1d Sickfics

|9| Fainting in a crowd (Niall)

Requested by Ni_gel28

Niall's POV

We were driving to our next concert venue when Liam received a call from Paul. I could only hear one end of the call but k knew it wasn't going to be good.

"Guys, it's going to be really crowded, they're splitting us up to go into different entrances with a body guard." Liam announced and my eyes widened.

I was very claustrophobic and big crowds were obviously not my favorite.

"You okay Nialler?" Harry asked from beside me.

"Y-yeah," I said trying to convince myself more than him.

"It's going to be fine," Zayn said patting my shoulder.

"Yeah. Everything's going to be fine." I said taking a deep breath as we pulled into the venue. We had sound check in 20 minutes for our concert tonight.

I got out of the car and was met with a body guard. I looked over at the other boys as we split. Liam sent me an encouraging smile and walked off.

We walked over and everything was fine. That lasted for less than a second. We were bombarded with fans crowding the pathways. I tried to keep walking as the fans screamed and were pushed away. I felt my breath quicken.

Is the room getting smaller?

I'm not even in a room.

You're going to be trapped.

That's crazy, your fine.

There's no escape.

There's no escape

I'm drowning
I'm drowning

I could no longer fight my thoughts. I breathed in and lit shakily. I felt the world spinning around me. My bodyguard hurried to get me inside but it was no use. I couldn't move. I was frozen. I felt myself get pushed along but dark spots clouded my vision. My chest tightened and I couldn't breathe anymore. My hands shook and my knees buckled from beneath me. My vision turned dark for a fast minute. I was caught and held up by the body guard behind me. He pushed be foreword and we finally made it inside.

I sat down against the floor and tried to breathe.

"Niall?" Liam asked urgently running over. "Is he okay?" Liam asked the body guard. I saw him whisper a few things to Liam but it wasn't loud enough for me to hear. "Hey, you did good, you're okay. Just breathe." Liam said calmly. His voice soothes my anxious thoughts.

"I'm sorry." I whispered trying not to cry.

"It's not your fault, how are you feeling? I heard you passed out for a few minutes." He asked kindly.

"I'm okay, feel better now." I whispered and stood up.

I felt better and we were able to do sound check and then the concert soon after.

I was fine until it was time to get on our plane. Fans crowded the front of the airport. Liam stood behind me, Louis in front of me. I shakily stepped forward but I was overwhelmed with my thoughts.

What is wrong with you? Why can't you be normal!?!

You're going to die if you don't escape this crowd soon.

There is now way to escape the people. They will forever follow you.

You won't be able to escape. You will just drown in a pile of people. Falling deeper and deeper.

"Ni?" Liam asked slowly but I could barely make it out. I shook my head answering his unasked question. I fell backward and my vision went blank.

***
Liam's POV

I looked in front of me and saw Niall talking shaky small steps. The fans crowded us, screaming and asking for autographs. Niall looked scared, he was as pale as a sheet of paper. "Ni?" I asked slowly. He shook his head answering the question that was in my head.

"Is be okay?" Harry asked from behind me. I slowly nodded but then he fell forward into Louis. Louis spun around and grabbed Niall before he could hit his head. I helped Louis pick him up and Paul helped us push past everyone much faster. When we got inside we were met with the airports paramedic who took Niall somewhere more private. We followed hurriedly, waiting for him to wake up. The paramedic looked him over closely before he finally woke up startled.

***

When I woke up I was laying on a bed of some sort. I looked around and saw people sitting by me.

"Liam? Louis? Harry? Zayn?" I panicked not seeing them anywhere.

"You're okay, we're just going to make sure you didn't hurt yourself. Your friends are right over there." The person pointed and I sighed in relief after seeing them. "Everything looks okay, he can go now. Try and catch that flight." The paramedic said smiling.

"Hey Nialler, how're you feeling?" Louis asked with a pitying expression.

"My head hurts a little bit." I answered slowly.

"Yeah, you hit it just a bit when you fell. Think you can walk? Paul is doing his best to stall for us." Louis said laughing at himself. I smiled and nodded. The boys helped me stand and we slowly made our way to the plane.

After the next few days I felt less anxious and was able to handle the crowds much better. The boys were great help and I appreciated it greatly.

I hope this is okay! Sorry it's so short, I couldn't really thinking what to add. And it's really bad 😭 sorry