Once in a lifetime

Chapter 44 Finally

They stood quiet for a while after that. They loved the fact the silences were never awkward between them. They could just exist next to each other without feeling the compelling need to feel the space with conversation. Zayn grabbed Harry's thigh as he was driving and smiled at him.

"Sounds like a great place to raise a family, don't you think, babe?" He asked. The idea forming on his mind already. They haven't spoken much about that yet; they had been together for such short time...

"Mhm. I did see you, y'know? I pictured you in full farmer mode and I'd love to see it someday. Would you, uh, would you like it to, uh, be like, a project thing, like, for us I mean, at some point? S' ok if you..."

"Babe, all I see in my future is you, yeah? I know we haven't touched the matter yet and s' fine, you still have projects, I have some too, but I want it all with you. If it's a farm, then a farm. If it's a life in the city, so be it, but with you. Your editorial is very important, so I get it that you wouldn't give it up, nor I'd ever ask for that, same as I know you'd never ask me to give up the gallery."

"S' just that, dunno, sometimes I get scared that you might think we are moving too fast and...like..."

"Babe, if we are moving too fast, we can slow up. Just know I wanna be with you, for the longest time possible, yeah? The rest of my life, actually. If that's too much for us to talk about now, I understand."

"S' not. What I feel for you, baby, s' not natural, y'know? S' like, since the moment we met I knew you were it for me, if that makes sense. Dunno, like, you even said it, like my soul recognized you or something. I feel odd saying that stuff but that's how I see it, y'know?"

"I know, love. I feel it too. So, we agree time don't matter to us and we'll do whatever we feel like when we feel like it, yeah? Because I'd love to see a baby bum and daddy mode Harry, not saying soon but..."

"Agreed. We can stop worrying about time then and just go at our own pace. I do see babies soon, though. Maybe not now, not in a couple of months but maybe after London? We can start planning it."

"Eager babe. Are you having baby fever because of our godchild?" Zayn joked. He was fucking twenty-nine years old, and he had never been more convinced about something than this.

"M'not! Just, like, y'know after the London branch is a closed deal, I can look for someone to run it and someone could help here, Sarah maybe. But, if you ask, I'll start thinking ahead. Like a whole lot ahead."

"M' just messing with you, babe. Let's go one step at the time. Alejandro gave me great ideas for the next display, yeah? I need to have a meeting with Li and T and show them what he suggested to see what they think. If that works, I might've figured out a way to not having to be involved that much with the gallery itself but with painting and stuff. His input was amazing."

"Oh! Well, then, uh, I guess I hope it works out." Harry said, dryly, avoiding eye contact.

"Babe?"

"Yeah?"

"You don't like him, do you? Alejandro. You don't like him. I can see it all over your face."

"S'just, like, he is nice and all but, too handsy, y'know? He wasn't handsy with anyone else but..."

"Me? Were you jealous all the time he was with us, babe? Why?"

"Yeah. Do you think is easy, being of the jealous kind? I hated it, like, the feeling of it, y'know?"

"Sweetheart, listen. He's just someone we met, yeah? He means nothing but a friend to me. If you don't like him, I'll try to keep it business only and nothing social. I don't want you to be uncomfortable. You're my partner, you're the most important part of my life." Love doesn't only speak with words.