YouTube ➸ Larry Stylinson

32 - Surprises

"Harry Styles?" Louis asks aloud, making eye contact with his boyfriend.

"Yes, that's who we have in mind."

"You know he's a terrible actor, right?" Louis asks, in a condescending tone.

"Hey!" Harry butts in, offended. Louis shushes him with a sweet, apologetic smile. 

"He has the look." the person on the telephone replies.

"I wrote the script, lady. I know what the look is, and it's me." Louis is confused as to how they got Harry out of the script Louis wrote. It's definitely not written like Harry.

"Don't shoot the messenger, Mr. Tomlin—"

"Louis." Louis corrects, though he's positive he's told her before not to call him Mr. Tomlinson.

"Okay, Louis, we will notify you of the cast as it's decided. Filming is staged to take place in early next year."

Louis hangs up, and then runs his hand through his hair. It's not as long as it used to be, before the haircut, so it's not as satisfying. 

"They want me to play your main character?" Harry could deduct from what he heard of the phone call. 

"Yes! And no offense, baby, but you can't act for your life." Louis smiles sympathetically at his boyfriend. 

"Well, what are you—we going to do?" Harry asks, sitting across from Louis at the table. 

Louis doesn't say anything for awhile. When he finally does, "Maybe I shouldn't have it produced."

"What? No! You've worked far too hard on this to throw it in the garbage. You could still convince them to have you play the main part! I can refuse it, the part. Oh, and if they won't let you have it, I'm sure you could help direct!" Harry assures.

"Ugh, I need to get my mind off of it for a little while."

"Uhhm, I think I have something to get your mind off of it." Harry sheepishly says, but then smiles. "When I went out for a run this morning—before you had woken up—I found something..." he trails, taking Louis' hand and leading him out of the house. 

In the garage, there is a little box that has a few blankets inside. Curled up in the middle of that is a tiny grey animal. 

"Harry... that's not a cat, is it?"

"Well, what does she look like, silly?" Harry smiles, picking up the little kitten. It opens it's green eyes—which match Harry's almost perfectly—before letting out a little squeak while it yawns. 

"What do you expect we do with it?" Louis asks, eyeing the little thing with suspicion. 

"Keep it, duh! She was all alone in a bush when I found her, and isn't she just adorable?" Harry coos at the kitten with admiration in his eyes. 

"Yeah, kinda. But, what if it has like, diseases? And we haven't even talked about pets before. Are we ready for this?"

"I think we are. We could bring her to the vet to get her checked!"

"And what do we do if it does have something, like stomach worms? We can't just go back once we express commitment."

"Then we pay. Lou, we aren't exactly poor." Harry mumbles, but they are YouTubers, after all. 

"You really want to do this?" Louis asks, looking Harry dead in the eyes. "Because I will commit to this if you really want it."

"I do. I love cats." Harry says monotonously. 

Louis gives Harry a peck on the nose before leading him out to the car, cat in hand. Louis makes a mental shopping list in his head for this cat as he drives. 

He drops Harry and the cat off at the vet, then drives over to the pet shop. While he's browsing in the kennel area, he runs into someone he accidentally hasn't talked to in awhile. 

"Hi Lou." Zayn greets, standing next to Louis and inspecting the kennels.

"Oh my god, Zayn!" Louis freaks out, because Zayn is the best friend he's ever had and he's been flat out ignoring him for about a month. "I'm so sorry. You know that movie I was writing? Colombia Pictures bought filming rights. I've been so busy, but that's hardly any excuse."

"It's fine, mate." Zayn replies, giving a half smile to the shorter boy. "Perrie and I are back together. I'm here to buy a kennel for Hachi, 'cause Perrie lost the last one."

"What happened to Catalina?"

"She moved back to America. We'd probably still be together if it wasn't for her utter dislike of long distance relationships." Zayn shrugs.

Louis wants to ask whether Perrie is the rebound or not, but he thinks better of it. 

"We need to collab soon." Louis says after a beat of silence. "The fans miss it." Louis pauses. "I miss it." he admits. 

"Me too. The YouTube community needs more Zouis action." Zayn smiles, using the ship name the fans had given them. 

"You can come over tomorrow, 'cause I haven't any plans. Beware, though, because Harry has found a new addition for the household." 

"What'd he get?"

"He found a kitten on his run this morning, and he somehow convinced me to let him keep it. He's cute." Louis shrugs, picking up a kennel from the bottom shelf. 

"Oh, alright. I'll text you tomorrow." Zayn replies. He gives Louis a quick man-hug before he too grabs a kennel and then proceeds to the checkout counter. 

Louis, however, still has many more things on his mental list. He goes around the store, getting food, a litter box and, of course, litter, stain remover (because who knows what this kitten is going to leave on the carpets), and a brush. Oh, and some treats. 

As he pays for the items—which, are far too overpriced—Louis' phone starts ringing. He hits ignore and then calls Harry back after getting into his car. 

Harry had left a message.

"Hey, Lou, the kitty's appointment is done.." Harry drags. "One thing, she has fleas." he pauses. "Another thing, she gave them to me."

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im dying from laughter because harry has fleas

ohoh i have an idea: comment on this your favorite thing about this whole book and my favorite comment gets a dedication

so the winner is LaurieAnnRicardo!! but i loved so many other comments that i went back and dedicated old chapters to some of my other favorite comments! (i love you guys a lot okay)

my favorite thing about this book is all the lovely readers!! i love you guys cx -insert love hearts-

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