Just the Two of Us [Niall Horan fanfic]

Chapter 33: It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.

''Do you think he'll like this?'' I nervously asked Harry as he sat down on the bed that belonged to both, Niall and I. Holding the suitcase for him open, I shot him an impatient look as he rubbed the bottom of his chin a couple of times before answering. Then suddenly his mouth formed a smile and he began to laugh, making me even more irritated. He placed his hand on my shoulder as he looked at me.

''It's amazing Em, seriously,'' he assured me. ''It's really personal so I know he will love it.''

''Really?'' I anxiously asked as I took a glance, myself at the gift that I had packed in my black suitcase. I hated giving presents because I never knew what to give nor did I have a good choice. But since Niall meant so much to me, I really wanted to give him a good present. So after a week of thinking and questioning, I finally had an idea. I had filled a transparent jar to brim with many pieces of papers of varying colours inside. On each piece of paper, I'd written things I liked about him or things that had reminded me of him. It was a small gift, but I really hoped he liked the idea behind it. The thing that gave me inspiration was how he was usually kinda insecure about us, even though he tried to hide it each time it tried to come to the surface.

''He'll love anything he gets from you, silly,'' he said while getting up and he made his way to the door.

''I'm going to pack now, my flight is also leaving tonight,'' he announced and closed the door behind him.

I turned around, and continued to pack my things which was what I'd been doing for the past hour. I quickly closed the suitcase which contained Niall's gift inside. I expected him  to come into the room pretty soon because I heard him shutting off the shower minutes ago. 

Since I hadn't brought many warm clothes here, I didn't need to pack much and me and Niall had decided I would stay here with him for at least another week. I had   until 'at least another week' to decide what I wanted to do next, but I honestly had no idea. I did want to go back to London, but I obviously needed a job for that.

''Are you almost done?'' Niall's voice startled me and I quickly turned around. He roughly rubbed his hair dry with a towel. Once it was dry enough, he wrapped the towel around his shoulder and leaned against the threshold, watching me. My eyes trailed over his body once more, then I looked away when he started dressing himself. I twisted my lips to the side, blushing.

''Yeah, I don't need to pack much though.''

''How cold is it there, anyway?'' He asked and he sat down on the bed next to my suitcase.

''Expect snow, lots of snow.''

''I don't really have many warm clothes with me, but one pair of pants and a long sleeve shirt will do right?''

''Yeah, that's totally fine,'' I said nodding. ''We'll be only staying for two days anyway.''

''Are you nervous?'' I asked, glancing down to close my suitcase, and casually zipping it up.

''Of course not!'' For a brief moment, I noticed the corners of his lips trembled slightly, giving away how nervous he had actually felt. 

I smirked at him as I slowly moved towards him, getting a small smile from his lips as well. He didn't say anything in reply, but lowered his right hand to around my waist.

''Maybe a tiny, tiny, tiny bit,'' he began, a smirk evident on his face.

''A tiny bit?'' I repeated after him, my eyebrows raised as he playfully hit my arm.

''Shut up and kiss me,'' he demanded and he leaned into me, letting me pull him in closer. I felt him smirk against my skin as he kissed the left corner of my lips.