Contracts and Downfalls.
AU Niam FanFic with Hints of Larry and Zouis.

By Sudo Outrage.

A/N: I do NOT own One Direction, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson or Zayn Malik all work published in this story is fiction and purely for the entertainment of FanFic readers.
I must severely apologise for the lack of updates I haven't posted in so long and I am really sorry, the unfortunate thing is I've been really ill having been diagnosed with cancer as well as being diagnosed with type one diabetes so I'm now dependant upon insulin daily and there are few days I feel human at all recently. Thank you so much to those of you who are following and favouriting and most of all to you guys who review for me Once again many apologies and I will try and get back into posting and updating regularly, sorry –Sudo x
Warning!
This fan fiction contains Boy-x-Boy pairing, Violence, Self-Harming and ideologically sensitive material, if you are opposed to any of the above please do not continue reading any further.

Prologue.
I Am Liam James Payne.
Born the 29th of August 1993 Originally from Wolverhampton. Born with a Dysfunctional and Scarred Kidney which made a mess of the earlier years of my life.
I am 20 years of age the date is August 14th 2014.

I'm still trying to work this out but it's proving more difficult.
I don't know how to get out of this easily, not without putting people I love at risk.
Fuck.

Chapter 7: Veracities.

It was early the next morning before my eyes opened again. I felt groggy this morning and my craving for a cigarette was greater than normal this morning. I glanced down quickly at Niall's sleeping face. I could get used to waking up like this minus the cravings for nicotine. I leant over gingerly and picked up my cigarettes from the bedside table, quickly I removed a cigarette from the packet and lifted it to my lips lighting it swiftly as I inhaled deeply. I wanted to stretch really badly and I had contemplated it but despite the fact I had no intentions of disappearing from Niall's apartment this morning, I didn't want to chance waking him. I knew for an almost certain fact he took longer than me to get to sleep and if I woke him at this hour of the morning he wouldn't be too obliging.
I leant back into the soft pillows inhaling another deep drag of my cigarette as I used my free hand to rub the back of my neck lightly. My neck was becoming more and more of a pain in the mornings and my shoulder was as stiff as a steel girder this morning, I must have slept on it again.
My hand had miraculously found its way to Niall's hair, Tousling and toying with the soft golden locks as I contemplated my morning thoughts. I really needed a coffee now, I realised, as my mouth grew dryer with every consecutive inhalation of my cigarette.
Niall's stirred slightly and groaned as I leant over to stub my cigarette out in the ashtray.
"What time is it?" Came nails gritty morning voice.
"Nearly six." I said quietly down to him wrapping my arm around his waist pulling his half-wakened form closer into my side.
"Unf." Came his reply as he pushed his face into my chest in a futile attempt to block out the brightening morning light from his eyes.
"I need to get up." I said softly placing a kiss on the top of Niall's head.
"You're not leaving are you?" Niall questioned looking up squinting at me through the bright streams of light. I shook my head lightly.
"I need a stretch and I need coffee." Niall huffed a large sigh and rolled over sitting up.
"You don't have to get up you can go back to sleep I know its still early."
"I may have to work today yet. I might as well get up now." He muttered standing quickly.
"Coffee?" he turned looking down at me as he made his way to the bedroom door.
"Would be amazing." I said shooting a smile across at him. Truth be told no one makes me smile not the way Niall makes me smile and certainly not at this hour of the morning.
I stood up and stretched thoroughly moving my right shoulder around in circles trying to ease away some of the stiffness in it.
I reached for my phone checking it quickly for no reason I knew I hadn't been called or received any messages last night. If I had it would almost certainly have woken me up.
I sent Zayn a quick message.

Need to speak to you today, meet me later? – Liam x

I slid my phone into my pocket and crossed the room quickly to the bathroom rinsing my mouth out with some cold water quickly. I bit the inside of my cheek lightly as I looked up into the mirror. I shook my head supressing the thoughts inside my mind and walked back into the bedroom.
Niall was sat on the bed quietly two steaming mugs of coffee sat beside him on the nightstand. I froze instantly as I noticed my clothes pile had moved from the floor and was now sat on the bed beside Niall. The loaded Glock lying on the floor at Niall's feet. His eyes fixed on the weapon he hadn't noticed me re-enter the room yet.
I had no idea what to say I couldn't even think of an excuse for the weapon yet so I just stood there frozen in time as my mind raced.
Niall turned slowly his eyes landing directly on mine those big Azul blue eyes staring into my soul.
"I thought I should move your clothes so I didn't spill coffee on them…" He said almost contemplating his sentence as it came from his mouth.
I still couldn't speak yet. I knew I shouldn't have chanced brining the weapon but I knew I had to. In the end it was a lose/lose situation from the word go.

"I need to ask now because you can't un-see what you've seen." He continued.
"Why do you have this?" he questioned his eyes never moving from mine his head nodding slightly to the discarded weapon.
I sucked in a deep breath and picked my words carefully.
"It's…a necessity." I said carefully, moving over to where Niall was sitting slowly.
Niall's gaze became confused as I reached to pick up the weapon placing it on the bedside table.
"A necessity for what?" he said his eyes flickering across to the Glock again.
"For work." I said which was the truth but a digression of what it was actually for.
"You need a gun for work?" Niall said his gaze questioning as I reached for my shirt pulling it on quickly.
"Yes." I replied simply sitting down next to Niall on the bed.
"Okay…" Niall looked down to his lap as I reached for my coffee taking a sip slowly my body tense and full of adrenaline.
"What is it you do…like for work?" Niall questioned looking over to me again. I bit the inside of my cheek this had been what I was avoiding.
"And please don't lie to me…" Niall added. Fuck.
"I can't tell you…" I said trying my best to avoid this.
"You can't tell me?" Niall questioned both his eyebrows raised at me. I could hear the dis-belief in his voice quite clearly but I was ignoring it.
"It will put you in danger if I tell you. A lot of danger." I said which again wasn't an un-truth but a digression although if I chose to tell Niall everything now it would send him running and it would really put him in danger if I couldn't catch him to keep him protected.
He breathed out a loud sigh.
"Did you really have to bring that in here with you though?"
"Yes." I said placing my coffee mug down.
"I have to take it everywhere with me most of the time." I said thoughtfully as I pulled my hip holster around my waist tightening the buckles up.
"Do you want me to go? I can see how this may make you feel awkward." Truthfully I was praying he would say no and that it didn't matter but I knew that was a slim chance.
"I don't want you to go no… but this bothers me." Niall said biting his lip as he played with the edge of the bed sheets. I nodded a little and leaned over to him pulling his face round so I could look into his eyes.
"I'm sorry, I don't want to ever hurt you. You saved my life and I don't want to put you in danger." I whispered before kissing his lips gently. How ironic were the words coming from my mouth. They were true but ironic all the same.
"I guess I know that." Niall replied and wrapped his arms around me I smiled and pulled him into my lap holding him close.
"I need to go and meet my friend in a bit." I said nudging his cheek with my nose gently.
"Can I come too?" Niall asked pleading silently with his eyes.
"Not this time I'm afraid…" I started but quickly re-thought my decision half on the fact his face saddened visibly but more for the fact I suddenly realised it would be an awful idea to leave Niall here on his own.
"Actually, you can come… but I will need five minutes with my friend privately."
"It's fine, I'll wait in the car." Niall said brightly. It was dangerous to take Niall to Zayn's and put Zayn at risk as well but there was no chance in hell I could work this out myself.
"Okay do you wanna go get some breakfast cause I'm really hungry and I don't really have anything to eat in the house."
"No, I'm good thanks though, you can get something if you want?" I was too on edge to eat today I slipped the Glock back into the holster at my hip quietly as I planted a kiss on Niall's shoulder.
"You haven't eaten since yesterday." Niall complained looking down at me with a small glare.
"I don't eat a lot." Was my simple reply. I knew it had been to long since I had last eaten and it would soon start to catch up to me but at the rate and speed which my stomach was churning right now I highly doubted anything I ingested would stay down for any great amount of time.
Niall was giving me the best sceptical look I think he knew how.
"Honestly, I'm fine." I leant forward pressing a small if somewhat awkward kiss to his lips. The smile he gave me was half-hearted if anything but he nodded and proceeded to pull his top on picking up his phone from the dresser and looking back across at me.
"I'm still making you come to breakfast with me I hope you're aware of this."
I shook my head and laughed lightly.
"I had figured as much." I responded picking up my phone and my wallet including my car keys as I passed them.

"Where would sir like to dine this morning." I smirked as he shoved my shoulder playfully.
"I think since its actually before 10:30 you should take me for McDonalds breakfast." I raised my eyebrows lightly the thought of all that over processed food did nothing for the building nausea in my stomach.
"McDonalds it is. Just don't think for any second that I'm going to eat anything from there." Niall snorted and laughed.
"Health freak?" he enquired after he had stopped laughing.
"No I just don't like the idea of food laden with grease." I replied opening the passenger door of my car for Niall.

It was a short journey down to the local morning café but I enjoyed the small talk I was making with Niall this morning after the prior events it seemed it hadn't fazed him at all.
"So what would you like for breakfast?" I asked contemplating actually eating something as the scents of the hot food filled my nostrils as we crossed the threshold of the McDonalds.

"Oh no, no, no, no. You're not paying for me to eat." Niall glowered at me slightly. "I have my own money. I got paid today." He said waving a payslip in my face.
"I get paid more." I smirked towards him.
"Humph. Still not paying for me."
"Fine, fine." I said smiling down at him lightly.
"Okay go find a table and wait for me and I'll get food okay? Are you sure you don't want anything?"
"Just a coffee." I replied as I made my way across to a booth seat in the corner making perfectly sure that I could see Niall and the front doors to the restaurant.
My phone buzzed loudly on the table. I hesitated before I reached to pick it up.

Yeah we need a chat, my place 12? x – Zayn

How I hoped Harry wouldn't be there admitting the past couple of days events to Zayn would be hard enough without Harry trying to eavesdrop our conversation and being a hyperactive bouncy-ball.
I needn't reply to Zayn he should be aware by now that I will be there at the time he asked.
I looked up as Niall re-appeared and was mildly astonished by the sheer amount of food on the tray he was carrying there must have been at least four meals there.
"I told you I'm not eating anything from here." I said glancing from the tray to Niall's face.
Niall on the other hand almost buckled with laughter.
"What makes you think I got you anything other than your coffee, which by the way." He giggled placing a coffee cup in front of me.
"You owe me £1.19 for."
"You're not honestly going to eat all that yourself are you?" I enquired with a small smile brushing off the comment about me owing him £1.19 for.
"So who is your friend we're going to see today then?" Niall looked up from the fries he was shovelling into his mouth as he spoke.
"Just an old friend of mine, we go way back." I lied flawlessly sipping the hot coffee slowly, drumming my fingers along the edge of the cheap plastic table in the restaurant.
Of course it was a complete lie, I had known Zayn for only 2 Years or so since he had taken over the distribution of contracts from another friend of mine. Not that, that information was of any relevance, but the less Niall knows right now the better just in-case things turn sour quickly. I really needed a cigarette at this point having not had once since being at Niall's apartment, on the downside of this, it meant leaving Niall alone in public. You would have thought that the idea of being seen in the act of murder would put a lot of contracted hit men off, this I knew was a complete load of bollocks. There was always the one rookie trying to cut his teeth and getting to caught up in the thrill of their first job that would end up doing something monumentally stupid.
This is why, my reputation preceded me, not only was I the youngest assassin in the UK, I was also the only one to have, until this point in time, not screwed up a job.
This was a first for me and although it really had no effect to my feelings, my reputation was already going to be suffering big time for this one.
Plus, Zayn was definitely going to flip his lid when I show up at his with nobody other than my mark.
Mulling this all over in my head at a time like this was doing my nicotine cravings any good.
"Earth to Liam, Liam… LEEE-YUUU-MMMMMM." Niall Repeated my name flailing his arms around aimlessly in front of me trying to get my attention. Obviously.
"Sorry." I answered before glancing over at the clock on the wall.
"We should probably head, my friend will get mad if I'm late meeting him."
"Do I have time to get desert?" Niall whined looking over the table with his adorable puppy-dog eyes. I felt a small twinge in the corner of my mouth a smile again. I shook my head with a small laugh and then nodded.
"Sure, but you'll have to eat in the car on the way."
"No problem." Niall practically squealed before bounding back over to the counter in search of more food. I took this as an opportunity and stepped outside of the restaurant lighting a cigarette as I lent against the side of my Audi.
As I inhaled my cigarette deeply I found myself wondering how I was going to explain any of this to Zayn.
I knew that Zayn would freak out at first but I knew he wouldn't do anything to harm Niall, at least certainly not in front of me and if Harry was there it would be a curse and a blessing.
I'm fully aware of the fact that Harry is well aware of what I do and what he supplies me vehicles for, this however is where his knowledge ends.
Harry being Harry is bouncy and hyper but a lot of the time it was a façade and his never-ending confidence is just a show he puts on.
Zayn and myself are both aware of this and, that is why he has never been allowed to witness any of the jobs or any actions I perform whilst working.
I know Harry cares, and this is why we shield him, he wouldn't be able to deal with actually witnessing me kill someone.
This much was apparent. Harry, was like a porcelain doll beautiful to look at wondrous to have around you and amazing if you had him in your life, but like a porcelain doll, he's fragile and his confidence and ego is painted like a doll's face, scratch at it gently and it falls off but it doesn't replace itself. Having him witness the acts I perform would shatter him and I really don't know how easy it would be to put him back together if that were even possible.
I looked up as I noticed Niall exiting the McDonalds store.
"Hey." He greeted me his hands full of food again. I shook my head slightly at the sheer amount of food this boy seemed to be able to consume.
"Are, you really going to be able to eat all of that again?"
Niall looked like he was about to collapse of laughter.
"You really don't know me all that well." His cheeky smile returned to his face his eyes had an almost content glint in them.
"Okay then, your car awaits." I said quickly opening the passenger side door so he could get in. this actually earned me a slight blush from his pale Irish face.
Once Niall had slid into the seat I closed the door gently and walked to the other side to get in myself.
Now lets see how Zayn takes this, I thought to myself as I headed out of the car park and along the motorway towards Zayn's apartment.