Just Let Me Adore You

IX

After waving Dom off, Louis climbed the steps and pushed through the door. He was prepared to throw some leftovers Niall's way then crawl into bed after his thirteen-hour shift. Instead he was met with Niall, the twins, and Harry, "What're you doing here?"

Harry looked up with a grin, "Movie night!"

"Movie night?" Louis asked, seeing Ollie fast asleep on Harry's lap and Rosie not far behind against his shoulder, "It's 11:30 at night. The girls should have been to sleep hours ago."

Niall just shrugged from his spot on the arm chair, "They wanted to watch."

Louis finally looked up and noticed they were watching Stepbrothers, "Guys, this isn't appropriate!"

"They've been asleep since Moana." Harry explained, shooting Louis a soft smile. His head lulling lazily onto his shoulder. If he didn't know better, he'd say this is just where Harry belonged, lazily stretched out between the twins on his stained and battered old couch.

Louis just shook his head, rolling his eyes, "Ok, guess I'll put them to bed, then."

"Don't get all pissy." Niall sighed standing and walking over to pick Ollie up, "I'll put them to bed."

Louis jumped when an arm raised from behind the coffee table, another tired voice announcing, "I'll help!"

"Zayn!" Louis gasped, "What the hell? Does your mom know you're here."

"Mom hasn't been home in weeks." Zayn quirked a smile, pulling Rosie up from her spot on the couch.

"She drinking again?" Louis asked, knowing that every so often Niall's best friend's mom would go on a binge leaving her kids to fend for themselves. Zayn's dad, too busy with gambling and running a small corner store to do more than the bare minimum, "Where're your older sisters?"

"Safaa just had a baby and got shacked up with the daddy and Doniya's living with her sugar daddy down town." Zayn explained, with a nonchalant look before grabbing Rosie's outstretched arms and pulling her up.

"Ok, you can sleep here until she comes back." Louis sighed, both the boys laughing at his words, "What?"

"He's been sleeping here all week, Lou." Niall hiked Ollie up higher on his hip.

"He has?" Louis looked at Zayn trying to remember if he noticed, "Did I know that?"

"You've been too busy obsessing over whether or not Harry likes you..." Niall mocked.

"Aww, honey." Harry chuckled with a cheesy grin. His dimples deepening into happy little craters. Green eyes stuck on his face since the moment he walked into the room.

"Ok, one Niall is a compulsive liar." Louis shot Niall a dirty look when he tried to protest, "and two, go to bed."

Harry followed Louis up the stairs after helping him pick up the remnants of dinner not even half an hour later, Louis sassing, "Did I invite you?"

Harry pouted, tilting his chin up as Louis had the height advantage on the stairs, "Please let me stay, Lou."

The smaller boy huffed and rolled his eyes angrily but continued up the stairs. Once inside the small room, Louis closed the door and turned on Harry, "What're you doing, Harry?"

The taller boy sat on the bed, "What do you mean?"

"I mean what are you doing, Harry?" Louis shook his head, unabashedly changing into his pajamas, "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I knew you were working so I brought food for the kiddos." Harry ginned, eyes tracking Louis' movements around the small room. Lingering shamelessly on Louis' boxer clad ass.