Is Your Heart Taken? - A Niam/Larry fanfic:

Chapter 21

Chapter 21:

-          Niall’s POV -

 

 Day 31:

I stared at Liam; trying to figure out what the hell was going through his head. I had no clue. He’d practically buried his face into his food and was gulping it down. I couldn’t help but smile as I watched him eat. There was something so attractive about it. Maybe it was the way that he stuck his tongue out before he took a bite.

Just imagine what that would feel like against-

This isn’t the time god damn it.

I had to find out why he was blushing because of that text and if I had any chance of finding out, Harry and Louis’ new relationship development was my way in.

“You seem to be very accepting of Louis being in love with Harry...” I started. He jumped and looked up at me from his pasta. He had sauce all over his face and I couldn’t help but smile back at him. He furrowed his eyebrows and gave me a confused look:

“...why wouldn’t I be? It doesn’t matter if a person is male or female... you don’t choose who you fall in love with.” He murmured; another dazzling smile growing on his face. I felt a stabbing pain in the back of my throat.

He sounds like he’s speaking from experience...

I took a sip of my water to try to get rid of the pain.

“...So you’ve been in love before then..?” I asked; taking another sip of water and glancing up as I drank. I was trying to hide my nervousness. I think it worked. He pulled another dazzling smile, but this one was different from the others. It started from the corner of his mouth and spread across his entire face; making his eyes crinkle up the way that they sometimes did, and making his cute little button nose perk up. He looked up at me as his eyes softened. I’d never seen him smile like that before. My heart ached.

“Once or twice.” He smirked back at me.

Stab.

“O-Oh... anyone I know..?” I asked. I didn’t want to hear the answer.

“Yep, you definitely know them.” He smirked back.

Stab.

“...are you still in love with them now..?” I asked; almost a whisper. He looked down at his food and started twirling some pasta around his fork. He didn’t look up at me as he spoke:

“More than ever.” He murmured.

Stab. Stab. Stab.

I pulled a fake smile and stood up; glancing towards the balcony. I needed air. Now.

“I’m gonna go check out the courtyard.” I said before turning and walking out through the double doors to our left. As soon as I rounded the corner I clutched a hand to my chest. It hurt so badly. I winced and took a deep breath; trying to dull the pain. It didn’t work.

I leant against the railing and looked down the courtyard below. The whole area was bustling with people. There was a band playing a mix between club songs and slow dancing music and there were countless couples on the dance floor. The courtyard was surrounded by paper lanterns of all different shapes and colours. There were lights strung up in every tree and above every table. I noticed a male couple dancing together slowly in time with the music. One guy hand his hands on the other’s waist as he swayed his hips back and forth. They danced just like I had with Amy. I was kind of surprised that they weren't trying to hide anything. This side of town wasn’t the most accepting of places. But the more I looked, the more I realised that there were lots of same sex couples. I smirked.