The Duo (Narry and Lilo)

Run In

"Wanna work on some voice techniques?" Niall asked Harry, tuning his guitar. It was lunch time, Wednesday, and the two boys were just hanging out in the cafeteria as usual. "No. No techniques. Not today. I've had enough of those for one day. Let's just jam." Harry looked at Niall and Niall instantly knew what to do.

As Harry stood up on the table and sang
"I wanna be a billionare sooo freaking bad." Almost every student looked to Harry in anticipation. As he kept singing, they started clapping along to the beat, and Niall stood up on the table with Harry and started rapping the verses

Yeah I would have a show like Oprah
I would be the host of everyday Christmas
Give Nialler your wish list
I'd probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt
And adopt a bunch of babies that ain't never had it
Give away a few Mercedes like 'Ere lady have this'
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
It's been a couple months that I've been single so
You can call me Niall Claus minus the Ho Ho
Ha ha get it? I'd probably visit where Katrina hit
And damn sure do a lot more than FEMA did
Yeah, can't forget about me, stupid
Everywhere I go, Imma have my own theme music
to the entire cafeteria, shouting "SING IT!" When the chorus came on and sure enough, all that was heard throughout the whole cafeteria was

Oh every time I close my eyes (what you see what you see mate?)
I see my name in shining lights (uhuh uhuh yeah what else?)
A different city every night, oh I
I swear the world better prepare (FOR WHAT?)
For when I'm a billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh for when I'm a billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh for when I'm a billionaire

As the song continued, Harry started to run around the cafeteria, singing in the aisles of the lunch tables, Niall standing in the middle of the room, playing his guitar. The very last chord and lyric was met with an uproar of the students, everyone loving each and every minute.

***

"Well that was fun." Niall sputtered, still getting chills every time they performed whether it was a jam session or at Steven's. He loved it. Harry couldn't really form a coherent response, feeling so overwhelmed. In a good way. So he just mumbled "totally."

School had just ended and they both wanted to get home and practice Girl Almighty for Saturday. Walking to Niall's car, they saw two figures in the distance leaning on it. Looking at each other in confusion, they just kept walking to the car. As they got closer, the two figures became clear and Harry mentally scoffed. It was Zayn and Naughty Boy. "What the hell do they want?" Harry asked Niall, who wasn't there next to him, but walking in front of Harry, almost in a protecting stance. Zayn smirked, Naughty Boy following suit. "What do you want?" Niall spit at them. "Nothing." Zayn said confidently. "Just wanted to let you know to be ready on Saturday." Naughty Boy nodded after each word Zayn said. "Hear I'm performing?" He said with a smirk. "Yeah. We heard your name. Unfortunately." Niall retorted, his eyes darkening with hate. Harry, noticing this, tried to step in front of Niall but was met with a look from the blond. Harry knew this look. It was Niall's way of saying "Stay back. I've got you." So he did. "Whatever." Zayn scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Just be ready." He walked away, whistling for Naughty Boy to follow him.

***

Harry looked at Niall on the way home, fire in his blue eyes. Harry didn't like this. He didn't like Niall angry. It scared him. 
"Niall..?" Harry asked softly.
"Yes, Harry?" Niall replied in a scarily calm tone, his grip on the steering wheel getting tighter.

"Please stop the car."
"What, wh-"
"Just please stop the car."
Niall reluctantly pulled over.
"What's going on, Harry?" Harry made the blond look into his eyes and saw them instantly soften, the fire dying.
"I'm okay. Okay? We just have to do this the best way we know how. Music. We're gonna do this. We've got this. He's just another guy on the roster." "Harry, what if we end up battling him? What if the bracket end up that we compete?"
"Then we compete. And we kick his ass."

Without another word, Niall smiled and drove to Harry's.