Nervous (A Shawn Mendes x Niall Horan Fanfic) ✅

(Part 26)

Shawn's POV

It had been a few weeks since Niall took me to the hospital. That wasn't a fun day, obviously, but after we were done at the hospital, Niall took me to my apartment and what happened next stays a secret.

Anyway, it's been a few weeks since the hospital thing and right now Niall and I are working on the song at his recording studio. With his manager, Luke Hemmings, and his music producer, Alec Benjamin, watching over us while inputting their opinion every now and then. About halfway through recording the background vocals, I started coughing and I had to excuse myself and head to the bathroom.

I locked myself in a stall so I could cough up the blood in "peace". Suddenly, someone entered the bathroom and stopped in front of the stall I was in.

"Shawn?" I heard Niall ask. "Are you in there?"

"Yeah," I croaked.

"Can I come in?" Niall asked.

Not wanting Niall to see me on the bathroom floor, I stood up and flushed the toilet as I did so before I unlocked the stall and met Niall.

"Are you okay?" Niall asked, his blue eyes meeting my brown ones.

I shook my head and took a step forward so I could rest my head on Niall's shoulder. "No."

"Have you heard back from Ethan yet?" Niall asked.

"No," I said.

"Maybe you should call him," Niall said.

"Yeah, I probably should," I agreed. "I'll do it when I get home tonight."

"Promise?" Niall asked.

"I promise," I said.

"Good," Niall said before lightly pushing me away from him.

I looked at Niall confused until he answered my silent questions by lightly taking his index finger underneath my chin and kissing me. Not caring that my mouth still tasted like blood, I kissed Niall back. When his tongue brushed against my bottom lip for entrance though, I had to stop.

"Are you okay?" Niall asked.

"Yeah, I don't think your tongue wants into my mouth right now though. It still tastes like blood," I said.

"Well if you rinse your mouth out we could continue," Niall smirked.

I smiled at him and walked over to the sink to rinse my mouth. After swishing the water around in my mouth for a few minutes, I could sense Niall becoming impatient. What I didn't expect though is for him to walk up right behind me. I leaned over the sink to spit the water out before getting more to clear the disgusting taste from my mouth. When I stood back up, I saw Niall standing behind me in the mirror. As I was swishing the water around, I felt Niall's arms snake around my waist and felt his head against my back.

"Why do you have to be such a tease?" Niall asked.

I leaned over the sink and spat the water out before turning to face Niall. "What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean," Niall said before closing the gap between us.