Hate That I Love You

Chapter 16

"Did you know there were people who want us together?" Harry asked suddenly, while they were both still hugging each other in bed, wrapped in the sheets.

Louis laughed. "Yes," he nodded. "I knew it. I think you were the only one who didn't know."

"Really? I'm not the type who likes to read gossip about me but, well, I should have known!"

"Well, you'll be interested to know there's a whole fandom of little girls who ship us a lot," he shrugged.

Harry burst out laughing. "Ship?" he asked him.

"So they say. And we also have a name, like Brangelina."

"Oh my God, and what is it?"

"Larry Stylinson," he replied.

"Oh man, that sounds like the name of a nerd with a bad taste in choosing clothes," he chuckled. "But then, why do they do that? I mean, what is their, um ..."

"Ship based on?" Louis suggested.

"Yes, that one. You and I have never been seen around together. We are often in the same places but, we are always accompanied by different people and we really talk very little in public."

"We are two beautiful men, of course they like us together!" he exclaimed.

"Idiot" Harry laughed. "But, there must be a reason."

"Maybe they like the idea of ​​two boys belonging to two rival families who love each other. They want to create great love stories in reality to convince themselves that they might find such a love story too."

"M'ha," Harry muttered. "It is strange, however, that they are not convinced of this at all."

"That's not a big deal," Louis said. "Well, there are times when we get papped at the exit of the same hotel within minutes of each other. Or, you know, some romantic music and a couple of videos where you and I are conversing unfriendly can work miracles."

Harry suddenly rose from his chest, staring at him with a little surprise. "Are you telling me we were seen?" he asked him.

"Not really seen," he muttered. "But there have been some weird coincidences and there are a lot of people, smart enough who put two and two together. And some newspapers march on it because people like the idea of ​​Romeo and Juliet 2.0."

"I don't want to know which of the two is Juliet" he wrinkled his nose, leaning back on him.

Louis laughed. "You are Juliet," he replied.

"Of course," he grumbled. "But they don't understand how destructive it could be if news like this were true. Sometimes people just don't consider what's most important."

"They are simply convinced that love wins over everything," replied Louis, getting a little nervous. "I don't see what's wrong with it."

"It's an illusion," said Harry. "Love is not always enough to cope with some problems."

"What nonsense, we are in the twenty-first century now. Not in 1500 like Romeo and Juliet!" he exclaimed.

"Romeo and Juliet is set in the 1300s" Harry corrected him.

"It's the same thing" he rolled his eyes. "But in any case, already at the time two people fought to be together, because they were aware that they were enough for each other. It's a good story, isn't it?"

"Louis" Harry sighed. "Are you aware that Romeo and Juliet were just fourteen years old and that their story, as you define it, lasted three days? And then they both died?"