The Wedding ✔

Chapter 26

"Louis, you cheated!" exclaimed Niall, pushing Louis from the couch to the floor. "Fuck you!"

"I didn't cheat, you're just a loser!" Louis shot back.

"You did!"

"I didn't!"

"You did!"

"I did not!" Louis yelled, and turned to look at Ed. "Tell your boyfriend, Ed, tell him I didn't cheat. I won fair and square!"

Ed sighed loudly. "Niall, he didn't cheat— he won fair and square."

"You were half asleep, dimwit, you wouldn't know!" yelled Niall, smacking Ed's arm. "Thanks, boyfriend."

"You're not teenagers anymore, so please, try be a little bit more mature, okay?" said Ed, sighing. "It's just a stupid game."

Louis and Niall took a sharp breath and glared at Ed, who went completely pale.

"Oh no you didn't!" Louis slapped Niall's leg. "Teach your boyfriend manners, blondie."

"Oh, hell no! He's not my boyfriend anymore, my boyfriend would never say such thing", said Niall dramatically, holding his hand on his chest and leaning closer to Louis. "I wonder if it's contagious."

"Contagious? What, exactly?" asked Ed, not because he was interested but because he knew Niall and Louis' drama queen show wouldn't end until he plays along.

"Your stupidity", said Louis and gave Niall a high five.

Ed stared at them with raised eyebrows. "When did you two become best buddies?"

Niall and Louis quickly put some distance between each other, and wrinkled their noses in disgust.

"Eww, no! We're not best buddies. Not even friends, really. It's just a gamer thing like, you know, we need to team up", said Niall.

Ed frowned. "You... need to team up?"

Louis nodded. "Like we are original enemies but we need to declare a truce, you know, because—"

"—we have a common enemy", Niall filled.

Ed's eyes flickered between Niall and Louis. "A common enemy?"

"You", Louis and Niall said in unison, and then Louis rolled his eyes. "Seriously, how stupid are you? What's your IQ?"

"Apparently not high enough", said Ed dryly. "So, who won? If I remember correctly, Niall said that Louis cheated and Louis doesn't have his wallet and therefore, no money."

Louis and Niall shared a quick glance, nodded at each other and then turned to look at Ed.

"We have decided that the biggest loser—", Louis started.

"—is you, my love", Niall ended.

Ed raised his eyebrows suspiciously. "Meaning?"

"We, meaning Niall and I, won and you lost. You're paying our drinks", Louis said, grinning widely.

"But I didn't even play with you guys!" Ed protested.

Niall shrugged. "You should've think before calling our game stupid."

"Seriously", Louis added, nodding.

Ed rolled his eyes but couldn't hide his small smile. "Is it even a good idea to go to a bar, though? Code red and all, y'know... Shouldn't we stay here?"

"Don't be a pussy", Louis groaned. "It's a good idea. I'm a lot better now and I need to go out, have fun."

"It's a marvelous idea!" Niall assured.