mute • ziam ✓

14

2015
liam, 18
zayn, 22

"zayn wake up!" zayn groans, head rolling onto his pillow as he mumbles a, "just five more minutes." in his sleepy voice.

scotty rolls his eyes, "it's after one in the afternoon and it's your birthday. you know what you should be feeling?"

"don't you dare." and then in came niamh and the intro to taylor swift's '22' from her phone speaker. "ugh, turn it off!"

"c'mon man, it's your birthday! this is no way to celebrate it."

zayn sits up, then furrows his eyebrows as he realises something is missing, or in fact someone. "wait, why is it you waking me up and not liam? where is he?"

"uh, i don't know man. we got here and he was no where to be found. you haven't seem him at all today? oh wait, no cause you're still in bed." scotty chuckled while zayn was still confused.

"hey, i'm sure he's just run out somewhere and didn't want to wake you from your beauty sleep because he knows how you get. or, you probably don't care if he wakes you up because it's liam but you know." niamh added.

"ah yeah yeah." zayn checks his phone, seeing that there was in fact messages from liam:

lee-yum🤤💛
happy 22nd birthday to the best boyfriend ever! 😘❤️

lee-yum🤤💛
are you feeling... 22? 😇

lee-yum🤤💛
i love you so much and i'm sorry i've yet to see you at all today :(

lee-yum🤤💛
come to this address though at about 8pm, you won't regret it!

lee-yum🤤💛
dress however you want btw bc you look good in anything 🤤

zayn chuckled at liam's messages, quite curious now as to what he could have been occupied with all day. nonetheless, he thanks him and agrees. "so he did text, seems like he's up to something."

"huh, i wonder what? so b-day boy, how does it feel to be another year older?" zayn shrugged as they make their way to the kitchen, where he got out orange juice and some leftovers, "the same, literally the same."

"well here, this is from both niamh and i." scotty gets out of the room and comes back with a big box. "bro, you know we don't do birthday presents." scotty tutted, "i don't care. plus it's not just from me, and niamh wouldn't take your 'no presents' for an answer." niamh hummed in agreement.

zayn just opened the boxed gift, which was filled with new art supplies and canvas', because zayn was running out as his supplies were getting warn out as well. "thanks guys, i appreciate it!" zayn thanked them, giving him a bro hug and giving a hug and kiss on the cheek to niamh. "yeah no worries, i was sick of looking at you using those warn out supplies."

they laughed and zayn looked at his phone again, seeing some other notifications from before who were wishing him birthday wishes, even from people he hadn't heard from in ages.

"well, it's time for me to go. see you guys later and happy birthday again, zee!" niamh quickly spoke and ran out the door.

"is she.. okay?" scotty laughed at zayn's concern, "yeah sure. now, let's go spend some time with louis, the bitch is too lazy to make his way over here."

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when looking up where the address was on the maps, it was only a five minute drive. gazing out the window when he arrived, it looked as it is was a pub. going inside, there was a bar, multiple seats and a stage, where everyone that was seated faced.