Starved (Ziall AU) - Sequel to Hungry -

Chapter One

Chapter One 

"No thanks!" The blonde called out shaking his head and trying to avoid them but he was stopped by the two large men beside him, with the help of a certain ginger. 

"Come on, Niall! I know how upset you were over this, at least be friends with them." Ed convinced, playfully punching him in the arm. "We are friends." Niall stated, expressionless as he looked back and fourth between the stage and the exit. "If you are then why don't you go up on stage?" Ed smirked, shrugging his shoulders and nodding his head over there, knowing he had won that argument. "Fine, fine." He sighed, letting the two large men lead him up towards the stage. Discovering there were no stairs, he groaned internally, realising he has to put effort into getting up there. He looked to one of the security guards and gave them a pleading look, extending his arms out and making grabby hands. The man sighed, propping him up on the multicoloured floor. 

"Hey, Ni" Harry was the first one to greet him, shaking his hand before resting an arm on his shoulders. "Wanna answer the next question with us?" Liam suggested, and the crowd screamed. Niall let out a forced smile as he nodded his head, hands buried in his pockets because where else could they go? "And the next one is..BAM!" Louis fist pumped when it changed as soon as he pointed towards it and Niall cracked a smile. 

If you could turn back time, what would you change?

Well that dampened my mood, Niall thought because this was pure coincidence. "Hmm, interesting question." Liam said, and Louis nodded in agreement. A few 'ughh's and 'uhm's were heard before somebody spoke up. "I'd change the way things turned out." Everyones head whipped around to Zayn, his mic pressed to his lips as he stared at Niall. What is he implying to?, the blonde wondered. Niall took the mic from Harry's hand. "I was quite gullible back then, falling for things I shouldn't have. So I'd change the way I thought, because I'd always think of the wrong things. The wrong people." Niall emphasised, staring at Zayn with a cold, heartless expression. Niall didn't even hear the other's answers because he was too focused on Zayn, who made no movement in following his bandmates to read the last tweet. So they kind of just stood there, eyes locked on each other, waiting for the other to back down. Of course Zayn won, he always won. Niall bit the inside of his cheek.

"Zayn? Niall?" Harry's voice echoed, snapping a finger in between them, his mic in the other hand as he tried to get their attention. "Guys, I know you've had a rough past but stop being so fucking obvious that you dislike each other" He begged, giving Zayn a look as he cocked his head over to a side, Niall followed the action and his eyes landed on a man, a man who was not guarding or screaming, he was just watching. Niall praised god that Harry didn't say that through the microphone. "Thats the last one. Thank you for all your tweets!" Liam shouted out to the audience, the roar of the crowd getting louder. "And lets all give it up for Niall!!" Louis said, ruffling the blonde's hair. 

"Shout out to Mr. Ed Sheeran who's also in the crowd tonight!" Niall shouted into Liam's mic, waving over at the ginger lad who stood awkwardly near the front. Niall smirked, pointing to him and slicing his throat, symbolising what was gonna happen later. He hopped off the stage, running towards Ed with a glum expression.  "I can't fucking believe you." Niall shook his head, and Ed cackled. "Lets just go, come on." Niall said, shoving past him and beginning to head for the door to where they came from. But Ed stopped him. "Actually, you said that we'd stay here to listen to good music, and we are going to. Come on, VIP seats." The blonde boy tried his bet to not look annoyed, he had gotten quite good at acting ever since he got into the music business. "Whatever"

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Once the concert had ended, Niall did his best to not comment on it because fuck, they were so catchy. He found himself enjoying it when he was bopping his head to 'I Would' whilst Ed laughed at him. "You had fun, admit it." The ginger lad said, holding back a snigger. "Its some good music, yeah. What?" Niall shook his head. "Care to explain that answer before?" Ed cocked a brow. "What answer" Niall pretended he didn't know, watching all the girls leave the arena, he smiled at the huge number. The VIP seats were nice, they had cushioned seats — which were comfortable as fuck —  and a great view of the stage. "Falling for things you shouldn't have? Come on, man. I thought you've moved on." Ed nudged him with his shoulder, eyes rolling towards the ceiling as Niall shook his head. "I have. Just wanted to make sure that it was clear to everybody." He shrugged carelessly, arms resting on the metal that blocked them from falling, VIP seats were like balconies. "A bit childish don't you think? Plus that little thing you had with Zayn there is gonna end up on tumblr." "What little thing?" Niall turned to him, one hand running through his hair as he looked at Ed with an aloof expression, he's never showed much emotion these days, he's always been so chilled.