Idol (Zayn Malik)

Chapter twenty - Falling for her

Harry's POV

The tour had been surreal until now. The fans had been louder and more passionate, and us, we had just gone a lot better for some reason. I think that we realized that having this much of a success after so many years together was out of the usual. We were out of the usual. Directioners are the best fans in the world.

However and although we were really happy and comfortable on tour, little Zayn had been really strange. His attitude had turned into a rather gloomy and he was taciturn most of the time. He still did not say much and now he was in his room all the time. Astrid had changed him, definitely. I don't know if for the good or for the bad, but he was not the same Zayn I had known all these years.

 I was positive that he was much happier now, but he was not happy to be separated of her. I guess that that would get better with time. He would get used to the distance.

"He's all weird, Liam". I told Liam, as we figured that we had to find a solution to Zayn's problem.

"Maybe he is" He responded as he was dressing up to get on stage.

"Do you think that he'll get any better?" I asked almost whispering.

"To be honest, Haz" He talked to me "I don't think that Zayn has ever been better".

I looked at him in disbelief and he nodded.

"He was living a lie before. Now, this little, pretty girl comes convincing him that life is a beautiful thing to do. He had never thought like that before. Mate, yesterday we were discussing about bullying. He wants to create an organization to prevent it from happening. He's changing." Liam explained.

"But he's all sad and gloomy all the time".

"Not anything negative, if you look at it from another perspective." He paused. "Zayn meets this girl and wants to be 24/7 with her. I mean, he could even go pee with her; he just wants to be with her all the time. Now, he is in the band. He cannot be with her 24/7."

"Don't you think that it is bad?" I asked.

"No, not at all. It's as if he has discovered his favorite drug, but he can't take it".

"That's a rather degenerate way to put it, Li" I made a weird face.

"I just want you to get me" He laughed. "He's not not ok. He's the best he has been in all his life. Just wait and you'll see" He winked me awkwardly and he went away.

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"Okay guys, line up to get on stage" Paul said and we ran to meet him.

We were given a microphone each and put our earplugs on.

Zayn was standing next to me with a strange smile.

"You ok, mate?" I asked and he shook his head, as if he was getting out of a dream.

"Yeah" He whispered "Actually" He paused "I am really, really good, Haz" He smiled.

"I'm glad, mate". I smiled back.

"Yeah" He responded slowly. "I have never been better in my entire life".

We got on stage and we blasted as always. I paid a bit more of attention to Zayn, to see if he was actually doing ok.

I finally saw it.

He was doing better.

He was definitely doing really good.

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Zayn's POV

"MANCHESTER DUDEE, YOU SHOULD GO TO THE OLD TRAFFORD" She screamed.