Just Silly Kids (Larry Stylinson)

20. Break Up

„Liam," Louis said, throwing himself backwards onto his empty bed. "I have to talk to you."

It was Tuesday of the second week of school and finally, Louis and Liam were alone in their room. In the past week Louis had always tried to get Liam alone but he had never succeeded until now.

"Shoot." Liam said distractedly, working on a difficult task from his advanced physics class.

"No, you have to pay attention to me." Louis whined.

Liam gave him a side glance before focusing back to his task. "I do."

"No, your full attention." Louis insisted, but he sounded like a petulant child.

Liam sighed, frustrated that he got distracted from this interesting physics problem. "Don't you have Harry for that?"

"Hey." Louis said. "I have Harry for way more than his attention. Anyways, this is about him and I have a crisis so please pay attention to me."

Liam frowned, mumbling out a few numbers before answering. "Why don't you ask Niall then? He is much closer to Harry."

"I know." Louis said. "Niall will always be on Harry's side and he will just have an annoying freak out and say he knew it. Please Lima."

"Lima?" Liam asked.

"Harry listens always much better when I call him by a pet name." Louis explained.

"Yeah, no need for that." Liam said, but he sat up on his bottom bunk bed and turned to Louis. "What's up?"

"Soo..." Louis started, clapping his hands together. "I wanna break up with Eleanor."

"Really?" Liam all but squeaked.

Louis giggled, feeling a bit giddy. "Yeah, I wanna break up with Eleanor and I wanna conquer Harry's heart."

"Okay." Liam said. "Well, that's great. Then what do you need me for?"

"I don't know how to break up with Eleanor. Or how to conquer Harry's heart." Louis added the last part.

"I don't think you need to conquer Harry's heart." Liam said. "You've always had it."

Louis blushed. "You think so?"

"I know so." Liam said certainly. "Why do you think he was always so rude to Eleanor?"

Louis beamed, looking like a child on Christmas. Then he seemed to remember something and his smile fell. "But still, how do I break up with Eleanor? And how do I tell Harry?"

"Uhh... just tell them, mate." Liam said.

"Tell them what?" Louis asked.

"That you love Harry." Liam stated like it was obvious.

"I can't just do that. It's terri- wait, I never said I loved Harry." Louis frowned.

Liam shrugged. "You don't have to. It's obvious."

Louis blushed. "Do you think it's also obvious to him?"

"Well," Liam said, "Considering he looks like heartbreak in person when you are with your girlfriend, I don't think so."

"Oh." Louis said. "So, how do I br-"

"Break up with Eleanor?" Liam completed the sentence that seemed to be a repeating theme in this conversation. "Just be honest, I guess."

"You guess?" Louis threw his arms up in exasperation.

"I don't know mate." Liam said. "I've never had to break up with someone. Why do you come to me for relationship advice when I've never been in a relationship?"