Dark Heart (Larry Stylinson AU)

Chapter 6

"So uh... How are you?"
Louis kept trying to make awkward small talk trying to get him to say something. Anything. But as always, he stayed quiet not even giving an effort. Not giving up, Louis stared at him waiting for him to respond.

A second
A minute
Ten minutes passed by and Louis was still staring at Harry expecting him to snap any second now. But he soon could tell that Harry wasn't even paying attention to him anymore. After a few more minutes pass Louis grunts and looks at the time finally taking notice that the morning was almost over. Niall hasn't came down the stairs yet and he was getting hungry. His stomach growled loudly finally gaining Harry's attention. He chuckled at Louis while Louis just scowled at him.

"I'm going to go get something to eat. You just... stay here, okay?" Louis almost demanded. He would be very disappointed if Harry disappeared again. He slowly got up from the couch not once taking his eye off him. As soon as he was out of sight Louis literally ran to the pantry and grabbed the first edible thing he found. He was very anxious to see if Harry was still there.

He made it back in a record of time which is new to him because he wasn't the type to rush for anything. He gripped the package tight as he rounded the corner and literally gave a audible sigh if relief when he saw Harry spread out on his couch... Asleep? But something was off. Louis slowly closed in on the the boy and finally noticed what the problem was. Harry wasn't breathing. He dropped the food in his hands to the ground and crouched closer. He was literally gone for seconds. Louis slowly reached out a hand to touch Harry's chest for a heart beat but before he could even touch him...

"What are you doing?"

Louis jumped up quickly just now noticing that Harry's eyes were now open. He quickly brought his hand that was still reached outward back to his side. He slowly took a small step back sat down next to Harry not really caring to give an explanation for it was a bit embarrassing. How could he have been so stupid to mistake him for being dead?

They sat there in an awkward silence for a bit before Harry finally made the first move to talk.

"Okay, do you want to know the reason I'm actually here for?"

Harry sat for a moment as Louis stared at him with an eyebrow arched which told him that the answer to his question was obvious. He sat up from the laid back position he was in and stared at his hands in his lap before replying, a bit embarrassed for what he was going to say.

"So... I heard from somewhere that you were... uh... Looking for a roommate and I really need somewhere to stay. Temporarily of course. And you are literally my only hope at the moment"

Harry finished his little speech forcing a little red to his pale cheeks and of course adding in a few details to get the weak human to pity him. And it worked. When Harry looked up and met Louis eyes, he saw a little sadness and sympathy in them. Trying best not to grin or smirk he pretended to let his ''guard down" for a moment before he drained all the emotion from his face and was back to the was he was before. His 'normal'.

"Oh! Of course you can. But I have to ask you questions and all that boring stuff first before you can actually stay here."

Harry had trouble stopping the urge to roll his eyes. He already knew that the next couple of hours were going to be torture.

*Next Day*

It literally took the rest of the afternoon just to 'ask questions and all that boring stuff.' Mostly because Louis kept joking around and stalling which slowly put Harry in an even worse mood than he already was. But after it was finally over, Louis led him to a bare room that wasn't occupied and let him spend the night even though he doesn't need to sleep. He basically just walked around the house and went through Louis' stuff all night long. Then when he heard the first signs of life coming from Louis' room, he rushed off to his new one and pretended to be asleep.