Sugar and Spice

Chapter 7

TW: foul language

HARRY'S POV
Louis and I had settled into some sort of a routine. I would go over to his flat, or, on a rare occasion, he would come to mine, every day after work. On the weekends, I would sleepover at his house, and he would drive me to work on Monday morning. It is really nice. Sometimes I find myself pretending we are a couple.

We were sitting on his couch (quite close, I might add, our thighs were touching!) when both of our phones buzzed. It was followed by a string of pings and alerts. Louis looked at me, and I looked at him, I found myself lost in his ocean eyes. I was pulled back to reality, though, when he deadpanned, "I think we have to go to Liam's tonight." We both looked at each other in silence before we busted out laughing. I loved Louis' laugh, in fact, I had decided it was my favorite sound.

We sighed contently after catching our breath and looked at the phone to realize the messages were never ending questions as to why we weren't there yet and demands yelling at us to "get our asses out of each other's face long enough to drive over to Liam's and enjoy the company of our (so-called) less-appreciated friends." Courtesy of Niall Horan.

~ 30 minutes later ~

We had arrived around twenty minutes ago and were now laughing with the group about something Niall had said. "Alright, Alright. Calm down ye cunts, Amanda and I have an announcement to make." Liam quickly inserted himself into the conversation and said, "Oh, me and Zayn have something to say as well."

Louis and I look at each other as a means to say, "What could these announcements possibly be?"

Nonetheless, we listened to Niall as he told everyone that him and Amanda were dating and had made it official yesterday. While no one is surprised, everyone still congratulates them.

Liam chuckled and said, "Well that kind of waters down our announcement, but Zayn and I are also officially in a relationship." The two have huge grins on their faces as Liam speaks.

We all make sure to cheer and applaud for them as well. I took this time to look around the room. Niall and Amanda are cuddled close on the couch and Zayn and Liam are on the opposite end, doing the same thing.

I looked down to where I was sitting, Louis' lap. On one of the two armchairs. One of us could have easily sat in the empty chair, but nope, I sat directly in Louis' lap and neither of us even seemed to be remotely fazed by it. Totally platonic. Right?

The two "real" couples shifted their gazes between the two of us and Liam and I made pressing eye contact. While keeping our eyes locked, Liam asks me, "So, Haz, got anyone special in your life?"

Louis and I didn't notice, but the four friends floated their eyes towards Louis before subconsciously snapping them back to me when I looked at them.

I blushed furiously and began to fiddle with my rings. I got nervous answering these types of questions. Especially since I was currently sitting on my "best mate's" lap, who of which I have an immensely growing crush on.

Louis noticed I was doing this and held my hands together to calm me down. He rubbed his thumb up and down my hands, and I would be lying if I said I didn't get major butterflies.

The others looked at us with raised eyebrows but didn't comment.

I sighed, and replied, "Nope, no one."

That was when Liam decided to say, "Well, hey, I know this guy. He's really attractive, and gay. Do you want me to maybe, set you up?"

I could feel Louis tense beneath me.

LOUIS' POV
I don't know why, but just the thought of Harry dating someone made me nauseous, and I felt a pang of something in my heart that I could quite place.

I eased back up when Harry replied, "Thanks for the for the offer Li, but I'm going to have to decline. I'm not really looking for a relationship right now."