vlog // ziam

ii. all that matters

Zayn hit the record button, and ran back to sit with Liam. The two sat next to eachother on the largest couch in their living room. The camera was positioned so that only their chests and above could be seen.

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"Hey guys! I'm here with Zayn! You probably already know who he is, but just incase you don't, the link to his channel is in the description." Liam said shakily, pointing downwards.

Zayn put his hand on top of Liam's to assure him that they were doing this together.

"So I guess this is uh... a kind of special video?? What do you think, Leeyum?" Zayn said, squeezing Liam's hand.

Zayn didn't seem worried at all. This isn't that big of a deal, Zayn thought. But to Liam, it was. He was going to come out to 3,514,643 people (Zayn was going to come out to 2,320,888 people). Both numbers increased by a few subscribers every minute- as Youtube was bigger than it had ever been.

Liam's thoughts were clouded by messages of hate. He could already see comments stating "fag!", homosexuality is a sin.", and "stop promoting your gay agenda." filling the comments section.

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Zayn frankly didn't care that much about what people thought. The amount of time he spent actually caring about hate was little to none. He always kept in mind while reading hate comments that he knew none of these people, and he would probably never meet them. These were people sitting in front of a computer (who don't know him at all either) typing hate for no real reason. Zayn only ever spent time reading into hate when people commented things like "terrorist!" Comments like that bothered Zayn, because it was about his ethnicity and his religion; something they most likely knew nothing about, and clearly didn't see the beauty of.

Liam however, overthought everything. Even the tiniest of hate comments like "not funny" or "unsubscribing" had Liam wondering if he did anything wrong.

Zayn had told Liam many times, "You can't please everyone, like, there's always gonna be that one person you can't impress. So you just have to move on with your life, or else it'll, like, tear you apart."

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"Yeah," Liam replied, still sounding nervous.

"I have an announcement- we have an announcement!" Zayn said cheerfully. He looked to Liam just to make sure he was ready.

"Zayn and I have been friends for a while now- you guys already probably know that. Anyways, that's not the point of this video.... Well I guess it's kind of related in a way," Liam went on like a nervous chicken without a head. Zayn gave a little giggle, because Liam was so darn cute.

"What I'm trying to say is that we've been more than friends actually..... I've found someone who makes me the happiest kid alive. And it's not a girl- it's the guy sitting next to me if you haven't already figured it out," Liam took a deep breath in relief.

Zayn smiled so bright, he probably could've blinded someone. He quickly grabbed Liam's shoulders and pulled him in for a kiss.

The camera was still recording, but they didn't care at all. Their lips moved in sync, and Zayn's arms moved around Liam's neck, deepening the kiss. Zayn couldn't help but smile throughout it- he loved Liam so much.

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In that moment, nothing mattered. There were no worries or cares- there was only love.