Not My Cup of Tea // L.S.

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"What?!" Harry exclaimed in disbelief.

Louis nodded.

He jumped like a frog. "Oh my god I can't believe it!" He was more than happy for Zayn, like it was an achievement for Harry himself. Louis saw him celebrate and was in the exact same state. He wanted to hug him but he didn't think it was appropriate to do so. So, he held himself back. But only to get his wish when Harry hugged him out of nowhere.

He felt butterflies in his stomach. He hugged Harry back and Harry hugged him harder. He didn't know how long they stood in that pose till Harry pulled back and said, "Can I have your phone number? In this way we can keep texting each other, maybe call each other too? That is, if it is okay with you." "I would love to!" Louis answered almost immediately. They exchanged numbers and Louis said, "Listen Harry, neither Liam nor Zayn should know about each other's feelings. I mean, we shouldn't be the ones telling them. I think we should sorta set them both up so that they tell it to each other eventually. Yeah?"

"Exactly what I was gonna say Lou!" Then he realized what he had just said, "Sorry, I didn't intend to, I'm so sorry." "No, don't worry, I kinda like it... Hazza." Harry smiled big. Dimples popped up again. Louis fought back his thoughts of poking them. "I like Hazza, the name." Harry said. Louis smiled wide, eyes crinkling in the corners. Harry tried not to look at his eyes, but in vain. He thought Louis was a pretty good person. He wanted to be his friend.

"Uhm, Louis?" he asked doubtfully. "Yeah Hazza?" "Can I like, you know, since you seem to be a really nice person, I was wondering you know, if it is okay with you that is, if you don't like it I won't force-" "Spit out Harry, what is it?" Louis asked. "Could we be friends?"

Louis stared at Harry. What if he turned out to be like Stan? But this is Harry, not Stan. He is much kinder than Stan. BEFRIEND. HIM. NOW. He told himself. Harry was chewing on his bottom lip, looking down at his feet.

"Of course, Harry! You seem to be a really nice guy. Also, we have to set Liam and Zayn up so we're gonna have to work together Haz." Louis replied. Harry's face visibly lit up. He grinned wide, again, with dimples. "Thank you, Louis! You're amazing too! We'll set Liam and Zayn up right."

Louis smiled and silently prayed that Harry doesn't turn out to be like Stan. "Now, come on. Let's go to our classes. I'll see you later then?" "Yeah, I gotta go too. See you soon!" They walked in the Uni together, but went in opposite directions upon entering the Uni.

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Harry finished all his classes for the day and waited for Zayn outside the Uni. He felt his phone buzz in his pocket. Who would text me? He wondered.

He checked his phone to see a text that sent shivers down his spine:

From Lou💙

Hi Harry, I saw you stand in front of me so I got an idea. Ik you're waiting for Zayn, right? I'm right in front of with Liam. When Zayn comes out, you act normal and then look around. Pretend you didn't know I was standing in front of you and get Zayn and introduce him to me as your friend? We can act like we just became friends and want to befriend each other's friends?

Let me know what you think

Louis : )

Harry didn't even know why he got so excited seeing it was a text from Louis. He looked up from his phone and saw Louis standing with Liam. Louis was already looking at him with a small smile, whereas Liam was looking up at the sky. Harry nodded at Louis, and texted him back.

Louis checked his phone when it buzzed.

From Harry💚

Loved the idea! Do you work as a matchmaker or something Lou? That's what it seems like. Amazing idea... Let's do it. I'll cough loudly when I see Zayn coming.

All the best!

Harry ; )

Louis' heart soared when he saw that Harry had liked the idea. He didn't know why, but he was happy. He looked at Harry and nodded.

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Sometime ago....

Liam was struggling hard to lift those damn textbooks when Zayn came to him from his seat to help him.

Zayn said, "Woah, that's a lotta weight. You want me to help, maybe?" Liam was really surprised that Zayn had spoken to him so suddenly. "Yeah, if you want to that is." Zayn picked half the books from the big stack Liam was holding. "You wanna keep these in your locker or take them home?" "In the locker, yeah." Zayn nodded and started walking towards the locker room, Liam following him closely behind.

Liam led him to his locker and opened it. Zayn peeked in to keep the books. He saw a big poster of batman in there. "Batman, ahaaa. Good choice of superhero." Liam stamped his own foot to stop himself from blushing, "Yeah... I have always loved Batman." Zayn nodded. Liam set his books in the locker and locked it. "Thank you so much Zayn, for all the help. I really didn't expect you to help me, but thank you."

Zayn said, "Don't have to be thanking me every second, alright? I did it voluntarily." Liam smiled, was this really THE ZAYN MALIK helping him? He wasn't sure.

"Okay, I actually gotta go. Louis must be waiting for you... I'll see you later?" "Oh sure, bye." They parted ways and Liam saw Louis waiting for him outside his class. He joined him without letting him see the blush on his face.

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Liam looked at the sky so that nobody saw him blushing while thinking about the way Zayn helped him carry his heavy textbooks to the locker room. He hadn't told Louis; he didn't know how to tell him. He closed his eyes to see Zayn's face looking at him in the corridor.

He had to stop it when he heard someone loudly coughing. He looked back down. He couldn't catch who was coughing, because it had stopped, but he saw Zayn exiting the Uni.

He thought he would pass out. It was too much for him.

He saw Louis tap his shoulder, "Liam, are you alright?" "Yeah Tommo, just have a lot of homework." He lied.

Louis simply nodded. Little did Liam know what was gonna happen in less than a minute.

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