Little things ~Ziam Mayne~

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Liam
When I wake up I'm happy, but not like always, I'm really, really happy. While humming a song I walk downstairs, Harry sits sleepy with a mug of coffee at the table, today's the first day of his new semester. "Why're you so happy?" He asks. I shrug smiling. "Dunno, just a good dream or something" I answer. Harry smiles sleepy. "Okay, good." "Excited for the new semester?" I ask. "Well, I'm not used to wake up this early anymore" he starts laughing. I laugh too. "But I'm excited, yeah." I smile. "Good." I grab some cereal and a mug of coffee and sit down next to Harry. "Is it okay if Niall comes here this afternoon?" He asks. I nod. "Yeah sure!" "You can bring Zayn too if you want" he says. I shrug. "I'll look." "Okay."

The moment Zayn gets in my car I notice something's wrong. He doesn't look like his self. He looks.... Sorta sad? "Zayn" I ask when we're halfway the trip to school. "Are you okay?" It's silent for a moment. "Yeah, I'm fine" he says, he plays with the sleeves of his jumper. "Really? 'Cause you look a bit sad" I say, I can't hide a hint of worry in my voice. "I'm fine Li, don't worry 'bout it." But I'm still not reassured. We say each other goodbye and I walk to my classroom, the students are waiting and I notice I'm a bit late. "Sorry I'm a bit late guys" I say as I unlock the classroom door. I hear a few times: "It's okay." And: "No problem." I install my laptop and start with the lesson.

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After school I walk towards the art classroom, Zayn's still there, cleaning up. "Hi" I say, I walk towards him. "Oh, hello" he says, he gives me a crooked smile. "How was class?" "Yeah fine" he answers. It's silent for a moment, Zayn starts packing his stuff. "Wanna go to mines? Niall's coming and Harry asked if you'd be coming too?" Zayn looks at me. "Yeah, okay." I smile. "Fun!" "How're your smiling the whole fucking time?" Zayn asks laughing when he packed his bag. "Like, are you never sad?" "I am Malik, and you know that." I laugh. "C'mon, let's go!" I grab Zayn by his underarm. "Fuck" I hear him curse soft, I look weird at him. "Oh? Did I hurt you?" I ask, letting his arm go. "No, no, it's okay" he says. "C'mon" he wants to walk away but I stop him. "Zayn, what's wrong?"

He sights, then he rolls up the sleeve of his jumper, I'm shocked when I see scars, kind of fresh scars. "O my god..." I look at him, his eyes are filled with tears but he smiles weak.  "Who did this to you?" A tear rolls out the corner of his eye, he laughs. "Well... I did..."

I look at him, tears stream into my eyes. "Please don't say anything about it, I'm not ready to have this conversation" he says quietly, I smile soft and seek for a pen in my bag. "What are you-." I don't let Zayn finish his sentence and start drawing stars around the scars. "Better like this?" I ask Zayn when I'm done, I look at him, his eyes are still filled with tears but there's a watery smile 'round this lips. He nods. "Thank you Li"

Zayn dries his tears and we wanna walk to my car, but in the hallway we're stopped by the director: Simon Cowell. I don't really like him to be honest, but I don't think anyone really likes him. "Hello" he says. "Can I talk to you for a moment?" He asks me. I look at Zayn. "I'll wait by the car" he says, giving Simon a friendly nod. "What's the matter?" I ask, trying not to sound annoyed with the fact that I could've been home in 10 minutes. "You and Zayn... Are close" he says. "Uh well yeah?" "You guys don't have something right?" I look weird at him and laugh. "No Simon, we're not together" I say. "Okay good, 'cause you know I don't accept it if colleagues are together right?" I try not to roll my eyes. "Yes I know that." "Okay, then you can go." "Thank you."

"What was wrong?" Zayn asks when we're in the car, on our way to my house. "He asked is we were together..." Zayn laughs. "Seriously?" "Yeah" I say smiling. "Ah, 'cause of what happened with Luke and Ashton?" I nod. "I think so..." Luke and Ashton were our colleagues and still good friends of us. They always had something special what leaded to a relationship. But when Simon found out he fired them. That's one of the infinitive reasons I really don't like Simon. I look Zayn in his still a bit watery eyes. "You still wanna go to mines? After... that..." Zayn nods immediately. "Yeah! Yeah, I like it at yours, and Louis isn't home so it's boring at mines" he smiles. "Okay."

I unlock the door with my keys and let Zayn and myself inside. Harry's sitting on the couch and looks up. "Oh hi lads!" "Hi!" I say, Zayn smiles short at Harry. "Didn't see you for a while Zayn, how are you?" Harry asks with a smile. "Erm, yeah, I'm fine, thanks" he says. Knowing the truth is hard, 'cause now I know Zayn's absolutely not fine. "Isn't Niall here yet?" I ask when I see Harry look on his phone. Zayn and I sit down on the couch too. "He said he was coming when he was done, so I think it's a taking a bit longer than he expected" Harry says, but he sounds a bit worried.

15 minutes later Harry's really worried. "What's taking him so long?" "I don't know Haz, but he's probably here soon" I say, patting his shoulder gentle. That's when the doorbell rings. "I'll take it" I say, I stand up and walk towards the door. When I open it I see Niall, out of breath. "God Liam, I'm so sorry I'm late, but the paps were literally stalking me and I didn't want them to come here" he says. I shrug. "Is okay, but say that to Harry 'cause he's really worried." I let Niall inside and walk to the living room. "Jesus Niall, what was taking you so long? I was worried" Harry asks while he stands up and cuddles his boyfriend. "I'm so sorry love, but the paps were stalking me and I didn't want them to figure out where you and Liam live" Niall says with his head buried in Harry's neck.

I give Zayn a look, he smiles and rolls his eyes. I sit down next to him as Niall and Harry walk to the kitchen. "Those guys are really in love" he says laughing. "Yes they are, Niall's all Harry talks about" I grin. "But they're cute together." Zayn nods. "Yeah they are."