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Niam - Until Next Time

They finish about three slices each in an incredibly awkward silence before Niall can't take it anymore. He leans back in the couch and makes himself comfortable. "So how old are you? What do you do? Do you live by yourself? What's your social security number?" Liam lets out a loud laugh and Niall can tell half of the tension has vanished. Niall smiles at the sound of the boy's laugh. It's nice. He can get used to that. Liam wipes his hands on his jeans and leans back getting comfortable as well.

"Well I'm 21, I'm a student. Going to school to be an IT Technician. Have about a year left. Thought about changing my field but I'm almost finished so might as well stick with it you know? I live by me self. This was my grandmum's home. She passed away 8 months ago and left it to me. Not exactly my dream home but I don't want to change anything out of respect for her you know? It's a place to stay, already paid for and it's close to my school so I can't complain. I work part time as an IT Tech at the hospital down the road so that pays for my groceries."

"Obviously it's not doing too well if you have to buy pizza."

Liam laughs and looks down at his hands before looking back up at Niall. "I have food in here but I give myself one bad day every two weeks to just eat what I want and pizza is a weakness." Niall hums his approval. "I bet you could eat five pizzas in a week and still look great." Liam blushes and tries to hide his smile as he speaks out a quiet thank you. Niall smiles back. Liam clears his throat. "Erm, so tell me about yourself if you don't mind." Niall stretches his hands behind his head before speaking. "Well I'm 19. Tried the whole University thing but I guess it's not for everybody you know? Anyways, quit school three months ago. Been working at Rubio's ever since. I have a roommate, Josh, he works with me too. We don't make much but it's enough to pay our bills. If we have to live off pizza the rest of our lives so be it. It's free anyways." Liam laughs lightly and Niall is beginning to fall for that laugh already. He looks at his watch and sees that it's 8:30 p.m. Fuck he has to pick up Josh. His shift is almost over. He clears his throat.

"I'm really sorry but I have to pick up my roommate from work. He'll be off in 15." Liam stands up shaking his head. "Of course! I understand. I should probably get cleaned up and to bed soon anyways." Niall looks at him with his eye brow quirked. "It's 8:30 mate." Liam smiles bashfully. "Yeah, I have classes pretty early and if I don't get at least nine hours of sleep I'm like the Hulk." Niall smirks because he's feeling bold. "I might need to see that sometime." Liam's cheeks turn a bright red as he looks down at the ground with a small smile on his face. Niall smiles smugly because he feels accomplished before getting off the couch. "Well. I gotta jet. It was a pleasure Liam. This was fun. I was a bit apprehensive before because that's never happened to me before. Was a bit weird I'll admit. But I enjoyed your company." Liam smiles. "Yeah me too. Thanks for staying." Niall smiles and nods as he heads toward the door with Liam closely behind. As Niall steps onto the porch, he turns around to look at a smiling Liam. "Have a good night then." The boy before him holds out his hand. Niall looks at it and grabs it before shaking it. "You have a good night as well Niall." Liam pulls back his hand and rests it on the door. Niall gives him another half-smile before turning toward his car.

Once he's finally in, he puts his key in the ignition and starts it up. He chances one last look at the house he just exited and sees Liam standing there waving at him. Niall gives a quick wave and inhales a deep breath before driving off. So that was......interesting.

It isn't until Niall gets back to Rubio's that he realizes Liam forgot to pay. Fuck. He takes out his wallet and pulls out the change that was owed. His boss knew he had to come back to pick up Josh, that's the only reason Niall was allowed to do this one delivery run in the first place. If he comes back empty handed, there's sure to be hell to pay. Who knew Niall would be paying for his own delivery. He gets out the car and walks inside the store. He hears the phone ring and sees Josh run over to it. He walks over to the cash register and makes the payment and is about to signal Josh, letting him know he'll be in the car when he hears said boy call his name. Niall looks in his direction and raises his eyes brows waiting for a response.