Torn Apart || Larry

Apologized

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"Louis?"-Harry said really confused, spelling his name with an 's' at the end, just like the last time, he knew Louis hated it.

Louis was standing on the doorstep, tired looking but with a almost fading smile that he proudly held up although the pain of seeing Harry like this hurt like an open wound where someone was sticking their fingers in.

"Hi there."-Louis said with a small wave.

That's when Clifford came from inside and jumped into him lovingly, giving him loads of licks.

"Hey buddy! Did you mis Pa' a lot!"-Louis said with a softer voice, like the ones you give with an almost high pitched voice for no reason. It was his dog-communicating voice.

Harry stood on the doorstep, Louis never came to take Cliff himself, why now?

Louis noticed Harry's confusion and decided to help.-"I'm here to take Cliff today, Liam is staying home with Khai, he called in and said she was having a slight temperature."

"With Khai?"-Harry asked confused.-"Uhm...last time I checked Khai was Zayn's daughter."

"Oh yeah, a lot to explain on that."-Louis chuckled.-"Didn't Niall tell you? He kinda can't keep a thing to himself most of the time."

"Tell me what?"-Harry asked still the same emotionless face.

"Well I'd tell you, but I'm kinda outside..."-Louis said and Harry moved away from the door, leading Louis inside.

Louis loved the homely house design that Harry had made to his house, looked really his 'style'.-"Nice place by the way. Blue still you favourite colour?"-He asked trying to have a conversation.

"It was like this when I bought it."-Harry said not moving a muscle on his face.-"Haven't changed a thing."

Louis mumbled a quick right, as he sat down.-"So as I was saying, Zayn came back..."

"Yeah, I noticed, first to meet him actually."-Harry said also sitting down, Clifford sat between the two of them, now happier than even knowing both his dads where in the same room to give him belly rubs together, although Harry and Louis where keeping a distance equivalent of three and a half dogs.

"Well we had this small reunion at my house, Niall and Liam tagged along for a drink and a catch up...got a nice punch from Niall too."-He said chuckling.

"I wasn't at the reunion."-Harry said trying his best not to show emotions towards the man who left him.

"The boys decided it was best at the time."-Louis said looking at his lap.-"Considering the...thing."

Harry sat up and took a bottle of wine from a nearby bar and poured some for both of them.-"Cherry wine?"

"Yeah."-Louis said and went with the story.-"There we kinda talked about a lot of stuff and eventually when me and Niall left they had an intense argument about the older days, and you know how the older days used to be, them literally flirting all the time, unable to accept their feelings...confused and denying."

"Mostly Liam, he was a scared asshole and turned Zayn down because they would end just like...you and me."-Harry was careful not to use the words 'us' which hurt Louis.

"They did the best, if they started it then they wouldn't be together now right. They knew better now that they're older. So...Well after a lot of talking Liam found his courage and accepted Zayn's old offer."-Louis said smiling.

Harry gave Louis a glass of Cherry wine and sat down.-"Zayn still waited?"

"Always, if he didn't wait he wouldn't be the one to win at the end."-Louis said although the meaning of the word was bigger.