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15: N ever Been Like This

Eight days later on Saturday, Zayn wakes up in Harry's bed. He's already learned that Harry wakes up first. So when he looks down and sees that Harry is facing him with his eyes closed, he rolls his eyes.

"I know you're only pretending to be sleep and that you were looking at me." He says softly.

And it's then that Harry opens one eye to peek up at him.

"Aha, yeah. I knew you were awake. You're not sneaky enough."

Harry smiles and pulls him down with him.

"Harry, be careful. My elbow."

"Oh, right. Sorry." He says.

Though Zayn is still required to wear his sling throughout his daily activities, yesterday's doctor's visit revealed that he didn't have to wear it to bed anymore.

"How is it feeling?" He asks.

"Better. So nice not having to sleep with the sling."

"Hm, yeah. Too bad we can't really kiss things better. Because I would if we could. I'd kiss you all over."

"I bet you would. Now tell me why you were pretending to sleep when I woke up. You don't have to pretend to sleep."

"Yes I do."

"No you don't."

"I do. Can't let my boyfriend think I'm a creep for watching him while he sleeps, now can I?"

Zayn chuckles. "I don't think you're a creep for-" He stops midway through his sentence. "What did you just call me?"

"My boyfriend." Harry says without hesitation.

Zayn sits up to look at him. "Wow."

"What?"

He shakes his head and looks down. "Nothing. It's just... it feels weird hearing you say that."

"Why?"

"Because it's something I've been wanting to hear you call me. But I never thought I would actually hear it."

Harry turns sideways and props himself up on his elbow but uses his free hand to place it over Zayn's hand. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"This thing that we have. This relationship. The past few months we talked a lot about who you belonged to versus who you wanted to belong to."

"Yeah."

"And there was a lot of anticipation from us both. We went through an emotional rollercoaster to get here."

"I know."

"So I just want to know. Now that you have me exclusively. Is it everything you thought it would be like? You know... This isn't underwhelming, is it?"

Zayn reaches out and he overlaps Harrys' hand with his second hand. "No. To tell you the truth, it's still overwhelming. You saw me just now. The way I reacted to you calling me your boyfriend. If that doesn't tell you I'm still overwhelmed then I really don't know what could classify."

Harry giggles close mouthed. "Well, I'm glad you feel that way. Because waking up with you in my bed every morning is still a bit overwhelming for me too."

"Is that why you keep waking up and staring at me every morning?" He teases.

Harry facepalms. He's slightly embarrassed but he can't help it. Seeing Zayn's beautiful face every morning feels like a dream. He's never been able to do that until now.