Cruel {Zarry}

37

Tonight was Christmas Eve and Zayn patiently waited on Harry to arrive. It had been a little over a week since he had last seen him. A little over a week since he tasted his lips. After he dropped him off home from the resort they shared a long passionate kiss, since that day Zayn has been desiring those sweet pink lips on his. And tonight finally was the day he got to see his devil disguised as an angel again.

He told Liam and his parents about the idea of having Harry over for Christmas. After some discussion they finally agreed to let him stay a couple of days. That way the Malik's and Liam could keep an eye on him. To their surprise Harry agreed. Of course he did, he wanted to be as close as possible to his lover and as far as possible from his hater, his father.

"Li, do you think Harry will like his present?" Zayn asked from underneath the Christmas tree.

"Zayn my answer from-" he looked at his watch, "-exactly five minutes ago did not change. I'm sure he will love it."

"But what if he doesn't? What if he thinks it's stupid?" Zayn stood up. "And childish?"

"I promise he won't." Liam reassured him. "And if he does, well then he's the biggest idiot ever. I mean who wouldn't appreciate the amount of time and thoughts you gave it."

Tricia walked into the living room, with Yaser following behind her. "Good. You all are here." She took a seat on the couch and told the others to do the same.

"Since Harry will be arriving soon, I think it's necessary to go over some rules. For example, we can not fall for his fakeness. Neither shall we get too involved with him. You all will keep an eye on him, without getting too close. I already orderd the maids to not allow Harry behind the stove, we don't need him poisoning our food. At night we all will sleep with our doors locked. That means no sleeping in the same room, Zayn. One of us has to be with Harry at all times, we'll take turns. We can't let him alone to snoop around. Especially you, Yaser, make sure to lock the door to your study and do not talk about business in front of him. And last but not least, do not sign anything without reading it. Are we clear?"

"Why are you acting like he's some sort of criminal?" Zayn asked.

"Because he is." Yaser snapped.

"I went to a resort with him. We shared rooms, I literally slept next to him. He never once tried something." Zayn ignored his father.

"Yeah but now he has access to the inside of the Malik's Company. He can figure things out. Find out where our safe is, where we keep the company papers and report back to his family at home." Trica clarified.

"Mister Harry Styles just arrived at our front gate." One of the maids told us.

"Thank you." Liam stood up. "It's go time."

They all started to walk towards the front door when Zayn stopped them. "Wait. Don't you think it's a bit intimidating if we all went to greet him. Let me just quietly welcome him and prepare him to meet you guys. Stay here and try to act normal."

Zayn opened the front door and saw Harry getting out of his car. He couldn't help but smile. His heart starting pounding real fast. He could finally see his princess again.

"BABY!" Harry ran up to Zayn, once he saw Zayn standing. With his arms wide open he jumped right on top of him, making Zayn stumble back. Harry wrapped his legs around Zayn's waist and grabbed his face inbetween his hands. "I missed you. I missed you. I missed you sooo much." He repeated after kissing Zayn all over his face.

"I missed you too." Zayn spinned Harry around before hugging him tightly. "Oh baby I really missed you." He kissed him on his mouth. "And your sweet lips." Harry blushed.

"Now should I carry you inside, my princess?" Zayn playfully asked. It was then that Harry realised that he was still wrapped around Zayn. "Oh." He jumped off. "I-i am so nervous."

"Babe we have been over this. You are going to be fine."

"But what if they don't like me. What if they don't think I'm good enough to be dating their son, I mean I'm obviously aren't. But when it comes from other people, reality just hit you harder. You know, like, you can do so much better. Maybe we should break up-"

"Babe." Zayn interrupted him. "Don't ever say that. And if anything I am the one who is way out of his league here. They will be so proud if they see what type of partner I ended up with."

Harry kissed Zayn. "You are so sweet."

"Now come on." Zayn gave Harry a gentle push towards the door before ordering one of his servents to take Harry's luggage out of his trunk.

Before entering the living room, Harry stopped. He turned around and tried to walk away. Zayn grabbed his hand and turned him back around. "Remember, take deep breaths. You got this." He brought Harry's hand to his mouth and kissed it.

"Everyone, this is my boyfriend Harry." Zayn walked into the living room with Harry's hand still in his.

Tricia was the first one to stand up. She walked over and pulled Harry in for a hug. "Oh dear, it's so good to finally see you again. This one-" she gestured over at Zayn, "couldn't stop talking about you."

"It's nice to see you too, Mrs. Malik." Harry managed to say. His head redder than usual.

Up next was Yaser. He held out his hand and welcomed him.

"Harry, I want you to meet my bestfriend since day one, Liam. Seriously, I can't even remember when we became friends, we were so little." Zayn introduced Liam. "My brother from another mother, eventhough my real mother loves him more than me."

"There is no arguing in that." Tricia added.

Harry held out his hand. "Hi Liam. It's nice to meet you." Liam on the other hand went in for a hug. "Nice to meet you too, Harry. Seriously Zayn never stops talking about you. It's like he's obsessed or something." He jokingly whispered the last part.

"Okay enough. It's not roast Zayn-day today."

"We weren't even roasting you, a roast would have been us saying that we never thought you would bring someone home since you enjoyed doing the job with your hand too much."

Zayn's mouth fell open. Liam and Harry bursted out laughing.

And just like that Harry loosed up a bit and he started to be his real self. Making everyone around him feel comfortable.

So far Tricia's rules weren't a hit.