(Based on my life story)
His smile was infectious, his eyes were shiny orbs of brown, his hair was always styled to perfection, his jaw was so defined, and his body was a magnificent work of art, you would think he is a God. His tattoos were interesting, and his voice was of an angel. Niall Horan stared at awe at his crush since the beginning of the semester, Liam Payne. He and Niall are section classmates but both have different majors. Niall is taking a major in Foods, whilst Liam is taking a major in Architectural Drafting. They have classes together in all the minor subjects, minus the major subject.
Niall's crush on Liam began when they were grouped in the same section. Sharing all the minor subjects, Niall began to notice how attractive Liam is. They both became friends, but after founding out that Niall has a crush on him, Liam begun to distance himself from Niall. To say that didn't hurt Niall's feelings was an understatement. But his classmates reassured him that Liam DOES have a crush on him, the only downside is that he hasn't moved on from his ex girlfriend. And the fact that Liam is always two steps forward to assumptions.
Both would give each other glances and small smiles, but never executed a conversation with each other. Niall was afraid that if he would approach Liam, the latter would immediately assume the worst and possibly run away from him, so he kept his distance. There are times when Liam would talk to him and approach him, but it only concerns their school work and such. Niall still holds on to the hope of what his classmates had told him about Liam's crush on him. But Niall grew tired. He got tired of just the timid smiles and the small glances, and the occasional 'hi's' and 'hello's'. He wanted the real thing, to feel what it would feel like to actually have someone you can proudly call your boyfriend. And he want's it with Liam, but Liam is always two steps forward. So what can Niall do for Liam to realize his feelings and doings?
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"So what are you going to do?" Asked Zayn as he took a bite of his Chinese food. He and Niall have been friends since the start of the school year when Niall was given the task to find a contestant for their annual University Acquaintance Party Search. He was so desperate to find someone who is attractive and smart enough to be fitting for the search, he just grabbed some random guy who looks attractive and asked him if he was willing to join. That guy was Zayn and luckily for Niall, Zayn agreed. After that they became the closest of friends.
"Eat a tub of ice cream and cry myself to sleep," Niall said as he took a sip of his drink.
"Or you can just move on from him? Find a new guy to crush on," said Zayn. He was chill with Niall being attracted to boys, even though he is somewhat straight as he said, he is alright with the LGBT community.
"There aren't many attractive boys in our University. And even if there are, they're either not my type, or they are taken and out of my league, or just simply disgusting," Niall said. Zayn rolled his eyes and gave Niall his dumpling, which Niall happily ate.
"You said he has a crush on you? And you believe that?" Zayn asked as he leaned back into the cushioned chair.
"Well, thats what my classmates said," said Niall sadly.
"Okay. If thats what your classmates said about him having a crush on you, why don't we go and find out," Zayn suggested.
"And how do we do that?" Niall asked whilst scooping a spoonful of rice from Zayn's bowl to his.
"I'll be your pretend boyfriend, we act like a couple in front of him, in front of your friends. You tell them you and I are 'dating', and then we'll see how he reacts. Then you'll know if he actually has a crush on you," said Zayn triumphantly as if he just solved his trigonometry quiz.
"And you're alright with that? Don't you have a reputation to keep up?" Asked Niall.
"And what reputation would that be?" Asked Zayn, making a face.
"Being straight and being a fuck boy? And don't you have three 'girlfriends' at the moment?" Niall asked. Zayn has a reputation of being the biggest fuck boy Niall has ever met. He basically lost count on how many girls Zayn has dated and fucked and left broken hearted in the span of their friendship.
"Who cares about that? You're my friend and I'm going to help you. If Liam doesn't feel the same way towards you, then you always have me. So, do we have a deal?" Zayn asked lifting his cup of soda.
Niall thought about this, if he goes with it, theres a possibility that he can find out if Liam likes him too, theres also that possibility of Liam being disgusted by it. And then there is the thought thats on the back of Niall's mind. The possibility of him falling for Zayn. Who wouldn't? Zayn was caring, he cares about Niall's feelings and is always there for him. He's supportive, and he's doing this fake boyfriend plan to help Niall. And if Niall says so himself, Zayn is rather good looking. Fuck that, Zayn was better than Liam, physical wise, but Niall kept that to himself.
So is he going doing this? Risk Liam and risk his feelings for possibly falling for Zayn? Well, life is short. He lifted his cup and tapped it with Zayn's. "Deal."