Saving You Saves Me ( a zarry hybrid AU )

Chapter 1

Zayn p.o.v.

You would think time would go slow waiting for it to be lunch, but to my pleasant surprise it went by in a blur. It most likely flew by due to my habit of working off nervous energy. I took the familiar streets to where I saw the boy. In the distance I could see him being dragged off by a man into what I'm assuming is the owners trailer. I'm pretty sure what he's doing is illegal, the parking; not the selling of his hybrid. It made me happy to know that he won't be his for much longer.

I stopped right in front of the man in a lawn chair and got out. He looked me over as I made my way up to him. "How much do you want for the hybrid" the man gave me a wide smile before he gave me an answer. "170 an hour, you can do what ever you wan-" I cut him off before he got into details I so didn't want. "I meant for pinks" pinks meaning pink slip, poor hybrids aren't of any more worth than a used car.

His smile grew wider, "he has a lot of talent for pleasing and he's obviously not ugly. He will be expensive" his slight Irish accent didn't make his words any more appealing as he might have thought. I gave him an exxasperated look "how much," I was starting to get annoyed and to make it worse the hybrid in question was pushed out of trailer and fell very hard on his face. His sweat bottoms weren't on entirely and he had his shirt clenched in one of his hands.

The man that pushed him stepped out of the trailer laughing at the hybrids expense and walked away. "HARRY!! GET YOUR WORTHLESS ARSE OVER HERE NOW!" so his name is harry, even the sound of his name is beautiful. I stood there watching as harry hastily picked himself up and kneeled in front of his owner. "do you have something for me?" he pulled harry up by his hair and sneered in his face. Harry then proceeded to give the man a roll of what looked like money. He let go of harry and then kicked him in his shoulder. Harry let out a small whimper and crawled away behind his owner. The Idiot finished counting his money then looked at me with a smile "where were we? yes, a price for the thing." he looked up at me expectantly, I had cleared out my entire savings for this but I'm not handing it all over to The Idiot (which is what I named harry's owner, The Idiot).

"1,000 pounds, I won't go any higher than that. The animal probably has a disease with the clientele he has. From that fall alone he's been damaged, 1,000 pounds" I firmly stated this, poor harry flinched at the word animal. The Idiot looked between harry and the street before he looked up at me once more. "fine take him, but first I want my money" I took out what I owed him and put it in the cup holder of the lawn chair. He took it out and counted then put it in his pocket. "HARRY!" harry scrambled to his fret and kneeled in front of The Idiot, "go get my case and your leash"

Harry got up and soon disappeared in that trailer. He reappeared with a suit case and what looked like rope. Harry gave The Idiot the case which he opened and handed me the pink slip along with a few other papers that showed ownership to the holder. He then took the rope and put it around Harry's neck then pulled him over to me. He gave me the rope and went towards his trailer "enjoy!" I briskly walked towards my car and put harry in.

[20 minutes later at Zayn's house still Zayn p.o.v.]

We walked into the house to be greeted by Niall on his usual place on the couch. He turned at the sound of the door being shut and quickly broke into a nervous laugh. " heyyy buddy, I thought you were at work. what happened?" he sounded sorta out of breath then, when I was taking off my shoes it hit me. "oh ewwww!! you know you guys have a room to do that stuff in right?!?!??" I covered my eyes with the hand that wasn't holding harry's leash. soon liam's voice filled the room, "I'm so sorry Zayn, but yore supposed to be at work not here!" liam popped his head over the back of the couch to glare at me. Niall being Niall started laughing which gave me my way out. I assume they haven't seen harry who was cowering behind me so I run upstairs into my room and locked the door.

I untied harry and threw the rope out the window. He didn't look at me, he just stood there with his tail between his fingers fidgeting nervously. "I won't hurt you, I'm not like him or any other owner you've had. I'm not looking to use or torture you in any way." I took a step towards him with an outstretched hand, but he just stood there. Shaking more as I got closer to touching him. I stopped when I could feel his body heat all over me.

It was curious to think that such simple changes in physical features could make you a slave to who ever had the money to. The only cat like features that I could see were his ears that laid flat on top of his head and his tail that he gingerly held. He was definitely taller than me, at least 5'11 if not taller.

I was so focused on what he looked like that when I took in his scent I almost pounced on him. His smell was a mixture of berries and trees. A very earthy, forest like scent that matched his eyes which were looking at my direction curiously.

I reached out and took one of his curly locks between my pointer finger and thumb. I don't know why it surprised me when it bounced back into place when I let it go. I also didn't realize the time, I did have to get back to work. "I have to go but I'll be back in an hour or so, that's the bathroom so if you need to use it feel free to. see you in a few harry." with one last caress to his jaw I left for what remained of my work day.

[ Liam's p.o.v. ]

Just as the blush was starting to leave my cheeks from earlier Zayn was out the door. I gave my attention back to my blonde haired boyfriend who in turn gave his to a bag of crisps. I chuckled quietly and decided I was gonna start playing with his hair. "I wonder what's up with Zayn, did you see the look in his eyes when he came in?" Niall said as he finished chewing his mouthful.

"maybe he was upset because he didn't get to have a hug from the most beautiful person in the room." he blushed slightly and gave me a peck on the lips "awwww aren't you the best boyfriend ever!!?!" Niall cooed at me "I know, now where were we?" I took the bag and gently tossed it aside straddling a shocked looking Niall.

Only part of me was here with Niall, the other part was with Zayn. Something did seem different, not just the look in his eye but his energy. The way he held himself in that brief moment was a happier Zayn than what we're used to. After that last thought I gave my all to Niall, like always.