Nothing's Fine - Sequel to "Loved By You"

Chapter Eight: "Maintain Love"

"Thanks guys. Thank you so much." I was so thankful to have them. WE were so thankful to have them. I knew Louis was too. Even though he couldn't really say so behind the river of tears flowing down his face.

"It is no problem. Honestly." said Liam as we walked into their flat.

"Seriously, stay as long as you need." Niall pitched in. He had his arm around Louis.

We all entered and sat down on the couches they had installed a few weeks ago. I sat next to Louis on one of them and Niall sat next to Liam on the adjacent one. Lou was huddled into a ball as he brought his arms around my waist. I kissed his head and whispered "It's okay baby. We are gonna get this all figured out, I promise." he looked up at me and collided our lips for a second. Then resumed his huddled position.

"So, do you guys know what started it?" Niall asked. I knew he had been dying for answers ever since we drove away from our burnt down house.

"Yeah." I said. "It was me. I was making macaroni and forgot about it. Next thing you know, the house is up in flames."

"Oh. I'm so sorry!" Liam said, bringing his arms around his boyfriend.

"Don't be. We will just need to buy a new house. It's just stuff. At least we still have our lives."

Louis rose up and wiped his face before making his speech.

"It was not just 'stuff' Haz! That was our life that just burned down. All those memories! Our pictures, the souvenirs we had from our first tour, everything! It's all gone! And now I can't even check Twitter and tell people we're alright because I left my phone in there!"

I pulled my phone out of my pocket and handed it to him. "Here Boo." he took it with obvious reluctance and logged in to his account.

"The main thing is that we are okay though. I'm sure we will be reimbursed by the insurance company for some of the stuff but it's mostly going to have to come out of pocket. Good thing we're in a successful band right!?!" I tried to joke but no one was up for laughing. Understandable. I actually was surprised with how I wasn't in tears right now. Probably because Lou was. He balances out my mood.

"Hmm." Louis said, breaking the awkward silence after my failed joke.

"What Louis?" I asked.

"Some of our fans have decided to start a charity for us." then he chuckled. Then I chuckled. Then he laughed. Then we all started cracking up.

"Omg, I love our fans!" I said as it started to die down. "Follow them babe! And @reply them!"

"Already done."

I ran my hand through his hair as the final laughs ended. Louis started to yawn.

"Ooh, I'm exaushted!" he said

"Oh. Follow me!" Liam said as he shot out of his seat.

We followed him into the guest room. It was nice. A large bed, bathroom, nice view.

"Okay so You guys swear you're alright?" he asked with his hand on the door.

"Yes Li. We are fine. Thanks again." he closed the door and left us there.

We got into bed and Louis demanded that I snuggle him. I was going to do that anyway because I always do but I didn't question him. He was having a bad night. I looked at the clock. 4:30am. Fantastic.

I ran my hand through Louis' hair again with my other arm around his waist. He snuggled in closer. I pulled him closing the rest of the space that was separatting us. I didn't want anything to touch him tonight so I made sure I held him tight.

"Harry?" Louis asked after a few minutes of closeness.

"Yes Boobear?"

"Is everything really gonna be alright?" I continued playing with his hair and thought about it for a while.

"Of course it will. As long as we maintain our love, everything will workout fine." I kissed the top of his head and heard him do the chuckle he did every time I did that.

"I love you Harry."

"I love you too Louis."