A Little Mixed Up || l.s.

Fourteen - The Best Argument

"I can't even believe you right now! You're so inconsiderate!"

"I'm not the one who started this conversation!"

"Say anything bad about cats again and I'll end this night short and never talk to you again."

Louis only leaned back in his seat and laughed. There were two empty glasses off to the side and one half filled one between them, plates with half eaten food in front of both of them since they couldn't finish it due to the fullness of their stomachs because of their 'shake-off' as Harry liked to call it. It was a tie but Louis pretended to finish after Harry so he could win. He's a sap, sue him.

"All I'm saying is that cats fur has a lot more—"

"Shut up! Shut. Up. Shut up. Shut! Up!" Harry kept repeating and reached up to cover his ears and turned his nose up to try and let Louis know that he was annoying him.

Louis grinned before he gave a soft laugh and just held his hands up in surrender. "Okay okay!" He spoke before setting his arms back on the table. "But I think we both can agree that your otter is probably the cutest animal in the world."

Harry pulled his hands away from his ears and his argumentative attitude seemed to vanish as he gave a beaming smile. "Yes! I didn't even purposefully get him or Ace, either. Best accident ever."

Louis frowned. "What do you mean?"

That set Harry off into telling a story. It started out with Mr. Sprinkles and went to every single animal he's gotten and what led him to get every animal. Louis stayed silent but he watched Harry speak intently, nodding along whenever Harry's hopeful eyes glanced over to make sure he was listening. It wasn't the best story to hear, rather boring, but to Louis it was so interesting and he hung on to every single word being shared with him.

"And then his paw went in the paint! He got his paw print on the wall, can you believe that? But anyways. That's why there's prints of all my animals on the wall in the living room. In order from who I got first to last. I'm gonna keep that forever because its so cute and I couldn't even be mad at Mr. Sprinkles. He started the cutest project ever. When I have my baby, their hand prints are gonna be put above the animals with mine next to theirs. Our complete family forever in the house." Harry finally finished and sat back, a small and satisfied smile crossing his facial features.

"Okay. Let me get this straight, see if I have all of this correct. You got Mr. Sprinkles when you were married and after you got divorced, you got Pickles and Dotty. Then you got Beast and Layla and Chunk because you wanted to price a stereotype wrong but not before you put in your aquarium. That's also the time that the paw print legacy started because Mr. Pickles dipped his paw in paint and put it on the wall and you thought it was cute. But then you got the guinea pigs because you found them cute and nothing else. And finally you signed every position at your ball and didn't read the fine print which led you to adopting two exotic animals that were in danger and that happened to be Jinx and Ace and now you want a child to complete your family." Louis babbled out about everything that Harry had said. Of course Harrys explanation had a lot more detail and was now in depth and long but he tried his best to paraphrase.

Plus, Harry was starting at it like the sun was shining out of his ass. So its a good day.

"It was a gala, not a ball." Harry spoke and Louis tossed himself back against the booth dramatically.

"Its the same thing!"

"No its not!"

That brought another ten minute argument. Louis knew he was wrong about a minute in to the argument but he liked how passionate Harry was when proving him wrong. Plus, it meant more time to stall leaving the image and going their separate ways.

"You're absolutely hard headed and wrong. I bet you've never even been to a ball or a gala to know the difference. Which there is a difference." Harry stated.

"You're right. I work as an adoption counselor. Why would I be invited to any of those." Louis stated. But then he saw the way Harry was smirking and he realized what he just said. "No—"

"You said I was right."

"I did not."

"You did."

"Liar!"

Instead of arguing further, Harry just laughed. "I think you know you're wrong but you just can't admit being wrong because of your huge ego."

Louis would think that arguing this much would get boring. But they both seemed to come closer together because of it. It wasn't arguments that they both firmly believed in, either. It was fun disagreements.

"You got me. Thats it." Louis lied. He'd rather Harry believe that than tell him its because he's adorable and he wants to stall him so they dont have to leave.

"I knew it. I can read people really well." Harry stated, nodding and really believing that. That's why he's a director, actually. A damn good one at that.

"You sure can." Louis stated and just glanced down at his plate, stomach turning at the thought of eating another bite so he pushed it forward a bit.

That's about the time that Harry checked the time on his phone. They were there for three hours and he didnt even realize. It felt like such a shorter amount of time. "Oh.. Its late. I should get home. I've got to get up early and head to the studio." He spoke and then just moved to shove his phone back in his pocket.

Louis frowned. What he was trying to avoid was here. It shouldn't make him as sad as it did. He opened his mouth to speak but they both seemed to have the same idea and spoke at the same time.

"Maybe we can—"

"Do you want to—"

They both stopped and Harry blushed a bit while Louis waved a hand.

"You go first."

Harry nodded a bit. "Do you want to come watch?" He asked, tilting his head to the side a bit as he glanced at Louis. He seemed hesitant and that's because he was.

"Wait. Come watch what?" Louis asked.

Harry shrugged a bit. Maybe he was overstepping his boundaries with this. This might be extremely strange. Plus, who would want to go watch a film being made? Harry enjoys it but others find enjoyment doing other things. "Uh...  nevermind. Its stupid anyways."

Louis shook his head. "I bet it isn't. Are you talking about coming to watch you direct?" He asked. That sounded cool. Louis would most likely jump at the chance and not only because it meant seeing Harry again soon instead of waiting another month when he gets approved by signature to search for parents who are putting their child up for adoption.

"I mean. Yeah. Just so, you know, you can see what I do and how work doesn't effect my time at home and how I can get of whenever if I need to for the baby and stuff." Harry explained. Yeah, that's it.

Louis smiled and nodded. "Yeah! That would be great. Never know the life of someone unless you experience it."

Harry nodded. "Right." He agreed before he put down a twenty pound bill while Louis paid the other half, standing up and brushing his hands against his shirt. "Well. I'll text you. I'll probably come and pick you up. Dont want you driving there yourself because I'm not technically allowed to give directions."

Louis stood as well with a small nod. Why is he nodding so much? "That sounds amazing. I'll give you my address." He stated and then followed Harry out of the cafe, holding the door for him of course.

They walked silently to their cars and seeing as they parked close to each other, they just stopped between their cars.

"Well. Until we meet again." Louis stated, which made Harry give a soft laugh.

"You make it seem like its decades away. I'll see you, Louis." Harry stated before turning to get into his car.

"It seems like a decade.." Louis mumbled softly to himself before he waved at Harry as he drove back and then just got in his own car.