To Write Love on His Arms (a Larry Stylinson fanfic)

Chapter Seven

Minutes after they arrived, all of the boys have already decided on a movie to put on for the next couple of hours. Well, it was mostly decided by Zayn, who had whined his way into having us watch 'The Avengers' for the tenth time. Not that I truly mind, because my mind isn't even focused on any of this. All I want is my Louis back at home with me, not out spending time with his new 'fiancé'.

"Harry you've gotta try these garlic wings, they are the best" Niall says offering the box to me. I shoot down the offer, but thank him anyway. I'm not really that much hungry.

As the movie begins Niall lays down on the floor, beside Zayn, who is rested at Liam's feet. Out of all of the surprises that had been thrown at the group in the last few years, Liam and Zayn hold the record for the biggest one. Back last year, around September, I had noticed something weird about them. They had been getting closer to each other, in the most unusual ways. But, one night while we were away in Las Vegas, moans coming from Liam's room confirmed my suspicions. A couple weeks after that Liam and Zayn came out as a couple to the rest of the group. So far, our management hasn't attacked them too much, but they have forced Liam into doing a few things to maintain his 'straight' image.

About an hour and half into the movie, I get up to go to the kitchen. All of the food the boys had brought over is already consumed, so I grab myself a bowl of cereal. Grabbing the milk from the fridge, I bend over to get it off the bottom shelf, which was a mistake in itself.

"Haz, do you want to pick the next mo..." Liam says stopping mid sentence. I look up at him after grabbing the milk and his face is as white as a ghost. It takes me a minute of realize what made him that way.

"Li, please don't tell them" I say scared out of my mind. Nobody has ever actually seen a fresh cut on me, and after all of this time I forgot to be more careful when it comes to hiding them.

Liam comes over to me and looks me straight in the eye.

"Harry, when did you do this? Why did you do this?" he asks grabbing onto me and staring at the cuts on my skin. I tense up, because I never wanted anyone to find out about this slip up.

"Haz" Liam says sternly obviously looking for answers. I try to back up, hoping maybe he will just drop the subject, and pretend this never happened. But, Liam just takes a few steps toward me instead, and continues to display his worried face.

"I-l did i-it earlier" I stutter out of me, scared of what Liam's reaction will be to this. But, he surprises me by pulling me in for a tight hug.

"Why didn't you just ask me to come sooner?" he asks me, now making it apparent that he is crying.

"I didn't want to bother you. You were already planning on coming over, so I wanted to let you have some time before you had to bother with sad pathetic me". Liam backs away as I finish talking. He puts both of his hands on either side of me, and takes a deep breath.

"Listen, you can always rely on me. If you need me, I will be right here for you. But, can you please explain to me why you did this?". I wait a minute before responding to him.

"Li, I just, don't know really. But, I promise I will stop, just don't tell anyone, okay" I say not really wanting to share anymore of my issues with Liam. I can't let him find out about my past, especially not before Louis does.

"Okay fine, I will take your word for now. But, if you act any differently than normal, I will be forced to get involved. Haz, I love you, your my brother. Just know I will always be here to help you, no matter what. Also, if this has to do with today's events, just know Louis is yours. He loves you with all his heart, not Eleanor" Liam says giving me a quick hug, before grabbing the bowl of cereal I had managed to put together.

"C'mon, we are going to watch some TV now. You can snuggle up next to me if you want, I'll just have Zayn snuggle with Niall. Plus, I think Family Guy is on, and I know how much you love that show" he says with a smile leading me back to the living room. Zayn is already snuggled up next to Liam as we arrive in the room, and they have the end of an episode of Family Guy on.

"Z, if you don't mind I'm gonna snuggle with Harry" Liam says as he sits down on the bigger couch in the living room. Zayn tells him it's fine, and I go over to join Liam. I grab my bowl of cereal as I lay down in front of Liam, who is acting like the big spoon right now.

I take a bite of cereal as the episode ends. The news comes on next, announcing that there is a major breaking story coming on after the commercial break. The four of us decide to keep on the news, to see if maybe this story is actually something big that is happening somewhere in the world right now. As the commercials end, Niall turns up the TV volume.

"Welcome to the 5 o'clock news, we have a major story to announce. Apparently a member of one of the biggest band in Britain is off the market" the male announcer says. I can see Niall struggling to find the remote out of the corner of my eye. My eyes become glued to the TV as the female reporter begins.

"Yes girls, Louis Tomlinson, member of international pop group One Direction, is now engaged to his girlfriend of the last year and a half Eleanor Calder". Then, if this couldn't get any worse for me, the news station puts up a picture of Louis kissing Eleanor. And, he actually looks happy I for once with her.

"Niall fucking change the fucking channel" I hear Liam scream from behind me.

"I'm trying to!" Niall says in response. But, when he does manage to get the channel to change its already to late. My hearts already been shattered enough for one day.