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Almost like it was normal, which to be fair to him it was for us, Louis leaned down and grabbed my face, pulling me up slightly so that he could kiss me. His lips were soft but his kisses weren't, and I couldn't help but moan into it.
"Look at you, love, gone from being cocky to being all needy for me," he whispers, making my cheeks warm up.
"'m not needy, Lou, I just want kisses."
"Baby we both know that you're telling me lies now." he pulled away from me and I whined, grabbing his wrist and hoping that he would get closer and kiss me again. Even if it was only kissing, I wanted him closer to me. "Tell me how needy you are and I might kiss you again."
"'m so needy. Always needy, Lou, you know that. Please just kiss me now."
It was later than usual when Liam got back, not that any of us minded until he slammed the door behind himself. Whoever had put him in that mood had officially become my least favourite person on earth.
"Liam?" I heard Niall say from the hallway, probably getting ready to leave for his babysitting gig. "Are you alright?"
"I need some space right now," he grumbles back, leaving probably all of us mentally cursing. If he was given as much space as he wanted, we probably wouldn't see him again until next week.
"I'm off to babysit now. Might pop to the shops on the way back, do you want anything?"
"Vodka. Now go or you'll be late. First give me a kiss, though." it was minutes before Liam came into the lounge, with bloody knuckles and a stone-cold look on his face. We all silently and collectively agreed to give him a few minutes to relax, knowing that a stressed-out Liam was never easy to deal with. Bombarding him with questions and affection would probably only overwhelm him some more.
"Li?" I call once I could feel the atmosphere starting to relax. "I'm hungry." he hums but doesn't say anything after that, in his own world in the kitchen.
"I'm cooking dinner now," he said after several long minutes had passed, and I had made my way into the kitchen. He couldn't avoid me now.
"You seem really irritated, Li," I mumble, handing him something he had pointed at without bothering to check what it was. He hummed again, mostly focusing on the food. Anybody could tell it had been a rough day when he got like this. Even though he might zone out most of the time, he doesn't do it this much and especially not in the kitchen.
"I'm okay. Just a bad day." I nod and give him a minute to breathe when I noticed his jaw clench and his shoulders tense up again. "Forgot to take my meds, and some stuff came up today. That's all."
"Those are important to remember Liam," I scold, but he doesn't bother looking at me no matter the tone of my voice. Definitely something worse than just 'bad'.
"I know. Didn't sleep well. I Forgot." with his sentences getting shorter I was thinking about leaving it there, but I needed to make sure that he just 'forgot' after all.
"Are you sure you just forgot them? You know what happened last—"
"Don't you have papers to mark?" he said, finally looked at me though not really making any eye contact. "Or lessons to prepare? Something?"
"Liam, don't do that. Please."
"Somebody's coming in tomorrow. I'm not prepared. Trying to figure it out." I nod and sigh at his monotone voice. He really needed to rest before he sent himself into a panic attack or something worse than that.
"You'll do great Li. You're smart, a great cook, and all your staff are great. Your kitchen is spotless and your food is immaculate." he shook his head and combed his fingers through his hair, not thinking straight anymore. "Why don't you take five minutes? Stop cooking and just breathe. I can handle this whilst you do that."
"Gordon Ramsay," he whispered, stepping back. "He'll taste my food and I know I'll be so stressed all day I won't be able to focus at all."
"It's Saturday tomorrow, why don't I come in and help out? I'll be there to ground you if you need it. You said yesterday you have a waiter out and I've got all the experience needed to help in the kitchen. I know to wash my hands a ton, tie my hair back and keep it out of the way at all times."
"Yeah. That's good. An idea. Good idea. Uniform in my closet."
"Get yourself some water and relax."
