Imaginary (Niam, Ziall, Ziam, Larry fanfic)

Part 18

Zayn

Zayn wasn't sure why he did it, but in the end he was glad he did. When Liam thought he had left he stayed up in the tree outside Liam's bedroom window. He didn't know where he was supposed to go now. He knew he needed to find Niall's parents but he didn't know where to start.

Zayn sometimes felt torn between his emotions. Sometimes he felt completely human and showed human like emotions and then his demon side would come out with anger and rage. He felt his demon side had opened up full force in Niall's bedroom and now that it had resided he felt guilt and remorse for what he said. He stood on the tree branch watching Liam break down crying. Zayn felt like the minute he became a demon his heart was extracted from his ghostly body and desilicated in the fires of hell.

He watched Liam leave his room. He left his door open to the hallway so Zayn scooted closer to the window on the branch and tried to see where Liam had gone. He saw Liam went to the bathroom, probably to clean himself up Zayn thought. Though Zayn's attention was quickly back on Liam when he came back into his room and quickly began rummaging through his desk. Zayn now had his forehead resting on the window pane trying to see what Liam was looking for. It's when he saw Liam pull out a pair of scissor and return back to the bathroom, all while crying was when Zayn got a bad feeling in his gut. Was Liam going to hurt himself? Did he actually take what Zayn said to heart? Zayn was beginning to panic.

Zayn realized the longer he sat on the tree branch staring into an empty room the more time he was wasting away. He quickly scooted back over to the still open window and crawled back into Liam's bedroom. He made his way out of Liam's bedroom and over to the bathroom door where he leaned his ear against the door before he just barged in. He heard the faint words of "Goodbye Niall" and began immediately turning the door handle to find it was locked. He took a deep breath and walked through the door of the bathroom and gasped when he saw the scene in front of him.

Liam was lying unconscious in a pool of his own blood on the cold tile. The razor blade was still loosely sitting in his hand. Zayn quickly knelt down on the floor next to Liam and started feeling for a pulse. His pulse was there but it was slow and faint. Liam had to be alive still in order for Zayn to heal him. He went to work picking up Zayn's wrist and rubbing his thumbs over the cuts. He watched as the cuts slowly began to heal. He put that wrist down and picked up the other one and did the same thing. Even though he stopped the bleeding, Zayn knew Liam still had lost a lot of blood. He knew there was only one way to heal a person's full body, which was through a kiss. Which honestly Zayn didn't know who decided these rules but he thought they were pretty fucking dumb. It couldn't have been just a hand to the forehead or maybe just a touch to the cheek. No it had to be lip to lip contact, and long enough for the healing to take effect on the whole body.

As much as Zayn didn't want to do this he knew he was running out of time and even if he hated the guy he couldn't let Liam die. All the stuff he had said to Liam earlier was bullshit. Niall would never forgive Zayn if he was the cause of Liam's death or if he had encouraged it. In this moment his human qualities outweighed his demons.

He hovered his body over Liam's body and slowly leaned his head in close to Liam's face. He stared at his lips for a brief moment before surging forward and connecting their lips together. He didn't move his lips at all he just kept them connected as he felt Liam's body begin to fill with life again. Zayn kept his lips on Liam's for a full minute till he could see the color return to his face. He knew Liam wouldn't wake up for a while till his body had fully healed itself.

He got up and stepped over Liam and looked in the cabinet for some rags. He found a pile and began wetting them at the sink. He brought the wet cloths over to Liam and knelt down again. He began wiping the blood away from Liam's body and around it. Zayn would worry about the blood on the floor later for now he was just focused on Liam. He stripped Liam of his Jumper and Jeans and left his boxers on. He was thankful none of Liam's family members were upstairs so they wouldn't see their half-naked son floating in midair as Zayn carried Liam back to his room and set him in his bed. He laid his body under the covers and then tucked him in to ensure he stayed warm. Zayn then went back and cleaned up the rest of the blood that was all over the bathroom floor so it was like the incident had never happened. He went through several rolls of toilet paper to clean up the blood then flushed it down the toilet so no one would ever know. When he was done he went to sit back in Liam's room and wait from him to wake up.

Liam didn't wake up till 4 a.m. He began to toss and turn in his bed before sitting straight up in a sheer panic. He then began frantically rubbing his fingers over his wrists. His mouth opened in a tiny surprise and a small "Oh" came out of his mouth. Liam's body jumped when Zayn stood up from the floor and began making his way over to Liam's bed.

"What the fuck are you doing back here? What the fuck did you do to me?" Liam hissed into the dark room.

"Well as a matter a fact I saved your life." Zayn took a seat at the foot of the bed with his legs dangling over the side.

"Why on Earth would you do that? You were the one who told me I should kill myself in the first place." Even in the dark Zayn could see the daggers Liam's eyes were glaring into his skull and Zayn thought he had every right too.

"Look I know you won't believe me, but after I left I thought about what I said and I'm really sorry about that. I didn't mean it. I don't want you dead and Niall would have my head if he knew I was at fault for something happening to you."

Liam's face seemed to soften a little but he still looked defensive. "How did you know I needed saving anyways after you left?"

"Because I never actually left. I watched you from outside your window in the tree thinking about what I had said. I saw you go into the bathroom with scissors and got worried. I was honestly shocked with what I saw when I found you though. I thought I had already lost you at first."

"Yeah it was probably a gruesome site for someone to walk in on I reckon."

"Yeah you nearly scared me to a second death." Zayn said playfully punching Liam's arm. Liam chuckled at that one.

Then Liam's face turned serious again and he look Zayn straight in the eye's. "Thank you."

Zayn smiled a little at this then turned away. "You're welcome." They both looked anywhere but each other. Zayn was thankful Liam would never know he kissed him in order to save his life. As far as Zayn was concerned no one needed to ever know that but him.

"So I guess we need to find Niall's parents then." Liam began getting out of his bed but Zayn stopped him.

"No we'll do it tomorrow, you need to rest."

Liam just nodded and got back under his covers. "what are you going to do while I sleep?"

"I'm going to start googling on your computer where's Niall's parents might be and search through phonebooks so hopefully when you wake up we'll have and address."

Liam laid down in his bed and rolled over on his side so he was facing Zayn who was now standing and go back to his spot on the floor. "Thank you again Zayn." He said softly.

"Don't get mushy on me Liam go to sleep." Zayn didn't mean for it to come out as harsh as it did but he didn't want Liam to think they were friends now. Liam knew just as well as Zayn that once they found Niall someone was ultimately going to get hurt and Zayn didn't want it to be him.