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Zach hated waking up.
Those damn lights turned on at what seemed to be the crack of dawn, and the blinds automatically rose, letting in the bright sun into the bedroom. He reflectively covered his eyes with his arms, hoping it would block out the morning.
For a second, Zach forgot he was at the villa. He forgot that there were cameras pointing at him, recording 24/7, and he forgot about the microphone that was tucked into the headboard, catching even the slightest whisper. It had only been less than a week at the villa, and he had to remind himself constantly that he was being broadcast for all of the world to see. And he couldn’t go on his schedule; it was the show’s schedule, and that meant he had to get up.
“Morning!” a voice next to him spoke, it was Kayda. She always woke up with the most energy and he still couldn’t fathom how someone had that much pep in their step in the morning.
“Morning…” Zach groaned out, turning over to face her. Her eyes were striking; it was always the first thing he saw when he talked to her. Her eye mask was positioned just above her eyebrows, softening her features. She placed a quick peck on his cheek and started shuffling out of the covers, getting ready to stretch.
Zach was about to get out of bed when he realized something was hurting…down there. He quickly realized that he had a slight issue; someone was a full mast and not backing down. Everyone else was starting to get out of bed, making small talk, pressing quick kisses towards their partners. Everyone else but him.
“Shit! Not now!” he thought to himself. This was so embarrassing, even though Kayda hadn’t seemed to notice, stretching her arms while sitting on the edge of the bed. How did this only happen to him?
Before he could even start thinking of what to do, a large body slammed on top of him, almost taking the wind out of him. It was Bryce. He laid himself across Zach’s body, his head barely off Zach’s abs.
“Good morning, sleepyhead!” He cocked his head towards Zach, his hair flopping with him. His hand snaked its way towards Zach’s bedhead, ruffling the messy and unkempt curls. Zach usually hated when people played with his hair, but he didn’t actually mind when Bryce did.
“Morning…” Zach wheezed out. He still wasn’t fully awake, but this certainly helped shock him out of his sleepy stupor.
“How’d you sleep? Good dreams, bad dreams, no dreams?” Bryce asked, his eyes full of excitement but small tinges of sleepiness. How is it that everyone else seems to be a morning person except him.
Before he could even answer, Bryce adjusted himself to face his body towards Zach’s. In the process of doing so, Bryce’s hand accidentally grazed Zach’s little problem. Bryce’s eyes went wide.
Zach looked shocked, his eyebrows raised in shock and his mouth formed an ‘O’ while gasping a little for air.
“Seems like someone had a good dream last night,” Zach laughed. “Hope you were thinking of me.” He said in a flirty tone with a wink. Zach was at a loss for words. That was definitely going to be broadcast.
“What do you mean?” Kayda asked, her head turned towards the two of them on the bed.
“Nothing!” Zach quickly stammered. His eyes gave away any semblance of coolness he wanted to exude right now.
Kayda’s eyes narrowed, but before she could respond, Trinity appeared at the corner of Bryce’s eye.
“Zach…why do you seem to cuddle Bryce more than me?” she asked jokingly.
“Hey, there’s more than enough of me to go around!” Zach said, shuffling off of Bryce’s body.
“Finally!” Zach thought to himself. Bryce pressed a quick peck to Trinity’s lips, and Zach felt a slight twinge in his stomach. He was probably hungry.
“I’m gonna get ready,” Kayda said, getting off the bed. She turned and leaned over, her lips heading to Zach’s. He quickly pressed his lips against hers, a quick kiss.
“Trinity, would you like to join me?” Kayda said, offering her hand like a knight.
“Why, gladly!” Trinity exclaimed, gleefully grabbing Kayda’s hand. They both laughed softly and walked out of the bedroom together to get ready for the day.
There were still other couples milling around the bedroom, giving quick morning makeouts and making small talk about how they slept.
“So…” Bryce trailed off, his left eyebrow raised.
“Shut up,” Zach quickly said, “just…give me a second to…wake up.”
Zach let out a laugh, and Bryce’s stomach felt the same twinge again. He must really be hungry.
“Let me know when you wake up, and we can make breakfast together,” Bryce said, laughing a little. He turned away and started to walk away, stretching his arms wide.
Zach couldn’t help but stare at the blonde’s back as he stretched his muscles. He looked the entire time, even when Bryce walked through the door and was no longer in the room.
Zach quickly shook his head, trying to fully wake up his brain. He started thinking about random thoughts, hoping his problem would go down.
“Okay…kittens, cup of tea, a nice cold pint…” he thought to himself, rattling off random words and phrases.
Eventually his problem started to unwind, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly got out of bed, made a small and quick adjustment down there and walked out of the bedroom, heading downstairs to the rest of the villa.