eleven: clingy like a koala

I let Niall sleep in my bed along with letting him borrow one of many shirts and a pair of shorts to sleep in. It had been exceptionally difficult to change him out of his actual clothes, mainly due to the fact that Niall kept trying to get me out of mine. I had to pry Niall's hands off of me several times, each time earning me a pout from Niall. I made sure to take off his flower crown as well, placing it down on top of my dresser before helping him pull my shirt on.  Once I was able to get him changed, I helped Niall climb into the bed only to have him practically drag me on top of him. I let out a squeak as I hadn't expected it, scrambling to the best of my ability to get off of him but he was holding onto me like a life line. 

"No, don't go." Niall whines and maybe my heart breaks a little at how pitiful his voice sounded... 

"Okay... I won't leave, but only if you let me go. You're kinda cutting off my air supply, Princess." I managed to get out and Niall lets go of me with a pout. 

"Now I'm gonna go get changed into my own pajamas real quick..." I say slowly and Niall lets out a noise of protest at that. I get up anyways, settling with just sleeping in a t-shirt and my boxers as I was nervous Niall was about to burst into tears and I didn't handle that very well.

"Can I tell you something?" Niall whispers as soon as I climbed back into the bed. I tried to ignore how my breath hitched when Niall rested his head against my chest, his fingers playing with my shirt. He's looking up at me, his blue eyes standing out despite how dim the lamp was. I shifted on the bed, trying to pretend like there wasn't some part of me that found the way he was looking at me the slightest bit arousing.

"S-Sure." I whispered back, clearing my throat as my voice was deeper than I was used to.

"I really wanna kiss you, but Zayn thinks it's a dumb idea." Niall says and I about choked on air at the statement. I hadn't expected him to say that in the slightest but I wasn't exactly against him following through with it.

That scared me.

"Y-You should get some sleep, Princess... I think you're too drunk to really know what you're saying." I whispered, unable to take any louder and I couldn't look at Niall anymore. Niall lets out a sigh as he does as he's told, nuzzling into my chest and falling asleep after a few minutes.

But I couldn't sleep, silently wondering what the hell was happening to me as I found myself looking down at a sleeping Niall.

There was just something about him, something that I couldn't figure out for the life of me.

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I must've fallen asleep at some point as I was woken up the next morning to a rather loud thud and a string of curse words followed by a painful moan. I slowly opened my eyes, frowning when I see the spot that Niall had been sleeping in was now vacant only to realize that Niall had been the source of the thud. He was looking up at me with wide eyes, his mouth slightly open, almost as if he was shocked to see me.

"Good morning?" I found myself saying, sitting up in the bed and looking down at Niall.

"How... how did I get here?" Niall asks, cringing at the sound of his own voice.

"You stayed at the bar till well after close and me being the knight in shining armor that you so desperately deserved last night got volunteered to take you home. You were too drunk to give me an address so I took you to my place." I said and Niall seems to be remembering now, the nervous expression seeming to fade but it doesn't go away completely.

"Okay... so why did I wake up in your bed with you clinging to me like a koala?" Niall asks and I couldn't help the chuckle because last I checked, it was Niall holding onto me like a koala.

"You refused to let me leave you for more than a second and I honestly couldn't be bothered to argue with you. Anyone ever tell you that you're a clingy drunk?" I found myself asking and Niall shrugs before hoisting himself up off the ground.

"Once or twice. Thanks for uh... Thanks for not leaving me to fend for myself... I appreciate it." Niall says and I find myself frowning again at the way he says it. Maybe I was overanalyzing it, but it was almost like Niall had thrown up some sort of wall between us.

"No problem whatsoever, Princess." I say and something flickers in Niall's eyes before he clears his throat.

"Mind if I use your shower? I smell like cheap tequila." Niall asks, scrunching up his nose and it took every ounce of my willpower not to coo at the action.

"Yeah, go ahead. I'm sure I've got some clothes you can borrow if you'd like..." I said, clearing my throat as I climb out of the bed and head over to my dresser. I'm very aware of Niall's gaze and maybe my heart picks up it's pace but I'm once again pretending like it hasn't. I grabbed some clothes that I figured would fit Niall, handing them over with a tight smile.

"Bathroom is right across the hall." 

"Thanks..." Niall says, giving me a tight smile of his own before he walks towards the bathroom.

And maybe I watch as he walks away, enjoying the way his hips swayed, thinking about how good he looked in my shorts and how badly I wanted to put my hands on his as-

Okay... So maybe I had a crush on Niall, but that's all it was.

A crush.

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WELL DAMN HARRY IT'S ABOUT TIME YOUR DUMB ASS ACCEPTED THE OBVIOUS JFC

It's 2 am, I hate myself lol and I'm sorry if there's typos. Literally running on fums but I wanted to get this up.

Dedication goes to LauraLizzyLoop

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