One direction, taking care of each other

Cluster headache (Zayn)

Zayn's POV

We just had a concert and the consert was really early in the evening, so we weren't yet tired and decided to watch a movie before bed.

"Which movie should we watch?" Liam asked.

"What about Titanic?" Harry said.

"Yeah, that's a good choice!" I agreed.

We were in the scene when Rose met Jack for the first time when I felt an intense pain in the side of my head near or round my left eye. It was so incredibly painful, and it came so suddenly I couldn't hold in a scream.

Omg, Zayn! What happened? Liam said, clearly extremely worried for me.

"I-I don't kn-now." I stuttered and took deep breaths.

Do you need to go to the hospital? Niall asked.

"I d-don't knowwww!" I said. At this point It had become so painful, I thought I was going to die!

"Zayn, try to lay down at the couch!" Harry said.

I slowly laid down, and that was when I completely lost it. I screamed and cried, and it was like it became worse to lay down! I sat up again as fast as I possibly could do in this state, and my head was less painful the moment I got up. What the hell is this? I thought.

"Zayn? Is this some type of migraine or something?" Louis asked.

"I don't know, but it huuuurtsss!" I cried.

"Aww, Zayn." Niall said as he pulled me in for a hug.

I cried in Niall's shoulder for a long time until I finally calmed down. My head was still hurting just as bad, though!

"Do you want some ibuprofen?" Liam asked.

"Y-yes, please." I said pretty quietly.

"I'll get it for you." Louis said and leaved.

Niall stroked my back in soothing circles as I laid my head on his shoulder and cried silently, making his shirt wet. Louis came back with some painkillers and a glass of water that I happily exepted. I was still crying, and I felt the urge to scream again. Louis wiped away my tears with his hand.

Now I couldn't anymore! I sat down on the floor with my head in my hands. I just screamed from the top of my lungs. I screamed and sobbed until I didn't have more breath.

"What should we do?" Liam asked, his voice shaky.

"I don't know." Niall said, panicking over the whole situation.

Liam's POV

It was now twenty minutes since he got pain relievers, but it didn't seem to work at all. This was really scary. I had never seen Zayn like this ever before!

I sat beside him as he breathed heavily and fast.

"Zayn, try to take some deep and slow breaths. You need to calm down!" I told him.

I could tell Zayn tried hard, but he was hurting so bad. I felt so bad for him.

"Should I call Paul or something?" Harry asked.

"We'll wait for some more minutes, but if it gets worse, we'll call Paul." I answered Harry, and he nodded.

After about 10 minutes, Zayn fell asleep in my arms. I lifted him up and laid him down on the couch.

"Wow, that was intense!" Niall said.

"Yes, I wonder how that came so suddenly?" Louis said.

"I want him to go to the doctor tomorrow." I said, and the boys nodded in agreement.

After about an hour later, Zayn woke up and rubbed his eyes.

Zayn's POV

The pain was completely gone. This is really strange. I thought to myself. I slowly sat up in a sitting position on the couch.

"Oh, Zayn, you are awake! How are you feeling?" Niall asked.

"I honestly feel completely fine!" I said.

"That's strange. You were in so much pain, and now you just feel fine?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "Yeah, it is weird, but it's true!" I answered.

"Oh, well. We're glad you're well." Liam said and patted my shoulder.

"Your eyes are pretty red, and your left eye is swollen." Louis said.

"Maybe because I was crying?" I suggested. Louis nodded.

No ones POV

The next day, Zayn went to the doctors. They diagnosed him with "Cluster headache."

The doctor explained to the boys that it is a very uncommon type of headache that comes in clusters, once a month or year. It comes like an attack, and it can feel like your head is suddenly about to explode, and it only hurts on one side. This is chronic, and there is no treatment, but you can get pain medication for when you get it, and ibuprofen doesn't work! He also explained that it is completely normal to get red eyes and a swollen eye on the side it's hurting.

The boys were happy it wasn't something serious, especially Zayn!

Thanks for reading! This was also really short, and maybe a bit boring to read? But I don't know. I apologise! ❤️