Liam actually managed to convince Zayn into leaving the house so they can all go out to a nice breakfast place which is exactly how they ended up back in the boy's room fighting over what he should wear. Liam was set on white onesie, that way he'd be comfy but also matching with Louis, where as Harry wanted him to wear something a bit nicer.
"How about while they argue we go pick something out ourselves. That sound good to you?" Niall whispers to the boy who nods in return. So the two make their way into Zayn's closet where the boy quickly grabs his dark green beanie.
"Wan' wear this," Zayn says softly and Niall coos a bit.
"Okay you can wear that, babe. Let's pick out some actual clothes first, though. We don't want you walking around in your nappy," Niall says while tugging at the boy's pants a bit which causes him to blush. Zayn ends up grabbing a grey three quarter sleeve shirt he had hung up and Niall picked out a pair of loose cargo shorts that way the nappy wouldn't be noticeable. Once the boy was changed, Niall and him walked back out of the closet where Liam and Harry had finally come to a conclusion.
"Alright, babe, we agreed on the one- oh you changed him," Liam says with a pout and Niall can only force up a small laugh.
"Next time, Liam. He chose his outfit today," Niall says as he walks out of the room holding Zayn's hand. From there, Harry goes to get Louis ready before the five are meeting up in the living room and out the door they went on their first "family" outing.
As Harry opened the car door for Louis and Zayn, the latter boy immediately took notice of the new addings in the car and he couldn't help but look up at Harry with wide eyes. However, the man simply cooed before lifting Zayn up and into his new carseat. Once they were both settled, Harry sat in between the two while Liam got into the driver's seat and Niall beside him.
The five began their long drive out of the countryside, they were an hour away from the nearest restaurant, to the sounds of Louis' nursery rhymes playing in the background. Louis has always loved his nursery rhymes, so it came to no surprise when he immediately began to belt out the Itsy Bitsy Spider while doing the designated hand gestures. The same couldn't be said about Zayn, though. The young boy found it quite amusing to watch Louis sing with all his might, however, after the third song he began to get sick of it and he just wished the boys would put on real music.
Upon noticing the boy's growing frown, Harry reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone before discreetly handing it over to Zayn while gesturing that he could play a game. With the new device in his hands, Zayn couldn't help but smile while quietly thanking Harry. So for the remaining hour, Louis continued to sing his nursery rhymes while Zayn played Whale Trail before they finally arrived at their destination.
"C'mon, boys, time to fill our tummies," Niall cooed as he opened the side door to Louis' side. The blonde man quickly helped Louis out, while detaching his dummy from the hood of his onesie before giving Harry a hand as well.
"Let's get you out on this side, it'll be much faster," Liam says as he opened the door next to Zayn, which only scared the boy a little bit. So Liam lifted Zayn out of his seat and onto the ground where once the boy was standing, Liam was quick to pull back the back of his shorts just to do a double check.
"Liam!" Zayn squeaks while turning around so Liam would have to let go, which he did.
"I was just checking, baby. You didn't need a change this morning and that was a long car ride. I expect you to need a change before we go back home," Liam says while pointing his finger at Zayn but the boy simply puts his head down, so Liam just sighs and grabs ahold of the boy's hand before leading him over to the other boys.
"There's a cute little diner down the street. It didn't look, too, full," Harry says when Liam gets on the sidewalk. So with that the five made their way down to the diner, Louis talking to Niall about some charity event him and his mum are planning since he was currently out of his headspace.
"Zayn would you be keen on coming down to it? It'll be a lot of fun and I'm sure the little girls would love to see you," Louis asks as he walks over to Zayn who just shrugs.
"If you want me to go, I'll go," Zayn says quietly.
"I would love it if you went, my mum would even be excited cause she hasn't seen you in quite some time," Louis says while nudging the boy.
"I guess I'll go then."
"Perfect! Da- I mean Liam called Caroline to come over and fit us for our tuxes tomorrow, so we'll just let her know she's doing you, too, now," Louis says with a smile before they enter the diner.
The waitress at the front guides the boys over to a far corner booth, where she quickly asked for a picture, before handing out the menus and telling them their waiter will be with them soon. The five sat in a comfortable silence while looking at the menu before a waiter arrived at the table.
"Hey, my name's Carter I'll be your waiter today. Can I start you lads off with something to drink?" Carter ask while pulling out his scratchpad.
"Uh, just a coffee for myself," Harry says.
"Make that two actually," Niall throws in and then the man turns to Liam.
"Two Yorkshire teas for me and this one," Liam says while pointing to Louis. "And, uh, Zaynie want apple juice? Chocolate milk?" Liam coos.
"We make a mean hot chocolate. If you're interested I'll even have them throw in some mini marshmallows," Carter says with a smile as he looks to the smallest boy at the table.
"I'll have a hot chocolate," Zayn says quietly while looking down and Carter nods before walking off leaving the five boys to talk on their own again. They continue to talk about the upcoming album, the new tour that'll be starting up in another month and half, and even Louis' charity event. However, throughout those conversations Zayn never once uttered a word which Liam easily noticed.
"Bubba, you feeling alright?" Liam asks while pushing the hair out of Zayn's in order to subtly feel his temperature.
"Just feel weird," Zayn mumbles and Liam can't help but frown.
"What do you mean, baby?" And now Zayn can't help but sigh in frustration cause even he doesn't understand it really. He doesn't know why it made him feel extra uncomfortable today, however, whenever the boys began talking about band stuff Zayn couldn't help but feel weird. He felt almost left out in a way.
Not left out as in the boys would not tell him about events, but rather left out in the scheduling of them. Not once has Zayn ever been in a meeting where they ask if he has any ideas on a future charity event they could do. Never once has he been to a meeting where they asked if they would be interested in performing at whatever event. He knows because of his age their management takes him the least serious, but he just wished his bandmates would try to incorporate him the planning a bit more, too.
"S'nothing. Don't worry," Zayn mumbles out just as Carter arrives with their drinks.
"How about some food?" Carter asks with a smile to which the boys return. Harry orders banana pancakes, Niall gets a traditional English breakfast, and Louis got plain pancakes with a side of whipped cream before Carter turned to Liam.
"Uh, a ham and cheese omelette," Liam says while handing the man his menu. "What do you want, Zee?"
"M'not hungry," Zayn says while handing the man his menu but Liam stops him.
"You need to eat, Zayn. C'mon, how about some chocolate and banana pancakes?" Liam offers but Zayn just shakes his head which causes Liam to sigh.
"We do this thing, if you want, that's just like half a bagel, a small thing of eggs, and either a side fruit cup or oatmeal. It's suppose to be meant for little kids, but I can let it slide," Carter offers and Liam smiles graciously.
"That would be great. Thank you so much," Liam says and Carter just nods before walking away. Once the man is gone, Liam is quick to pull Zayn onto his lap and gently rub his belly. "What's wrong, baby? Why are you so upset? Is this about last night?"
"No, stop Liam," Zayn whines while trying to break out of Liam's arms but the man just holds on tighter. After a couple more minutes of struggling, Zayn finally gave up and collapsed on Liam's chest before small sobs began to leave his lips.
"We'll be back boys," Liam said as he carried Zayn out of the booth and into the family bathroom stall.
"It's okay, Zee. You can cry, baby, it's alright," Liam cooed as Zayn began to cry full heartedly into Liam's shirt.
"I-I feel we-weird, L-Li Li," Zayn whimpered as he clutched onto Liam for dear life.
"It's alright, it's okay. Just relax," Liam once again cooed as he continued to bounce Zayn up and down. He continues to do that for a few more minutes before readdressing the boy. "Zayn, can you try something for me?"
"What?" Zayn whimpered and Liam simply hoisted him up higher onto his hip.
"This might sound weird, but can you try calling me Baba, baby? I want to see if it makes you feel better," Liam asks softly to the boy who only starts shaking and crying louder. "Shh, I'm sorry, relax. Take your time, I didn't mean to pressure you."
"Baba," Zayn whimpers while stuffing his face into the crook of the man's neck.
The minute the word left Zayn's mouth the boy felt weird, however, this time is wasn't because he just referenced one of his bandmates as his father. No, this time it was because he suddenly had little butterflies in his stomach and he actually felt.... better?
"Shh, that's a good boy, just relax. I've got you," Liam continued to coo, this time with a smile on his face, before finally Zayn stopped crying and looked up towards Liam with wide, puffy eyes.
"There's my beautiful, little boy. Do you feel better, love?" Zayn nodded. "I think you just needed to have a nice cry, yeah?"
"But I'v-I've been crying since we started this whole thing," Zayn whimpered. "I don't kno- I don't know what happened. Everything just felt so- so weird and uncomfortable, and-"
"Relax, Zee, I think I can explain," Liam cooed which instantly shut Zayn up. "I think you just got your first taste of a headspace."
"Wha- what?"
"Not entirely, of course, but I think this was your body's first reaction to it. You see, for the past few days we've been very careful of everything and we hadn't talked about work at all, so your body adapted to that. And now suddenly we were doing all this big business talk and your body freaked. Your head was still in that fragile, younger state and you weren't ready for that big talk, the other boys and I just didn't recognize that as a headspace and I'm sorry."
Zayn sat in silence for a few minutes trying to process everything Liam just said. He couldn't believe his body unintentionally went into a headspace like.
"Zee, can you talk to me? Are you okay?" Liam cooed, shaking Zayn from his thoughts.
"Felt weird," Zayn muttered and Liam cooed while walking the boy over to the sink to wipe down his face.
"I know it did, love. We'll be more careful of it from now on. For now, how about we go enjoy our breakfast, yeah?" And with that the two walked out of the bathroom and back over to their table where Carter was just setting down the plates.
"Enjoy your breakfast, hope your little buddy feels better," Carter says which confuses Liam and Zayn.
"We told him Zayn had an upset stomach that's why he was quiet. Everything alright with you two?" Niall answered, and Liam discreetly looked over to Zayn who just shook his head at the man.
"Yeah all is good, Zayn was just feeling a bit tired," Liam said with a smile before they all dug into their food.
So everyone sat around the table eating their food except Zayn who was just twirling the eggs around his plate while occasionally throwing a grape into his mouth. The young boy watched all the other lads talk and joke around while they ate and it was then that he came to a conclusion.
"I am not doing this shit anymore."
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A/N: Hi! Big thank you to directionerxdarling for all the comments and messages because she influenced me to update this faster! Also big thank you to everyone who sent in prompts, I'll get to work on them immediately! Hope you enjoy and don't forget to vote and comment! Byeee :)
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