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

Chapter 33

Why is he-

“THUNDEEEERRRR!” Louis screamed as he came bursting into the kitchen. Liam tensed and suddenly pulled away from me; scratching the back of his head and acting nonchalantly. I did the same but couldn’t help but watch him out of the corner of my eye. Louis smirked. “Wow, that was intimate. Sorry for disturbing you fellas.” He teased.

Liam ran a hand through his hair and sighed.

“What do you want, Louis?” He mumbled. I felt a lump in my throat. His face was bright red.

...what?

“I was coming downstairs to wish you a happy birthday, but I see that Niall’s already made you very happy.” Louis teased. Now I blushed... again.

“Louis, don’t make me-“ Liam started but was cut off by Harry:

“Happy birthday Liaaaammm!!!” Harry screamed as he came bounding down the stairs and into the kitchen. He tackled Liam to the ground and managed to collect Louis and I along the way. We all landed in a huge dog pile on the floor with Harry on top; pinning all of us with a huge hug.

“Louis! You’re crushing my balls!” Liam screamed. Harry and I burst out laughing.

“Aaagh! I touched it!” Louis screamed back. Harry and I laughed even harder.

“Harry, get off!” I yelled.

“No! Birthday huddleeee!” Harry whined; squeezing us all tighter.

“Seriously guys, I can’t breathe!” Louis yelled.

“Ooowwwwww..!” Groaned Liam.

“Fucking orgies.” Zayn interrupted.

 ...

We all stopped squirming on the floor and looked up to see Zayn sitting at the breakfast bar; smirking down at us.

“When the hell did you get there?” I asked.

“I was behind Harry, I came in just in time to see you all hit the floor.” He smirked. I heard Liam chuckle before reaching out and grabbing Zayn’s ankle; yanking him off of the chair and on top of the rest of us.

“Aaargh!” Harry and Zayn both groaned in unison.

“Join in then.” Liam smirked.

“Bastard.” Zayn mumbled as he tried to separate himself from the pile and stand up. He eventually got to his feet and pulled Harry off of us.

“Nooo! My babies!” Harry screamed; reaching out to us as we all scrambled to escape his grasp and stand up.

“I think I broke something...” I mumbled. I started rubbing my shoulder and made a face. Liam chuckled and rested his hand over mine; squeezing it tight. My heart skipped a beat.

“What are you two up to today then?” Louis asked; turning to face Liam and I.

“The weather’s killed our plans... I guess we’ll have to stay in today...” I grumbled.

“Louis, Harry and I are gonna go bowling, you guys wanna come?” Zayn asked.

“Yeah! Join us!” Harry yelled. Liam pulled me into his side and I felt my heart start to race yet again.

Seriously, what the hell is going on with me this morning?

“Nah, I promised we’d spend the day together.” Liam said; smiling down at me. I felt the blood rush to my cheeks and looked away before he noticed.

“Suit yourselves, let’s go get ready guys.” Louis said dismissively, before grabbing Zayn and Harry by their collars and dragging them out of the room. I swear I saw Louis wink back at us.

Liam sighed and let go of me. He shook his head as he walked over to the cupboard and reached up to get himself a glass. I couldn’t help but gape over the way his back muscles flexed as he reached up. He walked over to the sink and poured himself a glass of water before turning to face me and leaning back against the counter. He went to take a sip of water but paused and started looking me up and down. I started to feel self-conscious.

“Wh-What..?” I choked.

Did I put my shirt on inside out or something..?

“...you look good.” Liam said bluntly; taking a sip of his water afterwards.

I went bright red. He’d taken me by surprise.

“Th-Thanks...” I mumbled before averting my gaze to the floor. I heard Liam chuckle.

“I’m gonna go get changed, see you in a bit.” He said. I glanced up at him and he flashed me a smile before walking out of the kitchen and back upstairs.

I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.

Get it together Niall.

I shook my head and walked over to the sink. I ran the tap and splashed some water on my face to try and clear my head. I guess it worked because something finally hit me:

Liam and I are going to be alone in the house for the entire day...

I felt a dark smile start to grow in the corner of my mouth.

...let the games begin.

-          Liam’s POV -

Day 45:

I walked back upstairs towards my bedroom and couldn’t help but smirk with pride at myself.

Why am I proud you ask? Because I’ve discovered something. I’ve discovered that as long as I’m the one who initiates any sort of contact with Niall, then I’m be able to control my urges.

I’d just tested my theory downstairs and so far it was working beautifully. As long as I always made the first move, I could do whatever I wanted around Niall without having to worry about snapping.

I opened the door to my bedroom to find Louis sitting on my bed waiting for me.

“What are you doing..?” I asked; raising an eyebrow at him.

“...Just thought that I’d give you a heads up. This storm’s apparently going to last for the next two days and we’re going to be ‘accidentally’ stranded in town for the night. You and Niall will have the house to yourselves until tomorrow afternoon.” Louis smirked with a wink.

“What do you mean ‘accidentally’ stranded?” I mused; folding my arms across my chest.

“Well, let’s just say that since we won’t be here, you and Niall can do whatever you want. As loudly as you want.” He smirked. My eyes widened.

“What the hell makes you think that anything even slightly along those lines is going to happen?” I asked angrily. He just winked at me again before getting up and walking towards the door.

“Trust me, that love-bite isn’t the only thing he wants to give you!” He called out over his shoulder before strutting out.

He pulled the door shut behind him and I stared back at it for a few minutes in shock.

Louis had never told me anything misleading when it came to Niall up until now.

...was he being serious?