Picture Perfect | Larry Stylinson

Seventeen

It had been a week since Louis had stormed out of Harry's. He had tried to contact him, apologize for what he said and try to explain what he had meant, but he didn't get a response. The last thing that he wanted was for Louis to be upset with him. Granted, he did understand why Louis would be a little mad at what he said. It wasn't really fair for him to say that he didn't know if the relationship would last and he could've phrased it better, but at the same time, he didn't know how.

Harry had an overwhelming urge to go to Louis' doorstep and demand that he listen, but the problem was that Harry didn't even know if he was still even in London. He felt comfort with the thought of him being in close proximity to him rather than him being in L.A., but he wasn't so sure if that was the case. Louis seemed like the impulsive type and just ran away from problems when they arose. There was only one option that he could do and that was to get Justin involved, but at the same time, he didn't want him to be in the middle of their fight. It wasn't fair to throw that weight on him anyway.

However, Harry figured there was no other way without contact with Louis.

"Hey, Justin," Harry greeted softly, glad he caught him during a reasonable hour of his day.

"Hey, Harry. Our conversations are getting more frequent. Louis better watch out," Justin chuckled. "What's up?"

"Yeah, they are. I hate how they always revolve around something negative happening with Louis, though," Harry admitted.

"What happened?" Justin asked, sounding genuinely concerned. It gave him comfort that he was treating him like a friend rather than just an acquaintance.

"I hate to bother you with this because you don't deserve the stresses of it, but I don't know who else to talk to," Harry expressed. "We got into a fight about a week ago. I was stupid and told him that I didn't want to come out to yet because of all the shit with Ellie and that I wanted to make sure the relationship was going somewhere. He got extremely mad at me and stormed out. I knew I shouldn't have said it and I could've said it differently, but it just came out. I've tried getting ahold of him, but he won't answer me or will just leave me on read. I only called because I was worried about him and our standing. Is he even in London yet?"

"Yeah, he's still in London. He's not too fond of me right now either because I sided with you after he explained it to me. I stopped by his place yesterday just to make sure he wasn't home and he wasn't. The place was locked up and untouched like it has been since he left," Justin explained to him.

"Wait, you agree with me? I thought I was foolish," Harry told him.

"I'm going to tell you the exact same thing I said to him. It's all with good timing that you two come out as a couple. You're the one that has to do the most explaining to people. He doesn't and he doesn't get that. You're also different than him by quite a long shot. While he's hot headed and impulsive, you're not. You;re reserved and think shit through, which is completely fine. In fact, he needs someone like you to keep him in line and tone him down a little bit. He made the choice that he's ready to come out as a couple and you made the choice that you're not ready yet. In this case, he's going to have to compromise and wait until you feel that it's a good time. It'll happen, just maybe not according to his plan," Justin explained to him.

"You're right. I just wish he wasn't mad at me. I feel really bad for sending him into a fit of anger like that. I don't want to drop everything and come out together when my manager would most likely be that person and sue him just because she's hurt and pissed that I lied to her like that," Harry continued, letting Justin's words sink in.

"Understandable. Maybe warm her up to the idea? Ask her if she'd be mad and if she's fine with it, tell her that you've been in cahoots with each other and you're considering giving him a chance," Justin suggested.