One month later
"You know, if you weren't a faggot we'd actually make a really cute couple" Camila says as she grips tighter onto Zayn's hand.
"Maybe if you were more of a decent human being and not human trash that coulda been possible" Zayn whispers back as he tries to loosen his grip.
Zayn currently finds himself at the beach with Camila, walking in the sand hand in hand as a man in the distance continues to take these "candid" photos of them. Sarah hired him to take photos of them to spread out in the media.
The camera man puts his thumb up, and that means that he needs a picture of them looking loved up.
Sighing, Zayn stops and grabs Camila, and turns her to him.
"Hug me" he tells her, and she does so.
The man takes more pictures, and Zayn starts to get bored until he feels Camila's hand going down his shorts.
He immediately steps away, shock and anger evident in his face.
"What?" Camila says coyly, trying to stifle her giggles.
"Don't fucking do that" Zayn says angrily, pulling out the cigarette he had tucked by his ear.
He grabs his lighter from his pocket and lights the cig, inhaling the smoke deeply.
He breathes out, letting the cigarette calm him down.
"Ew, no. Nope, not around me buddy" Camila says, grabbing the cigarette out of Zayn's mouth and throwing to the ground, stepping on it.
"What the fuck?" He says angrily. Smoking was the only way he could deal with being on a date with her.
"You'll thank me later when you aren't dying of cancer, dumbass. I can't believe your butt buddy Liam hasn't made you stop" Camila says as she approaches Zayn once more and hugs him.
"Don't you fucking dare mention Liam ever again" he says, practically seething at this point.
"Yeah yeah" Camila says, dismissing him. "Uh oh, look what sign the camera man is making" she says singing.
Zayn looks to the camera man and he's holding up a peace sign, meaning the thing he hates doing the most – kissing Camila.
Zayn cringes but nonetheless looks at his fake girlfriend.
She's smiling in an unpleasant way and its making Zayn feel uneasy.
Camila makes the first move by wrapping her arms around Zayn's neck, and plopping her lips on his.
He does his best to not look disgusted, but it's so hard to when it's not Liam who's doing this to him.
He loosely grabs her waist to make their kiss seem genuine, and as he's about to pull away she tightens her grip around his neck and slips her tongue into Zayn's mouth.
Zayn automatically pushes her off him, glaring at her. He swears she's the most hateful and revolting person he's ever met.
"What?" Camila says feigning innocence.
Zayn rolls his eyes at her, and pulls out his phone to text Liam.
But he notices Liam hasn't responded to the text he sent him last night.
Lately Liam hadn't been answering his texts as frequently, or will reply with a few words making Zayn feel a bit worried, but he brushes it off. He decides he'll call Liam once he's home.
The camera man approaches Zayn, and tells him he's got all he needs.
"Camila, time to go" he says, and walks away.
"Wait! Aren't you gonna take me home?" She asks running up next to him.
"Nope, you can Uber yourself home, I've got things to do" Zayn says as he walks faster away.
"Fuck you!" he hears Camila say as he walks away.
He finally makes it to the parking lot where he sees Louis waiting for him inside his Bentley.
He approaches the car and gets in, saying hello to Louis.
"What's wrong man? You look irritated" Louis says as he starts driving, heading to Zayn's house.
"Fuckin' Camila, that's what. She's a pain in my ass. I don't know how to put up with her anymore."
"She's really that bad?" Louis asks him.
"Hell yeah man, she'd drive you fuckin' insane. I couldn't wait to finish that fuckin' pap sesh, I need to get home and call Liam'
"He's your best stress relief" Louis says chuckling. During their hour drive back home, Zayn can't stop thinking about Liam and how much he desperately wants to see him and hold him. He knows Liam is a bit busy with school, so he can't be too impatient with Liam's lack of communication.
They finally get to the house and Zayn gets out of the car, going inside the house and straight to his room.
He sits on his bed and calls Liam, wanting to hear his voice so desperately.
"Hello?"
"Hi baby. How are you?" Zayn says smiling.
"Good." Liam answers brusquely.
"Is everything okay babe?" Zayn says, felling a bit concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry I can't really talk right now Zayn. I'll call you tomorrow goodnight" and before Zayn can reply Liam hangs up.
Zayn feels upset, but he tries brushing it off.
He opens his music app and decides to listen to Big Sean's new album to clear his head.
He lays on the bed, and closes his eyes. He feels his phone vibrate, and he hopes its a text from Liam.
Unfortunately, it's from Sarah asking him to upload a picture of him and Camila.
He replies back "🙄" and opens Instagram. Sarah made him follow Camila, and since he only follows 10 people he sees her posts frequently.
He selects a picture and uploads it, immediately logging out of Instagram and Twitter.
He goes to his notepad, and continues to write down more lyrics.
cop radio screaming
noise and tears
death on the TV
and then there's you
It's fucked, it's crazy
i can't concentrate
i just see your outline
mhmmm
back where we left off,
watch you take your dress off
I've been by myself rememberjng you
He puts the notepad away, and tries falling asleep, secretly hoping everything with Liam is okay.
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AN: took a long break from this book but I've decided to finish it!!
any clues on why Liam is acting weird?
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Cruel (ziam) // shortstory
Fanfiction"In all this bitterness you stay so sweet. Its such a cruel world, saving all my love for you.. it's such a cruel world, maybe I found something good" Where Zayn is being closeted and losing his mind but Liam is there to keep him sane and grounded. ...
