Sometime in the near future
Nicks POV
I furrowed my eyebrows and moved to get away. My breath became a little ragged as I tried to concentrate and swerve around my opponent. I was struggling and fully got into it, grunting and leaning in closer. He kicks and-

“Ugh!!” I groaned in frustration, dropping my controller on the ground.

“He shoots and scores! AGAIN!” Louis teased and whooped.

“No fair!” I grumbled, sticking out my bottom lip.

“How is that not fair?” Louis asked, stifling his victorious giggles.

“You just..you’re not fair!” I said, not coming up with a good excuse. Liam, who was sitting on the other side of me, patted my shoulder.

“Don’t worry, you’ve gotten better” Liam said and a smile tugged at my lips.

“Really?” I asked, perking up a little. Liam smiled wide and a mangled noise gurgled from the back of his throat.

“No, not really” Louis said, causing Liam to stop holding back his laugh.

“It’s not my fault! No one teaches me!” I protest.

“Okay Nick, time for your breathing exercises” Zayn announced, walking into the living room. I groaned and Louis paused the game of FIFA we were playing.

“I don’t want to. This is exactly why I haven’t gotten any better at this game” I whined, tilting my head back.

“Don’t whine to me, we’re doing them” Zayn said, standing over me. He looked down at me with his milky eyes, causing me to completely fall backward, just missing his feet. I blushed tomato red and sat up as quick as possible, hurting my back in the process. Stupid pulled back muscle. Liam and Louis giggled at me, both their laughs molding together in a harmonic way.

“Hey, be careful” Zayn said, referring to my back.

“Maybe you should do some balance exercises too” Liam chuckled, and I would have glared at him if he wasn’t so damn adorable laughing.

“Hey I was going to say that!” Louis smiled, high fiving Liam.

“That would be interesting” Zayn said, pulling me up to my feet.

“Oh mother of pearl no” I say, facepalming.

“Great minds think alike” Liam smirked. I glared at both of them.

“Great minds? Please” I joked, but in reality they had perfect minds, and looks and just, everything. Niall snickered at my expression from his spot on the loveseat with Anjelica, who was mindlessly caressing his dyed blonde hair. Nikki smiled at me, not noticing Harry gawking at her stunning smile. I returned her smile, but then soon huffed when Zayn pulled on my arm.

I didn’t huff because Zayn was holding me, he could hold me all day if he wants. I huffed because I hate breathing exercises. I have to breath deeply and at different paces to test my lungs. I end up coughing, and that’s no fun. I followed Zayn to his room, shutting the door behind us. I made sure that whenever we do these stupid exercises, we do it away from everyone else because I look ridiculous. And Zayn just had to insist that he be the one to do the breathing exercises with.

“Can I not just do this?” I asked, but suddenly choked on my breath and coughed harshly. Zayn raised his eyebrow as if to say “did you seriously just ask that?”

“Sit” Zayn instructed, patting the empty spot next to him on his bed. I took the spot rightfully next to him, trying to get close to him, but not close enough so I don’t freak him out. As Zayn stares at me, I pull at my bandaged wrist. “Ey, no no” Zayn said, swatting my hand away.

“But it itches” I said, looking down at all bandages on my arms and legs.

“Then lets change them” Zayn said, getting up. I usually would protest, the sticky ointment not entirely the best feeling in the world on my burns, but right now, they could be changed. Besides, I may not like the way the ointment feels, but it does help with the itching.

I could tell that Zayn would get annoyed at my protest throughout the whole bandage changing and breathing exercises. I would always whine and complain, begging Zayn for it to be over. But Zayn never snapped at me. Zayn momentarily disappeared into the bathroom and comes back out with a pack of bandages and the tube of ointment. Zayn sits back down next to me and opens the pack of bandages. He gently grabs my arms and slowly peels off the bandages.

“Mfh” I wince, biting on my bottom lip. My burns felt even more itchy now that they were exposed to the air.

“Sorry” Zayn sincerely apologised. As Zayn changed all my arm and leg bandages, applying a satisfying amount of ointment to each burn, I admired his flawless looks. It was cute the way he bit his lip in concentration and would smile after every bandage he successfully replaced. I would blush at the way his soft fingers touched my heated skin and shiver when he rubbed the ointment on.“Done” he said, grabbing the soiled, old bandages and tossing them in a trash bin by his bed.

“Sweet” I said, standing up.

“Ah ah ah” Zayn said, pulling me back down. “We still haven’t done our breathing exercises” Zayn smirks and I groan.

“Fine..lets get this over with” I mumbled and Zayn smiled. He straightens up and looks me straight in the eye.

“Alright, start slow” Zayn speaks and I start to quickly breathe. “No no no, slowly” Zayn said and takes a slow, deep breath. He did that a few times, demonstrating how to breath. I couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the facial expressions he would make. Told you that this made you look ridiculous.“What?” Zayn asked.

“Y-you” I struggled to breath, laughing too hard. Zayn pouted and crossed his arms over his chest, looking absolutely adorable. I could just gobble him right up. I calmed down my breathing, but smiled brightly at him. Suddenly, Zayn smiled wide. “What?” I said, my turn to ask.

“You didn’t cough!!” Zayn answered brightly.

“Yeah, yeah I didn’t” I beam back. I take a few deep breaths to test it out, and I don’t cough.

“Good progress!” Zayn glows and jumps up. “We celebrate with ice cream!” Zayn declares. Hell yeah we celebrate with ice cream, I think to myself.

Notes

Sorry for the awful update :( It would have been better and longer if my mom wasn't all like "Clean the kitchen" and "go study!" I also apologize for any mistakes.
Moree Zickkk :) But that' going to be pushed aside for some Nirry!!! Not to spoil anything, but.....something very interesting happens :)
Oh! And there will be more Anjelica and Niall!!!
I love you all and thank you so much for reading!!

And congrats to Zayn and Perrie!!! They finally are going to tie the knot!! (Get married) I'm just soo happy I love them!! :) Tickets for the wedding?