This is just a filler. Just some narry fluff. c:

 “Niall honey I’m home!” He heard his mum call from the living room. He put his pencil down, and went to greet his mother.

“Hello mum. How was your day?” Niall hugged her, and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

“It was good, thank you. I only have time for dinner because they called me in for a night shift.” Niall furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

“Why?” He sounded hurt, but he was. His mum was always at work, she was a nurse for the local hospital so he knew where she was at all times, but sometimes he wished she’d quit.

He heard his mum sigh, “We got a lot new people in tonight. There was an accident just down the road, at least 30 injured.”

Niall took in a sharp intake, “30? Why is there so many?”

“It was bad, Ni. It was a school bus filled with preschoolers. Oh it’s so sad. Luckily they all survived, but they are in ICU, so they need me.”

Niall sighed once more before following his mum into the kitchen, and began working on dinner.

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Once his mum left, Niall finished his homework and decided to take a walk. He knew of this lovely park just up the street, not a lot of people went to it though. It was mostly abandoned, but he loved it. There were always colorful flowers that he loved to stare it, and sometimes he’d pick a few to take home, and surprise his mum with.

Niall slipped on a light jacket, and his shoes, before making his way out. He locked the door behind him, and began his journey.

Well, it really wasn’t a journey since the park was about 5 minutes away from his house, but he still took the time to take in his surroundings. His neighborhood was always quiet, and was mostly filled with old couples. Niall knew most of the people living near him, and they adored him.

Every year, Niall would cut their grass, and shovel snow for them. He tried to do it for free, but they insisted on paying him. He had kept the money in a jar, and only used it for emergencies. A lot was saved up for University though, but he kept that in a separate jar.

Finally, he reached his designation. Niall made his way to the swings they still had put up, which was a surprise. Most of the things were tore down, or just left to break on their own.

He sat down, and stared down at the mulch like it was the most interesting thing in the world. He had to be staring at it for at least 10 minutes, before he heard his name being called.  Startled, he looked up and saw someone jogging towards him. He couldn’t make out who it was until, oh.

It was Harry.

The conversation from earlier flooded his mind, but he pushed it away, for now.

“Hey Harry! What’re you doing here?”

“I saw you while I was walking past. I just wanted to see if everything was okay. You look lonely.” Harry panted.

Niall shrugged, “I’m just… you know.” He shrugged again.

Harry nearly laughed, “Yeah I know you are sitting here staring at the ground like it’s the most important thing to you in the world.”

Niall flushed in embarrassment. “I was just…taking a walk and decided to stop by here.” He finally explained.

Harry nodded, and looked around the place. “It’s pretty tore up, don’t you think? Oh hey a spider…” Harry said more to himself.

Niall watched Harry raise his shoe, and about to step on the spider. “NO! Stop, don’t kill it!” Niall nearly shouted as he jumped out the swing and almost push Harry away from the poor bug.

“What why? It’s just a bug.”

“This bug didn’t do anything to you; you have no right to kill it! Especially since you are in its home. That would make you bad!” Niall nearly shouted.

“It’s just a bug, Niall! Who cares! They don’t have feelings! Stop acting like a child, and grow up!”

“Don’t say that.”

“Then stop pretending that you think everything is perfect.”

“I-I-t is.”

Harry snorted, and rolled his eyes at the panicked boy. He was getting frustrated, and he tried to stop himself from yelling at him. He could see the tears in his eyes, and he was starting to feel bad. It wasn’t Niall’s fault, he thought differently.  Harry thought for minute. He noticed how Niall would sometimes giggle like a little kid, or act like one.

For example, just now. He remembered this time he was playing with his baby brother, and he accidentally killed a butterfly. His brother cried for days, and even ignored him.

He then thought of his older cousin, who had Autism.

“Do you have Autism?” Harry blurted out. He didn’t mean too, but he just needed to know.

Niall frantically shook his head, “No, of course not. I-I’m just delusional I guess... I don’t like to believe the truth of things, and it’s like my mind has control over situations sometimes. Like just now, with the spider. My mind told me it was bad what you were about to do, so I had to stop you...”

Harry was hesitant, “Do you… hear voices in your head?”

Niall laughed, and pointed to his head. “Just my own.”

“So then what is wrong with you?” Harry was curious; something had to be wrong with him.

Niall shrugged. “Nothing… nothing is wrong with me, and nothing is wrong with people who have those illnesses.”

“Okay well, do you have an illness then?”

“You ask a lot of questions... but no, my mum had me checked when I was 9.” He chuckled.

Harry frowned, and looked away from Niall. He couldn’t understand why he was like this then. “I was just born this way, Harry. Maybe there is something wrong with me, but I’m not causing any harm. Everyone steers clear of me, so I couldn’t even if I wanted to. Which I don’t because-“

“Because it’s bad to hurt someone, yeah I know.” Harry interrupted him. Niall flushed again, and looked down.

“Hey, Ni? Do you want to come back to my place and hang out? Or we could go to yours? It’s a Friday so we could always have a… sleep over.” Harry shuttered. That made him sound like a girl.

Niall beamed, he had just been invited for a sleep over! The only person he has ever stayed with was Alfie. Niall nodded frantically, and jumped up. “We can go to my house? My mom won’t be home until the morning so we can have the house to ourselves.”

“Yeah that sounds great! I’ll bring some movies over, and maybe order a pizza.”

“Movies?” Niall mumbled. He had a feeling Harry would bring over the ones he didn’t like. “What kind?”

“Funny, scary, romance.”

Niall shook his head quickly. “I don’t like scary movies, its bad.” He whispered.

Harry slung his arm over the boy’s shoulders, and they began walking out of the park. “Have you ever seen a scary movie? It’s all fake, Ni. I promise. None of this stuff happens in real life.”

“It’s fake?” he whispered. He felt Harry nod, and began to have a internal battle with his thoughts.

He finally sighed, and agreed. “Fine, we can watch your scary movies, but then we have to watch what I want to watch.”

“Deal.”

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Niall hid his face every time something popped out. He couldn’t remember the name of the movie, but he was ready for it to be over. He glanced at Harry, and he looked really into it.

How could anyone like this ridiculous genre? He thought. He mostly agreed because it would make Harry happy.

Niall liked to make people happy, but for Harry it seemed strange. He wanted to make Harry happy 24/7, no matter how he felt about it. Maybe it was because Harry saved him from Josh today. That was it.

Harry was his hero, and Niall couldn’t help but look at him in adoration. Nobody has ever stood up for Niall, but Harry was the first. Maybe the Gods sent him; maybe he was his guardian angel.

Niall smiled, and giggled quietly, as he watched his angel bite his lip, and widen his eyes when something gory appeared on the screen.

Harry suddenly frowned, and looked over at Niall. “Are you laughing at me? You’re the one getting scared. I should be laughing at you.” Harry pouted, which made Niall giggle again. He looked cute doing that.

“Harry… I just wanted to say thank you. For today, you’re my hero.”

Harry chuckled, and shook his head. “I’m not a hero Ni,” he pulled Niall into his side, and brought his eyes down to boy. “I just did the right thing.” 

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Question: Do you guys think something is wrong with Josh, or just has something out for Niall that nobody knows about?