We Will Find a Way Through the Dark (Larry Stylinson)

Chapter Ten

The next morning, Harry was still awake in his bed, having not been able to fall asleep all night. But as soon as he started to hear Louis moving, he laid back down so it would look like he had been sleeping.

Harry heard Louis get out of his bed and the little pattering of footsteps stopped in front of his bed. A soft hand touched his shoulder and a quiet voice said, "Harry."

Harry, still pretending like he had really been sleeping, slowly opened his eyes, and saw Louis' face right up next to his. "Good morning." Louis said when he saw his eyes fully open. "I'm not sure if you're up to it or not, but my mum is making me go to school today. If you don't want to you don't have to though." He added.

"I'll go. I would be bored here all by myself." Harry replied.

"Alright, well we need to leave in like thirty minutes."

"Do you mind if I shower?" Harry asked.

"No go ahead. I showered last night."

Louis walked out of the room to get breakfast while Harry went into the bathroom.

Five minutes later when Harry was stepping out of the shower, he reached to grab a towel but realized he forgot to ask Louis to get him one. "Shit." He mumbled. Not knowing what else to do, he yelled, "Louis", hoping he would hear him.

When Louis heard Harry he jumped up from the table and ran to the bathroom. "What's the matter?" He called through the door.

"I forgot to get a towel." Harry muttered shamefully. Louis chucked, glad that he hadn't hurt himself, and turned around to the linen closet right outside the bathroom.

"Open the door."

"I'm naked."

"I'm not gonna look, just open it so I can hand you the towel."

Harry sighed and opened the door just wide enough to fit the towel through.

"And just so you know, the towels are in the closet right across from here." Louis said after Harry had shut the door and had begun drying himself off.

"Okay thanks."

Harry got dressed back in the clothes he had slept in, because he had forgotten to get new clothes, and he was not about to walk around the house in a towel.

Harry opened the bedroom door to find a shirtless Louis. "Oops!" Harry muttered starting to close the door. "Sorry." he added.

"You don't have to leave." Louis laughed. So Harry stopped closing the door and walked towards his bed.

"I just need to get clothes and then I'll go change in the bathroom." Harry said, avoiding eye contact with Louis.

"Actually would you mind getting dressed in here? I need to brush my teeth." Louis asked.

"Yeah. Of course not."

They both finished getting ready and then a minute before Louis said they needed to leave, they were both seated in Louis' car.

The first five minutes of the drive were spent in a slightly awkward silence. And then Louis spoke up, "So how did you sleep?"

"Um, pretty good." He lied. He was happy that Louis hadn't asked him yet, he didn't want to have to lie.

"Well that's good." Louis said, briefly turning his head to look at Harry.

When they got to school they went their separate ways and said they'd see each other at lunch.

Harry had barely been able to stay awake through all his morning classes and when he got to lunch, he perked up a little bit when he saw Louis already sitting at the table.