The Love Game // Larry Stylinson

Day 2 - Already?

It is six o'clock in the morning- six o'clock. Something loud has woken me up and now I'm sitting in the middle of the bed while everyone else is still asleep. How did they not hear that? It sounded like the whole kitchen would had fallen apart. After I did a short stretch to feel less tired, I go down the stairs to see what happened.

The kitchen smells like cinnamon and vanilla. "Good morning" Harry takes one finished Pancake out of the pan and places it on a plate. "Did I wake you up? Sorry I hate cooking in a new kitchen." He yawns. "It's fine... why are you up so early?" I make my way to the fruit-basket and grab an apple. "I was hungry and couldn't fall asleep again. You want something as well? I made too much dough." He sighs. "Everything is so different here."
"It is... and I would love to." I smile while lying the apple back to its place. "How was your night?" He hands me over a plate and sits down with me. "It was alright... I did sleep well, yeah..."
"But?"
"You do ask a lot of questions in the morning, huh?" Harry grins at me.
"I do. So?"
"It was odd sleeping next to a stranger. What about you? You seem like you had a rough sleep."
"Yeah... actually I'm really nervous. Do you... do you have feelings for Christina already?"

Something in his voice seems off. Does he have feelings?  We all know each other for a day, I know nothing about Christina. We didn't talk that much... Now that I think about it... maybe we just voted for each other because it was the easiest thing to do. But if I want this show to be worth it, I have to find someone who I really want to be with.

"Louis?" Harry snaps me out of my thoughts. "Oh, uhm, sorry... Yes uhm... no. I don't. Is that bad?" He sighs out of relief. "No that's fantastic! Well, not exactly fantastic, sorry. But I've been thinking about what I said yesterday. I  am here for the game and maybe love but I feel guilty... I don't want to waste anyone's time. She likes me. I don't want her. What am I supposed to do? She already talked about winning with me which is cute I guess but it pressure me." He pushes the full plate away from him.

I'm surprised how open he is. To me, someone he doesn't even know. Well, he doesn't have a lot of options hasn't he? "You should talk to her. Maybe you two can work it out. You only know each other for a day so your feelings are more than valid. If she understands good, if not then you two don't fit anyway. Even if you don't want to stay with her in a couple anymore, it's completely fine."

Our eyes meet and his green eyes seem to shine under the kitchen lamp. It is still dark outside but I feel fully awake. "Thank you." He smiles and his dimples are showing. He seems way more relaxed as he brings his plate closer to him again and starts to eat. I feel good now but he just confuses me more. Harry doesn't seem like a bad guy, I think he is actually really nice. Maybe I shouldn't judge him based on why he's here. Why should I even care? I begin to eat as well.

"Yeah sure we can do that." Kilian and Lauren step outside and make their way over to us as soon as they spot us on the pool. "What are you two doing here? Flirting without your girlfriends?" Lauren giggles. "Where are they anyway?"
Harry doesn't look up from his book... wait... he clearly has fallen asleep. "They wanted to go grab some water." I answered shortly. I don't want to be rude but Kilian's gaze is uncomfortable. "For that long?" He asked. "They probably wanted to give you guys some alone time." Yeah, yeah funny.

"We should go Babe, I want to talk to Nicole." Lauren gets up again and takes her "Babe" with her. Nicknames, really? "Are they gone?" Harry whispers beside me. "Yes, you can stop sleeping now." "Thanks Babe." He laughs. "What the hell was that? Are they a thing now?"
"I think so. They suit each other." I grin and he nods as we can suddenly hear a voice coming out of the speakers again.

"Good morning dear candidates, make yourself ready for our first game at the pool! Don't forget to always tell the truth."

I stand next to Christina and she still has a cocktail glass in her hand. Maybe that's why it took so long. Someone is explaining the rules for the game - we have to pick a card, read it out loud and have to guess. If you guess correct you get five points, if not, you lose five. It's ridiculous to play that as the first game. We will lose so badly and I'm already sorry for that. Lauren picks up a card and starts to read: "I do have a little cat. Her name is Pikachu- Aw that's you Babe." She smiles at Kilian and he nods. The next Person who reads is Ivy. She guessed that Michael was starring in a music video for a pretty popular singer but that was wrong. It's actually Liane! Before I can ask her how that happened the round goes on and on until I have to take a card.

"My sexuality? I don't really talk about that. I love who I love, without thinking about gender." I look up so I could get a clue on who would have said that. No. No one is giving it away, no one seems to be surprised. "Did you pick yourself?" Kilian laughs but I don't give in to his comment. "Uhm, I don't know. I think it could be... maybe Fred." Harry immediately raises his hand. "Sorry but that's me." He seems to be nervous but I respond with a smile which makes his face light up again.

"That's embarrassing. We lost to a couple that isn't even a couple." Christina lies down beside me and plays with my hair. The feeling of her perfectly styled nails actually calms my nerves after that game. She blames herself for losing. We came last but I know it's my fault. I didn't get one answer right. Why didn't Harry tell me? Was he scared? Well, he said that he doesn't talk about it that often and I respect that. While Christina tries to spend time with me, I'm distancing myself by mind. That's not fair. I'm not fair. But he's always on my mind.