pics ; larry #Wattys2015 [completed] (editing because yikes)

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I sulkily take a cab back to my flat, and watch telly until I get a text from Niall.

Niall: hey brother I'm on my way over

Niall: any requests ?

Harry: for drinks ?

Harry: literally bring me an an entire liquor store pls and thanks

Niall: I meant for food, but I'll do my best

Niall: what's bothering you mate ?

Harry: Louis has a boyfriend

Harry: I've asked him to choose between us, and I'm terrified he'll choose Ethan

Niall: he has a bf ?! and he was with you ?! what a dickhead

Harry: yeah well I'm a fool for thinking that someone as amazing and perfect as Louis would be single

Harry: it just sucks because I'm totally and irrevocably in love with him

Harry: if he doesn't choose me then I think I might die

Niall: you've got it that bad ? wow this is worse than I thought

Harry: yeah I know

Harry: I'm a mess

Harry: make sure you bring me peach schnapps

Niall: ok

Harry: and kale I've run out of kale

Niall: ok lol

Harry: help Niall I'm having a quarter-life crisis

Niall: I'm at Tesco now

Niall: I'll be there soon

Niall: just hang tight till I get there ok mate ?

Harry: thanks Ni

Harry: love you xx

Niall: I guess I love you too XD

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"So, are you gonna tell me more, or are we gonna spend the whole night getting plastered in silence?" Niall asks, before taking a long sip of his beer.

I shrug, taking a swig straight from the bottle of schnapps. "I dunno."

I turn my back to him to stir the kale, and sigh heavily. "Niall, help."

"What's up? Louis?"

I nod defeatedly. "I just don't understand."

"What don't you understand, mate?"

"How he could possibly choose Ethan over me? I mean, he even said himself that things with us are perfect. How could he choose that monster over me?"

Niall's brows furrow. "What are you on about? He might not be you, but Ethan can't be that bad-"

"Niall, he sexually abuses Louis."