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21. everybody talks

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A/N: zayn is my little mixture of two-bit and sodapop I can't believe only one person figured that out

and the only reason im updating like the day after i updated is because my updates make you happy and i was just like, "well what if somebody's having a bad day and they need something to make them happy" so then I wrote this

Tip: this chapter is full of so much foreshadowing its ridiculous

21 - Everybody Talks

"I want you to be my boyfriend." Niall hums as soon as we walk out of the washroom.

"How subtle." I reply, sitting on my couch.

"If you want..." Niall adds insecurely. "You know, I mean-- Like, you don't have too-- It's just that you're really cute and--"

"Jesus, Niall!" I laugh. "I didn't think you could loose so much confidence that quickly."

Niall mutters something under my breath about my beauty being stupidly intimidating and I roll my eyes.

"You need to take me out somewhere special first." I tease.

"Where?"

"I don't know," I reply. "Just somewhere cute or something."

"Remember you can't get noticed." I add.

"Don't worry, princess, I've been in stealth mode this whole time."

And yeah, stealth mode. The guy that got drunk and punched somebody in the face is on stealth mode.

I can't even reply because princess. He just called me princess. I'm not used to it.

(And I don't hate it. He makes me sound really cute. Princess, I kinda like it.)

"How have you managed to call me princess and still make me sound manly." I murmur.

"Because you're a tough guy Harry." Niall slaps me on the back and I cringe in pain and he laughs out an apology. "That and I got a really bad princess kink."

"Why in the bloody world am I part of your princess kink?" I retort. "I did not need to know that."

"Because I could be your prince and you could be my princess and this small apartment could be our kingdom and we could live happily ever after." Niall grins. "Only if you agree to be my boyfriend though."

"Aw," I pout. "That's actually cute."

Niall laughs and ruffles my hair before sitting beside me.

"Technically we've already been on a first date."

"How is that?"

"The car wash and the ice cream. That was like 2-in-1 date, Harry." Niall leans towards my ear. "I deserve at least a handjob for that." He adds in a whisper and holy crap.

"You're making me--"

"Nervous?" He interrupts.

"Yeah," The smallness of my voice could barely count as a whisper. "You are make me nervous."

"Yet you're still not scared, why?" Niall still hasn't pulled away from my ear and if I don't have anxiety written all over my face nothing does.

"You aren't scary, just... Intimidating."

"Intimidating?" Niall sounds genuinely surprised, as if he hasn't heard the word before. "How?"