table for two // ziam

five

Liam left the coffee house with Zayn's number scribbled on a napkin and ever since that night they've been texting nonstop.

A week later and Zayn is now pacing the hallway of his flat for the hundredth time.

"Why are you stressing so much? You obviously have a connection with this guy, I mean for gods sakes you both love the the same things," Zayn's friend Perrie says in the kitchen.

"Yeah but it's not that simple, what if-"

"Zayn," Perrie says. She walked out of the kitchen and takes a hold of his shoulders. "Relax. Now come in here and eat the food I slaved over." She smiles.

"I thought you ordered chinese?"

"And? I had to call then go pick it up and..."

Zayn laughs. "Fine, fine lets go eat."

//

"Louis?" Liam asks as he watches his best friend play Fifa with intense concretion.

"Yeah mate?"

"I-I've got a date. With a guy that I met..."

Louis pauses the game. His head turns slowly around to face Liam's anxious looking eyes. "You what?" He drops the controller and completely abandons the game on the screen for the juicy information about Liam and his date.

"Tell me tell me tell me!" He shouts smiling like a 5 year old girl. So Liam tells him. From arriving to the restaurant to looking into Zayn's eyes, even their long conversation they had when he told him that his date stood h up.

"You know I still feel so bad Li, me and Niall didn't mean that to happen."

"It's okay Lou really. And I totally understand, he shouldn't feel bad at all," Liam says. His mind floats back to his way back home that night. He got about a million texts from Louis telling him that Niall's grandmother had to go to the emergency room and his phone had died while he was there. He had no way to contact Louis or to call off the date. He couldn't leave his poor grandmother either. He eventually did get a hold of Louis the following morning with an idea to reschedule the date but Liam politely declined the offer while he was texting Zayn.

"So when is it? The date I mean?" Louis asks.

"Tomorrow," Liam grins, starting to think about how it'll all go down.

//

Liam stares at the clock hung on the brick wall as it inches forward.

Tick.
Tick.
Tick.

He closes his eyes and dips his head back from the chair. He can feel his adam's apple when he swallows a big gulp of air. Liam was sitting patiently in a fat armchair inside the coffee shop that Zayn brought him to less than a week and a half ago. His foot taps the floor softly and while he anxiously looks around the room. He checks his phone.

1:27. He was right on time and has been waiting for almost 5 minutes. Was he too early? Was Zayn too late? Was he just going to be left hanging again? As the worries and bad thoughts flood through his pretty little head a text from Zayn appears on his phone.

from zayn :)
i'm almost there x

Relief. It pours through Liam's veins and he begins to think about how this day is actually real. He's going on a real life date. At first this meet up was just going to be coffee and maybe a stop at the comic store nearby. But after their second skype call (where Zayn had just gotten out of the shower, hair wet and shirt off for half the time) And don't forget the Zayn constant flirting sent with each text, Zayn finally asked if he could possibly change the 'hang out' into a date. And Liam said yes. They decided to grab a coffee, walk around the nearby park and then hit the comic store. Liam was conscious of the money in his wallet because a new game was out in the store they were going. Liam thought that maybe if he bought it, it could be a straight way ticket to Zayn's house. He smiled softly to himself but jumped out of his skin when a pair of hands rested on his shoulders.

"Hey Li," Zayn practically whispers in Liam's ear. Cold shivers run down his spine when he hears him say the nickname and his cheeks turn pink. "Hello Zayn."

//
shitty ending ik im sorry. okkk so supernatural update: season 6 and the emotions are fking real. I also bought a supernatural shirt and my family is sick of me talking about the show lmao ALSO I decided to give the trifecta of tumblr a shot so I'm gonna start sherlock soon...

anyways lol TYSM FOR READING. Your comments literally make my day and ugh I could hug every one of you lmao,, make sure you go check out my other short stories as well !
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