Bury my Heart (Larry Stylinson)

Chapter 6: The Chase

The weekend had finally arrived and Harry swore that he released a breath that he had been holding for the rest of the week after his encounter with Louis. Harry could finally relax and he felt that he deserved it, if he were to be honest.

            “You want to go somewhere?” Liam suggested, entering the room they shared and sat down on his bed. His hair had been growing and he even began to style it in a quiff, Harry thought it added another factor to his adorable appearance and sighed, thinking to himself that he needed to stop making observations like that. He can’t fall for his room mate, that would be weird, and he was sure that his room mate didn’t like men.

            “Where is somewhere, exactly?” Harry asked as he fidgeted with his sleeve. Liam eyed Harry momentarily as he noticed how anxious he seemed and wondered what could be the problem.

            “First, is there something bothering you?” Liam asked, sitting straighter, he angled his head slightly in question to Harry’s fidgeting.

            “Oh, I just lost my jump drive is all so I’m worried about how I’m going to finish my essay.” Harry said, answering Liam’s question and couldn’t help but feel a twitch at the corner of his lip that resulted in a smile.

            “How did you manage to lose it?”

            “Well, I last saw it in the library and I was sure I didn’t leave it there,” Harry paused and remembered about Louis, and how close he had been. “That’s it!”

            “What’s it?” Liam said as he flinched, startled by Harry’s out burst. He watched as Harry lifted himself to a stand and quickly made his way for the door.

            “Long story, I’ll tell you later!” Harry said and was out of the room, making his way down the hall for Niall’s room. He remembered that he and Louis were dorm mates and that his jump drive would have a high possibility of being with Louis, that had to be the only answer otherwise he would have to search the library for his jump drive.

            “Okay, see you later then?” Liam said more in question than a statement and sighed now that he was alone. He got out his laptop and typed on Google to search for a subject and leaned back against his propped up pillow, streaming a video.  “I suppose I should study now that I have the room to myself.”

            Harry scampered down the hall, brushing past a few students and once his eyes laid on the door, he quickened his pace and ran into the door after he attempted to turn the door knob and allow himself entry. He mouth an ‘ow’ as his face scrunched up in pain, his fingers held his nose to try and seize the throbbing pain and tilted his head up hoping that there wouldn’t be any blood.

            “Hello? Oh hello Harry!” Niall greeted enthusiastically but paused, blinking his eyes absentmindedly, he tilted his head in question. “What are you doing?”

            “I just ran into the door is all?” Harry answered and mentally cursed at himself for making that sound like a question.

            “Is that a new way to knock?” Niall asked quite amused and opened the door more to invite Harry inside.

            “Never mind, is Louis here?” Harry asked, entering the room tapping the pads of his finger at his upper lip and glanced to his fingers noticing no blood. A sigh of relief left his lips and he sat down on the chair at Niall’s desk, making himself at home.

            “Louis?” Niall asked, plopping himself onto his bed and rolled himself onto his side to face Harry. “No, he hasn’t been here since six.”