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twenty-seven

Three days later, a package had arrived at Harry's home with Niall's name on it. Obviously, Niall knew that it was from Liam. But what was in the box?

Niall was almost scared to open it. He knew that Liam wouldn't send him anything dangerous, but what was so important that Liam had to ship it to him instead of just giving it to him?

"Well?" Harry asked over Niall's shoulder. "Are you ever going to open it? Because if you don't, I will."

Niall gave him a glare and looked back at the box. "Fine, I will!" He frantically began ripping at the box. After nearly five minutes of ripping, Niall was finally able to get the box open. The first thing he caught sight of was a note.

hey, love! guess what i got you? a personalized one piece! i hope you love it! send me a picture of you wearing it when you get it, yeah? love you .xx

Niall was gaping as he pulled the one piece out of the box. It was a plain navy blue one piece with white hand prints all over it. It took Niall a moment to realize that the hand prints were Liam's. "Oh," Niall whispered. He looked up at Harry. "Can you take a picture of me with this on?"

Harry nodded and Niall rushed off to the bathroom so he could put the one piece on. Niall wondered how Liam had known his size. Regardless, Niall slipped into the one piece and ran back down the hall so Harry could take his picture.

"You look cute," Harry commented. "Can I see your phone so I can take the picture?" Niall nodded and handed him the phone. Niall made a cute little pose so Liam would be able to see him in his one piece.

Once Harry had taken the picture, Niall took his phone back so he could text Liam. He attached the picture then started typing. i got your present! thank you so much, i'll wear it for the rest of my life! you shouldn't have gotten it, though. it was probably crazy expensive :(

Liam texted him back almost immediately. Niall squealed loudly, making Harry laugh from beside him. He was reading Niall's texts over his shoulder. you look so freakin cute! that picture is definitely my lockscreen now! don't worry about the price, love. i got it custom made just for you! i've got to go now, rehershals, but i love you!

Niall smiled down at the text and moved it up a little so Harry could read it. "Text him back!" Harry whispered. "How often do you two say you love each other? Lou and I haven't said it yet. Are you sure it's not too soon?"

Niall shook his head. "It's not too soon. I don't think it's ever to soon to tell anyone that you love them. As soon as you know it, you should share it." Niall just shrugged, and Harry looked at him with a bit of awe on his face.

"I wish I had the same outlook on relationships as you," Harry sighed. "How do you think Lou would react if I told him that I love him?"

Niall shrugged again. "I don't know. I don't know Lou all that well and I haven't really seen how you two react around each other. I'd assume that he'd act alright, though. He might not say it right back, but Lou's one of those people that would be pretty chill about it either way."

"I hope you're right," Harry said softly. Niall lifted up his phone and decided to text Liam back.

have a good concert tonight, i love you too .xx

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Niall hated the days and weeks that went by. Those were the days that he didn't see Liam. It was hard to only text Liam, now that Niall knew what it felt like to be held in Liam's arms.

Niall could only hope that Liam was missing him as much as he was the older boy. By Liam's texts, Niall was almost positive that he was. As horrible as it sounded, Niall wanted Liam to miss him too.

They didn't have that much longer apart, really. Liam was due back in london in three days. Niall would be sure to see him at one point during that time. He just kept reminding himself that it was only three days.

Niall preoccupied his time mostly with school. Most of his regular bullies seemed to have calmed down, but Niall was waiting for them to get violent again. The bullies never calmed down for two long, and when they came back, they always came back with vengence.

It was a day before the day Liam was supposed to come back. Niall was at school just as he normally was five days a week. Harry had not come inside with him because he had a question on a math test. Niall was left to walk through the locker hall on his own.

"Aye, fag!" A voice yelled from down the hall. Niall made the mistake of looking up. It turned out that the voice was not from down the hall. Niall looked up and a fist was slammed into his face. He hit the ground hard. Niall didn't even bother to whimper. It would only make things worse.

Niall suffered through the hits and kicks until the bell rang. It was probably only five minutes worth of pain, but it felt like hours. Niall had tears streaming down his face by the time they were finished, and he was sure that he had possibly bitten through his lip.

No one came to find Niall. No one even came to look. Niall laid on the ground and sobbed for the entire first hour. Right before the bell rang, he managed to drag himself to the nearest boy's bathroom and hide from everyone. Niall pulled out his phone and told Harry where he was.

Once Harry had found him, the only thing Niall could say was "I want Liam."

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this is so shitty and i'm so sorry

for those of you who don't follow me, i'm heading off to dc tomorrow! meaning no updates for like five days :(

i'm very tired

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love you guys very much!

baiiiiii

1065 words

14.03.15