The Athene Pact //. ziam [ oh hold ]

[ 5.]

[ hello :) ]

"You look happy..." Zayn commented as he watched his best friend slip in to the chair next to him. Josh, who was sat beside him, also let out a nod, shooting Louis a curious glare. 

"Well, I have a study date, I think it's a date anyway, and so do you" Louis answered with a bright grin. 

Zayn dropped the spoon that he was holding on to; it clattered loudly against his plate, the noise echoing around the almost empty lunch hall. Zayn gaped at Louis before he leaned forward on the table, eyes narrowed. 

"I...have a study date..." Zayn repeated, "With who exactly?"

"Oh, just Liam Payne" Louis shrugged. 

"What?" Josh asked, stepping into the conversation. He stared between Zayn and Louis, expecting a fight to explode any minute. 

"Alright" Zayn nodded, the glare in his eyes getting replaced by a mischievous glint instead. Josh, confused, let out an annoyed sigh as he turned his gaze towards Louis expecting some answers. Louis just rolled his eyes. 

"Zayn, here, came up with a solid scheme" Louis stated. 

"You don't sound too keen about it" Zayn said with a small frown- if anything Zayn thought Louis would be beyond happy with his scheme. After all it is a great way of humiliating the Athene house. 

"That's because I am not" 

***

"I can't believe, I am going through with this" Liam mumbled as they entered the library. Coming to the library and spending hours studying in there wasn't strange for him- what was strange was the fact that Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson were going to join him. And it was all thanks to Harry. 

Since last week, Liam hasn't seen Malik- not that he wanted to. He just couldn't get their last interaction out of his head; never, in his life had Liam expected those words to slip out of Malik's mouth. Not with the way their relationship worked. 

"You look good today"

Those words haunted him like plague- and Liam still couldn't make his mind up about them. He didn't know whether he wanted to hear more to those words or whether he wanted them to just fade away and leave him away. 

"It's going to be alright, Li. Louis and I are still going to be there" Harry said, pressing a comforting hand on Liam's shoulder. They chose a table right at the back-corner of the library avoiding the crowded tables. 

"Course, as if you two are even going to play any attention to me" Liam grumbled. Before Liam could do anything else- Harry let out a small yelp and waved his hand around frantically. Liam followed his gaze only to have his eyes lock with cold, golden ones. 

Great. 

He looked away before the small gesture could turn into anything more. Out of the corner of his eye, he could make out Tomlinson and Malik walking closer but he ignored them as best as he could, pretending to read the book that was laid out before him.

"Hey" 

Liam tapped his fingers against the wooden surface of the table as he tilted his head up. Just like before, his eyes fixed on a pair of golden ones but unlike before they weren't so cold anymore. Liam nodded slightly, choosing not to talk. As he averted his gaze back to the book, a hand pulled out the chair next to him and Malik placed himself down.

A bit too close for Liam's comfort but he didn't say anything. 

"So..." Zayn dragged out, a little annoyed. He tried not to explode and just scream at Payne- because come on, Zayn wasn't the most patient person on this earth and the way Liam was ignoring him, refusing to talk, just frustrated Zayn. 

Liam sighed and turned in his seat, closing the book shut- the words on the page were just blurring into mind now.  

"Let's get this straight, shall we?" Liam started off, "I don't even know why I agreed to this. But I clearly I don't want to be here and I am sure you don't eit-"

"Who said?" Zayn interuppted smoothly, his hand crawling towards Liam's ever so slowly. He stopped an inch before Liam's- averting his eyes back to Liam's only to have wide eyes stare back at him. 

"What do you mean? We both know, we don't get along. It's simple" Liam said, shrugging.

"Maybe I want to change that- maybe I don't want us to fight any more" Zayn commented with a small grin. He leaned back in his chair and looked at Liam, who still refused to look at Zayn. "So, tell me, Liam. What do you think?"

Liam jerked his head towards Zayn, lips apart. Zayn's eyes found their way towards his lips and damn, Liam did have amazing lips; perfectly full and red. Zayn would most definitely like to bite at them- until they looked broken and bruised. 

Snap out of it, Zayn. 

"What are you looking at?" Zayn almost snapped. Liam was still staring at him with those gorgeous brown eyes and it just complicated things up for Zayn- he couldn't think with them on him. 

"You called me Liam, you never call me Liam" Liam mumbled softly as he turned his head away, blush crawling up his neck as if he had just got caught admiring his crush. 

"Well..." Zayn dragged out, shrugging, "Just get used to it, babe"

[ hope this was okay, I tried. More Ziam in the next chapter...hopefully that will soon. ]

VOTE

COMMENT

FOLLOW

SHARE

:)

x