truly, madly, deeply- niall horan

cake

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niall's birthday was right around the corner, yet ally was more excited than him.

the girl adored birthdays; she loved gift giving, seeing the joy on peoples faces when they opened the perfect gift. she loved baking an array of treats; from cakes to cookies, everyone was sure to end up with a few in a goodie bag from her.

not that anyone ever complains.

she had the most perfect plan to surprise niall for his special day and she couldn't wait.

on the morning of september thirteenth, niall woke up to someone shushing something outside their bedroom door, he came to the conclusion that penny was in ally's way.

he quickly pretended to be asleep when ally quietly made her way in, checking to see if he was asleep before she placed something down; he couldn't tell what but he had guesses.

he then felt the small pitter of penny's paws on the bed next to him, ally must have lifted her up considering the tiny puppy couldn't get up on her own just yet.

then suddenly he heard the soft melodic tune of ally singing happy birthday in her most angelic voice that could put niall back to sleep anywhere.

but he didn't want that, so he sat up, rubbing sleep out of his eyes as she sat on the end of the bed with a cake in her hands.

it was only a small one considering it was nine in the morning, just enough for them both to enjoy it as breakfast while chatting senselessly.

a little while later, niall walked downstairs to see the living room covered in balloons, streamers, banners; ally made sure to go all out for his day.

turning to look at his girlfriend in shock, niall quickly became speechless when he saw her holding two large bags filled with gifts.

"what the fuck ally," he spoke, his hand covering his mouth.

giggling adorably, ally was quick to bring him into a bone crushing hug. "happy birthday, baby."

"thank you," niall repeated over and over again between kisses on ally's lips.

"come on, open them," ally persuaded, more like demanded.

so he did.

ally had gotten him so many gifts it was almost overwhelming how much love he felt from just one person.

unwrapping the gifts, with the help from penny, niall was amazed with each one, the amount of effort ally had put into them. whether it was a simple trinket or guitar pic, or scrapbook of their journey so far or a personalised guitar, ally made sure niall felt loved.

later on in the day, niall's family and friend, which now included ally's family and violet, had shown up at his place, surprising him.

but that wasn't it for today.

just as niall thought the cake was being brought out, four of his best friends made their way in singing happy birthday.

"holy shit!" niall exclaimed.

"surprise!" the four shouted in unison, just before niall captured them in a hug.