"Holy shit" Zayn shouted from his room. Louis who was on his bed about to sleep woke up and started sprinting to go to Zayn's room.
"Fuck" Zayn shouted again. Louis went and flung the door open. He saw Zayn sat up on his bed with a phone in his hands and a shocked expression.
"What the fuck happened Z?" Louis asked in concern. Zayn looked up at him with the same shocked expression.
"You remember Liam, we met him yesterday night in the grocery store?" Zayn asked him. Of course, Zayn didn't stop talking about how perfect he was and how humble he was the whole ride back. Louis didn't say anything about Ashton because Zayn seemed happy in a long time talking about someone.
"Yes I do but what happened?" Louis said with furrowed brows. He had a feeling Zayn liked Liam, but they had just met him for 10 minutes. And Zayn was already with someone.
"Well I searched him up on Instagram and it turns out that he's fucking famous," Zayn said almost shouting.
"What?" Louis said in a confused tone.
"He's a famous singer Louis. We met him yesterday when he was returning from an award show!!" Zayn said. Louis really didn't understand whether Zayn was shocked, excited or confused.
"Wow okay. So like did you text him or something?" Louis asked.
"I haven't yet. Should I?" Zayn said. But he started again "I mean I don't know if Ashton will like it." Zayn's face fell.
"Z it's okay to text him, a text won't matter right?" Louis said in a concerned tone. He sat down beside Zayn and patted his back.
"Louis?" Zayn said looking up at him.
"yes?" Louis said
"Is it bad to like someone else when you're with someone who doesn't care about you and barely talks to you and doesn't pay attention to you?" Zayn asked in a sad tone. Louis rubbed his back and replied
"No Z, do you think Ashton doesn't care about you?" Louis asked. He knew Zayn and Ashton had drifted but they loved each other and he thought they would figure it out.
"Louis, the day he came to the bar was after three weeks from the last time we met," Zayn said. He continued "He barely replies to my texts and I don't know what he does. I mean I know he is a busy person but is he so busy that he cannot text his boyfriend?" after he finished. Louis furrowed his brows. He didn't know Ashton didn't even text him.
"Z I didn't know this. He shouldn't do this. Are you actually happy when you're with him?" Louis asked.
"No" Zayn replied while playing with his fingers, head hung down.
"So Z I think you can't work out a relationship that is one-sided, have you tried telling him this?"
"I haven't because we barely talk and whenever we do I don't want him to get angry or something," Zayn said. Louis wanted to tell him to break up with him. So he did.
"Z I don't know how you're going to react to this, but I think this is too bad, you should break up with him," Louis said.
Zayn looked up to him and his eyes were tearing up. Louis hugged him.
"Okay. I will ask him to meet me at the cafe tomorrow." Zayn said. Even he felt this doesn't work one way. "If he sees the text"
"I'm sorry Z.," Louis said.
"Thank you Lou for being here," Zayn said and hugged him. "I'll text him, but please stay here"
Louis nodded when Zayn opened his chat he saw all the messages were read but he hadn't replied to any one of them.
'hey Ash can we meet at cafe montoon tomorrow around 4?' zayn texted.
He looked up at Louis and he gave him a nod and Zayn pressed send.
That night they slept silently on Zayn's bed.
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Liam and Harry were playing on his ps5 at Liam's house. He was yet to tell him about Zayn.
"Hey, Haz can I ask you something?" Liam asked putting his controller on the table and turning to Harry.
"Yeah sure," Harry put his controller down and looked at Liam. The look on Liam's was serious.
"Well, I met these guys in the grocery store where I went to get your meds. They helped me find it. I have one of them in my mind since that night." Liam said. Harry had a small smile on his face. Liam continued "I tried to find him on Instagram but I couldn't. His name is Zayn and man do I like him" Liam said quickly. Harry had a huge smile on his face. This rarely happened to Liam. He hadn't liked anyone in a long time and now looking how full his face lit up, it made him happy.
"That's great Li!" Harry said excitedly. "Don't worry I'll help you find him."
Harry found him in 15 minutes and here they were looking at his pictures, which were great by the way. His recent post was on the 24th of December.
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It had a caption: 'happy birthday bro!! sick party. get him ladsss'
"He's the other person, Zayn's friend, Louis. He was at the store too. He's really sassy." Liam said and chuckled.
Harry wasn't saying anything. He was just staring at the picture. Liam looked at him and asked "Haz? you okay?"
Harry shook his head slightly and gave him a nod. Liam smirked.
"Do they know who you are?" Harry asked him.
"No! that'd the best part. They had no idea who I was." Liam said excitedly.
"So then what are you waiting for? text him" Harry said shaking Liam. He was more excited than Liam.
"Umm about that, I don't know if he's single or not," Liam said quietly.
"Oh," Harry replied. "Well, we can find that out, right? If you want we can ask one of his friends." Harry suggested.
Liam's head shot up. "Yeah, that's a good idea but you'll have to text him. If I do it will be really weird" he said
"How will it not be awkward if I text him?" Harry asked with furrowed brows.
"See if I directly text him it will look like I'm asking for it," Liam said
"Aren't you though?" Harry said with a blank expression.
"Well..." Liam scratched the back of his neck. "Come on Haz, can't you do that for your best friend?" Liam pouted.
"Okay fine Li, I'll do it," Harry said laughing. He wanted the best for his best friend.
"But not now, we'll do it tonight," Liam said.
"Whenever you want" Harry gave him a small smile and took his controller. "now let me beat you in this game"
"Hey I'll beat you styles," Liam said picking up his controller and starting a new game.
"Let's see Payne" Harry shrugged.
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alright, that's that, they found out. The next chapter will include harry and Louis together somehow.
