Rumours have circulated on the web about a certain Irish cutie and a Victoria's Secret model dating. While some claim Niall Horan is already the official boyfriend of Barbara Palvin, sources claim they're merely good friends. So, what is the real deal between Niall and Barbara? Are they together or not?

Days after Niall Horan and Barbara Palvin were seen canoodling, stories about them dating immediately surfaced on the web. While sources close to Niall, such as his mom, claim the two are not exclusively dating, proof from various sources state otherwise.

The flame started when both youngsters were seen on an alleged "secret" cinema date to see "Hunger Games: Catching Fire." Then thanks to a session of golf in London late last weekend, things got pretty hot and heavy between the two. Onlookers claim the One Direction cutie was giving Palvin the pointers she needed for the perfect swing. However, that isn't all that went down between them.

"All you people asking, Niall and Barbara were kissing and hugging last night, guessing their together now #nomorequestions," tweeted George with the Twitter handle, @varleygeorge.

The dating rumours started up again when Palvin was seen backstage at the "X-Factor" grand finale with none other than Niall Horan. The One Direction boys had performed last night for the series finale. Lo and behold at the after-event, the Victoria's Secret model was photographed talking to Niall Horan.

A photo was posted online by Twitter user 1D Updates with the handle @WW1DUpdates. In the photo, Horan was dressed in a white shirt chatting up with a girl who closely resembled Palvin.

While some claim it was Palvin, her tweet that night makes the news quite confusing. On Friday, she had tweeted she was in London. Niall on the other hand had tweeted about 1D's big win at the recent NRJ Music Awards.

Obviously, these two are trying to hide themselves from the public eye and not directly addressing the rumours. Could it be true that Niall Horan is indeed dating Barbara Palvin? Horan might have followed the "Bro Code" about not dating Justin's ex-girlfriend, Selena Gomez, but it certainly didn't hold him back from dating the Canadian crooner's alleged fling.

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