Houseboy ➳ Larry AU |English|

Chapter 29.

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday... Harry is anxiously counting the days like a child counting the days to Christmas. He decided to give Louis time, but how long will he have to wait? Harry is not a patient boy, although he has decided not to push Louis. They haven't kissed again in three days, Harry hopes it's not a bad sign, he really longs for Louis to kiss him again, but it's not happening.

Brianna has been sick all week, with a bad flu and also a high fever, so she has been away from Louis these three days, and that has given him more time to think about Harry and finish his speech. He's ready now, but he still can't bring himself to sit down with his parents and confess to them that he likes a boy, and that boy is his houseboy. That doesn't matter to him, but he's afraid his parents will be angry and Harry will lose his job because of him.

Saturday morning Harry heads to the bathroom inside his room to take a shower and freshen up. Louis hears his voice as soon as he passes through the hallway.

"If I could fall Into the sky.  Do you think time would pass me by? 'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles If I could just see you... Tonight."

He's singing. He grins like an idiot and can't control his impulse to enter in the youngest's room.

"It's always times like these when I think of you and I wonder If you ever think of me. 'Cause everything's so wrong and I don't belong living in your precious memory. 'Cause I need you, and I miss you, and now I wonder...."

He approaches the bathroom door and pauses before opening it. A current runs through his whole body as he thinks about what things he would find behind that door. He must stop thinking about it, though the urge to open the door increases with the thought. He moves his hand away from the handle and leaves the room as soon as the water stops running from the shower head. Now he's starting to look like a fucking psycho. Creepy.

Louis knows that today is Harry's dance competition, and it's also the day of one of the most important games in the championship finals where his team is competing. He hopes to attend both, although he hasn't yet told Harry that he's already bought the ticket to go see him dance. He doesn't want him to get distracted and forget all the steps by looking for him in the audience.

"I'm going!" Harry exclaims excitedly as he runs down the stairs. Johannah smiles when she sees him, with so much energy that it's contagious.

"Good luck in the competition, Harry." She says without stopping smiling. The boy comes closer and hugs her, letting the woman leave a kiss on his cheek.

"Thank you." Harry watches Louis out of the corner of his eye, who is sitting on the couch with no intention of saying goodbye. He doesn't even stand up to wish him luck, he's a little disappointed by that, but he tries not to look affected. Louis is ignoring him. "Well, I have to go now." He says more discouraged than before. Johannah can notice his change of mood in a jiffy.

As soon as the boy leaves the house, Johannah approaches the couch where her son is.

"Louis, that was very rude of you, Harry was saying goodbye to everyone and you didn't even look at him." She reprimands him. Louis stands up immediately.

"Of course I looked at him." He replies with a frown. "I have to go now, Mom."

"Where are you going?" She asks curiously, looking at her son's clothes. He never dresses up like this to go out.

"Brianna has a competition, I'm going to see her, if I don't go to the competition she'll be very sad." Johannah looks at him indignantly.

"Okay..." Before she says anything else, Louis runs out of the mansion.