Wanderlust // z.m. [au]

Five

//Past//

Photography.

Diya learned that this was another one of Zayn's hobbies as she watched him from afar. He stood at the top of the hill, away from the campsite, taking pictures of the swirl of colors within the sunset with the most endearing smile on his face.

He pulled the camera away from his face, looking down to see how they turned out, completely unaware that Diya was watching with a great amount of fascination.

She'd never seen him so... focused.

Zayn turned around to head back to the campsite and that's when his eyes met Diya's. A smile made its way to his lips when she looked away quickly.

She turned around, her face burning with embarrassment since she's just been caught staring. She took a deep breath, walking towards Jai who was helping Kiara set her tent up.

"Staring is rude you know." A voice husked into her ear and she jumped slightly, not expecting him to come up behind her.

How'd he get over here so fast?

Zayn chuckled, clearly getting the reaction he wanted and Diya felt like hitting him.

"Sneaking up on people is also rude." She retorted, placing a hand on her heart that was beating rapidly.

He just continued to laugh, irking Diya even more.

"You're so... Ugh!" She groaned.

"I wasn't aware that ugh was an adjective."

If he kept talking she would definitely slap him.

"Don't you have a tent to go set up?" She asked him, trying to make him go away so she could think properly.

"I was actually planning on sleeping in your tent." He smirked and her eyes widened in mortification.

She placed her hands on his chest and shoved him which only caused him to laugh even harder.

"I'm kidding Jesus! Learn to take a joke will you?"

"I will kick you in the shin if you make one more of your obnoxious jokes." She threatened, holding up a finger at him.

Zayn was far from threatened. If anything, he was highly amused. But he still held up his hands in surrender. "Noted." He replied, backing away from her slowly.

She huffed, frustrated and annoyed. He could go from being the best company to the worst in the matter of a few seconds. If only he knew how to keep his mouth shut.

"Finally!" Jai shouted and Diya turned to see that he had managed to set up her and Kiara's tent.

"Thank God!" Kiara sighed in relief. "I can now lay down in peace."

"What? I don't get a thank you?" Jai asked. "Your lazy ass just stood there and watched while I did all the work."

Kiara stuck her middle finger up in response.

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The sun had set and everyone had gathered around a campfire.