"What the heck?"
Zendaya and Tom were both facetiming. They would'nt be seeing each other until early May since Tom had spidey stuff to do and Zendaya had to film for KC Undercover. Both of them had a bit of free time in their day to sit down, relax, and talk to one another.
Z had Tom on pause during the Facetime. She was scrolling through Twitter trying to catch up on what was going on in the world when she came across some interesting articles.
Tom asked,"What happened?"
Z took a second to answer and said,"Hold on, let me screenshot this. I am sending it to you now."
"What is it?"
Zendaya went back to Facetime to see Tom's face. His hair was messy, but the good kind of messy. He didn't look tired. His phone was propped on something, so he wasn't holding it at the moment. He was sitting up on his bed with Tessa laying next to him.
"You'll see it when it gets sent to you. Have patience, Tommy."
He laughed and said,"You know, you're the only person who calls me "Tommy". Why?"
Z smiles and replies,"Because, everybody calls you "Tom". I don't wanna call you that. What would rather have me call you? Thomas?"
"I would rather have you call me Tom!"
Zendaya starts laughing just as a buzz comes Tom's phone. He grabs his phone and sees that Z's message was sent. He goes to iMessage and reads out loud what the message is.
"Oh, it's an article. Let's see...Tom Holland 'smitten' with Spider-Man co-star Zendaya Coleman..."
"Right?! This is terrible!"
Tom's face pops back up on Zendaya's phone.
"Yeah like who uses the word "smitten" anymore?"
Zendaya hits her forehead with the palm of her hand. This boy is going to be the end of her one day.
"That wasn't the point, Tom. People are talking about us. I don't want them to know that we're a thing yet."
In that moment, Tom knew that she was actually serious. They had both been together since November just a bit before Thanksgiving. Sure, he wanted to keep their relationship a secret. He didn't want everyone to know about them. It would catch a lot of unwanted attention.
However, there were times when Tom just wanted to tell the whole world. Tell the truth. Let everybody know that she was his girl.
"Look, Z, I get it. But, it isn't that bad. It's just one artic-."
Zendaya interrupts him and says,"But it isn't just one article. There are others on here, and many of our fans are starting to notice that."
"Yeah, but look. Your mom quoted one of the tweets with the different article on us telling people to mind their business. It's fine."
"Yeah, I saw, and I'm happy that she is helping, but at the same time, that might cause more rumors", said Zendaya trying to massage her temples.
Tom sighed seeing that she just won't relax herself. "Honestly, Zendaya, I think you're overreacting."
"No, I'm no-."
"But you really ar-."
"Tom, sto-."
"No, you need to cal-."
"I am calm. Seriously, Tom st-."
"You're making this whole situation more complicated than it needs to b-."
"Tom, stop! I mean it!"
Her shouting immediately made Tom's mouth close. He could see the anger in the eyes.
"I'm sorry that I am being problematic! I'm sorry that I am being annoying, dramatic, and acting stupid for caring about stupid articles that are about us, okay?! I just don't want to get our professional life and our relationship life mixed together. Tom, I fucking love you. I don't want our fame to ruin us."
Tom could see the tears falling from her eyes. Zendaya rarely ever cried and that made Tom feel ashamed in himself.
He made her cry. He made his own girl cry.
At first, he was angry. He wasn't sure why she wanted to keep them a secret. After hearing what she just said, Tom fully understands now why she doesn't want them to be public.
In the business that they work in, all that media and drama can ruin relationships. It has probably happened before to other big celebs. It could certainly happen to them.
Tom finally saw how much Zendaya really wanted to keep what they have alive. And it took him to see that through her crying on a Facetime call. It wasn't like he could go through the screen and hug her either.
Tom finally pushed his thoughts to the side and began to speak. "Look, Z. Come on, Z, look at me...Zendaya."
She had her head down in her hands to not show the tears that were falling down her face. She must've propped her phone on something while he was trying to get his thoughts in check. So, Tom called out the unexpected.
"Babe!"
Her head shot up and looked at Tom through her phone. "He has never called me that before..."
"I'm sorry, okay? I didn't mean to make you sad. I just wanted you to not get so stressed out about this. Yes, I do want to tell the whole world about us, but now that I know why you want to keep us a secret, I promise you that I'll keep this secret until you're ready. Even if that means forever."
Tom stared at her for a good five seconds. She was beautiful even with the tears falling down and eyes that were a little puffy and red.
"Just please don't cry, babe, alright? I'm sorry."
Zendaya wiped some of tears that were falling from her eyes and smiled at the one guy who truly makes her happy.
"I love you."
"Love you too, Tommy."
(A/N: This one was a bit sappy, but idgaf. Fun Fact: The article that I had Tom read in this is actually the name of a real article that you can find online. Legit, search "Tom and Zendaya" on google and go to the "news" icon. It's literally the first one that shows up on the screen.)
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Tomdaya One Shots
Fanfictiona bunch of one shots with tom holland and zendaya coleman