without you « niam

three: before

Niall laughed again at some stupid joke that Liam told. The boy had been entertaining him all through lunch, telling him stupid jokes and acting so fancisnated when Niall showed him something cool on his laptop. Liam somehow convinced Niall to play a few more of his own songs for him.

"I don't like playing in front of people!" Niall whined. He really, truly didn't. That's a reason why he had learned to record his own music. His teacher was alright with it, as long as he only did minimal pitch changes to his voice.

"Then," Liam considered, rubbing his chin back and forth like a weirdo (in Niall's mind), "why don't you come to my house this afternoon. You can play for just me there.'' (Smooth, Liam. Smooth.)

Niall bit back a giggle. "Sure," he decided. "I just need to tell my mum that I won't be home till later."

"You can even spend the night," Liam quickly offered. Niall felt confused, but he tried not to show it on his face. "My parents aren't home this week. It's just me and my elder sisters, but I can kick them out for the night if you want."

"You'd really do that?" Niall asked quietly. He had already typed out a text to his mum, saying he wouldn't be home that night.

"If you wanted me to. Maybe you could even show me some more of that recording stuff, yeah?" Liam asked excitedly. The bell rang overhead, and the boys sighed simultaneously.

"Come find me after school. I'll ask if I can bring home some recording stuff and we'll work on you a demo or somethin', yeah?"

"That sounds great. Thank you, Niall," Liam grinned and went in to hug the boy. Niall's cheeks went red, but he hugged back.

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Niall had a handful of recording equipment and was trying to shove it in his bag when Liam walked into the music room. "Need some help?" Said boy asked. All Niall really had was a microphone and some sound bouncers, that was about it.

"I think I'm good," Niall confirmed as he zipped his bag. "You ready to go?" Liam nodded and grabbed Niall's hand, leading him out of the room. Another blush covered Niall's cheeks and he felt all tingly inside.

"I drive. Do you feel safe in the car with me?" Liam laughed. Niall giggled in that cute way he always did and this time, a blush covered Liam's cheeks.

"I feel extremely safe with you," Niall confirmed. "You aren't planning on killing me or anything, right?"

"I like cute little blondes with blue eyes and big sweaters," Liam confessed. "There's no way I'd try to kill you."

Both boys were blushing messes. Niall tried to stutter out a response, but he failed. Liam liked him? Is that why he had invited Niall over? Or did he just want his demo and then he would leave?

It didn't take very long to get from the school to Liam's house. The brunette was a careful driver, or maybe he was only like that because Niall was in the car. The first thing the blonde did as he walked into Liam's home was take a deep breath and observe his surroundings. Who knew when he was going to see it again?

"Ruth, Nicola! I'm home!" Liam yelled through the house, scaring Niall out of his wits. The blonde jumped and tried not to shout. "Sorry," Liam mouthed sheepishly.

"Kitchen!" Two female voices called back.

"I'll be right back. You can go up to my room. Up the stairs, second door on the left," Liam stated and headed into what Niall assumed was the kitchen. Niall decided he would go up to Liam's room and begin setting up his recording equipment.

He was done setting it up when Liam walked back into the room. He had the microphone hooked into his laptop and was plugging it in when Liam let out a huge gasp.

"You're really doing this for me?" Liam stammered. He had a shocked look on his face. Niall was confused.

"Of course I am. You want a demo, right?"

"I'd like one," Liam confessed, sitting down on the floor next to Niall. "I'm planning on auditioning for X Factor this year."

"That's like, six months away!" Niall gasped. "Oh, we've got to get you working right now!" He began rushing Liam into the makeshift booth. "Do you need exercises?"

"I think I'm good," Liam answered. "What do you want me to sing?"

"Anything," Niall said, typing furiously on his laptop. "Just tell me what it is first, yeah? And try your best to keep it timed. Unless you need music. In which case, do you have headphones?"

"I can do it a cappella," Liam promised. "Without you by David Guetta and Usher?"

"That's good. Go," Niall told him. He pushed the record button.

Liam's voice filled the headphones he was wearing. His voice was much smoother than Niall had ever expected it to be. It was like melting chocolate. Smooth and warm. (His falsetto was life threatening.) Niall could say nothing negative about his voice, only that he needed to hear more of it.

"Was that alright?" Liam asked sheepishly as he finished. Niall stared at him with a gaping mouth.

"Alright? Did you really just ask if that was alright?" Niall was horrified. Was the angel boy really asking him if he sounded just alright? "That was fucking amazing! You sound like an angel!"

"R-Really?" Liam stuttered. His cheeks were flushed as he walked out of the makeshift booth.

"Would I ever lie to you?" Niall whispered. Liam was just so close. It wasn't making him as uncomfortable. He was more nervous than anything.

"You look beautiful," Liam murmured. He ran a hand over Niall's cheek. Niall just look so kissable. Even from a nose apart, he could see that Niall's lips were slightly chapped and swollen.They looked just as beautiful as the rest of him did.

Niall just looked like he wanted to be kissed. So that's what Liam did.

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well

that escalated quickly

so... fireproof???

aka niam theme song???? <333

leave comments down there

i'm tired of typing lol

baiiiiii

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(8/09/14)