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"Liam, can I ask you a question?"
The curly haired boy hummed as he munched on his burger. It was their break time and he was with Niall. The blonde insisted him to have their breakfast together as it will give them time to bond also.
"Um, are you and Greg together? Don't get me wrong, I saw you both holding hands and he was flirting with you near the lockers too"
Liam first glanced back at his bodyguards who were standing near the double doors of the cafeteria and then turned his attention to his friend.
"You can say we're getting close to each other"
"Woah man! You already have a senior after you. I can't even get the attention of the girl who sits next to me in class", Niall grumbled sadly making Liam laugh.
He didn't tell everything about himself to Niall. It's just that Liam felt he needs a bit more time to trust him. He's already an introvert, and Niall's outgoing personality doesn't match his.
"Just wait for some time, I'm sure she'll talk to you"
They talked about their classes and were done with their breakfast. Well, it was Niall who talked most of the time and Liam just listened to his friend's blabber.
"By the way your bodyguards are damn hot, especially the taller one"
It wasn't that hard for Liam to come up with a lie about Andrew and Zayn. Most of the students think he's some rich kid from London who needs protection 24x7, and the curly haired boy didn't change their assumption.
Liam's mouth fell open in shock, "You do realise he's way older than you. And Andrew has a wife and kids"
Niall shrugged, "I'm just admiring him from afar Liam, chill. It's okay to have small crushes, life will be so boring if you don't have one sided love"
Yeah, Liam can't argue with him now. He himself was stuck in similar situation.
In the morning when him and Greg had entered college holding hands, Liam panicked, "Should we really do this?"
"Liam, you were the one who came up with this plan, you can't back away now"
Mission 'make Zayn jealous' sounded pretty good in his head, but when he actually thought about it, he was now second guessing his plan.
Does he really want to bother the man like this, if a person likes someone then it should be confessed on their own will, not to be forced. And Liam himself has been on the other side, when Mikael forced him into their marriage agreement.
He wants Zayn to confess his true feelings when he's ready. Forcing him would do nothing.
All the conflicting thoughts had left his mind when he had seen how red Zayn was. The flame of jealousy that was pouring out of him could be seen from a mile away.
Zayn's fists were clenched the whole time Greg was with them, but of course the dark haired man controlled his anger. Liam was giggling inside on seeing the guard's pissed off face, and at that point he realised maybe this was not a bad idea.
The plan was simple, both will act like a love sick couple. Surely their crushes will feel jealous and voila, their plan will succeed.
But would it be so easy?
"Well, I'm off to my class. See you later?" Liam asked, picking up his tray.
Niall also nodded and followed him, "Hey you're coming to Fred's party right? That guy has invited all the first years especially"
"I'm not sure, I'll think about it. Maybe I'll first ask Greg, if he's interested to go"
"Hmm, asking your senior first huh. Good going Liam" Niall laughed and they reached the double doors of the cafeteria where Liam's bodyguards were waiting for him.
"What took you so long?" Zayn muttered.
"Well, I take my time to eat my food. What's your problem Mr Grumpy?" Liam replied quite annoyed by the guard's attitude.
Andrew snickered beside a fuming Zayn, who gritted his teeth in anger.
Liam ignored both and turned to his friend, "Well Niall, I'll meet you later in the evening. Where's the party actually?"
"At Fred's house. But I thought you'll ask Greg first"
"Well, I'll make him agree. He won't say no to me", Liam replied shyly, knowing fully well that Zayn is listening to their conversation.
"Alright, I'll text you the address"
"You're not allowed to go to parties Mr Payne"
Liam furrowed his perfect eyebrows, "And who made that rule, Mr Grumpy?"
"Well, you're not allowed to go out at night. It's dangerous"
The curly haired boy folded his arms over his chest, "According to the rules Mikhael has for me, I think that I'm allowed to go anywhere I want as long as I'm accompanied by my guards. So you both can also come to the party"
And Liam knew Zayn won't have any comeback.
"I'll meet you at the party Niall, I'm definitely coming"
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Liam has never gone to his high school parties, but he knows what to expect at such a place. And, he dressed accordingly. He wore a trendy tshirt with a loose jacket, his go to skinny jeans.
He had texted Greg that he'll meet him directly at the party. Though his friend didn't want to go, Liam persuaded him by telling him that Tracy would also be there.
It was around seven in the evening when he came outside his room, and saw his guards in the living room, but only Zayn was dressed.
"You're not coming Andrew?"
"Sorry Liam, it's my younger daughter's birthday today. You just missed the cake cutting too. My wife has asked me to be free so they can video call me anytime my daughter asks for me, so I can't come. You know she's still upset about me moving away, so she throws too many tantrums nowadays. My wife can't handle her alone"
"Wish her on my behalf too. How old is she?"
Andrew smiled widely, "She's five now. I still can't believe my baby grew up so fast, she even started learning how to ride her bicycle. And my elder one is in third standard now"
Liam simply smiled at the proud father. Deep in his heart he wished his dad to be like this. Even if he tries to remember, there isn't any sweet memory with his father.
He then turned to his other guard. Zayn was dressed in his typing black suit. Doesn't he know they're going to a college party and not some meeting?
"Mr Malik please change into something casual if you're accompanying me to the party"
The guard frowned looking at his clothes, "It's my uniform Mr Payne"
"Well, I'm telling you to change. You look like some professor"
A very hot and sexy one..
Zayn glanced at Andrew for help but the other guard raised his hand in defeat. No one can argue with Liam.
He muttered a small 'fine' and left to change. In just ten minutes he came back and Liam looked away from the man as he didn't want Zayn to know how much the man was affecting him.
Zayn was wearing a simple black tshirt where his biceps were bulging out and a pair of grey jeans.
"We'll be late if you don't hurry up", Liam muttered, a little annoyed because how can that man look so good without even doing much.
"You were the one who told me to change"
"Well who was the one who wore wrong clothes?"
"It doesn't matter what I wear Mr-"
"Alright you both should leave now. The party will be over when you reach there", Andrew came in between them before a war starts.
Liam walked out of the apartment as Zayn quitely followed him. Andrew yelled 'bye' to them as they both drove off in the car. The curly haired boy sometimes wonders if he's the same man he had seen the first day, Andrew seemed to be too strict and uptight but after coming here Liam has seen different sides of the man.
The drive was silent, with the exception of soft music playing through the radio. Liam's eyes were focused on the road. The sun had set long back and the only source of light were the moon's and the street lights.
Once they neared their destination, he could hear the loud booming noise of the songs.
Zayn had to park a little away from the house. They both slowly walked towards the entrance and luckily for Liam, Greg was waiting for him.
"I thought you'll ditch me Liam", He hugged the boy but had to soon back away when he heard someone clearing their throat.
"I promised you, didn't I?"
Greg nodded and peeked inside, "Tracy already came, and she's with a guy now". Liam could tell that his friend was disheartened by this.
He pulled Greg into a hug once again, out of the corner of his eyes he saw how Zayn clenched his jaw. He wanted to enjoy the annoyance he caused the guard but right now he needed to comfort his friend.
"We'll stick to our plan. I'm sure it'll work out", He whispered, crossing his fingers as he himself wasn't sure.
Suddenly Greg was pulled away from him, "You'll maintain a distance from him", Zayn threatened him who got easily scared of the buff guy, while Liam rolled his eyes.
"He'll stay with me as long as I want. You can't say anything"
"Mr Payn-"
"Can you please call me Liam! Just Liam"
Zayn sighed, "I'm afraid I can't"
Liam clenched his jaw and went near his guard, their faces only inches away, "By the end of this night, I'll make sure not only you call me by my name but will moan my name. Just wait and watch Mr Malik"
He turned around leaving a very stunned Zayn behind. Liam grabbed Greg's hand and stormed inside where the party was in full swing. He knows he said too much but he was done with Zayn's pissy behaviour. It was high time for him to man up and at least accept what is going on between them.
And if Liam was the one who needed to push Zayn a little, he would gladly do so.
Two hours later..
The loud music buzzing in his ear literally hurt his eardrum but did he care? Absolutely not!
It's been hours since he started drinking and enjoying himself. He finally let himself go and took this as a chance to have a great time, for the very first time in his entire life.
As they had planned to make their respective crushes jealous, Liam took the first step by dancing with Greg. It was hella awkward for the other guy but since it was Liam's first time drinking, the effect the alcohol had on him was more and that made him more carefree too.
When it was too much for him, Greg tried to stop him, knock some sense into him but Liam wasn't the good boy today. He wanted to break all the rules, live as if it's the last day of his life. That's when he started his sensual dance with every guy who approached him.
Tracy was just stunned. She had always seen Liam as a calm and composed guy. Looking at his wild side she couldn't believe her eyes. It was more shocking for her when she saw her best friend dancing so closely with the curly haired boy.
Well even Niall got the shock of his life. When the blonde had entered the party, the first thing he saw was Liam gulping down a drink without any hesitation.
Right now, Liam was dancing with some stranger, the guy's hands were on Liam's hips and his own arms were the stranger's shoulders. They were literally grinding onto each other and every one could see the boner the other guy had, but drunk Liam was oblivious to everything.
He swayed and enjoyed the moment. He fucking loved how light headed he was feeling. It was something he never experienced before, the buzz of the n number of drinks he had was kicking off now.
And that's why he didn't stop the guy when he started kissing his neck. Or when the stranger kissed him. He was too lost to think what was right or wrong. He kissed back unconsciously, his mind didn't registered what was actually happening, it was like his body was reacting on it's own.
Just when the kiss could get deeper, he was pulled away in such a force that he landed on a hard chest.
"What the hell are you doing Liam!"
Zayn's angry voice roared and suddenly the entire crowd went quite. Liam finally got his senses back and he realised what he just did. He was kissing a stranger and would've done more if his guard didn't come in between.
His whole face was red due to embarrassment, everyone was murmuring among themselves. Thankfully his friends came to his rescue and took him away from everyone. They went into an empty room, all the while Liam was walking with wobbly legs.
The effect of all the alcohol he consumed was still there but he was more conscious now.
"Liam are you okay?"
"I'm fine Tracy, sorry to spoil your time. You all can go and enjoy the party"
"You're our friend Liam and helping you out doesn't mean we're wasting our time"
The boy remained silent and waited. He knew at any moment Zayn will come to talk to him. And he doesn't know how to face the older man.
"Everyone, out", That deep voice filled the rather silent room and his friends actually complied. Though Greg stayed for a moment, looking between the two, he also left.
"Do you have any idea what you just did our there? What you were actually doing for the past few hours?"
The younger had no words in his defence. He drank this much and whatever had happened after that, was just because he wanted to make Zayn jealous.
"You have no words to say now? You don't wanna go back to the party and dance with those guys?"
A comeback was on the tip of his tongue but he held himself back. He knew he was the one who's wrong in this situation. He shouldn't have let himself carried away just like that.
"You were so desperate that you needed every guy's attention out there. Was that Greg not enough that you let anyone touch you?"
"What the hell Zayn! Don't say anything if you don't know about the situation", Liam got up from the bed and stood in front of the taller man.
Zayn's nostrils flared in anger, "I saw enough and that's why I'm saying. You weren't this mad when strangers were feeling you up. I'm pretty sure you liked-"
"Shut up! Don't complete that sentence if I mean anything to you. I don't care what the world thinks about me but it will completely shatter me if you think so ill about me"
The anger that had built up inside him few moments ago vanished in thin air. Zayn felt like a complete fool, never would he want to hurt Liam in any way, neither by his words nor by his actions.
"You want to know why I did that? It was because of you. You and me can never have a civilized conversation, you always push me away. Whenever I try to talk to you, you give me a cold shoulder as if my existence doesn't matter to you"
"Yes we kissed Zayn. And yes, I took the initiative cause I knew you were a coward, still are. At least I know what I want, I know how to act on my feelings. I fucking admit it that I like you. And whatever I did tonight was not because I wanted to get other's attention, it was your attention I needed"
"I wanted to make you jealous so that at least then you'll confront me. But no you just embarrassed me in front of everyone. You had no right to yell at me, you could've taken me away silently but no, you had to create a scene. And as you have already said, I have a 'rich' fiance, and that man would've worried about me being touched. Why does it matter to you who I'm with?"
Silence is what he got in return. So he continued riling the dark haired man.
"We did kiss and you said it was nothing. It meant nothing to you and there is nothing to talk about it. Then why did it affect you when I kissed someone else? Why were you so bothered when some stranger touched me?"
"Liam, you don't understand"
Liam harshly grabbed his collar making Zayn bend down to his face, "Then make me understand! I'm tired Zayn, I'm fucking tired of this back and forth between us. Some of your actions show so much care for me and then you do something to completely ignore me, as if I'm really just your responsibility. Don't you feel anything for me? Do you really see me as the one who you need to protect just to keep your job? Am I nothing more than that?"
Their faces were so close by now that Liam hadn't registered when this happened. Zayn's hands were on his hips and those hazel eyes were boring into his soul.
"It's not easy for me Liam. You have no idea about my reality. If I act on my feelings, you don't know the hell that could break. You aren't just my responsibility, you are more than that, maybe the first person other than my family for whom I can do anything willingly. And I want to tell you everything but this isn't the right place or time for this"
Liam wanted to say something but the bitter taste that suddenly came in his mouth made him halt for a second. And before he could back away from the dark haired man, he emptied his stomach there only, more precisely on Zayn's shoes.
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Hey guys!
This update is for everyone who actually motivated me to continue this book..
I'm so glad that people are still rooting for my work and just because of you I have decided to not let this book go, I will finish it.
Ignore any mistakes as I wrote it in a rush, and I hope the further chapters won't take so much time and you'll enjoy the book!
Have a great day/night!