Groom For Rent [ ziam au ]

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"We have money, but it isn't enough." Geoff stated with shame, "It's okay. I'll...take care of it. I'll send you money as soon as I can." Liam bit his lip and ruffled his hair.

"Thank you so much, Liam."

After hanging up, Liam went back to the desk, "Louis?" he called hesitantly since he wasn't sure if Zayn would like it or not.

"What's wrong, Liam?" Louis asked with a reassuring smile, "Can I ask you a favor?" Liam inquired, slipping his phone in his pocket.

"Hit me with it."

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[ Zayn ]

"When you get in there, just look for Geoff Payne." Liam fretted for the millionth time, "And I already texted them that my boss is in England."

"Don't worry, we got this." Louis patted Liam's shoulder before we went out and entered the hospital.

Somehow, I agreed to come with the two of them here.

Minutes later, we found ourselves face to face with the Payne family.

"Thank you." Liam's dad, Geoff bowed his head a bit before Louis pretended to translate it to my ear, snickering lightly.

"Liam told us that you were strict, please don't give him a hard time." Geoff sent me a frown before Louis whispered to me again.

"Excuse me, but our boss is so kind and obedient and your son told you was not true." Louis replied randomly, making me smile and nod as a confirmation to support the statement, but he and I know that it was clearly a lie.

"Okay then. Your boss seems a pretty good guy, please tell him that we're grateful to him for helping us out. Liam is the only person we can rely on for the time being." Geoff retorted with a slight grin, "And he loves us so much. This is the first time in his life that he is away from us."

I was pretty sure that my smile faded by now.

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[ Normal | Third Person ]

"Please tell your boss that we thank you for helping us." Geoff stated to Louis just as Liam saw them walking out of the hospital, making him push his upper body out the window and wave at them.

"Pops!" Liam called, waving his arm around before Zayn noticed him and made Geoff, Nicola and Ruth turn around while he chuckled nervously.

Zayn handed Louis his phone and the latter quickly caught on, "He says he want to take a picture with you." Louis spoke with a nod.

"Alright." Geoff agreed as Louis opened Zayn's phone, "Okay. One, two, three." the phone clicked, "One more. The three only." Zayn rose the pitch of his voice and did a random accent as he pointed at Liam's relatives.

Zayn aimed the camera at them and clicked, closing it before seeing Liam sign something to him, Tell them I love them very much.

Zayn murmured it to Louis, who nodded and spoke, "I love you very much."

Louis got a kick in his shin, "Ah, I meant that Liam loves you very much. He asked me to tell you that."

"We also love him very much." Nicola replied, a sad smile forming on her lips.

Liam signed again, I want to see them so badly.

"When he has enough money, he will buy a pair of contact lenses so he can see you." Louis was the one who saw the actions and translated wrongly, "Is his eyesight poor?" Ruth questioned her dad.

Don't forget to drink your medicine.

Louis was about to speak again, but the raven hurriedly stopped him and unlocked his phone again, "I call your son for you." Zayn dialed Liam, "Your father wants to talk to you." Zayn handed the phone to Geoff.

"Pops, hi, oh my gosh, I miss you so much!" Liam immediately cried, "Just... just call me if you need anything. I'm here for you, yeah?" Zayn craned his neck and saw Liam inside the car wiping his tears.

"I know, son." Geoff smiled as he heard his son's voice, "Pops, but I have one request." Liam sniffled, using his sleeve as a tissue.

"Sure, anything." Geoff furrowed his eyebrows, "That only?" he gave the phone to one of his daughters before wrapping his arms around Zayn, who didn't expect the action.

"Deliver the hug to my son, okay?" Geoff said and pulled away, "Hey bro, us too." Nicola and Ruth did the same before Geoff took the phone back and bid farewell, "Take care, Liam. We love you."

"You too, Pops. I love you all too." Liam hanged up.

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[ Zayn ]

When I went in the car, Liam immediately latched onto me and buried his nose on my neck before sniffing me, making my face warm up.

"It's Pop's scent. My sisters' too." he squeaked reminiscently, his lips pressing against the spot beneath my earlobe and both of my cheeks as he continued sniffing me before he froze and blushed.

Then Liam exhaled sharply, pulling away and started fiddling with his thumbs while I pressed my lips into a thin line as I tried to ignore the fast beating of my heart before hearing Louis whistle, "Awkward."

"Um, t-thank you for giving the money to my family." Liam was facing the window when he spoke before my lips curled upwards into a small smile involuntarily.

Then my phone beeped.

"Shit!" I yelled when I read the text from Uncle Tom which said, Harry is here.

"Harry went to Uncle Tom!" I tossed my phone to Liam and stepped on the pedal on the way to Uncle Tom's company.

- xx -

Author's Note:

It's been 24 days since the last update.

My apologies. :(

Hope you enjoyed this one tho!

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