Inamorato (Niam Horayne) (BoyxBoy)

1: We're Inevitable, Right?

The band is in tatters. Harry is quiet, and he sits in his hotel room, writing in his journal, and if Louis is ever there he does not pay him any attention. Louis smiles but it has been noticed, that the smile does not reach his eyes, and his laugh has lost it's youth and it's bounce. Zayn is angry. He argues with the management and he pushes Louis away when he tries to talk to him, and he goes outside and smokes the night away. Liam and Niall share a room, unless on the tour bus. And Liam has heard Niall cry sometimes, and he lies beside him and sometimes he holds him because it doesn't seem right for Niall to be sad.

Liam holds them all together: He talks to Harry sometimes, about things that don't matter because he is afraid to touch near the subject of Louis. He messes about with Louis, tries to keep the light in his eyes and heart like it always used to be. He sits silently with Zayn but only rarely because Zayn pushes him away too, and Liam does not know what to do anymore and how to keep Zayn a part of them. He spends the most time with Niall, just lying beside him or holding him or just talking, and he knows that after everything Niall will surely still be there.

"Please don't cry." Liam says quietly, scrambles out of his own bed and beside Niall in his. Niall turns and faces him in the darkness of the room.

"We're falling apart." Niall says, "I fear that if we go on any longer, we're literally going to drop."

Sadly, Liam smiles and wipes a tear from the blonde's cheek. "I know." He says quietly, "I know but it is all we can do. After this tour, we can break, catch our breath."

Niall nods and shuffles closer against Liam's body, head against the brunette's bare chest. Liam holds him close.

"Liam I love you." Niall says, his voice so soft that it makes Liam's heart beat faster.

"I love you too Nialler." Liam replies, placing a kiss to Niall's hair.

They fall asleep amongst the sheets, against each other's bodies and things seem okay.

-

"Morning Liam." Niall mutters, rolling out of his friend's arms and onto his back.

"Hey Ni." Liam sleepily smiles and his hand still rests on Niall's tummy. "What's the time?"

Niall glances at the clock on the bedside table; 7:13.

"Quarter past seven. We need to get up." But neither of them make a move, instead lie beside each other breathing quietly,

"Okay. We do need to hurry up." Liam says after some minutes, rolling out of Niall's bed and grabbing some clothes from his suitcase, which lie open at the end of his bed. "I'm going to have a quick shower."

"Kay." Niall lies quietly for another moment or so, and smiles to himself because Liam is always there to make even the darkest times bright again.

When Liam gets out the bathroom, changed in a nice shirt and ripped jeans, Niall is shorting through his suitcase.

"Hey Ni, I'm gonna wake Zayn up." Liam says, but he walks over to Niall and kisses him on the cheek, "See you in a few minutes."

"See ya Li." Niall answers, and can only smile to himself as the door closes.

-

"Hi Haz." Niall smiles, closing the hotel room door after letting Harry in, "You okay?"

The sun has long since set outside, and the previous buzz of their show in Tokyo has faded from their bloodstream.

"Yeah." Harry smiles even though Niall knows that's not all true, "Wanted a bit of company, and do you think," Harry pauses, and out of his pocket he pulls a small bottle of dark purple nail varnish, "You could paint my nails?"