Darryl Pov:

I made sure not to fall asleep in advisory. Not again.

I made it through school just fine this time, and I wasn't even tired.

The day was pretty boring, though.

I went home normally, and sat down on my couch in the living room.

"Today went by fast," I whispered.

Suddenly there was a knock at my door. When I opened the door, there stood Zak.

"Hey! Sorry, I just missed hanging out. I wanted to see you!" Zak smiled at me.

. . .

"Okay! Yeah! Sure, come on in!" I hand gestured him inside and he walked in.

I closed the door behind him and then turned to face him. He was standing there fiddling with his hands that were covered by the long sleeves he was wearing. And I noticed that he was in a stylish outfit, like normal. No longer in that hoodie. We walked upstairs and in to my bedroom.

He sat on the floor, and I sat on my bed.

"So," I wanted to start a conversation.

"Oh, I wanted to say sorry about Karl," he looked at me.

But how did he know? That's really suspicious.. and scary.

"It's okay! Don't apologize to me!" I stayed calm.

"One second, can I use your washroom?" Zak asked me, standing up.

"Mhm! It's right there!" I pointed to the washroom I had I'm my room.

Zak thanked me and then walked in to the washroom.

I immediately started to breath heavily. Why was I so scared of him?

I looked over at the washroom door, and wondered what he was doing in there. I thought of something horrible, I ended over thinking, and putting a chair on the handle. So that Zak couldn't leave...

Soon enough I started to hear the door handle rattle. I stepped back and my heart was pounding.

"Darryl?!" Zak called from the other side of the washroom door. "What's going on?!"

My heart hurt. I felt bad locking him in there. Why did I do it? It was just instinct.

Zak was banging on the door now.

"Please! Let me out?! I'm claustrophobic!" Zak was yelling, he sounded in distress.

I just stood there, not moving, or responding.

Suddenly it went silent. I heard a faint "please..." before it was completely silent.

Zak Pov:

Why? Why did he do this? It had to be him, right? Or was the door stuck? No, we would try and help.

I sat on the floor, back against the door.

I looked up and felt like the walls were closing in. My claustrophobia wasn't bad, until I knew I was actually trapped. That's when I started hyperventilating.

"Murderer," I heard Darryl mutter.

Was he calling me one?

"Why would I be a murderer?" I asked Darryl.

"Oh please! Don't act like you don't know! You've been so suspicious recently!" Darryl said.

"Like what?" I asked.

"Why were you at the school yesterday? After closing time? H asked me.

He saw that?! Dang it.

"I went to school after it ended yesterday, because I never saw you leave. I wanted to make sure you were okay," I explained.

"Oh, really? Well then why were you wearing that hoodie?! It's so not like you," Darryl said, trying to make a point.

I breathed heavily, trying to calm down my claustrophobia.

"I was wearing that hoodie because I forgot about my own well being. And stopped dressing the way I like. But hey! I'm wearing my usual right now, right?" I said.

"I'm sorry about that, Zak. But why were you making a guilty expression when I told you not to feel bad about Cara's "death." Hmm?" Darryl was still insisting. I could tell that he had been holding in saying this for a while now.

"I was trying to make a look to tell you that I was sorry for your loss. But I guess that I'm not good at that, haha.." I told him.

"... Why were you at the school after closing time in Monday?" Darryl kept asking questions.

"By your logic, you could be a suspect too," I laughed. "But I already told you, didn't I? I went back to my class to get something, since I forgot it."

"What did you forget?"

I looked down at my lap, and saw the plushy I had been holding this whole time.

It was a small little Minecraft bat plush, that I had named blackberry. I love him. He made me feel better.

"A stuffed animal," I admitted.

"You went back to the school for a stuffed animal?! You could have died! What if you were the victim instead?!" Darryl sounded sad when he said that.

"But I wasn't, was I?" I said back, smiling since Darryl no longer thought that I was a murderer.

I heard shuffling outside of the door, and then the door opened.

I stood up immediately, and Darryl hugged me. I didn't know it, but I was shaking. The claustrophobia was bad.

I hugged Darryl back, and apologized again.

"I was just paranoid, I didn't mean to lock you in there."

"I forgive you," I told him, letting go and stepping back.

I turned back and saw the washroom, I was now scared of it. So I ran to the other side of the bedroom. Darryl watched and just turned off the light of the washroom, closing the door.

"I just wanted to hang out, like we used to, before all of this," I said, looking at Darryl.

He walked over to me.

"I missed those days," Darryl said. "I was so scared of you, that I didn't even feel comfortable around you. But I trust you. I knew deep down you wouldn't do those things."

I hugged Darryl once more. He means a lot to me, and I just barely met him.

Darryl hugged me back and we stood there for a while, just hugging. It felt like forever, but I didn't mind. We had felt so distant the past few days, so this felt nice.

We stopped hugging, and I held my bat close to me. Darryl looked at me hugging Blackberry.

"Wait! He could be friends with Raspberry!" Darryl yelled, walking over to his bed.

Who?

I was squeezing Blackberry in my two hands.

"Here is Raspberry!" Darryl came back with another Minecraft bat, but a red one.

"I didn't know they came in this color!" I smiled.

"They do!"

We set them together on a chair in Darryl's room, and laughed at how cute the bats were.

Fridays are nice.

"I'm tired," I said, yawning.

"Wait here," Darryl pointed to his bed. "I'll go get you a mattress to sleep on."

I sat down on the bed, and ended up laying down, getting comfortable.

Glad I'm off the hook.

When Darryl came back, I had fallen asleep. I think I was way to tired.

I heard Darryl laugh quietly, before I was fully asleep.

I felt bad with all of the angst, so I needed this chapter on a "happy" note! Kk bye!

Word count is 1254

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