Chapter 8:Heart
A/N: Niall is in BOLD; Liam is Italicized.
He held Niall tight in his arms, rubbing his thumb against his swollen jaw line.
Liam had called an ambulance, never letting go of his lover even when the paramedics came he held tight to him. He never wanted to be away from him again, he could protect him.
He could protect him.
" I have to.. I'm all he has now."
No longer could he bare seeing his boyfriend hurt. He cared too much.
Niall had suffered 6 different bone fractures, two fractures in each leg, one on his left arm two broken fingers and a broken nose.
The boy was under sedation and heavily bandaged.
Even with the meds taking away some of the pain, it hurt to move. It even hurt to breathe.
It was ridiculous, why couldn't the world just accept who he was? He hadn't done anything wrong to deserve this. He loved a boy the same way a man loves a woman. Who's to say that there's something wrong with that?
Then to almost kill him, over something he couldn't control was beyond him.
It made him realize how dangerous it is to be who he is.
He could eventually another body laying cold on the ground and he'd have no say in it.
Liam would try to protect him, but they'd both end up getting hurt in the end.
He hated it, it made his blood boil and his heart rate rise at an alarming rate.
But he Niall knew that there was a silver lining to every cloud, someday this hate will end. Then he could live freely without having to hide his love.
Liam made him feel safe, he always was there for him.
His face always radiant when they stared at each other.
And as he opened his eyes he was greeted to the most beautiful brown eyes in the world.
"Goodmorning, are you feeling better?"
Niall gave him a weak grin and nodded.
He had lied to him, to make him happy. It actually felt like his lungs were on fire.
Liam hesitated at first. He placed a kiss on his lover's forehead while trying not to inflict any pain accidentally.
"I'm sure you want to know with what happened with your father, right?"
Niall's pupils constricted.
" The hospital had called the authorities and they have him in custody- they want to ask you some questions about the incident later today. Are you okay with that?"
He didn't respond.
"I know, it's hard right now. But we'll get through this"
Liam grabbed Niall's free hand; but Niall jerked it away from him.
He looked away.
"...Babe?"
Niall was scared of reliving the horror, but he was more afraid of Liam getting hurt.
He was feeding him lies, he knew that every moment they spend together they ran a risk of getting killed.
It was Inevitable.
" Don't you see? The more we are together. The more we act like what we are is okay in society we have a higher chance of dying. You should've seen that by now"
Niall was right, but he didn't care. He loves him and love conquers all.
" Nialler, I love you. That's all that matters. We'll get through the dark times. Together"
He wasn't stupid, he knew the consequences of being with each other. Although he feared for his life after what happened recently being with his boyfriend made it better. His obnoxious laugh always lit up a room. His gorgeous blue eyes, and amazing physique.
There was nothing wrong with loving that, people are just ignorant.
But he had to stay strong for Niall, so he wouldn't be afraid of being with him.
"I'm just gonna go take a nap, i'll be right over there okay?"
He nodded.
Liam tried to fit onto a visitor's chair as comfortably as he could but ended up just resting his head against the back of the seat.
There he saw it, rose petals lying upon a long white carpet leading up to an altar.
Family members lined the rows of chairs and clapping with happiness.
Then he saw Niall, he wore a silky black tuxedo with a red bowtie.
His eyes glistened they exchanged their vows to each other.
Niall was utterly gorgeous, his cheeks a rosy color and smiling the biggest he'd ever seen him smile.
They had come so far in such a short time, and now they stood there saying their " I do's" and sealing it with a righteous kiss.
Then he saw himself in amazing home, as he heard the laughter of a small child.
"Daddy! Daddy! Look what I drew!"
They had a daughter.
He looked at the sheet of paper, the drawing was of a cow on a green pasture eating grass.
Above the drawing she had written, "Leanna Marie Payne" and her e's were crooked.
" It's beautiful lea. Just like you"
Lea let out a happy smile as she hugged her daddy.
"I'm going to play on the swings okay?"
He gave her a thumbs up as she went scurrying away into the backyard.
Niall had seen her lea and picked her up by the waist and swung her around.
He had a was married to the most amazing man in his life, he had a beautiful daughter who loved them very much.
Life got better tenfold after all their hardships. They just had to be patient.
He awoke from his slumber by a the sound of running.
The doctor and his assistants were surrounding Niall.
"What's going on?"
"He stopped breathing" one of the nurses said.
"What do you mean he stopped breathing? Help him please!"
"We're trying sir, please just calm down!"
It was no use trying to argue with people who were trying to help.
They placed an Electronic defibrillator on the boy in hopes of getting his heart started again.
It wasn't working at all.
Liam was frantic, he was in tears and sobbing like a madman.
After what he'd saw in his dream he didn't want it to end like this.
In the dream they were married, they had a beautiful daughter and this was what was going to take Niall away from him.
This couldn't be happening! He only had a few broken bones and some major swelling.
Had there been something else? Something that the doctors missed.
Why wasn't he breathing?
The once rosy cheeks of the beautiful irish boy were now a pale blue.
He had almost lost all circulation to his brain.
There was a loud gasp.