Smoke || larry

17

Harry wanted to have a cute costume for Halloween and Louis really wasn't the type to be cute. After hours of begging and a few - or a lot - of kisses later Harry got his wish.

Harry is Pikachu and Louis is Ash.

They enter the party hand in hand and the sound of laughing and music washes over them. It's not loud and intimidating - at least not yet.

Louis leads him to the noise and people turn to see the newcomers. Sophia practically squeals at Harry's costume and Louis just smiles fondly and agrees when she tells him he's adorable.

"I don't want to drink much," Louis whispers to him. Harry gives him a confused look and brings the beer he has to his lips.

"Why not?" Harry pouts and Louis chuckles at his cute, innocent face.

"I'm not in the mood. I just want to meet your friends and be with you," Louis tells him. Harry thinks that's reasonable and leans forward to kiss Louis.

It's a normal night and there's birthday cake and funny costumes and beer and drugs. Then, it starts to get busier. More people file into the house and Tara just laughs and greets everyone with a smile. Harry wonders where her parents are, but doesn't bother to voice his question.

"Lou," someone says. Their voice is low and almost a purr. Harry turns to see Matt leaning on Louis, his eyes half lidded from intoxication.

"Get off me, Matt," Louis tells him. He shrugs him off and Matt stumbles and pouts. He's dressed as a bandit and the costume would be cute if Matt wasn't the one wearing it.

"Why aren't you drunk? C'mon drink with me," Matt begs and Harry moves forward and slips his arm around Louis' waist. Louis leans into him and Harry glares at Matt threateningly.

"Can you fuck off?" Harry asks angrily and he'd never do this sober. Matt just looks at him with wide eyes and then gets a dopey grin.

"You look cute, Harry," he compliments and Louis scoffs next to him.

"What? He does! Look at him," Matt argues and now Harry's just blushing because Matt actually gave him a compliment.

"Oh, Lou, Zayn's looking for you," Matt randomly blurts and Louis just sighs and goes to pull Harry along with him.

"Wait! Can someone show me where the beer is before you leave? I ran out," Matt says. They both sigh again and Harry breaks away from Louis.

"I'll show him. Go find Zayn and I'll find you after," Harry promises. Louis just gives Matt a look and then nods. It's awkward as Harry shows Matt where everything is and Matt is surprisingly quiet.

"Hey. So I know you hate me, but I think we should be friends," Matt finally speaks. Harry looks over at him, not trusting him.

"Don't give me that look. Clearly Louis is not interested and I need to find someone else. You'll be around a lot and I don't want it to be awkward," Matt tells him. Harry bites his lip because he hates not getting along with people and nods his head.

"Awesome. Do you want me to get you beer? I'll get through the crowd and grab you one," Matt offers.

"Sure, thanks," Harry smiles. Matt smiles back and it's friendly. He starts to elbow through the crowd and Harry loses sight of him, but stays where he is and waits patiently. Matt comes back ten minutes later with two open beers. He's already drinking one and passes the other one to Harry.

"Let's go find Lou and if you see a cute guy let me know."

They make it through the crowd and then find Louis and Zayn. Zayn is dressed as a cookie and Perrie is in a very slutty cookie monster outfit. They're all laughing and Perrie coos when she spots Harry.