Forced

6. "Drink"

It was Liam's turn to cook dinner, the house was quiet. Zayn was still not home, and all Liam could hear were the noises.

He heard the door open, and Zayn's familiar footsteps and he gripped the vial in his hands

"Dinner is almost ready" Liam mumbled and Zayn nodded

"Can I have a glass of wine with that?" Zayn mumbled; his hands were fists while looking at Liam's head

"Yeah... I will get it"

Zayn nodded and went to take a seat, after 15 minutes Liam came out with the food. He put a plate in front of Zayn and went back to the kitchen, he came back out 3 minutes later with a glass of wine

Zayn looked at it for a moment then nodded and muttered a quiet 'Thank you'

While eating, they were quiet, they both were not happy, but they stayed quiet. The atmosphere was tense, nothing could cut through it.

Liam was surprised Zayn did not drink a sip of his wine. After dinner, Liam went to do the dishes. Zayn stayed seated with a glass of wine in his hands. Not a sip taken from it, Liam peeked out from the door, looking at Zayn's whose eyes were on the glass of wine

"Liam." Liam hummed "come here"

Liam took a deep breath and walked towards Zayn, looking at the glass of wine that he did not drink

Zayn pulled Liam on his lap and put the glass of wine on his lips "Drink"

Liam internally panicked but he knew could not do anything. He drank the wine, gulping every bit, Zayn having a firm grasp on Liam's thigh while watching Liam's throat

As he quietly muttered something that Liam didn't catch

Once the glass was done, he put it down and Liam started to think about the antidote, Zayn thumb wipes the bit of wine that was on the corner of Liam's mouth, While -still- holding Liam on his lap

"Try that again and you'll be begging that It's just poison... remember that I'm always 3 steps ahead." Liam's eyes widened as he let the panic set through "The antidote is in the kitchen."

'I know' Liam thought as he scrambled off Zayn's lap and ran towards the kitchen, opening the drawer but panicking when he did not see it there

"TOP DRAWER, FAR RIGHT" Zayn told him

Liam ran towards it and saw the vial between the knives, he reached in and grabbed it. He opened it and drank all the liquid inside of it.

The burning sensation in his throat stopped and he looked at Zayn who was standing by the door with his arms crossed

"I hate you... so fucking much"

"You tried to poison me; I pushed it back"

"How did you know?" Zayn shrugged and Liam gritted his teeth "What did I do to you?"

Zayn chuckled and shook his head "so much"

"I wouldn't have minded if you put a noise cancelling charm around your office?! Do you know how embarrassing it was? Everyone looked at me like I was just a game!"

Zayn furrowed his brows "What are you talking about?"

Liam sat on the floor with his legs in front of him "You and Styles in your office today... Take anyone you want but do not ruin my name in doing so, and all you have ever said is that I will be the one ruining your name!"

"Nothing happened between Harry and I in my office, but something happened between you and Draco. That I am sure of"

Liam shook his head "Nothing ever happened between Malfoy and I since that dumb game of spin the bottle!"