The Man Who Stayed [Ziam AU]

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Liam eyed Zayn when it's his turn to throw javelin. Zayn seemed nervous about this but Liam could tell that the boy is also excited of getting a high grade.

Or plainly just excited of throwing a javelin.

It looks cute, like Liam will always tell himself.

Everything about Zayn is so cute, blah, blah, blah.

When their teacher started to whistle--it's a cue that the student should throw the javelin already-- Liam was amazed when Zayn throwed the thing away.

It was excellent, the spear flew gracefully and it landed far away. He didn't expect that to be honest.

Or just it's excellent because it's Zayn who did it. But no matter what, Liam again, find it cute.

When it's his turn, it's his time to really get nervous. No other emotion but be nervous.

Because he don't know if he'll be great at it and if he can impress Zayn. He said he like it, for crying out loud.

And now, the teacher whistled and when Liam's gonna throw the spear, he felt weak, not even capable of throwing it.

And little did he know that he passed out.

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Liam woke up inside the clinic, which he got annoyed about.

But when he saw a familiar raven hair, felicity ran through his veins.

"Liam?"

That voice make Liam's heart thump hard.

Zayn called him. Zayn called him Liam.

He can't think of anything anymore except the guy beside him.

"I called--" Zayn was cut off by a sudden appearance of Harry, Niall, and Louis.

Sure, he knew his friends will be here.

"Liam, what happened?" Niall asked worriedly, sitting at the end of the bed of the clinic.

"I don't know, I just passed out." Liam said, sitting up.

"What happened to him, uh--" Harry asked, facing Zayn.

"Zayn," he whispered.

"Oh, right, Zay." Harry smiled, "What happened to Liam?"

"Haz, it's Zayn." Louis whispered to Harry, making Harry say 'O'

"He was about to throw the spear of the javelin, then it just fell, making him pass out." Zayn stammered, obviously not liking the presence of Harry and Niall.

But not Louis cause it seems like they are friends.

"Oh, right. Thanks for helping him, mate." Niall patted Zayn's shoulder, making him flinch at the first place. "Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you."

Zayn nodded and stood up, "I got to go," he stammered again.

Before he can exit the clinic, he felt a hand in his wrists, turning to Louis.

"I know you're scared about that," Louis said, and Zayn nodded but flashed an 'its okay' smile "Okay, but we'll talk later." Louis managed to hug Zayn which he gladly took and after pulling away, he went home.

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(A/N: SORRY FOR DISTURBING, I'M JUST GIDDY AF BECAUSE ZAYN WILL BE TALKING MORE IN THIS HAHA LOL OK)

Someone is ringing the Malik's door bell when Zayn is sketching a pattern for the Arts pair work.

He then sighed, standing up and going out from his room.

He saw Safaa smiling at him when he got out of his room, "Hi, bro." He smiled back, "Louis' here."

"Oh, thanks." Zayn said, "Where is he?"

"Here!" He heard Louis' voice and saw the same pants he was wearing earlier but different shirt.

Safaa giggled, she always find Louis cute, but she don't pay attention of him that much cause she knows he's gay, but she's not homophobe. "I think I should leave you two."

"Yeah, thanks for letting me in, Saf." Louis uttered, and that's when Safaa went away. "So, let's go to your room?"

"Of course, cause its not yours." Zayn joked a little. Louis laughed and nudged him a little then they entered Zayn's room after some walks.

"So, what's this?" Louis asked, pointing at the sketches/patterns that Zayn has in his room which are scattered on the floor.

"For Arts. Patterns for tomorrow." He said. "My partner is Liam."

Louis nodded, "Speaking of Liam, what happened earlier? Why are you the one who brought him in the clinic? Did you talked so long? In Arts, how do you talked to him? You sa--"

"Wait, easy!" Zayn put his thumb on Louis' lips, "So many questions, Lou."

"Oops," Louis laughed, lying on Zayn's bed. "Um, just tell me."

"Well in Arts, we talked, like the usual us. But I don't know, he's talking about the day we met in the artshop. In PE, well, I was the one who caught him." Zayn explained, Indian-sitting on the ground.

"And?" Louis asked, wanting him to continue. "How do you catch Li?"

"Uh, I'm near him so.." Zayn said. "We didn't talked much, just a bit."

"Mhm. Anyway, I don't know if I can go to our slumber party." Louis said, frowning.

"I hate you." Zayn said.

"Well, um, Niall invited us to a party but then he said why am I avoiding parties, so.." Louis explained. "Maybe you can go with me! Niall said everyone's invited!"

Zayn, on the other side, rolled his eyes. "No."

"But--"

"No!"

"B-"

"LOUIS!" Zayn yelled, "I'll choose my sisters over that stupid party okay?!"

And Louis flinched while hearing Zayn's words. It's been awhile since he heard him scream.

"Sorry." Zayn mumbled. "I--"

"I know, Zayn." Louis said, hugging him. "I am sorry too."

"It's okay." Zayn sobbed.

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School is starting in my country (Philippines) so I'm gonna be slightly (?) inactive. Hope you understand xx

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