Zayn Malik Imagines

Zayn's Heartache

You opened you eyes to the sound of ringing behind your back. Turning over in you bed, you squinted your eyes as the bright light from your phone blinded you.

"Hello?" You answered groggily, wiping your eyes, not sure who was calling or why in the middle of the morning.

"Hey- This is Niall..." the voice on the other end said.

"Ni," You sighed, glancing to the clock on your bedstand, "It's 2:30 in the morning..."

"I know and I'm sorry, but this is really important," Niall whispered in his Irish accent, "It's about Zayn. And I'm really worried..."

At the mention of Zayn's name, you became more alert and sat up in your bed to turn on your bed lamp.

"What's wrong with Zayn?" you asked in a worried tone. "Is he okay?"

"I'm afraid not..." Niall's voice hesitated.

"Niall, tell me everything," you pleaded, feeling your heart start to race.

"Okay... Well, ever since we left for tour over a week ago," Niall started, "Zayn hasn't been eating very much, he never gets enough sleep and we can all see he's mentally and physically exhausted. He's basically dead without you right now and only fake smiles when he has to."

A knot in your throat formed when you tried to swallow your tears after hearing Niall's words.

"And... This has been going on the whole time after you guys left?" you breathed out with fear.

"He was fine until around the second and third day in... Things just started going downhill from there," Niall explained.

"Why didn't anyone call me sooner?" You asked with small tears running down your cheaks as you ran through your hair with your other hand.

"Im sorry! We thought we could handle it but... It's been getting worse every day and we decided to call you since he's actually taking a short nap right now," Niall murmered on the other end. "Liam has booked a flight for you already, so you can leave tomorrow morning to see him by tomorrow night! He's really bad... You need to come."

"I will," you promised, "I'll talk to you soon." You sighed and closed your eyes as your body started to tremble from silent sobs after hanging up your phone.

Pulling your knees up to your chest, you buried your head and started to cry harder, letting the tears flow freely. You can't believe what Niall had told you about Zayn barely sleeping or eating. Indeed, you felt the same way without him here, but you guessed it was much harder for him. You missed Zayn so much. You just hoped he was okay.

*~*~*~*~*

"Zayn!-" You half sob, half call out when you saw his figure outside the airport building.

Without hesitation, you both ran into each other's arms and you let his arms wrap around your torso tightly as you buried your head into his chest. You began to cry from not only happiness to be with him but because you were just so worried about his condition.

"I've missed you so much," choked Zayn as he stroked your hair and held you close. After a few minutes of hugging and crying, you finally pulled away to wipe your eyes and noticed that Zayn's whole face was bright red from crying as well.

That's when you noticed the bags under his hollow eyes and how thin he has become since you last saw him.

"I'm sorry, Zayn," you apologized, wiping your tears from your eyes.

"What- What do you mean, sorry?" he asks you, a small hiccup forcing it's way in through his voice.

"I'm sorry you've been through all this..." you started to say, not knowing how to put your words. "Niall and Liam told me everything."

"Don't worry about me, love," Zayn stated, rubbing your shoulders gently. "I'm fine now that you're here."

You smiled at each other as he looked right into your eyes.

"And you will be for the rest of the tour too," you added, smiling.

"What do you mean?" Zayn asked, looking puzzled at you and then to the rest of the boys who were all smiling just as bright.

"I... I'm staying for the rest of the tour with you guys," You grinned, taking hold of Zayn's hand. You laughed with happy tears in your eyes as you watched your boyfriend's face fill up with excitement and tears of joy.

"You have no idea how happy I am to hear that," he exclaimed, engulfing you into a bear hug again as you kissed his cheek.

"Thank you so much," he whispered in a deep voice after pulling away.