another stupid hate song

Chapter 36

Harry woke up excited. Today was the day. The day of the play they worked for during the last few months. Wait, forget what he said, he was fucking frightened. He would perform in front of people. Well, yesterday he performed in front of people so he guessed it shouldn't be that bad.

He was worrying over nothing. Or maybe he had reasons to be worried. Like Louis.

Because there would be Louis. Louis who had a boyfriend and Louis that Harry liked really really much. He would play with Louis and with all the things that happened, Harry was scared that he'd let himself be overwhelmed by his emotions. But he couldn't let this happen, because there was no way he would mess this up.

Anyways, he was already at the theater so he couldn't back off. Well, technically he could, but he wouldn't.

"Harry! You're here early" Jake said as soon as Harry stepped inside the theater

Harry looked at his watch and uh yes, it was 1:23 p.m and they had to meet at 2:30. So yeah, he was early. But who could blame him? He hardly slept and if he hadn't shown up right now, he would have probably never showed up. He was that scared.

He wasn't that much scared about performing, but he was more about having to see Louis again and probably with his boyfriend. Harry had trouble wrapping his head around the fact that Louis had an actual boyfriend that was not Harry.

"Yeah, uh. Sorry" Harry said sheepishly "I can leave if-"

"No, no it's okay" Jake said, waving him off "James wanted to talk to you actually. And Louis"

Harry's eyebrows shot up "Oh" he scratched his neck uncomfortably "Well, it's just me right now"

"No worries. We'll just wait for him to show up. For now would you help me with the scenery?"

"Sure" Harry nodded, climbing down the stairs to join Jake and help him

Harry helped him for a little bit more than forty minutes before the door of the theater opened again with a Loud noise. Harry's head snapped up and the wind was knocked out of him the minute his eyes fell on Louis. Louis was breathless, just as he'd run to reach the theater.

"Well, Harry, seems like you're not the only one eager for today" Jake smiled 

"Yeah" Harry nodded, his eyes not leaving Louis' who was still up the stairs.

"You can go see James now that you're both here" Jake told him

Louis teared his gaze from Harry and looked at Jake with furrowed brows.

"Why?"

Jake looked up "He wanted to see you" he shrugged

Louis nodded once and then walked down the steps and then toward James' office without meeting Harry's eyes once more.

Harry followed, careful to leave some space between the two of them because it must be awkward for Louis now that he had a boyfriend. Harry was his fuckbuddy and so maybe evan didn't want Louis to stay with him. Which was understandable. So Harry kept his distance.

"Come in" James said after Louis had knocked

Louis opened the door and held it open for Harry and they both got inside.

"Oh. You're early" and yes Harry knew "You can sit"

Louis sat on the couch that was facing the desk but Harry didn't sit. There wasn't much space on the couch and he didn't want to sit too close to Louis for fear of how his body would react -he'd probably cry- and about how Louis would feel, most importantly. So he just stood there and James stared at Harry with narrowed eyes.