Louis' POV
I walked into the flat where the rest of the lads were watching tv. All of them, with the exception of Harry, looked up and greeted me. In an attempt to get him to acknowledge me, I went over to where he was sitting and sat close to him. The only thing he did was shove me away, eyes still focused on the tv. I was slightly startled by his actions, but let it slide because he had been acting weird lately.
We continued watching the program for a while, and I started to inch closer to him. Once he noticed what i was doing, he tensed, but I continued moving, and eventually got to the point where I was practically snuggling into his lap. This lasted no more than a few seconds before he abruptly stood up and marched over to a different chair, without ever meeting my eyes. At this point, i couldn't deny that i was hurt. All that i wanted was to cuddle!
The only one who noticed what had happened was Liam, who saw that i was hurt, and opened his arms to me and gave me a warm smile. I gladly accepted his comfort, even though I was still upset. His warmth contented me and I sighed happily and closed my eyes, just to have them shoot open when I heard someone loudly stomping upstairs and a door slam. My eyes darted across the room to Harry's now empty chair.
My eyebrows furrowed. What could have possibly been so wrong with him? That's it. This had been going on for weeks, and it was too painful. I was going to talk to him and figure out what's wrong.
"I'll be back in a moment, lads," I said as I climbed up the stairs after Harry.
Harry's POV
As soon as I slammed my door closed, tears spilled from my eyes, and I climbed onto my bed, hugging my knees to my chest. Why did this have to be so difficult? For so long I was able to ignore these feelings but lately it's been too hard to handle. My sobs were starting to get hysteric when I heard a knock on my door.
"Go away." I choked out between sobs.
"Haz, please let me in." Louis' angelic voice came from the other side of the door.
"No." I said stubbornly.
"Hazza. Please." Louis pleaded desperately.
I sighed, got up and unlocked my door to reveal a worried Louis. He tentatively stepped in.
"Come on, Haz, why won't you tell me what's wrong?" He sounded so confused and I almost started crying again. When I didn't respond, his expression changed to extremely hurt. "Please. Please tell me what's going on. You've been ignoring me and pushing me away and it really hurts, Hazza." he finished almost in tears. I looked down at my best mate's trembling lip and immediately felt horrible. I've always hated it when Louis cried.
"I'm sorry, Lou. But I can't tell you." I said while turning around and looking at the ground.
"Really? We've always told each other everything that was upsetting us. Why is this one so different? What could be so horrible that you can't tell your best friend?!" I kept my mouth shut and avoided his gaze. He grabbed my wrist and spun me around so that i was facing him. The look he gave me was so determined and serious that it shocked me.
"Look, Lou, I already said that I'm sorry bu-"
"NO!!!! JUST TELL ME!!!!" He cut me off.
"I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU, OKAY?! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!" I buried my face in my hands and started bawling again. I heard nothing from Louis. After a couple of moments I felt my hands being pulled away from my face and being held in his. I kept my eyes closed tight, but they shot wide open when i felt a soft pair of lips on mine. Electricity seemed to spark through my body and my shock subsided as i closed my eyes and started moving my lips in sync with his. His hands moved from my hands to my waist, allowing me to snake my arms around his neck. When we finally pulled away, he smiled.
"You have no idea how long I've been waiting to hear that. I love you so much, Hazzabear."
"I love you too, Boobear," I replied.
Louis grinned widely and pressed his lips against mine again.
"What???!!!" Niall was standing in the doorway and it was obvious that he had seen the whole thing.
I went to move away but Louis held me closer and we gave Niall a look.
"Yeah, you saw what you saw," Louis said to Niall. "We're together now."
I smiled sheepishly as I heard Louis say those words.
"I, um, ok," Niall said awkwardly scratching his head before stumbling out of the room. We heard him running downstairs to tell the other two.
Louis shrugged and grabbed my hand as we followed Niall down the stairs together.
"Congrats, mates," Liam said with a small grin. I realized then that he had probably known what was going on between Louis and I.
"Yeah, it's about time!' Zayn smirked. Guess he had too.
"Tell me about it." Louis mumbled and pecked my lips again.
