"Dada." Adam said softly from his highchair, reaching out into the open air infront of him. Zayn perked up and hurried over to him, placing his hands below Adam's arms to lift him, only to be basically rejected.
"Dada." The infant repeated impatiently. Zayn furrowed his brow and stepped back a little, confused. "I am dada, Adam."
The baby wasn't having it, though. The only words he knew was Dada and Papa and so far the only one he'd say was Dada, which is what Niall taught him to call him. Zayn was Papa, obviously.
After what seemed like hours of trying to calm Adam down, Zayn gave in and rang Harry's flat, tapping his foot whilst he waited for a reply. "Hey mate, what's going on?" Zayn sighed before replying. "Can you tell Niall to head over? Please?"
"Oh yeah, for sure." Then they said their goodbyes and Zayn began to anticipate the arrival.
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"Hi." A soft voice spoke out from the foyer, bringing back memories from a week or so before. It took barely thirty seconds before both Adam and Zayn were headed out to see the blonde. Zayn set Adam down on the carpet and let him haphazardly crawl over to Niall and wrap his arms around his leg. Niall grinned brightly and stroked his head lovingly.
He then looked up, meeting eyes with Zayn, he smiled softly. "I.." But he had no time to reply, he was quickly taken into a tight embrace, reacting immediately and hugging back.
Adam squealed a little, caught between two legs. That's when the hug was broken, and Niall leaned down to pick him up. "Hello, darling."
"Harry's is a lot closer to work, you know."
Zayn nodded. "Yeah, but here is a lot closer to him. To me." Niall cracked yet another small smile, having made it clear multiple times in the past week how stupid he felt, that he just wanted to get back into his old routine before this happened. It offended Zayn a little, but he seemed to keep it hidden pretty well.
"That's true.. he seemed kinda sad after you called. I don't think he wants me to leave, surprisingly." He giggled, fucking giggled, just like he used to.
"He kept asking for Dada.." Zayn added and ruffled Adam's barely-there hair, smiling crookedly. "Thought he deserved that much."
Niall smiled and started to shallowly bounce up and down where he was standing, making Adam giggle lightly and nestle into his chest.
