I still believe (Niall Horan song-shot)

I still believe

I'm sitting in the hospital room, watching the pouring rain outside the window. The sky is turning dark, it seems like there's gonna be a storm coming up. Slowly, I get up from my chair and walk to the window to close the curtain, but a warm hand grab mine to stop me from leaving the side of the bed. 

"Just go back to sleep, Niall. I'll go close the curtains," I turn to tell the boy who's lying in the bed. He tries to keep his eyes open to look up at me tiredly.

"Don't close the curtains," Niall speaks softly, "I love rain. You know that."

"I do," I give him a slight nod and sit back down, still holding his hand. I watch him as his lips turns into a small smile. I slowly reach out to touch his pale face and use my thumb to stroke his cheek. His blonde hair is no longer there. It was gone a couple months ago when they moved him into the hospital. 

"Why don't you go back to sleep?" I ask quietly. 

Niall keeps his eyes on the window by the bed. It's like he's watching the rain drops racing down the glass of the window to see which one gets to the finish line first. It's what we used to do whenever it rained.

"I've been sleeping the whole day," he says, turning to look at me. I nod and stare down at his hand in mine.

"That day it was raining like this, too," he breaks the silence between the two of us after a moment. I look up and give him a smile, "yeah...it was..."

I didn't expect him to remember that day. The day we first met. At that time, we were just two normal high school students. We were carefree and we didn't know what would happen to our lives. But maybe he already knew what would happen to his.

It was my second year in high school, my family moved into this town and I was so scared that I wouldn't fit in the new school with new teachers and new friends. I was shy and I didn't talk much so it was hard for me to make friends. I just sat in class and hoped that the day would pass by faster so I could just go home and threw myself in my own world. But everything changed. Everything changed when I met him.

He was the captain of the football team. He was popular, every girl wanted him. They fell for him because of his charming look, his perfect blonde hair and his deep blue eyes. Sure he was beautiful and he did get my attention whenever he walked down the school hall, but I never thought of him that much. Although, there was something special about him that made me want to get to know him more. I knew he was different. 

That day, it was raining heavily just like it is right now. I was running in the pouring rain to get home because I had missed the bus. I was cold and wet and it was a long way home. When I was out of breath and didn't know what to do or which way to go because everywhere I looked was covered in white, that moment, I needed someone to come and help me and surprisingly, he did.

As he offered, I quickly got my wet self into his car and let him give me a drive home. That was the first time I talked to him. I never believed that I could fall in love that fast but it was obvious that I did. I fell in love with this guy from the first time I talked to him and now. But I never tell him though. I'm afraid that he wouldn't feel the same.