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Episode 18- Serpent 

"Zayn!" Niall called out at the bloke that was currently speed walking. Somehow, Niall's voice managed to calm his anger a bit, and when Niall finally reached him, he saw the damage that Liam did. Paul was suppose to be looking after his angel, but he failed. Zayn slowly moved his hand towards Niall's face, who was panting heavily from the short run. He run's his thumb over the cuts and bruises, feeling his anger rising up again.  

"Zayn,....w-where are you going?" Niall asked between gasp "I thought you have to work out-station?" 

"I finished early," Zayn lied simply when the truth was he was at his real apartment trying tto solve Niall's case. 

"Where are you going then?" 

"Beat the living fuck out of Liam Payne," He replied simply. 

"Why? We have a wedding to plan," Niall said, his voice wavered a tad because he himself wasn't sure of this decision. 

"W-What?" Zayn choked, not believing what he had heard. 

"I said.....," Niall took a deep breath, there's no turning back now "We have a wedding to plan,...our wedding,"  

He's not going to let Liam win. 

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"Nope," Louis shook his head "Over my dead body he's getting married to that bloke," 

"You said it yourself, there's no other way," Maura Tomlinson reasoned, trying her best to be patient with her eldest son. They're having lunch at Wendy's, waiting for Zayn and Niall to come. It's sort of like a 'meet the parents' for the first time thing, but  Maura had been staying at the nearby hotel with her husband. Mark is currently typing rapidly on his phone, completely ignoring the two bickering because it wasn't a rare occasion -this is boud to happen when you put two divas in one table for too long.   "Plus I don't see why he shouldn't do this,..Zayn is a nice bloke," 

"You barely know him Mum," Louis said is a sassy manner. 

"And you do?" She replied, just as sassy. Their conversation have been going on for two hours straight now. It's been three days since Niall announced that he's getting married, successfully giving his brother a mini-heart attack and his mother screaming with happiness. "Honey would you shove some senses into you son's head?" 

"Louis, listen to your mother," Mark drawled. 

"But Dad, this is- this is unacceptable. Niall cannot get married with this bloke. Nialler is too young and-and the guy is-" 

"Mum! Dad!" Came in Niall's cheery voice, followed closely by Zayn, all dressed up nicely to meet Niall's parent, but not for th e first time of course, he met them already when he was little. 

Zayn wanted more  than anything for Niall to be his, and with everything that's happening, he couldn't be even more happier. But, he didn't count the fact that he's still haven't told Niall the truth. To Niall, he's still Zayn Brooks, his co-worker from the designing team but the truth is, he's Zayn Malik, his boss that's been stalking him. He's been planning ways to tell him, but his head was telling him that he shouldn't be telling Niall -not yet at least. He didn't want Niall to cancel their wedding,...not when he'd already bought an engagement ring. 

Zayn knew that this wasn't how he's planned to make Niall fall in love with him, but if he doesn't do this, Niall would be sent of to somewhere far away from him -he couldn't let that happen so this situation is like killing two birds with one stone. 

That is, if he manage not to kill the first bird.

"Nialler!" Mark greeted his second son enthusiastically, feeling grateful that at least someone isn't trying to blow his head off by quarreling.  He stood up and engulf his son in a bear hug

"Hey Dad," Niall replied fondly, obviously missing his father. "It's so good to see you,...I missed you,"

 "I missed you to Ni," Mark chuckled, pulling away from the hug "See? It's not that hard to say that you miss your father," Mark scolded, turning to Louis, who avoided eye contact, pretending to adjust his tie.  

"Hi Mummy," Niall proceeded to greet his mother, kissing her on the cheek.

"Hi sweetie," She replied softly, caressing Niall's soft cheek. 

Niall then proceeded to greet his elder brother, who had stopped talking the moment he agreed to marry Zayn. He hugged Louis -who's still sitting on his spot- sideways and kissed his right cheek. Louis made no move to acknowledge Niall, clenching his fist tightly. He knows that giving Niall the silent treatment will hurt the poor boy, but Louis thinks that it's better for him to be giving Niall the silent treatment then to say stuff that he'll probably won't mean. 

"Mom, Dad,..this is Zayn Brooks," Niall introduced his best friend-slash-future husband/ Zayn professionally composed himself, his inner 'Mr. Malik' showing, walking towards Mark, holding out his hand. Mark looked at Zayn skeptically before shaking their hands. 

"Mr. Tomlinson," Zayn smiled charmingly, "It's so great to see you again," 

"It's good to see you again to Zayn,...I'm sorry...for what happened to your mother," Mark smiled sympathetically. Niall was rather shocked that Dad knew about Zayn's mother's death but didn't tell him. Mark wasn't exactly fond of Zayn too, but unlike his eldest son, he wants to give Zayn a chance, not judging the

"Thank you Mr. Tomlinson," Zayn kept smiling. Then, he moved towards Maura, who instead of shking his hand, hugged Zayn lightly. 

"You grew up beautifully Zayn," Maura whispered, pulling back to cup Zayn's face in her hands. The truth was, Zayn hated touching other people that's not Niall. Right after his mother's death, he detached himself from the world mentally and physically but the moment he saw Niall again, he knew that Niall's touch is what he's been craving for. "Look at those eyes,...they're just like your mother's," 

"Thank you Mrs. Tomlinson," Zayn said in a hushed tone, pulling away from the slightly awkward hug."That's very nice of you," He then moved towards Louis, holding his hands out, waiting for him to shake it. Louis kept looking away, wanting more than anything to be anywhere than here. After realizing that Louis won't shook his hand, Zayn calmly retreated his hands. Niall came to Zayn's side, sliding his hands around his waist, glueing their body on the side. Zayn instinctively wrapped his arms around Niall, smiling down at him. 

"Well, come on then," Maura tried to diffuse the tension, and at the same time, shooting daggers upon daggers at Louis. "We've got a wedding to discuss," 

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Forty-five minutes later, Louis felt like throwing a man-tantrum -which doesn't really have any diffrence with the normal tantrum- but held it inside. He played with his food and avoid any engagement of verbal and eye contact with anyone around the table. Niall and Mum were talking animatedly, while Zayn and Mark talked about the serious stuff. He wanted to weigh in what he thinks of the situation, but his ego won't let his mouth open. So instead, he kept glancing at his brother, and sometimes, he would caught Niall looking at him from the corner of his eyes. 

Ever since Zayn re-entered Niall's life, Louis and Niall have been fighting alot -he noticed it. Of course is mind quickly blamed Zayn for this, but a small part of his subconscious is nagging that he's the center of the problem.  Louis knows that he's a tad controlling when it comes to Niall, because he's the only little brother he has and not to mention that Niall is, well Niall.  

The air in the restaurant was suffocating him, or it was probably the fact that his little brother is getting married before him, with a guy that he loathes, and even his parents seemed to like Zayn Brooks. Louis excused himself from the table and headed quickly to the washroom. Once he's in the light peach washroom that smells like chloroform, he went to the sink and washed his face with the cold tap water.  

Seconds later, he heard someone entering the washroom. He looked to his right and saw none other than his brother, twiddling his thumb nervously. 

"H-Hey," Niall greeted him.

"Hey," Louis replied, feeling more and more suffocated by the thick awkwardness in the toilet, but he need to face Niall sooner or later. 

"So,..haven't heard your voice for quite a while,...and you won't even pick up my calls," Niall talked softly "Are you mad at me?" 

Louis stayed silent, pondering the question in his head. Is he mad at Niall? or at Zayn? or at the person that sabotaged Niall? He wasn't sure but seeing Niall here and now, he doesn't feel mad at Niall at all.  

And then, it hits him. 

He now realizes why he's mad. 

"You still won't talk?" Niall asked sadly "I uhm,..I don't know w-what to do Lou. I can't-I don't want the court to send me away from Mum, Dad, you. I don't have-" 

"I'm not mad," Louis cuts him off abruptly "I just,..I feel,..useless," 

"Useless?" Niall asked quizzically. 

"I'm your big brother Niall," Louis laughed humorlessly "I mean...I'm supposed to be the head of the family after Dad. But I can't..I can't even take care of you properly. I'm a lawyer Niall,..I've helped so many people with my job but when it comes to my own family member, I can't even lift a finger. Do you-Do you remember the time when Mum broke her leg,..two years ago? You were still in college and I've started working at my new firm. You took time off from study just to take care of her while I- I was too busy to even come and visit. I just....for once, I want to be able to be the hero for my own family Nialler. Even Zayn is doing much better job at saving your ass!" 

"You'd be stupid if you don't see it you know," Niall spoke softly, a small smile playing on his lips. "I still remembered the day you, Mum and Dad walked in for the first time in the orphanage. I was five and no one wanted to talk to me, no one wanted to adopt me. You could've picked to talk to any of the boys in that room, but you choose to talk to me. Me, the dirty boy sitting on the floor with a toy car without wheels and a teddy bear without eyes. And once I was adopted, I was always afraid to talk to Mum and Dad, but with, talking was easy. I still remember those moments where you would sneak me out at night to eat ice-creams, you would bring me that horrible soup when I'm sick and especially those moments where you took the blame for me breaking the stuff around the house because I like to play football indoors. You gave me a family Lou,...you gave me life Lou," 

It was silence after Niall's short heartfelt speech. Louis was speechless because he's trying hard not to cry.  

"Ugh come here you-" Louis chuckled, stepping forward to hug his small baby-brother. Once his face was safely hidden between the crook of Niall's neck, tears flowed out of his eyes effortlessly. 

"Are-Are you crying Lou?" Niall chuckled a tad, because he didn't expect that his small speech would have such a huge impact.

"No," Louis choked "Your stupid speech got in my eyes," 

"So,..does this mean that you'll treat Zayn better?" 

"Hell no," Louis replied almost instantly. 

"But you'll still be my best man?" 

"Hell yes," 

*** 

 The nest day was extremely hectic for both Niall and Zayn.

They had to plan a wedding withing four day which means calling the caterer, sending out invitations, seating arrangements trying out suits, table arrangement, cake tasting, color scheme, shoes, and loads other stuff that turns Niall's hair grey. Niall and Louis wanted to make the small and simple, but Mark, Maura and Zayn wanted it to be a big event, so it's two against three. Harry too opined that it should be a huge wedding instead of a small one, much to Louis's dismay. 

But despite everything, Niall was so happy that Zayn stood by him every step of the way....and he sort of changed a bit. He was strict, serious protective and much more quiet -but not in a bad way, he's strict about not wasting too much money on something that is not necessary, he's serious each time Niall's asked for opinion on the colour of the table cloth or the flavour of the cakes they've tried, and he always kept his arm around Niall's waist each time they went out to do something. He has this some sort of aura of authoritativeness and protectiveness whenever his around Niall, not letting anyone get too close to Niall. Niall supposed to feel suffocated, but instead, he felt.....safe.

 Plus, he didn't let Niall have any bachelor party, which causes Harry to pout because apparently he had hired a few strippers for Niall. 

There is one thing that's been lingering in the air between Zayn and Niall. They still need to sort the most important thing in their untimely marriage; their feelings. They're both were too busy during the day and too tired at night to talk, with Niall  falling asleep effortlessly in Zayn's arm, he didn't have the heart to wake him up just to talk. Zayn had tried to find many opportunities to sit down with Niall and talk and Niall vice versa. Another thing that worries him was he's been letting Mr. Malik-side of him him to show itself, and he hoped that Niall doesn't notice the way he's been acting around him.

Niall knew that there were boundaries needs to be set in this marriage -at least, that is what he's brain is telling him, but his heart was telling him otherwise. His heart is telling him to just drop everything and give himself to Zayn because the only reason that he's scared to be in a relationship with Zayn was that he didn't want them to break up. Seeing Zayn volunteered himself to be his husband in order to save him, Niall knew that Zayn's feeling towards him was serious. He might not have the same feeling to reciprocate, knowing that Zayn's feeling is probably deeper, but he's definitely going there. 

Opportunity finally presents itself the night before the wedding ceremony. They got back to their apartment earlier than expected, after finishing with the seating arragement and re-adjusting the altar. Silently, both Zayn and Niall shed their clothing ready to change into thier pyjamas. 

Right when Niall was in the midst of looking for his pyjamas wearing nothing but his bright blue boxers, Zayn grabbed his arm and spun him around, flushing their bare chest together. Zayn was looking at Niall with so much intensity, making Niall's heart beats twice as face. Zayn was staring down at the beautiful blonde lad in him arms, cheeks tainted pink, and chest heaving up and down heavily. Zayn's jaws were clenched, making him look even more desirable. 

"Zayn?" Niall squeaked, melting into a pile of jello in Zayn's arm upon realizing that Zayn too, was wearing nothing but a pair of boxers.  

"Niall," Zayn spoke Niall's name softly, brushing their lips together. He then proceeded to wrap his other arm around Niall's body, practically supporting Niall's weight on his own body. "Hey," 

"H-Hey," Niall blushed, bowing his head down a bit so that he could hide his blushing face on Zayn's chest. 

"How are you?" Zayn asked, his lips on top of Niall's head. 

"Tired," Niall sighed, embracing Zayn's warmth, laying his left cheek on his chest. "Really tired," 

"Sorry," Zayn apologized which was preposterous in Niall's point of view "I- I need to talk to you Niall,"  

"Y-Yeah,...sure," Niall finally looked up after a couple of seconds. He looked at Zayn in the eyes, and muster up all his confidence to ask Zayn the question that has been lingering in his head for quite a while now. "Where do we stand in this marriage Zayn? According to the law, yes, we're a married couple but..." 

"You don't love me? Is that it?" Zayn asked, unable to hide his sadness and disappointment. He was shocked that Niall asked him the question first since he thought that he was the one that will be doing all the talking. 

"I mean-...No, I do love you but not the way you love me," Niall knows that this would hurt Zayn's feeling, but this has to be done. Zayn was eerily quite after that, his deep brown eyes looking straight at Niall, his fingers on Niall's back were tracing his spine softly and gently. 

"Then I'll make you fall in love with me.," Zayn finally spoke, making Niall release his breath that he was holding. "You will be my husband and I will do anything to make you fall in love with me Niall. I know that this is not the love story you want, but I can prove to you that my heart already belongs to you Niall. To you and to you only. "  

Niall didn't know what to reply to that,...at least not verbally. He smiled up the man that crashed into his life out of the blue, thinking how a man like Zayn would probably appear once in a lifetime only. Unexpectedly, Niall crashed his lips with Zayn, who was rather shock that Niall initiated the kiss. Nevertheless, he reciprocate the kiss with just as much enthusiasm. He walked forward, pushing Niall against  nearest wall. The kiss was full of want, need, heat, passion and hunger. Niall wasn't scared anymore, and this was his way of saying that he's trusting his heart for Zayn to use, love and care for. 

"Steal my heart Zayn," Niall whispered huskily against Zayn's panting, wanting lips "And don't you ever give it back to me,"  

"In that case," Zayn smirked, pulling away from their hug -much to Niall's dismay- and ran towards the cupboard. He took out something from one of the drawers and hid it behind him.

The next thing Niall knew was, Zayn was kneeling down in front of him, then he pulled out a small box which then opened to reveal a small silver rings with small diamonds stones around it. 

"Niall James Tomlinson-Horan," Zayn began and Niall didn't know whether to laugh or to cry because Zayn is about to propose to him wearing a pair of boxers "I'm sorry that I couldn't plan anything romantic to ask this question but before you walk down that isle tomorrow, I want to ask you personally and privately,...would you do the honour of being my other half?"  

"We could've put some clothes on," Niall chuckled, tears forming around his eyes "But yes,...

I would love to be you other half," 

***  

The wedding was beautiful and simple.  

They had the ceremony held late in the afternoon, followed by an after-party later that evening. People were dancing, talking, laughing and eating,..no one was surprised by the sudden wedding. They couldn't hire a chapel at such a short time, so they decided to held the wedding beside a small lake on the outskirts of town and Niall thought that is was simply better than a chapel because the scenery was divine. Niall was smiling to himself as he sways his body to slow subtle music playing in the background, leaning his right cheek and body on Zayn'a chest and body respectively, thinking about the wedding and......his husband. Husband. Niall's heart did a small victory dance because he's now convinced that everything will be perfect after this; the court will drop the charges, he doesn't have to worry about Louis setting him up with random dates, he can move in permanently with Zayn and Harry can move in with Louis. Perfect. 

The song A Thousand Years began playing in the background and Zayn began sigging the lyrics along softly into Niall's ear, making him smile like a Cheshire cat. Zayn's voice was dee and sweet, like caramel, making Niall feel like he wants to dip apple into his voice. Their sweet moment was cut short when they heard a loud commotion coming from the entrance of the huge tent. Niall and Zayn recognize the voice, it was Louis, yelling at someone to get the hell out of the ceremony. Niall quickly pulled Zayn's hand, walking quickly towards the source of the commotion. When they arrived at the said place, Niall and Zayn was more than shocked to see Liam, sharply dressed unlike what Niall saw a few days prior. 

"Liam?" Niall gasped out his name. 

"Ahhh the lovely newly-weds," Liam smiled, his face shaven and his hair combed, rasing a glass filled with champagne "Congratulations on you wedding Niall, didn't know that you would be selfish enough to marry someone just for the sake of saving your pale ass," 

"That's it you fucker," Louis snarled, wanting to tackled Liam to the ground but was stopped by Harry "No-one talks to my brother like that!" 

"Oh is it a secret? I thought everyone here knows about it," Liam chuckled, taking a sip of his champagne. "Sorry, my bad," 

"Your the one with secrets Liam," Niall retorted. "What the hell happened to you? The other day you look like a hobo and now you look like you the world," 

"I'm not the only one with secrets," Liam smirked, re-adjusting his tie then taking the drink from the counter, drinking like no had happened "Why don't you ask your husband here Niall,...Ask Mr. Malik, what has he been keeping secret from you," 

"What? I don't -" Niall asked, a tad confused because Mr. Malik isn't here and he was definitely sure that he didn't marry Mr. Malik. "

"Still trying to play innocent?" Liam directed the question to Zayn, who was practically throwing daggers at Liam with his eyes. "Well Mr. Zayn Malik, I would like to congratulate you on your wedding, but I think it's time for me to leave because I'm sure you and your husband has a lot of things to talk about," 

"Mr-Mr. Malik?...What.. Zayn is.....Mr. Malik?!" Niall gasped, his chest tightening and he felt like the room is spinning. He turned his head to look at his husband, who kept his eyes locked at Liam, who was happily leaving the ceremony. "Z-Zayn? What is Liam going on about?" Niall asked, trying to get his attention. Slowly, Zayn shook his head and turned to look at his beautiful other half, his eyes filled with sadness and confusion. 

"I need to talk to you about something Niall," 

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