It was Saturday and Zayn woke up feeling a little agitated, he noticed he had a morning wood. He had a wet dream, about the green-eyed guy.
"Fuck, I...," he said covering his eyes with his forearm.
He got up, took a shower, and start working on his article draft, which he was supposed to have already.
He knew that he had to work on that but he was so distracted the last couple of days, thinking about the subway guy and reading the journal, that time slipped through his hands. So he decided to focus on that during his morning and part of this afternoon.
Tonight he had to go clubbing or better said research.
Harry started his day at noon, he changed his shift at the gift shop with his friend Ed and he asked Glen for the day off at the market, he had the gig with Luke.
He arrived at his apartment and Luke was impatient already.
"Man we have to go!" Luke said.
"We have plenty of time, chill. Give me 5 minutes to get ready," he said and went to his room. He got down his curls, applied a bit of dry shampoo, and shuffled his hair. He changed into a red floral short-sleeved shirt, leaving it open, put some silver rings on to accessorize his hands, and keep his black jeans and brown boots. He put on his coat, a sweater and his scarf back.
They arrived at the bar around 9 pm and they were going to perform at 9:30 pm.
***************
Zayn was about to take a cab when he received a text message.
"Nathan: Hey man, hope you can stop by at the bar, maybe to have a drink?"
"Sure, I'm on my way. I can make a quick stop before going to work. See you in a bit. -Z"
"He's coming, but this is the last time I do this type of thing Jared," Nathan said rolling his eyes at his brother.
"Thanks, man!" Jared said excitedly. He had a crush on Zayn and he knows he liked him back in the day, but he wasn't openly bisexual at that time. He decided to get Zayn tonight.
The first band performed not so well and Luke's band was the third to go. He was a nervous wreck.
"Calm down man, it's just one song," Harry said nonchalantly.
"You said that because you were born to perform, I've seen you," Luke said.
"Just imagine everyone's naked, that works for me," he said winking at him.
When Zayn got there he went directly to see Nathan that was at the bar that night.
"Hi man! Good, you could make it! Do you want a drink?" Nathan said.
"Erm... a whiskey, neat, it's fine, thanks," He shouted.
"Right now there's a boy bands contest or something, you'll see," Nathan laughed giving him the scotch.
"Alright," Zayn said and sat on a stool bar looking directly at the stage.
The next band was preparing to perform and then a deep voice started to sing.
"I'm here to take my medicine, take my medicine
Treat you like a gentleman
Give me that adrenaline, that adrenaline
I think I'm gonna stick with it..."
Zayn turned his head to see the band and he gasped.
"No, it couldn't be..." he said surprised to see the subway guy on that stage.
"Hey, Nate! Do you know who that guy is?" Zayn asked his friend.
"Erm... no really... no way! It's the market guy! The world is a tissue, indeed!" Nathan said.
"I saw him on the Christmas market the other day, also in the library gift shop," Nathan said.
"Do you know him?" Zayn asked.
"Not man, do you wanna?" Nathan said smiling at him.
"Shut up!" Zayn said. He couldn't take his eyes off of him. He seemed like another person on the stage, then they locked eyes and he kept smiling at Zayn while he was singing.
It was a devious smile.
"Tingle running through my bones
The boys and the girls are in
I mess around with them
and I'm okay with it
I'm coming down, I figured out I kinda like it
When I'm all out, I think about the way you... ride it,
If you go out tonight, I'm going out 'cause I know you're persuasive
You got that something, I got me an appetite, now I can taste it
We're getting dizzy, oh, we're getting dizzy, oh
La-la-da-da, da
We're getting dizzy, oh, we're getting dizzy, oh
La-la-da-da, da" he sang looking directly at Zayn smirking at him and he felt dizzy indeed.
"Wow that was... something," Nathan said, watching the whole scene and how the singer wasn't taking his eyes away from his friend.
"I know... erm the song was good, yeah," Zayn said completely blushed.
"Hey, Zayn! Good, you came!" Jared said grabbing Zayn's shoulder and caressing his back. Zayn was so distracted by what was happening on the stage to notice.
When Harry got on the stage and looked around he wasn't expecting to see the market guy from the other day sitting at the bar having a drink.
He was looking so hot, wearing a leather jacket instead of a coat and no glasses. "Hot," he thought while singing and he decided to put on a show for him and make sure he noticed him.
He sure did.
After they performed and announced the winners for the night, Luke gave Harry his money and told him that he was free to go.
"I'll stay man, I'm going to be at the bar if you need me," Harry said patting his shoulder, making his way to the bar towards the market guy.
Harry sat next to him.
"A beer please," he said and Nathan nodded.
"Here, on the house, you were amazing up there," he said sincerely and looked at Zayn.
"Thanks, man, cool place," Harry said looking at Zayn.
"Hey, nice jacket, I'm Harry," he said introducing himself.
"Harry" Zayn thought recognizing the name on the journal.
"Erm... I'm Zayn, good song though," he said.
"Glad you like it, Zayn, nice name too," Harry said winking at him.
Zayn was a nervous wreck, he had the subway guy in front of him and apparently flirting with him.
He looked extremely sexy that night, the hair, and all of his chest tattoos were showing through his open shirt, his ruby-red lips, and his gorgeous eyes.
"Do you come here often?" Harry asked.
"No, not really. I'm doing some research," Zayn shouted through the music.
"I see, erm... wanna go outside?" Harry asked finishing his beer.
"Wha.. what?" Zayn asked surprised.
"Erm... to talk, it's very loud in here," Harry explained.
"Okay," Zayn said smiling at him finishing his drink too and waving Nathan goodbye.
Harry liked him and was determined to go home with him that night.