Harry's POV

"Stop being so fucking lazy!"

"No," I state simply, keeping my gaze fixed on the TV screen in front of me. Zayn has been yelling at me nonstop lately. It's really starting to get on my nerves. This has been my attitude ever since I got back to this godforsaken city. Just be a pain in his ass until he lets me leave. Or kills me. By now I'd really be fine with either of those options, as long as it gets me out of this hell-hole.

"I swear, Styles, if you don't start listening to me I'll-"

"You'll what? We both know you won't do anything, Zayn. I've acted like this ever since I came here two years ago and you haven't done anything, so I really don't think you will now. Just fuck off."

"Harry, we have this fight tonight. You're going to be there whether you like it or not."

"I don't think I want to," I reply, doing my best to appear uninterested.

"You know what? FINE! You don't want to be here, that's fine. I'll make you a fucking deal. I'm so sick of your whiney ass." I look up at him and wait for his offer. "You come to the fight tonight. If we win, I let you leave. No questions asked. You walk, and I won't come after you ever again."

This fight is a pretty big deal. Somehow another gang formed in the city that we were unaware of, and they had numbers that easily competed with ours. We had experience, though, so there was no way they would win. I think.

"How do I know you aren't lying?" I ask, standing and staring him in the eye.

"All I care about right now is winning this fight. After that, I really don't give a fuck what you do."

We have a little stare-down for a minute, both trying to intimidate each other. It doesn't work for either of us. I think he's telling the truth...

"I need some sort of...assurance," I say quietly, not backing up.

"What do you want," Zayn asks through gritted teeth.

"I'll figure it out. I'll let you know when I have it."

He huffs a "Fine" and goes out of the basement. Did that just happen? He's letting me go?

This is going to be the fight of my life.

Notes

so that's a super short chapter, but i just want to get it started!

hope you guys all read Misfit already, because some stuff might not make sense if you didn't :P