friends to lovers - lilo

03

The night before wasn't so bad. After Liam possibly broke Louis' heart, everything went on smoothly, no problem at all. He doesn't remember what movie they watched, it was some type of action movie. He couldn't pay attention because he was upset and would rather crawl under the bed covers to sleep and never leave. Of course, no problem.

Liam didn't notice, thankfully. He took him back to Louis' place and dropped him off with a smile. He couldn't sleep that night.

Louis went over to Niall and Harry's place to talk to Niall. He doesn't know what to do or who to go to, Niall is always right.

He dropped himself on the couch as Niall sits down, "What's up, Lou?" Louis looked at him and didn't know where to start. He took a deep breath and started talking, "I am not dating Liam." Smooth. Straight to the point. Good job.

Niall raised his eyebrow in confusion, "Hm?" "Alright, look. I am not dating Liam. Never been together. He agreed to pretend to be my boyfriend because I lied to my mum about having a boyfriend. Now, he misunderstood and he acted like a boyfriend in front of you and Harry, everyone else. The thing is, I like him. You know, something more than like. God, I'm freaking out. Okay, so last night, he told me he loved me. But wait! As a friend, a best friend. I don't know what I was expecting, but it hurt me. I'm in love with my best friend! Oh God, I don't know what to do, fucking help me, Niall."

Niall stared at him for a long time, blinked once or twice. Louis was this close to going mad until he hears a laugh. "Um, wow. I never thought you would be this helpless," Niall said with a smile. Louis slid down the couch and sighed.

"What do you want me to do, though? Do you want me to help you confess your feelings to Li?" Louis turned his head to Niall with a frantic look plastered on his face, "No! No. I don't want to make anything weird between us. I just needed to tell someone about this and support me. I trust you, Ni."

Niall gave a friendly pat on Louis' shoulder, "I trust you, too. Honestly, I thought Liam was like crazy for you. It's weird that you told me he loved you as a friend, it's random. Don't feel too down, he probably thinks you're attractive."

"Please, I wish. Now, I'm going to have to deal with seeing his face and receive unnecessary hugs and kisses when my family and friends are around. I regret asking him to be my pretend boyfriend, it's torture."

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not my best, but it will pick up soon :-)

just published a summary and the cover for iwtwyas which is coming soon! i'll publish two parts some time to get it started and see what happens :-)