Hypnophobic. 》Ziam AU

8 ➳ Hypnophobic

"I don't want to, Liam, I have work to do," Zayn sighed as he continued drawing in his sketch pad.

I sighed and puffed my cheeks out, disappointed. It had been a week since Zayn told me about his hypnophobia and he'd been avoiding me ever since; I only saw him when we were in the dorm, where he of course even then acted like I didn't exist.

All I wanted Zayn to do was go grocery shopping with me quick, it was Sunday and that was the day he had told me he specifically wanted to go grocery shopping.

I threw my legs over the side of my bed and huffed, finally giving up on trying to hang out with the other boy. If he was going to avoid me? I was gonna avoid him right back.

After quickly throwing on a white T-shirt and dark blue skinny jeans, I slipped my feet into my black vans and plopped down on the blue couch.

Zayn didn't want to talk to me, but I knew someone who did.

To: Luke

Hey do you want to hang out today? I've got nothing going on and my roommates kinda being an ass sooO
Sent at 10:46 AM

He replied almost right away.

From: Luke

Sure aha I'm off of work in 10, meet me?
Sent at 10:47 AM

To: Luke

I'll be there !
Sent at 10:49 AM

Shoving my phone into my pocket, I grabbed my keys and the grey sweatshirt and headed towards the door.

"Where do you think you're going?" Zayn spoke up, his eyes not leaving his notebook.

"Not that it's any of your business, but I'm going to hang out with a friend. Do you suddenly want to hang out or something now? Cause it's a little late for that, I've already made plans," I said, trying not to let my frustration with him show through in my words.

"Nah, you can do whatever you want, I don't care."

"Good to know," I said, and I turned towards the door.

"Wait."

"What, Zayn."

"That's my sweatshirt."

"Well it's mine now cause I like it more than I like you so bye." And I walked out the door.

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"So you're telling me that Zayn, mysterious bad boy guy who likes to keep to himself, who has more tattoos than brain cells, who's only actual friend is Louis Tomlinson, who hangs out with the worst people you could imagine, chased you across town looking for you, because you got mad at him?" Luke asked, basically reiterating everything I just told him.

"Yes I just said that, are you slow? That's okay. Try your best to keep up. Anyways," I said, rolling my eyes.

"We went to high school together, me and Zayn," he said, sipping his coffee as his eyes wondered around the table. "Friends freshman year, then word got out that he was some sort'a freak, yanno? So he basically closed himself off. I mean we were never close, but it was still sad to see someone go from a happy-go-lucky kid to someone who rarely talks when spoken to," he sighed.