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A date worth remembering| Zayne x Reader

Collab with @otomiyaa

A/N: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! We're early for this one but we wrote it in like one day *applause* we love our doctor that much 😍 we hope you guys enjoy it!

Summary: Chocolate? Check. Gift? Check. Food? Check. A clueless boyfriend? Check! All ready for the perfect Valentine's day!

Words: 2k

You felt a little silly. Your cheeks were red and your heart was about to jump out of your chest as you made your way to Akso Hospital. Night had already fallen over Linkon City, but the streets still looked very alive and vibrant. Everywhere you looked, there was a couple holding hands, hugging and even sharing kisses in the middle of the street, causing your already reddened cheeks to get even hotter. 

Flowers, chocolates, balloons and heart-shaped decorations filled the restaurants around. It was that big celebration again: Valentine's day. You couldn't say you'd ever been drawn to that particular celebration. Thousands of other more important things were running through your head most of the time, but... now Valentine's Day didn't feel so foreign to you. 

With your free hand, you covered the silly but huge smile that stretched your lips. On your other hand, you carried a plastic bag with two lunchboxes, food warm and ready to serve; in your bag were two boxes: a heart-shaped one filled with truffles and dark chocolate. The other, a small rectangular box with a pen with a certain doctor's name engraved on it. It was your first time celebrating Valentine's day, you couldn't help but go a bit overboard.

Your voice sounded funny as you checked in at the reception. They had gotten used to you popping in unannounced, being Dr. Zayne’s partner. You were allowed access and made your way by yourself to his office. You couldn’t wait to see his response… Giggling and humming to yourself, you ended up in front of his door, and you breathed in. 

“Alright then,” you whispered, raising your hand to knock on the door. Right at that moment, the timing magical and so funny, the door opened and Zayne showed up. He looked at you and your raised hand, and then moved back into his office.

“Great timing. I was about to go catch some lunch.” He walked back inside, letting you stumble in with your luggage. You were used to your boyfriend being such an ice queen. 

“You? Lunch, at a regular time?” you asked. 

Zayne shrugged. “I remember a certain someone promising me to eat lunch normally if I did too, so I’ve got to set an example,” he said kindly. You smiled and put the bags down beside his desk.

“Well, good thing I planned my visit just right then. I have something for you, of course,” you said, reaching inside the bag and taking out the chocolates first. You handed the box to him, and he accepted it with a frown on his face.

“Thank you? You know I don't usually eat sweets, but thank you for choosing dark chocolate..." Zayne said, turning the box over and carefully reading the ingredients label. “However, is there any particular reason why you're giving me this? … Is it my birthday? Isn't it during summer?” 

You blinked a couple of times, staring at him. He actually looked confused, his eyes looking at the box carefully and then turning to look at your eyes. You couldn't help but burst out laughing at his expression. You expected nothing less from Zayne, he obviously wasn't going to remember that today was Valentine's Day - it really would have been surprising if he had remembered. 

“What is so funny?” he asked, arching an eyebrow as he opened the box to take a chocolate.

You giggled, cleaning a gleeful tear from the corner of your eye. “Oh, Zayne… I'm really hurt.”

That caught his attention. He quickly raised his head and looked at you with slightly widened eyes. You weren't upset that he had forgotten, you expected that to happen, but that didn't mean you couldn't act a little offended, right? 

“Did I do something?” 

“Do you know what day it is, Dr. Zayne?” you asked playfully. 

“It’s Wednesday.”

“Date?”

“February 14th,” he said, and you could see his facial expression change as he said it. He wasn’t that stupid.

“Oh.” 

He turned his head, looking just the slightest bit embarrassed. He was so cute. You strode towards him and grabbed the chocolate box that was still in his hands.

“You are in a relationship with me, and forgot about Valentine’s Day?” you asked him teasingly. He put only a little bit of effort in keeping the chocolate box as a shield in front of himself, but you managed to take it away and put it on his desk as you dragged a chair to sit beside him. 

“I was busy,” Zayne explained.

“So was I,” you hummed. “Mission after mission, but looking forward to this day,” you said, rubbing his stomach fondly through his doctor's suit. Zayne shuddered and caught your hand.

“Don’t,” he warned, but you continued to wiggle your fingers. 

“Don’t what?” 

There was no way he would say it, but the light pink hue spreading across his cheeks only made you feel more playful. Your mind convinced you that he needed to be lovingly punished for his cute mistake. Leaning in closer to him, noses almost touching, one of your hands sneakily moved to his side and your fingers gently wiggled against his flank. 

Zayne gasped and he jerked. “You– I am sorry, it r-reheally slipped my m-mihind- stohohop that!” A giggle escaped his lips when he felt soft wiggly fingers on both his sides, climbing up towards his ribs. 

“Hmm? Stop what?” You tease, smiling warmly at him; the corner of his lips trembled, stubbornly trying not to smile. “Why are you so squirmy? After not remembering it is Valentine's day, now you don't want me to be close to you? Don't you think you're being too rude, Dr. Zayne?” 

Zayne shook his head, trying to avoid facing you as he tried to push your hands away from his body, but a squeeze to that tender spot underneath his ribs had him letting out a strangled sound that made you giggle. 

“Oh? Could it be that Dr. Zayne here is ticklish? Or maybe it's just some reflexes?” 

“I’m nohohot - wait ahahah!” He turned and twisted clumsily, positioned awkwardly against his desk while you continued to tickle him. You gasped dramatically.

“You’re not? Were you going to lie to me too, on top of everything else? I’m so hurt,” you said, grinning like an idiot as you continued to observe the sweet expression on his beautiful face. Even from the funniest joke, Zayne wouldn’t ever laugh the way he did right now. Tickling was like magic, so you couldn’t help but find the smallest excuses to make your lover laugh.

“Ahahalright, that’s enough!” Zayne laughed. You cocked your head.

“I don’t understand,” you whined, your hands lowering to dig into his hips, making him jerk and jump adorably.

“I’m sohorry!” he laughed. “I forgohohot!” Zayne laughed. You didn’t even consider tickling him into an apology, but if he was going to be like this anyway…

“Didn’t quite catch that,” you said, pinching his cute hips again. Zayne let out the most adorable little cackle.

“I’m sorry I forgohohot Vahaha-Valentine’s Dahahay!” 

“Are you really sorry, Dr. Zayne?” You grinned, leaning so close to his laughing face. “Don't forget I haven't used my special weapon yet,” you teased, your hands moving behind him, your fingers gliding across his lower back, making Zayne gasp sharply and jump forwards, your noses now definitely touching. 

“I truhuhuly am sohohorry!” He laughed, his arms suddenly wrapping you in a tight hug. You blinked in surprise, your hands stopping before you wrapped your arms around him too, squeezing him tightly as he laughed breathlessly against your ear. 

How could you deny him a hug when he was letting you listen to that wonderful sound he could only do? Zayne's laughter was definitely the best gift for any occasion. How could you not forgive him? 

“Did you learn your lesson, Dr. Zayne?” You asked, kissing his shoulder. “I'm sure you won't ever forget about it, hmm?” 

Zayne sighed, finally breathing normally. He nuzzled your neck with his nose and you giggled, pressing yourself closer to him. 

“Even though I was laughing against my will,” he said, playfully biting your neck and making you gasp. “My apologies were sincere. I am also sorry because I didn't get you a present… dinner's on me next time.” 

You hummed, the most ridiculous grin pulling at your lips. “That's okay, Zayne. I kinda knew you wouldn't remember it. I know you that well.”

“...” He leaned back to look at you. “And yet you decided to tickle me?” 

You shrugged your shoulders. “It was your punishment!” 

“I see,” he said, nodding slowly. You held your breath when he gave the most intense stare for a few seconds. He then let go of you and moved towards your bag.

“So did you bring anything else, or will we have chocolate for lunch?” he asked. You breathed out. For a moment you thought he was going into revenge mode.

“There’s lunch of course. A healthy one. Warm.”

“Did you pack it well? I hope it didn’t get cold,” Zayne said. You nodded proudly.

“The way I pack it, it never gets cold,” you said. Zayne hummed.

“Good. Then we have a little more time.” Suddenly he had both hands on you, and you jumped up in a wave of surprise and panic as he started to tickle you.

“Hohohold on! Zahahayne!” You tried to make your escape, but he pulled you back. 

Zayne held you firmly against his chest, one arm wrapped around your back, his fingers sneaking under your arm from behind as his other hand clawed at your ribs and then quickly moved to your hips. You laughed against his chest, your cheeks flushing at the thought of someone hearing your laughter.

“Uhuhunfahahair! UHFAHAHAIR!” You cackle, trying to push him away, but it was useless, he had you trapped. “Why ahahare you tihihickling mehehe?!” 

Zayn chuckled, his chest rumbling against yours. “Well, you tickled me first, I guess I'm just returning the favor… you also took away my chocolate. That was mean, don't you think?”

You shook your head, shrieking and laughing as he tickled you mercilessly. How dare he?! He was the one who forgot but he still tickled you?! How was that fair? You wanted to ask him, but you were too busy laughing your head off and the only word that came out of your mouth was his name. 

“Yes, yes,” he said calmly as he lifted your arm a little so he could bury his hand properly under it. “I am right here. You don't need to call me anymore.”

You were blushing so much it felt like your cheeks were on fire. “Plehehease! Nohoho!” you whined tiredly when his fingers wouldn’t let you rest for one second.

“Why not?” Zayne asked, his voice soothing. You shut your eyes and squirmed in his tight embrace.

“It tihihickles,” you laughed, slowly losing strength in your voice and body to protest already. To think you stood the best chances against the strongest Wanderers, yet just a little bit of tickling from Zayne and there was nothing you could do.

“Good.” Zayne’s hand that was tickling your ribs had dropped further down and moved under your clothes where he rubbed your bare tummy lovingly. You couldn’t help but feel blessed and tortured at the same time, relaxing in his hold.

“Shall we have lunch then?” Zayne finally said, slowing down his tickle attack but not entirely stopping it yet. You nodded quickly.

“Y-yehehes,” you giggled. 

“What did you say?” Ah, he even returned your own teases to you, acting as if he didn’t hear it well. 

“Yes!” you squeaked and he chuckled, finally stopping his playful assault. You collapsed against him, breathing heavy and giggling softly. “You're s-soho mehean, Dr. Zayne,” you whined playfully, looking up at him with a little pout. “You truly don't deserve me, I'm too good for you.”

Zayne laughed softly and kissed your rosy cheek. “Yes, yes. I don't deserve you,” he said, rolling his eyes and kissing your forehead. 

“You don't deserve the other gift I have for you either,” you said nonchalantly, slowly moving away to take the lunchboxes out.

Zayn arched an eyebrow and he discreetly looked around, trying to find that other gift. You grinned. 

“Did I make our doctor feel a bit curious?” You teased, placing the lunchbox in front of Zayne, who blushed slightly at your words, but refused to say anything. “You truly don't deserve it, but…,” you said, grabbing your bag and pulling out the little box. “I hope you like this, Zayne.”

Zayne grabbed the box, but he didn't open it immediately. He stared at it, perhaps a little too shy and you smiled warmly. 

“Hey, it's okay, love” you said, placing a loving hand against his thigh. “You can open it. Don't worry about anything! You already gave me a beautiful gift.” He frowned and you playfully poked his ribs, making him gasp. “Your laugh and also your time.”

Zayne stared at you before chuckling softly. “You're so corny.” He opened the box, and he paused for a moment before taking out the pen.

“....That’s…” You hoped you weren’t making him feel burdened, so you quickly leaned in and kissed his cheek.

“Do you like it?” you asked. Zayne turned his head and smiled at you. Without answering, he pulled you closer and kissed your lips. Ah, so that was a big yes. You melted into the kiss and whined a little when he pulled apart. 

“I truly don't deserve you,” he said and you giggled, kissing his nose.

“Don't be silly,” you said, feeling your cheeks flushing. “Now, let's eat before our lunch really gets cold! I'm sure you'll love it. It's soooo healthy! It even has-

“Carrots…” 

“Hmm? Oh! I think that's m-mi-ahahaha! No! Nohoho! Wahahait!” 

You could barely get another word out as a very vengeful yet sweet and charming Doctor Zayne renewed his tickly revenge, and you couldn’t help but love him for it. Well… It was definitely a Valentine’s Day with remembering! 

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as it was - t.c

face claim: lily-rose depp

a/n: pls don’t think i hate taylor i adore her 🥹

you can find the other parts on my masterlist

enews

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enews looks like our couple is having happy time on their vacation 😍 Let us know what you think in comments!

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timotheefan3 he should’ve been with taylor tho

timmyfan07 agreed!

randomuser yesss she is such a boyfriend stealer

ynfan59 she did nothing wrong u psycho

user47394 this should be taytay! They are end game periodt

ynmybaby lol nope.

taylorfan28 I don’t even know what he sees in her, like no beauty no talent NOTHING

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timmyandtaylorr they’re right tho

timmytimmy parents 😍😍😍😍

ynsbabygirl i’m glad there is still persons like you tbh

timmytimmy we’re in this together sis! I love them. And timmy is obviously so in love with her 🥰

tayrussell my babes❤️❤️

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tayfan95 she stole ur man babe don’t say that

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tchalamet ma meilleure moitié, before I made this post I called your mom and dad, and thanked them for bringing you to this life (I literally said “thank you for making her” because I was excited and I embarrassed myself but we won’t talk about that) thank you for making me a better man and giving me all the happiness I could ask for. You bring my life the light and colors I needed. And I can’t thank you enough for that. Keep shining my baby. I love you more than life itself. Happy birthday angel girl ♥️

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timotheefan74 he calls her ‘my better half’ AAAHHH 😩💖✨

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ynmybaby HAPPY BDAY MY BABY! DON’T LISTEN WHAT THEY SAY ABT U WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH 💖💖💖💖

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ynsbabygirl fuck off then

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username59374 make this day even better and kill urself y/n 😍

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yourdadsinstagram I’ll admit that I was shocked when you called us but I’m glad really. Thank you for making my girl happy Timothèe.

tchalamet that’s why I’m here for sir 🫡

florencepugh Happy Birthday Y/n!!!!!

kendalljenner cutiesss 🥺

hulu her smile is the best thing 🥹

tayrussell Happy Birthday bestie i love you soooo much 😘

ynfan27 some comments even made me cry i hope y/n doesn’t feel sad abt this. It’s impossible tho

timmyfan1 i agree!! She doesn’t deserve this hate

username593 yes she does 😍

timotheefan49 you need help dude stop

timmytim19 the caption is too cute i can’t 😭🤧❤️

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tchalamet 🤯🤯🤯

chanel loved this look 🖤

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ynandtimotheeupdates the way they look at each other 😩🥹

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timotheefan105 oh he is so in love with her

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randomuser204 i can’t even stand her ugly face

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ynsbabygirl can y’all stop like wtf is wrong with you guys? Timothée and Taylor are just friends, they said that like million times already. Stop this shit, Y/n did nothing wrong she doesn’t deserve this hate she is getting.

user28472 yuck

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enews According to a close source, Timothèe Chalamet and Y/N L/N called it quits. They said it is because of the hate she gets and that makes her depressed and they can’t have a healthy relationship together. We are sorry for them.

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timotheefan593 nooooooo 😭

randomuser483 god finally!!!!!!

ynmybaby i just hope y/n is ok.

timotheefan59 now get your queen taylor timmy

timmytimmy wtf is wrong with you

ynandtimmyy she deleted all their pic and unfollowed him 😔

ynsbabygirl but timmy still didn’t deleted the pics

timotheefan473 and he still follows her (he only follows her 😭)

taylorfan482 now he can be with Taylor!!!

tayrussell this is getting ridiculous. Timothée and I are friends and we are ONLY friends. You guys are sick. Y/n didn’t deserve that. And let me tell you something I was their matchmaker and I was proud. You guys need a therapist.

timotheefan583 I saw him at a cafe and he looked so damn sad 😔

ynfan63 I saw the paparazzi pics and god he looks devastated

timotheefan0 hope u guys happy now

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[1d1195]

I know how it’s probably just hard to process of all this!! Especially since they were your life and comfort for so long and probably during a time where having them was so critical! I obviously don’t know the lore or anything but it’s hard to deny whether he was a favorite or not that his passing especially with how young he was is shocking! And don’t even get me started on the fucking media it’s absolutely horrendous especially when profiting from people’s misfortunes! So yeah it’s definitely so complicated because in so many ways! it’s like you might be mourning all of those moments! I can only imagine how it feels to be in this position as a fan especially given how it may not have been such a smooth joinery :( it’s alright to feel these things and it’s not dumb at all because they were and in some ways still so impactful to you and so many people! Only so many words can express your love for them in that moment!

I really do wish you’re okay though! I of course wanted to check in because I was SHOCKED when I saw! Plus Sam you’re my bestie! How can I not check up on you?! Anyways my love wishing you such lovely vibes and a big hug💕💕💕-💜

Btw I will for sure update on my week bc it’s been crazy but definitely want to write it when I have more time! Just truly wanted to see if you were okay❤️ Miss you lots!

I feel really bad for his family and friends of course. But I feel especially bad for Louis. Louis' grief of losing his mom and sister in a short span of time and now someone he looked at like a brother. That's so much. I worry about Louis more than almost anyone and I don't even know him. Sorry that's so weird and para-social of me. But anyway.

I had a lot of people in my life message me and check on me which was cute in it's own way. I hate to be all morbid and weird but every once in a while I remember this statistic/thing that like you're forgotten after 4 generations (maybe we talked about this already when we talked about Day of the Dead?) and I find that so sad. Tbh I don't think I'm that memorable in real life (I know, I know; I hate to say it but I think you're biased 😉) but whenever anything happens with 1D everyone I've ever interacted with remembers to message me and I think that's sweet. So it's nice that I had/have 1D in my life if only because it made me a little less forgotten by people I knew. Maybe that's selfish of me, idk. I read what Louis said about Liam and I was trying to read it out loud to my sister and I got all choked up. Couldn't even read what Zayn wrote to her out loud.

I love you so so much! Thank you for checking on me! I want to give you a big hug right back 💕

Def want to hear the update on your week. I could use a good Hot TA moment to cheer me up. Hopefully he didn't wear a shirt to class 😍 I'm going to be MIA this weekend I think but I'm looking forward to your update! Did I tell you about the stand-alone interconnected book series I read that was like ex-marines over the summer? (I might not have because it has inspired an upcoming fic.) Anyway, the newest book comes out Saturday and I think it'll be the perfect pickup.

Sorry for rambling, I like don't think any of these thoughts were connected. But I genuinely don't know how to connect them either lol

xoxo

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[skepticalarrie]

Hey Allie! I’m a semi-new larrie and that being said, trying to navigate through so much information on everything larry related is definitely quite the journey 😂(and thanks for your tag page, it’s been super helpful! but my brain is also melting hah) I’m trying my hardest to get all accurate information and also really see the dynamic they had as compared to the other boys. I’ve been wondering if any other pairing ever joked that they were dating or had a crush on each other like HL did? For example the “my first real crush was Louis/It’s mutual” , “it’s confidential but we’re already engaged” , “I fell madly in love with Harry” , H telling that interviewer /jokingly/ that he was secretly dating L… and H also saying yeah when a fan asked if they were dating, jeez it happened a lot! (which is why I’m so curious if any of the other boys said stuff like that!) Sorry for such a long ask, but again thank you for having such a great blog! Much love🥰

Hi, anon. How are you? Thank you for being so sweet! 😍

I think I’m going to need help on this one. I remember Liam and Niall saying they were in fact the ones dating when Harry was questioned about Larry once. And I also remember Louis making a joke about Zayn and then quickly clarifying they were not a couple. But that’s all I remember really.

Regardless of larry being real, I think it was always pretty obvious that Harry and Louis’ relationship was different and special, they lived together, they were so close, no one else in the band had anything like that besides them. And considering larry IS in fact real, it’s pretty obvious why their relationship was so different. At some point (early/2012 I think) they really tried to start pushing the other boys to be as touchy and as close to each other as H&L were, some fan service. Because their relationship was really starting to stand out too much and raise a lot of questions, so they tried to make it look like they were all like that. So we started seeing the boys all over each other trying to make it a thing. But it obviously didn’t work, that’s all I remember though. Does anyone remember anything else about the other boys?

[bisluthq]

Zayn has not said the n word Nat, if you’re going to speak on things please don’t spread false information. He also didn’t plead guilty to abusing anyone, and A3 harassment charge is not considered abuse. If you think Harry and Niall are amazing but Zayn Liam and Louis are trash, boy do I have some news for you

I don’t think Harry and Niall are amazing lol we always get into this. There’s also a lot wrong there because they’re people. But they’re just… better… because Zayn, Liam and Louis are legit fucking trash.

And Zayn did say the n word like he was on camera in a Snapchat in 2016 with Ned saying it so idk how you can deny like something there’s a video for.

Also like as I always say to anons like this: I hope your boyfriend gets A3 charges against you and your mom 😍😍😍 it’s the kind of awesome experience you guys obviously fucking deserve 😍😍😍 because it’s not ABUSE right it’s just a way to show love and affection like I hope your partner calls your mom a whore because tbh she’s defs a bad mom like she raised pick mes so she deserves to be called one😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[ssfoc]

Ok I’m about to buy Vogue for the second time ( first was Beyoncé’s issue). 😍 Anyways have you gotten into Omar Apollo’s music yet? If not give it a go and report what you think. But the reason why I’m sending this ask is Omar Apollo isn’t with a label, he’s with AWAL. Is that the same group that Zayn is with? What’s a label that’s not a “label” How does that work? Ty for your knowledge.

Oh, the kid has great taste. The music is pretty wonderful too!

Wow... I hadn’t realized that Spotify has only been a service since 2012. Spotify and Soundcloud have utterly transformed the music business and how musicians make money, even the type of music that people make.

An aside: it’s incredibly easy to alter a #1 song. Ross Golan and Skylar Grey talked about it here. A producer can extract a percussion stem from the song, borrow the chord progressions, attach different lyrics— voila. A different but identical song.

Someone could really... take advantage of it and just write the same songs over and over, not caring about originality but make music only for money, to be consumed by the masses...

And artists who want a #1 song could do this too, never make an album, just “sing” recycled songs and go on tour, sell merch, etc.

Depressing, isn’t it?

AWAL stands for Artists Without a Label. Spotify is now allowing artists to upload music directly to the service, without having a major label behind them. Obviously this is great for independent artists.

AWAL helps to promote and distribute this music as the middle man, while taking off a percentage of profit. What’s different is that AWAL gives artists 100% of copyright on their music. Artists can work directly with Spotify without AWAL, but AWAL has a few big names that they have represented.

AWAL was purchased by Kobalt, a performance rights company. Billboard has an article on it.

Zayn is still officially signed to RCA/ Sony (afaik), and has non-compete restrictions that prohibit him from signing with AWAL, I think? His music may have performance rights through Kobalt, though.