I sighed as I was forced to exit the cafe with a tray on my hand, containing some pastries and cake and a hot coffee to serve Niall. Though with all those customer frenzy going on inside the cafe, Louis convinced and asked permission to Mr. Styles and he managed to get his request granted when Mr. Styles allowed me to go and deliver the food to Niall, I couldn't deny since it was my boss who was now telling me to do it plus I don't want to act all stubborn especially that I got a promotion and after all, it is my job anyway and that's what I signed up for.

I was now about to cross the road to get to the other side where the music shop is located and I luckily passed through the road without getting hit by a car since people here are more fond of walking than using vehicles and I'm quite glad for that, at least they help on preserving the planet. I continued to make my way until I was now in front of the staircase and I carefully made my way upstairs to avoid falling from a step, I always hated walking upstairs with something on my hands since I dreamt of falling in a staircase while carrying a basket of laundry when I was a kid because on that dream Matilda was asking me to take it up for her, then I woke up very scared and scarred for life with my heartbeats beating fast, only to find out that hypnic jerk happened once again.

As I got nearer and nearer by the second, you can hear someone from the inside playing an acoustic guitar and as I took one last step to open the door, I stopped for awhile and listened to the song.

My heart is fluttering because
Of the thought that I'll see you today,
It makes me want to skip around
And dance all around, right away

It was the first time that I can hear Niall sing clearly, the other time I heard him was a little too vague for me to hear because of the rain drops and I could tell you that Niall's voice is indeed heaven, just by singing that small verse, my eyes widen and I almost forgot the weight of the tray resting on my arms but I needed some time to overwhelm myself with the beautiful sound that Niall makes, surely he would stop playing once I enter the shop.

My confidence is fading
The thought of you not liking me
But I need to be the one to greet you this morning

I was having so much fun by listening to Niall's voice but something seems a little bothering for me, the lyrics were quite girlish plus the tone of it adds up to the girly side. I realised that I was standing on the staircase for too long and it was making my legs go weak and so I knocked on the door and opened it right away and I was right when I knew that Niall would stop playing once I get in. I looked around the shop to find him, seated on where the instruments were placed and loads of papers flooding around him. We locked eyes for a moment but then it came to the point that it was awkward to hold it so we quickly broke it, I looked away and gazed my eyes around the guitars hanging from the wall but then resumed on looking to Niall.

"I... I brought you food by the way, Louis told me to do it" I said and headed to where he was and he arranged the papers on the table there so the tray would have a space to place on. I placed the tray there and took the foods out as well as the coffee and then hugged the tray then turned my back at him to go head down to the cafe.

"W... Wait!" He said and I turned around to see him scratching his neck. "Uhmm... Did you become a Legendary Maid? Because you're wea-"

"Yeah, it was just this morning, it was really unexpected and I didn't even thought that I would be promoted on the second day of being a maid" I said with a monotone voice then turn around again but Niall called out once again.

"Uhmm... Can you accompany me for awhile, it feels kinda lonely eating alone" he finally said. I know I have to leave soon because there's probably a lot of people on the shop now and I don't want to put all the work on Minalinsky and Alicia and I don't think Mr. Styles would be too happy as well and I'm pretty sure Louis and the twins would be back soon. "Please, it'll just take for a short time" he pleaded with those unbearable eyes to look at since it makes you question your conscience and all but nevertheless, I sighed and took a seat beside him and placed the tray on my lap while I look on the ground then suddenly look up to see him with such red cheeks as he takes a bite on one of the food that I brought him. "Congratulations on your promotion by the way, if you don't mind me asking, why did you became a Legendary Maid?"

"Oh, one of the customers this morning kind of like... Declared me as a Legendary Maid and apparently it's one of the rare ways on how to become a Legendary Maid"

"Oh yes, that's the charm method as Harry told Louis and I once" he looked at me and smiled then took the plate to make it easier for him to eat. "It's not that surprising since you really look wonderful today, and the uniform suits you" he said then I felt my cheeks burn, I flinched and gulped, I felt a little uneasy and I wasn't sure if it's normal for me to react this way but inside me I know I feel a little fluttered, I wonder what's so special on me this day. Niall must have felt how uncomfortable I was and so he cleared his throat and sighed. "I'm sorry about earlier by the way, it's your choice to believe but what I told was the truth, I'm sorry if it offended you in a way"

"No, it's really fine, I guess I may have overreacted too" I reassured him so he won't feel to guilty about it and I didn't want us to go back to the awkward stage. I looked around the room and saw that some instruments were added like a clarinet and flute and other wind instruments but I didn't paid attention to it as my eyes shifted to the little puppy resting on a bean bag, I guess Irish knows that MezzoForte is his second home, he seems to be comfortable around the people here, it was quite cute to observe him as the time flies, there's nothing much that Niall and I can talk about so might as well escape the awkward atmosphere between the both of us.

A little while later, I got tired on looking around the whole shop and so I turned to look at Niall who has been wandering his mind off as well. "Hey, I heard you playing the guitar by the way" I said and he jumped, surprised and widen his eyes until he came back to his senses and realised that I was talking to him.

"Oh yes, I was working on Marian's lyrics that she gave us, we have a performance on the cafe shop on the next two weeks and Louis hasn't worked on the arrangement of the song so he just gave the task to me" he said as he takes a sip of his coffee, I saw the papers arranged at the side of the table.

"May I see?" I asked but without permission, reached for the papers and saw a music sheet and lyrics with the same lyrics Niall was singing earlier, it was such a girly shit, about having a crush on some guy and confessing her love for him, what was Minalinsky thinking? A smirk crept on my face, even if she's that mysterious and weird I know that it's still impossible that she doesn't fancy anyone, who could write these kind of lyrics if she didn't had an inspiration for this? "Such a cute but girly lyrics"

"Yeah, That's why I did my best to have a girly arrangement too" he said and I chuckled, the tone was really light and it has a hint of girlishness too, he did a great job on the arrangement.

"Can you play it for me?" I asked and while chewing on his food, he reached for his guitar and strummed the strings to produce the same music he was making earlier waiting for him to sing but I noticed that a lot of strums passed by and I haven't even heard him sing a little verse. "Wait, where's the lyrics? Aren't you gonna sing it?" I asked, not too rude but just a question out of curiosity. The look on his face was unreadable but I can see that it shifted to being a little down and gloomy, worrying if I may have said something wrong until I remembered that time when he told me about how much he loves to sing but grew out of fond with it because of something that happened, I felt bad about myself and because of stepping on a land mine. "I'm sorry, I-"

"No, it's fine" he said and smiled the continued to play the composition with the guitar, I listened intently and didn't bothered to interrupt him since I find myself and Niall enjoying the time. As he end it with a riff, I clapped and smiled brightly at him to tell him how much I really liked and enjoyed the music, I saw him grin widely, feeling proud of himself then out the guitar back down to eat his food, I saw his cheeks go red again as he takes the food inside his mouth, I couldn't help but think of how cute it is.

He noticed how I was looking at him the whole time and asked if I wanted some of the food but I declined and just smiled at him as he eats. "Y- you can g-go now i-if you want to" he mumbled under his breath while stuttering but I waved a hand at him to gesture a "no"

"I'll stay here until you finish the food, I'm gonna take it down to the cafe too plus I don't want you feeling lonely" I stated, trying to be a little friendly and open, Niall must still be hesitant on being the same him since we had an argument today and I want him to loosen up a bit to tell him that it's fine. I saw him slicing the cake quickly and rushingly shoving it on his mouth and looking as if it's just shoved there and not being chewed, I was slight worried, Niall's been acting weird as of today and I'm even more worried if he got the infection from Louis and Minalinsky and all I can do now is to pray that I may not be the next victim to go weird. Maybe complimenting him would wake him up, besides, I feel like complimenting him not only because he was flooding me with it but also because I really think that he's looking cute today.

"I don't really say this normally but... you're looking cute too today" I complimented and I saw him choke on his food, I thought at first that he was joking but little did I knew that it was already real when he was hardly keeping himself alive and breathing asking for water, I searched around to find a bottle of water right next to him and opened the cap then handed it to him when he quickly drank it and he felt relieved afterwards and sighing, he closed his eyes then opened again, probably thinking that he was being deceived. "That's real by the way if ever you're thinking that you're dreaming" my cheeks were burning and I was sure that I was blushing red, I rarely give out compliments to anyone but if I really find you lovely for it, I wouldn't hesitate to speak it out. Niall was blushing too and just seeing him made me even blush more, I hate this feeling, I've never felt like this before, I compliment Zayn whenever he looks real handsome but I never really feel like this and neither does he, what's happening to me? Is there something wrong? I may have got infected too.

"That's really nice of you... Tha-thanks for tha- that, you really don't need to s-say that just be-because I-I complimented y-you" he was stuttering and mumbling that I can barely understand his words but managed to understand him anyway, I feel my heart racing, I'm so clueless on whatever this feeling is and whatever this is, I hope it doesn't happen again. I stood up from my seat and took all the plates and placed it on my tray, seeing that Niall was done with his food.

"I-I have to g-go now, I'll meet you later at your place" and that's when I raced to go outside the shop and head down but as I was taking my step away from the shop, I heard a loud crash from I don't know what object it was. Worryingly, I went up again to check out if something wrong happened with Niall but I carefully opened the door as to not make a sound or creak and peeked to see him standing up and the table turned while his hands were placed on his head as if he was having a huge problem, then he sat down on the floor and groaned a little while mumbling some words.

"Ugh! What am I feeling? It's so early to conclude that!" He said to himself and laid down on the floor in a foetal position, I guess I can ask myself the same question... What was I feeling?

I made my way downstairs and hoped that nothing's wrong with Niall, the reason I walked out and got away all of a sudden because the feeling was overwhelming me and I don't want it to take over since it was a mixture of confusion and something else I can't quite point my fingers on, it was a new feeling for me. I resumed on getting to work once I entered the shop, but on my mind, all I could think of was Niall and the feeling that I was feeling at that time, I can still feel the fast beats of my heart as if it wants to get out of my ribcage, I didn't knew why, but maybe I was also overwhelmed on how cute Niall was looking today but it wasn't that all. One table after another and my thoughts were still the same, I wanted it to go out of my head now but I can't, I can see Minalinsky observing me on the corner of my eye, probably reading my actions and interpreting it, I turned to look at her and just saw her smirk and continued to advertise later on, I was too focused at her that I didn't realised that I bumped into someone only to see Maid Alicia, I quickly apologised and I noticed how I was stuttering a lot and how my legs were shaking and my palms were getting wetter by the second only for her to reply a congratulations on my promotion and told me how I should live up to it and all.

I managed to serve a lot of tables while feeling so tensed up like this, suddenly Louis called out to me saying that we needed to talk, I didn't realised that they were still here, I couldn't ignore Louis and decline him since in this territory, he was my boss since he is a customer and I am only a servant, I made my way to him and he asked for the twins to go now, right now, it was only just us two.

"I have something to tell you" he said and dragged me to the personnel's room while I just followed him. Things were happening so fast and it really doesn't help since it just makes me more tensed up. While panting because of running all the way to here, Louis shuts the door closed and crossed his arms, I started to get scared since this is the type of scenes I always see in movies whenever the guy wants something to tell the girl only to find out when they go to a private place the guy would suddenly-

"Niall's a good guy you know" it was far from the thing I was imagining and thanks goodness that it didn't turned out that way, I'm too young for that and I'm completely helpless. But as I comprehend what he said to me, why was he telling me that Niall's a good guy, like I know about that, you don't need to go to kindergarten to know that. "You know, he's quite a fragile guy, I guess I always entitle him as a moth, he always goes after on what he wants but he always ends up being hurt, just like how a moth would do whenever it sees a bulb" Louis said. "But I don't know if he's still that same moth before, he's been hurt a lot of times, his wounds are still fresh and the memories from the past are still open" I didn't had any of the slightest idea on why Louis was telling me this but somehow, it managed to silence my thoughts and my heartbeats and prevent the sweat from my palms.

"But now, he's finally gonna stand up and heal himself, slowly and carefully, being hesitant because he's afraid that he might be attracted to the light again... You know how they say that there are people that will guide you to the light? None of them realised that the light is harmful to the moth, in conclusion, maybe the light isn't always that good as they say, maybe it's not always the right path" I gasped a little, why was Louis telling me this?

"But I have no slightest idea if Niall's gonna cure himself with the right cure or just some salt to worsen his wounds" he said and turned his back. "But I'm counting on you, I just hope that you won't be much of a disappointment" and with that, Louis takes his leave and leaves me alone inside the personnel's room.

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A/N oh would you look at that! It's already 2:04am with a 3% battery percentage 😂, it's not that sweet as I wanted it to be (so disappointed on myself 😭) but someone's going crazy, you know I used to watch those youtube vids about the boys' facts if they fancy you and I remembered once seeing that Niall gets nervous around the girl he likes, so- yeah. I'm not giving away too many hints 😷. CONGRATS ON THE SUCCESSFUL PROJECT HOME!! 🎉🎉 by the way, the song earlier is a rough english translation I made of "Kokukahu Biyori, desu!" (It's confession weather in english) by Minami Kotori (Uchida Aya) and Koizumi Hanayo (Shikaco). I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Votes and Comments would really be appreciated 😊.

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