Just Silly Kids (Larry Stylinson)

14. Double Life

A/N: I dedicate this to larryshipper4ever96 because you're always one of the first to vote. Thank youuu💜

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If it was not so heartbreaking, it would be funny to watch how Louis and Harry danced around each other, longing but pretending to be unaffected although everyone else could see that they were. Eleanor certainly saw it and she was trying her best to occupy her boyfriend as much as possible.

That's why it was a rare occasion that Louis was even in their room anymore, let alone without Eleanor.

Today was one of these rare occasions. It felt almost like old times again. All the boys were in their own beds, making homework, except for Louis and Harry, who were cuddled up in Louis' single bed and working on their project.

At one point, Niall tuned in on their conversation when his essay got too boring. Harry was saying. "But Lou, imagine you had a boyfriend-"

"But I have a girlfriend." Louis interrupted.

"Yeah, trust me, I know." Harry snapped. "But just if you got a boyfriend-"

"But I don't want anyone else." Louis interrupted again. Niall looked down at the two, seeing Harry looking away from Louis with a pained expression.

Did Harry honestly believe Louis? The way the sentence sounded was like he had read it and tried to act it out but like a really bad actor. Niall shook his head in disbelief and tried to concentrate on his essay again.

These two would end up together. He would bet his essay on that. And this essay took really much work so it would be a huge disaster if he lost it. On the other hand, who would want to bet on his essay? Nobody would bet with him over this boring piece of shit. Come on, concentrate!

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Happily, Niall witnessed how Harry was not the only jealous one. Even though this situation was not ideal.

They were all sitting on their beds in the evening, talking about how their projects were going. It was no secret that Louis and Harry were really the perfect match because their project was going perfectly. They were even planning on doing a play.

Niall also told them how Ellie, his project partner, was initially wary about Niall's topic choice, but she was growing to love it almost as much as Niall did.

Liam and Sophia had chosen the topic if robots could replace any social jobs. It was pretty interesting and Liam was even working on building his own robot for the presentation.

"Wow." Harry said, sitting up to look at Liam, leaving Louis' arms empty and his face frowning. "This is amazing. I mean, I knew you were smart but this... wow."

Liam blushed. "Oh, it's not that hard." He tried to wave off.

"No, honestly." Harry said. "You could replace our maths and physics teacher. I bet you would be a much better teacher anyways. And it won't even matter that you cheated on the test, you and Sophia will so get the best grade there is."

"We will also get the best grade." Louis grumbled, grabbing Harry and pulling him down to cuddle him close again.

"Of course we will Boo." Harry giggled, nuzzling Louis' cheek. Niall wondered when this happened. It was like the project was an excuse to temporarily act like nothing had changed.

"Where are you going, Liam?" Niall teased, watching as the boy got out of his bunk bed and walked to the door. "Are a few compliments from your admirer Hazza too much for you?"