You Think I Hate You? (Larry Stylinson AU) Stepbrothers

Chapter 34

[Harry]

The next two days were pretty uneventful. Louis stayed pretty distant, but he thankfully eased up more and more each day that went by. Monday evening, he even came into the bathroom when I was there to get ready for sleep. We brushed our teeth in silence, looking at each other through the mirror the entire time we did so. It wasn't until we had both put away the toothbrushes that he pushed me to the hard surface of the wall, his body flush against mine as he literally attacked my lips with his own.

It turned out to be one of the better make out sessions we'd shared due to the frustration and desperation in it. You could tell Louis was bothered by the distance between us as well, even if it was his idea in the first place. Yet, I understood him. I just didn't want to hide even if I knew it was necessary.

To say sexual tension was building up between us would be an understatement. We hadn't done anything. We had just had heated make out sessions and touched each other with clothes on, but we hadn't gone any further than that, which was pretty sad if you asked me. It was getting really frustrating, and I wondered if Louis felt the same way. I sure hoped he did because I didn't know how long I would be able to last without something more happening between us.

It was now Thursday morning, and we were all sitting at the kitchen table for once. All five of us rarely ate breakfast together on weekdays since mum and Troy usually went to work early and Louis was a heavy sleeper, but today, mum and Troy were going to some meeting, and Louis was up on time, which was the reason for the special occasion.

Louis was the last one to arrive, though, and judging by the fact that he was just wearing boxers and a wrinkly, white t-shirt, and that his hair was sticking out in every direction, I assumed he had gone straight down here when he had woken up. Although he looked extremely tired, he actually gave me a small smile when no one else was watching, making warmth spread in my chest. I loved it when he acknowledged me like that.

"Morning, Lou," Troy greeted, spreading butter on a slice of toast.

Louis nodded towards him and muttered out a 'morning' in reply. After that, he strode over to the table and sat down opposite me, beside Gemma. There was an empty bowl in front of him, which had been waiting for him to arrive, and if I was the one who had placed it there, no one had to know. He filled it with cereal and milk before bringing a spoonful of it to his mouth.

"Did you sleep well?" Mum asked, munching on her own cereal.

He turned to her. "Yeah, I slept pretty heavily if you couldn't tell already," he laughed, pointing towards his unruly hair.

This caused every one of us to burst into a small fit of laughter. "Yeah, you're right about that," mum replied, giving him a smile.

Troy took a sip of his tea. "Alright, so Anne and I are going out tonight. We're having dinner with the people present at the meeting. I expect you to behave even if I know that all of you don't get along too well," he informed, looking between me and Louis knowingly.

Gemma burst into laughter, covering her mouth to stop the food from slipping out of it. "We'll see about the 'behaving' part, but I'll be staying over at Devon's tonight, so you don't have to worry about me at least."

I wanted to hit her for pointing out that, but I was sure it would only make things more obvious, so instead, I chose to ignore it. However, I couldn't help but blush about it. I knew she wasn't talking about the fact that Louis and I didn't get along but about something completely different.