THE CURB (MATURE HARRY STYLES AU) #WATTYS2016

CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE.

Zayn's so busy in eating his pancakes that he doesn't notice my stare but when Harry lets out a long whistle, he looks up, a scowl on his bruised face.

"What is it?" He mutters, seeming extremely uninterested and irritated, his eyes travelling from Harry to me and I immediately look away from him, examining the food on the table.

"Your face...you look quite manly." Harry says with a chuckle and I momentarily close my eyes at his stupid and lame joke. It's like he's indirectly asking for another fight.

"Harry, shut your ass hole, seriously!" Zayn tells him quietly,shoving a fork full of pancakes in his mouth, the warning is clear in his voice.

"Hey, don't get your laced panties in twist, I was just joking, okay?" Harry says and I get this sudden urge to slap him across his face for his words. He shouldn't be saying all this the guy whose probably already angry with him.

Just as I had assumed, his words are enough to trigger Zayn's anger since he slams his fist harshly on the glass table before standing up. The chair he once sat on, falling on to the floor with a loud thud.

"Don't fuck with me, Harry! You beat me up last night just because I was winning the stupid game and now here you are, fucking begging me to ruin your face." Zayn shouts at the top of his lungs, his eyebrows furrowed, face red due to anger and breaths coming out in puffs due the adrenaline rushing through his system.

Every one sitting on the table including Harry stare at Zayn with wide eyes, surprised at the quick change of attitude. A few seconds pass like that, Zayn and Harry staring at each other but then Zayn lets out a huge sigh and averts his gaze from Harry to me, causing me to shrink in my place at his harsh glare, my eyes immediately looking away from his face.

"I'm leaving." He states and with that he swiftly turns around walking away from us.

Everyone watches Zayn quietly as he leaves the room, probably still in shock at his outburst but after a moment or so, Sophia quickly stands up from her chair, following after Zayn while she says, "Zayn, wait."

He doesn't pay any attention to Sophia though, just walks out of the room, both of them disappearing from our view.

The room falls silent after that, the three guys sitting with me don't say a word, instead they start eating. Harry picks up a platter full of eggs, placing two of them in his plate and one in mine.

"Eat something." He murmurs in my ear and I absent mindly nod my head, picking up the fork and knife to cut it.

Sophia enters the room after a minute or so with a small frown on her face, surely because Zayn didn't listen to her.

"Don't worry about him, he's short tempered is all." Liam explains with a shurg as she sits down on the chair next to Liam, taking her hand in his and placing a small kiss on her knuckles. It somewhat makes me smile and I wonder if their relationship can be any more cute.

A hand on my thigh causes me to avert my attention to Harry, he doesn't look my way, just give my flesh a little squeeze whilst chatting with the mysterious guy, his words coming out muffled since his mouth full of food and I have this strong urge tell him that he shouldn't talk with food in his mouth. I don't have much strength or courage to do it though cause only God knows what will happen after that. So instead, I bring the glass of orange juice to my mouth, deciding that it would be better if I just put something in my empty stomach.

"Aah, look who decided to wake up and join us for breakfast." Harry says cheerfully and I immediately look up from my food out of curiosity.

I feel my breath hitching at the sight of him. The fork in my shivering hand falling onto the plate as I stare at him with eyes as wide as saucers. No, he can't really be here. I close my eyes for a second, hoping that he's just a hallucination and won't be here when I will open my them but my hopes are crushed and a small cry escapes my lips when I open my eyes and find him standing next to my chair now, so much closer than I want him to be.