Oops? ☯ Zouis Talik

Chapter Sixteen

[There was a delay with this chapter and I'm sorry. I was in Mexico and then I got (and still am) sick, so sorry if it isn't my best.]

 Liam remembers the day Louis introduced him to Zayn. It was the week they sang  "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" , they all went backstage after the show where their family members were. Louis had told the lads that none of his family could make it because his sister Lottie had a dance recital that night. Harry and Niall walked in first running straight to their mums, missing the stranger sitting awkwardly in the corner sort of tucked in to himself. 

Liam, like Harry and Niall, ran straight to his mum and sisters being fussed over. He was lost in his family he had forgotten that Louis was alone this week and shook off his sisters and looked around for Louis. When he found him he couldn't stop the smile the spread over his face. In front of him was Louis and a tan boy he'd only seen in pictures on Louis' phone, they were hugging each other tightly and slowly swaying side to side. He stared for a while before he started feeling like a creep and decided to go meet the guy Louis never shut up about.

"Oh Liam!" Louis smiled noticing his bandmate walking towards he and Zayn "You have to meet him, oh God. Liam this is Zayn my boyfriend, Zayn this is Liam Payne he's in the band with me he's really nice. Wow, he surprised me! My mum called him to say she couldn't come this week so he took the next train to London and he's here. I'm rambling but I can't stop I'm so happy Liam it's been six weeks I missed him." Louis paused to take a much needed breath and turned his attention back to Zayn cupping his face in his hands and peppering his face with kisses whispering 'I miss you's and I love you's' softly earning the attention of the two other boys and their families. 

Liam didn't say it then, he did later when the boys went to America together for the first time, but he thought LouisandZayn had the kind of relationship, the kind of love, people write about. The kind of love people spend their lives looking for but rarely find. He was convinced Louis and Zayn were soulmates. 

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Zayn thoroughly explained to the twins who Louis was, Elijah took it well crawling across the bed and into Louis' lap so he could hug him tightly Damian however, was a bit more stand-offish crawling over to where Zayn was and sat between his knees silently scowling at Louis as he held Elijah tightly.

"What's wrong D?" Zayn whispered noticing his sons change mood change

Damian didn't respond he just crossed his arms over his chest and pouted.

"Damian..." Zayn warned

"Louis will leave too." he muttered in response not as a question but as a statement. He was convinced that since Louis had been gone this whole time he'd just leave again. He didn't want to become close to him like he was with Alex because when Alex left it really hurt him, mainly because he didn't get to say goodbye.

Zayn sighed and pulled the blue eyed boy in to a hug because he understood why he felt that way in all honesty, he felt the same as well.

From the other side of the bed Louis was holding Elijah you had fallen back asleep in his arms and silently watching the scene between Zayn and Damian. It broke his heart because although he hadn't been there for the past three years and eleven months of their lives, he had obviously effected them. His absence hurt them.

He switched Elijah around in his arms so he could scoot over towards Zayn and Damian and hesitantly placed his hand on Damian's shoulder. "Damian, I know I wasn't around but I promise-"