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Episode 16- Soul

They were eating the tangerine chicken silently in Zayn's apartment as they watched the Teen Wolf's first episode of season three -Niall's request. Niall had half of his body leaning against Zayn's chest as he tries to focus on the TV-show but too much was running through his mind.  He tried calling Liam again, but still couldn't get through. he thought that maybe he should give him some space. Zayn asked him how he was doing but he just shrugged. He had a total of 20 missed calls from Louis today -he should probably dragged this a tad longer. Beg and grovel right?

"Nialler?" Zayn asked softly. 

"Hmm?" Niall responded. 

"I want o suggest something,...and the only answer I want to hear is a 'yes' and please don't cut me off?" Zayn asked. 

"Can't promise on the 'yes' part, but I won't cut you off, promise," Niall answered, looking up at the pretty boy. 

"I want you to move in with me," Zayn suggested, causing Niall to choke on his tangerine chicken. 

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 Zayn rubbed soothing circles on his back as he hands him his can of coke to the choking boy. After Niall swallowed the chicken, he laid back on Zayn as hr tries to catch his breath. He really wished that he heard it wrong but he knew that the question Zayn asked him stuck in his head and he needs to answer. He didn't want to reject Zayn's offer because he had rejected Zayn in the other department so many times before, but at the same time, he didn't think moving in with Zayn would help his situation,....at all. Louis has a thing against him -but at the moment, Niall couldn't care less what his brother thinks- and he knows this is probably Zayn's plan to win him over,..his heart that is. Niall admits that Zayn would probably wouldn't have to work hard to win him over because he believes that Zayn already stole half of his heart. 

"Think about it Niall," Zayn whispered softly, rubbing his hand up and down Niall's arm in a soothing manner. "I know how much you want to get away from Louis, and finally lets Harry move in with Louis. It would be a great reason,...and I can look after you, we can go to work together...," 

"I don't think Louis would like the idea of me living with you," Niall mumbled, slowly pulling away Zayn's hand form his shoulder and slotting their fingers together, watching the contrast of their skin color and hand size. Niall held their slotted hands in front of them as Zayn watched him fondly, thinking about them being together. 

"I don't understand why you want to push me away Niall,..but at the same time, you still want me around," Zayn sighed, placing his lips softly on the crook of Niall's shoulder, admitting that he feels like Niall was draging him along. "We kissed and stuff,..but...does any of that means nothing to you?"

"Zaynie," Niall whined softly, turning around so that he could look at Zayn properly. He felt extremely guilty when Zayn said that, looking at his beautiful longing brown eyes. "I didn't mean to drag you on or anything,....and you were the one that kissed me! Yes,..it's  my fault for not stopping you, but I just,...you're..really hard to resist," 

"I'm hard to resist?" Zayn smirked, "So you do want me then? Yes or no?" 

"I'm not going to answer that,...but if it makes you feel happy,....

This is it Niall...don't chicken out.

This will make Zayn happy.

 "then yes, I'll move in with you,"  Niall smiled shyly, hoping that this would make Zayn happy, and it did. 

"Really? You mean it?" Zayn asked with excitement evident in his eyes, making it crinkle on the edge. 

"Yeah,...it's about time Louis and Harry move in together, and Ii feel like I'm the one holding Harry back," Niall replied and felt surprise when Zayn leaned in to kiss him. Swiftly, he covered his mouth with his hand, causing Zayn to kiss the back of his hand. 

"Oh come on,...just one small peck?" Zayn pleaded like a boy in a candy shop, trying to pry Niall's hand from his mouth. "I use to give you small pecks all the time when we were little," 

"Those were innocent best-friend kisses!" Niall spoke while still covering his mouth, making his voice muffled. 

"Well I want to give you an innocent best-friend kiss," Zayn smiled, and it made Niall realized that he looks younger when he smiled. Slowly, Niall let Zayn remove his hand from his mouth and seconds later, Zayn's soft supple lips met his own thin ones. Niall counted silently in his head, and after three seconds, Zayn pulled away, smiling widely. "See? Innocent...completely PG-13," 

"Louis won't be too happy about this," Niall sighed, pushing Zayn back on the couch so that he could snuggle against Zayn's chest, enjoying his warmth. 

"I don't know what I did to make him hate me that much," Zayn said, nonchalantly playing with Niall's hair. 

"He doesn't hate you," Niall reasoned "if anything, I think he's jealous of you,"  

"Jealous of me?" Zayn asked with a smile. "Why?"  

"You top any guy he has ever introduced me to," Niall replied.

"He got that right,..I definitely top," Zayn said slyly, making Niall blush at the innuendo. He couldn't stop himself from imagining Zayn on top of him, naked, pushing in him slowly, filling him up. 

"Have you heard about Liam's sister?" Zayn asked out of the blue, the playfulness in his voice flew out the window.  

"Yeah," Niall replied solemnly, thinking about Liam. 

"I don't trust him Ni,,...and I know that you would want to see him but I don't want you too okay?" Zayn spoke softly yet protectively too. Like he said before, Liam is a very fishy character.  

Zayn's professional private investigator had a tough time finding out Liam's background information; in turns out Liam kept his information hidden well and that concludes that he has secrets that he didn't want people to find out. They only managed to find out the basic information about him, and that his sister went missing. So when Liam's sister turned up dead this morning, a surge of worry and fear crept into his head for his Angel because this happened right before Liam went to Niall to get information on Mr. Malik a.k.a him. He knows that this is not a mere coincidence, and this would definitely put Niall's life in danger. He doesn't know who Liam is working for -it certainly wasn't the cops- but he will find it out, soon. He needs to make Niall's safety for a moment, and keep him in the dark for as long as he could. He felt a slight regret because it is his fault Niall is in this situation in the first place. If he hadn't saw Niall walked in tha building for the first time that day for the interview and gave him the job without reviewing his resume, this wouldn't have happen.  

But he needs Niall in his life for him to be....complete. 

"You're forbidding me from seeing Liam?" Niall asked, with a slight manace in his voice. 

"I'm just worried about you," 

"I can take care of myself and I certainly don't have to listen to you," Niall replied sassily. "You can't just order me around like that, and Liam's is my and Louis' friend, he's not a bad guy just because you think he's fishy and you don't trust him."

"I'm not trying to argue with you Niall," Zayn replied calmly "But I'm just trying to look out for you,..okay?" 

"I want to see him and I will see him  tomorrow, and that's final," Niall huffed, pouting his lips. 

"Then I shall go with you and that's final," Zayn said, poking Niall's bottom lips. 

"Suit yourself," Niall shrugged, when he felt a tad relieve that Zayn cares about him but doesn't hold him back.  

"Come on let's go to bed," Zayn sighed. Niall wanted to roll over so that he could get off of Zayn, but before he could move a muscle, Zayn placed his arms under him and lifted him up bridal style. 

"I can walk on my own y'know," Niall blushed, trying hard not to look at Zayn.  

Zayn wanted to reply "But I can always pretend that you're my boyfriend,"  but he kept his mouth shut, smiling as he walked into the bedroom. 

*** 

"Please pick up, please pick up, please pick up," Louis muttered, biting his Niall's out of bad habit as he waits for his brother to pick up his phone. 

"You need to give him time Louis," Harry responded beside him. The lovers are eating dinner together at Nando's after Louis got off from work the next day after he had slapped his brother. Louis felt horrible after he did that and thanked his boyfriend for being there for Niall. He couldn't sleep and his phone is always in his, either texting or calling his brother. But of course, his effort to mend what he did was in vain because his brother was pushing him away as far as he can.   

"It's been over a day Harry!" Louis sighed desperately "Mum told me she called him already," 

"Whose side do you think your Mum is on?" Harry asked, squinting his eyes. 

"Of course she's......Oh my G- She told him to make it hard for me didn't she?" realization finally hits him in the face. Harry smiled fondly at his boyfriend, shaking his head at his silliness 

"Why are you so jealous of Zayn?" Harry asked bluntly as he eats his chicken. 

"Wh-Why would I be jealous of Zayn?" Louis replied irritatingly "Where do you even get that idea?" 

"Lou,..love, it's obvious....you're very cavalier when it comes to Zayn. And based on my experience, Zayn had done nothing wrong!" 

"He's close to my brother, that's something wrong," Louis huffed, twirling his dinner around his plate. "I don't trust him...he's....," 

"Too perfect?" Harry guessed. 

"Definitey too perfect...no human is that perfect," Louis agreed. Finally shoving the spicy chicken into his mouth "He must be hiding something,...a closet full of skeletons," 

"You need to give him a chance Lou,...I trust Niall's judgment. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion right? There's a reason why Zayn stick around all this time. Have you ever noticed how Niall's is whenever he's around? or when he's texting him? He looks really happy," 

"Can I just ignore what you just said and pretend that it's not true?" Louis asked, keeping his eye shut.

"Then I can pretend your not in the room with me when I trip naked and play with myself tonight,"

"You can't deny deny me of my sexual needs....t-that's like child slavery!"  

"You're not a child, but sometimes you act like one," Harry sighed.

"And that is your opinion," Louis replied. "Right now, I couldn't give a damn about Zayn right now,...all I care about is Niall right now," 

"No-one will ever replace you as his brother you know? There will always be a place for you in his heart. He even chose you as his best man when he gets married one day. See? Even I'm not enough to be his best man," 

"Really? When did he told you that?" Louis smiled, but avoided Harry's eyes as he speaks 

"Before we even got together, first year of college," 

"That long huh?" 

*** 

It was a silent awkward day for Niall and Zayn; they had a small fight this morning before going to work where Niall had tried to negotiate Zayn's term on going to see Liam on his watch. Niall felt like it was better for him to go see Liam alone since Liam would probably be in a not-so-good shape, mentally. Zayn, being a man that likes to keep his promise and expects other to do so too, felt betrayed by Niall's request. But of course, Niall's negotiation was in vain, so now, they're in Zayn's car driving to Liam's flat. It was deathly quiet in the car, since both Zayn and Niall were not in talking terms at the moment and it's not because Niall's lack of trying. He gave direction to Liam's flat, but still Zayn won't talk to him. Liam's flat is located right beside the hill on the outskirts of town, very near to the shipping dock. Niall stared out the vast green forest on the hill, trying to figure out what he could possibly say to make Zayn talk to him again. But to his surprise, it was Zayn that tolked to him first; 

"How do you know where Liam lives?" Zayn asked, his tone calmed and his eyes never leaves the road.  

"I looked through his profile in the company's database," Niall replied immediately. "So,..are you still mad at me?" 

"I was never mad at you,..I could never be mad at you," Zayn replied in the same monotonous tone. 

"Then? What's with the silent treatment?" Niall huffed. 

"Forget it," was all Zayn replied and Niall gave up trying to figure him out. Even when they were little, if Zayn is upset about something, it is usually best if he left him alone for a while, not talking to him -not that Zayn liked to talk in the first place. 

They arrived at Liam's house ten minutes after their short conversation. Niall requested that Zayn to wait for him outside the door of the third floor flat and luckily, Zayn agreed tacitly, without even arguing. Niall knocked to the door numerous time, but he received no answer from the other side of the door. He look at Zayn, silently asking for assistance, but the dark haired lad just leaned against the wall, staring straight forward with a bored look on his face. Huffing in annoyance,Niall relentlessly knocked on the door with fair amount of strength, repeatedly, not stopping even for a moment. After about three minutes of relentless knocking, Zayn finally stepped forward and grabbed Niall's wrist. 

"Are you trying to hurt yourself?" He asked coldly, examining the bruise forming on Niall's knuckles. 

"Like you care," Niall mumbled, trying to pull his hand away but Zayn kept a firm grip on his wrist. 

"I do," Zayn replied lowly, bringing the knuckles up and placed soft kisses on them "Let's go home,...he's not in," 

"I'll wait here then," 

"Niall,...don't be silly. Come on,..we'll buy some pizza and let me put something on that bruise, please?" Zayn pleaded, softening his voice.  

The voice the Niall missed dearly. He nodded and let Zayn lead the way back to his car.  

Unbeknownst that Liam was leaning against the other side of the door, biting on his hand to drown his own pathetic sobs. In his head, it was Niall's fault that his sister is dead because he refused to help Liam the moment he asked for it. He's the reason she is dead, he's the reason everything fell apart. So, it's only logical for him to plot a revenge against Niall Tomlinson.  

And the plan is already under way.

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Niall and Zayn laid on the sofa in their usual position as they watch The Apprentice after eating their dinner, because Zayn thinks it'll be good for Niall in developing his career while Niall thought it was boring and filled with dramatic people that crave power and money but he agreed anyway because Zayn finally talked and joked around him again, removing the silent treatment. He was mindlessly playing with Zayn's fingers when the doorbell rang. 

"I'll get it!" Niall offered, smiling brightly at Zayn before jumping of off Zayn, heading towards the front door. He peeked through the peep-hole, fearing that it might be Louis and to his surprise, it was him, but he was with Harry, and in front of them, are two tall police man. Feeling something was gravely wrong, he immediately opened the door. 

"Nialler," Louis breathed out anxiously. 

"Mr. Niall Tomlinson?" one of the officer spoke in a lazy voice "You are hereby arrested for using false citizenship document and being a citizen of the United Kingdom illegally. Please come with us and bear that anything you say will be used against you in court," 

"W-What? T-T-This has got to be some misunderstanding," Niall stuttered as his heart beats faster and faster.  

"Don't worry Niall, I will get you out of this mess," Louis piped in.  

"What do you mean my husband is here illegally," A deep voice spoke beside him, wrapping his arm around Niall's waist, bringing him closer.  

"Husband?!" Harry and Louis shrieked in unison. 

"Yes,.."Zayn replied calmly "Husband," 

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IMPORTANT I do not know the laws in the UK so I made it up on the whole nationality/citizenship thing. Please forgive me if it's incorrect, I only do it to fit the story line. 

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