Chapter 2.1

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6 years later...

Liam took a deep breath and hauled his bag over his shoulder

He walked past security and gave them his prosthetic pass as he passed by the detector

He got asked if he wanted help with his luggage, Liam said no

He fixed his hair to hide the scar on his head and walked out

He looked around, gripping his fingers and took a deep breath

"LIAM!!"

Liam quickly turned around and smiled seeing Zayn run towards him

Zayn picked him up in a hug and Liam hugged him back tightly

"It's been far too long... Far too fucking long"

Liam forced a laugh and nodded, Zayn carefully kissed his temple before he hugged him even tighter

"Alright, alright. Carefully put him down, we don't want him to need to go back to the hospital just yet"

Zayn sighed and put him down, Niall hugged Liam first, asking him how he was and how he's feeling

Liam didn't say much, just nodded and said that he's fine but tired

Niall pulled away and Louis then hugged Liam

It was quiet between them for a while and Louis forced a laugh

"I got so used to knocking at your head that I almost did it..."

Liam shook his head and mumbled "Please don't"

Louis nodded and pulled away, he took Liam's bag and Liam frowned "I can carry my bag Louis"

"Yeah, I know you can but you shouldn't carry anything that can hit your head"

Liam nodded, he smiled when Zayn took his hand and the 4 walked out

Zayn kissed Liam's knuckle "Welcome home, babes"

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Luca looked at the picture and rubbed his face

Liam was hand in hand with Zayn, they hugged and Liam was leaning against him, even Louis and Niall looked happy about seeing them together

They were never happy about Luca and Liam being together

Zayn seemed to kiss Liam's head over and over again, and Liam was smiling in every single photo that Zayn did

The door to his office opened and Luca turned to the maid

"Sir, your daughter is waiting for you downstairs"

He frowned "She's here?"

The maid slowly nodded "Yes sir, she came in with you... Last night"

Luca shook his head and looked down "Right." He looked at the maid "Tell her I'm busy"

The maid slowly nodded and closed the door, she turned around and froze seeing the 5 year old standing there

"Ariel sweetie-"

"Can I call mama?" she whispered "I wanna go home..."

The maid knelt down "But you're meant to stay until tomorrow, dear"

Ariel just shook her head "I wanna cuddle with my mama... I don't like being with dad"

The maid stood up, she looked at the closed door then at the young child before she stood up "Come on dearie, let's make some cookies, If you're still not feeling better we'll call you mother"

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Liam unlocked the door and walked inside, he took a deep breath and let out a sigh

Zayn was behind him with Liam's bag hauled over his shoulder

Liam toed his shoes off and Zayn followed

"You're oddly quiet"

Liam shrugged "It was a lot more quiet in Switzerland... Even their thoughts were quiet"

Zayn smiled "Yeah?"

Liam nodded "They won a footie game while I was there, they made sure to stay away from the hospital to insure to not bother anyone" Liam looked out the window

"I'm sure if I stayed at a hospital here, and we won a footie game people would call me rude for not joining"

Zayn hummed, he walked towards Liam again and put a hand on Liam's back

"Let's get you to bed"

Liam looked at Zayn "You'll stay?"

Zayn smiled "I took the whole week off, you're stuck with me until you're bored of me"

Liam smiled "Could I ever?"

Zayn smiled and rested his forehead against Liam's "Can you promise me something?" Liam nodded

"That you'll actually take care of yourself..." Zayn's smile fell "I know you can take care of yourself but in the courses that we took-"

Liam stood on his toes and pressed their lips together, Zayn closed his eyes and kissed Liam back before Liam pulled away, but kept his eyes closed and whispered

"Promise, I'll take care of myself"

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