Chapter Ten

                                    

                                          
Hungry - Chapter Ten 

A/N: Heres the last chapter.    
                          
WARNING!: Major Reader Death – I advise you have some tissues by.
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Jan 12 - Zayn's birthday! :D

Niall's phone buzzed in his pillow, waking him up from his sleep. Yesterday was the worst day ever. He groaned, stopping the alarm, hand searching unknowingly around the side of his – empty and cold – bed. 

Last night was horrible. Niall had came to the conclusion – finally – that he does like Zayn, maybe a little more than he should. Love him even. He admitted it as soon as Zayn said something that crushed his very soul. 

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"Zayn? Why won't you talk to me?" Niall pouted, and for the first time with Zayn, it wasn't a joking kind of pout. "I thought you'd be happy, it is what you've wanted all along right?" He smiled sickly. "Wh-What?" Niall stuttered, grabbing his wrist before he could leave the living room. "Don't you remember?" Zayn looked at him, his eyes blocking every emotion, making them unreadable. Niall shook his head. 

"Fuck off, Malik. Screw you, Malik. Why don't you just leave me alone, Malik?" Zayn sighed, shaking his head. "Im doing what you've always wanted me to do" Niall's lip quivered. He can't be saying that, he can't. He told himself, hand still firmly wrapped around Zayn's skinny wrists, not wanting to let go. "What are you saying..?" He whispered, his voice so quiet that if Zayn's heart was pounding any louder, he wouldn't have been able to hear it. 

"I'm fucking off, Niall. Thats what I'm saying." He shook off Niall's hand, Niall's irises seeing the glimmer of silver and his gaze dropped to look at the silver ring that was wrapped around Zayn's finger. Niall. It felt so cold, it didn't feel as good as princess. Thats when he lost it, he lost Zayn, he lost Liam, Louis & Harry, he's probably going to lose everyone else. But most importantly? He lost his heart, his heart that was tenderly placed in the palms of Zayn's hands. Now it just feels like he crushed it. 
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Niall stood up, determined. Yesterday he bought a gift for Zayn, that he will have to like because well, Niall did a lot just to get it. He was going to get Zayn back today. Not back to what they were (don't even talk about it), but back to friends, hopefully.

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Lunch

Niall sat in his usual seat, on his empty table, with nobody else. He stirred the food on his plate slowly, staring at it with disinterest. He sighed, eyes wandering around the dining hall, in search for Zayn. Where is he? Niall worried, dropping his fork and getting up from his seat, shrugging his backpack on and leaving the hall. He was aware of all the eyes on him, it became silent when he left, alone, everybody was talking about it. They obviously knew that there was some serious issues between the two boys, they knew that their ship was sinking. 

The Irish lad dragged himself through the different hallways and turns, leading himself into the library. He was surprised when he got there, because Zayn was sitting in his corner, in his specific seat, the corner bookshelf, on the floor. "Zayn?" Niall whispered, confused, going up to the boy who hasnt seemed to notice him yet. He dumped his bag on the floor and sat next to him, crossing his legs and looking up at him curiously. "Zayn? Are you ignoring me?" Niall frowned, his lips jutting out slightly as the boy continued listening to music, his head resting against the wood whilst his eyes were covered with sunglasses. "Zayn, don't be like this." Niall tried, poking his cheeks, ripping an earphone out. "Zayn?" He said into his ear, nudging him roughly before pulling off his sunglasses, finding his eye lids closed, mouth parted open slightly as soft snores escaped from his lips. Niall shook his head, chuckling before taking the fallen earphone and pressing it to his ear. 

'Cuz you've fallen in love in the worst way. 

And if you don't go now, then you'll stay. 

'Cuz I'll never let you leave, never let you breathe. 

'Cuz if you're looking for heaven, it sure as hell ain't me.

Walk away, walk away

                          
Save yourself from the heartache

Go now before its too late

Niall frowned, how the song related to their current situation confused him. Was Zayn listening to the song because of him? "You know its rude to just yank out somebody's earphones." Zayn's tired voice rang through Niall's ears. "Oh, sorry I was just..ugh, sorry" he shook his head at himself, scooting away slightly because fuck, thats embarrassing. "Its fine, princess" he chuckled, eyelashes falling against his rosy cheeks. Niall's eyes widened, mouth open agape as he blinked. "Did you just..? Never mind." He slouched down, his back resting on the bookshelves, he's imagining things. Zayn hummed, a hint of confusion in his tone, but he ignored it nonetheless, stopping his music and turning to Niall. He looked at him, waiting for the younger lad to tell him why exactly he was here. Niall bit his lip for a second before he reaching for his bag"Happy birthday" Niall smiled, giving Zayn a small blue box with a black bow. Zayn stared at him in shock, accepting the present and excitedly opening it. Eyes widening at the item inside it, a quiet gasp escaped his lips before looking up at Niall, amazed. "Do you know what that is?" He raised a brow. Zayn nodded, eyes scanning over every inch of it. "Its the watch you were wearing the first day we met" Niall was shocked, slightly taken aback that Zayn knew the answer. Before Niall could say anything else, Zayn continued. "I broke your watch and it stopped moving, you got mad at me and told me to 'fuck off'..that was the first time I said 'never'" Zayn smiled, the old silver watch fit perfectly around his skinny wrist, making him grin even more. "Yeah..it was" Niall smiled "Look! Its frozen on 10:28, it even has the exact time!" He said, pointing at the watch with his finger, he bit his lip. "Sorry, it wasn't much of a good present. I just thought it was kinda cute so.." He shrugged sheepishly, Zayn shook his head "No, Ni, I love it. Honest." He said, staring at the rustic silver. "Good because I had to search everywhere for it" Niall sighed, giggling quietly to himself. "Thanks...princess" Zayn whispered, eyes stopping on Niall's dilated pupils. He leaned forward, unintentionally aiming for his lips but Niall stopped him, ducking slightly so Zayn pecked his forehead. "Friends, alright?" Niall reassured, ignoring the ache in his heart at the feeling of wanting more. "Friends." Niall ignored the Zayn's forced smile and nodded his head, his fingers brushing against watch as he caressed Zayn's palm in the most friendliest way. 

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"Come on, Ni. You done?" Zayn groaned, adjusting his blindfold. "Just wait a second, its not finished." Niall chuckled, quickly sorting out the plates a little more, moving the cake a few inches to the left. "Are you finished?" "Hold on a second, baby, just a few more checks." Niall bit his lip, slapping himself on the cheek and jumping up and down frustratedly because he did not just call him that. "D'you just call me baby?" Zayn smirked "Finished!" the blonde ripped his blindfold off, pulling a seat out for Zayn. "You like?" He asked, sitting on the opposite side of the small table. "I thought you said you couldn't cook" the darker boy laughed, licking his lips at the delicious looking pizza. "I know I can't, but I tried, and hopefully, succeeded." Niall nervously bit his thumb nail, staring at Zayn intently as he took the pizza in his mouth. Taking a large bite out of it, he chewed before swallowing, looking up at Niall amused. "You ordered from Dominoes, didn't you?" Zayn laughed, placing the pizza back on the plate. "Should've known you would remember how your favourite would taste like" Niall rolled his eyes, feeling slightly embarrassed because one, theres flower petals everywhere and two, theres a candle in the middle and Niall thought it would be so much more romantic – he means platonic – if he was able to bake a cake. Noticing his flushed face, Zayn smiled. "Thanks, for all this. Nobody's ever done this for me before. Thank you, Niall." The blonde winced, it felt like a cold slap to the face. He sighed looking up, at least try, right? "Zayn? Can you please call me princess again? Just this last night." "Yeah, sure." He smiled, though once side of his lips were curling up into a smirk that Niall hadn't seen for a while. It sent obvious shivers down his spine. 

"So whats after this, princess?" Zayn said, with a mouth full of pizza. Niall blushed. "Didn't really plan much, just pizza and a movie. Sorry if you were expecting something more" Niall's eyes dropping to the palms on his lap, he played with his fingers nervously, looking back up to find an empty chair. He got a fright when he found that Zayn was right next to him. "Finish up your pizza and lets go watch that movie" he pecked Niall on his even darker cheeks, though his lips seemed to linger for a while. "O-Okay.." The younger choked out, his voice shaking a little at its new octave, he bit his lip, he still hasnt gotten over it, the feeling Zayn gives him, he thinks he won't ever get over it. And he doesn't want to. 

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So they sat there, maybe a little closer and touchier than 'friends' should have but they didn't care, it was more of a goodbye to what they had than a small birthday celebration. Niall's back pressed to Zayn's chest, his head resting on his shoulder. Niall's hand in Zayn's whilst his legs hung loosely over the edge of the sofa. The large screen causing light to shine on both of their happy faces. "Thank you for this, its nice" Zayn sighed, face pressing against Niall's "Your welcome, Y'never really told me when your birthday was, like after all these years that we've known each other, you never said, so we never really celebrated" "Yeah, didn't really feel like it was needed. Just a birthday, yeah?" He chuckled but Niall was having none of it. "Zayn, you should have told me, I would have thrown you a much more better party if you had told me three weeks ago or something, only found out two days ago." Niall shook his head, eyes kept on the tv, not really paying attention but just watching the pictures move, you couldn't even hear it.