Maybe I'm the Wrong You Like

xiii.

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Louis and Liam met Niall by accident.

He was paired with Harry on a Literature project that they both weren't really keen to start working on right away. Before being paired up, Harry and Niall have gotten along quite well because they're both cheerful lads who like to talk. They also usually watch the school's football team so they could ogle at the great ass—ets that the players have (Louis is aware of this and just shakes his head because he has the greatest asset of all the great assets after all).

One day, before a football match, the two decided to get food first from a nearby diner. There, they met Louis and Liam who left work early because it was the company's 50th anniversary and all employees can enjoy half a day off.

When Harry saw them, he ran towards his friends, while Niall followed. "Boo? Liam? What are you guys doing here?"

"Half day, love. I was just about to ask where I can find you but here you are."

Liam's response was along the lines of wanting to see Dani who lives nearby and he just decided to grab some bite to eat with Louis before going to his girlfriend's house. He noticed Niall hovering in the background and asked who he is.

"Oh. Lou, Liam, this is my friend Niall." He turned to Niall, "Ni, this is my boyfriend Louis and my best friend Liam."

"Hi there. So you're the famous Louis Tomlinson Haz can't stop talking about?" he inquired Louis.

Louis raised an eyebrow at his dimpled boyfriend but his expression is amused. "Guilty."

"And a pleasure to meet you, Liam." Niall said.

"Love your Irish accent, mate," Liam replied.

When Liam got a text from Dani saying that she wouldn't be home for at least two more hours, they all ended up watching the match together.

Later, after Louis learned that Niall likes guys as well, his scheming mind went into full alert. Niall is fun and loud and good-looking and single (he asked Harry about the blonde's relationship status). Zayn, on the other hand, is broody and mysterious and shy. He's also painfully handsome and more importantly, single. Yes. He can see the potential in there.

He observed Niall for a few more days as he and Harry started hanging out in their apartment to do the Literature project that, after a few days, looked to be going nowhere because seriously, those two buggers aren't even trying.

Some days, Liam will come in, a worried glint in his eye because he misses Zayn, not in the physical form because they still get to hang out together most of the time. He misses the Zayn who is bookish and smart and caring.

Louis misses that Zayn too. So he told Liam he has a plan. And Liam reluctantly agreed. Because they are doing this for Zayn, right? And they needed Dani's thumbs up. So they called Dani and told her she and Liam has to break-up and stay out of sight for a while. They needed a front and Liam is the only one who can do it. Dani refused at first. "Why don't you just introduce them? Like normal people do?"

"Because Zayn wouldn't go if we just tell him we want to introduce him to someone we think is perfect for him. He hates set-ups." Louis said.

"So you came up with this? This half-baked scheme to introduce them so Zayn could be a wingman for Liam?"

"Yes."

"And then what?"

"And then he'd have to hang out with Niall because we're going to say that's what wingmen do. And when we find out that they're starting to like each other, we'll tell Zayn it was all a ruse and he could be with Niall."

"You realize it could backfire, right? Like, if you tell him too late? And what if they didn't fall for each other?"

"Please. I know Zayn. Trust me, he'd like Niall. And no one can even resist his Irish accent. And, Niall will like Zayn. Dani, please? Liam wouldn't even be in the picture. You can still spend as much time as you're used to. We'll just need his break-up story for Phase 1."

"I don't even want to know what Phase 1 is, Louis. But, I miss our Zayn too. So, okay."

When they told Harry the plan, he agreed.