Liam turns the key in its lock and swings the door open to his and his roommate Louis' apartment. There's immediate hesitation in his step as the scent of his favourite food hits him and the hallway looks like it's been cleaned.
His eyebrows scrunch together as he cautiously removes his shoes from his feet. Louis never cleans, or cooks for that matter. Especially not something as high-end as carpaccio.
Liam loses his train of thought as he hears quick footsteps coming around the corner.
"Liam! Liam! Bro!" Louis shouts and his face appears in the hallway. He rushes over and gives his roommate a hasty hug.
"How was your day? You must be exhausted, Let me take your bag for you" Louis continues and grabs Liam's backpack without any confirmation and starts making his way to the kitchen.
"It was good..." Liam manages to say as he tries to keep up with Louis.
He's just about to continue talking as he sees the kitchen table, full of food and drinks.
"Louis.." his voice is stern, maybe even concerned.
Should he be concerned? It's not uncommon that his chaotic roommate manages to break something that belongs to him, or even 'accidentally' plan something that involves them both without Liam's knowledge, but this isn't like that. This is not Louis apologising for something that has happened, this is him needing something from Liam.
"Spill it Louis. What do you want?"
Louis, who has been busy pouring a drink for his friend, draws a deep breath as he puts the bottle down on the table. His hand motions for them to take a seat and when they're both sitting on opposite sides of the dining table Louis finally starts explaining himself.
"So basically, the craziest thing happened today. I was in class and I got an email from this random bloke. I didn't think anything of it, but then it turned out to be Niall Horan. You might not know who he is, he's a singer, pretty decent to be honest. Anyway, he asked me, or maybe it was his manager or something... they asked me if I would interested in doing a music video for his new single. Can you believe it? He's seen some of my work that I've posted on YouTube and now he wants me! Me!" Louis draws another deep breath before rambling on.
"So I was like, yes, obviously. He has this idea for what it's going to be about, and I'm totally down. This is such an opportunity to show what I can do".
Louis falls into silence, eyeing his roommate up and down with eager eyes, waiting for a response. Liam, who hasn't touched any of his food while trying to keep up with the impressive speed of his friend's mouth, needs a good moment to process everything before being able to give a reply.
"That's... that's amazing Lou! Congratulations buddy!" he finally says and smiles brightly at Louis who is practically jumping in his seat.
"I know right! It feels like a dream" the young man giggles and goes to grab his drink.
"It still doesn't explain this." Liam continues softly and nods to the table of food in front of him.
Louis takes a very prolonged sip out of his glass, not really meeting his friend's gaze as he does.
"Yeah. About that" he clears his throat and puts on his most selling puppy-eye look.
"I need actors, or models to be precise. I can't afford to pay anyone so I was just hoping that the nicest man I know, who just happens to be my handsome and splendid roommate, could do me this one favour and help me out here".
Liam looks doubtingly at Louis. Is this some kind of weird joke he's not getting? He is as far from being a model as anyone can be.
Being in front of a camera is not something he feels comfortable with, at all. What would he do? Just stand there?
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FanfictionI have been thinking about this for quite a long time now and yesterday I was like "I think I should go for it" Some are mine some are from the internet.
