pomegranate

14

Demeter looked at the floor with her eyes wide open, she walked to where he was standing and patted the floor

Breathing heavily as she eventually started to slap it, willing for the floors to open as she sobbed.

She felt hands on her but she shoved them all off and laid on the floor, sobbing for wishes that her spring would appear again

~~~~~

Zayn put Liam down but didn't completely pull his hands away

"You... know?"

Zayn nodded "Yeah..."

Liam frowned "How do you know it's yours?"

Zayn frowned "Because I may have said things I regret, but I know that you aren't that type of person"

Liam slowly nodded, before looking at Zayn "Oh..." Liam let out a breath "I don't feel good" he mumbled leaning against a wall

Zayn picked him up again, and Liam rested his head against Zayn's chest "Do you need a doctor?"

"No... I don't think so?"

~~~~~

"He is fine, and the child is growing well"

Zayn nodded "Then what happened?"

"He was just overwhelmed, sir. Would you like me to tell you anything about the baby?"

Zayn shook his head "No, I want to learn it all from him"

The doctor frowned but nodded, saying something about vitamins that he'll have sent over before he left

Zayn then walked into the room and looked at Liam, he was asleep while laying on his stomach with both hands under his head

Zayn pushed Liam's hair away from his face, he wanted nothing more than to lay beside Liam and hold him

Yet he didn't want to overwhelm Liam anymore, so he got up and left.

~~~~~

Liam woke up a few hours later, he frowned then sat up, resting his back against the headboard

He took a deep breath before he pushed the blankets off and slowly walked out of the room

Outside the door, Cerberus quickly sat up. Liam whispered a quiet hello to him and kissed his head

Together they both walked down, and into the living room. Where Zayn was.

As soon as he saw Liam, he stood up "Are you alright?"

Liam sighed his head "Please... stop asking me that"

Zayn opened and closed his mouth before he nodded, Liam pushed his hair away from his face

"Who told you?"

"Louis... who was told by Edward"

Liam rubbed his face and nodded before he dropped his hands

"Will you be this worried about everything until I leave?"

Zayn frowned but cleared his throat and nodded "Yes, I've never been a father before so excuse me for being worried"

Liam sat down and nodded "Ok-"

"PLEASE TELL US YOU-"

Hestia, Hermes and Dionysus all stumbled in and froze when they saw Liam

"Fuck" they all said collectively

Liam sighed and rubbed Cerberus' head "This is going to be fun..."

~~~~~

"My son, IS IN THE UNDERWORLD, GET HIM BACK!!"

Louis rubbed his temple "Demeter, you know the rules as well as I do. That's Zayn's territory and I'm not allowed in without permission"

"Mum, he'll come back on his own" "Yeah, Liam always did well for himself" "Yes, he can do it"

"Can all 3 of you shut it" she sneered at her daughters, instantly they all dropped their heads and looked at their hands

Demeter turned to Louis "There must be something, there HAS to be something you can do!!"

Louis shook his head "No Demeter, there isn't"

~~~~~

Liam watched Zayn talk to the 3 while he ate some toast, their eyes widened and their jaws dropped

Hestia picked up a pillow and hit Zayn with it, over and over again until it ripped and some of the fluff came out

Zayn rolled his eyes but she angrily whispered something to him, when Zayn shrugged, she shook her head and stood up

She walked towards Liam and sat down beside him

"Are you happy... with the baby?"

Liam looked down, and smiled weakly "Yeah..."

"Then I guess a congratulations is in order" she said with a smile

Liam's smile fell and he slowly turned to her "Is he?"

"He's terrified of it all, if you can't tell... he feels guilty as well... but he'll warm upto it in a few days, you tend to melt him down easily"

Liam looked at his plate "Are you even sure I still can?"

"Liam, look at him"

Liam looked up and his eyebrows shot up. Dionysus and Hermes were squishing Zayn's cheeks and poking his sides

Though he rolled his eyes, he didn't do anything else

"If it weren't for you, he would've thrown both of them out at this point"

~~~~~

Liam opened his bag and took a deep breath, he took something out then walked out of the room with his hands behind his back

He saw Zayn seated outside, rubbing Cerberus' head. Liam cleared his throat and Zayn turned towards him

He quickly stood up and walked towards Liam, Liam opened and closed his mouth. He then pulled out the folder and gave it to Zayn

Zayn looked at it then at Liam "Scans... about the baby and all." Zayn's eyes widened "You can keep them or-"

"Of course I'm keeping them..."

Liam nodded "I have a request though" Zayn looked away from the folder and nodded "Don't just... put them in a drawer in a guest room"

Zayn frowned "Of course I won't, what makes you think I will?"

Liam shrugged "You put the picture of you Niall and Louis in the guest room"

Zayn shook his head "The picture of Niall, Louis and I is in my room"

Liam blinked "But... I'm staying in that room..." Zayn shrugged "Do you want me to move to the guest-room?"

Zayn frowned "No, why would I?"

"Because... that's your room"

Zayn shrugged "You deserve the most comfortable bed in the house" he took a deep breath "Plus, you aren't a guest." Zayn seemed to hold onto the folder tighter

"You are Liam"