That Pretty Fake Smile

|40| Thomas

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"What are we going to do now?" Zack asked quietly, his eyes fixed on the sky

"We have to delete those videos" Zayn replied, looking ahead

"I am scared, Zayn" his eyes watered

"Remember when we were kids, one day I fell in a deep dig. There were earthworms in it too. I was so scared that I keep crying. You remember what you did?" he asked

"I jumped in that dig and stomped on the earthworms which were trying to come near you" Zack replied

"Well, Thomas is one of those disgusting earthworm. We can do this together" he hold his hand and gave a light squeeze

"I will kill myself if those videos got public" Zack sniffed

"Don't say that please. They won't get public. I won't let it happen" Zayn hugged him, trying to give some comfort

"I trust you"

...

Later that night, while Thomas was in deep sleep. Zayn sneak in his room. He took his phone, laptop and start searching the room for any chip or pen drive. After not finding anything anywhere. The safe in Thomas's cupboard was his last hope. He knew the password and he found four chips in his safe. It was easier than he thought it would be since Thomas was a heavy sleeper.

Taking all the stuff, he snuck out and went straight to Zack's room, which they both are sharing for a few months. He dumped the stuff on bed beside Zack before waking him up.

"What?" Zack asked rubbing his eyes

"I got videos" he whispered

"What?!" Zack asked rather loudly in shock

"Shhh, check first if they are in them" he pointed to chips, laptop and phone

Zack quickly opened the laptop and found both videos Thomas recorded. Tears filled eyes and he felt sick. Zayn sat there, comforting Zack who was silently crying while checking those chips one by one.

"All of these have the videos" Zack said sniffing

"I will burn them" Zayn said

"You sure there are no other copies?" Zack asked feeling uneasy

"I checked the room 5 times. I don't think there are more" Zayn said and Zack nodded in response

"maybe we should keep one copy. You said we need proof to show police" Zack said even though he himself hated that idea

"No" Zayn said sternly

"But-"

"There is no need to keep these videos. I will get confession out of him for proof. Come, let's burn these videos and his power over you too" Zayn said softly

"You are the best brother" Zack said, cling on him with his dear life

...

Everything went like as they planned 'til now. The next step was getting verbal confess. It was not going to be easy. They both were nervous and scared. Even though they are mature for their age, they are still kids. Just 14 years old kid who were forced to grow up.

"You are ready?" Zayn asked Zack

"Yes" he breathed out

"Good. Go now" Zayn smiled, even though his hands were shaking

Zack nodded and left. Now Zayn and Thomas was alone in whole house.

As soon as Thomas came out of his room, Zayn started acting. He paced back and forth in living room with phone pressed to his ear.