I Fell in Love With A Stranger || Zouis au {Slow Updates}

Chapter Five

Louis POV

I sat looking out the kitchen window, quietly humming to myself. My hands were tightly wrapped around a hot cup of tea I had just poured, my fingers fiddling with the string of the tea bag.

"Mornin," I heard a tired voice mumble. I looked up and saw Zayn standing in the doorway rubbing his eyes sleepily. He shuffled into the kitchen, his hair wild from sleep. I noticed his sweatpants were hanging dangerously low on his hips and my shirt was clinging to his arm muscles perfectly. I stopped myself suddenly. I shouldn't be noticing these things about him, he was a boy and so was I, plus I had a girlfriend.

I shook my head and looked up at Zayn "Morning sleepy head!" I grinned at him. He smiled and leant against the bench propping himself up on his elbows.

"Hey, thanks for letting me stay last night, I don't know where I would've ended up." He looked at me gratefully.

"No worries Zaynie boy! It's great having you here" I smiled at him. Suddenly his face fell and he looked at the floor. Oh no. What did I do? Does he not like the nickname? He opened his mouth to speak.

"I'll leave this morning, you don't have to worry about having me anymore."

I inhaled sharply in surprise causing me to choke on my tea, I coughed and gulped down more of the hot beverage in an attempt to free the trapped liquid from my throat, well that's not what I was expecting.

Zayn's POV

I stood there in shock as he spluttered and coughed in front of me. Realising what was happening I jumped forward and started rubbing his back awkwardly. "Uh, you ok Lou?" He looked up at me through watery eyes.

"Uh yeah, yeah. Just wasn't expecting that" he coughed awkwardly. I looked down at my feet nervously, I really should leave. I don't expect him to look after me, I'm not 18 yet and it would be a struggle for him to have to care for me as well.

"Sorry, I really should leave. I don't expect you to have to look after and pay for me, you don't even know me." He gave me a look that I couldn't decipher but it was gone within seconds. "Well do you have anywhere else to stay?"

I look down at my feet again, Niall was in Ireland and I don't exactly have any other close friends and my family now hate me. I slowly shake my head. He claps his hands together and I jump slightly, looking up I see him grinning at me. "Well it's decided then! You're staying here with me, at least until you have somewhere else to go"

"Louis I-" "Nuh! You don't have a say in this, you are now my prisoner, you cannot escape" he says the last part in a dramatic voice. I sigh in defeat and smile at him weakly, he is a weird one. "Thank you" I say softly.

Suddenly two arms are wrapped around my waist and my face is pressed against a toned chest. At first I tense up but quickly melt into the hug and wrap my arms around his torso.

"You're welcome love" he whispers in my ear making me shiver, both from the pet name and how close his lips were to my ear. He pulls away and puts his hands on my shoulders, holding me arms length away. His eyes flicker around my face, studying it. I shuffle my feet and clear my throat awkwardly. He shakes his head slightly like he was in a trance and looks into my eyes grinning.

"So! What would you like for breakfast? I have toast, cereal, tea... basically just toast, cereal and tea, I can't really cook to save my life" he says sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck. I grin at how awkwardly cute he was.

"Uh I can make pancakes if you want?" I say. He looked at me like I had just said he'd won the lotto. I step back nervously almost as if he was going to blow up. "Oh my god, would you? Thanks so much Zaynie! I haven't had pancakes in forever! Since I lived with my mum or something, which was like 2 years ago"