Unexpected encounters - Larry

Chapter five

Harry had decided that he was going to explore Londen a bit more today, visiting places he has never been to. He had found this coffee shop that looked warm and cosy, and decided he might as well get his coffee here. Inside there was a warm atmosphere and luckily not a lot of people. Once Harry had received his coffee, he noticed a particular lad intensely staring at him from an almost hidden corner. Harry went to sit in front of him, his back to the rest of the shop. 'Hi.' He said. 'What are you doing here?' Louis asked, looking nervous and almost angry. 'I came to get a cup of coffee, obviously.' Harry wondered what had gotten into Louis, since he had been so nice since they started talking again. 'I just, I don't want to be seen in public together. What if someone sees us?' Louis looked very nervous and Harry chuckled in a kind of awkward way, but once it dawned on him what Louis said his smile dropped. 'You don't want to be in public together? I thought you liked talking to me, that you liked hanging out. I thought- I don't know...' Harry sounded hurt and angry at first, but he sounded defeated when he came to the end of his small ramble. Louis wanted to say something, but Harry had already stood up. The latter man felt like he had been fooled, he needed a friend so badly he let Louis use him. Harry grabbed his coffee and walked out of the coffee shop that wasn't so cosy anymore all of a sudden.

Harry was in the middle of a meeting with his management when Louis decided to call him. Harry quickly reached for his phone, but his manager was there quicker. 'Who is LouBear?' The manager asked with a judgemental look on his face. Harry chuckled awkwardly but didn't answer the question. Harry's manager gave his phone to him, probably wanting to question him later on. 'What is it?' Harry asked harshly once he picked up. 'Hey, Haz... Look, I'm sorry, okay? I was just afraid that if someone saw us they would think we're together and make up all kinds of stories. But that was bound to happen and I just... I'm sorry. I can't do this anymore.' Harry wanted to ask what was bound to happen and if Louis meant he didn't want to talk to Harry anymore, but the line already went dead and he was left dumbfounded. He decided to open Twitter and was hit with an immeasurable amount of tweets all having the hashtag #LarryReunited. In fact, the hashtag was number 1 trending. In all the posts were multiple photos of him and Louis at the coffee shop. He didn't mind, but obviously Louis panicked and Harry now understood why he had sounded so distressed on the phone.

When Louis saw twitter - a while before he called Harry - he could feel himself starting to panic as this was exactly what he was trying to avoid. Louis decided to call his management right away and see what they could do about it. 'Hello?' Eliza asked as she probably hadn't seen Twitter and was wondering why Louis called. 'I saw Harry at a coffee shop, and he came so say hi. I told him to leave, as I was afraid someone would see us. Well, someone did see us and it's trending.' After Louis said this, he could hear some noise on the other end of the line. 'And I suppose you want to make a statement or something? You're probably going to say something negative but you should know, it is good to have some publicity.' Louis thought about it for a moment. It wasn't that big of a problem that someone saw them, if Louis was honest with himself. But still, he didn't want rumours of him and Harry dating. He was with Eleanor, even though Louis didn't exactly want to be - especially after he admitted to Harry that he was gay. But Louis didn't want people to think bad of him, to think of him all the terrible things they thought of Harry. Louis wasn't like that, like those things. 'Let's do an interview, not very long though. I don't want to be sitting there for half an hour.' Louis said, and he could hear Eliza murmur something, after which she said 'Okay, I'll fix it.'

'Good morning BBC Radio 1! We have managed to get a hold of Louis Tomlinson. Louis, welcome!' Nick Grimshaw shouted through the studio, after which Louis smiled at him and answered. 'Thanks for having me here, Nick.' Nick was excited as always and had a huge smile on his face. 'Let's get straight to the point, are you dating Harry Styles?' Louis was a bit surprised, as he didn't expect Nick to be so direct. Still, he maintained his act and laughed. 'I don't know where you got that from, but I am not, no.' Nick knew he was going to say that, of course. But he wasn't one on giving up and was sure to get some information out of Louis. 'But you two did have a coffee together?' Nick asked right when Louis stopped talking, an eyebrow raised. 'Actually, I was drinking coffee when Harry saw me and came to say hi. We talked for a minute or two, and then he left.' Nick believed him, and Louis was happy he didn't dive further into the dating subject. 'Any plans of meeting up?' Nick asked, and Louis thought about this for a moment. 'No. In fact, I wish he didn't approach me as I don't want to speak to him ever again.' Nick looked shocked by this answer and took a little longer to come up with a response. 'That's a bit harsh, don't ya think?' Louis shrugged. 'Maybe, but it's the truth.' He looked Nick in his eyes, letting him know that Louis was being serious. He didn't want any rumours spread, so he had to do this - he had to break his connection with Harry. Though in the back of his mind, Louis thought about what Harry had told him. About how Harry had pushed everyone away, afraid to get hurt. And the longer Louis thought about it, the bigger the feeling of guilt and regret became. Was Louis' stupid fear for judgement so much more important than Harry's feelings? Of course not.