Friends? (Ziall)

C 2.0

-10 years old-

*Zayn's POV*

"You okay you seem a little down?" I asked Niall.

"Yeah, lately I just haven't been feeling like myself. Feeling a bit sad and I don't know why, but come on we have to get ready for my mom yells at us for not getting to practice on time." He said.

"Yeah you're right." I said and tied my other cleat.

We went down the stairs and my mom opened the door and we went under her arm out into the car. She unlocked it and we got in. We put on our seat belts and she driver her way out to the football field.

"It's okay, football will cheer you up." I said and he nodded. 

We went out into the field when she pulled up at the park and she went to sit with the rest of the parents we ran over to where the team was huddled up.

He start picking people to go into different groups and me and Niall got split up. He was working on kicks and I was working on passes with someone else.

I don't know but it was bothering me a little bit that Niall looked unhappy.

"Eyes down." My partner said.

"eYeS dOwN." I mocked.

I kicked the ball toward him and looked at Niall. He seemed really down now. I kicked the ball back and forth between me and my partner then I seen Niall exit off the field and go over to the bench and he sat down. His mom went near him and he didn't say anything he was just listening to her talk and-

"Owww." I said after getting hit with the ball.

I walked over to him and slapped him and the looked back over at Niall who was now crying and his mom was hugging him.

"Touch me again and I'll whoop your ass." I said and I ran over to Niall.

"Whats wrong Niall?" I asked him.

"Nothing." He said and his mom looked up at me.

"He keeps saying that, he won't tell me. Maybe you can try." She said and she sat behind him and I tried talking to him.

"Why Niall? Why are you so upset?" I asked him.

"I don't know." He said and he pulled me into a hug with him and I hugged him back and I looked at Maura and she looked at me sadly.

"Do you wanna go home?" I asked him and he nodded.

I pulled away and looked at him and his face was red and tears were just falling. I grabbed his hand and I followed Maura to the car.

"Baby stop crying please. For mommy." She said and looked through the rear view mirror and he wiped his eyes and stopped crying but he was still having a little breathing spasm to try to catch his breathe.

I kept holding his hand and looking at him. I was really wondering what was wrong, he always tells me what is and this time he said nothing or that he didn't know. That's a little concerning. How could you be crying over nothing?

We got to the house s he went straight in and up to his room and I went in with him and he was already under the covers trying to regulate his breathing.

Maura came in and looked at him wrapped in his covers.

"I'm just gonna take a nap." He said.

"Please don't push me away okay hunny." She said.

"I'm not I just need a nap now." He said and she sighed leaving the room.

I looked under the cover and his eyes were shut really tight but he still had on his full uniform. I went down the cover and took off his shoes then climbed under the cover with him.

I just feel like it's my fault that he's crying. He told me that he wasn't feeling hisself before we left so I shouldn't have pushed him to go to football practice. But he did want to. But at the same time I should have asked more about it.

I cupped his cheek. "You're scaring me and your mom." I whispered to him.

"I'm scaring myself." He said and turned around in bed.

I wrapped my arms around his waist and put my face up to the back of my neck.

"I think it's my fault." I said.

"It's not. It's mine. I don't know maybe I should go to the doctor s or something. I don't know I just don't want to do anything. I got out there and I just wanted to sit down and then my mom started talking to me about how I need to get up and continue to play but I started crying and I don't know why. I started losing interest in just kicking the ball in." He said.

"But you love football." I said.

"I know, but you do too y'know. Sometimes we get tired of somethings." He said and I sighed.

"Zayn you just breathed against my neck." He said and I can tell he blushed.

"Sorry about that I'm just trying to cuddle you, you just seem upset and I don't like for you to be. I like when you're happy and energetic and just all around smiles.

He turned around and our faces were really close. He cupped my cheek.

"Thanks for worrying about me but I'm fine now okay?" He said and I put my hand over his.

"I don't believe you." I said.

"If I know what's going on I'll tell you okay. I told you you're my best friend and I'll tell you when I know but right now I don't. I love you but I'm telling you I'm fine right now. I'm not crying." He said and he kissed my cheek and put his arms around my neck and pulled me closer to him in a hug and I pulled him closer to me by his waist.

We were completely touching. Everything was touching. We'd never been so close.

"And I love you too." I said.

"Zayn I was wondering just now." He said pulling away.

"Yeah?" I said.

"Can you kiss me?" He asked me.

"I don't like boy remember Niall? You do." I said.

"I know I just thought... ugh I'm tired I'm gonna take a nap okay?" He turned around quickly in bed and scooted away from me.

If you're confused about this chapter this is when Niall first started developing characteristics of depression.