Once in a lifetime

Chapter 28 Nosy

After Harry left for work, Zayn headed to the gallery, buying lunch for him and Liam first. Liam had been bugging him about his relationship with Harry now, wanting to gossip about it. Zayn almost preferred him annoying him about work. His mum was right about something, he was not fan of sharing Harry with the world. He knew the notion was not correct, he couldn't tie Harry up, but there was this urgency inside him, the need to keep Harry as close as possible for as long as possible. It was a weird thing, to feel like that. Is not like he was going away, or that they were going to break up, but the was unable to get rid of the feeling. He shook his head, trying not to overthink, again.

He smiled when he felt his phone vibrate with an incoming message. Harry had sent him a selfie, pouting with the caption "Mean boyfriend ship me off to work. Still love him madly, though." Zayn snorted and replied that he was sure his boyfriend loves him too.

"Look who decided to show up" Liam greeted him.

"Don't start, Leyum. I brough lunch, yeah? Let's just eat." He replied with a smirk, knowing he wouldn't manage to shut Li up for long. He was a nosy motherfucker and yet, he loved him tons.

"Oh, so the typical decoy. I'll take it because I'm hungry, but we'll talk about it, lad."

"Shut up and feed yourself."

"Tell me all about it, Zayno. You've been very sneaky about it and I wanna know more." Li demanded.

"He's amazing, yeah? We have been spending more time together and I already spoke with his mum. Mum and Baba are coming this weekend, same as his family so we can all meet."

"Shut up! Are you shitting me right now? Wow, mate. That's great. A bit soon, innit?"

"Don't think so. We are ready so why waiting?"

"Just saying, mate. If you both are ready, then that's all that matters. I bet Trish is thrilled."

"You bet. She's been behind me since I told her, yeah? I spoke with Anne too. She is excited."

"Sounds like you guys are quite serious, aren't you? I'm happy for you, lad. Harry is a good man, though you need to stop fucking so much and spend time with us, fucker."

"Why the hell would I trade one of the best activities Haz and I do, to spend time with you bunch of arseholes? M' not mental, Payno." Zayn said, laughing.

"Oi, oi. That's mean even for you, we all miss you, horny shit"

"Shut up. I've been thinking about it, yeah? How about some paintball one of coming weekends? Not this one though, obviously, but next one? And this Sunday Haz and I were planning on having dinner with all of you, so we can do the introductions."

"Look at him go. All domestic, planning family dinners and introducing the family to Harry. What happened to Zayn, what did you do with him?"

"Dunno, mate. I guess love does that to a person, yeah?" Liam's eyes open widely at the L word mention.

"Ooof, mate. That's something else, is that what's happening here? Love?"

"It's none of your business, nosy shit, but all I'll say is yes, we love each other. Not really open for discussion. We know how it might sound to other people, yet we know what we are doing."

"Hey, you know I got your back, lad. I just don't want you getting hurt, Zayn."

"I won't. Harry wouldn't."

"Kay, if you're positive about it then that's all I need."

They changed the subject and started talking about how good Taryn was doing. She was getting pieces ready for her second exhibit and Zayn was thinking about adding a few from his personal ones, those he never showed to another soul but to Harry. He had been so mesmerized by them that made Zayn's heart flutter faster when he suggested to show them.