𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐬 | niki

23 | stormy weather

My sleep is interrupted in the middle of the night by the loud sound of thunder clapping outside every couple of minutes, the rain pouring heavily.

I begin to grow cold in my bed, my eyes slowly opening to realise that I'm not just in my dorm at Hogwarts, but in fact in the hotel room in London.

I sit up lazily in the bed, still almost half asleep, when I remember that Niki is still laying on the floor beside the bed. I lean over to check on him, and his blanket is half way down his body, and his brows are furrowed in his sleep.

He must be super uncomfortable, especially with the temperature of the room.

Does the heating not work or something?

I tap him gently, hoping that he'll wake up but he remains fast asleep.

"Niki." I say loudly, tapping him again and he slowly turns to face me, looking up and opening his eyes.

When he sees me, a soft smile forms on his face and he sits up slowly. I cover the back of his head with my hand as he does so, to prevent him from whacking it against the side table behind him.

"Are you okay? What happened?" He asks lazily and I look at him worriedly.

"You should come into the bed." I tell him. "It's really cold, you're going to get sick."

A smirk forms on his face and it shocks me that he can still be this flirty in the middle of the night whilst he's practically half asleep.

"If you wanted me to sleep with you, you should've told me sooner Nari." He raises his brows as he stands up and joins me in bed, as I pull the duvet over him to cover him completely.

"You know that's not why I brought you up here." I sigh, tucking him in nicely. "Is this okay?"

"Mhm. A lot warmer." He replies with a smile, and I lay back down in bed.

He turns to face me, his eyes still open as I look at him, completely frozen as he won't take his gaze off of me.

"I'm gonna need some body heat, it's still way too cold." He tells me and my jaw drops.

"Are you being serious?"

"So serious." He replies. "I'm freezing after having to stay on the floor for so long."

"Guilt tripping at its finest." I sigh, and budge up closer to him, keeping my hands to myself. "Better?"

"Almost." He says, and pulls me in nearer, wrapping both arms around me as he holds me in close. "Perfect."

We stay like that, sharing each others warmth until we finally drift off to sleep.

***

The next morning, I take an early shower, and get changed and ready before Niki wakes up. I decided it'd be better this way to reduce any awkwardness from the two of waking up in each others arms.

As I'm finishing off my hair, I hear him wake up with a groan.

"Ugh, what time is it?" He stretches.

"Nine in the morning, Niki. Get up and get ready so we can have breakfast with the rest of them." I tell him and he groans once more.

"Okay, mum."

I roll my eyes at his response as he stands up and for some reason walks up towards me as I stand in front of the mirror, trying to fix my hair.

"Why do you put so much effort into your hair? It looks pretty regardless." He says, and casually walks away into the bathroom, leaving me stood there frozen in shock.