One Direction One Shots

Crying

Louis decides to try the crying prank on the boys. Harry, Liam, and Zayn come over to comfort him. Niall is home, but in his room, actually crying. His brother, Greg Horan, is going into surgery with a 50% chance to live.

LOUIS POV:
I've been seeing so many of these lately, I really want to try it.

The crying prank.

I'm gonna do it right after lunch, when all the boys should be home.

At Lunch Time
LOUIS POV:
"Time for lunch!" I hear someone shout.

I head to the kitchen and Harry, Liam, and Zayn are there.

"Where's Ni?"

"Probably sleeping or something. He doesn't usually like being waken up though. Maybe we'll just wait until after we're finished."

I nod. We start eating. As soon as I finish, I get up and look up ways to make yourself cry. No, I didn't plan this at all.

I decide on not blinking. It quickly works.

I go to the living room so the boys will be able to see me.

NIALL POV:
Before lunch, I got a call. I picked up and heard that my brother is in surgery with a 50% chance of survival. Fifty-fifty! That's like 50% too little!

As soon as I got it, I started crying.

I've been crying since then and haven't stopped.

I bet my parents are crying too.

Do we have work today? Maybe I should call Paul. I FaceTime him and he picks up after a few rings.

"What's up bud? Something wrong? Hey, you FaceTimed me, where's your face?" he says, chuckling.

"D-do we have w-work toda-ay?"

"Woah, bud, are you crying?"

"Do we?"

"No, but why are you crying?"

I sigh in relief. Then I figure I should tell him.

"My brother's in a s-surgery and there's a fifty-fifty chance he'll make it."

"When did you get this news!?"

"Right before lunch."

"Shouldn't one of the boys be comforting you."

"I dunno, I'm gonna hang up now."

"You sure you don't want me to come over? Or I can call one of the boys?"

"I'm fine."

I hang up and continue crying.

LOUIS POV:
The prank just started. At first, the boys didn't think I was actually crying. Then, they looked at my face.

That made them believe it.

They started asking me what was wrong and comforted me.

It honestly feels kind of good. I understand why people do this. I think.

"I-I'm just really sad."

"Aww, Lou, come here," Harry says, spreading his arms out.

I crawl into his arms and he hugs me.

When should I end this prank?

What about, now?

"Pranked!"

"Gaah!"

"What do you mean 'pranked?" You're crying!"

"Nah, I just avoided blinking until I was crying."

"I got you!"

"Wait, shush for a minute. Does anyone else hear someone else crying?"

We stop and listen. I do hear it!

"It could only be Niall. I bet it's just another part of Tommo's prank."

"It's not, I swear! I'm gonna go check on him."

"Nope, you're staying here. Let's watch some movies."

"But, Niall's crying!"

"He's not actually crying, he's fine."

Now I feel really bad for pulling my prank.

Niall is now crying and everyone thinks it's fake because of me.

I try sneaking out to him, but they catch me.

I decide there's probably not anything seriously wrong, so just enjoy the movie.

A while later, the movie ends, but we still hear the crying.

"Louis, tell Niall we aren't falling for the prank."

"Guys, I swear, it's not a prank. Can we please all go help him?"

"Louis might be telling the truth," Liam says, looking at my worried face.

We go up and find Niall crying his heart out.

As soon as he notices us, he turns around, but then starts crying again.

"Wh-where were you guys?"

"We, uh, we'll talk about that later. First, what's wrong with you?" I ask.

NIALL POV:
Should I tell them?
Maybe not.
They wouldn't even tell me where they were just now.

I continue sobbing.

I realize they won't leave until I tell them what's wrong, so I do.

"M-my brother, he..."

"Take your time," Liam says.

I take a deep breath before speaking again.

"He's in a surgery a-and there's only a f-fifty-fifty chance he'll l-live."

The boys looked shocked.

"Niall," Harry whispers, sadly.

They all wrap me in a group hug.

A few minutes later, the tears have stopped.

"C-can you guys tell me what you were doing, earlier?"

"Uh, it was kind of, like all, my fault," Louis says, guiltily.

I just nod, signaling for him to keep going.

"I decided to do a crying prank on the boys. When I told them that it was just a prank, they got kind of angry, and I don't really blame them. We heard you crying, but they thought you were part of my prank. They also stopped me from going myself to check on you. But again, I don't really blame them for any of it. I'm so sorry Niall."

I hugged him.

"I forgive you."

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