Mind Games | L.S

10 ; ten

Liam and Niall walked in the door, about an hour and a half after they left, carrying loads of grocery bags.

"You have enough food to supply the whole UK" Harry joked, standing up and helping them with some of the bags and putting the stuff they won't be eating away.

"Gotta be prepared." Niall laughed, taking out a couple snacks for himself.

After they had put most of the food away Harry sat back on the couch, grabbing a blanket and wrapping himself up in it, facing the tv.

"Louis! Get out here, we're gonna start our movies!" Niall yelled before him and Liam sat next to me on the couch.

Shortly after, Louis walked out in comfier looking clothes, not once looking at Harry. The younger boy sighed and scrolled through his phone, trying desperately to pretend the boy he likes isn't 5 feet away from him. Louis took a seat on the opposite side of the L shaped couch.
Liam picked the first movie, a cheesy rom-com that he knew Harry loved... The Notebook. Sure, he loves those kinds of movies but not at the moment. He just buried himself further in the blanket, closing his eyes and pretending he was somewhere on a beach.

"You okay?" Niall asked in a whisper, leaning close to Harry with his hand on his back.

"Yea, just a bit tired still." He said, giving the irish boy a small smile before looking at the tv.

Niall nodded and put his hand on Harry's knee for a couple seconds, making someone on the other side of the couch clear their throat loudly.
The curly haired boy snapped his attention to Louis who was glaring bewteen him and his blonde friend.
Harry just gave him a dirty look before wrapping his arm around Niall's shoulders for a minute, staring straight at Louis, who was looking sad and mad at the same time.
He retrieved his arm back and curled in his blanket once more, trying to survive the movies.

(Louis' POV third)

The older boy was staring at Harry and Niall being touchy with one another, feeling jealousy and sadness bubble inside him. He knows that it's his own fault that he isn't the one being able to touch Harry, but he can't help but want to push his younger brother away and put Harry into his lap, claiming him as his own.
He just let out a sigh and pulled his gaze away from his crush before watching the movie.

**

All the boys were tired after watching about 4 movies and eating too much snack food so Harey decided to sleep on the couch again, while Liam and Niall went into Niall's room. Which of course left Louis and Harry awkwardly alone.
Harry just rolled over, looking at his phone and pretending Louis wasn't there.

"Harry..." Louis started in a whisper.

"Stop. I'm trying to sleep." Harry said looking irritated as the older boy moved closer to him.

"I'm sorry, I just-" Louis tried but again got cut off by Harry scooting away from him, "Please go away, I can't take you leading me on anymore. I've liked you for so long and I don't want this to effect my friendship with Niall when you drop me when you're bored." The younger one said softly, not making eye contact.
Louis just let out a sad noise before walking off to his room quietly. Harry let out a quiet cry before laying back down and trying to sleep.

In the morning, Harry was woken up by the smell of coffee and bacon, with the sound of sizzling. He smiled before sitting up and seeing Louis in a light red apron, sweats, and a loose white tank top in the kitchen. This made Harry let out a strained noise, seeing the boy he dreams of in the cutest clothes, looking sleepy, cooking breakfast.
The noise made Louis' head turn in the youngers direction, with a small smile.

"Morning" he said, watching as Harry walked over to him to grab coffee.

"Hello" he said softly, fixing up his coffee before taking a big sip.

"I uhh... made you some breakfast." the blue eyed boy said, gesturing to the bacon he was cooking.

"For me?" he asked, his mouth open slightly, making Louis nod.

The older male grabbed a small plate and placed 3 pieces of bacon on it, grabbing toast out of the toaster and handing it to Harry.

"I um, thank you." Harry stuttered, still utterly suprised at the niceness of the boy.

Louis then leaned over and kissed the boys cheek softly, making him back away a little, which made Louis' heart drop. Harry just thanked him once again and walked over to the place he was laying, sitting down and enjoying the bacon and coffee.
Soon enough his two groggy friends stumbled out of the room, yawning and wandering off into the kitchen, obviously wanting bacon.

"Louis, you mastermind" Niall said, beginning to eat bacon, making Harry laugh.
Liam came and sat next to Harry with a cup of tea and half a piece of bacon hanging from him mouth. The curly headed boy laughed and leaned in, biting the half of bacon from Liam's mouth, their lips almost touching. He leaned back and chewed as his friend looked apalled that he had just eaten half his bacon.

"Now I'm stealing yours!" He laughed and shoved a piece of bacon from Harry's plate into his mouth.

Harry looked over at Louis who looked genuinely sad, staring at the two boys goofing off, which made Harry feel a little guilty. He quickly shook it off as he realized he's not the one that broke off the 'thing' him Louis had, directing his attention now on Niall who was being a messy eater with Liam.
He just sighed and continuing to drink his coffee and laugh at his friends.