For the next few hours, Zayn hugged Will who gathered his composure and they both stayed together in the most comforting silence ever. Will had stopped crying, although he did sniffle quietly a few more times, but he had stopped crying. His hand went up to carefully brush the back of Will's hair and he let out a soft sigh."Will," he called, but paused as he finally noticed Will had nodded off in his hold.A soft smile took up his lips and his hands slid down to Will's laps, he got up slowly and moved to cross his hands below Will's bum to hold him up against his body. Now having Will in a stable position, he made his way to Will's room and paused in front of the door. Effortlessly releasing one hand while holding Will up with the other, he pushed the door open and his hand resumed it's post. Walking up to the bed, he turned the sheet over to create a space on the bed and with utmost care, he placed Will down on it.His flushed red was out like a rock. He probably hadn't gotten enough
Will jolted awake with soft breaths and his eyes met the familiar ceiling dimly lit by the warm bedside lamp, his frozen lids liquified and he exhaled one last time as he accessed his situation. He didn't have a bad dream, talk less of having a normal dream, yet despite that, his body felt uncomfortable and cold even when he had the sheets over him. The memories of the night came back to him and he wondered why he'd cried so much, it was probably a first for him, or no- it was his second. Strangely, he couldn't tell if he felt so relaxed at the minute because he'd just woken up, or his relaxed demeanor was because he had let out his pain along with his tears. His eyes felt heavy from crying and his dried up throat made him sit up groggily, taking a glance around the room made him notice what was missing, Zayn. Will's eyes went to the door and he held his gaze, why didn't Zayn stay with him? Did he find it hard to sleep next to him or was he still respecting his wish to keep a distan
Marry me?! With no ring in place? Good thing he had only said that in his mind and not out loud. His consciousness had slipped in at the last minute and he had passed off his silence with the words 'I love you.' Zayn who hadn't suspected a thing had gotten giddy with happiness written all over his face. After hearing Zayn's words and watching his reaction, it made Will come to a decision. He didn't care about the mess he was in at the moment.He was going to get a ring and formally propose.*****Although he had said that, the next morning, he was anxious to leave the house. There was nothing out of the ordinary, but that was enough reason for him to get anxious. What if Miles was waiting for when he gets to the office? Or what if someone had seen it before the last video was taken down? What if the media caught it? His mind had been filled with nothing but worry, however, only when did he get to the office did his worries fade off like the wind. Nothing.Absolutely nothing was out
Will's legs slowly stepped forward in a daze as he tried to deny his sight. he could barely make out the person that got in front of him and tried to pull him back in a hurry while some others who showed up out of nowhere tried to put out the fire. His hearing stayed seized and all he could see was Zayn's body sitting lifelessly in the car. "...ll." "No," the ringing in his ears slowly dispersed as he could now make out the sound of the siren, he fought back weakly with his eyes still fixed on the hand that laid lifeless on the chair. "No. No, no, let go... let go of me." "Will, get back, it's too dangerous." "No," his breathing seized and he gasped out "no, no no no no! Let me go! Z, Zayn... I have to..." his voice broke down and his eyes teared up as he kept staring at Zayn burn up in the fire, a thread snapped in his head and a cry escaped his lips "Stop trying to stop me and help me get Zayn out of there!" He shoved off the hands holding him back and dashed for the car but th
Their eyes flew wide open at the sound of the familiar voice and their kiss broke in an instant as both their hearts dropped for two seperate reasons, they turned to see who now stood at the door with a shocked look and Will's mouth fell open. He'd forgotten the biggest hurdle he had to pass before anything else. She had on a leopard skin jacket over a long black dress, her head covered by a fancy black wide brim sun hat, and her sunshades coming off her face exposed the look in her eyes. "Mrs. Crawford." Will's voice tweaked "My god," Zayn sighed with the roll of his eyes as he straightened "I should've known. You're the only person who thinks it's okay to burst into a room without knocking first... and then leaving the door wide open." Zayn pointed at the door and Will stared up at Zayn in disbelief. Was he the only one seeing the scary look on her face? She'd just caught them kissing, in the office, but that wasn't the worst part of it, his shirt was halfway buttoned, his hair w
The rest of the day felt like an iceberg the size of the earth had fallen, the surrounding felt cold with guilt, frustration, and unease flying in the air. Will stared at Zayn seated in front of the cameras while he handled the interview like he hadn't just bursted out in anger some hours ago. He had managed to push the interview by a few hours, and thankfully that was all they needed. Newton had gotten another car over and they had headed back to the house, Zayn had helped press on an ice pack on his cheek until the redness had faded even when he kept telling him he was fine, and that ice was mostly used for swelling. But he let him do it regardless, because he could tell Zayn was angry. Zayn kept exhaling and letting out big sighs, he wouldn't stop apologizing with a look that made Will wish he had managed to dodge the slap, and worst of all, he looked hurt. Yet, despite how his smile focused on the camera shone like the appeal he gave off, Will knew him too well to notice the sli
He got to the front of the door and took in a deep breath, his hand went up to place a knock but then he remembered."Right, I have the card."He slipped the card in and the door fell open. Making his last resolve, he stepped into the room and carefully shut the door behind him. The large luxurious room that exposed the lit up swimming pool made him look around for her presence. Thankfully, he spotted her the minute he took another glance at the pool. Sitting on a chair that was placed very close to the pool, dressed in a white robe and a white towel wrapped around her head, Mrs. Crawford stared deep into the pool thoughtfully as she held on lightly to the cup of red wine in her hand.Taking a closer look at her made it dawn on Will even more that her weight had critically dropped. Was this one of the beauty trends for women? Slowly taking soft steps towards the pool, he stood at the entrance, reminding himself not to go any further because he hadn't been invited in. She didn't seem
Zayn stood anxiously at the doorstep as he stared at his phone in his hand, what a great sense of deja vu he was having. He'd been waiting for Will's call for a while now but he got nothing, should he really still give him time to meet up with her? He knew his mom had a strong head at times, but she had always been particularly partial to Will so he thought it wouldn't last a day for her to give in. But it's been a week already. Just what was she still being so strongheaded about? "I shouldn't have promised to stay out of it." Zayn muttered to himself as he stared down the empty road that had no one approaching. He was only respecting Will's wish because he trusted him, but if his mom kept making things difficult... His phone rung out in his hand and his fingers moved as fast as light "Will, where are you? Are you on your way back?" The moment silence that responded to him made his brows furrow "Will?" A disturbed breath came in and he finally heard Will speak "...Zayn, I-" Will's