Zayn’s arms tightened around me when someone knocked on the door. My neck tickled from his breath and I couldn’t help myself to smile. I turned around and got greeted by his tiny sleepy eyes, still fluttering open.
‘Did you sleep well?” I asked teasingly. We were watching a movie, but he fell asleep during the first ten minutes.
“Funny” I adored the crinkles by his eyes and the way his lips tightened whenever he tried to stop his smile. The person knocked again, it would be Harley coming back from the supermarket. “Come in, it’s open.” but to our surprise nobody answered, nor did the door open. “Harley?” Zayn straightened his back and looked at me for a few seconds before frowning again.
“I”ll go” I said, kissed his lips and saw his eyes closing again. He lifted his arm so that I could stand up, but I bumped my head against his bicep. “Thanks” he chuckled but murmured the words ‘sorry babe’ anyway.
I sauntered to the front door in minimum speed. From the moment I touched the doorknob I knew there was something wrong, and I knew it for sure when my gaze met her exhausted, red eyes. My mouth shot open and before I could step behind I was pulled behind Zayn’s back. Jade’s deranged smile crept back on her face and I was sure I was going to faint if Zayn didn’t slap the smile of her face.
“I’m glad I see you two here together.” Her voice cracked. It looked like she haven’t slept for over a year. “I’m here for my revenge” she waited a few seconds to look at the way Zayn’s hand protectively wrapped around my waist. “obviously” Zayn closed the door, but she was already inside. “You have two options” she twirled around gracefully as Zayn stepped behind. “one” her dehydrated lips kissed the words she was whispering. “you” her index finger rested on Zayn’s chest as she came closer. His entire body shivered from her touch. “let your lovely Alexis come with me, and I promise she won’t suffer anymore.”
“No way in hell, Jade” His voice was deep and roared through the entire house. He turned around and looked into my eyes. There were tears streaming down my cheeks from seeing Jade. There were so much emotions wrestling their way through my body and I couldn’t even handle to stand. Zayn’s gentle fingers on my cheeks felt like needles in my brain and the sweet, soft butterfly kisses he was giving me felt like gunshots in my heart. “I won’t leave you” everything started to blur. “I’ll make sure she’ll go away” his voice was sweet but it seemed like he was screaming in my ear.
“Or, you”ll come with her. But I swear that you’ll regret that you have chosen that option.”
“We won’t come with you. You have taken everything already.” Zayn was mad and my tears were on his cheeks from the way he pressed his cheek against mine.
“But don’t you remember baby?” Zayn’s body contradicted again. “I want you. Haven’t you told your precious, adorable, little girl that you were the reason that she suffered so long?” He turned around to look at me again. My heart skipped a beat.
“Don’t listen to her. She’s lying.”
“So you didn’t tell her?” She started to walk around us, in circles. “You didn’t want to lose her after she finally gave herself to you huh?”
“We won’t come with you.” He was angry, and started to dial the number of the police.
“Darling, if you call the police you’ll end in jail and Alexis will come with me without conditions.”
“What did you do?” His fists started to shake.
“They’re looking for her, and the police knows you kidnapped her.”
“So, are you coming with me, darling? or do I have to force you.” She grabbed something from her back pocket and a few seconds later a black, small gun was pointing in my direction.
“Shoot me already.” my voice was fragile, but she heard me.
“I’m not going to kill you, what kind of person do you think I am?” She laughed and pulled the trigger after pointing at Zayn’s leg. A horrible, heartbreaking sound came out of Zayn’s mouth and my legs started to tremble even more. I fell on my knees and tried to do something about the bullet in his foot. But he didn’t want to stay still.
“Okay, okay take me already don’t shoot again” I pressed my face in the crook of his neck and stayed like that until Jade pulled me on my feet.
“She’s not going.” There was sweat dripping of his forehead and his pupils were bigger than normal. “without me” he was breathing heavily and tried to stand up but collapsed right after I begged him not to.
“You’re going to need to get that bullet out of your foot, love” Jade chuckled as he tried to get up again.
“She’s not going without me”
“Aight, aight.” She hauled us both to her car and basically threw us both in. There were no backseats, just a huge trunk.
Zayn was still cursing underneath his breath. I removed his sock but every time I moved it an inch it looked like he was dying. “Take it out already, take it out” his entire foot was covered in blood, it was a gigantic mess and my head started to feel a little to light to my liking. “please, Alexis” he moaned. I closed my eyes and started to get the thing out. I opened my eyes again and there was an entire hole in his foot.
“Zayn, this is not good” He pulled me down and snuggled his face under my chin. His arms tightened around my body and we laid there in silence, but not once did he relax his body.
“I love you, no matter what she tells you or what happens I love you, I always did” his whispering voice was like a medicine to this madness.
“I love you too, remember that please”
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SUFFERING // Zayn Malik AU
Short Story“In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?” ― Anne Rice
