Friends or Lovers ~ L.S

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Harry Styles

Our lips push together for what feels like the first time, even though it's probably the 100th. I smile softly against his mouth before pulling back.

"See you later, right?" He smiles back at me

"Right" I nod. 

He walks out of the elevator and glances back over his shoulder to wave before entering his room. The elevator doors close and I press the button for the next floor up. A minute passes and I find myself stepping out to find my room.

As I unlock the room, I take out my phone and quickly check my messages. I kick the door shut as I continue towards the bed in the middle of the fancy room.

I fall down, face first, but have to get up a second later to answer the insistent knocking at the door. I pull it open, confused, but grin when I see Niall.

"Hey, lad. What's up?" I ask while stepping out of the way to invite him in

"You know how I get... I can't sleep without someone else around" He sighs as he enters the room.

I nod, understanding, and shut the door again.

I follow him to the big bed with fluffy white sheets and we both fall onto it. I put my phone on the charger on the nightstand thent turn to my best mate, besides Louis of course.

"How's everything?" I ask

"Good. Really good. Talking to this girl, her name is Hannah" Niall grins

"Oh, yeah?" I smirk

"Yeah... kinda thinking it's platonic, though. Tour would make it too hard to see her"

I nod in understanding once more before opening my arms to him. He gladly curls up in my chest. All of us guys are like this together. We're always up for a good no-homo snuggle. We're mates.

"Got yourself a lady friend yet?" He asks lazily, then quickly adds, "Or boy friend?"

"Nope. Tour, this life; it's all too busy for relationships" I sigh

"You could say that again" he mumbles

Niall fell asleep after another few silent minutes. I can't blame him. We're all exhausted. 

Around 10pm, I crawl out from his tight grip and gently cover him up. He snuggles into the blanket and I sneak out of the hotel room after grabbing my phone.

My phone lights up with a text.

from: Lou
Meet Me In The Hallway

to: Lou
just left my bedroom 

I rush to the elevator and press the number '5'. It takes a minute, a minute too long in my opinion, then I find myself walking out of the opening silver doors.

Louis is standing, leaning against his hotel door.

"Hey" I breathe out

He smiles and says, "Hey"

As soon as I reach him, our lips are softly fitting together for just a warm second.

We pull apart and he pushes his door open. We step in, not a word being said, then we crawl into his bed and he turns on the small TV.

I wrap my arms around his torso and lay my head on his chest. He rests one hand on my back and one hand in my hair to gently play with my curls.

I eventually fall asleep to the feeling of his fingers massaging my scalp, the soft vanilla and strawberry smell of his skin, and the quiet sound of Steve Harvey talking on the telly.

I wake up around 4:30am. As much as I hate it, I crawl out of his bed and slip out of the hotel room, leaving him to sleep alone until 6am when we all have to get up to get on the tour bus. Back in the elevator, I smile softly to myself. The doors open and I get back in my room.

Niall is still asleep. I put my phone back on the charger and crawl back in with the Irish boy.

He moves a little and opens his eyes.

"Sorry. Got up to pee." I lie

He just nods and goes right back to sleep

The alarm on my phone wakes Niall and I both up. We groggily get out of bed and he thanks me for letting him stay over. He leaves to go get his shit from his hotel room and I start picking up my clothes from around the floor. We were only in this hotel for three days, yet I've made a mess with my laundry.

I get everything back in my bag then make the bed and leave a bit of cash on teh bed for the cleaner then I take my door key and leave.

In the lobby, Liam is already waiting. Of course.

"I'll turn in your key for you" he offers as I sluggishly plop myself down in a chair

I happily hand over my room key and he walks over to the receptionist.

Zayn comes out of the elevator next, looking just as tired as me, but a lot more annoyed. He's really not a morning person. He tosses Liam his key and Liam returns to the front desk, yet again. Z sits next to me. I don't even try to talk to him, I know he's not in the mood. I start to doze off in the somewhat comfortable lounge chair while resting my face on my hand.

"Hey, where are the other two?" Paul's voice wakes me back up. Paul is our security guard.

"No idea. Jus' a bit late" I shrug

"Can you go get them?" He asks while scooping up mine and Zayn's bags.

I shrug and just get my phone from my pocket. I ring Niall first. He answers.

"I'm in the elevator, with Louis, and we're on our way down" He says through a yawn

"Right" I say just before hanging up.

I tell Paul what Niall told me then Liam takes my hand and pulls me up from my seat. Zayn stands slowly, obviously exhausted. How is Liam a morning person? My god, I could never

The elevator across the room opens. Niall takes his and Louis' keys to return them then we all march out to the tour bus. It's so early that there aren't huge groups of fans outside, so we make it to the bus easily today. Sucks that it's not like that every day. Whatever, I guess.

In the tour bus, we get a short lecture about where we're going next, how long the drive is, what food has been stocked in the small kitchen, then about the next few things we're doing- like talk shows, interviews, and studio rehearsals. All of us nod and 'mhm' when it is required. Paul steps off the tour bus to drive his own car and Allen, our driver, gets on and gets in the driver's seat.

The bus starts moving soon. We all just relax around on the couch, still tired but now awake enough that we can't fall back asleep. That's such an annoying feeling.

"Z, can I lay on you?" Louis asks, already shuffling over to put his head in the other's lap.

Zayn shrugs, literally not caring at all, and Louis lays down. He wraps his arms around himself, settles his head on Zayn's thigh, and stretches out his legs. Zayn gently plays with Louis' hair and Louis shuts his eyes.

"Harreh, can I lay on you?" Niall asks

"Sure, lad" I smile softly

Niall leans over and hugs himself to my side.

"Well, I'm not missing out on this" Liam laughs and curls up against my other side.

"try for some rest, boys! 5 hour trip ahead of us! Maybe 6, with the traffic" Allen calls from the front

"Will do" I shout back, earning groans from Niall and Liam since I yelled

"Oops" I giggle