« Louiiiiis !
- Niall, I'll be here in a few minutes. Please, stop crying, sweetheart. » - Louis replied, trying to talk loud enough for Niall to hear despite the running water.
Niall started sobbing as soon as he realized Louis left him alone in the hallway. Sat on the floor behind the door, almost swimming in Liam's joggers that were way too big for him, Niall was weakly knocking, crying and coughing. Harry came to the rescue and, carefully, he took Niall in his arms. Even tho Niall kicked and screamed for Louis, Harry held on him tight enough for him not to fall, and gently whispered calming words, promising that Louis was going to come out of the bathroom in a minute.
Eventually, Niall managed to calm down, but stayed away from Harry as much as he could, not touching him except from where Harry were holding him. The man had a really comforting voice, Niall had to admit, and he was so tired he just wanted to put his head down on Harry's shoulder, but he didn't trust him quite yet.
Harry smiled when Niall rubbed his sleepy eyes. He stayed in the middle of the hallway, still holding Niall, both waiting for Louis. He asked Niall questions to try to make him think about something else, but the little boy didn't reply to any of them, too focus on the door.
When it finally opened, he immediately reached for Louis, and gladly snuggled against him, taking his thumb in his mouth and sniffling.
« Sleepy, Ni ? - The blond boy nodded - We're gonna take a quick bath, change your bandages and go to sleep, how does that sound ?
- No... - Niall whimpered, just like a tired baby.
- Oh, yes. You're so tired. »
Louis went back to the bathroom and put Niall down. But Niall kept holding Louis' t-shirt tightly and Louis had to prepare the bath with the little boy attached to him.
« Do you want bubbles ? » - Louis asked, not waiting for an answer before he put some bubble bath in the water.
Niall had kept his thumb between his lips and Louis gently removed it to help him get undressed. He removed the bandage on his hand first, and took all the time needed to remove the one on his chest. He quickly checked the stitches, and finally let Niall hop in the bath.
« You like the bath, don't you ? - he asked, kneeling down beside the bathtub.
- Not when the water go in my face. »
Louis smiled. Niall was almost eight, and Louis knew that, but he couldn't help seeing a much younger child when Niall was using such a babyish way of talking and playing with little plastic animals in a bubble bath. He honestly looked three.
The difficult part came after the bath. Louis prepared a box where he's put everything he needed for Niall's bandages and creams. The boy hated it. He had to change them two times a day, and put on the cream on his backside before bed.
Louis was worried about the wounds, tho. It was only two days tho, and he knew it was normal that not much improvement were noticeable yet.
He smiled at Niall to reassure him and to avoid showing him his concern, and reached for the disinfectant bottle and a piece of cotton. Niall looked at him, begging silently.
« I'll be quick, I promise.
- I don't want to...
- I'm sorry, baby. We have to. We need to help those boo-boos heal. »
Louis kissed his forehead and then applied the cotton on the stitches, as gently as he could. Niall froze and immediately burst into tears. It was the first time Louis heard him get so worked up, but he blamed the exhaustion. Niall tried to push Louis' hand back a few times, and ended up moving away from him, curling up on the floor tiles and protecting his chest with his hands.
« Ni, let me change the bandage, please. I'll be really quick, and then you can go to sleep. »
Niall kept crying, shaking his head. Louis tried to soothe him with words, stroked his hair, waited for him to calm down, but he eventually worried the stitches would've been exposed for too long. He put Niall up by his armpits and did a quick job of putting a clean bandage on the boy's chest, all the while with Niall crying. Louis knew those weren't cries of pain. Niall was exhausted, that was the main reason of his outburst.
He did calm down with the cream tho. It was really soothing and Niall liked it. Louis applied it as fast as possible, still taking good care of it tho, and finished with the bandage on Niall's small hand. Then, he helped him put on some pajamas. They were Liam's but they were too small for him, and still a bit large on Niall, but that was going to have to do the job for the night.
« Alright, angel. Now, we can go to sleep. »
Niall nodded and made grabby hands towards Louis, who happily took him in his arms and brought him to his room to tuck him in his bed.
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Lost Boy | baby!Niall | ENGLISH VERS.
Diversos« Louis is a teacher in primary school. Niall is one of his pupils in year 4. Louis dream of adopting another child after his first son Liam. Niall is mistreated at home. When Louis discover that Niall is a very anxious little boy and that he needs...
