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"So you like him but you're scared to because you've never liked a guy before?" Zayn had finally dropped Liam off at Niall's house where he proceeded to tell Niall his problem as soon as Zayn left. 

As much as Liam has been giving everything a try, he's still afraid of every possible outcome. Sometimes he'd let his confused feelings slide and he'd just go with it. He'd say things he wouldn't have normally said, and he does things he doesn't normally do.

But he can't keep holding off his feelings. He needs to make up his mind, needs to know what exactly he's doing. He wants to like Zayn, he's already come to terms with that. He knows that he has tended to miss Zayn at times, and he knows that he has some affection for him. But what he doesn't know is how to put all that to use. He doesn't know how to act around Zayn anymore. Basically, he needs help.

Niall is confused as well. All this time, he had thought that Liam was gay. How could he not be? He kissed him, almost had sex with him too, and here he is talking about how he's afraid to have feelings for a guy.

If Niall would have known that Liam was straight, he would have never have bothered to try to kiss him, or go further. And then he thinks about it and thinks that maybe he would have. Point is, Niall is just as confused as Liam. He tries not to show it but when Liam nods to his earlier question, Niall can't help the answer that come tumbling out of his mouth.

"But you kissed me. You-I-we...never mind." Awkward tension starts to fill the air, suffocating both Niall and Liam. Liam doesn't want there to be awkwardness, he just wants answers. So, he tries to continue on with the conversation, cutting the tension with a knife and dicing it up until it's in tiny pieces.

 "So yeah..I just don't know what to do, I mean I don't know how to act or anything." Niall could sense Liam was trying to get back on track so he tried to resume with what they were saying beforehand.

"Well, have you ever been in a relationship at all? And just like that, all the tension and awkwardness what gone with just one question.

Of course Liam had been in a relationship before. He had been in plenty of relationships, though they were all with girls. And his last one...well that hadn't ended up so well. But besides that, his relationships were pretty normal, he was still just trying to find the right one. 

He didn't know where Niall was going with this though. He's only had experience with girl and girls only, what does this have to do with a guy? Does he mean if Liam has been in a relationship with a guy before?

"Of course I have, but only with girls."

Though Niall had realized why Liam had said the whole girl part, he remained calm. He only hoped that Liam didn't think being gay was a bad thing. He hoped Liam wasn't homophobic and therefore the reason he was scared to like a guy. 

"Liam, you do realize that gay relationships are just the same as a relationship between a woman and a man right? There's really no difference, just as you would act with a girl, you would act with a guy. Just use your past experience and you'll know what to do with Zayn. There's no specific way to act just because you're moving on to a different gender."

And finally, Liam understood. He threw an apologetic glance at Niall because he probably offended him with his statement, and then he thanked him. This is all he wanted, to get answers from someone, to talk to someone. He was thankful Zayn hadn't made him just talk to him instead, otherwise Liam wouldn't have been able to ask anything. It would have been too humiliating.

"Thanks, really." "No problem." Now he just had to wait for Zayn to get here.

-

Zayn and Harry had gone back to their regular friendship and joking ways. As soon as Harry came over, they wasted no time in getting to conversing. Not about Zayn's plan but just about anything in particular.

They watched television and joked in ways that they used to and both of them seemed happy. They were shoving each other playfully and just down right looked like little children when Zayn remembered what he was supposed to be talking about. Not that he only invited Harry for just that but he still need everything to be fixed. He stopped midway of shoving Harry.

"So you're single right?" Harry seemed confused for only a second.

"Yeah..Is this about the whole 'meeting someone' thing because I really don't want to meet someone I don't know all that we-"

"Listen Harry, trust me. It's not like he's a serial killer or anything."

"How do you know that? He could have someone locked up in his home for all you know!" Zayn gave him a look. "Oh right..my point is Zayn, I'm not really sure if I'm ready for a relationship right now."

And Zayn didn't even care. His plan was going to work whether Harry wanted it to or not. He wanted to fix everything, and he meant everything. So, one way or another, he was going to convince Harry to go through with it. He didn't have much time left anyway. He needed to pick Liam up from Niall's place.

"Harry.. You trust me right?"

"Yeah, man, but I-"

"Ok, so trust me on this, I know the guy, he's practically my other best mate. He's really nice, Handsome too, you'll like him, really."

Harry sighed. It wasn't like he didn't trust Zayn, but he really wasn't ready for a relationship. He didn't want it going wrong and then him ending up in the same position he is now. But then again, he had this feeling that things would go right, either that or he was still hungry. He decided he would go for it, just to make Zayn happy.

"Fine, When do I get to meet him?"

"Now." 

What? "Now?"

"Now."

-

Liam heard a knock on the door, making both him and Niall jump. Even though they had been expecting Zayn for awhile, they had gotten so deep in conversation that the knock seemed so abrupt.

When niall opened the door, he really wasn't expecting there to be another guy with Zayn. And if he was being honest, he really didn't mind. Not when the guy looked like....well, that. He was practically Sex on legs and Niall wished he had bothered so dress nicely and fix his hair. He bet he looked like a ogre in the midst of all these handsome people.

"Hey, you must be..." Harry waited for the blonde man to finish the sentence with his name, though either he died on the spot or he was caught in some trance that Harry didn't know about. Zayn smacked his cheek lightly, cause the lad to shake his head, curse lightly and then ask what Harry had said.

"Your name?"

"Oh yeah, Niall." What a great way for him to introduce himself. Might as well have drooled to add to his mix of embarrassment.

"I'm Harry." And in that moment, niall didn't know what to do with his life. Everything about this man was perfect, especially his voice that seemed way too deep for his appearance. He stood there for a while, his mind completely blank, until Zayn shoved pat him to go to Zayn and Harry let himself in awkwardly. He shut the door and ran to his room, planning on looking his best for the stranger who just entered his home.

Zayn could sense that his plan was working, well for Niall anyways. But he could tell that Harry didn't think Niall was completely horrible. Despite Niall's awkwardness, Zayn could tell that Harry thought Niall was..hot. And he knows Harry will never admit it, but it was enough for him to work with.

In the meantime, Niall came back only moments later looking better than what he did than when they first saw him. Zayn took that moment to leave them be. He took Liam's hand, and led him to the door where they politely let themselves out and went home. 

Though he didn't fail to notice that Liam intertwined their fingers together so that they were properly holding hands. He also noticed that Liam kept it that way until they were home completely.

Liam finally had control of his feelings. And now that he did, he had a massive crush on Zayn and this time, he wasn't afraid to admit it.

In fact, Liam realized that he had a plan of his own.