elevator au - one direction

Hour six

"Oi! I called the landlord and she said she would call the firemen after the storm!" Lewis yells, "I'd say 'bout an hour till it's over so get comfortable until then."

They all sigh in relief and Louis relaxes a bit knowing that they would be out of the elevator soon.

"She also said to tell the one named Harry that Elliot wants to go for pizza on Friday!" Lewis adds.

Harry smiles as Louis frowns.

"Elliot?" Liam says, voicing Louis's thoughts.

"Yeah," Harry says with a cheeky smile seeing Louis' frown, "Landlord's son. He loves me."

Louis huffs and Niall smiles realizing what Harry was doing. Niall knew the landlord's son. He also knew that he was an energetic 8 year old who 'looked up to one of the residents' as the lady had said. Now he knew that Harry was said resident and hides his laughter at Louis' expression.

"Awww is Louis jealous?" Zayn teases.

Louis scowls at Zayn and shakes his head.

They all laugh and Harry throws his arm over Louis' shoulders.

"Awe, don't worry Lou, I babysit him on Fridays," Harry says trying to cover up the fact that he was ecstatic that Louis might be even remotely interested in him.

He pinches Louis's cheek and Louis just swats his hand away, his face turning red.

Harry clutches his stomach in laughter and throws his other arm around Louis.

"Don't worry Lou, there's no competition." Harry winks over dramatically.

Zayn bellows in laughter and Liam laughs loudly. Niall cackles loudly again and his laugh was so ridiculous that it made everyone laugh louder.

"You lads down there keep it down! It's half-past nine and I've got neighbors who are tryin to sleep." Lewis says annoyed.

They had to stifle their laughter after that.

—

Louis was now completely relaxed against Harry who had his arms still around him.

"I know that this is gonna sound weird," Liam says quietly to Zayn, "but do you think they're gonna get married?"

Zayn turns to him shocked.

"They literally met today, Liam!" he whispers quickly.

"You do know we can still hear you?" Harry says with a chuckle.

Louis laughs quietly and switches positions, bringing Harry to his lap.

"I was in fact hoping to marry Harry, just because it rhymes of course," he says, "as soon as we left the elevator. Bought a ring pop and everything." he nods as Harry laughs.

"Can't tell if you're being serious or not mate," Liam says shaking his head.

Louis and Harry both laugh again and confirm that they only met today in the elevator.

"Yeah, I'm sure I would have noticed someone like Louis before." Harry says tucking his head into the crook of Louis' neck.

"Some like me, eh?" Louis teases poking at Harry's side.

"Shut up," Harry murmurs his face turning pink. He wraps his arms tightly around Louis and closes his eyes in hope of getting some sleep.

Zayn and Liam coo loudly making their faces turn bright red. Niall jumps up at the noise and watches the two red faced men confused.

"What?"

—

Liam sighs and turns to Zayn.

"I'm gonna die alone aren't I?" he asks.

"Course not Liam." Zayn replies distracted. He was playing a puzzle game that required his full attention and hadn't heard a word Liam said.

"It's just," Liam sighs again, "every time I take someone on a date and I start talking, they're never listening. You know?"

"Mhmm," Zayn replies not listening.

He sighs and asks Harry, "Have you ever felt like nobody is listening to you?"

Harry nods and leans forward patting Liam's hand.

"M'sure there's someone out there for you Liam, you just haven't met them yet."

Louis quickly pulls Harry closer to him again. The elevator was still very dark and he didn't want Harry to be too far from him.

Liam smiles at Harry's kind words.

"Thanks, Harry," he says.

He turns to Zayn and asks, "See. Why can't you give good advice like Harry?"

"Yeah, totally," Zayn says.

"Oh come on!"

—

Liam groans as his phone shuts off. 

"Dammit," he mutters. Turning to Zayn he asks, "Can I borrow the portable?"

Zayn shakes his head quickly.

"I'm barely at 20%, I'll give it to you later," he replies not looking up from his phone.

"Only 20%?" Niall asks exasperated, "You've had it for thirty minutes, what do you mean 20%?"

Zayn rolls his eyes and Liam mutters, "If you hadn't been using it the whole time it was charging maybe you would have a higher percentage."

Zayn scoffs, "It's a good game!"

Liam rolls his eyes and Niall says, "Zayn just give Liam the charger, he can use it for a bit and you can use it later."

Zayn shakes his head and Liam smirks. Liam reaches over and quickly grabs the box from the ground beside Zayn.

"Hey!" Zayn grabs the box back, starting a tug of war between the two.

Louis watches the two warily as they tug on the small box. Harry was still asleep soundly in Louis' arms and Niall was telling the two to be quieter.

"Oi, quiet down." Louis whispers to the two, "Harry's still sleeping."

"Yeah, and the whole building." Niall says his eyebrows raised.

"Yeah them too." Louis says grimacing.

Harry shuffles hearing Louis's voice and the bickering between Liam and Zayn.

He opens his eyes slowly to see Louis' face hovering near his. He lifts his head and looks around the dimly lit elevator. He turns to Louis who smiles at him before placing his head below Louis' chin.

"Good morning," Louis says with a chuckle.

Harry groans in response and sighs contentedly after Louis tightens his arms around him.

After a few minutes of the bickering continuing Harry turns to them with a huff. He taps Louis's leg and sits on the floor across from Liam and Zayn, not letting go of Louis's hand.

Just as Harry was about to form a compromise between the two, their hands slipped from the box and flew right in Harry's direction.

Oh shit.

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writer's block - i apologize for the wait! 

the story's coming to an end soon... [like the next chapter might be the last oops]