Kiss Me

Juniper's POV
"June. . . Junie. . . Rose?" A soft voice coaxes me out of my slumber. I creak my eyes open to see Niall hovering over me with a weak smile on his face. He's newly clothed since our-- for lack of a better word-- encounter last night.
"Gotta get up, love. I already packed and we only have an hour and a half before the lads and I have to leave. I want to get coffee with you," He says, gently rubbing my bare shoulder.
I nod and start to sit up, then remember my current bare state and pull the covers over my chest.
"You have to get out so I can change," I mumble, rubbing my eyes with the hand that isn't holding the covers.
"Why? I saw you last ni--"
"I don't care. Go away," I shoo him off as he chuckles, shutting the door behind him.
I stand from the bed and throw on clean undergarments before checking myself in the mirror. I have a strange glow about me this morning, and I know it's not from the early hour or the fact that five of my best friends are leaving for two months.
I crane my head to see the love bite Niall left right under my jaw. Rolling my eyes, I pull my hair up in a messy bun, not really caring if anyone sees it. I throw on Niall's 5SOS tee shirt and black skinny jeans with my black converse. I throw my grey coat over it and walk out into the living room.
Niall is sitting on the couch, staring off into space. He always does that when he's trying not to think about something sad. Instead of telling him it'll be okay, I grab his hand, pulling him off the couch and leading him to the door. He wordlessly follows, holding the door open for me and then locking it behind us.
My hand slides into his as we make our way to our usual coffee shop. The late-February air bites lightly at my nose, the already fallen snow shuffling under our shoes. I hear a small sniffle coming from Niall and whip my gaze up to look at him just as a small tear falls. He wipes it away and I kiss the hand I'm holding, silently comforting him.
After ordering and taking our usual table, I curl up in my chair, playing with a piece of hair that had fallen from my messy bun and stare out the window at the snow.
"Junie," Niall says quietly. I slowly tear my gaze from the snow to him, only to have my heart clench at the sight of him. His eyes are pink from the withheld tears and his lip is slightly quivering. I can assume I look the same. I take his hand off the table and hold it in mine, pressing my lips together to keep from saying something that'll have us both in tears.
"I'm really gonna--" Niall starts, but I hold up my hand to stop him.
"Let's save it for home," I suggest, knowing that crying in public is the last thing we want to do.
Niall nods solemnly and takes quick sips of his coffee. I mirror his actions as my eyes dart to the entrance of the shop. A small crowd is forming, and a few have cameras.
I groan, getting Niall's attention, and then he groans, too.
"Time to go," Niall says, standing and offering me his hand. I take it and we make our way out of the shop and into the small crowd.
"Niall! How does it feel to be leaving for tour?!" One shouts.
"Is Ms. Kelly coming with you?" Shouts another.
"Do you trust her while you're gone?!"
"Do you really think you two can stay together?!"
"What if it doesn't work out?!"
"One of you is bound to cheat!"
I realize I'm crying when Niall wraps his arm around my shoulders and hurries me away from them and I can feel myself trembling. The people keep shouting and shouting and taunting us until we are running home. They stop chasing us after a while, when we are about a block from home. I continue to cry, as my fears had been vocalized by the crowd. I don't want him to go away. I want us to be together so we can stay together.
"We are NOT going to let them think they're right about us," Niall suddenly says, stopping our walking motion and grasping me by the shoulders. He is crying, too, and his blue eyes are shining with determination and love and rage. "They do not know what they're talking about. They do not know us and how stubborn we are. They don't know how we are together. They don't know how much we love each other."
I nod my head and kiss him swiftly, before we walk up the steps and open the apartment door.

"I dont want you to be going away," I say for the thousandth time as I watch Louis zip up his suitcase. Eleanor sits up against the headboard and twiddles her engagement ring around her finger, just listening to us.
"You and me both, kid," Louis responds, kissing my head as only a brother would and then kissing his fiance. Tears well up in her eyes, but she holds her composure and smiles at him. El and I are used to this going away. That does not mean it hurts less, we just know when to let the hurting happen. And that is usually after the boys have gone.
"Let's go say goodbye as a group, yeah?" Louis asks, receiving a nod from El and I, and then we follow him out to the living room.
Paul is taking the luggage out the door and down to the van for the boys. Maiya and Liam are tight in an embrace and I can see Maiya shaking. This is her first major boy-goodbye. Zayn and Perrie are whispering quietly. Perrie looks unshaken by the looming sadness, but I know that as soon as the guys leave, we'll all be crying messes.
Niall and Harry are standing near the door, looking at their shoes as they wait to leave. I walk quickly over to Harry and throw my arms around him. He tightens his grip on me and lets out a sad sigh.
"Come on, group hug," Niall says, wrapping himself around me and Harry, the rest of the group following in suit. We don't let go for a good thirty seconds.
"Come along, lads. Time to get going," Paul says slowly, tapping his watch.
Panicked sudddenly, I grab Niall's face and kiss him firmly, pulling back and looking in his eyes. "Call me," I say, smirking at him through my tears.
"You got it, hot-shot," He replies as a tear rolls down his face, even though he's smiling, too.
With final hugs to the rest of the boys and Paul having to pry Louis out of a hug with Eleanor and I, the boys are in the van. They roll down the windows and blow us kisses-- me placing Niall's right on my heart-- and in a few seconds, they've driven out of sight.

Notes

AYE
I updated.
Sorry I'm a day late. This surgery thing took a lot of energy. But here ya go!
Tears for the goodbyes.
I'll update again as soon as I get the chance!
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