Chapter 1

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[Niall]:(opens the office door, wide stretched arms)"Another day in making the life of Niall James Horan the greatest!"

[Louis]:(puts his pen down slowly, uninterested)"What else could be so exiting about that?"

[Niall]:(putting his palms on the desk)"Who's the new "JAMES & JAMES' HOME DECORS" chief?"

[Louis]:(mocks in thought)"My grandmother, I suppose?"

[Niall]:"Incorrect!"(finds place on the facing chair)"And guess who graced us not with their appearance in the opening?"

[Louis]:(leaning his head back slowly)"I've been busy Niall."

[Niall]:(a leg on the other)"Oh, I could only tell by the cluster of patients just eager to hold a meeting with you in the waiting room."

[Louis]:"I blocked all appointments for today."

[Niall]:(tries to spin his non-office chair)"Didn't you?"

[Louis]:(spins his actually office chair sideways)"you know-"

[Niall]:"I don't. Come on, You haven't attended one ceremony to say the least."

[Louis]:"I had a dream about the sweetest butterfly last night."(smiles some)"It was too blue."

[Niall]:(hums in listening, silence prevails momentarily)"I barely encounter any kind of flying insects lately."

[Louis]:"I mostly fancied white ones. Have you ever envied a butterfly?"

[Niall]:"I would like to share my dream as well, if I were to remember what it was"(stretching lightly, scratching the back of his head, smirking)"I bet it was as appropriate as needed to be told."

[Louis]:(giving half the death glare)" I bet I would want the information"(spins to the other side)"It was so vivd, and calm? Perhaps less vivid than strong. Sober?"

[Niall]:(nods, more serious)"They say you can't imagine, or dream, for the matter, of what you haven't ever seen."

[Louis]:"I don't reckon the last time I saw a butterfly, let alone dreamt of one. But as if it never knew stress. And it was masculine? How could ever a butterfly feel masculine? Or have a gender? And a male one. Or seem to be in knowledge of stress."

[Niall]:"You know that butterflies have gender as much as you do, don't you?"

[Louis]:(sarcastic-now you don't say)"Matter of fact Niall, I don't. Would I have the honor of getting taught? At the end, you were the one who failed his biology class, am I wrong?"

[Niall]:(intertwines his hands, deadpanned)
"Flipping the tables by digging into my tragic, long time buried, middle school biology marks, I see. Good one, Louis. Real good."

[Louis]:"Well, I had a tragic dream."(pause)
"You can't detect a butterfly's sex by the sight of it...Unless you have some sort of genitals antenna, which I wouldn't be surprised if you do."

[Niall]:"Well, I don't see the tragedy in it. But I think it's good, a change can be good."(looking up, hands behind his back, smiling wide-AKA streching)"As far as I know mine is. Niall James Horan; the owner of my own damn industry."

[Louis]:"It's a shop, Niall. A shop."

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