I'm really enjoying my decision to go with Niall, too. I think he's the one I relate to in terms of like his insecurities and personality, which is making it way easier to tap into this.

And yes they are high school/middle school buds. I think Niall moved when he was around 12 and Louis took him under his wing. I don't know yet if Niall's been harboring a crush on him. I want to say that he hasn't? Or like maybe he had a little crush back in the day, but it wasn't like an angsty thing and neither of them has been pining all this time. I think this is more a "love that grows" kind of story.

But who knows?