Deep Dive (L.s AU)✔

Chapter 25 Answers

Niall's Pov

All night, I was in the water, swimming till I got tired and found a spot near some coral where I could rest. When I woke up, the water was brighter than it had been.

I swam back to where the pool was, floating back to the surface because I was still so fucking tired and my tail was sore as fuck from swimming all night.

Taking a hold the the edge of the pool, I used it to lift myself out of the water into the cave where I could stretch out comfortably to dry.

As soon as i laid out, sprawled on my back, a voice spoke, making me jump.

"Niall," it was Zayn's voice and I only lifted my head to look around the still dark cave. The sun was barely even making its peak.

From the darkness, Zayn walked out. He was a holding some clothes in his hands. I looked over him, catching the way his hair shined, like it was washed, and the dark circles beneath his eyes. I guess, he didn't sleep much either.

I looked away, sighing. His footsteps were quiet but not silent. I could feel every move beneath my back in the rock as Zayn came over to sit beside me. My eyes fluttered closed to only feel him lay out one of the pieces of clothing across the lower part of my torso, where skin met scales.

Silence washed over us but I was consumed by questions and I was sure, he was as well.

"How is Harry?" I asked gently. "How are the others?"

Zayn sighed beside me, his eyes burning holes into the side of my head. "Harry is still unconscious...but he's alright from what Jay has told us. The others, they're alright...Louis and Liam are both just...shaken, really, I guess, by last night."

I was silent, not knowing how to respond.

"They want answers," he whispered on. "Lottie, Louis and Liam have been waiting for you to come back...hell, even Jay too."

Jay.

The name familiar in two facts; one because it was Louis's mother and two, because she was one of the only humans that the king entrusted Harry into her arms but she handed him to Desmond instead.

I guess I wouldn't be the only one explaining everything.

"She's here too," Zayn interrupted my thoughts. I blinked up at him, confused.

"Jay," he said, pointing to the rocks. "She's gonna help me to get you home after you dry off so you can rest."

Humming in relief, I fell back against the cold ground of the shining cave. Zayn could tell I was cold because of the furious shivers that overwhelmed me.

Instead of saying anything else, in favor of waiting in silence till my legs came back, he laid on his back beside me to give me a bit of warmth that hugged my heart.

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Louis's Pov

I didn't feel as if I got a wink of sleep, laying beside Harry, watching his every move; every little fluttered of his lashes while his eyes roamed beneath his lids in a dream.

And it wasn't long before I started to see the sun drift up in the sky. Not even a while either, when I heard the front door be opened, announcing to the whole silent house that someone was coming in or leaving.

I knew it was Zayn. I heard him rustling around upstairs and knew he was going to find Niall who disappeared after everything that fucking went down last night...

To say the least, I believed we all had questions.

But my main priority was Harry.

So I sat and mostly tried to close my eyes and go to sleep but soon it became hard when both Liam and Lottie decided to wake up right then. I heard the cluttering downstairs from Lottie and the grumbling and footsteps down the stairs from Liam.