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“Morning!” Zayn smiled, kissing Liam’s cheek as he got his books from his locker.
“Good morning.” Liam smiled back shutting his locker.
“So like I have a question for you…” Zayn trails staring down at his shoes.
“And that question is…” Liam smirks, lifting Zayn’s chin up.
“I will ask you later. The bell is going to be ringing soon.” Zayn speaks fast, giving Liam a quick kiss before dashing to his class.
Liam’s eyes followed Zayn as he walked away. He didn’t understand his sudden mood change. He also didn’t understand why Zayn would say he had a question to ask and then walk away before he could ask it. Liam slings his bag on his shoulder and walks to his first class of the day.
Liam takes his seat in his third period and sighs. His head started hurting midway through his first period. It’s not too painful. More like a dull pain that is more annoying than anything.
He rubs his forehead. He really is trying to pay attention to his teacher but he can’t. He ends up resting his head on the desk and keeps himself breathing evenly. When the class ends he stands slowly and walks to his locker. He sees Zayn standing, picking at his nails nervously. When Zayn finally looks up Liam attempts to give him a smile but it comes out as a grimace.
“Hey.” Liam sighs out, dropping his bag on the floor.
“You alright?”
“Yeah. Just my head hurts a little.” He shrugs and Zayn nods.
“Oh.”
“So what did you want to ask me earlier?” Liam questions opening his locker.
“Oh it’s nothing.” Zayn lies.
Liam knows it’s a lie. He doesn’t need to read Zayn’s mind to know it’s a lie. He sighs and stares at Zayn waiting for the other boy to cave and ask him the question.
“Zayn you know you can ask me anything.”
“Yeah, I know.” He shrugs, butting his lip.
“So…”
“I will see you at lunch.” Zayn rushes, cutting Liam off.
Zayn turns on the ball of his heel and walks away, just as quick as he did that morning. Liam stands by his locker just as confused as he was this morning at Zayn’s odd behavior. Liam can’t help but think how this is definitely not helping with his headache.
“Hey Liam.” Louis smirks as Liam takes his usual seat at their lunch table.
“Louis…” Niall trails rolling his eyes, causing Liam to laugh.
“How are you two?” Liam smiles.
“Tired of school.” Louis groans.
“Same.” Niall laughs.
“Hey is uh… Is everything ok with Zayn?” Liam questions looking down at his food.
“Yeah why… Oh! He hasn’t asked yet has he?” Louis smirks taking a sip of his water.
“Asked me what?”
“You’ll see.” Louis smiles and nods his head in the direction that Zayn is walking.
Zayn smiles nervously and takes his seat next to Liam. Louis has a smile on his face, Niall is acting oblivious and Liam is staring at Zayn confused. Zayn stares at all three boys before looking down at his hands.
“Oh Zayn just ask the boy for gods sake.” Louis breaks the silence and Zayn glares at him.
“Why don’t you mind your business Lou?”
“Because you seem to always drag me into it Zaynie.” Louis speaks sweetly and Niall chuckles.
“Oh god.”
“What’s going on?” Liam finally speaks and Zayn looks at him.
“I was wondering… Uh… Yeah so like I was just uh…”
“Answering the question.” Louis chirps and Zayn glares at him.
“Will you come over and have dinner with my family.” Zayn speaks quickly, but Liam heard.
“Is that seriously what you were so nervous about?” Liam asks and Zayn nods causing Liam to laugh and Zayn to shrink back in his seat. “Awe babe of course I will have dinner with you and your family.”
Zayn smiles brightly and leans in to kiss Liam.
“Hey no PDA! School rules.” Niall groans and Zayn sticks up his middle finger as he kisses Liam.
“You do have to admit they are a sexy couple.” Louis mutters, smirking at Niall.
“Hey you made it.” Zayn smiles as he invites Liam inside.
“Yeah it’s not hard when you have a GPS.”
Zayn laughs and takes Liam’s hand in his. The two walk into the dining room where Zayn’s family is already seated.
“Everyone this is Liam. Liam this is… Everyone.” He chuckles and Liam nods smiling.
“Nice to meet you all.”
“Oh please do sit.” Zayn’s mother speaks with a warm smile.
Liam takes a seat with Zayn sitting next to him. Dinner is going well. Really well actually. Liam likes Zayn’s family. Likes how they make him feel as if he’s apart of their family.
But then Liam’s head starts to hurt. Not like it has been the entire week. No this isn’t a dull pain. It’s a mind numbing pain. He tries to keep himself together, but he can’t. Zayn’s mom is speaking to his sisters, but Zayn notices.
“Liam…” He whispers, gripping Liam’s forearm.
“Zayn.” He breathes out, clenching his fist.
“Mom I’m going to show Liam the bathroom.” Zayn speaks fast standing with Liam gripping onto his arm.
Zayn walks Liam into the restroom, shutting the door behind them. He locks the door and stares at Liam who’s eyes are shut tight and fist balled tight.
“Liam. What’s going on?”
“I don’t know. My head! Fuck! Zayn my head! It hurts!” He cries and Zayn walks over to him.
“What do I need to do? I can uh I can like call Paul or something.” Zayn speaks running his fingers through his hair.
“I just…” Liam trails before passing out.
“Liam…” A deep voice speaks and Liam opens his eyes to see he’s no longer in Zayn’s bathroom.
“Where am I?”
“Exactly where I want you to be Liam.”
“Who are you?”
“Oh Liam. There’s no fun in revealing that just yet now is there?” The voice speaks once again into the blackness.
“What do you want from me?” Liam spits looking into the darkness, trying to find something.
“I want this.” And the next thing he knows his circulation is being cut.
He chokes and gasps as the invisible hand tightens around his neck. Liam’s eyes begin to water, when suddenly he’s met with a pair of emerald eyes. He saw these eyes when he saw his parents murdered. Liam tries to fight away, but there is nothing to fight. It’s just air, darkness, and those menacing green eyes.
“Please…” He chokes out and the grip on his neck loosens.
“You need to give me what I want Liam.”
“What do you want?”
“You’re precious life oh prince.” The voice chuckles darkly.
“And if I refuse?” Liam spits.
“I will kill everyone you love. One by one. Until you’re left with nothing.”
“You wouldn’t…”
“I do find that boy that you’ve been spending a lot of time with and is now hunched over your body in the bathroom of his home…” He trails and the next thing Liam knows he’s seeing himself.
Passed out on the floor in Zayn’s bathroom. Zayn is breathing hard with tears running down his face trying to wake Liam up. Liam goes to move, but then he’s back in the darkness.
“You see. He’s quite… Enticing to me. I wonder how he would sound begging for his life.” The cold voice whispers and Liam shudders, clenching his teeth.
“Let go of me.”
“As you wish, prince.” And Liam is dropped back into the darkness, the eyes disappearing. “It’s him or you Liam. I expect to be seeing you very soon.”
Liam feels a splash of water on his face and he jolts upward, his face running into Zayn’s chest.
“Liam! Oh god…” Zayn trails, crying and clutching onto Liam’s back. “What happened! Are you alright? Liam? Babe? Say something!”
“If you’d let me, then I could.” Liam laughs dryly, trying to get his breathing under control.
“Sorry.” Zayn mutters then picks up his phone. “Yeah Paul he’s up.”
“You called Paul?”
“Yes I called Paul! I was worried! You just passed out I didn’t know what else to do.”
Liam sighs but nods as Zayn hangs up the phone. He moves to lean against the wall, resting his head on it. Zayn watches him carefully. Making sure Liam isn’t going to have another incident.
“It’s bad Zayn.”
“What’s bad?”
“All of this. Whatever… Whoever was trying to find me, has. And he… I have to find him.” Liam speaks rubbing his face.
“No! You’re not ready!”
“I either go to him or he kills you.” Liam finally locks eyes with Zayn, who looks terrified.
“What…”
“I can’t lose you Zayn. I can’t do that. Not you. So I have to go and find him. I don’t know how but I have to.” Liam stands from the floor slowly.
He unlocks the bathroom door, but before he can open it, Zayn is shutting it again. He turns to glare at the golden eyes boy but he sees Zayn is already glaring at him.
“Zayn…”
“Fuck you Liam! Fuck you for thinking only about me! You’re being selfish.”
“I’m doing what’s right.”
“You’re doing what’s easy! And you know it. Care! Care about the prophecy! Care about Paul! Fuck care about yourself. Do you know what losing you will do to me?” Zayn begins to cry and Liam thinks this is the first time he’s seen Zayn cry.
“Zayn, please…”
“No! You please. I’m not letting you go! I’m not letting you basically commit suicide for me. You need to train more and figure out what that defective stone does! And you need to be here. You need to tell Paul so he can help you. You can’t just… You can’t just go there by yourself and try to be all badass and stuff.”
“But I am all badass and stuff.” Liam smiles slightly and Zayn rolls his eyes.
“Seriously, Liam. Just don’t go. Not until you’re ready.”
“Fine. But I need to go home to tell Paul all about this.” He sighs and Zayn smiles, wrapping his arms around Liam’s waist.
“Promise you are going to go straight home.” He speaks into Liam’s chest.
“Promise.”
“I’m going to call Paul just to make sure that you did go home.” Zayn mutters and Liam laughs.
“You’re like amazing.” He smiles before kissing Zayn.
“Don’t I know it. Now go. And call me when you get home. I have to clean up the bathroom so you can walk yourself out.”
“Ok.” Liam smiles and opens the bathroom door, waving a goodbye to Zayn’s family as he leaves their home.
“Liam! Thank god!” Paul praised, hugging Liam right as he walked through the door.
“I’m fine Paul.”
“It happened again though. What was it this time? Another flashback?” Paul rushes out pacing the floor.
“It was a warning. Either I go to him or he kills everyone I love.”
And that causes Paul to stop waking. He stares at Liam with wide and sad eyes.
“Liam…”
“I promised Zayn I wouldn’t go until I felt ready. Which means we need to train. Everyday Paul. There is literally no time for anything else. I can’t lose any of you.” And yeah Liam’s voice cracks with the thought of losing anyone he cares about.
“Of course. Do you have it in you to train tonight?”
“Of course I do.” Liam smirks and runs up to his room to grab his chest, before meeting Paul in the backyard.
“You ready?” Paul asks with a shard of glass in his hand.
“Bring it on.”
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