Once in a lifetime

Chapter 51 Fighting

Zayn decided to approach the subject as direct and painless as possible. He knew Harry still didn't appreciate Alejandro being around, but he had made sure to keep it strictly business.

"Stop scowling, babe, you know Alejandro means just business for me, yeah?"

"M' not scowling. True, I still don't like him, but I trust you."

"You are, and though I think you look adorable, stop it. Don't want you to be upset, yeah?"

"Yeah, okay. Kiss me now. I need to talk to Sarah about few things, maybe I can go sooner to the UK. The sooner I go, the sooner I'll be back." They kissed for the longest time, Harry ending up riding Zayn in the couch, Zayn spilling inside him as they didn't have a condom handy.

"Babe, we cannot keep doing it like that, yeah? We need to be careful, right now s' not the best time for a baby." Zayn said, panting after coming, cleaning Harry's come with his fingers and licking them clean.

"Fuck, stop doing that or I'll come again. And I know, I know s' not the right time but I needed it."

Just as Zayn opened his mouth to reply, a text came into his phone. He had left it in the coffee table, so he leaned to pick it up, his dick going soft inside Harry. They saw it was a text from Alejandro, asking him to meet tomorrow morning. They didn't say a word for a minute, or maybe two. Alejandro was a difficult topic between them. Zayn was staring at his phone while Harry stared at Zayn.

"Babe...I, uh, I need to go, yeah? This is just business, love, I swear to God. He probably has news on the status of his parent's gallery."

"Yeah, okay. I'll go get cleaned up." Harry said, getting up too fast and grimacing while doing it. He was sore and when Zayn tried to hold him, Harry held up a hand to stop him. "M' good, just stood up too fast." He said, avoiding eye contact. Zayn's heart sunk in his chest.

"Harry..."

"M'good. I'll stay up for a while, I have some corrections to make to the last manuscript one of my other writers sent. I'll go to the study so I don't bother you with the light in the bedroom." That had never been an issue and Harry knew it. Zayn had stayed up with him multiple times before, watching him check manuscripts, making him read aloud some parts. Harry just wanted to put land in between them.

"Harry, wait. Why are you acting like this? S' not like m' going on a date with him, yeah? Is.Just.Business. Are you so mad at me that you need to go away? Babe...please..."

"M' not mad, okay? I just need to handle it my way. Good night, Zayn." Harry said, heading to the bathroom, leaving Zayn feeling terrible. He hated to upset Harry, but he truly had no interest in Alejandro more than the business related, and it was a goddamn good business, otherwise he would've cut those strings too.

He didn't go after Harry; they could both be very petty when jealous and he didn't feel like fighting. He sighed and stood up, going to the bedroom. He put some sweats on and tried to sleep. His mind started going places, showing him dozens of scenarios of how everything could go. Harry leaving him out of jealousy. Harry staying in London for months, not picking the phone up for him, and Zayn stuck in the US, unable to go get him, bonded to his word of not stepping a foot in the UK ever again. Harry finding someone else, a nice girl who also liked books, and he thought of a girl because he would rather die before picturing Harry with another man.

At some point, he felt asleep. Come morning, he woke up disoriented, alone in bed. When he was able to focus, he sat up immediately, noticing Harry didn't go to bed at all. He got up, checking the time. It was seven and Alejandro asked to meet at nine, still arse o'clock for him, but waking up at seven left him time to talk to Harry. He brushed his teeth and tried to fix his just-woke-up-hair. He didn't put a tee on, maybe his body would do something for him this morning. However, he had checked all over the place and Harry was nowhere to be found.