Merman In The Water - Larry Stylinson AU Merman!Louis

Chapter 8

[A/N]: Hello, lovelies. Sorry for the long wait. But we actually sit down and write this together and she's been out of town or grounded and I've been laptopless. I'm so sorry for the wait. So let's get this chapter started! Woooo! ♥ Sophie! OH AND THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO Potter_Who_1D for making us the awesome multimedia!

The boys had made their way back to the house without any further problems involving Louis' lack of walking skills, and luckily Zayn and Liam were still gone. Harry still wasn't sure where they had gone but he was glad that they weren't home to ask about Louis. Harry led him into the front room and made him wait for a moment, which Louis did very impatiently, as he moved the furniture around. Once Harry deemed there to be enough room, he led Louis toward the middle of it and let go of his hand to take a few steps away from him.

"Walk toward me," Harry said with a smile.

Louis took a few cautious steps toward Harry and then smiled up at him as he reached the taller boy. Harry returned his smile and he made Louis walk the other way. Louis sighed but complied, "Why are we doing this? It's so boring."

"You've got to learn how to walk properly before we go anywhere else," Harry smiled, fondly to the merprince.

"Why?" Louis whined as he stumbled a tad.

"That's why."

Louis mumbled something under his breath but continued walking anyway. He reached the other side and Harry waved him back toward him again. Louis walked a little faster back toward Harry, slowly getting the hang of it. A wide, proud smile stretched across Harry's face as he watched Louis walk back and forth across the room. He wasn't stumbling as much and he seemed to finally have the ability to walk. 

"One last time and we can take a break," Harry promised.

"Finally. How do you humans walk around all day? These things are killing me."

Harry chuckled and waited as Louis walked toward him. However, Louis suddenly squeaked as he began to fall over and Harry was quickly caught in the tumble. A slight grunt sounded from Harry as Louis landed on him again, causing their eyes to meet for a slight moment.

"Did you know that your eye colour and mine could make the colour of the ocean?" Louis breathed.

"That's... good?" Harry agreed breathlessly.

"Um..." a familiar voice said in a questioning manner, coming from the doorway.

Harry tore his eyes away from Louis' to meet the curious stares of Liam and Zayn and a blush flooded his cheeks, "Hi."

"Hi..." Liam responded, glancing at Louis.

"Hi!" Louis said excitedly with a large smile on his face. 

"Hello..."

"I'm Louis! Are you Zayn and Liam?"

"I'm Liam, this is Zayn," he said, pointing to the dark haired boy who gave a small wave.

Louis attempted to scramble off Harry but ended up elbowing him in the side, causing Harry to release a grunt of pain, "I'm sorry!"

"It's fine," Harry said in a strained voice. "Can you stand up?"

"I might be able to," Louis gave a confident nod. 

After getting another limb to the side, Harry gently rolled Louis off of him and stood up to help the older boy up. Harry pulled Louis to his feet and helped steady him before he turned to his friends, "Uh, yeah, hi... Liam, Zayn, this is Louis. Louis, this is Liam and Zayn." 

"Hello!" Louis beamed, stumbling forward to hold out his hand. 

"Are you... a little tipsy, maybe?" Zayn chuckled.