this // narry au

05. in our stars

A/N: this chapter is actually really short im sorry

5 - In Our Stars

"Niall!" I stick my head out of the fort.

I don't receive a reply, but I hear the blasting sound of some kind of Jay-Z song.

"I swear to God..." I mutter, climbing out of the fort.

He left to get me some water and he really just left for the electronics aisle.

Jerk.

I approach the section --after tripping over a few movie stands-- and find Niall wearing headphones.

"Hey! Barney!" I shout at Niall, as he bobs his head, lost in the music.

"Yeah?" Niall asks, lifting a headphone up to listen to me.

"If you're going to listen to music, listen to good music." I throw him an album by one of my favourite bands.

"The 1975 by The 1975." Niall cackles, looking at the cover.

"Self-titled, you immature twat." I smack him upside the head as he bursts into more laughter.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Niall sighs fondly, wiping his eyes dramatically. "I don't even know why I found that funny."

"The guy with the greasy hair and sunglasses is Matt Healy." I reply. "I have the biggest man crush of all time on him."

"If you don't cut your hair you're going to end up looking like him." Niall tosses the album back at me. "A little Matt Healy lookalike walking around London. You got the same legs too."

"He's way better looking then me." I mumble, looking at a few other albums on the rack.

"Not even." Niall scoffs. "You're the prettiest boy I've seen around London."

"Ignoring the fact that was probably flirting, thank you." I murmur, walking past Niall.

"Ignoring the fact you are denying you are the most attractive person I've seen in all of London, you are very welcome."

"And you're pretty too." I look up at him. "That was awkward to say, but it's true. For a purple-haired guy, anyways."

"Lilac." Niall smirks proudly. "It's lilac."

I roll my eyes and continue to look around.

"Are the stars out?"

"Yeah." I mumble, not even bothering to look up at him.

"Then lets go watch them!" Niall exclaims, grabbing my hand and yanking me away from the music section.

"We're getting more and more cliché again."

"Well I made you talk instantly." Niall replies. "Usually the quiet one doesn't speak for a quarter of the time." True.

"You have a charm."

"Irish charm." Niall grins. "And I know."

I look up at the roof of the store.

Unlike the rest of the store, the roof was see through glass, but you could barely see anything if you weren't close.

"I have an idea." Niall announces. "We're going to climb a shelf and sit on top."

"Are you trying to get me killed?"

"If it's the last thing I do." Niall teases, climbing over a bunch of pots and pans to sit atop the self. "Come on, it's dusty not deadly."

I frown but slowly climb up the shelf.

If this is how I die...

"There you go." Niall grins, proud of me.

"How are we going to get down?"

Niall shrugs. "I'll work something out."

I let out a shaky breath and sit with my feet facing the window.

I expect Niall to look at the window also, but he keeps glancing up at
me and then smiling to himself fondly.

"Are you just going to stare at me?" I ask.

Niall grins but doesn't say anything and gazes up through the window.

"I think we got cheesy again." Niall announce.

"You're trapped in a store with somebody you don't even know, you can only do so many things now."

"There are a lot of things two people could do."

"Legal stuff, Niall." I see Niall's happy face vanish for a moment as if I reminded him something, but then he returned to his lively self seconds later.

"Are you going to hold hands with me or?" Niall teases.

"What are you talking about?"

"Your hand," Niall chuckles. "It's been slipping closer and closer to me. I thought you were trying to make a move."

I laugh. "No my hand was actually slowly slipping Niall. Don't compliment yourself."

Niall smiles and throws an arm around me.

"You're going to make me loose my balance."

"I'd you loose your balance we'll go down together."

I scrunch up my face. "What movie did you steal that from?"

Niall laughs, "I don't know. But it was cute, so lets pretend I made it up."

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A/N: damn this is short maybe ill update quicker to make it up to you because this is rEALLY to short for me

annnd yOU GUYS ARE IN FOR A SURPRISE OH MY GOSSHHH

do you ever just want to write a deep sentimental book but it just ends up being two loser boys with pretty faces falling in love because samee

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