Niall- You flopped down on the couch with a groan, tossing your keys onto the coffee table and closing your eyes. The sound of a ball hitting the window startled you out of your half sleep and you looked outside to see Niall bouncing a soccer ball on his knee. Whenever you got home from work, if he was here, Niall was playing in the backyard with his soccer ball. You loved the sport almost as much as him and always wanted desperately to run outside and join him in the game while the sun set; but you never had the energy to do anything besides make Niall and yourself dinner and then sit down to watch a movie with him before bed. You closed your eyes again and began to drift off once more when the sound of the back door closing woke you. "Hey, (Y/N)." Niall's cheery voice made you smile and you waved from your relaxed position on the couch. "Want to come kick the ball around with me?" You almost said yes but decided against it when you accidentally pulled the blanket off of the back of the couch and it fell on top of your body. It wasn't as big of a deal as what Niall did, but being a personal trainer and shopper for a handful of high profile people was definitely exhausting. "No thanks, babe. I had a long day at work." He groaned and you opened one eye when you felt his body fall onto the back of the couch to see he was leaning on it, hovering his face over yours. "You always have a long day at work." he pointed out and you didn't deny it. Monday, Wednsday and Friday you were out of the house at six in the morning and you didn't get back until 5:30 at night, sometimes even six depending on traffic. "I'm sorry but-" you began but Niall cut you off, not hearing your apology over the ball he was kicking against the wall. "I'm only dating you because you love soccer and you won't even play" he teased and you smiled up at him, shrugging but he continued "Amy used to always play with me, even when we were teenagers and she had gotten back from Volleyball practice and she had homework she would still come over and play a game with me if I asked her to. You know she was great like that, full of energy and stuff you probably would really like her." at his words you found the motivation to push the blanket onto the floor and stand up, shooting Niall a glare. "Great, since you're up you should come and play with me." He exclaimed and you almost forgot about how rude he had been, even if it wasn't on purpose, he needed to learn that not having a filter between his brain and his mouth had consquences. "I told you I wasn't in the mood, not just for soccer but also not for your shit." He stepped back a little bit, surprised by your tone of voice "but I'm sure Amy would love to come play with you, because she's just great like that." with that you spun on your heel, picking up your keys and shoes and storming up the stairs; leaving a very confused Niall wondering what he had done wrong.
Liam- "Look at how cute that puppy is" Liam's voice raised an octive while he pointed to the puppy trotting gleefully towards you guys, tugging it's owner along even though it was very small. You stepped back when it stopped in front of Liam and you, praying that it wouldn't touch you with it's cold and probably wet nose. Liam, however, crouched down and began petting its head and scratching it's body, causing the small, bug eyed thing to stick it's tongue out while it's tail wagged a mile a minute. "Aren't you precious?" Liam's voice still had the same baby-talk tone it held when he pointed it out "What's his name?" He looked up at the old woman walking it and she smiled down at Liam and then up at me "Fluffly" you rolled my eyes at the name at the same time Liam praised the woman on her creativity. "Well we better get going, I told my husband I would be going for a quick walk and I've already been gone for almost an hour." She gasped after taking a glance at her watch and you let out a sigh of relief as Liam said goodbye. He took your hand and began walking through the small and nearly empty park. "Why didn't you pet him? He was so soft." Liam gushed and you laughed at how your buff boyfriend was head over heels for a puppy dog. "I don't know." You shrugged, deciding to keep your slight hatred and fear of dogs, and nearly any furry animal, to yourself for a while longer. "He reminded me a bit of Loki." at the mention of his and Danielle's dog you tried not to pull your hand away from his, as if you didn't like dogs enough but the fact that his favorite one he owned with his ex-girlfriend made you a little jealous of the gorgeous dancer he once loved. "Of course he wasn't as cute as him though, Dani and I raised a fine looking dog. I think you would really love him. Danielle loves animals, which is part of why we chose to get him in the first place. She just has a thing with them, you know? She loves all animals and all the animals love her." you wanted to shove you hands over your ears to block out what he was saying "I guess she is pretty lovable though. She loves cuddling and she's always so gentle so I can definitely see why animals are attracted to her. You don't have that way that she does." He drug out the 'way' and you stopped walking but he didn't seem to take any care to it when he stopped as well and turned to face you "maybe if we got a pet together then you would fine your way with them like Dani has." He smiled at his idea and you almost dropped your jaw out of complete shock to how stupid he was being, instead you said nothing about what he was doing and instead forced a smile and nodded "Maybe." He reached for your hand again as you began walking forward but you slid them into you pockets and took a small side step away from his touch "Are you alright?" he asked, and you could feel his eyes on you but instead of looking back you nodded, and kept your eyes ahead of you "I would like to go home if that's okay with you." before he could answer you turned around and started walking the other way, back home.
