Liam frowns as he hears the all to familiar voicemail message once again and drops his phone onto the couch just as Keira slides into the room. "Where Papa?" the two year old asks and Liam frowns shaking his head and scooping his daughter into his arms.
"Papa must still be working at the gallery, so it's just you, me and Kendall tonight" Liam responds cheerfully, "again" he mumbles under his breath, as he carries the giggling two year old towards the kitchen, settling her into her high chair before he turns to hunt for her twin brother, finding him not too far away 'hiding' behind a lamp, and giggling. "Where could Kendall possibly be?" Liam hums as he pretends to look around for the toddler, "I guess he doesn't want any dinner, oh well" Liam adds on, chuckling when he hears a gasp, before Kendall jumps out of his hiding place.
"I here Daddy" Kendall giggles and Liam grins scooping him into his arms.
"Oh good I thought I'd lost you" he sighs and Kendall grins hugging his daddy tightly.
"Papa home?" Kendall asks in between bites of his macaroni that Liam made, and Liam swallows as he shakes his head.
"Not yet Bud, you just eat okay" Liam hums and Kendall pouts but goes back to shovelling his food into his mouth.
"Daddy sad" Keira pouts.
Liam turns to grin at her, "no of course not. Daddy's got his two favourite monsters, how could he be sad?" Liam answers. And it's not a lie, he's not sad, not in the slightest, if anything he's angry with the other man. Zayn hasn't been home in almost three weeks. Liam knows he goes away frequently and leaves Zayn alone at home with the kids, but it's kind of his job, and he at least answers his phone whenever Zayn calls, unless he's on stage. Even then Liam's been known to answer a call from his husband and kids because the fans love it, love his and Zayn's relationship and have fallen in love with their two kids, soon to be three. But Zayn's just been gone, leaving before the kids are awake and not coming home until the middle of the night.
At first Liam understood, really he did, because Zayn was working on a new high profile piece for the gallery and the kids kept interrupting him. It had actually been Liam's idea for him to go and work at the gallery until it was finished. What he didn't count on was Zayn staying there all day everyday, even for a week after he finished his piece. "Daddy, we done" Kendall calls, snapping Liam out of his thoughts.
"You ate it all?" he asks furrowing his eyebrows and both kids nod.
"Yes, go play" Keira insists pointing towards the living room. Liam chuckles and stands up to help the twins get down.
"Daddy's going to clean up, you two don't get into trouble" Liam warns and the two year olds nod before they run out of the room. Liam watches them go before he starts clearing the table, loading the dishes into the dishwasher and wiping down the counters, stove, and table.
Liam's just finishing putting a plate in the microwave for Zayn when he hears the door open and close again, could Zayn possibly be home before bedtime? "UNCLE LOUIS!" Kendall and Keira cheer in unison and Liam's face falls, before he plasters a smile onto his face, heading out to see his best mate turned manager, and make sure he's not here on business.
When Liam rounds the corner he sees not only Louis but Harry as well, "hey what are you guys doing here?" Liam asks.
Louis turns to look at him, "we actually just came to check in" he shrugs and Liam nods as Keira demands Harry pick her up and Kendall wraps himself around Louis' legs.
"I'm fine, no need to check in here" Liam answers, plastering a fake smile on his face. Louis reaches down to scoop Kendall into his arms as he arches an eyebrow at Liam.
