Evan pulled out a shirt and pants from his closet then grabbed a bottle of body oil.

“I'll just step into the bathroom and dress up,” Evan said as he walked back

“You don't have to. Go ahead I won't even look” Zayn replied quickly

Evan paused for a bit and walked back to his table. He placed the oil on the table and dropped his towel. He started to oil his body starting with his arms and then gliding towards the tip of his chin to the base of this collar bone. He grabbed more oil and rubbed his chest and belly continuously. Zayn sat looking the other way pretending to be watching tv.

Evan continued to rub his body and somehow he felt shy about the whole situation. This wasn't the first time Evan had oiled his body in front of Zayn. It had happened a couple of times before Zayn had left for his boarding school and also way before Zayn came out as gay. Back then Evan would oil his body quickly especially if they had somewhere to go in a hurry. Zayn would sit and watch whatever was on the tv quietly. It was almost like a routine and they both got used to it until it felt sort of normal. But right there in that moment, even though Evan had done this a million times in front of Zayn something felt different and he wondered if Zayn felt the same energy around them.

Zayn never told Evan but there was a mirror right where the tv stand was. One time when Evan had to change Zayn had sat in front of the tv and waited for him to be done but then he noticed the mirror and its reflection. When he looked at it he could see every inch of Evans body and how he oiled every inch of it. Deep down he knew he had to look away but he was intrigued by everything he saw that day. It then became an unavoidable habit. Watching Evan oil himself whenever he came out of the shower. Zayn sat there feeling embarrassed that even after all these years he was still doing the same childish things he did in the past. But even then at that moment, he couldn't look away he was still as intrigued as ever.