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Louis and Niall were cuddling on the couch while the other lads were out shopping. They both made an excuse to stay behind so they could have some alone time.
They have been dating for almost four months now. They got together close to a month before they went on tour.
Cuddling closer to Louis Niall replayed the story in his head.
**FLASHBACK**
Louis knew he was staring but he couldn’t help it. The younger Irish lad was just so adorable during interviews; actually he was adorable all the time.
He was currently laughing at one of Harry’s not-funny knock-knock jokes. Niall’s laugh was just so contagious that Louis couldn’t help but smile as well.
Niall on the other hand was well aware that Louis was watching him. He had been aware that he was watching him for weeks now. He was flattered that the older man would be paying so much attention to him. Especially considering he had always had a thing for him, ever since they first started sharing a room during their X-factor days.
Later that same day Harry and Louis invited the boys back to their flat for supper and to play some video games. Both Liam and Zayn were busy and couldn’t make it but Niall jumped at the chance to spend the day with his friends; and to talk to Louis.
The boys were playing FIFA, well Louis and Niall were while Harry cheered them on waiting for his turn. That was until Harry’s phone started singing kiss you signalling Kaylee was texting or calling him.
Kaylee was Harry’s girlfriend; they met when the boys were doing a charity event in Ontario, Canada. They ended up staying there for over a week and the two happened to meet one of the first nights and were practically inseparable since then. She had moved to London for schooling not too long after and they’ve been dating pretty much since then making it around three months they’ve been together.
“Do you guys mind if I head out for a bit?” Harry asked.
“Going to see Kaylee?” Niall asked.
“Yeah, she just finished an exam and has to write an essay for Thursday so I thought I’d go help her de-stress” Harry answered while texting Kaylee.
“Sounds fun” Louis said winking suggestively.
Niall chuckled and Harry rolled his eyes smiling cheekily.
Once Harry had left the two un-paused their game and continued playing for nearly an hour.
“Okay I’m hungry now” Niall said.
Louis laughed but stood up walking to the kitchen, Niall followed him expectantly.
“Want to just order? We have some menus somewhere”
“Yeah sounds good”
So the two rifled through drawers looking for the menus. Eventually Niall found them and they picked where they wanted to order from.
After ordering the two went to the living room deciding to watch a couple of movies. They put in grease first since it was both their favourites and settled onto the couch.
Niall figured now was as good a time as any to talk to Louis.
“The interview today went good”
“Yeah it was good” Louis nodded.
“Are you sure? Cause it didn’t seem like you were paying much attention to it” Niall smirked.
Louis’ body stiffened. Did Niall know he had been watching him?
“What do you mean?”
“Well you seemed to be paying more attention to me than anything else” Niall explained amused.
“What if I was?” Louis asked seductively in a joking tone.
Niall shrugged not knowing how to answer. Truth was he wasn’t too sure on what he was planning to say next, he figure Louis would deny it. He didn’t think there was any way Louis had been actually interested in him.
“Then you should explain why you were watching me” Niall said slowly.
Niall looked at Louis who seemed to be having inner conflicts on what to say. Louis knew eventually Niall would have noticed him staring but he also though he would have an excuse planned out before that happened. Not that he didn’t want Niall to know that he had feeling for the younger lad but it’s never easy to tell someone you like them.
“You’re a wonderful person Ni” Louis stated.
Niall smiled wildly looking up at Louis.
“Thank you I appreciate the compliment but that don’t answer my question” Niall said sassily.
“Technically you never asked a question” Louis pointed out just as sassy “but it does kind of answer the question. I was watching you because you’re wonderful and because you’re so wonderful I developed feelings for you” Louis explained the last part blushing madly.
“Feelings for me?”
“Yeah” Louis nodded facing the floor.
“For me?” Niall asked again pointing at himself.
Louis looked up at him laughing.
“Yes Nialler for you”
“Well that’s good. I have feelings for you too, lots and lots of feelings” Niall trailed off causing Louis to laugh again.
Louis leaned towards Niall slightly before jumping away when he heard the door bell.
“Foods here!” Niall announced loudly to Louis.
“Thanks Ni but I can hear” Louis teased.
They ate in silence except for the movie playing on the telly in front of them. It was a comfortable silence; all their feelings were out on the table and both lads seemed to feel the same way.
When they were finished eating they cleaned up their mess and put in the next movie. They had chosen to watch Edward scissor hands next. Once the movie had begun to play they rearranged themselves on the couch into more comfortably positions.
Louis was sprawled across the couch while Niall lay between his legs with his head on Louis chest.
“You know before the food came I think you were about to kiss me” Niall said absently.
Louis smiled amused at Niall’s out of the blue statement.
“I believe you’re correct. But this is an awkward position to kiss in” Louis commented.
Niall sat up immediately and turn his body so he was facing Louis. He chuckled at how fast Niall had manoeuvred himself so they could kiss.
“Eager are you love?”
Niall simply nodded in return before leaning in slightly.
Louis smiled before moving in as well to meet Niall’s lips.
The kiss was amazing. They didn’t see fireworks or hear a choir in the distance it just felt right. It was simply perfect.
The kiss started slow and sweet and started to turn passionate and lustful before the two pulled away deciding that’s not the direction they wanted their first kiss to go in.
Niall moved back into his previous position while smiling. Louis pulled him closer smiling just as big.
“So are we a couple now Lou?” Niall asked shyly.
“I think it would be a bit weird if we weren’t” Louis chuckled.
“So are we going to tell the boys right away?”
“I think we should keep it between us for awhile”
“Do you not want them to know?” Niall asked slightly disappointed.
“I do but I also want it to just be for us for a bit. I want us to be able to share this secret and not have to worry about what anyone else thinks about it or without anyone else trying to butt in to out business. Does that make sense?” Louis asked.
“I think it does yeah. It will be our secret, it’s our personal secret. Something wonderful just for us” Niall smiled.
**END OF FLASHBACK**
Niall realized they were in a very similar position to that night. It was comforting to know that nothing had changed since then.
The only sad part was they couldn’t be like this all the time. Though he did love that he could share this feeling with Louis without anyone else knowing about it. Their relationship was just for them.