follow me// larry + ziam (and a side of niall)

19: Zayn

"That one!" Safaa pointed at a doll a couple pegs beyond her reach. Zayn grabbed it off the shelf for her to inspect. 

"Is she gonna do this for each one?" Louis complained. "I really need the extra help in chemistry today." 

"Fine." Zayn turned to Safaa. "You only get 10 more minutes to pick a toy out, okay?" 

"Otay." Safaa smiled with a missing tooth at her big brother. She tottered up and down the toy aisle with Louis and Zayn mindlessly following her. 

"She's easy to please with the Dollar Store and all." Louis commented. 

"Eh, she doesn't know the difference. Don't spoil it shithead." Zayn lightly whacked him on the arm.

"I won't!" Louis laughed. Once Safaa was content with a new toy, they went through the checkouts and drove home. She clobbered up the stairs with her dolly that she'd named Jasmine. 

"Okay, get out your homework and I'll help." Zayn threw his bag next to his desk. 

"I have no clue how to do this shit." Louis huffed and tossed some papers onto Zayn's bed.

"We'll figure it out, I promise Lou." Zayn reassured him, but once they started he couldn't focus for shit. He kept zoning out thinking about Liam and the fact that he was being sexual with his best friend. 

"Zayn!" Louis shouted, waving a wild hand in front of his face.

"What?" Zayn snapped out of his trance and looked at Louis. 

"Where were you mate?" Louis chuckled and Zayn rubbed his temples in disdain.

"Sorry, just got caught up thinking." He sighed. 

"About what?" Louis flipped the cover of his chemistry book closed and looked at Zayn sensing something was wrong. 

"Can I tell you a really fucking stupid secret?" He looked at Louis.

"Of course, anything." Louis assured. 

"Liam and I have been... doing stuff. Stuff I really like but is so fucking wrong because he's my best friend." Zayn told him, already feeling better getting it off his chest.

"Holy shit! Seriously? I knew there was tension between you two but I never thought you'd act on it." Louis chuckled. 

"What do you mean tension? I've never sensed anything from him." Zayn said, a bit confused. 

"It's so obvious, to me at least, that you like him. It's constant heart eyes from you. But Liam also acted a little more than friends sometimes too." He explained. 

"I've never noticed it from him before." Zayn tried to think of times when Liam had acted like that, but failed to come up with any. His feelings had always sort of been there, Liam was his sexual awakening to liking boys but he would never admit that to him. 

"I definitely have," Louis nodded, "When did this start?"

"A couple weeks ago." Zayn sighed.

"What kind of stuff have you been doing?" Louis asked, and Zayn turned to him in surprise at his straightforward question. He reminded himself that Louis wasn't really a shy person with people he knew. 

"He, uh, has this list of stuff he wanted to try. He showed it to me while we were playing truth or dare one time and it ended with him giving me a hand job. Then he fingered me the other day." Zayn blushed and turned away. 

"Holy shit mate! That's awesome, i'm excited for you!" Louis clapped his hands. "I can't believe he made an actual list though, that shit's funny."