inferno // l.s.

fifty six

finally got my pride outfit and i tried thai for the first time today. shit was goooood. anyways, here's wonderwall. i mean chapter 56. you know the drill.

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"what's going on in your little head?"

"way too much," louis grumbled around his cigarette. quitting would be a hard thing to do right now.

"wanna talk about it?"

louis shrugged as his best friend took a seat beside him on the hood of his car. he's supposed to be grabbing stuff for harry to use in the shower since the hospital shampoo made his hair more oily and it was uncomfortable, but he stopped by the apartment to get clothes for himself and got sidetracked sitting outside thinking about everything that has happened in the last few days.

nobody has seen or heard from mitch except for liam, who claimed the boss's last location was indeed at inferno last night but he disappeared before eleven.

niall has gone completely mute. he hasn't spoken a word to liam, zayn, or anyone. hasn't been to work, only locked himself in liam's house and refused to bat an eye.

harry's going nuts cooped up in the hospital. jana has done everything she can to make him comfortable but he needs fresh air, a drive, and maybe a joint.

everything is falling apart. if someone doesn't speak soon, louis will flip his shit.

"harry said he wanted to leave blackwater."

"i heard. wasn't the first time i heard anything about it though. liam said harry brought it up once before but that was it. he didn't expect him to actually tell mitch."

"does he not realize he can't just 'back out' of this?" louis asked. "i watched mylo put a bullet in one of his own friend's heads because he said he wanted out. harry can't just back out. mitch would have to kill him to do so."

"which could explain the fentanyl."

"did liam ever say why he wanted to leave?"

zayn pointed at him.

"no."

"yup."

"me."

"nah, captain shitbrain, for the fuzzy dice around your mirror. yes, you."

why would he have an impact on harry leaving? what the fuck? and why hasn't harry told him about his idea?

"he could run."

"negative. mitch would come after him."

"he could fake his death."

louis quirked an eyebrow at him. "that's something- but zayn, this is all he knows. he's been with mitch since he was eighteen. that's four years of his life being revolved around this."

"he can't get that back, no, but imagine how many more years he could have if he tried to make a change. if it were me, i'd do it for you, too. you are worth it. if harry is willing to risk his own life for your relationship to last, then..." the younger man shrugs and flicks his cigarette in the waste bucket. "he's proving that nobody can stop him from having you around. not even mitch, one of the most powerful bosses in the county of los angeles. won't say state of california because someone out there has to have bigger balls than him."

louis finished the last quarter of his cigarette in silence. there are far too many things that could go wrong in this scenario and one thing he will say is: harry is stupid. mitch knows him from head to toe, and can easily cut this short by using his trigger finger.

coming from experience, seeing with his own eyes, this would be the one thing that really does take him out.

he's not sure what has happened in harry's beginning years — he probably has injuries he's never spoken of and internal scars that fuck him up to this day — but coming face to face with his own boss and saying "i want out" is a death wish and everyone knows it.