Liam and Niall were having a great time, playing games and having fun. From what Liam coyld tell, it was some sort of bounce house establishment. Niall had been in and out of every inflatable at least ten times, and Liam was glad to see the Irish boy in such a cheery mood. He had seemed a little down lately, and Liam hated it when anyone in the band was feeling down.
"You coming Liam?" Niall called as he hung back at the entrance of another inflatable.
Liam shook his head. "I'm exhausted Niall. I swear, next time we come here I'm bringing Harry and Louis. That way you and Louis can do your running around like hooligans and Harry and I can have some decent conversation."
"Harry is so whipped, he wouldn't be able to refuse Louis begging him to play with him." Niall pointed out before racing through the blow up, laughing as he popped out the other side.
"Yeah, what's been up with the two of them lately? I mean, we found them quite literally inside the coat closet." Liam interrogated.
"Maybe they finally got together." Niall suggested. It was blatantly obvious to basically everyone ever that the two were madly in love, and everyone knew that everyone knew.
Liam shook his head. "Louis was just out on a date with Elenor the day before yesterday." He pointed out. Niall popped his head out from the obstacle course inflatable he had been running through.
"Can you spell beard?" Niall asked before dashing through the remainder of the obstacle course.
Liam shook his head once more at the blonde boy. "Are you sure your a member of this band and not some obsessive fan girl?"
Niall grinned. "I'd fan girl over Tomlinson any day."
Liam reached over and gave Niall a light whack on the head, sending the blonde boy running for cover in the various inflatables. It would have been a great method for hiding if his deep Irish chuckle hadn't given away his location.
"You can bet Louis is gonna hear about this!" Liam called threateningmy, much too lazy to chase after the Irish boy himself. Within seconds, Niall was standing in front of him, eyes wide and hands placed firmly on Liam s shoulders. He was a bit short of breath, watching Liam with a seriousness and intensity it was hard to attribute to his normal fun loving personality.
"You can't tell him Liam. He doesn't know." Niall looked dead serious in that moment, a rare expression for Niall on the best of days. Liam was shocked to say the least. Why hadn't Niall told Louis? Louis was pribably the last person who would judge Niall for something like that. Except maybe Harry. The two were so inseparable sometimes that it could be hard to tell them apart from one another.
"Louis doesn't know you're gay?" Liam asked Niall, who bit his lip and nodded.
"Him and Harry don't know. Don't tell them, please." Niall begged. Liam slowly nodded.
"Okay, but what about Zayn?" Liam asked.
"Zayn knows. We were talking last night and I kind of told him about some guy I have a crush on." Niall admitted, taking a seat on the ground. Liam sat down next to him and they both watched as children played in the bounce houses.
Liam thought about what Niall had said. Why would he tell both Liam and Zayn about his sexualit6 and not Harry or Louis? Those two were more than obviously gay themselves, even if only for one another. There wasn't a chance in a million that either of them would judge him. They would probably be the first people Liam would go to if he began questioning his sexuality. Luckily fir him, He was straight, and didn't have to worry about things lije who he would tell about his sexuality, when, and in what order. But it still didn't make sense to him why Niall would keep it from Harry and Louis of all people. And then Liam began to think.
