Niam One-Shots 2 ||

[201] Cooties

Prompt: Based on Melanie Martinez's unreleased track 'Cooties.' Niall loves Liam and wants him to reciprocate the strong feelings that Niall has for him, but is confused as to why Liam hasn't.

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‘Kiss my lips they're red like rubies. Don't be frightened by my cooties.’

Niall had fawned over Liam since their first year in primary school. He wanted nothing more than to clutch onto Liam and proclaim his love for him, but he didn't know how to approach him at all. He had no clue what to say around him.

All Niall wanted was for Liam to kiss him, love him, and keep him safe from the negative outside world. Maybe it asked a lot, but Niall wouldn't ponder such a thought when it came to Liam. He would do any task to make Liam his because his love for Liam grew stronger each year.

A cloudy day brought Niall and Liam into a new day at school, the mood settling down enough to even bring Niall a bit of an issue.

He opened his locker with a huffed exhale, digging out books he needed for the first few classes of the day.

“Nialler, how are you feeling today?”

Niall knew that voice and smiled a little. “It's going okay, Lou. The weather isn't helping my mood today one bit. Hope you're doing alright?”

Niall closed his locker and leaned against it, facing his best friend since he was little.

“Yeah, pretty good. Noticed your crush, Liam Payne, has been feeling the same way. Talked to him earlier.”

Niall's eyes grew wide. “You what? Talked about what exactly?” Niall felt his heartbeat quicken, palms sweating by the second.

Louis let out a soft chuckle. “Nothing major, to a degree. He's not having a great day either, due to the weather, but he's looking forward to prom coming up. Still hasn't found a date, poor lad.”

Niall bit his bottom lip. “Yeah? Oh, what I would do to go on a date with him. It'd be so perfect, beautiful, amazing, I would die of happiness by the end of the night.”

“I'm sure you would, drama queen. Why don't you ask him to the prom? I think he'd say yes.”

Niall shook his head. “No, no I couldn't. We barely talk and it would be weird if I were to just walk up and ask him out of nowhere.”

Louis rolled his eyes. “As if. Try and see what he says, there's no harm. Better to ask sooner before someone else beats you to the punch.”

Niall groaned. “Fine. Where is he? At his locker?”

Louis nodded. “As usual, during the mornings. Don't accidentally spread your cooties all over him so soon.”

Niall rolled his eyes this time. “I'm not dumb, I'll be careful.”

Niall made his way towards Liam, notebooks held in between his arms while watching where he stepped. He didn't want to trip in front of Liam and get laughed at by his classmates.

When Louis brought up his cooties, he didn't want to think of what could happen if Liam were to catch them. He was born with this contagious physical disease, making whoever he had feelings for reciprocate them even more.

It sounded harmless when Niall heard about it, but as he continued to think of the consequences, his opinions altered in an instant.

This person would always thirst for him, always think about him, always want him in any way that Niall wanted but worse. It'd feel suffocating for him, but maybe Niall desired it deep down.