Tainted Redemption

Chapter fifty two

"What if I accidentally cut you?" I quietly said, sounding anxious.

He smiled, his lids were almost closed, head tilted back while he's waiting for me to shave his beard with an elegant crafted hand-razor which is a straight razor.

We're in the bathroom, and I don't know how we got our conversation onto shaving. He just said he needed to shave, I think.

"If you keep thinking about it, then it can happen, babe." He murmured, quite amused, sitting there on the cabinet.

"Zayn." I scold, he chuckled, making me sigh, "Let's say I do, would it hurt you bad and would you get mad at me?" I gnaw on my lip nervously, waiting for his reply.

He nodded, my face fell while he bit his lip, "I'll bite you." He teased, making me huff.

I hope he's joking.

He picked the shaving brush, gets shaving cream and hands me it.

Moving my hand around as I press the brush roundly on his beard, time by time putting a decent amount of shaving cream, he had tilted his chin up, I exhaled shakily, then pick the straight razor.

He waits patiently for me to calm my nerves.

My hand held the razor against his skin whereas Zayn is solemnly looking up at me, as if waiting for me to make a wrong move.

Since I felt my hands get shakier by the second, "Zayn, I told you, I'm not qualified for this." I stubbornly said, my eyebrows push together, he kept standing still, until I want to give up, grabbing my hand and pulling me back, his face constricts.

"It won't be the first time an accident happened while I was shaving, now come on, we ain't got all day."

Beginning to slowly press the blade near to his cheek, my gaze stuck on the action of my hands.

Zayn was also being calm, staring at me work.

In his stare I found love resonating.

It's befuddling really, how much we've been through, and lately I've felt like everything is where it should've been.

Once he noticed I was done, he took a towel, wiping the remains off of his face, he kept staring at me gently while his hands rubbed the towel on his cheeks for a while, his head leaned down.

I moved around the bathroom aimlessly, to not ogle at him. The shaving turned out decent, there's still a little stubble that remained.

"I'm going to be out for a while, think you can handle being alone, babe?" He questioned softly while he's taking a black button up, pushing his hands through the holes then rolling the sleeves up shortly after.

Today?

Today was my next ultrasound... I could tell him, but what if he misses it again.

I shrugged, "Yeah, sure."

His eyes squinted in thought, before he seemed reluctant, "I won't be gone for long..." He murmured whilst he's buttoning his shirt up.

"I know." I drawled annoyed, he rolled his eyes but he's smiling too.

Staring at my boxer shorts and singlet, mentally going over how I was going to lazy this day out in my pj's and eating crisps with mayonnaise until the appointment, I let him hug me.

.....

Since I had been bored out of my mind, and by every means wanted to get out of this house any second, I was pleased to greet my best friend who thought he'd be nice to surprise me with a visit.