one night (or possibly the rest of our lives) • niam

i love you

Back to back updates, whoohoo! This is just a whole lot of fluff. As you can tell by the chapter title. Enjoy!

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Niall had never felt more stressed out. Between his lousy job, his school work piling up (he had four sketches to draw in the next week), and Liam, he was sure he was going to go insane. It's not that Liam was stressing out. That wasn't the case at all. Liam was such a big help with everything. It was his feelings for Liam that were stressing him out. He was sure at this point that he had fallen head over heels for the doctor. But he was more than certain Liam didn't feel the same. Why would he? They were so different.

But idea of having a family with the brunette made Niall's heart fluttered. However he knew that wouldn't happen. Niall wasn't the kind of guy Liam would fall in love with. Even though Liam was everything Niall had ever dreamed of. He let out choked sobbed now, knowing that after he was pregnant Liam would probably want nothing to do with him. He hoped that he'd at least want to keep their baby so he had a better life than what Niall was living before this.

Niall pulled his knees to his chest, sitting alone on the bed to the guest bedroom he had be staying in for just over two months. He looked down at his tummy with a smile. He was two and a half months along but didn't show yet. Liam told him because of his small frame he wouldn't show as soon as others. He rested his hands on his tummy, feeling a tear hit his hand. He let out a shaky sigh but just kept staring at his stomach.

Liam was making Niall lunch, knowing he was going to be hungry. He had cooked up some chicken and rice, grabbing a big bowl and filling it up for the blonde. He smiled to himself. He loved the idea of catering to Niall. He loved taking care of him. Liam never realized how he felt about having someone with him until Niall came along. He knows it was odd, the way their situation came about. But he wouldn't change it for the world. It was then he was beginning to realize something.

If Niall were to leave he'd be devastated. Not only because he's the...well the mother of his baby. But because he's come to care so much for the Irish boy. In fact, Liam was pretty sure he had begun to fall in love with him. He wasn't sure what to do with this realization though. Should he act on it? Tell Niall how he feels? Liam wasn't sure how he would take it. But he was sure he couldn't keep this to himself.

Liam grabbed a bottle of water and a spoon, carrying everything upstairs. He walked to Niall's room and knocked before opened the door. "Hey, Ni, I hope you're hungry. Well I'm sure you are. But I have your lunch." He said as he walked in. But he noticed Niall was sitting on the bed holding himself. He could tell something was wrong. He sat the bowl and water on the side table before sitting down next to Niall. "Hey, what's wrong?" He asked, wrapping an arm around Niall's shoulders. He noticed the blonde crying now and he hated that.

"I-I can't...I can't tell y-you." He managed to say. "It'll make everything a-awkward between u-us."

Liam frowned. "Ni, please. I want to know why you're crying. Please tell me."

Niall shook his head. "It'll ruin e-everything thought..."

Liam pulled Niall closer. "Please, I need to know why you're hurting." He almost begged.

Niall knew he had to tell Liam. Even if the outcome was going to be horrible. He had to. He started sobbing now. "I'm hurting 'c-cause I love you b-but you don't love m-me back and when our b-baby is born y-you're just gonna leave m-me 'cause people like y-you don't fall in love w-with people like me." The blonde managed to say. He buried his face in to his hands now, afraid to see or even hear Liam's reaction.

Liam blinked a few times before he pulled Niall in to his lap. "Oh Niall," He began. "You're so wrong. I do love you. I just realized it today. It took me longer than it probably should have. I think I started falling for you the day I met you. The day we made this wonderful miracle in your tummy. Please don't cry anymore. You have no reason too because I love you back, just as much as you love me."

Niall looked up at Liam through his tears. "But h-how? How can you l-love me?" He asked. "We're nothing alike."

Liam shook his head. "And I don't care. I love you for who you are. You're so real and genuine, Ni. You are so calm and collected and artistic. And beautiful. And you are so easy to love." He answered. "This is why and how I love you. You are amazing and I'm so glad we found each other."

Niall buried his face in to Liam's just, crying again. "I'm so glad you love me back," He murmured. Liam wrapped his arms around the blonde.

"Will you be my boyfriend, Niall?" He asked.

Niall smiled and nodded. "Of course." He answered. Liam grinned at that.

"No more tears," He pulled back a bit and wiped Niall's tears away. "I want you to eat." He reached over and grabbed the bowl. Niall shifted in Liam's lap to get comfortable before taking the bowl from him.

"Thank you," He said, taking a spoonful. "Ooh this is yummy. I really like this."

Liam smiled. "Good I'm glad. There are a few things I know how to cook." He chuckled. He reached for the remote and turned on the TV, holding on to Niall as he moved back against the headboard.

"I love this," Niall stated. "Cuddling as a couple."

Liam kissed Niall's hair. "I love it too. I'm glad we can finally do it."

"God, I was stressing so much about whether or not I should tell you I was in love with you." Niall confessed.

Liam shook his head. "I can say the same thing. When I was downstairs making your lunch I zoned out a few times thinking about it. We're a mess. Stressing out over nothing."

"Well I think we kind of had every reason." Niall said. "We were worried. But true, we were kind of worried for nothing. I guess we just never saw this happening to us." He explained.

Liam nodded. "I know I didn't see this happening. I'm glad it did. I'm glad I had a stressful day at work and then got a little drunk at that club. I'm glad you were tipsy and happy, dancing alone in the middle of the dance floor." Niall blushed at that and Liam just chuckled. "I'm glad we got to have that intimate moment and something wonderful came from it."

Niall smiled at that, placing one hand on his stomach. Liam placed his hand over Niall's. The blonde looked up at Liam. "I love you."

Liam smiled back. "I love you too." He leaned down and pressed a softs kiss to Niall's lips. Niall sighed softly in content against Liam's lips. He didn't expect today to go like this, but he couldn't be happier for it. 

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So what did you guys think? I wasn't exactly sure when I was going to get Niam together but I thought it would be a good time to do so. Drama will be coming up soon so stay tuned! 

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