Bittersweet (Zayn Malik AU)

Chapter Four.

"You tell me everything."

"What?" I spluttered.

"You tell me everything that Tyler's done to you. I mean it, Delilah. Otherwise I will walk out of this door and beat the shit out of him." Zayn said firmly. I saw determination in his brown irises, so I knew he meant every word.

"I," I began.

"Yes?" He said impatiently.

I glared at him. How could he make me choose? He was supposed to make me laugh and simply forget about everything. I didn't want to spend the day talking about Tyler. But on the other hand, if he went to go beat up Tyler then Tyler would find out that Zayn was here. The green-eyed monster would come out and next thing I knew, I was locked in the cellar for another week.

"OK fine." Zayn grumbled, walking through the door and was halfway through the corridor before I realised what he was going to do.

"Zayn!" I ran after him and before I realised what I was doing, I leaped onto his back.

He fell forwards -clearly taken by surprise- with me landing on his back.

He groaned. "Fucks' sake Lilah," his voice was muffled by the carpet.

A small smile crept onto my face. "How does the carpet taste?"

"Delicious. Dust, with a hint of spilt coffee." I giggled, despite the throbbing on my head. He began to giggle too.

"Are you going to get off me then?"

"Maybe."

"Ha-Ha." Suddenly, he was stood up and his arms were wrapped tightly around my waist, my hands on his chest. I gasped at our sudden close proximity. He had a tiny smirk on his face, his honey-coloured eyes twinkling mischievously.

"Damn vampires." I grumbled, moving away from him and walking back towards the flat. I heard him laugh behind me -probably hearing what I said- and I struggled to keep my own smile off my face.

I immediately hopped into the shower as soon as I got back to the apartment. Washing away all of todays' events. I winced as I washed the blood out of my hair and watched as the water turned a light shade of pink.

I threw on a pair of loose sweatpants and a shirt. Tying my hair up into a ponytail, I wiped all traces of makeup of my face. A burning smell flooded my nostrils as I walked towards the kitchen.

Zayn was tugging the bread out of the toaster, cursing as he burnt his fingers. I stifled a giggle as he sucked on his finger grimly, narrowing his eyes at the toaster. He opened the cupboard to grab more bread, but groaned when he realized that there wasn't any. He ran a hand through his hair, messing his quiff up. He rummaged through the cupboards, cursing to himself.

"There's nothing to eat Li and I burnt the last of the fucking bread." He suddenly boomed. I jumped in shock and banged my toe against the coffee table, causing me to shriek. Zayn chuckled as he watched me nurse my poor toe.

"You're so clumsy," He laughed.

I glared at him. "Bitch," I muttered. I knew I wasn't making any sense by calling him that but I didn't care. He laughed harder upon hearing the name I called him and I couldn't help the wide smile tugging at my lips. His laugh was contagious.

"You burnt the bread? Smooth." I snickered.

He rolled his eyes. "Shall we order pizza then?"

The smirk dropped off my face. I had no money; Tyler wouldn't even let me have a credit card. I had to ask him for everything, so if we ordered pizza then Zayn would have to pay for it and I didn't want that.

"No, let's not. I'll see if I can make something to eat," I opened the fridge and noticed there was eggs. Perfect. However, when I glanced at the sell-by date, I realised it's been off for a week.

Throwing it into the bin with a scowl, I turned around to face Zayn. That was when I noticed how ill he looked. His lips were chapped and dry, his eyes weren't as bright as they normally were and he looked incredibly tired.

"No eggs then?" He teased, "I'm ordering pizza; eggs are nasty anyway." A smile was playing on his lips, but his eyes looked exhausted.

"Are you feeling okay?" I asked him timidly.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just hungry," He turned away from me.

And that was when it hit me.

"Hungry?" I repeated, "For blood or food?" He froze, confirming I was right.

"I-I need to go," He -without looking at me- quickly slipped on his Converses. I stopped him from leaving by grabbing his arm for the second time that day.

"Zayn," I murmured. He shrugged me off but stayed standing.

"Look at me." He slowly turned around to meet my eyes and I was certainly surprised when I saw his brown irises glistening with tears.

"Go on," He sniffed, "Go ahead. Tell me that I'm a monster, an animal. Tell me that you hate me and you don't want to see me. Go ahead."

"Zayn..." I trailed off and wrapped my arms around his waist. He was my best friend and it hurt to see him hurting.

He timidly stroked my head, still expecting me to reject him.

"Zayn, I don't give two fucks' if you're a vampire. C'mon, my boyfriend is a vampire! You're one of my closest friends and I could never hate you. You're not a monster or an animal; you're a beautiful person inside and out," I rambled. Pulling away from the hug, I was happy to see a small smile on his lips. He studied my face, looking like he was trying to figure something out.

"The thing is Li," He began, "I can't even hang out casually with a friend without eventually craving blood. I can't act normal, I can't be normal. I hate it, I really do. I hate being a vampire."

"Za-"

He cut me off. "There's a Dominos' around the corner right? I'll grab the pizza, lock the door behind me,"

"I'll go with yo-"

"No." He stalked towards the door, shouting over his shoulder for me to lock the door. I did as I was told, head spinning.

Zayn always seemed so strong. Despite the mysterious aura he held he seemed so easy to read. Clearly, there was more to Zayn than meets the eye.

He was more vulnerable than I originally thought, for one thing.

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Wrote on the 15/02/2015

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