Cast Away (Narry Hybrid AU)

7. Water

The next morning, I wake up to the smell of bacon and campfire. Along with the warmth and comfort of the larger boy cuddling next to me.

I slowly move away from him, ignoring the small whimpers of protest from the boy, and make my way out to Liam and Zayn who are happily chatting, and cooking.

"Good morning, lads." I say tiredly but at the same time cheerfully somehow. They smile at me.

"Hey mate."

"Morning."

They greet me, I look around, not seeing the puppy hybrid. He was probably still asleep like Harry.

They hand me a plate of bacon and I eat it quickly, as they eat there own plates.

"What's our plan for today?" I ask.

"I was thinking we could do some hiking. If you guys want." Liam says, Zayn and I nod in agreement.

Louis stumbles out of Zayn's tent, a few moments later, hair sticking up all over and rubbing his eyes tiredly. Zayn looks over at Louis and smiles.

"Good morning Louis." Louis looks at him and smiles.

"Morning Z." Louis comes over to us and sits down in the lawn chair, next to Zayn.

"Are you hungry Lou? I made breakfast." Louis nods and Zayn hands him a plate.

Louis scarfs it down quickly, licking the plate when he's finished.

3rd Point of View

A bit later after they'd all finished eating and Harry had joined them, they all got dressed and then set off on their hike. The large mountain like hill was the perfect spot for it, the air was breezy but tolerable.

They all stayed rather quiet, enjoying the calming sounds of nature and making small attempts at talking.

Louis and Zayn, were very touchy. Holding each others hands and Louis nuzzling into Zayn's side every now and then. The dark hair boy would only smile, and hold him close with his arm around his shoulder as they walked. Making it obvious they were in a relationship or were soon to start one.

Harry stayed quiet admiring everything. He only once grabbed Niall's hand, when a squirrel ran through, frightening him. Niall hadn't minded holding hands with Harry, but once Niall had assured Harry everything was alright, the curly haired boy relaxed and put his hands back in his pockets. Harry was very timid about touching Niall in fear he would get yelled at like other times.

The group separated after a while, Louis and Zayn went off somewhere to do god knows what. And Liam didn't want to be a third wheel to either of the pairs so he went his own way, leaving Niall and Harry by themselves.

They only walked a bit longer before settling down on a log next to a creek that stretched a good 10 feet across and must of been at least as tall as Niall deep, if not taller.

Harry stayed close to Niall as they sat, he watched the water closely. Niall admired Harry's face as he looked at the water in concentration.

The taller boy watched as a fish swam around in the water, almost teasing him. Harry was part cat after all, and right now he wanted that fish.

The fish swam close to Harry, and Harry couldn't help himself. He pounced at the fish, making himself fall into the fast moving current.

Harry fell under water and make a weak attempt to come back up, the fast moving water and the inability to swim made it very hard.

Niall was quick to take action, he jumped in the water after him. Water started to fill the drowning boys lungs as Niall wrapped his arms around his waist pulling him back up to the surface and quickly getting him out of the water. Then Niall climbed out to examining the boy, Harry was unconscious.

Niall started to panic, he'd never seen anyone drown. The only thing he knew was CPR and he was sure anything would be better than letting him sit there water filling his lungs.

Slowly he took a deep breath, then preformed CPR on the boy the best he knew how to. When it didn't work after a few times Niall got even more scared.

He was about to give up and call an ambulance, when Harry started coughing and spitting up water. Niall let out a sigh in relief, patting his back as he spit up water and cough.

When he finally stopped the blonde pulled him against his chest, holding him against himself. "God Harry, you scared the shit outta me."

He pressed his face into Niall's chest. "Harry is sorry Niall. Didn't mean to scare." Niall shake his head at boy.

"Its alright Harry, just be careful you can't drive in after the fish, you don't know how to swim." He says. Harry looks down.

"Water scare Harry. Harry does not like the meany water, it hurted Harry." Even in the most dangerous situations he manages to make it cute. Niall found his speech adorable, and smiles at him even though the situation is nothing to smile about.

"I know Haz, you just gotta be careful and it won't hurt you. Let's go back to the camp site, okay?" Niall asks and starts getting up, still holding Harry close to him.

Harry nods and keeps close to Niall as they walk to back where they come from. Staying quiet the whole time, finding none of the others are back yet. Which was a good thing for the two as they both wanted to be alone at the moment.

They went into their tent, Niall gave Harry and new set of clothes to get changed into while he changed himself. Harry watched Niall change admiring his body without Niall realizing then finished getting dressed himself. Niall then got Harry snuggled up within the blankets, and then joined him. The warmth from the blankets and each other heated them.

Harry laid close to Niall, letting out small yawns every now and then. Niall could see Harry's eyes trying to stay open in an attempt to stay awake.

Niall rubbed his back to calm him, and slowly Harry started to fall asleep. His breath falling in a steady pace, face pressed against Niall's neck.

Niall held him close and rubbed his back as he watched the boy sleep. Admiring everything from his chestnut curls to the way he moved around and mumbled in his sleep.

Niall enjoyed just about everything about Harry.

A/N: Hey guys sorry I haven't updated in a while. I just haven't been in the mood to write and with school starting its even harder. I hope to update once every week/other week, but we'll see how that goes. Thanks to my readers who are still reading after I took so long to update. xoxo