See Me Now (Mirry: Harry Styles&Michael Clifford)

Chapter 16

*Harry's POV*

The last week has been stressful. Not only did I have my work and taking care of Niall, I was also planning a date. Never in my life had I planned one and now I was trying to come up with something unique. The date is today and I still haven't planned anything. I do arranged a babysitter for Niall, well two. Blake and Zayn are willing to take him in for the night, so that is one less thing to stress about.

So today I did something I never do, I took a day off. I seriously didn't want to do it, but Mike is special and I want to make that clear to him through this date. Four hours to go before I see him again and Google isn't helping... So far searching for special dates has given me: bungee jumping, skydiving, swimming with sharks, going on a spontaneous holiday, recreate scenes from romantic movies like ghost and titanic... It's easy to see how all of these can't work right? I can't go out doing extreme things with Mike since no one can see him, and if I'm eaten by a shark, Niall has no parent anymore. Spontaneous holidays... yeah, not leaving Niall and recreate scenes? What scene, the one where Rose selfishly lies on the door in the freezing water, while pushing Jack under after promising to not let him go! No, not happening and Ghost is sooooo cliché. Gaaahhhh!!!!

It's bad isn't it... I'm 21 and I never even went on a date. I just should have agreed with Mike and let him organise it all, but me being the perfectionist couldn't handle it... Noooooo... Why must I be so bloody stupid! WHY!? No, I don't want to go rearrange flowers... Why not cut away my entire manhood... Nope, not firing a gun either, don't want to go to a museum... Don't want to bore him to death... Sigh... Oh, hold up... A picnic at home. Why not do that... We won't go out in public so no one thinks I'm this nutcase who orders two plates, I can put on great music, or a fun film... Show off my cooking and baking... pillows on the floor, blankets to keep us warm, hot chocolate milk with marshmallows, maybe chocolate fondue as dessert... That's never bad is it? Some candles or just dimmed lighting... Yes! This is perfect! 

I start moving my furniture out of the way, putting blankets and pillows on the floor, closing the curtains, putting candles everywhere. okay, that might be too much but whatever. Suddenly I get the greatest idea and run to my room. Somewhere, in one of the drawers, I have these glow in the dark stars. Not for me, just in case some fall of Niall's walls. Anyway, I grab them and make my way downstairs again. Standing on the couches and coffee table  I manage to put them on the ceiling. I let the lights on for as long as I can, cause the brighter the stars, the better we can stargaze together. I am so clever sometimes!

Then I make my way into the kitchen. I start making sandwiches, with cheese, ham, both, chicken, Nutella... I then start baking pancakes, muffins and brownies. Afterwards I open the fridge and find strawberries, grapes, oranges, apples, bananas. So what better than fresh orange juice and strawberries covered in chocolate. The rest of the fruit goes in the basket just in case Mike wants something else than strawberries. When everything is put in the basket, I walk back to the living room to place it in the middle of the blankets. Looking around I am satisfied with the result. The only thing now is to pick out a film or music, but Mike can help with that.

I quickly run upstairs and start looking for casual clothing that still makes me look fairly okay. Not much later I am dressed in blue skinny jeans, a white tshirt, a plaid shirt and my leather boots. I don't look half that bad if I say so myself. Still 15 more minutes before he gets here and with every minute that ticks by, I get more nervous. What if he doesn't like it? I went overboard didn't I? Maybe I should just cancel, that way I cannot make a fool of myself. Sounds like a good idea... So okay, I'm either going paranoid or insane cause I'm hearing things. No way is he this early right?  

Opening the door I see a smiling Mike and all my doubts and fears melt away. I cannot fathom how good he looks. His neon pink hair, cherry red lips, bright eyes, plaid shirt... Wait, are we wearing the same thing? Scanning his outfit, I cannot suppress a chuckle. He is wearing a black tshirt, plaid shirt, dark blue skinny jeans and black leather boots. Finally catching up he starts laughing with me and it's the best way of starting the date.