Niall shifted uncomfortably at the lunch table. Liam and Zayn were absent, leaving just Harry, and Louis and him self. Harry wasn't talking to him, not really talking to anyone lately. Niall barely felt loved, Harry barely touched him, the most he got was a kiss on the cheek.

It had been this way for a week now. Harry would greet him with a kiss on the cheek, then just rush off. Never a "hello," or, "goodbye."

"Harry..." Niall mumbled. Harry turned his gaze to the anxious boy, and locked eyes with him. "Is everything okay?" Niall asked.

"I'm fine, Niall." Harry snapped. Niall flinched at his tone, and ignored the sympathy look Louis gave him. Niall huffed, and gathered his belongings. He stormed out of the lunch room, ignoring the hurt that flashed on Harry's face.

Harry had no right to snap at him, then feel hurt when he left. Niall was the one who should feel hurt. He didn't expect Harry to come after him. He didn't, but Louis did. Louis slid down the wall next to Niall, draping his arm over the young boy and pulling him into his lap. They sat there for sometime, before Louis finally said anything.

"You have to be patient with him, Ni. He is going through a rough time right now... Hey don't cry." Louis said softly, and wiped away his tears. Niall didn't even realize he was crying.

"What is going on?" Niall asked hesitantly.

"Just things at home... I shouldn't be the one to tell you."

"Well, then I'm not talking to him until he can tell me." Niall said stubbornly.

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Niall had kept his word. The next day he didn't wait for Harry next to his locker. They would usually meet at Harry's locker, then go on from there- well when Harry wasn't ignoring him. Niall tried to understand, but he couldn't. They were in a relationship- he was supposed to trust him with things like this.

When lunch rolled around, Niall thought about what he should do. Should he go to the lunch room, and be ignored by his boyfriend? No, he thought. He turned the other way, and made his way to the library. He knew he was acting childish, but he didn't care at this point. He was hurt. They did just get back together, and now Harry was alreay pushing him away.

Harry looked around for his boyfriend. He was worried when he didn't see him standing at his locker, and he knew he was at school today. Zayn had told him- they had 5th together. He craned his head around, looking all around.

"Hey, don't worry. Maybe he got held behind, or something." Zayn tried to reassure him. Louis bit his lip, and looked away. He didn't want to tell them what Niall was really doing- he felt bad. He didn't want Harry to be under even more stress fighting with his boyfriend.

Harry hesitantly nodded, "Yeah, maybe." But he didn't really believe it. Niall would at least text him, something, anything to let him know. Harry sighed, and hid his face in his hands.

"Hey, sorry I'm late. I was in the library." Harry jumped up at the new voice. It was Niall. He stared at Niall, trying to make eye contact, but Niall was avoiding his gaze. Harry frowned when Niall sat next to Liam, instead of him. Shock showed on everyones faces, but nobody made a sound. Niall, ignoring the gazes on him, pulled out his lunch and began chewing on his sandwich.

He kept his gaze on the table. He had no choice to come to the lunch room. The library was closed, so he couldn't go in. He had no where to go, so he came back.

"So, Niall... How do you think you got on the quiz?" Zayn asked, trying to make conversation.

"Uh, I think I did okay. It was pretty easy."

"I'm sure you aced it." Harry spoke up, trying to enter the conversation. Niall gave him a quick glance, and just nodded.

Two can play at this game.

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This was written on my phone, so I am sorry about the mistakes. When I get the laptop I'll go back and check. I'm not sure how short it is either.

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