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sixteen

an: just going to mention, things are going to start getting a lot worse from here and a lot more toxic. so i think i'd feel better to put a little warning cause i'm not sure if some things would be considered abuse? this book wasn't meant to be abuse, toxic but not abusive but who knows, plots change all the time so, yeah gonna put a warning so that you guys can decide if you wanna read it.

and YES zayn and harry OVER react at little things, that's the point of the story, so that's why things in their relationship get so out of hand all the time. so bare with me, i know they are dramatic and it gets annoying, just bare with me please.

warning: light abuse (no one is getting beat up so no worries) and controlling behavior.

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zayn and harry only went downhill from that point on.

every little thing seemed to set either one of them off. they were walking time bombs at this point. the whole entire week, they were at each other's throats. for nothing at all and everything. if harry so much looked at zayn wrong, he was blow a fuse. if zayn spoke one word out of tone, harry would have a go at him. they were just explosive.

liam and loud noticed it, and even out niall on edge when he was around them. he didn't know too much about their relationship seeing as he just really joined in the group couple weeks ago, but when they were have a disagreement, niall was pretty tense. louis suggested they have time apart to settle down a little, but zayn and harry would swear they were fine and didn't need time apart.

it was getting worse and worse. today was probably about to take another turn. the group went to the skating rink, in order to just have a carefree fun day, and maybe lighten harry and zayn up since they'd been so bitter the past couple days. everything was starting off great. zayn and harry were acting like an actual coupe, holding hands kissing and everything, so it was great at the start.

harry and zayn were messing around on the rink floor. they were holding hands skating around the rink as they laughed and talked to one another. louis would pass them a couple times, with niall dragging behind and make a comment about how slow they were. liam would also pass them up and playfully push zayn, trying to make him fall.

"alright babe, i'm tired, i'm gonna go sit for a bit." harry says.

"you want me to sit with you?" zayn asked. harry smiles but shakes his head.

"no, it's okay. go hang out with liam, i'm sure he's dying for your attention." harry jokes. zayn pinches harry playfully on the butt, leaning in to kiss him. harry laughs, "i'll find you in a little." harry says.

zayn nods, "okay baby." harry skates back over to the sitting area, while zayn goes to find his friend, who definitely is the fifth wheel here. harry watched everyone skate around, resting his legs up on the platform. at one point he gets up to go buy a drink at the concession, in which zayn comes over a few times to steal a few sips.

harry hums and starts looking through his phone, head swaying slightly to the music playing loudly over the rowdy people at the skating rink. taking a few sips of his drink and laughing at funny memes on instagram posted by some friends from school. he was thinking about going back out to join zayn and the other again, but he was stopped when a stranger sat next to him on the platform. harry looks up to see a guy who looks around his age, who's sitting way too close.

"uh, hey?" harry says. the stranger smiles.

"hey, how are you?" he asked.