Third Person's POV

"I saw Niall kissing Josh in the locker room yesterday."

These words were circulating around Liam's, Louis's, Harry's, and Zayn's heads all day long. How could Niall do this to them? They were all in a relationship, but no one knew about it, so when one of their mates at school told them about Niall's dirty deed, he didn't know that he was basically telling his boyfriends that the faux blonde boy cheated on them. But what they didn't know, that this guy knew about them, and wanted to break them apart, or at least make them break up with Niall. He's always felt a dislike towards the Irish man.

They avoided Niall at all expenses throughout the entire day, and even shrugged him off when he attempted to greet them at their shared classes.

Niall was left clueless at his boyfriends' bizarre attitude. What was going on? He decided to question them once they all go home.

The school day flies by, and Niall's mind is still occupied by his boyfriends' weird antics. He racked his mind in thoughts that maybe he has done something to upset them, but he came out with nothing.

When he finally reached home, he was relieved to find them all there.

"Hi boys." He greeted them quietly. To his surprise, they gave him a look of disgust, then turned around in sync and left the living room. Niall's heart clenched in sadness. He must've done something to make them all upset like that. All his insecurities came rushing back. None of the boys knew that, but Niall suffered from depression once upon a time; it was basically because he felt inadequate, or more specifically to him, a fuck up. So when his boyfriends gave him the same looks his old school bullies did, he couldn't help but let all the pain he's ever felt, hit his body like a tidal wave.

He managed to fuck it up with the only people he cared about, they were his entirety, and he deeply upset them. It wasn't like their usual arguments, this one was serious, and it was his fault, not Louis's, like usual.

He went up to the guest room, he was sure they wouldn't want him sleeping with them. He curled up into a ball on the bed, and let the waterworks explode. He cried because he vowed to himself he wouldn't upset them, because they hated him, because of the look of disgust they gave him, because he was a fuck up, because the pain he thought has finally left him, made an appearance again, finally because he didn't know what he actually did.

Harry excused himself to sleep because he was feeling exhausted. On his way to their room, he heard sobs emitted from the guest room, and labeled them as Niall's. His heart ached at the sound of him, and he oh so desperately wanted to go in and hold him, but he couldn't do that; Niall cheated on them.

He reluctantly passed Niall's current residence, and went to their room. As he laid in bed, he thought about the words they heard today. It wasn't in Niall to do something like that, out of all of them, he was the most affectionate, meaning he showed his love to them the most, so why would he do something like that. The puzzle pieces weren't fitting.

More days passed and Niall's self-hate worsened. His boys were avoiding him even more if that were possible. It was like, he never meant anything to them. Niall just didn't know what he did, and his subconscious convinced him that they finally saw how worthless he is, and them being so kind, decided to just ignore him until he left, instead of straight out breaking up with him. Niall thought that if they broke up with him, it would've been somehow better, because he has to see them acting all sweet with each other, and he's just standing in their shadows, watching. But then again, he would've suffered similar if not the same pain.

Who would've thought that Niall Horan could lose his appetite, and that's what Harry also noticed. He barely came down for food anymore, and over the past few days, it's been lowered down to not eating at all. Harry's heart ached for the blonde, and he knew he couldn't advance him without telling his boyfriends.

The next day at school, Harry came to a new found realization. Why did they never ask Josh about this, he wouldn't deny anything since he didn't know about their relationship and thought Niall was single. He quickly started his search for the brunette boy. It was a well-known fact in their school, whenever there was a crowd, you'd find Josh the center of attention there. So that's where Harry went, and indeed, Josh was there. Harry frantically dragged him away from everyone and to a secluded part of the school.

"Umm Josh, did you and Niall... kiss?" Harry questioned, praying that the answer would be what he wanted to hear.

"What? No! What the hell Harry, Niall's like my brother, I wouldn't ever kiss him!" Josh said as he gave Harry a bewildered look.

"Oh, yeah, of course. Thanks Josh." Harry kept his cool, not wanting to make him suspicious although on the inside he was feeling ecstatic, but that soon faded away. They have been treating Niall like a piece of crap all this time, and he was innocent.

He ran to where his three boyfriends were and started blabbering, completely out of breath, making the boys watch him with an amused look.

"Woah! Slow down Harry, we can't understand what you're saying." Zayn chuckled.

"Niall's innocent!" Harry rushed after he took a breath to calm his erratic heart.

"What are you talking about?" Louis asked.

"I just noticed how he's been lately. He's not eating boys, he looks so worn out, and I just couldn't help but feel bad for him, I still love him you know. I went to Josh and asked him if he and Niall kissed, and he said no because Niall was only like a brother to him." Harry finished.

"So all this time we've been treating him like..." Liam trailed off.

"Like he means nothing to us." Zayn concluded.

"Oh god Niall." Louis said with a panicked tone.

"Okay, have any of you seen him around?" Harry asked.

"I don't think he came to school today." Liam said, worry etched on his features.

"Boys, we have to go home, now." Harry ordered, hoping Niall would be okay. They can't afford losing him, it would eat them alive because basically, it's their fault.

Niall was having a full on panic attack.

His panic attacks stopped along with his depression, and he thought it was like just a phase. He didn't think about it when his boyfriends... abandoned him. He felt like his diaphragm was on top of his lungs, pressing down on it and preventing oxygen from circulating through his blood. He was starting to see dots and tears were already blurring his vision. It was so painful and he was gasping for air that that mere action consumed the minimal amount of air keeping his erratically beating heart still thumping.

"Niall!"

"Holy shit, Niall!"

"Oh my god, baby!"

"What's going- Jesus!"

Niall felt hands picking him up, arms wrapping around him, and a hand running through his hair; before he succumbed to the darkness that started enveloping him.

"I'm so sorry." Was the fading sentence he heard.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

"Ugh, make it stop." Niall found himself saying as he opened his eyes... which he immediately closed as the astoundingly bright lights hit them hard.

"Niall!" He heard the four voices which warmed his heart whenever he heard them exclaim.

"Niall we are so so so damn sorry for the way we treated you with absolutely no reason. We were stupid and we love you so much. God Niall, you gave us a heart attack." Louis rushed out.

"We just thought that you actually cheated on us with Josh, we shouldn't have believed Mark." Harry continued.

"Y-you thought I cheated on you?" He whispered brokenly.

"We are so sorry Niall, please forgive us." Zayn spoke up sadly.

"It's okay, you have the right to think I'm a worthless slut."

"No! No! Niall, don't you ever say that. You are not a slut and you are definitely not worthless, do you hear me Niall Horan." Harry snapped.

"I'm sorry." Niall said quietly.

"Oh baby." Liam broke down and quickly collapsed on Niall's bedside. The blonde boy subconsciously wrapped his arm around the sobbing boy and let a few tears slip from his own eyes.

"Don't cry, Liam, it's okay. I forgive you all, I love you all."'

"We love you too Niall, and we are so sorry." Harry spoke to all of them.

It was a five sided relationship, which its imperfection kept them grounded.

A/N~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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