Catch me if you can [NARRY AU]

Chapther thirty-two

Please read A/N at the end

Harry's pov

I hopped in the shower but the nausea feeling was still present. I almost told them the theory I've thought of when I was locked in my room and that was not the plan. I knew that they now grew curious and would do anything to let me speak. I scolded myself in my head. What was I thinking?

Niall was missing for two and a half months now and I grew more scared with the day he wasn't coming back. The first two weeks, I had some hope. But now, it was almost gone. Almost. Because something in me just didn't want to give up on him. I didn't want to and I couldn't. I loved him, and I needed to find him. I didn't care anymore if he didn't want to be found. I needed him here with me. Together we could beat whatever he was afraid of, and a sudden feel of determination rushed through my veins.

I washed my hair and body and got out. I dried myself and got out of the suffocating bathroom, went to my own room and put on some sweats and a shirt. When I was ready to walk downstairs, I heard Louis, Liam and Zayn talking and I stayed at the top of the stairs to listen to them.

"Do you think he knows anything about Niall's disappearance?" Louis' voice rang like bells.

"Well it's clear he knows something, but I don't think he knows where he is or something like that. I just wish he wasn't so afraid of what he wanted to tell us." Zayn said.

I wished I could tell them too.

"Maybe we should take little steps with him. I mean, he hasn't even told us about the day they separated. Let us first talk to him about Niall. Since he's missing, he never even said his name." Liam suggested the dark-haired lads. I walked back to my room and made some noise when I walked to the stairs again, so it didn't seem like I was eavesdropping.

"Hey lads, ordered the pizza already?" I asked them in a fake chirped voice. Not that I was hungry, but I needed an ice breaker.

"Yeah, pepperoni right?" Liam asked. I nodded and sat next to him on the couch. Louis and Zayn were now sitting on the loveseat. The tension was thick, and I knew that if someone didn't speak soon, I would throw up.

"So, Harry, why don't we talk a bit about Niall? You know, so we can think of him without being sad?" Zayn asked me weakly. He probably thought I was just gonna ignore his question, and at first, I did, but then I started to think.

Niall was missing for two and a half months. So far, no one we know off has found him. He packed his bag and just left. Probably, to keep himself safe. But what if he wasn't? What if his past had found him a long time ago, and he was in danger? Or even worse...

I couldn't tell the boys what was going on, but maybe I could help them to find Niall without giving too much information away.

"What about him?" I mumbled after a while, and I felt three pair of eyes burnings holes in my head. I was looking at my lap, but I just knew they had surprise written all over their faces.

"W-well, what happened between you guys?" Liam asked hesitantly. I never told them about the closet scene, but maybe now I could say at least something. I didn't want to share all of it, because it was very intimate for me, but they would understand that.

"Well, Niall told me a bit about himself, so I would understand him more, which I did. We, we are b-boyfriends till this day, but... it's complicated." I mumbled. Well, I didn't completely lie. The boys only nodded but didn't ask questions, which I was happy about. I saw a look of fear on Zayn's face, but it was gone before I could give it a second thought.