This Is Forever (Narry AU - Sequel to I'll Be There)

Chapter Six

"Fuck you, Jamie," as soon as the words tumbled out of Niall's mouth, he ran away, following Harry to where ever he was going.

It was pitch-dark so Niall had no idea where Harry had gone to. He jogged around for a bit and tried to listen very carefully. Maybe he could hear his boyfriend but no such luck. He was left with darkness and nothing but the sound of crickets. He was sure he had been searching for more that 20 minutes when he finally heard something. It sounded an awful lot like a broken sob. Niall's heart instantly sunk and without hesitating he ran to where the sound was coming from. 

There, under a very dim light he saw Harry sitting on the ground with his back against a shabby looking barn. His head was buried in his knees as he hugged his legs to his body. The only sound was the raw sobs coming from Harry's mouth, his shoulders shaking with every intake of breath. Niall couldn't stand there and watch his boyfriend break down.

''Harry!'' he shouted as he was near enough for Harry to hear him. 

Harry looked up with glossy eyes and tearstained cheeks. As soon as he saw that it was Niall he let his head fall back on his knees and closed his eyes again, wanting the tears to stop falling. 

''Haz,'' Niall kneeled in front his still sobbing boyfriend. ''Come here,'' he said as he opened his arms for Harry.

Harry had never ever rejected Niall's warm embrace but this time he just couldn't find comfort in Niall's arms so he stayed out of them. He shook his head and whimpered quietly, tugging his legs closer to his body.

''Babe, what's wrong?'' Niall frowned and lowered his arms. He shuffled closer to Harry until he could reach out and touch his shoulder.

''I-I'm so sick of this, Niall,'' Harry sniffled. 

''Of what?'' Niall tried to coax the answers out of him. 

''Of this!'' Harry frustatedly threw his arms up before burying his face in is folded arms. ''I'm so sick of everybody making fun of me.'' 

''Not everybody makes fun of you, love,'' Niall softly explained, stroking Harry's curls in a comforting way. 

''Why is having sex always such a big deal?'' Harry cried. ''Why am I so weird?''

Niall gasped and pulled Harry in his arms. ''You're not weird, Harry. You are amazing and so lovely. And I couldn't wish for a better boyfriend.''

''But I know that I'm making you wait too long and sometimes it scares me because I'm afraid that you'll leave me,'' Harry pulled away from Niall's grip. ''We could do it now, Niall. I'd do it, for you.'' Harry unbuckled his belt. ''Let's just get this over with,'' he sobbed as he unbuttoned his jeans. He was in the process of pulling his shirt over his head when he felt two hands stopping him. 

''Harry, you need to stop! I'm not going to leave you just because you're not ready. You have to understand that I love you and that something stupid like sex isn't going to change my feelings for you,'' Niall dropped himself in Harry's lap and hugged him by wrapping his arms around his neck. ''Don't forget that, Hazzy.''

''I-I'm sorry,'' Harry's voice broke as he struggled to be as close to Niall as possible. His arms were wrapped around Niall's waist and his face was buried into the crook of Niall's neck. ''I'm sorry,'' Harry shook as he mumbled apology after apology into Niall's skin.

''There's really nothing to apologize for, Haz,'' Niall softly raked his hands through Harry's hair. 

''I'm sorry,'' Harry muttered, not knowing either why he was apologizing. It just felt like the right thing to do. 

''It's okay,'' Niall whispered back instead. 

After many more minutes of Harry's tears silently soaking Niall's t-shirt, Harry finally managed to calm down. Niall pulled Harry's head from where it was still tucked under Niall's chin and pushed their foreheads together.

''I think, we should take a nice hot shower and then cuddle in bed, hm?'' Niall smiled softly and bumped his nose with Harry's.

''Yes, I'd like that,'' Harry nodded and pressed his lips to Niall's for a short peck. They stood up straight and Niall grabbed Harry's hand after he had dusted off his jeans. They walked back slowly with Niall occasionally pulling their joined hands to his lips to press a lingering kiss there. Harry hoped Jamie and Luke were already gone and he let out a relieved breath when he saw only Louis and Eleanor on their camping spot. Louis was sitting on one of the chairs while Eleanor leaned over him to press an ice package to his eye. 

''Lou? What happened?'' Niall asked concerned as he saw a glimpse of Louis blue eye. 

''I punched him,'' Louis said, a hint of proud in his voice. ''And he punched me back.''

''What? Are you okay?'' Niall was now standing in front of Louis to examine his eye.

''Yeah, yeah, I'm okay. How are you Harry?'' Louis quickly changed the subject and focussed his eyes on Harry.

''I'm okay,'' Harry murmered, feelling embarrassed that his friends now knew about his secret too. 

''Where's Liam?'' Niall knew Harry was still very sensitive and he also knew that Harry didn't like talking about what had happened only roughly an hour ago. 

''Searching for the first-aid kit,'' Eleanor explained as she carefully cleaned Louis' eye. 

''We're gonna take a shower, yeah?'' Niall grabbed both of Harry's hands. ''Can you grab our stuff?''

Harry just nodded and crawled into their tent to grab a towel, soap and some comfortable clothes. While Harry was busying himself with packing the stuff they needed for their shower, Niall turned to Louis and Eleanor. 

''He is not okay,'' Niall immediately told them. ''I hope the shower calms him down, but Jamie has hurt him. And you did too, Louis.'' 

''I will apologize, I was drunk and I didn't think of the impact of my words,'' Louis quickly stood up and walked over to Harry, who was zipping the tent closed after taking the stuff he needed. 

Niall watched as Louis talked to Harry and pulled him in a hug eventually that Harry accepted immediately. Liam came running back with a small first-aid kit in his hand not long after Louis and Harry had returned to where Niall and Eleanor were standing. Niall and Harry chose to let Liam and Eleanor take care of Louis and they walked to the shower. 

Once they stood in the stall, Niall made it his task to undress Harry. Harry let it happen and undressed Niall after. The warm water hitting his body actually did help Harry calm down a bit and he felt completely safe when Niall hugged him close and soaped his back in a massaging way. Niall made sure to never wash lower than Harry's waist, he didn't want him to feel pressured or uncomfortable. Niall lathered up his own body as he let Harry stand under the hot stream, his hear sticking to his forehead. Harry hugged Niall tightly as he stood back under the shower. He whispered a quiet 'thank you' in his ear before he kissed Niall's soft lips. Many kisses and hugs later, they stepped out of the stall and quietly made their way back to the tents. 

In the meantime, Louis, Eleanor and Liam had gone to bed and Niall and Harry did the same. Niall crawled under the covers and Harry followed him sortly after. He cuddled his body close to Niall's and closed his eyes with content as Niall held him close.

''Thank you, Ni,'' Harry blushed for no apparent reason. 

''As your boyfriend, it's my job to take care of you so there's no need to thank me,'' Niall smiled. ''I'll always be here for you.''

''I love you,'' Harry smiled for the first time since a few hours. ''I love you,'' he said it again just to make sure and pressed his lips to Niall's before Niall had time to respond. 

When he pulled back, Niall returned the 'I love you' and tightened his arms around Harry's body. Harry let his tense muscles relax and melted into Niall's warm embrace. He heard Niall whisper a 'good night' but he was too far gone already to respond, his own arms tightly wrapped around his favorite person in the world. 

A/N: sorry for not updating earlier! School's being a bitch :( but heyy I hope you liked this chapter and let me know what you think? Did you like the fluff?

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