Zayn watched as Niall careful set up the dominoes, careful not to disturb the Irish boys concentration. It was absolutly adorable how he would bite his lip as he focused, or at least it was to Zayn. But he was hopelessly infatuated with the blonde boy, and everything he did was amazing in Zayn s eyes. He smiled as Niall reached for more dominoes, only to come up with an empty hand. He had been determined to use every domino in the creation of this chain, and the way his face lit up when he found that he succeeded made it impossible for Zayn not to smile himself. He walked over and gave the Irish boy a big hug, careful not to disrupt the insanely long chain. Niall hugged him back tightly, in one of his special hugs that made Zayn s heart melt.
"Are you ready to watch it? Harry, Liam, come look!" Niall bounced up and down with excitement. Liam and Harry, who had been whispering to each other in the corner, stood and walked over to watch. The trail of dominoes covered most of the kitchen floor, looping back and forth again and again. It had taken Niall all morning, and he had postponed his lunch (a very important thing for Niall) to finish it. Now the four of them stood, admiring his creation.
"Are you ready?" Niall asked, preparing to tip the first domino. Zayn smiled at his childlike enthusiasm.
"What about Louis? Shouldn't we wait for him?" Harry pointed out. This would be the kind of thing that Louis would live to watch, and he would be missing out.
Niall shook his head. "He chose Eleanor over you Harry. He doesn't deserve to watch." And with that, Niall tipped over the first domino, setting off the unstoppable chain reaction. Harry didn't know whether or not to be concerned that they had left Louis out, or to just enjoy the spectacle in front of him. He finally settled on the later, simply enjoying the scene as the dominoes fell. The inly one who's eyes weren't on the chain was Zayn, who's eyes were focused on Nialls face. Harry noticed this and smiled a bit to himself as the dominoes fell. Zayn was so in love, it was hard to believe that no one had noticed it before. He only wished Louis was here for him to point this out to. The other people in the room would only find something like that odd, or saddening.
Everyone cheered as the last domino fell, and their ruckus made it almost impossible to hear the doorbell. But Harry managed to hear it, and he walked to the door, pulling it open. On the other side of the door was Louis, who immeadiatly enveloped him in a huge hug.
"Haz!" Harry hugged him back just as tightly.
"Boobear!" He half mocked and half exclaimed. He was genuinely excited to see Louis, But he wasn't as flamboyant as the older boy. So any action like this for Harry was always half in playful mockery of Louis.
Louis pulled away and came inside, but his shadow was a sight that made Harry's heart drop. Trailing in his wake was Elenor, who didn't look at all happy. Harry bit his lip, forced a smile and followed them out to the living room, planning to make some excuse about not feeling well to get away from Eleanor. But that plan was derailed when Louis saw the kitchen.
"You set this off without me?!?" Louis seemed incredably upset abiut it, perhaps even more upset than he had a right to be.
"You weren't here." Harry defended Niall calmly.
"But you all kbow that I love these things!" Louis protested. He did have a point. But he simply hadn't been there.
"You also love Eleanor. You chose her over us." Harry was being incredably calm For the situation.
"You could have waited!" Louis pointed out.
"And you could have stayed here! No one said you had to go home with Eleanor!" Harry finally lost his composure, yelling at his best friend.
"I went to her house because you decided Liam was better to sleep next to than me! I decided Eleanor Would be better to sleep next to than you!" Louis yelled right back, paying very little attention to his own words.
"Liam actually cared when I got upset! You just stayed there and watched them argue!" Harry was furious now, and he took a threatening step towards Louis, his tall hieght working in his advantage for once.
"You never talk to me when you're upset! I thought maybe you would talk to Liam!" Louis yelled right back, just as furious, and he took a step forward as well.
"I never talk to you because you're always with Eleanor! She's all you care about lately!" Harry took another step towards Louis.
"I don't even care about Eleanor! We aren't even really dating!" Louis was so frustrated that he let the secret slip, and was still way too angry to care when he did relize.
"If she isn't your girlfriend, then what the hell were you doing at her house last night!" Harry stepped towards Louis again.
"I was ******* crying! I had a ******* mental breakdown when I saw you with Liam!" Louis took a step towards Harry.
Harry scoffed. "Why the hell did you have a breakdown? Because someone actually cared about me?" He took another step forward, getting alarmingly close to Louis.
"No!" Louis screamed in frustration. "I was crying because I love you Harry! I always ******* have! And I thought you were together with Liam!" He took a step forward of his own so that their chests were pressed against each other.
"I wasn't together with Liam." Harry whispered. "I was crying over you." And he leaned over and pressed his lips against Louis'.
Louis instantly reacted, kissing him right back. Harry wrapped his arms around Louis' waist, and Louis tangled his hands in Harry's hair. The moment was perfect for the two of them, what they had always wanted. Liam shook his head with a smile, glad their plan had worked at least a little bit before it ended. Niall gave Zayn a pointed look, causing him to laugh. But Louis and Harry were oblivious to all this, because they were finally happy.
