Ever since he saw him the night of the ball he couldn't get him out of his mind, those green eyes were staring back at him every time he closed his eyes. He just wanted to know who the man was behind the mask, but he never found out his identity, just as he was about to he was pulled away from him.

Niall sighed as he fell back on his bed, staring up to the ceiling as sleep was trying to overtake him, but he didn't want to sleep because he didn't want the night to end. Well, it was already over, but he wanted to end differently than it did.

There was a knock on the door and the hazel eyed man peeked his head inside. "Niall you wanted to speak to me?"

Niall smiled at the man, "Yes Zayn come in I wanted to ask you something real quick before you can go back to your duties."

Zayn nodded and walked in, he having just pulled out his tie and rolled up his sleeves to his elbows showing off the many tattoos littered on his arms. He sat down on the bed next to the prince and sighed. "Let me guess, you want me to ask my boyfriend who the boy with the green eyes were?"

"How'd you know that?"

"Because the way you two looked at each other."

Niall looks him in the eye and he sighs. "I just...he was so special. You know that feeling the moment you see someone and it's just love at first sight. I never thought I believed it but until I met him..." He finishes with a sigh and Zayn smirks at his prince.

"I have to say I agree...the moment I met Liam we sort of just clicked..." He said with a smile. He then sits next to his prince on the bed. Both of them being really good friends to the point where he was allowed to sit on such a special bed. "I am sure you will find him sir..." He says with a look to him. "If it's truly fate, then you two will find each other again..."

Niall looks to him and he nods. "I did find something...he left it after he was yanked away..." He said as he pulled out the gold pocket watch. He flips it around and looks to the initials engraved into the metal, it being the only clue to what the man's name was.

"So if you don't know who he is why are you asking me to help you?"

"Because Liam was the one who pulled him away from me, so I would assume that he knows something about him."

Zayn nodded. "I'll be seeing him tomorrow he texted me about doing something and I ask him about it then."

Niall smiled. "Thank you so much, I owe you."

"You say that all the time and I tell you it's what friends do."

Niall looked down at the pocket watch and ran his fingers over the engraving again, "R.E.S.," he muttered quietly.

"Do you think you can see marrying him?"

"I think about it every time I close my eyes."

Zayn chuckles and he pats the man's back. "You're a sap sometimes you know?" He asks as he stands up. Niall shoots him a glare causing him to chuckle. "Just teasing."

"Yeah, yeah whatever..." He speaks with a chuckle. He lays down and Zayn opens the door.

"Try to get some sleep Niall." Zayn says before leaving. Niall looks to the door before he looks to the watch. He sighs and looks to it as he spins it around. This was his key to finding the mystery man. He thinks about his smile and he smiles himself, reminiscing on the deep dimples that indent on his cheeks, the sooner he found him, the better.

With one last sigh, he sets the pocket watch on the night stand and turns the lamp next to him off. Once he closed his eyes he had fallen asleep within minutes.

The next morning Niall woke up bright and early, groaning from the sunlight that was peeking through the curtain that was left open overnight. He just threw the covers over his head as he tried to get back to sleep, but after trying for a while he couldn't manage to, so he decided to just start the day with a long bath to relax. All he wanted to do today was to go into town and head to the antique store to see if they may know who the watch belongs to.

He went into his connected bathroom and got everything ready before he slipped in and sighed from the warmth. He sat in the bath until the water turned cold before he slipped out and got dressed in casual clothes as he wasn't really trying to draw attention to anyone, even though he probably would just walking into town without his guard.

"Zayn I'm headed to town I have my phone on if you need me," Niall said after he grabbed an apple and left the castle ready for the day.

Niall never really went out into town much, because of how popular he was with the people. So it was always nice to get a look around the town. It was a humble town, people were nice to people. There was that rare occasion that someone was rude, Niall remembers that boy from yesterday. He sighed and shook his head, hoping he didn't have to see him again.

He walks into the antique store and sighs seeing no one is there. He walks up and gives a smile, "Your majesty what can I do for you..."

Niall stops him and he gives him a sigh. "Just for now call me Niall. I was wondering if you could tell me something about this watch maybe?" He asked as he showed him the somewhat old pocket watch. The man looks to the watch and he pulls on his glasses as he looks it over.

"Oh...this was a watch I sold to a dear friend almost ten years ago..." He said with a smile at the memories. Niall looks the man up and down and then to the watch.

"Do you by chance know his name?" He asked.

"His name was Robin...Robin Edward Styles..." He said handing him back the watch. "When the earthquake happened he was in the accident along with your father. He had a wife and a son..."

"Do you know their names?" He asked almost urgently. The man sighs and shakes his head with a frown etched onto his face.

"He never told me about his family..." He speaks as he puts his glasses on top of his grey hair.

Niall frowned. "The chain looks brand new, did you happen to give it to a boy recently?"

"A few days ago I did, but he's never told me his name only that his father was Robin. Very nice boy with a very big heart."

"Is there anything else you know?"

"He's good friends with Greg the baker, he might know a thing or two about him!" He smiled at Niall as the boy was already out the door.

Niall looked around and he found the bakery quickly and walked in finding an older gentleman sitting behind the counter. "Are you Greg?"

Greg smiled and looked up only for his eyes to widen. "Your majesty what brings you here?"

"I was hoping you can help me with something, finding someone."

"Who?" Greg asked, trying to act a bit dumb so it throws off Niall.

"The boy who owns this pocket watch." He took it out of his pocket and placed it on the counter for Greg to inspect it.

Greg takes the watch and he looks it over. "Oh...this belongs to a boy that worked for me..." He speaks. Niall is so close he can feel it, he puts his hands on the desk and looks straight into the man's eyes.

"I need to know his name..." He speaks.

"His name is Harry..." He speaks. Niall thinks about his name for a second and he nods. As he is thinking about it the bell to the door rings and both look back. Suddenly the man in the doorway runs and Niall has some instinct to follow.

Harry had come into the bakery to talk to Greg about what he could do when he spotted the prince only to leave immediately and started to run quickly. He didn't know where he was going but he knew he needed to get away from the prince before he caught up to him. He didn't want him to know he was wo he danced with, he couldn't stand the disappointment from the prince when he got a good look at him.

He was lucky that he had longer legs and was running faster and faster than Niall and managed to throw him off. When he looked back to see how far away he noticed that someone had stopped him and it happened to be his step brother, Louis. For the amount of times he said he hated him, right now he was happy that he was obsessed with the prince.

Niall had stopped from becoming out of breath only to have someone step in front of him. "Umm, hi?" He said as he looked the boy up and down trying to figure out why he looked so familiar.

The boy smiles. "You don't remember me...? I was the boy you were so madly in love with." He said. Niall furrows his eyebrows and looks past Louis and sighs seeing the person he was chasing gone.

"I remember you...and you aren't the one I am looking for..." He says as he turns from the boy and begins to walk away. Louis panics as he sees him leave. He desperately ran over.

"Listen...if your dream boy truly was willing to show himself he would by now...why not marry someone who is willing and who is here." He speaks smirking a bit. Niall gives him a scoff and he sighs.

"Look I am sorry but I am not interested..." He says as he walks off. Louis sighs as he watches him leave. He growls a little and he turns to head back home. Niall sighs seeing the boy finally left him alone. He sits on a bench and just puts his hands in his face. How could something be so stressful.

Niall sighed when he realized that the man he was chasing was gone and he didn't even know where to start to try to find him. He just started to walk back to the castle, saying hello to those he passed by, in a blur.

He went straight upstairs as for some reason he was really tired and decided a nap would help him. He pulled off his pants and got in his bed, as soon as his head hit the pillow he was out like a light.

"Baby, come here!" Niall heard a voice echo through the hall, as he walked closer to living room. That voice sounded familiar, it was the voice that haunts his dreams, the voice that he adored so much.

"I'm coming, what's wrong?" Niall asked as he walked into the room and the boy smiling wide at him.

The boy shrugged. "I don't know, I just missed my husband that's all."

Niall opens his eyes so suddenly and he sighs as he sits up. He wish he didn't have to dream about it, he wished it was real and he was right there next to him. He runs a hand through his hair and he gets up to find something to hopefully distract him.