I Hate You ~ Louis Tomlinson

SUPRISE DATE

"Hey guys, I'm going to go check on Louis if that's okay. Maybe get him some soup."

Natalie worked as fast, but as effectively as she could so she could leave early for the day and check on Louis.

The boys let her know she's good to go, even though she was really addressing management, but she appreciates it all the same.

If she finishes her work early she's allowed to leave on any day, but she usually chooses to stay with the boys and watch them work if she's got nothing else to do.

She makes the short journey back to their house. She opens the door expecting to find Louis in his room, but instead she walks in to see fairy lights and candles and Louis in jeans and a nice button down.

It all starts to click in her head, she knew the boys were acting funny.

"What's going on here?" She asks beyond happy.

He moves his way over to her with the most adorable smile she thinks she's ever seen.

"A date."

She wraps her arms around his neck and his wrap around her waist bringing her close.

"A date?" She can't contain the very large smile on her face, he leans in to kiss her.

She pulls away after a minute just slightly so her lips are still brushing against his and mumbles, "Hm you should get sick more often."

He laughs against her lips. "Hungry?"

She hums and nods when they pull away.

"Well, let me get the lovely lady's chair." He says dramatically. 

"No wait! Let me go get changed."

"But you look lovely." He says and she smiles at him, but still moves away to go toward her room.

"No you look so handsome; I want to change into something nicer."

She goes into her room and put on one of her dresses. It's a light pink color and it comes in at the waist, complimenting her figure. She comes out of her room not even two minutes later.

"Wow, you look beautiful," Louis says on a breathe.

She blushes. "Thank you, and thank you for dinner. What are we having?"

Louis pulls out her chair for her and then stands behind it, his hands resting on the back of her chair. He leans down and kisses the top of her head.

She's come to realize how affectionate he is. Always holding her hand or placing one on her back or shoulders. Kissing the top of her head or her cheeks or the back of her hand. 

"Well I thought about making you something, but I didn't want to poison you, so," he makes a dramatic hand motion to the covered food. He had put take out containers on fancy plates. She tries to stifle her laugh because what he did was really sweet, but it's funny looking.

"Thank you so much Lou."

"You're welcome," he mumbles and she leans up to kiss his lips before he goes to his own seat.

Louis got them Chinese which is one of Natalie's favorites. They talk about their families, foods they hate, and things they like to do. 

They're taking it as slow as you can when you already live together and work together and see each other all the time. It helps that the other boys are almost always around, but it's still a lot to be around each other like that.

"There's more to this surprise." Louis gets up and leads them through the living room toward the backyard.

"Is there really?"

He nods enthusiastically.

"Thank you Louis, this whole night has been perfect. Best first date ever." She says and he smiles, bringing her the slightest bit closer.

He brings her to the sliding glass doors and flicks the lights on. More fairy lights are outside and there is a big fluffy blanket with lots of pillows in the grass.

"This is so cute!" She gushes and he smiles happily at her, he's quite proud of himself. As he should be.

They go outside and sit, enjoying each other's company. It's nice, before this they hadn't talked all that much. There's still a lot for them to learn about each other, but that's a good thing.

"Did I tell you how handsome you look tonight?" Natalie randomly says. They're laying on their backs, looking up at the stars. Granted their aren't many, but everything just feels perfect.

"You might have mentioned it." He says with a cheeky smile.

"Well I don't mind saying it again, you look very very handsome."

"Thank you love." He nuzzles his head into her neck, and she holds him close, her hand carding through his hair. He tries to say something to her, but it comes out too mumbled to understand. It does tickle ger though. She starts giggling uncontrollably which only encourages him to do it more, talking nonsense into her neck.

She moves to tickle his sides instead, quickly discovering he's very ticklish. They end up rolling around on the blanket, each trying to get away from the other until they both end up on their stomachs so neither can get the other.

They turn on their sides to look at each other laying down, cheeks pressed to the ground. Louis reaches out and moves some of her hair out of her face and then rests his head in his hand. He keeps looking at her.

The rest of the boys have just gotten home and somehow successfully sneak in without interrupting the two of them.

Zayn, who is naturally quiet sneaks up and tries to get some candid photos. With the fairy lights outside behind them it casts them in a really beautiful glow. He leans down so he is level with them on the ground and snaps a few pictures.

One when Louis leans over to brush her hair out of her face, one with his chin held in his palm, and another with him looking at her adoringly and it's all really sweet.

Natalie sees Zayn out of the corner of her eyes and screams, not expecting anyone to be home.

"Fucking hell Zayn. What the hell are you doing?"

"Wow, you see the mouth on that girl?" Niall says, "She's definitely Louis'."

Louis just sits there looking proud, but putting a hand on her back to calm her down from the little scare.

"Oh sorry Nat. I was just getting some pictures of you guys," Zayn says.

"Sorry for yelling. Can we see them?"

"Of course." He says, rolling his eyes. 

The pictures are so sweet, she loves them. 

"Can you take another one?" Louis asks, "These are really nice, but I would like one where I could see her wonderful face." He says smiling at her. 

They sit down next to each other, Natalie with her legs tucked to the side and Louis has his legs out in front of him. His arm is behind her back and she leans into him. 

They thank Zayn and everyone leaves to get ready for bed since it's already late.

"Can I walk you home?" Louis jokes.

She chuckles, "Yes thank you."

He walks her to her door, and he kisses her goodnight.

When she gets back into her room, she texts him, "Did you make it home alright?"

She can hear his loud laugh from across the hall and she smiles to herself.

When she lays down in bed, she scrolls through Instagram and sees that Louis has posted a story. It's actually perfect. The picture is of the two of them laying down so it hides their faces so he's able to post it without revealing her identity. The caption is 2 hearts and she practically coos when she sees it.

She replies to the story with even more hearts and the emoji with the stars for eyes and if she falls asleep happily clutching her phone, no one needs to know.