It Ended With An "Oops" And "Hi"

Date Published: Friday, September 16th, 2016

Word Count: 2452

Song: Me and My Broken Heart by Rixton

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Sunday, July 17th, 2016

2:37am

Harry groaned when he heard the sound of his phone ringing. The soft ringtone wasn't that loud, but since he was a light sleeper, it woke him up instantly. He slowly opened his eyes, and peered over at the alarm clock on his bedside table.

"Who fucking calls someone at 2:37am?" Harry grumbled to himself, but nonetheless, reaching for his phone.

"Hello?" He asked, his voice groggy from just waking up. The poor lad was so tired that he didn't even check who was calling him.

"Jose browe uwah wid meh," was all Harry heard when he answered the phone. The sound of loud sobs immediately followed.

Harry pulled the phone away from his ear in confusion, checking to see who the mysterious voice was. Apparently, the crying person on the other end of the line was Niall.

"Niall? Is that you?" Harry asked, still not sure what was going on.

"Ye- he, he," Niall couldn't continue his sentence, and burst into another round of sobs.

"Mate, open your window," Harry said, before hanging up the phone and tossing it onto his bed.

He stood up, much more alert than he was two minutes ago. He was worried for his best friend, and didn't know what to do. Without another thought, Harry jogged over to his window and pulled it up, relieved to see that Niall had already opened his window.

The two boys were neighbours, which is how they met in the first place. Whenever they needed to get to each other quickly, one lad just went out through their window, and came in through the other's.

Harry climbed out his window, and jumped over the small gap between the two roofs. He shivered when he was hit with a cold gust of wind, and crawled into Niall's room, shutting the window behind him.

"Niall?" Harry called out quietly. He heard loud cries coming from somewhere in the room, but it was too dark to make anything out.

Harry reached for the light switch, and when he turned it on, he felt his heart shatter. On the middle on his bed, Niall was hugging his pillow, with tears streaming down his face. His expression could only be described as devastated, his hair was a mess, and his eyes were red. Harry wasted no time rushing to Niall's side and pulling him into a hug.

"Just let it all out," Harry said, knowing that Niall wasn't in any state to be talking.

After a few minutes of the blonde lad crying in Harry's arms, Niall finally pulled away, sniffling. Harry quickly got up and went into Niall's closet, grabbing the stuffed penguin that had been the Irish lad's comfort item since he was young. He brought it back to his friend, who smiled at him gratefully, before squeezing the life out of the poor penguin.

"You wanna talk about it?" Harry asked. Niall took a deep breath and nodded, tears filling his eyes again.

"Josh broke up with me," Niall said, a tear slipping out of his eye and sliding down his cheek.

"I'm sorry Nialler," Harry whispered, wrapping an arm around him. He didn't know what to say, he just knew that Niall needed a friend at the moment.

"I should've seen it coming. He's hot, he's bi, he's like the total package," Niall wailed.

"Niall, as much as I hate to say it, long distance relationships are hard," Harry admitted.