're recording. Would that make you feel better about it?"

I rub my arm. "A little."

He smirks at me. Then he wraps his arms around my waist and kisses my forehead. "Everything will be fine. You'll see. Maybe you'll warm up to it and start messing with me."

"Yeah, right." I grab my clothes and change. "Keep this stuff up and you'll get nightmares."

He rolls his eyes at me.

~SKIP BROUGHT TO YOU BY... Ross. 😝~

Note: The stuff in the video will be different here. Cause, ya know. It's FanFic.

"I didn't sign up for this shit!" Max rages as Scott wrapped more tape around his legs. "Give it a rest, man!"

"Hey, (Y/N), you wanna finish him off?" Scott asks, holding out the roll to me.

I shrug. "If it's okay with Max."

"No, it's not up to him, cause he's already in the chair!" Ross says with a laugh.

"True..." I made a small evil eye. "Alright." I run over and take the roll, and Scott moves to John.

"Aw, shit." Max says.

"What? Are you a Mad Max?" I tease, picking the end off the roll.

He glares at me. "When I get out of this, I swear to god I'm tickling your ass to the ground."

"Whatever." I start the end on his chest and wrap it around him.

Ross took over and wrapped a strand around him three times and doubling up on his hands and wrists (I made him wear gauze over the marks because they were starting to leave scratches by our lunch break and one of them opened when he hit his arm against a table during lunch. I'm not letting him take any chances).

"You can tape me all you want, you can't shut me up." Max says. "I'm still gonna bitch."

"You want us to fix that?" Ross asks.

"No, I'm good." Max's face flushes a little.

"Too late." I took a strand, cut it off the roll and smacked it across Max's mouth, muffling every protest he had.

To mess with him, I plant a kiss right over the tape, leaving an imprint from my lip gloss.

"Mm-m Mmphm Mm." He gives me a somewhat evil glare.

"What was that?"

Ross gave them permission to try to break free, and Red was right up in the lead. Max caught up when he broke his legs free.

Uh-oh.

Max busted out when he stood up. Then he looked at me. I tried to make a run for it, but he grabbed me, hoisted me up and dragged me right back over and tickled me till I was on the ground and in tears.

"Okay! Okay! I give in!" I say over my laughter. "Just-" I squeal when he moves to my neck. "Just stop!"

He kept at it a little more, then stopped and chuckled.

"Holy crap, I can't breathe." I mumble.

"Do you need a water?" Max asks.

I nod, and he helps me up. I wrap my arms around him and he rests an arm on my shoulders. Scott hands him a water bottle, he opens it and hands it to me. I take three large gulps and hand it back to Scott. "Thanks."

We watched Red and Barney break themselves free from the tape, then we close out the video and clear out stray pieces of tape.

OKAY. UM. ... THIS WAS... Oh god...

I made the mistake of finishing this AFTER watching the finale of Redstoner II... Uh...

I have one thing to say:

MAX WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!
😭🙇😿 UGH.

Ooooooooooh my gooooooood. *watches vlogs with Max in them to CALM THE FREAK DOWN*

ANYWAY, (besides the fact that I am scarred for life) I have something big planned. Here's YOU'RE ONLY HINT: (Elvis Presley Lyrics):

'Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you'

DON'T SPOIL IT IF YOU FIGURE IT OUT. SOME PEOPLE WANNA FIND OUT ON THEIR OWN.

This Cherry Blossom tho 👉theoriginalmonkey👈