He Noticed || Larry au

1.2

Junior year

Yes, it took Louis the entire day of the first day his junior year till he had the courage to walk up to Harry after eight months of not speaking to one another.

Harry avoided him which was quite hard since this year they had every class together, Louis thinks it's fate because that rarely happens.

"Hey Harry." He says nervously. Harry looks up at him from where he sits and gives him a small smile.

"Hey." Harry says quietly. Louis can already see the blush creeping up his cheeks.

"Do you um, mind if I sit here?" Louis asks and Harry shakes his head no.

"No I can't sit here or-"

"Sit down Louis." Harry laughs and Louis nervously laughs along.

"So um, how was your summer?" Louis asks and Harry shrugs.

"Mostly stayed home all day." Harry says and Louis can't help but notice he got a bit taller, Louis is still taller since he also grew but Harry looks great and his voice is also deeper-- Louis didn't think that was possible.

"Why?"

"Because Niall went to Ireland the entire summer and my best friend wasn't talking to me." Harry mumbles and Louis swallows.

He's the best friend right?

"I'm sorry I thought you didn't want to talk to me." Louis says and Harry finally looks at him. The whole time they were talking Harry was pretending to work on the worksheet just to avoid eye contact but now he's finally looking at Louis with his usual beautiful green eyes.

Louis missed his gorgeous eyes.

"I didn't, but I eventually got over it." Harry says.

"Well why didn't you try to talk to me?"

"Because I thought you didn't want to talk to me." Harry says and Louis chuckles as Harry blushes a bit.

"Well nothing's changed if you were wondering I still like you." Louis says and Harry holds his breath.

"I um." Harry says and clears his throat. He hates this, admitting his feelings.

"I like you too. I mean, I always have but I was too scared to tell you and stuff." Harry says and Louis grins, his hand reaching out and he grabs Harry's.

Louis then realizes they're in class and that someone could be listening, but the teacher is having difficulty pulling up her attendance from her computer and everyone else is also having conversations.

"Why were you too scared to tell me? I already told you I liked you." Louis grins and scoots closer to Harry. Harry pulls hand away from Louis' and sets it on his lap.

"Cause um, I don't want to date you." Harry sad and Louis frowns.

"Why not?" Louis asks and Harry smiles softly. But it's not a normal smile, it's the sad smile Harry gives Louis when he's going to say something depressing that will most likely break Louis' heart.

"I'm broken Louis. I know it you know it everyone knows it, you deserve someone who's already whole. Who's strong and stuff." Harry says but adds on; "I still want to be your best friend if you don't mind. Or if it doesn't make things weird that we like each other and stuff."

"Okay." Louis says but he's lying.

It's not okay. He's going to get Harry to date him because Harry deserves happiness. He wants Harry to know so badly that Louis doesn't see him differently because he's sad. To Louis, Harry just needs a bit of help.

Because sure Harry is broken and sad but he's still Harry. And maybe Harry needs a little bit of Louis to help him be whole.