Chapter 5
{Harry's POV}
Blowing off the brim of the cup, Harry sipped his cup of coffee.
"We still need to buy the chairs." Liam told them. "Someone from Modest! took care of the bed."
"And I didn't get to buy shoes for Zayn." Harry informed them. "So we have to buy that too." He glanced at the toddler. They'd bought Zayn a juice pack and a cookie, but he had only eaten half of it. Ever since they exited Mini Minors, he'd been staring at the floor, not saying anything.
"We should have bought the little me look." Louis grumbled.
Niall rolled his eyes. "We didn't have time anyways. I'm sure people would have started asking question."
Harry bit his lips. "When is our first public appearance with-"
he nodded his head towards the little boy who was staring down at his lap.
Liam shrugged. "I don't know, but to be honest, I don't feel like doing it."
"Me neither." Louis said.
Harry nodded in agreement. Zayn couldn't know how popular they were, because 1) it would spoil him, and 2) it was too overwhelming.
He opened his mouth to ask the boys what to do next, when the little voice said,
"Am showwy."
The boys turned their attention to the toddler. Zayn looked up for the first time since trying to run away. "Am showwy, swir. Am not gowing to wun away again."
Harry's heart melted right there and then. "Zayn, you're not going to call us sir anymore, okay?" Niall said.
Zayn bit his lip and nodded.
"What are you not going to do?" Louis asked.
"Call ywou swir." Zayn said quietly.
"And." Liam asked.
Zayn thought for a minute. "Oh and wun away."
Harry grinned. "Yup, you can trust us."
Zayn stared at him, his eyes curious. It nearly seemed as if he was curious whether he could trust them or not, and Harry wondered what exactly this boy had been through.
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They ended up spending two hours at the mall, buying things for Zayn's room and buying a few pair of shoes for him.
Harry walked over to the boys and Zayn, a tray with icecream. "Chocolate." he said, giving Liam the ice cream. "Vanilla and Strawberry." he handed said ice cream to Niall.
"And pistachio." he said, picking up Louis's cup and handing it to him.
The Cheshire lad turned to Zayn, "What flavor do you want?"
Zayn fidgeted with his hands, shrugging his small shoulders.
Harry smiled. "Come on, you can chose from the pictures."
Zayn followed him to the counter. Harry showed him the menu where all the delights were listed as well as their pictures, along with the different flavors.
"Dish wone." Zayn said, pointing to a picture of a strawberry cone.
Harry ordered the ice cream and the man brought it to him quickly, the cone wrapped in a napkin.
Harry thanked him and handed it to Zayn. A smile tugged on the boy's lips and he reached out to hold it.
"Thank ywou." Zayn said quietly.
"You're welcome." Harry grinned and made his way back to the boys, Zayn beside him, licking his cone.
"Aren't you buying one?" Louis asked.
Harry shook his head. "I'm not really into ice cream mode right now."
The four began to walk, Zayn beside them.
"I think we've got everything." Niall said. "Should we head home now?"
Louis shrugged, licking around the green delight. "Yeah, I guess so. We still have to finish his room. What do you say, Harry?"
Harry's eyes darted over the different shops. "We can't go home yet."
"Why not?" Liam frowned.
"Well, for instance it's starting to get cold, and winter is on it's way." Harry explained. He pointed to the shop on his right. "I think we still have a few shopping left to do."
Harry had never enjoyed shopping so much in his life. He didn't have any younger sibling, only an older, and it was fun to shop for Zayn. The poor three year old tried on four different jackets before the boys came to a conclusion- the black one was best.
"I think grey is more cute," Louis said, holding out the grey beanie.
Niall shrugged. "Yeah, me too."
"Ok, then. Now we have everything?" Liam asked as Louis went to pay for the pile of clothes. Harry nodded as he checked off the things in his mind.
Zayn smiled shyly at his sneakers. "Jayn like shomething."
"What?" Harry asked gently.
Zayn pointed to the rack with gloves. A pair of black ones with batman on them.
Liam smiled widely. "You like those?"
Zayn nodded quickly. "Can Jayn get them?"
Niall was about to say yes, but Liam cut him off. "Hmm, I guess so. You promise not to run away again, right?"
Heat rose to the boy's cheeks and Zayn nodded. "Yesh."
"Okay then, we can buy them." Harry said, picking the gloves up and walking over towards Louis at the counter.
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"I think it looks great." Liam said.
Harry nodded, grinning from ear to ear. "It is great."
Liam chuckled, "I wish I had such a room when I was little."
"Harry! Liam!" Niall called from downstairs.
"Coming!" Liam yelled back. He turned to the men. "Thanks for the effort, guys."
Harry thanked the men before walking downstairs, leaving Liam to pay them. He yawned. It was about 20:30, and he was exhausted. Today had been a long day.
When he took step in the living room, he couldn't help but feel his heart warm at the sight in front of him.
Zayn was wearing black jeans, a red fanned t-shirt, with his new red and white sneakers. His raven hair was combed nicely to the side.
"He looks great, huh?" Niall said, a grin spread on his face.
Harry chuckled at the boy itself. Anybody could see that Zayn wasn't in mood to be dressed up.
A little pout was made on his face and his brows were a bit furrowed. In other words, he was looking adorable.
Harry shook his head. "It's getting late guys. Come on Zayn, time for bed."
Zayn's eyes lit up and he quickly followed Harry upstairs and to his room, Nouis following behind. "Oh, I knew we'd forgotten something!" Louis exclaimed. "Pajamas."
A grin tugged on Harry's lips. "I bought them."
He walked over to the bags on the floor in his and Louis's bedroom. He rummaged through them a bit before pulling out the said item of clothing.
"Da gween lantewn pyjamash!" Zayn exclaimed, a toothy grin on his face.
Harry smiled. "Yup, and..." he also pulled out the slippers that came with it. "Slippers."
Zayn bit his lip to hide his smile as he turned his attention to the floor. "Thank Ywou."
Harry grinned. "You're welcome."
The boys left Zayn to change in Larry's room. Harry shrugged. It was okay if Zayn wasn't completely open with them. After all, it was only his first day.
The men who were working on Zayn's room had left, and Liam called Harry over. "We can put the clothes now."
Harry sniffed the air. "Ah, finally. I thought it would smell paint. Those guys did a good job." he remarked, staring at the wall.
"Yes, they did." Liam said happily.
"I'll bring the clothes." Harry said. He walked down the hall and to his room. Their house was big, not mansion big, but big enough. Two stories, the main one, and the upper one. Harry knocked on the door to his shared room with Louis. "Are you done, Zayn?"
Seconds later, the door swung open and Zayn walked out. Harry smiled. "You like it?"
Zayn nodded eagerly, looking down at his pj's. Harry walked into his room and grabbed the bags before walking back towards Zayn's room, handing Liam them. Louis suddenly appeared in the doorway. "Can Zayn come in now?"
Liam smiled. "Yes, he can."
Louis and Niall walked in with Zayn. The toddler's mouth fell open as he stared around at the room.
The walls were a deep, but not to dark, blue, except for the right one. It was white. There was a single bed in the middl with superhero bedding. A nightstand was placed on the right with a lamp in different colors. The closet was placed far by the wall to the left, where Liam had begun to fold Zayn's clothes and put them in. In front of the bed and beside it on the right, covering the floor, was a soft blue carpet. On the left of the bed, were three chairs set (blue, red and green), all of them decorated with a pillow, with a Zap! pillow case. The window was covered with white curtains with iron man on. Decor stickers were set on the wall on the right, especially a long one with a comic book blue town.
"Hope you like it." Liam grinned.
Zayn tore his eyes away from the bedroom to look at him. "Dish ish Jayn's room?"
"Mhmm." Niall said.
"Thank ywou!" Zayn said excitedly.
"You're welcome." The boys said in unison.
"Well, time to sleep now." Harry said.
Zayn's eyes widened and he shook his head. "Jayn can't shleep."
Harry frowned. "Why?"
The kid bolted out of the room. For a second the boys were dazed, then their eyes widened. But just before they could react, Zayn appeared again, his backpack in hand.
The toddler walked over to his bed, and emptied all the contents in the backpack. A few comic books, a few clothes, and on the bottom, the last thing out, was a gray stuffed animal. A wolf.
Harry and the three watched as Zayn opened his drawer and placed his comic books neatly there. He walked over to the closet where Liam had folded all the clothes, and put his old ones along with them. He then turned to them, his cheeks a little pink.
"Jayn can't shleep if Jiam ish not thewe." he said shyly, his cheeks going from pink to dark pink.
Louis chuckled. "That's okay." he turned to Harry. "What were you going to say before?"
Harry frowned. "That it was time to sleep."
Niall flicked his fingers at his head.
"Ow, what was that for?" Harry asked.
"I thought you were supposed to brush your teeth first, Harold." Louis said with a raised eyebrow.
Zayn put a hand to his mouth, a giggle escaping.
"Come on, time to brush your teeth." Louis said, leading the lad out of the room.
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Hehe the name of Zayn's wolf stuffed animal is ️Ziam. I dropped my creativity in the end, sorry. I mean, Ziam doesn't exist in this story officially. But anyways, if you guys have better ideas, just tell me!
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