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It was only when he saw the small crowd gathering around himself when he was picking out bread that he realized. He had not yet changed out of his super suit. The blue and silver spandex is clinging to his body like it was half an hour ago when he was rolling up a bank robbery. 

Louis curses himself silently for his stupidity, deciding it is too late now anyway. He will be getting the damn bananas and bread he needed in the first place before changing back into his normal clothes and glasses. 

All eyes are on him, he can feel it and feels awkward when he sees a teenage girl staring at him with heart-eyes. An elderly lady is goggling his ass, which he knows looks amazing, but still, he has never felt this awkward before. He hopes the teenager will leave him alone. He is twenty-six for God's sake, and not even into girls. 

"Superman?" There is a tug on his sleeve and when Louis looks down, he sees an adorable little boy looking up at him with glossy brown eyes. His brown curls are hanging over his face. "Up?" He makes grabby hands, and Louis abandons the bread he was holding so he can pick up the little guy. 

He looks around to see who the little boy belongs to and sees his mother nod at him.  

"I love you, Superman." The boy whispers and hugs the older man tight. "You saved my mommy from Doctor Doom." 

It makes Louis smile at him. It's always nice to know that he saved a family from sadness. "You are welcome, sweetheart." He strokes his back and beams when the toddler pats his cheek with his hand before making grabby hands to his mother. She steps forward and takes him from Louis. "Thank you." She whispers to the superhero.

When she disappears into another aisle to continue shopping, he notices that more people have gathered around him. He blushes bright red. Louis is usually very good at avoiding crowds and press staring at him and throwing questions at him. Coming to the supermarket today had been a mistake. 

He quickly turns around and gets the bread he was holding before and puts it in a bag before turning again. 

"Excuse me." He quickly says as he makes his way through the crowd, bread in his hand and going for the bananas in the other aisle. 

Louis takes a deep breath. Just a few more minutes before he can get out of here. 

He grabs the first bunch of bananas he can get his hands on before all but run to the check-out. He sighs nervously when he sees there is a long queue in front of him. Seems like half the city decided to do grocery-shopping today. Fucking great. 

He rocks back and forth on his feet as he makes eye-contact with the lady behind him in line. He smiles at her politely. 

"Shouldn't you be fighting off evil?" She asks him accusingly. Louis' eyes widen at how rude she is being. 

"I-uh." He answers meekly. "I need to eat too." 

She huffs. "Really? A super like yourself needs to eat? What if someone is dying right now and you aren't there?" Louis doesn't have an answer for that. His mouth hangs open uselessly. 

"Well, lady, people die all the time and I don't see you risking your life to save civilians. Perhaps you should get lost." Both Louis and the lady look at the angry-looking cashier who is glaring at the lady. His hair is black. His eyes speckled with gold, and Louis believes he is in love. Red taints his cheeks as he blushes once again. 

The lady huffs again and looks away as she storms off to another queue. The golden eyes focus on him for the first time and Louis feels the butterflies come alive in his stomach. "I'm sorry for how rude people are to you." The man says and sighs. 

Louis is still speechless, trying to make his brain catch up. "Uh-I She..." He coughs and shakes his head. "Thanks for standing up for me..." 

"Zayn." He tells the superhero with a smile. "What's your name?" 

Louis opens his mouth, but stops. "Nice try, Zayn." He chuckles. "Superman is fine." 

Zayn chuckles at him as he takes the articles Louis is buying and rings them up. "I could only try. So, Superman, would you like a bag for that?" He winks at Louis, which makes the superhero flush bright red once again. 

"Ah, no. I'll manage without." He says, proud that he did it without stuttering. 

"That will be 2.90 then, please." Louis hands him a ten and tells him to keep the change. "For saving me today." He winks. "And because I have no place to keep the coins." 

That gets a laugh out of the cashier and Louis smiles with him. 

"Well, do you have a place to keep the bill?" Zayn pulls the paper from the machine and takes a pen from his uniform. He quickly writes something down on it. Louis can see him add a smiley face. 

"I guess I can hold that." He mutters and takes the bill, curious as to what the raven-haired god had written on it. 

"See you around, Superman." Zayn winks. 

Louis leaves the shop with a smile, looking down at the number on the bill and the carefully written 'Call me xx Z ;)'

He shakes his head fondly before tucking the bill away carefully and pushing off to fly home over the city. 

Next time he comes around though, he should remember to take off his suit.  

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A short drabble I made while in class (Class about superhero comics, yes indeed.)

I might make a part two of this since I like it a lot. 

anyway, hope you enjoyed :) 

xx Lisa xx

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