subways :: louis tomlinson au

x. okay?

"no, you aren't going."

"this is getting out if hand."

"it's weird."

"you look dead."

louis sighed as he slumped back in his sofa. he was looking at the ceiling as his bandmates and sister, lottie, circled around him looking concerned. they were giving louis a intervention about the subway and 2 a.m subway girl. they told him that he shouldn't go and how it's unhealthy and how he's basically stalking this girl(which is a bit true) but course louis wasn't listening because he's stubborn as all hell. everything they said just went through one ear and just out the other. 

"we aren't joking lou, you have to stop doing this. it's been like, what, almost 8 months now. how does that not alarm you?", lottie exclaimed, her irritation was clear.

"it just dosen't.", louis said, sitting up straight and looking at his phone. it was 12 a.m.

"this is weird mate. why couldn't you have been like crocheting these 8 months? yeah it's weird but it beats stalking a girl at 2 in the morning.", liam sighed, taking a seat next to louis.

"okay let's get something straight. i am not stalking the girl. she just happens to be there whenever i go.", louis snaps, standing up and going over to his kitchen. "plus, it isn't like i'm plotting to kill her."

"and? look at you mate. you're practically a walking corpse.", harry says.

and he was right. louis hasn't been healthy lately. due to his constant 2 a.m activities, he hasn't been able to actually have a good night's sleep in a long while. he hasn't even had a proper meal in the past few months. he's been living off of what he could find in his cupboards as well as the street food. the large dark bags under his eyes and his lazy walk could tell you he isn't stable. he leaned against the sink as niall spoke.

"when was the last time you slept?"

louis looked at him."yesterday."

niall shook his head."no. i mean like actually slept. like full 8-9 hours and all."

louis stayed quiet. he couldn't remember. he's only been sleeping 2-3 hours a day, and the occasional 15 minute naps daily. louis's heart sunk. he wasn't healthy. lottie could tell by his dull facial expression that he finally realized what they were trying to say. 

"you're supposed to be on break louis. you're only just causing yourself the trouble. and for what? to see a girl who dosen't even know who you are? a girl who you don't even know the name of? a stranger?", lottie said, going over to her brother and patting his back. "just relax."

louis sighed. he looked at the clock that hung over the fridge. it was now half past one. he looked at his bandmates.

"chill mate. go to bed.", zayn said, who was quiet throughout the whole intervention.

louis nodded. lottie gave him a weak smile as she walked him to his bedroom. louis got into his bed and looked at his ceiling.

"we love you louis. trust us.", lottie said as she shut the door.

a thousand thoughts were running through his mind. but he kept mumbling one question to himself before drifting off to a deep slumber.

"am i okay?"

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2 weeks later

maybellene sat down on the wooden stool as matt poured a drink to a lonely girl who looked upset. she was crying for about an hour and maybellene told matt to keep her company. so he did, and matt made her smile within 5 minutes. this made maybellene happy. she loved matt's personality. he could make anyone who's having a terrible day happy once again. she smiled as the lonely girl left with a smile and matt returned to her side.

"i love you."maybellene said, giving off a smile.

matt's heart sunk. "what?"

"like, i love how good with people you are. you make everyone happy.", maybellene explained.

matt's heart sunk even farther. he thought that she actually loved him but he was wrong. "oh. yeah. well i mean, someone has to be the people person in this relationship.", he joked, cleaning the glasses.

"since when were we in a relationship?", maybellene scoffed, softly punching matt's arm.

"ever since the day i started working with you, duh.", matt said. "thank your uncle."

"oh i sure will.", maybellene rolled her eyes. she went over to counter and returned all the bottles on the shelves. 

matt cleared his throat. "so, how's your lover?"

maybellene smiled. "he isn't my lover okay. and to answer your question, i don't know. i haven't seen him in a couple days." her smile faded.

matt noticed. "oh. sorry may. any clue where he could be?"

she shook her head. it's been 2 weeks and louis was nowhere to be found at 2 in the morning which caused damage to maybellene's heart. even though she didn't know who he was, she missed him. she missed seeing his face. she missed his presence. she missed him sitting a few seats away from her. she missed creating backstories for him. she missed staring at him. she missed his messy hair. she missed his eyes. she missed everything about him and it was driving her mad. 

"i should just forget about him.", she said which made matt look at her shocked.

he went over to her side. "did i just hear you correctly?"

maybellene looked at him. "i mean shouldn't i? i've had it bad for a stranger. a stranger matt. he might have a girlfriend anyways. i mean he's so goodlooking he might even have 20."

"yeah but 8 months may. 8 months. you can't just throw that away.", matt said, putting a arm around her shoulder. 

she sighed as she gave him a hug. matt's stomach did somersaults as he hugged her back. they stood like for for what seemed like hours, but none of them were complaining. it was nice.

"tell you what. tomorrow is your day off, we can hang out and forget about this boy. we'll do a spiritual cleansing.", he joked as maybellene laughed.

she agreed as the two continued to work. it was 5 in the morning and the bar was pretty dead. maybellene sat back down on her stool as matt cleaned up. she smiled to herself as she looked foward to her day with matt but in the inside she frowned as she didn't want to forget about louis. she sighed.

"it's going to be okay.", she said to herself.

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(kind of a sad chapter sOrrY. but i'm building momentum okay guys. next chapter should be like wHATT NOOOO. promsie. imma go and cut my hair short rn so vote comment and enjoy love you all!!! might dedicate the next chapter to one of you (; )