Niam One Shots

18- Those Damn Note-Cards

prompt from the tumblr post pictured in the media

18- Those Damn Note-Cards

"Liam go talk to him already! You don't need those damn note-cards to remember what to say, just go and put the moves on him!" Zayn's exasperated voice nearly shouted. Liam looked at him with wide eyes full of fear and shock.

"Are you crazy Zayn!? The only people I can keep a conversation with without using my cards are you, Harry, and Louis!" Liam said, shaking his cards in the boy's face for emphasis. Zayn rolled his eyes and gestured with his hand over Liam's shoulder, before he spoke.

"Well look now, Liam, Louis is hanging out with Niall. Now you'll have one of us with you to keep you from getting so nervous." Liam still looked unsure, mentally weighing the pros and cons while he looked thoughtfully toward where the two conversed down the hall.

"Well...I guess if Louis is there I won't feel as nervous. Maybe I won't even have to use the cards.." he said thoughtfully, looking down at a card with one of many pickup lines written in neat print.

Zayn just nodded his head enthusiastically because he wasn't sure Liam really could refrain from using his cards. It was a guarantee that he would be nervous around Niall, and nervousness always led up to the use of his cards.

"Go get 'em, Li. You'll be great, just remember the lines you practiced." He reminded the boy. Liam nodded and left Zayn with a pat on the shoulder. Zayn sighed, wishing more people could see the hyper, puppy-like Liam that himself, Harry, and Louis got to see. But unfortunately for Liam, he had his condition with his cards. He relied on them far too much, but it wasn't the boy's fault; some things you just can't control.

Liam walked over with his chin up, and smiled as Louis waved him over.

"Hey Liam! How were your morning classes?" Louis asked, because the only class they had together in this entire university was the last one.

"They were good mate, thank you." Liam replied in his usual confident voice, but when he looked at Niall, his confidence wavered.

"Hello, Niall." He said, quieter than he had been previously.

"Hi Liam. How are you, you're good?" he said, patting Liam on the shoulder in a friendly manner, but Liam's heart pumped faster nonetheless.

"I-I'm alright." He stuttered out. Niall gave a tiny grin at Liam, looking at him through his lashes. Why wouldn't Liam see that he had been crushing on him for an entire semester? He thought he made it pretty obvious, but then again maybe Liam didn't notice because whenever Niall sent the boy a smile, he would quickly look somewhere else.

"I..I actually have something to t-tell you. Or ask you, I s-suppose."

What was left of Liam's confidence was quickly fading; he had to move fast. As he opened his mouth to speak, Louis interrupted.

"Excuse me lads, I've got to be in lecture in a few minutes so I'll be on my way. See you both soon." he said, and Liam could've cried.

"See ya mate!" Niall called after him, and Louis waved over his shoulder at the boy.

"What was is you wanted to tell me, Liam?" Niall asked once he turned back to the boy. Liam just stared stupidly for a minute before he reached into his backpack and grabbing his cards out. Fuck it. With a clear of his throat and a glance to his cards, he picked the right ones out and began.

"Hey...so,...uhh.." he glanced down at his cards again before quickly peeking up to meet Niall's questioning eyes. He twisted his thumbs together around the cards as he stuttered out another go at the words.

"Did you uh did...you fall out of heaven because um-"

Liam wanted to give himself a good kick in the head for being so stupid. He watched in horror as all his labeled cards spilled out onto the floor by his feet, almost seeming to drop in slow-motion.

"Shit, fuck. Oh god- fucking hell, I'm so sorry you're--you're just so pretty and I'm sorry I just wanted to ask you out but I'm so nervous and, fuck-" he cut himself off to breathe and went to pick up the cards before he was stopped by hands on his shoulders.

He was confused as he was pulled against Niall's body, and then shocked once he felt lips against his. Niall was kissing him. He was kissing him, and he felt like his entire body was buzzing with electricity.

He kissed him back for a moment before Niall pulled away and wrapped his thin arms around Liam's muscular torso.

"Of course I'll go out with you, you dolt! Why were you so nervous to ask me!?" He exclaimed before going in for another kiss. The brunette was still in shock because even if Niall said yes, Liam had never expected his relationship with Niall to go quickly like this.

Liam separated his lips from Niall's and looked down into the blonde's eyes with a shy smile and shiny, red lips before reaching down to grab his cards. He looked through them desperately with a bright red flush on his cheeks, searching for one in particular.

"I um...don't have a card for...this situation...." He said, and Niall threw his head back in laughter before throwing Liam's cards high up in the air. Liam watched large stacks of white paper note-cards floated down around them, giggling against Niall's lips when the blonde pulled him in for another surprise-attack kiss.

Liam never really needed cards with Niall after that, and that was a feeling he hadn't felt before; having control over his mind felt fantastic.

And that was only one of many fantastic feelings Liam would experience with his little Niall.

Hey, who knew the cheeky blonde bastard could do things like that with his tongue? Who knew Liam would ever be a dominant figure? Who knew Liam would enjoy these things?

Liam certainly did not know who.

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I hope you all have very lovely holidays, and everyone stayed safe! Tell me what you did over holidays in the comments below, I'd really love to read!

If you go back to school soon or have already, good luck this year!