Disappearace 2

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Niall turned around and stared at him as soon as they were by themselves.
"What are you doing, Harry?"

"It's too much, Niall! I'm happy he's alive but I finally moved on. I can't be around him." Harry sighed and dragged a hand through his hair.

"Bullshit! Answer me this. If you had a year to live, a month, a week, who would you spend it with? Nick? We both know that's not the truth." Niall questioned.

"I would spend it with my family." Harry muttered and avoided eye contact.

"Yeah, yeah, of course, but you also would want Louis by your side. You're not over him. You're really good at pretending, I give you that. He's back! What are you waiting for?" Niall said.

"He left me!" Harry said with a tremble in his voice.

"Unvolonarily. He time traveled for fucks sake." Niall replied.

Harry rolled his eyes at him.
"Don't give me that crap. That's impossible."

"No, Harry. What's impossible is that Louis would have left you willingly." Niall said softly.

"Yeah? What if he time travels again? We get together again and one day he's just gone again!" Harry said and teared up.

"Well, that's a possibility but at least you would know what was going on and you would also know that you would see him again. Isn't a lifetime with Louis worth it?" Niall questioned.

"It wouldn't be a lifetime, would it? Years would pass." Harry mumbled and looked out the window.

"Possible, but now you're choosing to be without him based on fear." Niall shrugged.

"Can you blame me?" Harry snorted.

"No, but you're making the wrong choice and deep down you know that too. Are you coming with us?" Niall asked.

Harry stared at him for a moment.
"No." He sighed.

"Okay. We have to get going." Niall said and stood up.

They said goodbye and headed out to the car.
"How did it go?" Zayn asked.

"Honestly, I don't know." Niall sighed and put the car in reverse and backed out from Harry's driveway.

Harry was pacing back and forth. He glanced out the window. Niall was about to drive away. He acted on impulse and ran out of the house and waved. Niall hit the brakes.

He shouted "One minute!" Niall nodded his head so he ran back into the house and threw some random clothes in a bag and ran out again. He made sure to lock the house before he got in the back of the car. They all turned to look at him.

"Just drive." Harry muttered. He shouldn't do this but he couldn't help it. He wanted to see Louis again. He almost believed the whole time travel explanation. Niall did. He felt less stupid knowing that.

Zayn and Liam hugged him and Niall laughed and got the car moving. It had been a long time since they all were at the same place at the same time and they spent the car ride to Doncaster catching up.

When they walked up to Louis' family Harry almost turned around and ran away but he embraced himself. Louis opened the door and he couldn't look at him. He listened to Zayn, Liam, Niall, and Louis making conversation. He had to look at him.
"Hi, Lou." Why did he have to sound so out of breath?

"Hi, Haz." Louis replied softly. Harry couldn't look away. Same blue eyes.

"Are you gonna let us in or what?" Liam asked.

"What? Yeah, yeah, of course." Louis said and stepped back. Harry sighed.

They took a seat in the living room. Louis' siblings came to say hi and then Lottie pushed them out of the door to give them some privacy. They just sat in silence for a while. Harry couldn't stop looking at Louis. He couldn't believe he was here again. The boys talked about the time traveling as if that was the reasonable explanation. It made him upset. He couldn't keep his mouth shut.

"So we're actually buying this? Louis time traveled and that's why he has been absent for the past four years?"

"Absolutely." Niall answered without hesitation.

Zayn scratched his chin.
"I mean, it sounds crazy but also it makes the most sense, you know?"

Louis looked at Liam.
"Yeah, I mean... You wouldn't have left without at least a note explaining why, right?" Liam said.

"I wouldn't have left period. I can't believe that you of all people would think that." Louis said and looked directly at him.

It made Harry uncomfortable. He still didn't know what to believe.
"I knew your mental state."

"So?" Louis questioned.

"Guys, relax. You obviously have a lot to talk about but can we just rejoice in the fact that Louis is here? I've missed you!" Niall smiled.

"What happened to the band?" Louis asked.

"You left and then Zayn left." Harry shrugged.

Louis turned to look at Zayn.
"You left?"

"I couldn't do it anymore. They forced us to continue the tour without you. It was fucked up! Harry went in and out of the hospital and they still made him get up on that stage!" Zayn tried to explain.

Harry couldn't believe that Zayn just said that. He had no business telling Louis how badly he handled his disappearance.
"Shut up, Zayn!" Harry growled.

Louis looked at him. He seemed concerned.
"Why were you in the hospital?"

"Why the hell do you think? You just disappeared, Louis!" Harry shouted and stormed out of the room. He couldn't do this. Clearly, Louis underestimated how much he had loved him. What the hell did he think? That his disappearance wouldn't have completely broken him?

He waited by the car until the guys came out of the house. He didn't say a word while they drove to the nearest hotel to check-in.