Harry Styles Imagines

Not Worth It

Part 2 of It's Because I Love You

"Are you ever going to speak to me?"

Y/n freezes as she hears Harry's voice ask her the question she's been dreading to answer.

It's been two weeks since she's heard that voice. It may sound rougher now, more stern and harsh than it normally is as it growls behind her at the counter of Lexi's bar, but it's still the first time she's heard it in two weeks.

After her sober confessions to a very tipsy, slumberous Harry, Y/n had to understand what it truly meant to move on.

At first, she thought she would still be able to be around him as she searched for ways to rid her feelings. She distracted herself, mostly. She would interact more with Savannah than she would Harry, and even started picking up new habits whenever she felt her emotions creeping in. Anything that reminded her of him was disregarded entirely so that the only time he was able to consume her thoughts was whenever he was near her.

For the first couple weeks, she was holding up quite well, considering the circumstances. She was able to contain her emotions and take her mind off of the raging heartache that kept burning in her chest.

But it wasn't much long after that night when Savannah and Harry finally became official, and if Y/n wasn't anguished before, she surely was then. She was forced to witness the transition of their relationship in hindsight. What was once casual flirting and innocent touches turned into secretive giggles and loving hand gestures.

It was as if her heart broke all over again. What seemed to be almost completely mended was destructed all at once. The chase between Harry and Savannah was over, and reality set in that Harry was happy and in love with someone that wasn't Y/n.

Watching them together was Y/n's most devastating nightmare, and the thought of that alone meant she couldn't mentally handle being alone anymore. With all of the emotions built up inside of her, being alone for Y/n meant enduring the pain and suffering she didn't want to feel anymore. She just wanted it all to end, everything.

The earliest hours of the morning wrecked her the most. With only the moon illuminating the room and the radio silence throughout her house gave Y/n no choice but to be alone with her thoughts. She wasn't loved, and no matter how many nights she's tried to convince herself that this wasn't the end, it was.

She had to let Harry go, completely this time. She gave up on him entirely because she couldn't keep loving him when he didn't love her. Not anymore, not like that.

She keeps her back to him as he heaves heavy breaths, eyes sending daggers and teeth clenched from his crippling frustration.

"It's Thursday, I see," Harry grumbles before giving her the chance to answer, jaw locked as his fingers grip harshly around a stray, unfinished glass of alcohol. "You never work Thursdays. 'S this where your Friday night shifts went?"

There's an unpleasantly rough tone in his voice that makes Y/n's breath hitch in her throat. She's never witnessed this side of him, filled with anger and exasperation. He's always been so soft and gentle, never having the heart to speak down to someone. But here he is, eyes dark with anger and words spewing venomously from his lips.

And as much she hates to admit it, she can't blame him for being so angry with her. She knows she means the most to him—even if it's not in a romantic sense—she's become such an important part of his life. Ever since they met, she took in the truth about his past, understood the feelings and thoughts he's carried all through his years, and was able to provide him with anything she was able to when he needed her most. She was one of the very few people he trusted and felt most comfortable with in his life. She was irreplaceable, he'd always tell her, nobody could compare to her. She meant everything.