Royalty (Larry Stylinson)

Chapter Eighteen

After about 5 minutes of an awkward silence with nobody moving, Niall clears his throat. "Well, uh, I guess we should finish the food, huh?"

Harry pushes away from his best friend's chest, stepping back to the stove. Zayn begins removing the twist ties from the bread, placing two on each plate. Despite all the movement though, Liam's eyes stay locked on Louis, who's watching Harry sadly. "I'll just uh, go take a shower real quick." Louis mutters, his cerulean eyes falling to the ground as he walks out of the kitchen without waiting for a reply.

Harry turns around, opens his mouth to say something, but Louis' gone. Liam sighs, walking over to stand in front of them, offering a small smile. "Anything I can do to help?"

"Get rid of the body," Zayn nods towards the corpse in the corner of the room, wrinkling his nose.

Liam chuckles, nodding. "Right, yeah that's probably a good place to start." He hesitates, glancing towards the doors. "Maybe I should wait till Lou comes back though, so you guys aren't left alone again."

"We'll be okay, get the body please." Niall orders, waving his hand at Liam without looking at him. Liam hesitates, but only for a moment, before he nods and begins work moving the body.

Between the three of them, and Liam when he gets back around 5 minutes later, they quickly put each burger and hot dog on their corresponding breads, and place them in the entrance that will take them directly to the vampires. Liam grabs a couple of bags of chips and tosses them through as well. Harry wipes the back of his forehead once the last thing is sent through and the entrance is slid shut again. But with one quick glance around the room, he notices something.

Louis still isn't back.

"Hey guys? I'm gonna go find Louis." The curly haired boy tells the others and steps forward. Liam places a hand on his shoulder though, halting him. His brown eyes glance at the double doors, as Liam starts chewing on his bottom lip. "Maybe you should just call out for him? I don't know if he'll want you wondering around the palace, especially after what just happened..." Liam trails off, obviously unsure.

"I'll be alright, Li. He said he was going to shower, some he's probably just in his room. I'm gonna go there and check for him, and if he's not there, I'll just lock the door and wait for him in there." Harry says, giving Liam a reassuring smile.

Liam ponders over it, before he nods. But he quickly says, "Fine, but we're gonna walk you to his room."

"We're going to Liam's room anyways." Niall butts in, wiggling his eyebrows exaggeratedly at his best friend.

Harry snorts, but nods his head in agreement, gesturing for Liam to lead the way. Liam steps forward, glancing over his shoulder once to make sure all three humans are following him, even though Harry knows Liam can clearly hear that they are. They walk up the stairs, until they reach Louis' door. Harry grabs hold of the doorknob, but pauses when he sees the other three waiting for him. He raises his eyebrows at them as if to say 'Shoo'.

Liam hesitates, Niall pouts, and Zayn grabs both of their arms, leading them away. Harry flashes him a thankful smile, to which Zayn nods and smiles at, before he's opening the door and stepping through.

His emerald eyes scan the room, with no Louis in sight, until they land on the closed bathroom door. Harry walks forward, coming to a rest with his hand against the doorknob. Softly he calls out, "Louis?"

No reply comes for a minute. Right as Harry's about to repeat his name, a raspy, "Yeah, lovely?" comes through the door.

"Can I," Harry cuts himself off, wiggling the doorknob to show what he's asking.