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"What the bloody hell do you mean, restraining order?!" Niall cried, leaping up from the sofa away from Zayn, and sitting in the chair in the corner.

"Niall, honey," His mum chimed in, "I know this is hard, but Liam might take you away again, and we can't risk that."

"He wouldn't need to take me. I'd volunteer to go with him." Niall complained.

"Niall." Zayn growled.

Zayn had told Niall that they were visiting his parents today, and Niall was excited, however, now he wasn't so much.

"Do you agree with all this?" He asked his brother disbelievingly. Greg said nothing.

"Niall this is for your own good. Liam came out of jail the other day, and we can't risk him finding you." Zayn explained, slowly, as if Niall were four,

"Whatever." Niall sighed in agitation, "I'm going to the park."

He stood up and fled out the room, leaving the house, slamming the front door as he did so. Zayn got up and made a move to follow his boyfriend, but Greg stopped him at the door way of the lounge,

"Leave him. He needs time to process this. Trust him to be alone." Greg spoke sternly. Zayn frowned but sat back down on the sofa.

Tears were falling down Niall's face as he reached the park, and he could barely see. What he did know was that it was cold, and felt as though it was about to rain. The wind howled and shook the trees and Niall considered the fact that being outside was a bad idea.

"Are you alright?"

A familiar voice made Niall look up and wipe his tears on his sleeve. Liam stood there, looking down at him, a concerned expression on his face. His eyes widened when he realised it was Niall, and pulled the blonde into his arms. Niall cried quietly.

"What did he do Niall, did he hurt you?" Liam asked, letting the boy pull from his arms, and held him by his waist.

Niall shook his head, "T-they want a r-restraining order, a-against you, s-so we can't see each other." He fell back into Liam's arms and cried again.

Liam tightened his grip around Niall and rocked them side to side. "We'll find a way." Liam whispered into the blonde's hair, "Or we could run away?"

"No." Niall muttered into his lover's chest, "They'll think you've taken me again." Niall pulled out of the hug, "I missed you"

Liam smiled and kissed his nose, "I missed you too. Do you wanna go somewhere?"

Niall nodded and they began to walk, Liam taking Niall's hand in his and intertwining their fingers. It was still windy, and the howling gale cut through their hair ruthlessly.

"You wanna grab something to eat?" Liam asked as they left the park and headed down the road towards the town. The blonde shrugged,

"I guess so."

"Love cheer up. C'mon, as if a restraining order will stop us from seeing each other."

Niall said nothing in reply as they crossed the road towards a petite, cosy looking diner. Spots of rain began to fall onto the pavement.

"Ni. Please don't be sad. Why don't we get out of here, name a place and we'll go." Liam said as they reached the little diner, opening the door for Niall, who blushed and walked in as the small drizzle grew stronger and faster. Liam followed behind him, and shut the door as the clouds burst out into a heavy rain shower. Niall shuddered, causing Liam to frown and take off his jacket, laying it gently over Niall's shoulders.

Blushing again, Niall pulled the jacket tighter around himself and sighed, "Liam it isn't that simple, we can't just leave."

Liam guided to Niall to a vacant table and sat opposite him on the blue sofa-like chair. A typical feature of a diner, "But I want you to be safe, Ni, and you aren't safe near Zayn."

Niall shook his head and picked up the menu, opening and skimming through the choices, "I'm grateful you're trying to look out for me Liam, but honestly, I've managed these passed years, and I've survived."

"But he hurts you Ni. I hated sitting in my cell each day hoping and praying you were okay. Hoping he hadn't hurt you that much, that you were okay without me there to protect you."

Niall chuckled a little, turning the menu over to look at the choice if drinks, "I don't need a knight in shining armour Li."

Liam sighed, "I know Niall, but I felt so helpless, unable to save you from him."

Niall was about to answer when a waitress interrupted, "What can I get you gentlemen?" She asked, smiling, a little too much at Liam, flattering her false eye lashes. Niall grimaced and frowned.

"Um, I think I'll have a coke with a small beef burger and fries please." Liam answered, "What about you babe?" Liam asked, turning to Niall, a bright, loving grin on his face. Niall smirked watching the waitress' eyes widen as she realised her not-so-subtle flirting was totally pointless,

"Um, I think I'll have the same please." Niall replied, looking up at the waitress, a cheeky yet polite smile on his face.

"Is that everything?" She asked.

Liam nodded, "Yes thank you."

The woman walked away and Niall let out a laugh once she had slipped away into the staff kitchen with their orders. "Li she was into you."

Liam chuckled, "Well you know you're the only one I'm interested in." He said with a grin that made Niall's heart flutter.

"I know." He said with a smile slipping it's way onto his lips.

"You're cute when you're embarrassed." The brunette stated, reaching across the table to take Niall's hand in his. Niall giggled.

"Li." The blonde whined. Liam laughed,

"What?!" He exclaimed innocently.

"Your drinks." The same waitress from before spoke, causing the boys to jump a little. She placed the two glasses of coke on the table, taking them from the tray, before leaving.

"I don't think she likes us very much." Niall laughed softly.

Liam brought Niall's hands up to his lips and kissed Niall's fingers tenderly, "I don't care anyway." He said with a shrug, picking up his glass of coke with his other hand and taking a sip. He placed it carefully back on to the table and stared at Niall happily, "I love you."

Niall grinned and gently squeezed Liam's hand, "I love you too."

After their food, in which Liam insisted on paying (and Niall realised he couldn't argue because he'd left his wallet at home,) they left the small diner, and ventured back out in the rain. Niall wore Liam's jacket properly, and Liam smiled because the sleeves were just slightly too big. 

They held hands as they walked back to Niall's parents' house, in a slight hurry because of the rain, and there was a comfortable silence between them, which was covered by the pattering of the rain.

They reached the road in which Niall's house stood, and they stopped at the end of it. "We should say goodbye here, so no one knows I've seen you." Niall said softly.

"Okay." Liam turned to face Niall in the rain, "Can I have your number, so you can call if something bad happens?"

"Oh, Zayn doesn't let me use my phone." Niall sighed.

"How will I know you're okay?" Liam asked, a look of worry crossing his face.

"Hey, no news is good news yeah?" Niall replied, wrapping his arms around Liam's neck, "I love you."

"I love you too. Please come with me." Liam said, but Niall only shook his head, letting his face rest against the elder lad's shoulder. He felt Liam's lips press against his wet hair and he slowly looked up at him a light smile on his face.

"They say it's romantic to kiss in the rain." Niall whispered thoughtfully, looking into Liam's brown eyes.

Liam's hands fell to Niall's waist and he leaned in, pressing their foreheads together, "You want to see if it's true?" He murmured.

The blonde nodded slightly, unable to hide a shy smile, as Liam leaned down and pressed their lips together. It was as perfect as they could remember, but sweeter this time, and slower. They kissed for a few moments before pulling away.

"See you, Liam." Niall spoke softly, smiling slightly, before, pulling from his lover's hold and running back towards his parents' house.

He found the house key from his pocket and stepped in side, only to be welcomed into his brother's arms, "Ni, we were so worried why did you go out in that weather? Mum and Dad went out to find you. Look at you, you're soaking!"

Niall chuckled, "I'm fine."

"Whose jacket is that?" Zayn's voice snapped, as he stood up from the lounge and walked over to him.

Niall's eyes widened realising he had forgotten to give Liam's jacket back, "I erm, I bought it."

"Firstly, it's too big and secondly," Zayn felt into his pocket and pulled out  Niall's dark blue wallet, "I have your wallet. So, whose is it?"

Niall stepped back nervously, hitting the wall, "Um, I found it?"

Zayn snorted and lunged forward to Niall, pressing the blonde into the wall, "It's Liam's, isn't it?" He hissed, his breath falling against Niall's lips.

"Get off him." Greg growled, pulling the raven haired boy off of his brother, "You better watch it." Greg warned him, "If you dare hurt my little bro."

They stared at each other for a moment challengingly  before Zayn snickered and turned to Niall, "I hope you realise, that was the last time you will ever see him, before we get this restraining order." He said.

"You can't do that without my agreement." Niall said, only trying to convince himself,

"You're mentally ill, Niall, they can't take your opinion seriously." His boyfriend retorted, and oh, how Niall wished he could stop calling Zayn that.

Niall gaped for a moment, his heart breaking. He wasn't ill. A tear fell from his face before he shoved Zayn, hard in the chest and cried, before falling into his brother's arms.

"I think you should go." Greg hissed to Zayn.

Zayn glared at Greg before pulling Niall out of his arms and into his own, "Niall will come too." And Niall only nodded, shooting a helpless look towards his brother.

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Wow, that was lonnggggg. Poor Ni, but it has to go this way I'm sorry.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the niam and the length of this chapter.

Love you alll

Also, you may have noticed my new story announcement on my notice board, if not,   It's called Home and the first chapter should be up on the second of January. Niam are cousins in it, so it might not be for everyone and it is set in world war one. I'm really looking forward to it, so yeah, look out for that.

Again, I love you all, thanks for reading so far.

Please vote and comment, I love reading the comments. :)

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