Love You Red❤

🌹ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 54🥀

The three of them gasped in unison on seeing that all the feathers were now back red.

"Does that mean the mark is red too now?!" Louis asked excited.

"Let me see!" Zayn said and rolled up his sleeves and looked at his mark before sighing dejected.

The rose was ALMOST red but there was still some black remaining. Looking at the mark Louis frowned confusion while Liam started wondering if he hadn't loved Zayn just enough?

"This doesn't make sense! Your feathers are red then why is your mark black?" Louis asked holding Zayn's arm and inspecting the mark even more closely.

"Maybe I couldn't love Zayn enough" Liam mumbled sadly but perked up on seeing Zayn's purple eyes.

"If anything you taught me how to love, Liam! Thanks to you I feel again, I'm alive again! I literally feel at home when I'm in your arms" Zayn said cupping Liam's face "If it weren't for you I'd never know any of this, Jaan. I love you so fucking much and nobody in this entire freaking universe can love me the wat you do so never ever think that way, okay?" Zayn asked and kissed Liam gently on the forehead when he nodded.

"Then why?" Liam asked confused.

"I think it's because I'm still missing something. I've got majority of my memories back but there's still something that I haven't remembered. The missing piece of the puzzle. I'm sure that's the key to breaking the curse. Tell me, meri jaan, I'm forgetting something really important aren't I? Zayn asked and Liam nodded sadly.

"I'll wait forever." Liam replied.

"I want to remember it right away" Zayn said making Liam frown in confusion.

"How?" Liam asked.

"Some important place can remind him maybe?" Louis asked.

After thinking for sometime, Zayn declared "We're going to the rose realm."

"But it's dangerous! We don't know if we can even trust the demons anymore!" Louis said worried.

"I trust Lucifer. In fact he's the only one my dad told me to ever trust." Zayn said making Louis sigh.

"Can we not change your mind?" Louis asked.

"No." Zayn said decisive making Louis sigh.

"Fine then." Louis said giving up.

"No matter what you decide, I'm always with you" Liam said intertwining his fingers with Zayn's making him grin.

"But before we go there, I want to ask you something" Liam said.

"Go ahead" Zayn replied.

"Zee, babe, there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Last time we touched on this topic, we were interrupted but this time I know we won't. So please, tell me what happened when we were away. Please share your burden with me, I promise I'll never let you regret opening up to me. I'll never make you regret showing that part of you that you show no one. I want the side of you that you don't show anyone else, Zayn. Will you show it to me, sunshine?" Liam said softly caressing Zayn's cheek while Zayn closed his eyes, silently feeling the warmth of Liam's hand on his face.

"Yes. I'll tell you. I'll show you. I'll do anything and everything I can for you, my dear Leeyum." Zayn said opening his eyes making Liam smile.

"Let's sit down." Louis suggested and the other two took it.

Letting out a deep breath, Zayn started 

"I do not remember how it happened but I woke up in a dark place. I tried moving only to realise I was chained up. I couldn't remember anything. Suddenly an angel, it was Tyler, he came to me and told me my parents were dead and I was the reason. He told me they were killed because of me. I couldn't believe it. I refused to believe it! I refused to talk to anyone or eat or drink. It wouldn't really kill me but it did make me tired and weak. An angel who looked just like him but with blue eyes and brow hair started visiting me in secret. He introduced himself as Alexander. He'd get me food and water everyday even though I refused. He began to try befriending me even though I was anything but nice to him. He was always defending me and protecting me from the rest. A year later, I finally let him befriend me. Not because I trusted him but because I needed to know if the news about my parents had any truth to it. He confirmed it and that was the day I stopped feeling anything at all. Slowly I started trusting him. He'd get me books and canvas. He sneaked in photos of my family for me. He'd let me skip out of the tower and go wherever I want. Even though I'd always be berated and beaten up until they think I'm dead whenever I went out, I did so anyways, because to me, that was the only means to feel anything. There's a rose garden by the library. I always go there as roses reminds me of my mother. I always went and spent time there before I had to pull myself back to the tower. 

Alex would always take the fall for me. He made me trust him. There was no reason to not. I would read books or paint whatever I could see, mostly sunsets. I didn't know how long I was been held captive for. It felt like forever. I repeated the same old schedule but one day, I saw you smiling at me from the library's balcony and for some reason, I felt like I've known you since forever even though that was the first time I saw you. I felt something stir in my chest, a place where the only moment happening was the pumping of blood in my heart. I then met you again at the library. You approached me yourself. You kept finding reasons to approach me and stay by my side for as long as you could. Never once was there malice or hate or disgust. You started making hope glimmer in my long dead soul. 

The angels and the others always harmed me, hated me. If I was a mortal, I'm sure they'd kill me long time ago. I couldn't even care anymore. I wanted to die myself too. Then I suddenly started having dreams. They were memories. I started remembering everything including my powers. I ran to Luci that day but went back to my place again. I realised I didn't know a lot about my own self. I needed to know more but then I fell asleep. I started having nightmares. You started appearing in them. It took me a while before I realised they were all memories. I woke up to find Louis. That was the happiest moment of my life. Most of my questions were answered but the ones about you weren't. You appeared in my dreams every time I shut my eyes. Everyday I questioned since then as to why were you snatched away from me? If we both love each other and were so happy together, then why were you snatched away from me? What had I done so wrong I had to not just lose you but all the memories of you and us?

Since then I desperately started drinking the most bitter of the remedies just so I could remember. I need to know every single detail no matter how minute, about you, my Liam. I know you said we could always make new ones, I want to make new ones too. But I need my old ones back too. They're extremely important to me and my heart. I NEED them back. 

Now I have most of it back but more importantly, I HAVE YOU BACK. All there's left is to find the last piece of this puzzle."

"I promise I'll never leave you again. Never."  Liam said hugging Zayn closed.

"I believe you." Zayn said as he buried his face in Liam's neck and let out a sigh.