Prince of the Seven Seas (Larry Stylinson AU)

Chapter 10

That night, Louis had slept within Danielle and Eleanor's room. At first, Danielle and Louis both had an argument over who should sleep on the floor, but after Eleanor volunteered to take herself to the floor as she and Danielle normally shared the bed, Danielle hesitantly gave in to sleep on the ground along with her. Louis came out victorious and he found himself able to sleep much more at ease seeing as he was with the girls of the ship.

In the morning, he completely skipped breakfast. He remained in Eleanor and Danielle's room and when the two females came back from eating they informed him that Harry had asked where he was. Eleanor had been sure to get Danielle to not say anything but even so, the curly haired pirate irritably notified Louis that Harry more than likely had a suspicion that Louis was hiding out with them, and if he found out the truth he'd be incredibly pissed off.

Louis wasn't avoiding Harry or anything. But he preferred that the captain didn't know where he was.

Eleanor tried to keep the hot-tempered female's mood down, but even she couldn't completely pacify Danielle. Louis didn't care to be honest.

For a majority of the afternoon he and Eleanor just spent time talking about their thoughts of home. With Danielle clearly not happy with having to share Eleanor with someone—or perhaps she just didn't like Louis? He doubted it because normally she was only irritated with his attitude, and he always toned his attitude down when he was around Eleanor— the brunette had left.

Louis could say he truly missed his home.

His comfy bed, his clean clothes, his top of the line food, his sisters, his mother and father... Everything.

Eleanor seemed just the same, though she admitted she was growing a bit adjusted to her new life, however the moment their chance for liberation came, she'd gladly take a grab at it... Even if it meant leaving behind Danielle behind because apparently the two girls were closer than Harry was to his ego.

When it came close to dinner time Louis once again stayed within the room. Eleanor offered to stay back with him, but he declined because Harry would surely know where he was at that point—not that Louis was avoiding him—

After dinner, Eleanor came back along with Zayn who somehow managed to scare the information out of her.

That made Louis a bit nervous because if Zayn could get her to speak, Harry could get her to say everything about anything if he looked at her.

Zayn found complete and total mirth in the fact Louis was avoiding Harry.

Louis wasn't avoiding Harry.

The prince resented him and the pirate told him that Harry was still looking for him and he appeared more annoyed at this point than he did at breakfast. Once again, Louis didn't care.

It wasn't his problem. It wasn't like he was hungry or anything.

Danielle expressed her opposition on having Louis sleep in her room because if Harry found out she was storing him, he'd toss her off of the boat and even Zayn was reluctant to appease him, but he gave in after much pleading by Eleanor and Louis and a threat from Danielle.

In Zayn's room, Liam and Niall had been there playing a drinking game and when they saw Louis they were a bit surprised.

After Louis explained he wasn't avoiding Harry, Niall was casual with everything and insisted Louis join in the game whereas Liam was a guilt-ridden mess.

To give the royal some privacy, Zayn offered to sleep with both Liam and Niall for the night.

Making sure he locked the door just in case Harry was doing any late-night checks, Louis slept pretty soundlessly that night.