Quiet { H S } ✓

0.25 ; immortality.

"Scout, I understand where you're coming from-really, I do-and we're all worried about him, but he doesn't want our help. He's made that quite clear."

"Liam, come on, he's your best friend! We can't just sit around and do nothing. He's crumbling, I can see he is."

"Scout, you're not the only one here who's concerned. We can see he's struggling too."

"Then why aren't you doing anything about it, Zayn? Why won't you help him?"

"We've tried!"

"Lou, calm down, mate."

"No, Niall, I will not calm down! She's accusing us of not caring about our own friend!"

"I know, Louis..."

"Scout, we've known him for much longer than you have, so you can't just waltz in here and act like you love him more than we do! He may be your boyfriend, but Harry's a brother to us. We've tried to help him, but he doesn't want it. It just makes him push us away, and in his state, we can't afford the distance."

"But-"

"He's a strong lad, okay? He'll get through whatever this is, he always does."

. . .

"And what if he doesn't?"

"Don't fucking say that!"

"Zayn-"

"I know Harry. He's my best mate. He'll be okay. He just needs some time to work through it on his own. He'll be fine."

"But, Louis, maybe if we just tried harder, he-"

"Scout, I expect you to respect our decision on this. Don't go behind our backs and try to force him to get help. You're making it out to be a lot worse than it is. He's just stuck in a rut. He'll climb out of it like he always does."

"Why can't I just talk to him about it?"

"How do you think that'll look? 'Hi, Harry, I couldn't help but notice you've been acting rather like a prick lately and you're not putting as much effort into your singing and you've been a lousy performer and you're treating your friends like shit and-'"

"Louis, relax. Breathe."

. . .

"Look, Scout... I don't like it either. But he'll just see it as us attacking him. We've tried and tried and tried and it only makes things worse. It's just best if we're just... There for him, okay? Until he's ready to come to us for help, just be there for him."

"Louis..."

"Can you do that for me?"

. . .

"Okay... I won't bring it up."

"Thank you. I appreciate it. Now what do you say we-"

"But, Louis, if something happens, it's only our fault, y'know. Yours, too."

. . .

"Yeah. I know."