Taciturn (Niall Horan)

CHAPTER 5 - Runaway

Nona's POV

 

 

"No! No! NO!"

"I insist!"

"I said NO, Laura. You can't decide anything here."

"Tell me why?"

"I say so."

How I wish I'm also a deaf so I won't hear Luke and Laura arguing with their highest tone. They are truly different from each other; contradiction of each other. They can't agree on the same thing. They are like... Mom and Dad.

They continued arguing. I can't stop them through my sign language; they're ignoring me. As I could see them arguing like that, memories started to come in from the back of my mind; memories I tried to hide to avoid causing another pain.

I closed my eyes tightly and I could feel tears streaming down my cheeks. I could clearly recall those memories like it happened yesterday and I can't help but feel the pain.

I shot my eyes open. Just like how my Mom and Dad argued, I can't do anything to stop Luke and Laura. I hate hearing the anger in their voices. I grab the first thing my eyes saw, the mug on the kitchen counter. I hold the handle and smash it against the surface of the kitchen counter. This made the twin to stop and give their attention to me.

"Nona?"

Their eyes were bewildered to see the blood shedding in my right hand. I'm still holding the broken handle in my hand but I let it go; soon enough they're rushing towards me. This time, I let the tears keep flowing.

"What have you done?" Luke tries to take my bleeding hand but I step back before he could reach.

Without any commotion, I turned around and run away. As I get out of our apartment, I slammed the door so hard that it closed with a loud bang. I used the stare instead of the lift and I run outside the building. All I do is running; running away from all the pain I'm feeling right now. I don't care where my feet take me. I need to escape from all those bad memories.

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Niall's POV

"Are you sure about this?" I heard Gail asked.

I'm sitting by the window with my guitar in my hands. Currently, we're here inside my hotel room with Liam. Zayn, Harry and Louis are in their respective rooms.

"Sure about what?" I asked as I continue to play on with my guitar.

"You know, bringing Nona and Laura along on tour." She simply said.

I stop playing and raised my gaze at her. I saw how Liam also stop from what he's doing with his laptop, eager to know what's going on.

"Yes, I'm sure about this." I'm serious about this.

"It's not that I'm thinking negative thoughts about them but Niall, you barely knew them. Is it enough for you to trust them that easily?" Gail pointed out.

"They're good girls and –" I tried to explain but she cut me off.

"It's not the point here, Niall. They're strangers." She said.

"They are fans." I argued back.

"Exactly, they're fans. You don't know anything about them. You don't even know where they live, if they're in school, how old are they and you told me that Nona doesn't want to share her life story. All you've known all along is their name and Nona being mute." she explains.