Once Upon A Time (l.s.)

GoodBye

It was like everything was happening in slow motion, Luke and Calum shouted Louis' name in unision as they watched him fall on the road. Harry and the other two men rushed towards his limp form. Louis was bleeding from his head, a pool of blood underneath him and soaking his clothes. They shook him and tried to get him to wake up. A crowd had gathered around them and they heard someone call the ambulance.

Seeing the commotion, Ashton and Micheal too came out of Rose and Daggers but upon reaching the center of it all, they felt like their eyes had betrayed them. Louis, lying in a pool of blood, Harry, Luke and Calum kneeling next to him, Luke clutching his limp form to his chest as they all cried. Micheal's knees gave in and he fell too, a sob ripping through his throat. Ashton just stood there, unable to believe the sight.

Soon, they heard sirens and medics pushing through the crowd. They hurled Luke away from him and started working on the youngest boy. It didn't take them long though, at 5:17 pm, Louis William Tomlinson was pronounced dead and there was nothing they could do.

 The five men felt their world closing in on them, but no one was worse than Harry and Luke. Now, Harry was pressing Louis' head into his chest as he burried his face in the feathery hair as Luke held the lifeless hand. 

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Everything was over. Harry felt like his life had no purpose. He felt like a zombie as he walked back to his shared flat and rang the bell. When Ed saw Harry's blood stained shirt and tear stained cheeks, he freaked. He pulled the lad inside and sat him on the couch and brought him a glass of water. Harry was staring blankly at the wall, Ed offered him the water but Harry didn't even acknowledge it, showing no sign of sensing Ed's presence. The older guy looked in his pockets for his phone and  upon finding it, unlocked it using Harry's finegrprint. The background had a picture of two smiling boys. One was definitely a much younger Harry and the other looked eerily similar to the Louis guy from the cafe. 

Without  wasting much time though, Ed went into his call logs and found the last one said someone called 'Niall'. Ed remembered Harry telling him that Niall was his best mate so he quickly dialled the number. A few moments later, the call was answered and a deep voice spoke cheerfully from the other side,

"Harry, mate! How did it go? What did he say? I. Need. Details!"

"Ummm.... This is Ed, I'm his roommate. He came back with a bloody shirt and he was crying. Right now, he's not responding. He's, like, just staring into space. I think something happened."

"WHAT! Just put me on speaker." and Ed did as told.

"Harry, man. Talk to me mate. Tell me what happen?" Niall calmly said. Listening to his best mate's voice, something snapped in him and he started looking around, searching for him.

"Niall! NI! WHERE ARE YOU??"

"I'm on the phone Haz. Talk to me." and that was enough for him to burst into tears

"He... he's gone Ni! He... he's fucking gone. He left me. He..." and he burst into another set of tears. Niall tried to comfort him the best he could through the phone and Ed could just stare. Once Harry had calmed down enough, he spoke again, "Harry, please tell me what happen."

"We met Ni, we spoke. He has four amazing friends here. He worked as a primary school teacher. He's been through a lot! I... I had to watch them forcing him to eat. He had a recurring ED. I... I told him. I told him everything. All these years, he believed that I sent Liam and Zayn to rape him!" Ed's mouth hung open at that. He could never imagine Harry doing something like that! The boy was basically a gigantic teddy bear!!

"But I didn't. I.... I never did"

"We know Harry, we know you didn't. Is that why you are so sad?" Niall said as he tried to stay calm. He really wanted to talk to and see Louis again. See how he is doing.

"No, no. It was like, he was just relieved it wasn't me. And... And I was wrong! He is not married. That Ashton guy was married to the man whose cafe we went to. He said he still loved me..." Niall gasped. He knew Louis wouldn't hate him, no matter what, but to still love Harry! It must truly be deep.

"I said I loved him too. I begged him to let me take him on a date. He said we should try being friends first. He fought his best mates who were trying to hit me and... and when we were leaving... He, he got hit. He got hit by a truck, Ni. He's gone. He died on impact! We never had a first kiss. I never got to take him out. I... I never got to treat him right or be the lover he deserved.... He never had a relationship. He never got to know how being loved feels!" Niall was stunned. He couldn't believe how unjust the world was.

"He never did anything wrong Niall. He only loved. He loved everyone and everything! Then why? Why did he get taken? Why did it have to be him? I was right there, it could have been me who got hit, but why him!" Niall was in tears too, he quietly spoke.

"The world is unfair like that, Harry. The purest, nicest souls get taken first. Talk about Mark, or Fizzy. But as they say Harry, God calls for his dearest souls first. He wants to keep them close so that the world doesn't taint them. It's life Harry. There's nothing we can do about it."