My Paradise [4/?]
Title: My Paradise [4/?]
Rating: PG for now
Pairing: Riack?
Summary: Everyone thinks that Zack fancies Kara. They couldn't be more wrong.
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I don't own them, this isn't true and I don't profit from anything
Author's Notes: I know that Rian and Kara aren't together anymore, but I wanted to write this anyway. Title credit goes to All Time Low. I couldn't go away and not post this, so I decided to do it xD
“Erm, I. Well. You see,” Zack stumbled on his words not really sure what to say.
“I asked him to be here,” Rian saved Zack the trouble of having to find an answer. He received a look that said thank you, and then looked back at Kara.
“Oh, right. Well, I’m here now so you can go,” Kara said, walking past the two and into the living room.
Zack scoffed and turned around to look at Rian, eyebrows raised.
“What did you ever see in her?!” Zack tried to say it quietly but wasn’t sure if it had worked. Rian just glared at him and shook his head.
“Come on,” he grabbed Zack’s hand and began to follow Kara into the next room. Zack pulled Rian back so his was stood directly in front of him and pulled their locked hands up so they were in view.
“This? This is how you’re going to tell her?” Zack asked, waving the hands in front of their faces.
“No, Zack! You really think I’m stupid enough to just walk in there like this?” Zack looked down at his shoes and sighed.
“Of course I don’t. I guess... I guess I’m just worried.”
“Look at me. Zack! Look at me,” Zack slowly lifted his head up, trying not to look at Rian and managing to keep his eyes locked elsewhere until Rian placed a hand on his cheek. “You have nothing to be worried about. I want to be with you, okay?”
“Rian, what, what’s going on?” Rian turned around to see Kara stood in the doorway. “What do you mean you want to be with him?”
“Shit,” Rian mumbled, “This isn’t how I wanted you to find out about any of this.”
“Any of what, Rian?” She was holding back tears and her voice was becoming higher in pitch.
“Rian, you really don’t have to do this,” Zack whispered in his ear.
“Zack, I’ve told you, I’m doing it,” He whispered back and took a step forward towards Kara, once again grabbing Zack’s hand and pulling him along.
“Oh, no. This has got to be some sort of joke, right?” Kara laughed, using both hands to point fingers at the two.
“It’s... It’s not Kara. I need to tell you something,” Rian dropped Zack’s hand and walked over towards Kara who by now had tears forming in her eyes. “I don’t know how to say this so I’m just going to come straight out with it... I’m in love with somebody else.”
In love. They’d never used that before. It surprised Zack, it hadn’t been very long since he told, or rather showed Rian how he felt and he was already saying love?! It made Zack smile and he moved from his previous position in the doorway so that he was actually in the room.
“I’m in love with Zack,” Rian just blurted it out. It was obvious that Kara knew after what she saw and what Rian had just said, but it still sounded strange to Zack to actually hear it being said.
“But you’re my boyfriend. I’m your girlfriend. Are you saying he’s your, your boyfriend?!”
“Kara, please don’t do this. I’m so sorry! I never meant to hurt you, it just happened,”
“Rian, I really, I can’t even look at you right now,” she said, getting up off the chair and running outside.
“Fuck! This isn’t how I wanted her to find out! That was the complete opposite to how I wanted her to find out!”
“Rian, I should probably go. I think you need some time alone,” Zack reluctantly said. Rian, who was gazing out of the window, quickly turned his head round so he was facing Zack.
“What? No! I want you to stay. She knows now. Everyone will by tomorrow. Please, Zack. Please stay,” Zack could tell that Rian was choking back tears. He knew he couldn’t leave him like this. Not tonight. He walked over and sat down next to him and pulled him into a hug.
“Shhhh, it’s okay. I’m not going anywhere,” he rocked the older boy in his arms as they sat in the quite room with the noise of the occasional car going down the road filling the room.
“I meant what I said before, you know,” Rian sniffed looking up at Zack, “I do love you. I didn’t want the first time I said it to be then, but it just came out.”
“It took me by surprise too,” both of them laughed as Zack spoke. It was quite for a moment longer before Zack said “but I love you too.”
He looked down and Rian whose head was now in his lap. His eyes were closed and Zack laughed.
“Typical. The one time I say it to someone and they’re asleep.” He slowly lifted Rian’s head up so it was on the sofa and he crawled behind him, wrapping his arms around his waist and whispering once more, “I love you” into his ear, kissing the skin underneath it and falling asleep happier than he had been in a long time.