soul mates || n.s

part i

I'm Niall. I'm 19 years old. Born in Mullingar, but I moved to London for uni.

I live in a world where at birth, your soulmates name appears on your wrist like a tattoo. It stays there until you meet them.

I am currently in my second year of uni. I have a best friend named Louis Tomlinson who can get a bit out of hand sometimes but I still love him. We both still have our "tattoos" and it is getting quite stressful. You see, most people find their soulmate at our age and we haven't had any hope yet. The H on my wrist has remained there all my life. I am also bi, leaning more towards boys, but it does not matter what gender my soulmate ends up being.

Me and Louis are currently sitting in the quad. That's when I see him. He has got to me the most attractive guy I have ever seen. He is with our other friends Liam and Zayn. They begin walking toward us when suddenly he leaves. I would be lying if I said a small part of me did not die inside. Liam and Zayn continue advancing towards Louis and I.
"Hey Niall! Hey Louis!" Liam greets us.
"Hi." I said distracted, still thinking about that guy. "W-who was that you were with?" I try to sound casual but end up stuttering.
"Oh. That was Harry. He is new." Zayn explains.
"Oh." I say, now intrigued. "Where did he go?"
"Why so curious about the new kid?" Louis nudges me. I blush.
"N-no reason." I stutter, once again.
"Sounds like Nialler has a crush." Louis continues to torment me.
"What? No. I mean. I don't even know him." I cover up.
"Sure." Louis says with a knowing look.
"Anyway," Liam says. "He just started here today. We have some classes together and I think so do you. We invited him out tonight. Do you want to come? I can introduce you to him."
"Sure. Sounds fun." I say, trying to contain my excitement.
"Okay. Well see you guys later! Zayn and I have to book it to Physics if we want to make it on time!" Liam says, in a rush.
"Bye!" Louis and I call after them.
"I am going to head back to the dorm. See you soon." I say goodbye to Louis.

*3 hours later*
I've been trying to pick out an outfit for half an hour. I have no clue what to wear. I want to make a good impression in case this guy shows any type of interest in me.

"Hurry up Niall! The lads are almost here!" Louis calls from his room.

Oh no. It's happening. I better hurry up.
I throw on a pair of black jeans and a white button up. This seems okay.
"I mean we are just going out with he guys right?" I try to reassure myself.
I top off the outfit with a pair of boots and spray myself with my favorite cologne. Here we go.

"Hey Liam and Zayn!" I greet them at the door. My smile falters. "Where is Harry?" I ask. Trying to make it seem like he is not the only reason I wanted to go out.
"He said he had something to do first and that he would meet us there." Zayn tells me.
"Okay." I try not to seem too disappointed he is still coming. At least I hope.
"Well. I say we go get some pints!" Louis says, in an attempt to get everyone hyped.
"I second that!" Liam agrees.

*At the bar*

It has been half an hour and still no show of Harry.
I want to leave. Sure I love my mates and a pint but if I knew Harry was not going to come I would have stayed in my dorm and studied.
That's when I see him.
"Wow." I think to myself. "He looks great."
"Hey lads!" Harry says, walking over to us.
"Hi." Liam and Zayn say back. "These are our friends Louis and Niall." Liam says, gesturing towards us.
"Nice to meet you Louis and Niall." He greets, eyes lingering on me then turning away quickly back to Liam.
"What was that about?" I thought.
The rest of the night was amazing.
Harry kept talking to me directly and I got to learn a lot about him.

I looked at the time and saw it was half past three in the morning. Oh no. I have classes tomorrow.

"Ready to go lads?" I ask, turning towards where Liam, Louis, and Zayn were. At least where I thought they were. "Thanks for ditching me." I mutter to myself.
"We better head back." Harry says.
"Yeah I agree, let's go." I say, secretly plotting revenge on the others for sneaking out. Louis was my ride back.
We walk back to the dorms, small bantering.
"Well it was nice meeting you Harry." I say.
"Yeah you too. See you around?" Harry replies.
"Yeah. See you around."
I head back into my dorm and get unchanged and into bed.
I drift off thinking of Harry. I noticed Harry didn't have a name on his wrist. That's odd considering you can't get them removed.
I looked down at my wrist. I looked down and realized the H on my wrist was gone. What the hell? The H can't be for Harry I mean that is too good to be true.
A thousand more questions run through my head as I drift off to sleep. Even more confused.

*meanwhile across campus*
I am about to turn off my lamp and go to sleep when I realize something. The name on my wrist is gone. Finally, I found the N that I have longed for most of my time here on this earth. But who is it? It can't be that really attractive mate of Liam's can it? I forget his name. I fall asleep and dream of meeting the N that I thought was going to permanently stay on my wrist.

*A/N*
Hello everyone! I have decided to start this story back up again. I hope everyone enjoys. I am sorry if it is crappy, this is the first fanfic I have written. Have a wonderful day!

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