Zayn and Niall kept their little secret hidden for a long time, a month or two. Until Niall's mum hired a maid. If the maid ever caught Zayn, Niall wouldn't live to see another day. So Niall decided Zayn would come with him everywhere, to make sure when the maid was cleaning, Zayn wouldn't be caught alone.  

One day Zayn and Niall were in the park sitting high up in a tree, talking and still trying to catch up from the year they missed out on.

"Oh and Harry figured out that Louis' gay," Niall said, "I totally forgot to tell you."

"Lou's gay?" Zayn said, "And the bloke never told me?"

"I guess he forgot," Niall smiled, "He's been pretty spaced out. Harry hasn't been talking to him."

"Because he knows?" Zayn asked.

"Yeah, it was a shock..." Niall siad, "For him...not me."

"Right," Zayn chuckled sitting back. Since the boys were up high, and no one could see them, Zayn took the liberty of taking Niall's hands and fiddling with them.

Niall tensed up trying to hide his blush.

"What if we...were a thing?" Zayn mumbled.

"Oh my god that'd be crazy,"Niall lied, "I mean seriously?"

"Um...yeah." Zayn chuckled, "But...maybe it's not that crazy."

"Yeah I guess..." Niall smiled. He began to play with Zayn's hand too, and the boys both had eye contact with each other.

"So..." Zayn said, "When do we go back to your house?"

"How about we not?" Niall asked, "I like it up here."

Zayn nodded and the two boys stayed in the tree all night.

Later at night Niall finally got the confidence to ask Zayn a question that had been burning his core.

"Zayn?" Niall whispered.

"Hm?" he asked yawning.

"If we were...a thing, a couple...would you like it?" Niall asked.

"Are you saying...?" Zayn asked. Niall nodded in the darkness.

"Maybe when things clear up, then we can make it happen..." Zayn whispered. Niall couldn't see Zayn inching closer to him, so he was quite surprised when Zayn leaned over and kissed his lips.

At first Niall thought the kiss felt weird, but he slowly grew into it and kissed back. Zayn grasped Niall's waist and pulled his closer keeping the kiss locked the entire time. Niall ran his hands through Zayn's dark hair and Zayn pulled away only to start another kiss.

After a couple minutes of this Zayn and Niall pulled away still holding each other.

"That was...different," Niall whispered touching his lips, "In a good way."

"I thought the same thing..." Zayn smiled.

"Should we go now? I don't think I can sleep in a tree..." Niall mumbled.

"I'll stay. You go." Zayn said leaning against a branch.

"Zayn come back..." Niall said, "You can just stay in the mystery room again.

"No, you go. I don't want you stressing tonight." Zayn said, "Go."

"Zay-"

Zayn kissed Niall's lips again and pulled away. Niall blushed at the tingling feeling Zayn left on his mouth.

"Leave," Zayn said again.

"Okay..." Niall sighed, "I'll see you after school."

"Bye..." Zayn said. Zayn went to a different school because of his disappearance last year.

Niall climbed down the tree and made his way home in the cold. He thought he would make it home safe, but unfortunately he ran into the worst thing possible.

Ian.

"Well well well," he said walking up to Niall, "What are you doing up this late?"

"Nothing Ian..." Niall said trying to avoid a fight, "Go away...I just want to get home."

"Get home?" he chuckled, "You won't get as far as five miles once I'm done with you gay boy..."

Ian punched Niall in the nose and Niall fell to the ground with a loud thump. Zayn lifted his head up when he heard the thump.

"Niall..." he whispered jumping down from the tree. He ran over to where Ian was punching the daylight out of Niall.

"No!" Zayn screamed running over and attacking Ian. Zayn punched Ian in the jaw, the chin, and in the eye before kicking his side.

Leaving him unconscious, Zayn ran over to Niall.

"Niall? Niall!" Zayn shook Niall awake.

"Zayn what the hell happened?" Niall whispered.

"I'm taking you home." Zayn said.

"No! My mum!" Niall groaned.

"Niall I don't give two shits about what your mom says," Zayn said picking Niall up bridal style, "I'm taking you home."

"Bu...eh..." Niall fell asleep in Zayn's arms and Zayn carried him home.

~~~

"Where is Niall?" Maura wondered while looking at Greg.

"I dunno..." Greg said. Suddenly Zayn and Niall walked in the door.

"Niall!" his mother got a good glance at Niall's bruised face, "What did you do to him you freak?!"

"Nothing ma'm, just saved his life." Zayn said nonchalantly.

"What are you talking about you monster!" she asked.

"Mum..." Niall whispered as Maura cleaned his face off, "It's true. There was a boy beating me and Zayn saved me..."

"How so hm?" she asked.

"He punched him and beat him." Niall mumbled. Niall's mum's emotions suddenly changed. She now had some respect for Zayn, because of his actions towards Niall.

"Do you have a place to stay Zayn?" she asked using his actual name this time.

"No ma'm," Zayn said, "I'll just go somewhere else-"

"No, I insist you stay here," she said, "It's the least I could do after you saved my son's life."

"Thank you." Zayn smiled.

"You can stay in the guest bedroom." Niall' mum said putting the last bandage on Niall's cheek, "Goodnight boys. You both have school tomorrow."

"Thank you mum! Night!" Niall ran upstairs, Zayn following. Even though Niall's mum said he could stay in the guest bedroom, that never stopped him from sleeping with Niall. He wanted to feel Niall against him again, he longed for that wonderful feeling of the boy's lips.

Niall locked the door to his room and jumped into bed with Zayn. Zayn kissed his lips again and Niall fell in love with his lips. They stayed in Niall's bed enjoying each other for about an hour or two, until they decided to enjoy each other in a different way.

With words.

"I never thought I'd fall in love with you..." Niall whispered.

"I never thought you would..."Zayn sighed.

"Who wouldn't?" Niall asked tracing a pattern on Zayn's stomach. Zayn had abs at 14, and Niall found that enjoyable.

"A lot of people..." Zayn said, "Even my parents didn't love me."

"But I do..." Niall whispered, "And I don't think I'll ever stop.

"That's good to know." Zayn mumbled drifting off to sleep while holding Niall.

The moment would have been perfect, if someone wasn't watching them...closely.

Welp that was good :) And cute. I swear I was fangirling over my own story.