Scales- Larry Stylinson

Chapter 18

Niall pushed the pillows up on the outside edge of his little blanket nest on the corner of the bed. He laid and relaid the blanket over top of everything, having pulled extra blankets from the closet.

There was a knock on the door.

"Go away, Liam. I'm not letting you in to break up my nest." Niall called. He could feel his hormones raging through him. Logically, this wasn't a good idea. But Niall didn't care at the moment. It felt good to nest. It soothed an aching part of him deep inside. It made him feel in control.

"Itsssss Harry." Harry called hissily through the wood. Niall perked up and opened the door. Harry started to slither in. Niall watched as it took what felt like hours to get his whole tail in. In the end Niall just grabbed the end and yanked it in, slamming and locking the door shut once more.

"Hi Harry." Niall said, climbing into the middle of his nest. "Come lay with me. Be my baby." He patted the spot beside himself. Harry looked unsure.

"Uh...Liam ssssaid not to play baby with you-"

"Please?" Niall cut Harry off, dropping his ears and giving Harry large blue puppy dog eyes. Harry frowned and looked torn.

"I...guess I could for...a couple minutesss." Harry agreed finally and slithered onto the bed.

"Yes!" Nialls tail wagged excitedly. "Okay. Let me wrap you up like a baby and hold you and you just be quiet and I pretend youre my baby." He explained, grabbing a blanket. Harry nodded and laid down.

"Are you okay-"

"Babies don't talk." Niall shushed him, wrapping his chest and shoulders in a blanket. He pulled Harrys top half on to his lap. It was a bit difficult to hold him, since Harry was so much larger than Harry but Niall didn't give up. He held him close, kissing Harrys forehead.

"I'm your mom." Niall smiled faintly. "The birth took a long time, because youre so long. They have to give me a c-section. But thats okay." He hummed.

"Yea? Sssso Im a puppy?" Harry asked, looking up at him.

"No, youre half puppy and half snake." Niall said, petting his head. "And you didnt get sold, I ran away from my mean owner before I had you and I got to keep you." He smiled.

"That ssssoundsss really nice." Harry murmured gently. Niall nodded and stroked his hair. His smile fell though in a short time. however and his eyes got misty. "Niall?" Harry sat up. The puppy seemed to be on an emotional rollercoaster.

Niall started to cry quietly, pulling his knees up to his chest. Harry was quick to wrap around Niall, literally, and give him a hug.

"Itsss okay. You'll be a great parent." Harry murmured.

"I miss my baby." Niall cried into his hands. "I cou-could feel him inside me. I remember." He whimpered, his ears hidden in his hair. "I-I felt him kick and I sang to him...I was gonna name him Danny." He sniffled, wiping his eyes and pushing his hands to his belly, hugging it.

Harry rested his forehead on Nialls shoulder. "I'm ssssorry, Niall." He cooed.

"Liam...sa-says that we can adopt but...but I want my own baby." He whispered "I know its...selfish...but I want to be pregnant...carry it....give birth." He sniffled again and let out a heartbroken whine.

"I know...It isssssn't fair." Harry pet Nialls head. "I want nothing more than to have two legsssss...But I can't. And itsss not fair either...We can't pretend that everything isssss okay when we are sssad about ssssomething. Essspecially sssssomething thisss big." He kissed Nialls forehead. "I know youre alwaysssss hurting..."

Niall let more tears drip down his cheeks. "I need to be-be okay....for Liam. He needs me to be happy." He sniffled. Harry shook his head.

"Liam will be okay. If you keep thissss inssside all the time..." Harry shook his head. "If you ever need a good cry, come ssssleep over at my housssse. We'll have a good cuddle and cry sessssion."

Niall sniffled again and nodded,pushing his face in Harrys chest and hugging his tail.

Harry laid with Niall on the bed for what felt like a solid hour. Niall stopped crying eventually and just laid with Harry, pressed to his chest. Harry only moved when he heard soft snores from the puppy.

Harry was careful as he unwound his body from around the puppy. He tucked Niall in and slithered to the door, unlocking it. Liam peeked in right away, having been waiting right on the other side of the door

"Everything okay?" He asked, walking to the bed and squatting by Nialls head.

"He cried himsssself to sssleep." Harry said, unsure of how Liam would see that, good that he was finally calm, or bad that he had been so emotionally distraught.

"Heat hits him really hard." Liam sighed, reaching up and gently pet his ears. "Doctors say its because of the hack job he had when his uterus was removed. His hormones are all out of whack and he can't handle them."

Harry nodded and frowned more. "I've never had a heat..." He murmured. "Should I...be worried?"

Liam shook his head and stood up. He started to move the blankets and pillows behind Niall, disassembling his nest. "I think it's just a mammal thing. I don;t think you have to worry...." Liam trailed off

"Let's talk out in the living room, let Niall sleep." He said, reaching out and grabbing Harrys hand. Harry flinched but followed Liam, holding his hand.

"Thank you for talking to Niall. He needed to hear that everything is going to be okay from someone other than me." Liam said and sat down on the couch.

Harry shrugged, curling up on the floor since he couldn't fit on the smaller couch. "I didn't tell him that everything was going to be okay." He admitted.
"What?" Liam frowned. "Why would you do that?"

Harry shrugged again. "Because it issssssnt all going to be okay. He wantsssss to be pregnant and he never will."

Liams expression darkened, and it immediately made Harry feel uneasy. "That was a dick move."

"He'ssss miserable, Liam." Harry said, unable to look up at Liam as he was glaring down at him. "You can't have him pretend to be your happy little puppy all the time, and pussssssh what happened to him under the rug-"

"It's time for you to go home, Harry." Liam said, grabbing his phone and shaking his head. "I don't want to hear this right now."

"...Of coursssse not." Harry muttered.