"I know"///ziam au

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*major time skip😭*

Liam excitingly opens his oldest son's bedroom door, peeking to find him passed out with the covers tangled with one leg and the other bent as if he was about to military crawl.

As the man bends down near the bed to shake at his newly six year old's shoulders, he earns a loud irritated whine kicking at his legs slightly.

"C'mon buddy, wakey wakey" the man murmurs more to himself, only to have Michael open his eyes in slits.

'Happy Birthday Mikey' The grinning brunette signs excitingly, causing his child to frown for a moment before sitting up.

Liam couldn't help but giggle as Michael looked even more thrown off as he sits up, his curly hair plastered in one side of his head as his red eyes look around the room.

The man makes sure to grabs his son's hearing aids, helping him put them on before awaiting the thumbs up signal Michael always gave him when their on.

"Happy birthday Mikey!" He shouts as soon as Michael gives him the signal, playfully tackling the little boy in his bed to tickle him.

"Daddy stop!" Michael squeals, giggling as he tries to smack at Liam's fingers digging into his ticklish stomach.

Finally when Liam stops, he makes sure to pepper his oldest with kisses before sitting up. "Happy birthday buddy, how're you feeling?"

"Like a kazillion dollars" "There's no such things as kazillion" Michael places his hand on Liam's lips, "This is my day dad, don't wuin it with your vocabulary"

The man scoffs, "When did you start using he word vocabulary?" "Because in smart dad, it's not my fault your dumb sometimes"

Liam sends him a look, "Go to the bathroom smartass" he says, earning a giggle from the six year old before climbing off the bed, stumbling into the bathroom.

For a moment Liam takes his time sitting on the bed, already tearing up at how much his son has grown and how he feels so old.

He wouldn't regret anything that's happened to his life, one of his greatest gifts was to see his little grow up so fast in front of his eyes.

It was like yesterday where Michael was waddling around with delight after Liam would playfully chase him, now Liam has to chase the six year old around so he could takes baths.

After getting him dressed and fixing his wild curly hair, Liam had carried his son down the steps on his back for old times sake.

"Birthday boy is here!" Zayn squeals as soon as he sees Michael, making sure to pepper his cheeks with kisses. "Happy birthday handsome, how does it feel to be six?"

"I feel like a man now," Michael says with a grin as Liam sets him down, the boy already heading over to peek at Karim who was sitting in his high chair babbling to himself loudly.

"Hi Kawim! It's my birthday" he tells his six month old baby brother, giggling as soon as the baby smiles widely trying to grab his hair.

"Mikey be careful, I think Karim is very fond of your curls, you don't want to lose them" Zayn says with a chuckle before motioning for him to sit at the table.

"Aw I feel bad because he's bald" "He's not bald, it's just his hair is taking time for it to grow. He did come out with a full head of hair like you did" Liam says with a fond smile as Michael gently rubs his hand on his brother's little hairs