Kiss It Better

Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

"You look like hell."

"Thanks." Eleanor said sarcastically.

Louis raised his hands in mock surrender. "I just mean you look tired."

"I am." She amended, sipping on her coffee. "How was your family?"

Louis raised an eyebrow. "How did you-"

"Lottie's Instagram." She explains patiently.

"It was... Really good to see them." He said.

She smiled softly. "I'm glad."

"Thanks. How was your week?" He said politely.

"Sophie. She came to visit me. She uh. She left this morning."

"Oh. Late night?" He said teasingly, laughing when Eleanor blushed and muttered "Shut up."

"How was it?"

Eleanor raised her eyebrows and Louis blushed before explaining "No, you idiot! I meant how was it having her here?"

"Oh." She laughed. "It was really good. It's just. I realized how hard it's going to be to get her to trust me."

Louis made a sympathetic noise.

"Have.. Have you told him yet?" Eleanor asked hesitantly.

"No. But I told my mum. Or Zayn did, technically. But. She knows now." Louis stammered.

"And does she know that Harry doesn't?"

"Yes. She said the same thing you did."

They sat in silence before Louis breaks it. "We're both in pretty fucked up situations, aren't we?"

Eleanor barked out a laugh and agreed.

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"He told me not to tell you guys, but. I just don't know what to do anymore." Harry confessed, wringing his hands together.

"He was cutting himself too?!" Liam groaned, rubbing his face with his hands.

"Too?" Harry asked and they all looked at each other warily.

"What do you mean too?! What else is he keeping from me?!" Harry asked angrily.

"Haz-" Zayn started.

"Zayn. What. Else?!"

"He. He has anorexia, Harry." Niall confessed. "I caught him purging when we went to dinner the other week."

"What?" He asked dumbfounded.

"I'm so sorry, but." Niall gushed. "He made me promise not to tell you."

"I.. What?"

"We've been trying to help him. But, it's hard to make sure he's eating when you're the one who's with him most of the time. He just, he almost broke when I found out. So I wasn't sure what would happen if you did and I was just trying to help-"

"Oh my god." He said, burying his face in his hands before facing them and saying angrily "You knew and didn't tell me?!"

"I. We were going to tell you if you ever asked-" Ni squeaked.

"Oh." Harry gave a fake laugh. "What was I supposed to say?! 'Hey guys, do you know if my boyfriend has any eating disorders I don't know about?' Seriously?!"

Niall cringed away from his anger and Liam wrapped a supportive arm around his shoulder. "Yelling and being angry isn't going to help solve anything, Haz." He tried to reason.