After some time, Aisha woke up. She was better, but still afraid. By the time she was sleeping, El and Louis managed to get her clothes. We all were outside the hotel room, while Ash, Sophia and El were in. I couldn't keep calm, I still wanted to rip the head off of whoever did this to her. She was so scared, I don't even know how I kept calm in front of her. Suddenly, Sophia opened the door.

"Zayn, would you come in real quick?" She asked. I left the breath I'd been holding and nodded.

She took me in and locked the door again. Aisha was in the bathroom. I saw her top on the bed. I held it and took a look at it. It was dirty and half-ripped. My gripped on it increased as anger boiled my blood. How dare they lay their hands on her!

"Zayn.. It's not the right time to get angry. She's scared! And not ready to give her statement.." El said in almost a whisper. I sighed and dropped the top on the bed again. I nodded.

"You need to convince her Zayn.. that's why we called you. No one else can do it better than you.." Soph added. I nodded again. After a few seconds, Aisha came out of the bathroom. She constantly exchanged glances between us, nervously. I hate to see her like this..

"If you're here to convince me to give a statement, I'm not gonna listen." She said as she sat on the bed again. I knew it was not her who was saying this, it was her fear. I went and sat down on the bed next to her. I held her hands in mine. She tried taking them back, which almost broke my heart, but her gaze went to my hand.

"Zayn!! What happened to your hand?" She asked as she felt the bandage on my hand, she was caressing it with her thumb.

"Its-its nothing, but that's not important right now, we need to go to—"

Before I could speak any further, she spoke, "Please Zayn, I can't do this.." She looked at me with teary eyes.

"Listen, Aisha. I know you're scared. But I promise you, I'll never let anything like that happen to you again. I'll protect you, we all will!" I said and she looked at Sophia and Eleanor. She looked down.

I placed my fingers under her chin and made her look at me, in my eyes, "Do you trust me?" I asked. She remained silent for some seconds and then nodded. I hugged her, and I swear when I heard her sigh, a wave of relief washed over. After we pull apart, I cupped her face lightly, caressing her bruised cheek and kissed her forehead. "You'll be better, don't worry.. we all are here." She nodded.

Me, Sophia, Luke and Paul took her to the police station in a rental car. She gave her statement, I held her all the time. She was still shivering. Her grip grew on me as she told the incident, but I tried my best to console her, rather than flipping out with anger. What would've happened if these four hadn't found her? I shook my head silently, throwing that thought away. That will never happen again.. I won't let it happen. After we returned to the hotel, we decided to leave.

"We can't thank you enough for what you did today!!" Harry said to the boys. The boys nodded.

"Yea. Thank you so much. I don't know what would've happened if you didn't—" Aisha said but was cut off by Ashton.

"You don't need to.. we'd help anyone who needed it." He said. She hugged all of them and returned to us. We waved them as we made our way to our bus. The crowd wasn't there, so we were a bit relieved. We went in our bus and drove to our destination.

"I think you should rest, Aisha.". Niall said, cutting off the heavy silence.

"I think all of us are really tired, we should all rest, it's already late." I said. He nodded in agreement.

"I'm really sorry, I should've listened to you.." Aisha added, her eyes tearing up instantly. Niall hugged her.

"It's not your fault Aisha... Let's forget about it now, okay?" Niall mumbled. She nodded. Everyone was silent for a moment until Paul came.

"Girls, boys, here's some food. Eat and take rest. We'll reach to our hotel in Dublin by tomorrow afternoon, and Aisha.. don't overthink about it, it's over now." He said, giving her a small smile and handed us parcels. She nodded again.

We all ate our foods and went to our beds. Sophia came to Aisha's bed, she was facing the other side so didn't notice her. I sat up and asked.

"What happened Soph?"

"I don't think I'll have the guts to leave her alone again.." She replied, concern showing off in her tone. Sophia was right, Ash wasn't herself since everything happened.

"You should sleep Soph.. I'll be ok.." Ash replied, her voice was very low.

"Yea.. If she needs anything, I'm here." I assured her. She sighed and nodded. And went to her bunk.

After 3 hours, everyone was asleep, but I woke up because I heard some voices. I looked down to see Aisha, she was sitting, hugging her knees tight, still shivering and buried her face in her knees. I was really worried for her. I couldn't see her like this anymore. I wanted the happy, caring Aisha back.

I put on a t-shirt and went down to her bed. I sat on her bed slowly. She looked up at me and wiped her tears with the back of her hand.

"Aisha?" I asked quietly as I put a strand of hair behind her ear, she shivered at my touch.

"I'm sorry, Zayn. I messed up everything today. You all are worried because of me. I shouldn't have—" She said, but I cut her off.

"Shh..I'm telling you again. This is not your fault Ash." She looked down as I said this. "Come here.." I added and opened my arms for her. She leaned into my chest.

My arms immediately wrapped around her. I was caressing her hair, while she had wrapped her arms tightly around my waist, her body was cold and she was shivering. A wave of protectiveness washed over me. I had to take care of her.

I looked at her, she was calm now. "Do you need more blankets?" I asked her. She shook her head.

"I don't think that'll help.. I just need some comfort." She said, her scared voice already breaking me.

"Do you want me to stay?" I asked her again.

She nodded her head.

Aisha's pov

"Do you want me to stay?" He asked me. My heart skipped a beat.

I nodded. I really needed him to stay right now, I wasn't stable. My mind couldn't forget the faces of that men, grinning at me, eyeing me like I was their prey. I shivered at the thought. Zayn hugged me tighter, rubbing my back in a comforting manner. His presence made me calm down. We pulled away from our hug.

"Come on, we'll lay down.." He said patting my bed, with a small smile. I nodded again, trying to return the smile.

We laid down on the bed. He pulled me closer and I rested my head on his chest, while he was humming tunes. His one hand was caressing my hair, while other was below his head. His steady heartbeat and voice really helped me, I was really calm and half asleep by now.

"I really care for you Aisha..." He whispered, maybe he thought I was sleeping. I felt his fingers pushing my hair away from my face.

"You don't even have any idea.. I would do anything to protect you. I can't see you like this. I want my Aisha back, I want to see that smile that makes my heart take leaps." He added, my vision blurred with tears as his voice stumbled a bit.

"I love you so much that I can't even explain..." I wanted to cry so bad, tears were flowing down my face.. he felt the same. I wanted to say something, but I couldn't. I choked because of this and coughed. Shit!

"Are you okay?" Zayn asked me. I hope he thought I was sleeping.

"I think I just need some water.." I said, looking at him. He nodded.

We both got up and he gave me water. I drank it. Zayn saw my tears so he wiped them with his thumb.

"Why does your skin feel hot?" He asked, and I watched his every action carefully. 

It's because of you Zayn.. I shook my head.

He put his hand behind my neck and pulled me towards him, so ours foreheads were touching. My heartbeat picked up pace.

"I think you've got a fever.." he said, still in this position. I couldn't help it now.. 

"You love me?" I whispered and a tear escaped. He pulled away, his eyes wide.

"You... you heard it?" He asked, stuttering. I nodded.

"Everything?" He asked again.

"Everything." I whispered again. He looked away from me. 

"I—I'm sorry if I made things awkward between us.." he said, looking anywhere but me. I cupped his face and made him look at me. 

"Do you love me Zayn?" I asked again.. looking into his eyes.

His eyes teared up a bit. He looked down and nodded. "Yes, I do. With all my heart.." he added. "I'm sorry aga—"

Before he could apologise again, I pulled him into a kiss. He kissed me back. I didn't care about anything now, I just wanted to be with him. Our kiss was slow but passionate. He placed his arms on my waist to pull me closer, while I placed my hands on the back of his neck. I wish I would never get out of this moment. We pulled away after we were out of breath.

I pulled him so our foreheads could touch. "I love you too, Zayn. I've been falling for you, everyday since I've met you.." He smiled at my words and kissed me again.

'Cause all of me

Loves all of you

Love your curves and all your edges

All your perfect imperfections

Give your all to me

I'll give my all to you

You're my end and my beginning

Even when I lose I'm winning

'Cause I give you all of me

And you give me all of you, oh

What the-

We heard someone singing. We pulled away and turned our heads to see ... Harry, playing the song on his phone and grinning widely. By this sound, everyone else woke up and looked at us with the same grinning face.

"Oops!! Sorry to interrupt.." He said and smirked again.

"Shut up Styles!" I whisper-yelled. He laughed quietly and I dug my face in Zayn's chest, why do they have to embarrass me every time? All the others chuckled.

"So does this mean you're together?" Liam asked hopefully. Are we?

"Are we?" Zayn asked as I looked at him. I nodded my head and hugged him again. Everyone was laughing at us. Zayn pulled away from our hug and held my face in his hands.

"I love you.." He whispered to me. My heart took leaps at his loving tone.

"I love you too." I replied and brushed my lips lightly to his.

I forgot about today's incident. I was back to normal, yet really happy. Me and Zayn were together now. His presence made me feel safe and protective, I couldn't control the butterflies in my stomach when I was with him, his touch gave me electrical buzzes through my body. He was special... and he made me feel special.

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I wanna say.. RIP Sushant singh Rajput.. Bollywood lost one more talented and humble personality. When we thought this year can't get more worst, it just did..

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Now, to the fanfic..

Finally!! He confessed.... *does irish jig with niall*

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