Liam Payne and his girlfriend of two years Sophia Smith have reportedly split. However, before the rumors could get any worse, a die-hard Smith fan attempted to deny the breakup reports. The fan, who posed as Sophia Smith on Instagram, shared a photo to profess undying love for Liam.

The fan, who goes by the name of Xosophias on Instagram, is apparently a strong and a firm believer of Smith's relationship with the One Direction singer. A photo shared by the fan on Instagram on Friday was meant to deny the split rumors. The snap shows Liam sitting with his girlfriend who is eating ice cream. The photo was captioned, "I love you more and more every day. #stop #the #rumors." However, the photo has since been deleted.

According to Mirror UK, fans have also noticed that Sophia has deleted photos of herself and Liam from her social networks, fueling rumors about the breakup. Liam also took to his Twitter to post a cryptic message following reports he and Sophia had split. He has yet to verbally and officially confirm the rumors. But his post seems to suggest that he and Sophia have indeed gone their separate ways.

Fans of the One Direction singer have also expressed their support for Liam on Twitter. One fan named logan wrote, "I hope you're always happy and remember all the people who love you more than anything in the world."

The breakup reportedly happened days after One Direction cancelled their Belfast show because of Liam's illness. A source close to the singer initially broke the news to Mail Online.

"Liam and Sophia have split. Liam is incredibly sad, but is going to keep busy. He really hopes that everybody will respect both his and Sophia's privacy and stop speculating," the source said.  

Liam and Sophie started dating in 2013. They've already been friends since their school days in Wolverhampton. It's believed they were already in an on-and-off relationship before the reported split.

It seemed at first that the pair was already heading for the altar when Liam talked about marriage for his Attitude magazine interview. Liam revealed that he and Sophia have talked about getting married but also considered against it now considering they are still very young.

"We have talked about marriage, but 22 seems a bit young for us. Sophia needs to go off and do what she wants to do. I don't want her to be one of those stay-at-home girlfriends who doesn't really do much," he said.