MUTE

2.Bash

It's been a week since Harry met Louis and he hasn't heard from him since. Maybe Louis is waiting for Harry to call him? Or maybe he's just busy, judging by his age, he must be a freshman and is settling down in his new apartment.
Harry decides to send him a text anyway.

To Louis: hey, Louis
this is Harry from Starbucks, we met about a week ago.
I was wondering if you would like to hang out with me today.

Harry sends, before lying on his bed to wait for a reply, and he gets one about two hours later.

To Harry: sorry that I didn't reply earlier, I had to move some of my furniture around and it took ages.
I would love to hang out with you... I'm just gonna finish the rest.
I'll be done in two/three hours.

Send me another text then.

😊 Lou

Harry reads and smiles, happy that they're going to see each other again. 'What am I supposed to do for two hours?' Harry asks himself fiddling with his phone and his eyes light up when he gets an idea.
"What's happening, bro?" Zayn questions on the other end of the line, "Do you want to get Liam and come over to my house?" Harry questions biting his fingernails - it's a habit of his.
"Hell yeah, we'll be there in ten," Zayn says before hanging up. Just so you know, Liam and Harry have been friends since middle school and they are attached to the hip. They meet Zayn freshman year in college because Zayn went to school in Doncaster and apparently Louis went there too.

"Hey mate," Liam greets pecking Harry on the lips - It's something they have been doing since sophomore year in high school.
Zayn greets him with a simple man hug before jumping on the couch he and Harry bought together.
"Before you two her too comfortable... I'm meeting with someone today and I didn't know what to do for two hours, that's why I called you guys," Harry explains and Zayn shoots him a look "Meeting with someone? That someone isn't Tommo, is it?" He questions and Liam just looks confused "What if it is 'Tommo'? I like him, he's nice," Harry says trying to defend Louis. "He's mute, Harry, you guys can't even talk to each other," Zayn exclaims "Guys, who is 'Tommo'?" Liam questions, before Harry can say anything.
"It's the kid I went to school with, the one that went mute in freshman year," Zayn explains. "Oh... you mean Louis Tomlinson," Liam says as realization hits him. "You can go if you want to Harry," he adds, smiling at his friend and Zayn nudges him with his elbow, "What the hell Liam," Zayn whispers, because he's not happy at all about Harry being with the mute kid.
"Why do you hate him so much? And don't say 'Because he's mute' that's no reason," Liam questions as Harry sits down beside him.
"Because he didn't want to tell me, why he went mute in the first place... Not even his parents know why he stopped taking, and that wasn't very nice of him," Zayn says crossing his arms "That's still not a good reason to hate him, Malik," Harry says crossing his arms as well.
"Whatever," Zayn retorts "Okay guys, let's just cool down and watch a movie, okay," Liam exclaims, before standing up and walking to the kitchen.
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To Louis: hey Lou, it's me again
So... I was wondering if we could meet at Starbucks just like last time.

To Harry: Sure, I'll be there in half an hour

Harry smiles at the text and stands up to get ready.
Zayn and Liam left about fifteen minutes ago. Liam had to drag his friend out of the house because Zayn refused to go.
To be honest, Harry is a little mad at Zayn for not liking Louis, he's such a nice and sweet guy and Harry doesn't understand how someone could hate him.
Louis is mute, so what? It doesn't make him a bad person. He didn't want to tell Zayn or his parents why he was mute, because maybe he was afraid of what would happen if he did.
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'Where is he?' Harry asks himself as he looks at his watch. It's nine pm, Louis was supposed to be there two hours ago. Harry called him a dozen times and probably sent a million texts, but he didn't get any response.

Harry stands up angrily and leaves the coffee shop. As he walks past an alley, he notices a silhouette on the ground. He wants to walk away but something inside of him makes him walk over tho said silhouette.
"Are you okay?" Harry questions crouching down beside the motionless figure. He doesn't get a response so he decides to use his phone's flashlight to see who the motionless body belongs to.
"Louis?" Harry gasps as he sees the person's face with his flashlight.
"Oh, my god," he says before calling an ambulance.
Once the call is finished, Harry gently grabs Louis head and rests it on his lap, he notices that there's blood running down the other boy's forehead and hopes that he's alright.
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"What the hell happened," Zayn half-yells as he storms into the hospital followed by Liam. "I don't know...I was waiting for Louis at Starbucks and when he didn't show up, I walked out and found him in an alley unconscious," Harry explains and Liam sits beside him patting his back "He'll be okay right?" Harry questions shooting a hopeful look at his friend "I don't know," Liam says truthfully "Ask the doctor," he adds looking somewhere behind Harry.
Harry stands up quickly as he sees the doctor "Is he alright?" The curly haired boy questions "He suffered multiple blows to his body , breaking two ribs and one blow to the head with what I assume to be a baseball bat, but he's alive and is going to be fine," the doctor explains "Can we see him?" Harry questions and he's actually surprised that the doctor lets them considering they are not family.

"That looks pretty bad," Zayn states looking at the bruised and broken boy on the bed "It must have hurt like a bitch," he adds. "I don't think he was conscious to feel any pain, I mean look at his head," Lian remarks and he's right. Louis was hit with a baseball bat on the head and was probably unconscious during the whole ordeal.
"Guys, is it okay if I could be alone with him?" Harry questions "Not really," Zayn says and Liam shoots him a look before turning to Harry "Of course," he says kissing his friend's lip as some sort of 'see you later' before dragging Zayn out of the room and saying something that sounds like 'don't be and ass,'.
Harry rolls his eyes before sitting on a chair beside the bed "Lou, if you can hear me, I'm sorry that I didn't pick you up," he says before hesitantly taking the younger boys hand.