I wake up to someone tugging on my shirt. I open my eyes and see that it's Liam with panic on his face. I yawn and sit up on the bed. "Hello. What's wrong?" I ask while gripping on his wrists comforting.
"You need to leave your house. It's not safe for you here after the Zayn and Louis standoff. We'll be known as criminals and I want you to be a normal citizen instead of being in love with a criminal." He states slowly.
"What happens if this so called criminal loves you back?" I ask embarrassed.
Liam sighs in defeat. "I care too much for you but I need to help Zayn with this. Louis has a friend that can protect you." Liam explains while unclipping his watch off his wrist and into my palm.
"What's going on? Why are you giving it back?" I ask terrified.
"If something very, very bad happens to me, you can either save this, get your money back, or even give it to someone who really loves you enough to say it back." He gives me a tiny smile and a small tear escapes his sadden eyes. "His name is William and he'll make sure that you're safe and sound. He's not joining the fight since he chooses not to. He's very faithful. I promise. I'll miss you deeply Niall." He leans across and kisses me slowly on the lips for the final time. "William will be here to help you pack. Greg is staying with someone else but he'll be safe."
I get up and embrace Liam's torso once more. "I'll miss you. Thank you."
He smiles as he makes his way out of my house and out of my life completely.
A couple of hours later
I start to pack my things into my suitcase and almost succeeded until a stranger knocks on bedroom door. I slowly get on my feet and stand near the door. "Who is it?" I ask unsurely.
"Hey. It's William. I'm your guide for the rest of your... life I guess. Louis didn't exactly explain what I'm doing but I'll figure something out." He introduces himself shyly.
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I sigh and open the door to invite the brunette in. "I'm almost done packing so don't worry." I state with a smile.
"So you're the famous Niall that I'm taking care of? You're better looking than they described you." He flatters me slyly.
I blush slightly. "Thank you. Sadly, they only told me your name so I can't say the same thing to you." I put my suitcase by the front door and Will smiles as he takes it towards the car and into the trunk. I sigh as I mentally say goodbye to Greg and I's home for the last 10 years. I lock the front door then walk to the car and sit in the passenger seat and begin to imagine where William lives.
He puts his hand on my knee and gives me a small smile. "When I said I was protecting you, I meant it. 100% positive. Let's say that you've grown on me quite a bit." He teases as I grip the watch that belonged to Liam in my palm tightly. He doesn't seem to notice but we finally arrive at his home that I also live in now. He laughs and takes my bag inside with me behind him in awe.
His house was beautifully covered in expensive interior designs and paintings. Different types of animals are in each portrait including birds, lions, tigers, giraffes and wolves. I stop walking behind William to stare at the wolf picture. My heart starts to beat quickly at the thought of Liam in danger.
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Will walks over to me after putting my bag upstairs. He crosses his arms and simply stares at me with sadden eyes. "You alright there?" He asks me while placing his hand on my shoulder.
I flinch but my eyes carefully end up on his scared ones. "No. I'm fine. I promise. You're house is just too much." I try to joke and change the subject.
He chuckles. "Wait till you see the bedroom. It's beyond the best place in this whole house." He takes my hand softly as to not hurt me but I squeeze it tightly which feels normal and not like I did something wrong. We end up in my bedroom that is separated from Will's room. "This is the room that you'll be staying at. You don't really need that sweater so I'll just hang it up for you." He takes it off me at a weird angle which causes the watch to fall out of the pocket. He just stares at the watch on the ground while I burst out in tears. "Woah! I'm so sorry. Is this watch important?" He asks as he picks it up and carefully gives it to me.
"It belonged to Liam. He might be dead and I'm talking about him." I sniffle as Will walks over to me and embraces me tightly.
He slowly leans down and kisses my head. I look up and he smiles as his hand caresses my cheek. "You're very special to me Niall and you might think that I love you for doing all this for you and it's true! I love you Niall! I really do!" Will says and my heart explodes in a bajillion pieces.
I pull Will's face towards mine and kiss him slowly like he's a dangerous animal that might bite me if I don't take it slow. He closes his eyes and kisses me back. He kisses me deeper and bites my lip as I put my hands on his hair and make sure he's still making contact with me. I lean out of our make out session and finish it off by pecking his soft cheek. "I love you too and this has never happened to me before. No one has ever said those words to me except my older brother. It feels magical and Will I've never passed the first base before so I'm a bit new to this." I explain to him and he nods.
"Of course. I love you Niall." He says it again with more emotion than the last.
"I love you too William." I say as I feel a tug on my heart as if it's hope for Liam's love but I ignore it.
