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"You think maybe we can untie each other's hands? I mean, it's not that far from each especially with how close we are." Liam looks at Louis like he's stupid. Which he really must be if he can suggest something like that.

"Are you serious? You want zayn to come back and kill us, you don't know what he's capable of and you have no idea when he's coming back, hell, we don't even know where we are!" Liam's so frustrated and scared and he's really just feeling a whole lot of emotions right now. They're all piling up like a game of Jenga, ready to topple over if moved the wrong way.

"You really think he's going to come back now? It's been a whole god damned day Liam" they've kind of been arguing since zayn left them, both of them being scared and not being able to tell when zayn's going to pop out of nowhere has put them both on edge.

" well he's obviously not just gonna leave us here for the rest of our lives. He has a plan Louis, and thanks to you, we're going to die."

"Thanks to me?", Louis shouts incredulously. "Hey I didn't just kiss you without your permission, you kissed me back, therefore it's your fault as well, don't blame me just because your creepy ass boyfriend is batshit crazy."

"Well if you think he's my boyfriend, why'd you ask to talk to me, why'd you kiss me and then proceed to ask me out on a date? If you thought he was my boyfriend, you shouldn't have even tried."

Louis doesn't even have anything to say to that because he knows Liam is right, knows he can't say something that won't come out strained and stupid.

They both startle when they hear the sound of clapping. Zayn's standing by the door with an amused look on his face as he continues to clap, his movements slowing down as he gets closer to then until his hands cease to a stop.

"Well wasn't that a show! You guys really entertain me you know?" Neither of them aren't sure when zayn got there, not sure how much he's heard of their conversation. He very well could have been standing there the entire time.

Liam thinks he figures that out when zayn goes to move their chairs further apart. "We can't have you guys sitting so close to each other, now can we?"

Zayn looks at them like he expects some sort of answer before he seems to remember something he was supposed to do. " oh that's right, I brought something for you guys!" He says it in so much excitement that Louis starts to wonder if what he brought them was something to kill them both.

"Now don't look like that Louis! It's only food, you guys must be starving." Louis and Liam both turn to look at each other simultaneously. They haven't even thought about their hunger though now that zayn has mentioned it, they haven't eaten in a while.

But then again, with the excitement zayn's sporting right now, neither are quite eager to express their hunger. They really need to start preparing theirselves for death because zayn being this happy can't possible be a good thing. He must have something planned out. Or maybe it's the fear eating them alive that will get him satisfied. Either one has them both on the edge of their seats awaiting for something to happen and not quite in a good way.

When zayn comes back he takes turn spoon feeding them both. He handles Liam with care whereas he kind of just shoves the spoon down Louis' throat and then gets mad at him when all of his saliva covers the spoon causing zayn to go fetch another one.

Louis' a wimp. And a loser. He's also scared shitless. did he mention he was a wimp? He wants to go home, go back to his job, be on his own for awhile. He's not too fond of the idea that he's going to have to stay here for a long while.

Let's admit it, zayn's crazy, chances are he's probably going to keep them there for however long he deems necessary.

Which is something Louis thinks he won't be able to stand. But maybe what zayn wants is for him to beg, for him to beg to be let go and to be able to go home. He doesn't know if that's really what zayn wants but whatever he has to do to be free of whatever this is, he'll try it. Hell he's willing to try anything at this point.

Louis' not even sure why Liam hasn't tried anything yet, but then again, he probably knows what he'd get himself into if he tried. Either way, Louis isn't one to sit and wait, he's more of a act first then think kind of guy.

And this guy will take his chance now. "So, when can I leave?" Zayn turns his head from where he was staring at Liam and stares at Louis with a blank look that probably shouldn't be as scary as it is.

"What do you mean, 'when can you leave'?" His demeanor is surprisingly calm.

"I really want to go home, I have a job and I've already missed as many days as I can and I wouldn't even tell anybody where I've been if you just let me go, I promise I won't." There. Now he just had to wait for zayn to untie him and let him go.

"You're asking me if I can let you go?" His face is blank and his tone is calm, he doesn't look angry in the slightest. Meanwhile Liam looks a but worried at the situation dwindling down in front of him.

Louis nods.

Louis' chair along with him in it is on the floor in a matter of seconds. His cheek is stinging red, and without his consent, tears well up in his eyes because well, being slapped hurts and no matter how much of a man he is, he still knows this and he can't pretend, really, he's on the floor, like it didn't.

"You kiss my boyfriend, and you want me to let you go?!" If Louis thought zayn wasn't going to go hysterical, he was so wrong.

"N-no I, well yes b-but I just". Louis' kind of done with his somewhat sort of a sentence when he sees zayn coming towards him. And it's not like he could move back or cover his face or really anything but if he could, he would, just so he wouldn't have to see zayn lift his chair up by grabbing him by the collar and slapping him harder than the first time. Wishes he could really only hear zayn say shut up afterwards.

Zayn kind of goes a little overboard really. (Doesn't he always?) he's punching him and he's slapping him, just trying to get his anger out because just keeping the boy here against his will isn't satisfying all his needs.

And Liam can't even do anything about, can't even touch zayn to try to stop him, can only call out his name. It doesn't even work to be honest, especially when he tells for him to stop and just gets slapped in return. And Liam's not so keen on the idea of having a dead body sit next to him for however long they're supposed to be there. Because he's pretty sure zayn's still not going to let him go.

And honestly, what was Louis thinking? Has he not seen what zayn is capable of, does he not understand that zayn is like a ticking time bomb and that the littlest thing could set him off? Obviously not, he has blood trickling down his chin for Christ sakes.

Which all in all, makes Liam panic of course. He doesn't know what to do, has no idea what could stop this. Anything he says could end up being just as stupid as what Louis has just done. But anything could also stop zayn from killing the poor man.

So Liam decides to shout 'I love you' and hope for the best.

The best is zayn stopping immediately. He drops Louis' collar from his hands, looks over at Liam, kneels down , and kinda just crawls over to him. It's a little weird with what he just did but Liam's not complaining.

Zayn nuzzles his head into Liam's body and of course Liam can't use his hands so he just sorta pets him with his head,(it's the best he can do, really.)

The moment lasts for a little while, (and honestly someone really should be worrying about Louis' well being, but zayn doesn't care and Liam finds that he can't either when zayn looks so somewhat innocent), until zayn says something so quietly that Liam can't even hear it even if their heads are so close together.

"What?", Liam finds himself whispering. Which is totally useless what with zayn shouting at him next. "You're lying!" He pushes Liam's chair back, almost enough to tip it over, but really just scoots him back a few inches.

Zayn crouches down even further, somewhat folding into himself. He looks like he's about to cry, but he doesn't, can't really, not with these people in the room with him, so he gets up and leaves. Because somehow he wouldn't be zayn if he didn't fight his way through his problems, or runaway from them.

Liam though, feels a little bit of satisfaction in knowing that there was a hint of truth in his words. He doesn't know why it's satisfaction he feels, but he doesn't question it either.

And now he's left with a man who's gargling blood from his mouth at the fault of zayn's own hands.