Not My Cup of Tea // L.S.

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That picture above...ANTIS SPEAK UP PLEASE.

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From Harry 💚

If I mess it up, please don't hate me Lou.

This boy was too cute. Louis wrote back.

You won't Harry. You just have to fake-cry. Don't worry, even if you mess it up, I'm here to help you out. And, I won't ever hate you, you're a great friend of mine.

See you at Uni. xx

Louis was sitting on the passenger's seat next to driver Liam. His own hands were sweating but the boys were doing this for him and Harry which meant a lot. Fuck the rumours. Louis thought. The drive was quiet, with neither speaking a word. When they reached Uni, they saw Zayn's car in the parking lot. Liam remembered to park their own car several cars away from Zayn's; they couldn't afford more rumours being spread about Harry and Louis, especially when they weren't true.

Both Louis and Liam walked out of the car and entered the Uni. Louis tried his best not to close his ears when he heard people murmuring "Where's Harry?" "Did the break-up already?" "Why aren't they walking together?" Liam dragged Louis to the dean's office. When they knocked the dean's door, the door opened almost immediately. Louis walked in first, eyes on the ceiling, followed by Liam. Zayn was standing next to the dean's table, with a nervous Harry next to him.

"We had been waiting for you both." The dean said. "Sorry it took us so long." Liam said. "Alright. Mr. Malik has explained what exactly is the matter but I need to ask you too. Are the rumours true Mr. Tomlinson?" The dean asked. Louis looked at the dean and said, "No Sir. They aren't true." "Mr. Styles could you confirm that?" The dean asked Harry. Harry looked up to where the dean was seated and said, "Yes Sir, Louis is speaking the truth." He then added a fake sob at the end. Zayn started rubbing Harry's back and Harry began crying. "I see that these rumours have been affecting Mr. Styles and Mr. Tomlinson. I guarantee the four of you that these rumours will be stopped. If anyone continues spreading them, they'll be expelled." The dean said firmly. Louis nodded and was pretty impressed by Harry's fake crying.

They all thanked the dean and left the office in four different directions.

Little did anybody know that Harry didn't have any difficulty in making the fake crying look realistic because he had been genuinely crying. Harry checked his watch and realized that there were 10 minutes to his first class- Music. He walked to the parking lot; he could have a small talk with Gemma. He ringed her and she picked up almost immediately.

"Been waiting for a lifetime for you." She said through the phone. "Sorry Gems, had to take care of certain things in Uni." Harry said, the smile clear in his voice. Gemma always made him smile. "What things H? Everything alright?" Gemma asked, concerned. Harry sighed and told her all things that had happened since he had gone to Louis' dorm the previous day. How they had spied to Liam's workplace, about the rumours, Liam's plan and how the rumours were gonna be stopped.

Gemma heard the entire thing and internally wished the rumours had been true that her baby brother was dating that Louis. The way Harry spoke about Louis was the way she spoke to her friends about Michal. But she would wait patiently for Harry to understand and then reveal his feelings for Louis, that is, if he had any.

Harry, on the other hand, kept the parts of his previous night's crying and today morning's crying out of everything he told Gemma. Gemma, however, was no fool.

"H?"

"Yeah?"

"Why is your voice so...extra deep today?"