Pumpkin Spice Season - Larry Stylinson

5: A very gay mug

Louis woke up unnaturally early the next morning due to a text pinging through on his phone about a delivery, these poor delivery people had to be out by 6.30 in the morning just to bring other people food. Louis sighed reluctantly leaving the warmth of his bed and pulling a hoodie on.

He headed down the stairs and thanked the young girl- not much younger than him who had dropped off the boxes, signing them over to him on a small notepad and watched as she retreated down the driveway. He picked them up, the cold London morning biting into his skin as he closed the door.

He put them up on the counter chuckling at the number scrawled onto a note stuck to the box 'call me Xx' he shook his head and started sorting through what needed to be refrigerated and what didn't.

Tidying the food into the allocated spaces before heading back to bed. Harry and Niall both seemed to be knocked out still, but Louis thought to give them each a hoodie and some joggers and thanked whoever was up there that he liked his joggers to be too long.

After slipping back into his warm bed he snuggled down and read his book for a bit in the morning sun pouring through his window, he must have dosed off pretty quickly though.

He awoke abruptly finding his book flat on his face, looking over at his phone he noticed that it was about ten past eight so decided to get up.

He swung his legs out of bed and adjusted his plaid pajama bottoms before standing up, when he opened the door the smell of warm food and one-sided chatter reached him from downstairs.

"Well at least Harry and Niall are up" he muttered to himself chuckling a little before heading down the stairs.

He was met with Niall talking and signing rapidly to Harry who was calmly standing by the stove waving a spatula around.

"Morning Louis!" Niall said cheerily as the small boy walked into the kitchen and began to make tea "Morning Lou" Harry signed and Niall again translated,

Louis laughed "morning Harry, morning Niall," he said before turning back to the tea he was making again thankful he had bought a couple more mugs at Wilko the day prior and by a couple, he meant like six because he got attached to funny mugs.

He pulled out a couple idly checking what was on them but not paying much attention "you guys want tea?" Louis asked absentmindedly as he reached for the teabags "yeah, Harry would too" Niall said cheerfully

"thought so also Niall you have wayyyy too much energy for like eight fifteen in the morning," Louis said laughing before pouring the hot water into the three mugs and turned to lean his back on the counter as the teabags seeped.

"so what are you two making?" he asked curiously unable to see the pan "pancakes" "well I'm making pancakes and he's critiquing my skills when he can't even use the microwave" Harry signed sulkily and Louis turned back to the tea to hide his laughter

"sounds good to me"

"either of you have sugar?"

"I don't," Niall said and Louis looked to Harry "well I have a hangover so gimme a teeny tiny bit of sugar" Niall turned to Louis "he wants a little bit of sugar"

Louis did as asked and handed them their mugs his fingers brushed Harry's lightly as he handed him the mug and he couldn't help but notice that a mug that seemed massive in his hands looked relatively small in Harry's.

Harry soon had to stop talking so that he could cook the pancakes, so Niall and Louis chattered about random things like football being better than golf in Louis' opinion but Niall seemed very opposed.

After a while of bickering, Harry hit them both in the back of the head (hitting Louis considerably lighter than Niall judging by the yelps) and put a pile of pancakes down on the table as well as a few jams and Nutella.

"Thanks, Harry, these look great" Niall signed smiling at Harry who nodded before tucking into his pancakes, the three ate in silence munching through the stack quickly due to their lack of dinner the night prior

"Thanks for last Night Lou, we appreciated it"

Louis nodded "that's okay it's what any-" were they, friends? Yep.

"what any friend would do" Harry beamed "I like your mug by the way," Harry said gesturing to the mug in Louis' hands that read 24/7 gay crisis

Louis blushed "surprise," he said laughing "well that's the weirdest way I've ever come out to someone" Harry grinned

"well Harry here is-" Niall began before Harry slapped a hand over his mouth "not yet Ni okay, not yet i'm not quite ready okay" Louis looked at the two confused.

Changing the topic "so I'm glad my clothes fitted I didn't think they would fit Harry and his giraffe legs" Harry's jaw dropped "HEY! That's mean, but why are you looking at my legs" Harry signed wiggling his eyebrows

Louis looked down the dregs of his tea were suddenly very interesting "I was just saying you were tall, not that your legs were nice, not that you don't have nice legs-"

Louis was rambling and Niall was struggling to keep up with signing, but Harry placed a hand on Louis' shoulder across the table "It's okay Louis, I was teasing"

Louis jerked his head up grinning at the boy in front of him who had just spoken "you spoke again!" Harry chuckled surprising himself "Ni I just laughed; I haven't laughed since, yknow the stuff that happened with J! What's happening?"

Niall shrugged "I don't know man but it's good" Harry nodded, "yeah I'm deaf, not mute" Louis nodded "yeah, yeah I know" Niall stood up "anyways I'd sorta like to shower and find some of my own clothes and Harry has to get his meds, so Harry and I best be heading home for now"

"Ni can you ask If we can come back later? I really can't be bothered with being at home today, it's so boring and he has the landline and is doing that thing again"

Niall nodded "Harry would like to know if it would be okay to come back later today?" Louis nodded beaming at the suggestion "of course I'd like that we can play board games or something"

Harry's face lit up and Niall paled "Don't let that one anywhere near a scrabble board or we are all screwed"

Louis nodded "Ah ha a worthy competitor! I will see you later" Harry grinned again before following Niall towards the door and ducked out waving shutting the door behind him.