Niall screamed and trashed when Lottie tried to carry him to his room. He kept trashing and crying and screaming when she tried to cradle him, without knowing that Niall was simply terrified that she was holding him. He was shouting Louis' name over and over again, trying to get out of Lottie's hold.
« Put him down, Lottie. » - Liam said.
Charlotte looked at him. She sighed, putting Niall down on his bed. Niall curled up on himself, crying Louis' name. Liam came to sit beside him.
« Do you want me to sleep with you, Ni ? And when you'll wake up, they'll be back. How's that ? »
Niall nodded quickly. Without ceasing his crying, he lay down under the cover and waited for Liam to do the same.
« Louis...
- Shhh... Time to sleep, now, okay ? »
Liam tried to stroke Niall's hair, like Louis did. Niall was the first to fall asleep, holding his blanket tight.
When they came back home. Two hours later, Louis couldn't help but coo at the boys squeezed in the small bed, with Liam's hand still in Niall's hair. He took a quick photo of the scene, and left the room without a noise.
When he woke up in the morning, Niall saw that Liam was still sound asleep. It was Sunday so Harry and Louis had let them sleep in. Niall stretched and took his pacifier in his mouth. He stayed there for a few minutes, with his blanket, not thinking about anything really, just appreciating the slow morning. But then, he realized.
Louis ! He wasn't there last night ! Was he back ? Niall left his blanket and pacifier on the bed and hurried downstairs, to the kitchen. He smiled when he saw Louis, drinking his tea and talking to Harry.
« Loueh ! - Niall shouted, running to hug the man.
- Oi ! »
Louis put his mug down to hug Niall back. He kissed his cheeks loudly, holding him close.
« Missed you... - Niall whispered, hidden in Louis' neck.
- I missed you too, angel. Let's wake Liam up, yeah ? »
Niall nodded and went back upstairs in his room with Louis. Liam was still sleeping. Niall slowly opened the door and Louis motioned to him not to make noise. They walked to the bed and Niall looked at Liam, then at Louis.
« Kiss ?
- If you want, baby. Gentle, okay ? »
Niall bent down over Liam and pressed a sloppy kiss on his cheek. Liam didn't budge, which made Niall frowned and kissed him again on the cheek. He saw Liam smiled slightly and kissed his cheek again, and again, laughing.
Niall clung to Louis all day. He didn't let go of the man's shirt or hand, and refused to go clean his room. Louis let him be, feeling a bit guilty. Plus, Niall wasn't bothering him that much anyway.
In the afternoon, Niall took his thumb in his mouth. He looked at Louis, stared at him until Louis finally noticed. Niall made grabby hands to him.
« I need you to wait, love. I'm a bit busy here. » - Louis said, wiping the kitchen table.
Niall whined and stomped his foot. He reached his arms to Louis again, but Louis kept cleaning the kitchen without paying attention to him.
« Louis !
- Five minutes, Ni.
- No ! »
Niall threw his hand in the air to hit Louis in the back, whining loud. Louis turned to him, frowning, surprised.
« Enough, Niall. We don't hit, you know that. »
Niall started crying, making grabby hands to Louis. Louis didn't give up. Niall knew he was busy, and he had to learn to be on his own and to control his emotion in these kind of situation. He kept whining, crying and stomping his foot on the ground, clearly very angry.
« Louis ! Up !
- You have to wait a little bit. I'll carry you after, promise.
- No, up !
- And who's gonna clean the kitchen, hm ? » - Louis asked calmly, trying to change the tone of the conversation to calm Niall down.
But Niall dropped on his bum on the floor, crying. Sat on the tiled floor, he stomped his feet and hands on the ground, frustrated. Louis watched him, speechless and confused. This wasn't a eight years old behavior, was it ?
Louis decided to let him threw his tantrum. He wasn't going to give in to everything Niall asked for. He wanted him to learn. Noticing his screaming wasn't going to lead him to what he wanted, Niall got up and pulled at Louis' arm. The plate Louis was holding went flying and landed on the floor, shattered.
« Stop, Niall. That's enough. »
He took Niall's hand and brought him to the corner.
« You stay right here for a little while. When I tell you I'm busy, you need to wait. I can't carry you all the time, Niall. »
The inevitable happened, and Niall started to wet his pants. He cried harder when he felt his legs getting wet, and Louis ignoring it. Louis got up and went back to cleaning the kitchen, which he knew would be done in only a couple minutes, so he wouldn't let Niall in the corner for too long. Niall kept peeing, creating a big patch on the front of his pants. At this point, Louis didn't know if Niall was doing it just to catch his attention because he wanted something, or if he was genuinely scared and this was his body's reaction to it.
A few minutes later, Niall had stopped crying. He was hiccuping, trying to breath correctly again, head down. Louis walked to him and crouched down.
« That's it, you're okay, baby. Come with me, let's change those pants. »
Louis cleaned Niall and helped him put on another pair of pants, all the while telling him several times that it was okay and that he wasn't angry at him, trying to get him to take some deep breaths. He took him in his arms finally and went to cradle him in the armchair of Niall's room with his pacifier and blanket. He hugged the boy, rocking him slowly until Niall drifted off to sleep, whispering tiny apologies before falling asleep in his arms.
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