He's Not Afraid || L.S AU

Chapter 6

Harry's POV

"Your statement isn't really self explanatory, Fizzy, how am I being embarrassing? By stating a fact from the previous comment?" Louis says to his sister.

"Why couldn't I get a cool brother?" Fizz mutters, putting a piece of strand of hair behind her ear.

It seems like the siblings have forgotten my family and me, I watch the pair shoot back comebacks, amused at the situation since it seems like Fizzy is winning.

"What makes you say that?" Louis pouts adorably. Fizzy just shakes her head still not knowing that my mum is grinning like a Cheshire Cat. "And we wouldn't be having this argument if you didn't drag me to the mall" Louis adds with a triumphant smile. "I got you your book set!" Fizzy exclaims, placing her Fanta on the table blindly. "So? We were in that shop for like ages!" Louis whines out making Lucy giggle who's somehow moved next to me.

"Do you think they are unaware that we are still here?" mum whispers to me with bright eyes. I smirk "Nope." I turn my gaze to the pair again. I drop 3 pieces of popcorn in my mouth.

"We were in Forever 21; not like you knew" Fizzy says to her brother with a roll of the eyes "Well I didn't know that!" Louis pouts again. Fizzy laughs. "What's so funny?" Louis frowns "You didn't know that because you were completely drooling over the boys in Hollister on the opposite shop! And anyway-"

My eyes go wide hearing Fizzy's outburst.

"Fizzy!" Louis hisses but his cheeks looks so flaming hot that I can literally put my kernals on his cheeks to make popcorn rather than the microwave. "What?" Fizzy bites into her Twix chocolate bar.

Louis' gay?

"Why are you so red? I didn't ev- shit" Fizzy's eyes go wide like saucers. They then both turn to me, Lucy and my mum, finally coming to a closure that yes, we heard their very heated argument. Louis gives his sister a pleading look.

"Er, sorry you had to witness that" Fizzy chuckles awkwardly.

Louis is gay? Louis is..you know what it doesn't even concern me so I'll just leave it at that. But dang I really want to know more. Louis is just so..so mysterious.

"We better go.." Fizzy stands up from her seat on the couch. I feel mum shift and I look at her giving her a look to let them leave.

"Okay, it was a lovely pleasure having you both here" mum smiles leading Louis and Fizzy to the front door. A minute later mum comes back, sitting on the seat of the couch Fizzy was previously accompanying on.

"So, who would like to help me clean this mess up?"

Suddenly, Lucy sprints up the stairs leaving me. Well played.

"Guess it's me" I sigh picking wrappers and cups up on the table to the kitchen.

"Harry," "Yes mum?" I throw the rubbish in the bin. "You should invite Louis more often" I internally groan at her words and reply, "No, I'm fine without him" "And why not?" mum asks.

I swear I had this conversation before but with a different person. Who was it again? Ah, yes! Lucy..

"Because we're not friends" I tell her the same sentence I used with Lucy.

"Oh, well that explains quite a lot" "How exactly mum?" she hangs the tea towel on one of the wooden pegs near the oven and leans onto the counter looking at me. "Well, you and Louis are opposites. And your other friends are more or like you." mum shrugs and exits out the kitchen.

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Cute?! Cute? Why the fuck did I say 'You're so cute'

I burn holes on my cream ceiling, my hands underneath my head with my earphones blasting music in my ears. I continue to glare at my ceiling until I remember every single detail; chipped paint on the left corner, creased wallpaper on the other end of the room with paint over it, and a black wide space where they've forgotten to paint.