Bully Me [Larry/Ziall | AU]

Bully Me : Chapter 31

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Chapter 31

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'Did you...did you just see...' Niall whispered, pointing to the wide open doors and then turning back to look at Zayn, as if he couldn't believe his supposedly best friend had gone off without him. 

'Yeah, I saw.' Zayn replied before Niall finished stringing the two sentences. His tone said his was bored and didn't give a shit about what was going on between Louis and Harry. But his body language said a whole different story. 

He was seated quite close to Niall's chair and could have leaned in and touched the blonde who was dying for his attention, but he didn't. He did no such thing and remained in his seat, keeping his hands rigid, except for the frequent drumming of his fingers against the metal table. 

Niall would have never thought of Zayn as being nervous, but all of the signs were in front of him - the lack of eye contact, fidgeting with the hands, tapping of the fingers and the senseless tune that Zayn kept humming to himself. The bad boy was nervous in his presence, or at least Niall felt so. 

'So...umm...are you and Louis close friends?' he asked after a few minutes of trying every possible way to distract himself from the boy sitting next to him. 

'What?' 

The question threw him off guard, and Niall gave Zayn a confused look. Why would the lad be interested in the relationship he had with Lou? There was nothing special about it, the feelings were mutual and they were good friends. So ...why was Zayn worried about what was happening between Lou and him? Unless it was something... 

Niall's mind flew back to the compromising position they had been in when the bullies had entered the cafeteria. He had been so busy drooling over Zayn that he hadn't noticed the way they looked to the audience. Niall had almost shifted on to Louis's lap while checking him for injuries. But that kind of comfort was only shared by people who were intimate with each other and Niall and Lou were nothing like that. It had been unintentional on Niall's part, Lou knew it but Zayn didn't. 

Whatever love they shared was strictly platonic. Lou treated him as his long lost brother and so did Niall. However looking at Zayn's face which he had partially hidden from Niall's curious eyes, he knew that after this stunt nobody was so sure about it anymore. Zayn and probably Harry too, thought Lou and Niall shared a serious relationship together. 

Niall groaned out loud, causing Zayn to raise an eyebrow at him. 

'Its not what you think.' Niall began but was interrupted by Zayn. 

'You don't need to give me an explanation Blondie, I can see just fine.' 

There was a hidden emotion in the way he said it, was it anger or disgust, Niall didn't know and he didn't want to find out either. All he wanted right now was to be with Zayn, but for that he needed to clear this misunderstanding. 

'There is nothing going on between me and Louis.' Niall spoke in a soft voice, his body fully turned to face Zayn. 

'I really don't care about what you-' 

'But it’s true!' Niall shouted back at him and watched the slight change in Zayn's posture. 

By this time, everybody in hearing range had stopped their usual chattering to look them. Some with curious glances and some that stared at them rather shamelessly, not batting an eye even when Zayn turned his infamous scowl on them.