I slip on a new pair of shorts and don’t bother putting on a shirt. Zack does the same and we stare at each other’s abs for a while. We look up at each other at the same time. I smile and we walk downstairs. Trent appears behind me.

“Why are there marks on your back?” He asks.

Zack looks at my back and his eyes widen. He drags me upstairs and back into his bedroom. He takes a picture of my back and shows it to me. I see marks from where Zack’s fingernails dug into my skin.

“I’m so sorry, Mikey! I didn’t mean to leave marks or hurt you!” Zack apologizes.

“Don’t apologize. The marks are like hickeys, they’ll go away eventually,” I say. I look at Zack’s neck. “Speaking of which, I left some hickeys on your neck,” I tell Zack and touch where each hickey on his neck is.

Zack shrugs. “As you said, they’ll go away eventually,” Zack replies.

I chuckle and hug him. He hugs me back. We stop hugging each other and put on t-shirts. The t-shirt Zack gave me is tight on my chest and around my biceps. I face Zack and he looks at my chest and biceps.

Zack shrugs. “Do you want another shirt?” He asks me. I shake my head and Zack smirks. “Good because I get a good view of some of your muscles,” Zack replies and I chuckle.

“I guess you do, Zacky,” I reply.

Zack opens his closet and pulls out make up from the top of his closet. He smiles at me. “Foundation in case I ever got hickeys,” he says. I chuckle and he puts on the liquid foundation.

We go back downstairs and Trent is watching cartoons on the TV. Zack and I go into the kitchen. I sit down at the table in his dining room while Zack makes himself and me a bowl of cereal. He sits beside me at the table while we eat our cereal. After we are done eating, we wash our bowls and our spoons. We walk into the living room and sit on the couch while watching cartoons with Trent.

Zack lets out a yawn and closes his eyes. He falls asleep and his head slides onto my shoulder. I am about to try to wake Zack up when Trent stops me.

“Don’t ever wake Zack up. It’s suicide, trust me,” a Trent whispers. I chuckle quietly and nod.

Zack wakes up about half an hour later and doesn’t move his head. He smiles when he looks at me.

“If you’re so tired, we could go back to your bedroom,” I whisper to Zack softly.

“Mkay,” Zack replies.

We go back to his bedroom. I shit his bedroom door and look at Zack. He’s grinning like he’s planning something.

“Why are you grinning like that?” I ask cautiously.

“Mmm. No reason,” Zack replies. I roll my eyes.

We play ‘Minecraft’ on his Xbox. He tells me to go over to his house in the game and I do. He tells me to open a chest and grab the book he wrote that’s in the chest. I open it and put the book in my inventory. I open the book and read it.

It says,

“Dear Michael,
You look appetizing. You’re funny, intelligent, cute, and nice. The muscles, smile, height, and overall handsomeness come as bonuses. I can’t wait for our date! You’re very special to me and I wanted to tell you, I will never let you get hurt, Mikey. Also, my shirt looks HELLA great on you. I’m just sayin’! You have a special place in my heart.
With love,
Your boyfriend, Zacky ”

I look at Zack, in real life, who is blushing. I put down my controller. I look at Zack, dead in the eyes. “You’re right. Your shirt does look great on me,” I say and smirk. I scoot closer to Zack. I start to lean into him and a brush a kiss onto his forehead. “I could say all the same things in that book about you,” I reply.

Zack smiles and is about to say something when I see hear a creeper hiss. I grab Zack’s controller out of his hands and manage to move Zack away from the creeper enough that his player doesn’t get killed by the creeper. I hand Zack’s controller back to him. He thanks me and I smile. I go back to my base in the game and go back to building my base. Zack helps and I thank him. I end up getting a major portion of my base done before it’s lunch time. He and I go downstairs and he makes macaroni and cheese. We go back to his bedroom and eat. When we finish eating, we play ‘Minecraft’ again. We end up playing that for a few more hours until I have to leave and go home. I brush a kiss onto Zack’s lips before I get out of his car and walk inside my house. Before I can get out, Zack grabs my head and kisses me.