Two of him

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Edwards Pov: 

Once Louis leaves the room and I'm positive he's out of earshot, I turn back to the rest of the boys and sigh. "Is there something going on with him? He seems withdrawn and he isn't eating." I say with worry coated in my voice. 

"Im not sure, but he hasn't been eating anywhere a healthy amount in a while. He looks so pale and exhausted" Andy says. I look over to Harry to see what he is thinking, he has the exact same expression on his face that I assume I have. 

Harry and I have had a crush on Louis for a while now but we never thought to act on it because he's our friends' little brother but lately, the crush has only enhanced. I was actually so worried when I saw Louis walk into the kitchen. It took everything to not comment on his appearance; even though he was still the most gorgeous person I've laid my eyes on other than Harry, he looked sick. He looked like he hadn't slept in days. And when he went to sit down, I caught him wincing. The boys have told us that Louis hasn't been eating breakfast but I assumed that he was at least eating dinner, I was about to tell him to eat some of his food but I didn't think it was my place to....yet. 

"Do you know if anything is going on at school? It looked like he was in pain at dinner?" Harry said. I knew he saw him wince just like I did. 

"Woah, guys calm down... We know you care about Lou but I've never seen you two so worried before. Whats going on?" Scott says in a humorous tone. 

Harry and I look at each other and nod. We were planning on telling the boys about our intentions with Louis soon but we didn't plan for it to be this soon. "Well... we kinda, like Lou. And we want to have a relationship with him, with your permission of course." I say nervously. Normally I have all of the confidence in the world, Harry and I are known for being ruthless and coldhearted that takes no shit, but the idea of them saying no scares the hell out of me. I grip Harry's hand while waiting for one of them to respond to the news. 

"I knew it!" Drew responds with a happy tone. "I knew there was something going on between you three. Of course we support it! You guys would be perfect for Lou, plus we trust you to protect him." Drew says. I look over to Andy given that he's the oldest so he gets the final say. He must know what I'm thinking and gives me a nod for approval. Harry and I break out into smiles and relief fills my body knowing that the boys are ok with us possibly dating Louis. 

"Oh thank god you said yes! I don't know what we would do if you hadn't!" Harry says with a joking smile on his face. 

"So are you going to tell him?" Andy says with a curious look on his face. Of course Harry and I want to tell him, we've been dropping subtle hints to him here and there but we aren't sure if he has picked up on any of them. We also don't want to overwhelm him right now, he seems stressed enough and I don't want to add to that. "I don't know Andz, we don't even know if he even likes us back." Harry says and I nod. "What!?! You guys must be crazy! Its so clear that Lou likes you two, he blushes every time your names come up." Scott says with a shocked look on his face. I look over to Harry to try to read what he's thinking, he looks over me and says " He's right Ed, Lou does seem more comfortable with us, even though there's something clearly going on with him." Now remembering what we were talking about right before Scott brought up our crush on him. "And I really want a relationship with him, he's perfect," Haz says. I know he's right, I want to tell him or at least be more obvious with our hints. 

"Alright, ok, yeah I want him to know, I just want to keep him safe and protect him" I say. "I have an idea" Drew says. I look over to him to see what he could possibly be thinking about. "Why don't you invite him over for dinner tomorrow night, maybe get to know him more and see where he's at?" Drew says. I look over to Harry and see a smile on his face clearly showing that he likes the idea. "I like that, ok we will have him over tomorrow" I say with excitement in my voice.