PICTURE PERFECT

TEN

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"scoot over a little, zach. yeah right there, don't move."

"what if i need to blink?"

"don't."

"i can't help-"

"zach quit talking."

the brunette furrowed his eyebrows, quickly releasing them with an amused twitch of his lips as corbyn huffed from his crouched position on the floor.

"you'd be a terrible model, i just know it." the brunette grumbled, standing up and he began to filter through his camera roll.

"daniel, corbs is being mean to me."

"yeah, i'm not surprised. you deserve it."

zach gaped, lips quickly morphing into a pout as he looked to jack, the younger brunette laughing fondly at him before welcoming the dramatic boy into his arms. 

corbyn watched the scene with a small smile. he'd only been with the group for about an hour an a half and he felt like he'd known them all his life. he was able to study their dynamic, the way jack and zach were a lot closer than they let on, the way zach found a way to poke fun at daniel every chance he got, the way jack was more than content jumping in to either comfort or attack zach, the way daniel rolled his eyes at them nearly every second.

corbyn can honestly say he laughed more in that room with daniel's friend group than he has in a long time.

and the same goes for jonah and eben as well.

the three of them fit into the group like a couple of missing puzzle pieces. jonah picked up on their inside jokes and poked fun at the blush that rose up on zach's cheeks when jack cooed at him. eben nudging daniel silently in the side and calling jonah over when a blush found it's way on daniel's neck.

corbyn didn't really know what that was all about, but he chose to ignore it. for his own good, that is.

of course, the boy had been nervous at first. once daniel had guided the door back open and basically pushed corbyn inside, it was like all the tension inside the room had suddenly all melted away. but gradually the brunette got more comfortable, his laugh got a little louder, his eyes a little brighter, until he too, was cracking jokes at jack and zach and finding his way to rest his head on daniel's shoulder more than once as he flicked through his camera.

right now, he was currently trying to get a picture of zach. trying was the key word. the boy kept moving around, squirming on his feet, fiddling with his clothes, messing with his hair. he was driving corbyn insane. 

he should really charge the younger for this.

"i'm not doing this with zach anymore," corbyn declared, "he's making me upset. who's next?"

the brunette very purposefully chose to ignore the sound of protest and the choked laugh that sounded from behind him as he ushered daniel and jonah to pose near the drum set.

the blonde took a seat, hands immediately reaching for the drumsticks as twisted them around in his fingers for a minutes, lips twisted in thought. jonah watched as he gently began to hit them against the drums, a steady beat filling up the room.

"jo, look at me." corbyn called, "smile."

the brunette obeyed the order, letting his lips spread to reveal his teeth that he was not ashamed to admit he brushed for a little while longer than normal. he wanted these to go on instagram, who could blame him?

the group went on like that for a few more hours, corbyn bossing the boys around various props and poses for the best shots he could get in such a small room.

he was just about done anyways when jack and zach came and stole his camera, claiming it was corbyn's turn to be in the pictures, that only caused a pout to form on his face as he refused.

"no, i don't wanna be in them."

"corbyn, just pose with the boys for a second."

"no."

"what do you mean no? why not?"

"i'm not photogenic."

that earned him a glare from everyone in the room, "yeah right mister." daniel scoffed, walking up to the boy as his captured corbyn's hand in his, "c'mon, we're taking pictures and i don't wanna hear any complaints."

corbyn dragged his feet as much as he could, but it was to no avail as it didn't slow daniel down at all. the boy merely pulled him to the couch, holding out a guitar to the boy and instructing him to mess with it as the other's tried to steal pictures of him on his own camera without his permission; the audacity!

"do i have to?"

"yes."

corbyn huffed silently, fiddling with this instrument in his hands nevertheless. now the brunette didn't have perfect pitch or anything, but he could tell this guitar was disastrously untuned and it bothered him. so he had to fix it, of course.

he messed with the strings a little, making sure it sounded some-what correct before looking back up at the boys, surprised to find all of them watching him intently, "what?"

of course all he received were silent shakes of the head and stifled smiles. oh and a mumbled, "unphotogenic my ass." but he didn't bother asking who it was from.

he allowed jack to drag him into a few more pictures before shying away from the attention. he was much more comfortable behind the cover of his camera, thank you very much.

"eben, if you break that telescope, you're paying for it!" jack yelled, moving over to swat the blonde away from the expensive piece.

corbyn was quite proud of how he was able to take a picture before the older blonde was chased away.

"hey bee, can you come outside with me for a quick second?"

the brunette looked over at daniel's request, a small smile forming as daniel watched him view the chaos in front of him with an amused smile, "you sounded like a principal, but sure."

daniel chuckled, holding the door open for the smaller before following him out the room, the closing door forcing the noise back into the chaotic environment.

"so i just had a question about the whole project thing." daniel rocked on his feet a bit, nails pressing into the skin of his hands. so maybe he didn't have a question about the project, he just needed to get the boy outside, and that followed with him saying the first thing that came to mind.

"yeah, what's up?"

"o-oh, it's just uh-" daniel froze, he honestly hadn't thought this far ahead. the blonde had a tendency of just spitting out the first thing that came to mind, and, unfortunately for him, this was one of those times, "it's about me right. the project?"

corbyn's face scrunched up in confusion, "yeah? remember you basically forced me into it." he smiled, remembering the encounter with bright eyes before startling back to look at daniel, "unless you don't wanna do it anymore? that's totally okay, i-i can always find someone else if you're uncomfortable-"

daniel could've kicked himself, he actually might've, he wouldn't be surprised. "no bee, listen." daniel moved his hands to cup the brunette's shoulder, the contact effectively making corbyn swallow his words, "i do want to it. anything to spend time with you, c'mon." 

corbyn was very happy daniel chose to ignore the very obvious blush that lit up his cheeks.

"i-i just wanted to come out here to look at you."

"you were looking at me inside, i wasn't hiding, silly." corbyn's voice was unusually soft, his voice breathy.

"i know," daniel was just as, if not more, gentle, "i just wanted to be around you without all of.. everything."

corbyn nodded absently, his focus more so on the small freckles that daniel had hidden away on his skin, the way they scattered around his face so unnotably you had to be within centimeters to see them.

"can i?"

corbyn might have nodded, he didn't remember, he wasn't really thinking too much about that because the next thing he knew; his face was now cupped in a pair of warm hands and daniel's lips were on his and his eyes fluttered shut and, holy fuck, did his knees buckle?

a firm arm came to secure corbyn's body around his waist and the brunette all but melted into the touch, pressing his own lips up daniel's and letting the gentle feeling of the taller's lips ignite butterflies into every empty space in his body.

he was completely and totally done for.

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wc. 1551

maybe i'll double update, however don't hold me too it since i now tend to update ONCE A MONTH??

anyways a kiss! i do not like this chapter :/

nor this book and i feel really bad since a lot of you guys dont want me to discontinue it , i just physically am not excited to update/work on this book anymore i have no ideas or inspo ): 

however , since i'm already tHIs far. i decided there's going to be 5 more chapters of me wrapping it up and then the books gonna be done )':

im also done editing chapters HAHA i dont have it in me ,, too much work >:)