Nervous (A Shawn Mendes x Niall Horan Fanfic) ✅

(Part 3)

Shawn's POV

"Because I'm gay too," Niall said.

"You are?" I asked, my heart beginning to pound in my chest as if I had won the lottery.

Niall nodded. "I am."

"If you don't mind me asking," I said. "But how long have you known?"

"A year or so," Niall said. "I had always been questioning my sexuality. When you showed up in the guitar shop a year or so ago, and that's when I knew I was gay."

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah," Niall said, beginning to blush.

"I was going through almost the exact same thing in my freshman year of high school," I admitted. "I didn't know if I was gay or straight and that was something I struggled with. When I saw how breathtaking one guy was, I saw the beauty in all men. And that's when I knew I liked guys."

"Niall, your order is done," a male's voice called.

"I'll go get that," Niall said, getting up and walking up to the counter.

A few minutes later, Niall came back to the table with an angry look on his face.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"The guy at the counter asked if you were single and when I said yes, he told me to give you this," Niall said, holding out a napkin.

Unfolding the napkin, I saw a number written in black pen along with the words "call me". Making direct eye contact with the man behind the counter, I ripped the napkin in half and shook my head. He gave me a confused look and I pointed at Niall who had sat down. The man at the counter then glared at Niall and I got the man's attention to glare right back at him. After our glare down, the man behind the counter walked into the kitchen leaving me alone with Niall.

"What was all that about?" Niall asked.

"Just a guy being an asshole," I said. "Now how about those hot chocolates and muffins?"

After a few moments of asking in silence a girl came over to our table.

"Hi," she said.

"Hello," I said with a mouth full of muffin.

Niall glared at me about my bad table manners as I shrugged it off.

"What can we do for you?" Niall asked, after taking a sip of his hot chocolate.

"I was wondering if I could get a picture with you two," the girl said.

"Of course you can," I said, standing up.

Niall stood up as well and the girl handed me her phone so I could take the picture.

"I was wondering about another thing too," the girl said after the picture was taken.

"And what is that?" I asked, giving the girl her phone back.

"Are you two on a date?" the girl asked.