Chapter 80

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February 19, 2017

...the doorbell rings and Liam walks in.

Liam's POV

I arrive at Louis' place not sure what kind of disaster to expect. Harry's pretty responsible, but I'm not sure how much he knows about caring for a sick person. Of course, I don't know that much either, but I did a little research before coming over, so I've got some ideas.

Entering the living room, I find Harry cuddling Louis on the couch. Surprisingly, there's no giant mess and it's all pretty calm. There are various supplies around the room that aren't usually there, but it looks like they've been set up in here all day, so that's not surprising. Louis is even nibbling on a cracker, which must mean his stomach has settled some.

"Hey boo, look who's here," Harry says softly when he realizes that Louis hasn't noticed my presence yet.

"Daddy!" Louis' eyes light up as he catches sight of me and he lifts his arms, dropping the cracker on the couch beside him. "Up pwease!"

I chuckle, hoisting him into my arms.

"Are you done with your Papa already?" I pick up the cracker he dropped and offer it to him. "How bout you try finish this for me, yeah?"

I pace with Louis while Harry updates me on how the day has gone. By the time he finishes, Louis has fallen asleep, so I lay him on a couch, covering him with a blanket before Harry and I retreat to the kitchen so as not to wake him.

We spend about an hour chatting and planning for the next little while. Niall is going to come tomorrow morning and we're all going to have a day together, probably nothing too exciting given that Louis won't be totally better. I'm personally hoping that he'll still be little tomorrow, but it would be nice to hang out with him just as mates too, so it doesn't really matter.

Soon enough, Louis wakes up, whimpering and calling out for us.

"Did you have a nice nap, sweetie?" I ask, sitting down and pulling him onto my lap. He curls into me, nuzzling his head into my neck and whining unintelligibly. "How are you feeling?"

"Wan' Papa," he sniffles, rubbing sleepily at his eyes with his fist.

"Harry!" I calls, knowing that he had stayed in the kitchen to start putting together a light soup for dinner. "Someone wants you. I bet he wants some cuddles."

Harry comes quickly into the room. "Did I hear that my little Lou wants a visit from the cuddle monster?" he asks with a little grin.

"Papa!" Louis reaches out his arms, almost diving onto Harry's lap when he sits down next to me. I leave them to cuddle and go off to start the soup. Just before we eat, I take Louis' temperature. It's only slightly above normal, which means he's on the mend. He hasn't thrown up all afternoon either, though he has been quite clingy which shows that he's not completely better, though he is usually pretty clingy anyways.

Harry carries Louis to the table where I have two large bowls and one small bowl of soup set out. Everything seems fine, he even seems content to sit down by himself which is surprising, but as soon as I raise a spoonful of soup to his lips, everything goes wrong. Louis immediately bursts into tears and hits the spoon out of my hand, spilling the soup across the floor.

"Nooo," he wails, getting out of his chair but stumbling dizzily and falling down to sit on the floor, where he starts sobbing.

I pick him up, rocking him and rubbing his back gently while Harry wipes up the bit of soup that spilled. Slowly, Louis calms down, and I decide it's probably better not to try forcing food if he doesn't want it. Instead, I get Harry to make him a sippy of watered down apple juice, so we can at least get a few nutrients into him without overwhelming his system, then we sit down again. This time Louis sits on my lap with his juice while Harry and I eat soup and some toast.

The evening passes peacefully with cuddles and some cartoons in the living room until Louis falls asleep, at which point Harry goes up to bed with him, not wanting him to be alone during the night. I clean up a bit downstairs before heading up to the room I'll be staying in. I spend a little time texting Cheryl before bed as it's much too early to sleep.

The next morning, Niall shows up before any of us wake up, and he brings breakfast with him; takeout from a nearby restaurant that does a good fry-up. Louis of course doesn't have any, though he does seem to be doing much better. We just want to be careful, so he has a banana and a bit of applesauce.

Since Louis is still recovering, the day is spent quietly. We watch some cartoons, do some colouring, and play with the blocks that Harry bought. I have to admit it's a pretty great idea, and Louis seems to really enjoy having something to play with. Mr Snuggles of course makes an appearance too, and we spend some time playing made up games with the bear.

That evening, Louis is feeling better enough to eat dinner with the rest of us. Since we've been stuck inside all day, Harry decides that it would be good to get out for a bit. So, we all get in a vehicle and head out for a drive around the countryside, the windows down for some fresh air. Louis doesn't quite fall asleep, but by the time we arrive back home around 8:30, he's yawning and rubbing his eyes tiredly.

Niall claims that he should be the one to put Louis to bed, and Harry and I agree that that seems fair, given that we have both had more time with him in the past couple days than Niall has. So, the two of them disappear off to Louis' bedroom and the two of us stay in the living room to chat for a while over a beer.

About half an hour later, I hear loud cries coming from upstairs and immediately Harry and I both jump up to investigate. 

Finally an update! I'm sorry guys, I'm going to be pretty sporadic with updates for the foreseeable future. My job this summer gives me exactly two hours of free time per weekday, which is generally used to catch up on email and do homework (because I'm crazy and doing a summer course on top of a more than full time job).

This was a bit of a filler chapter, but I think it was still pretty cute.

Question: Why is Louis crying?

Special thanks to HSFanFicTion1994 for editing this chapter for me. I really appreciate that, love.

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