Ten Years [Zourry]

Gouda

That night after a day of forest adventures, swimming, and getting slightly sunburnt, Harry happily went to bed early.

He barely made it upstairs, his legs sore from all the walking.

"Guess the walk tired him out." Zayn said, he and Louis sitting on the couch in front of the fire having wine.

"You guys were gone for a long time. I thought you got lost. Or maybe found some mushrooms and ate them to trip." Louis said quietly.

"We sort of did get lost but we didn't do drugs." Zayn said, acting offended.

"How are mushrooms drugs?" Louis squinted.

"I dunno, ask the government." Zayn muttered, taking another sip of wine.

"Hey, are we going back tomorrow or Monday?" Zayn asked, putting his glass on the coffee table next to Louis'.

"Depends on how I feel tomorrow." Louis said.

"Oh I see. You're in charge, then?" Zayn smiled.

"Always have been, always will be." Louis nodded.

"You wish." Zayn chuckled.

"Whatever." Louis said softly, looking at the fire.

Zayn glanced at him before he sank down some and yawned.

Louis licked his lips, his thoughts eventually getting the best of him.

"Hey, can we talk about something?"

"Hm? About what?" Zayn hummed.

"Us. And...our feelings." Louis said.

"Okay, sure." Zayn said, sitting up again and turning towards him.

"Um, well...I know before I said I wanted to be with you but...." Louis trailed off, thinking of Harry.

"I'm not sure anymore. I mean I still have feelings for you, very strong ones, it's just...." He trailed off again.

"Harry." Zayn finished for him.

Louis looked at him. "How'd you know?"

"Well, I know it'd be weird for him if we were dating considering the fact that I had sex with him." Zayn said.

"Oh." Louis said, feeling stupid for thinking Zayn knew about him and Harry having sex.

"What do you want to do?" Louis decided to ask.

Zayn looked at his lap. "Well...I don't know, really. After that night in the parking lot and....well, everything we've been through, I feel like it could be great. You know? You and me."

Louis blushed, smiling a little.

"But....like I said before, I don't think we should make anything official. Maybe just experiment a while? Casually?" Zayn suggested.

"Okay, but does that mean there would be others? Like we're free to mess around with other people too?" Louis asked.

"Would that bother you?" Zayn asked.

"Kind of, yeah. Who else would you do things with?" He asked, wondering if there was someone he didn't know about.

"Nobody that I know of. I just said that to keep things completely open and casual." Zayn lied.

Louis stared at him. "That's bullshit. I just want to know if you're interested in anyone else."

"Define interested." Zayn said after hesitating.