Liam waddles into the bathroom, pulling off a cloth from the hook beside the sink to wipe the come sticking to his skin. A cherry pink colour stains his chest and he sees the crescent shaped indents on his hips that make his stomach curl with arousal like he could go for round two.
Liam cleans himself off before he slips into a loose pair of boxers and grabs another towel for Niall.
When he walks back into the room, Niall is on the edge of the bed, phone propped between his shoulder and ear as he quickly tugs on a pair of jeans that had been lying on the floor since he arrived a day ago. His eyes find Liam's when he jumps up to pull the jeans past his waist, and he gives Liam a sad shake of his head.
Liam gives him a sad look making something pull at Niall's heart.
"Yeah, I will be there," Niall sighs, hanging up the phone and tossing it onto the bed. He grabs for the shirt that had been next to the pants instead of looking at Liam, who watches him with a sad and questioning look.
"I'm sorry," Niall blurts, finally looking up at him. He nibbles on his bottom lip in a nervous way, with a regretful look on his face that Liam has come too well accustomed to.
"Ellie stuff?" Liam asks, coming closer. Dread settles in his chest. They are supposed to have the day together, no interruptions.
Niall nods, pushing forward to peck a kiss to his lips. "I will be back tomorrow, though okay? I promise."
Liam gives him a jerky nod as he wraps his arms around Niall's shoulders, like that will be enough to get him to stay. Even if he is strong enough to hold Niall against him forever, he wouldn't try and do that again. "Do you have to leave now?"
He gives Liam another regretful look, sliding his palms up Liam's bare back. "Yes, but I still love you more. We will just have to extend my 'just for today' until tomorrow."
Liam smiles, pulling Niall against his chest. He knows there are many reasons Niall thinks Liam doesn't know how much he loves him and Liam can tell him over and over again he knows it but those insecurities will still stay with him. Just like his own do.
"I will be here when you get back"
**
Niall sighs as he walks into his shared home with Ellie.
"Babe" he calls out, closing the door behind him.
"In here" He hears Ellie shout, he walks into the living room smiling at the sound of her voice.
He see's Ellie sat on the couch, her knees brought up to her chest and her head is craned to see her wiggling toes. "This isn't working," she huffed and angrily twisted the cap back on her purple nail polish. She let her knees fall to each side and stared sadly at her unpainted toe nails.
"What's wrong babe?" Niall asks taking a sit next to her on the couch. She frowned harder and inhaled sharply.
"Well! I can't reach my toes comfortably to paint them and I can't wear my new sandals with bare toes," she explained. Niall opened his mouth to respond but Ellie continued. "I also don't have money to go get them done because those shoes were kind of expensive plus what if they don't have a colour that goes?"
Niall looked confused for a moment until his face cleared "I can help" he said
"What?"
"I could paint your toes. That's all you need right? Someone else to do it? I could do it!" he said. He grabbed the bottle and shook it around examining the contents. "How does this work then?"
Ellie blushed and stuttered out a response, "I mean if you want I could, um," she swallowed her nervousness, "Yeah I could give you some tips."
Niall noticed her hesitance and put a stabling hand on her calf. "Hey if you don't want me to help I won't. Just tell me what you need." Ellie took a moment to relax then smiled and nodded. "Okay so how do I start?"
