Keeping Up With One Direction 2

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"Sit down or get a 'whoppin'," Zayn growls entering the room after the fifth time one of his older hybrids yelled that the other wasn't sharing.

Refusing to return for the sixth time, he takes his belt off, setting it on the coffee table knowing it got their attention.

"You two had better not move from that spot until the timer is done." Setting the timer on his phone he also leaves it on the coffee table exiting with one final glare towards the hybrids.

Harry adjusts his look when his husband returns to the room, "Handle it?"

Zayn rolls his eyes, "Probably not the way you would've, but sure, it's handled." Harry bites his bottom lip knowing that this is where they needed the most work, "I think as long as you were kind, however you handled it was fine." Lying through his teeth, Harry plasters a small smile seeing Zayn brighten at the words, "Thank you."

It was something Carol had recommended the parents try, she reminded Harry constantly that his parenting style was simply only his and that to make things work he had to be okay with other forms as well.

Niall sets his gym bag down glancing at his youngest in the living room playing by himself, the older hybrids with their arms crossed glaring, "What's happened?"

"Lee no share a-and Papa tells us t-to stay," Louis growls, Liam gasps pointing to the pile of power rangers lying abandoned on the floor, "He-he no 'hare!"

Niall rolls his eyes fondly sitting on the floor with Max, "Which is it, Bubba? Who didn't share?" Louis hardens his glare towards the younger brother who innocently glances at his older brother with a simple smile, "L-Lou Lou,"

"Lie!"

"'Ruth!" Liam shouts shooting his fist in the air as if he'd just won a race, Niall chuckles ruffling Max's hair, "I don't think he truly understood the question."

Louis rolls his eyes standing from the spot, Liam was just getting on his nerves today and that was the final straw. Liam gasps pointing to the belt on the table, "I-I's 'tellin Papa you no 'tay!"

"I did stay!" Louis barks in return, Niall sighs moving to stand between the two hybrids, "Baba can punish you both, stop fussing at each other." Gesturing to the couch, "Lee go watch cartoons, Louis go watch something upstairs."

The oldest hybrid huffs stomping upstairs like told, Zayn barging from his office hearing the thudding footsteps, "Lewis Stylin-"

"Zayn I told him to go upstairs and watch cartoons," Niall remarks rising with Max in his arms, "They need space for a bit," he muses swaying with Max. 

The papa sighs offering to take the youngest, "Why don't you and Lee spend some time?" The middle hybrid laughs at the suggestion, he didn't expect his papa to make such a funny joke. Patting his pants leg in passing as he heads to the office in search of his snakie he always left with the man when it wasn't his own possession; he's stopped by Zayn grabbing his arm redirecting him toward Niall, "I'm not kidding Bub, you and Baba need some time,"

He was serious? 

Like serious...serious?

Liam felt his chest tighten, sure, he'd forgiven the man for how he treated him after he decked Louis, but that didn't mean he wanted to hang out with him. 

The hybrid frowns beginning to protest, "W-want you," he wraps his arms around Zayn narrowing his chocolate stare toward Niall who sighs handing Max to his husband, "We can go watch Toy Story," he offers knowing it was one of Liam's favorites.