22 - The Sweetest Scheme

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"You did what?" Zayn exclaimed, and Louis winced as it echoed through the phone.

"Zayn, I'm not going to repeat myself," Louis said, glancing up and around the cafe nervously.

Despite knowing that no one could hear them, Louis still felt as if every ear in the entire universe was currently tuned in to his very private admission of very heated make out session with Harry.

"Louis!" Zayn blurted and Louis' hand shot out to hold the phone as far away from his ear as possible.

"Please stop screaming in my ear, Zayn," Louis sighed, fingers drumming on the table.

"I won't stop!" He shouted, squealing like a thirteen-year-old girl. "One of my best friends almost got laid, and by a guy! Now, I need details. When I say I need details, I mean details along the lines of trashy-romance-novel details. Catch my drift?"

"You won't get any details out of me," Louis said, clearing his throat. "What we did is private."

Zayn sighed heavily. "I'm demoting you. You no longer hold the position of best friend, because best friends share everything with each other."

"I can't be demoted," Louis teased said. "Who are you gonna give your blue gummy bears to, now?"

"I'll give them to Niall, since you're not my best friend, anymore," Zayn laughed over the line.

"You know he eats everything."

"I know," Zayn chuckled over the line before changing the subject. "So you're not going to tell me anything?"

"Nothing," Louis shrugged.

"I don't know if you realize this, but everything in your entire life has been leading up to this moment," Zayn explained. "You're a baby gay without any experience, and I don't know if you know this, but I'm extremely bisexual. My life with men is straight out of an Oscar Wilde novel. I can give you tips!"

"You won't get any details out of me, and you know it."

"Not even a little bit?" Zayn argued. "Are you at least going to tell me if it was good?"

"Fine, but that's all you get," Louis said.

"Well?"

"It was amazing."

Zayn giggled like a little girl. "I'm so happy for you!"

Louis winced at the high-pitched sound Zayn made, holding the device between his shoulder and face as he unlocked the door to his dorm and plopped down onto the bed. "My poor ears have been through enough."

"Sorry I'm freaking out, but I'm drowning in excitement! It actually worked! Liam's never gonna believe it!" Zayn quickly smacked a hand over his mouth, realizing what he'd said, but it was too late to take it back.

The call took on a high, pinging frequency that rang in both of their ears. They could hear each other's breaths, and Louis could swear he could smell Zayn's breath, but it felt as if two strangers accidentally woke up on top of each other. An uncomfortable, stifling silence blanketed them, Louis' jaw twitching and his teeth grinding behind his lips, sweat beading on his brow.

"What did you just say?" Louis murmured through the line.

"Nothing," Zayn dismissed, and even though Louis couldn't see him, he imagined that the man must have waved a hand. "It's not impo—"

"Zayn."

"It's nothing—"

"Zayn, what actually worked?" He asked, quiet and low.

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