arrogant boy

zach tamaki

[agnesandrews]

the last time they had a conversation, he fled into the night after her dumbass of a cousin ran his mouth at him. they hadn't addressed the temu elephant in the room since they talked "some of us may fall but it's a risk i'm willing to take. no, there's a mixed crowd. sure a bundle of us are models but not all of us. why? is there some sort of ratio you're concerned about?"

[imzacharytamaki]

"of course it is," he laughed despite how weird he was feeling. man, he had to shake this bullshit of a mood he was in. the valentine's party didn't mean anything. he had to get a freaking grip. "what? no. nah. i'm just... doing a vibe check, y'know? be cool."

[thezekelopez]

Zeke was having fun, he had a full dance card, but he definitely had some favorites. Zach was a recent discovery, he had always been around, but Zeke didn't think much about him until the Ball. "God, I wish I need to get the hell out of here. I can't even get the bar to give me a drink. I think this is my personal hell."

[imzacharytamaki]

"I'm stuck until 4-," Zach admitted but stopped himself before he could elaborate on promising his mom he'd stay until then. If you took one lesson from this life, it was never to mess with Niamh Tamaki. "But I can help you out with a drink if you promise not to rat on me." Zach flashed a grin, reaching into his stupid suit jacket pocket and super discreetly handing over his flask.

[lisbeth-castillo]

Lisbeth rolled her eyes as Zach appeared, somehow he always found her. It would almost be cute if it wasn't cramping her comeback. He was not the company she kept in the best of times. "Sure, you didn't. I see a messy, desperate one right now."

[imzacharytamaki]

"Oh, shit. I didn't realise I was holding up a mirror for you," he shot back but the truth of it landed in the back of mind. Something to obsess over later. "You here to wish Nate a happy birthday or something? No- Wait, are you here for Jesse? He might be nice enough to take you for a pity dinner or something."

[juliettevanderbilt]

"That's what happens when you date someone like Serena and are best friends with my cousin. Fast track on the social hierarchy. My best friend? Are you trying to be funny?" Juliette didn't know what to make of him. But he was interesting. "Keep saying stuff like that, you can't go wrong agreeing with me."

[imzacharytamaki]

"Yeah, total leech," Zach scoffed but secretly he was kinda jealous that Dan had managed to do it, date his way up (with Serena or Nate, whatever you wanted to believe). He still couldn't get Blair Waldorf to make direct eye contact longer than 5 seconds. "Nah, I'm being dead serious. What, you're just friends? That's pretty spectacular news. Noted. I could be whatever you wanted me to be."

[agnesandrews]

"goddamn cassion, you asshole" she hissed and tossed the nearest object right at her cousin for a number of reasons. the first one being for the interruption, the second one being the shitty line he sent to zach and the third one being him calling her aggs. she'll hit him extra hard for that one. before she could talk to zach, he was already up and making his great escape

"zac-" she went to call after him but he was already gone in the crowd. agnes sighed and got up from her seat. maybe there was something heavier to find to whack cassion when he was finished eating sapphires face, but she couldn't help looking out to the crowd to see if she could spot zach again.

[imzacharytamaki]

-fin-

[imzacharytamaki]

What is your character’s full name?

Zachary Oisín Tamaki. Zach's mammy is Irish, y'know.

[lisbeth-castillo]

@tfrstarters

"God, I missed seeing her drop these bombs right on people." Lisbeth was a big fan of Gossip Girl's work so far tonight. The party had been fun so far, but it needed this to spice things up another level. She didn't know which reveal was more interesting. "Messy, messy."

[imzacharytamaki]

"Gossip Girl isn't the only messy bitch here," Zach chimed in, appearing at Lisbeth's side with his sunglasses on to hide his disappointment. When the fuck was Gossip Girl going to talk about him? "Oh, hey, Lisbeth. I didn't see you there."

[thezekelopez]

Zeke hadn't seen Zach much since they had their fun at the Winter Ball. Most people hadn't enjoyed the end of that night, but he certainly had. Seeing as Caitlyn had yet to reappear and reclaim him, he was free to proceed to do whatever it was that he wanted.

"Thank you, you aren't looking too bad yourself. Gotta say I prefer how you looked after the Ball."

[imzacharytamaki]

"Took the words right out my mouth," Zach smirked. He was secretly thrilled that Zeke Lopez had thought about him. That he still wanted him (probably, hopefully... whatever). "I don't know if there are anymore Archibalds that need arrested for felony charges, but I wouldn't mind another one shutting down this shitshow. Then we could get the hell out of here."

[agnesandrews]

agnes rolled her eyes at his dismissal "or you could just say whatever it was you were going to say" the walk to the bar wasn't too bad, the rest of the crowd not far ahead from them walking "my money is on losing at least five by bar three"

[imzacharytamaki]

'temu chuck bass' echoed somewhere in the back of zach's head as he looked back at her. fuck. "nah, it's whatever." he looked ahead, laughing at her prediction. "stone cold but totally accurate. rip. is it, uh, mostly your model friends?"

[agnesandrews]

there was no sarcastic remarks, no snide comments, nothing from either of them. nothing but close contact and the gesture of zach brushing her hair away from her face. her breath caught in her throat at the softness of his movements. "and you're painfully fucking frustrating"

[shinebrightlikea-sapphire]

sapphire and caisson had gotten a little carried away. like, literally. they were all roaming hands and tangled hair, and moving further away from the bar than they'd intended to. sapphire couldn't have been paying less attention to what was going on around her, too stuck on caisson andrews and when exactly he got so hot...

bumping directly into agnes-and-zach was a total accident! sapphire pulled back long enough to shout a - "oh, shit! sorry!" - before her attention was back on caisson and they both moved along.

@c-aissonandrews

[c-aissonandrews]

Caisson wasn't caring at all who or what they bumped into; the thrill of the moment and the tequila shots had gone straight to his head, and he couldn't have cared less if she were to pull him atop her as she lay across the appetiser table. Sapphire, however, broke away from his lips to shoot an apology and he couldn't help but laugh when he saw whose moment they had interrupted. "Really? Temu Chuck Bass?" Sapphire's lips were back on his jaw, his neck, his shoulder, and a groan threated to escape his throat. "That dress blind you too, Aggs?" He cackled again before grabbing Sapphire's jaw to return her lips to his, then continued through the crowd.

@imzacharytamaki

[imzacharytamaki]

whatever might have happened between zach and agnes in that moment... zach would never know. he thought he might have kissed her, you know? really kissed her. without letting anything get in the way, most of all his own unbearable self-doubt. she was agnes andrews and he was... 'temu chuck bass'. zach was so offended, he could hardly form words to throw back at caisson who was so beyond occupied right now. when he cackled at them, zach felt whatever faux confidence he'd built over the years come crumbling down. sapphire and caisson were gone, and he could hardly turn back and look at agnes.

"look, i'll see you around or whatever." and with that, he made the world's fastest escape from this fuckcluster of a failed situation. @agnesandrews

[juliettevanderbilt]

"Well, that's a decent idea, gotta make sure it's people that Gossip Girl actually cares about if you want to get noticed. Oh, please, as cute as you are, my dance card is too busy right now." Juliette had enough going on in her love life. She didn't need to add anyone else to it right now. "No one with a brain or eyes."

[imzacharytamaki]

"Oh, yeah. You couldn't pay me to waste my time with nobodies... How Dan Humphrey made it so far is still sick. Can't you just bump someone? Like, that Jesse guy? He's on it, right?" Zach would take the 'cute' though, that was something. He chuckled at her comment, a smirk tugging onto his lips. "True as hell."

[itselenaarchibald]

"seems like it. i've been getting some of the gossip girl updates from other models. i can't say i've missed being in the middle of the drama" leaving the city might've been the best thing she'd ever done, which poses the harsh reality of returning for world "cool to see you too, zach. so what have i missed? other than my uncle being a psycho"

[imzacharytamaki]

zach really needed to get his ass in gear if he ever wanted to be featured on gossip girl. this year had been such a fucking drag so far. "yeah, you can run but you can't hide from gossip girl. she's out in full form tonight, i think." he considered her question, shrugging with one shoulder. "psycho uncle has been a pretty big headline, no offence. let's see... jake hunter's moved into the hot tub, juliette's ex boyfriend and ex best friend have both gatecrashed, alex vandervort is somehow welcome at this party despite her reputation-," it's like, you have one baby with logan hunter and all of a sudden all your rich kid slander was forgiven- "agnes is here. can only mean trouble, y'know?"

[itselenaarchibald]

"you go travelling for work and you miss everything these days. some things never change with the upper east side"

@tfrstarters

[imzacharytamaki]

"same old beautiful bullshit, you mean?" zach commented, appearing at the side of elena archibald with his pina colada in tow. "cool to see you again, elena." cool unlike some other archibalds that could be named.

[bethlevesque]

That was kind of what scared her, the lack of knowing what would happen tonight. "Oh, knowing the personalities in this room. I'm sure we'll be thoroughly entertained." It was certainly up in the air whether or not the entertainment would be better than what Logan could plan. Then again, it was Valentines day so maybe just maybe it would be positive. She glanced his way, shrugging lightly. "Hm, not so sure about that. I mean sure some people enjoy it but there's a price for fame." Plus, Bethany liked her peace and quiet.

For a moment, she thought she saw something on his face. Something that much quicker was off. She moved past it, giving him a small smile. "Quality is way more important than quantity." Then again... Sam was her friend so what did she know. "Still, it's hard to make friends so easier said than done.

[imzacharytamaki]

"You can count on never being bored, that's forsure." Zach knew that Agnes Andrews was here tonight and that alone meant it was sure to be a wild night. No one was safe. Zach didn't really care to say anything but the vibes felt kinda off, you know? With Logan. He tilted his head when she spoke about the price of fame, wondering if someone like Frankie Vives regretted it. Zach wouldn't. "Small price to pay for being adored."

He was knocked a little off guard then when Beth carried on. Quality over quantity... Zach couldn't even imagine. "I guess there's a difference between knowing a lot of people and actually having someone you can, like, trust."

[thezekelopez]

Zeke had been acting single for a while, but had tried to keep out of the people they hung out with. But there weren't any rules, and if Zach wanted to make out, he would go for it. He was hot, and Zeke needed something to distract him. He met Zach's kiss eagerly, his hand going to Zach's waist, holding him closely.

[imzacharytamaki]

If Zachary Tamaki did one thing at this party... it was going to be Zeke Lopez. He was beyond hot and popular, and everybody loved him. And he was almost never without Caitlyn. For once, Zach didn't want to get spotted knowing deep down that if she wanted, Caitlyn could kill him for this (not literally... well, maybe). Since she wasn't around, though, Zach wasn't about to stop now. Merry fuckin' Christmas, right?

[juliettevanderbilt]

"And what do you plan on doing to cause some conversations? Yeah, whatever that means." Juliette could tell that Zach had stopped himself from saying something; clearly, he was smart enough to know not to piss her off. "Not from her, I swear, I stepped foot in New York, and that bitch was obsessed with me. But who could blame her?"

[imzacharytamaki]

"The usual shit. Show up at all the right parties, hook up with all the wrong people, throw some punches... Speaking of, what's going on with you these days? You single?" Zach raised a brow as he asked. She wasn't wrong, Gossip Girl was #obsessed with her and that was the kinda clout Zach could use. "No one I can think of."

[agnesandrews]

"i'm going to be what?" she asked, curious to find out why he had cut himself off. "well i'm going so it's going to be really fun"

[imzacharytamaki]

"i don't know. busy, or whatever. forget about it," he scoffed, waving a hand dismissively as they walked along to the first bar of the night. zach couldn't help the small smile that followed though. "well, there's no denying that. i bet not everyone even survives the night."