They say opposites attract.

Chapter 26

All the anger towards Louis faded within an instant. He almost even forgot why he was mad in the first place. After being screamed at, he realized how wrong he was. He did go MIA for three weeks without telling Louis anything. When he was drunk he basically told Louis he was a bad influence and that's why he couldn't study with him around and then he brings Nathan to their place.

To be fair! Louis did too didn't he? But no, Harry wasn't going to sit here and make Louis out as the wrong one. He needed to apologise and make it up to Louis.

He really didn't mean to do all this. Avoiding Louis while he studied was not because Louis was a bad influence- Harry just didn't know how to focus around Louis, he never wanted to. With Louis sitting there how could one sit and focus on studying anyway? He was doing it for himself but he didn't realise how this would affect Louis correspondingly. It was beyond irrational and selfish.

And you don't even care to apologise

Louis just wanted an apology, and Harry never gave it to him. He thought Harry had accidentally stumbled into their room- but no- he came to find Louis, he went to apologise for 'whatever he had done'. His intentions were pure. He should have stayed and just apologised. Running out like that was so fucking stupid of him- he could've avoided this.

He needs to fix this.

Deciding he needed to fix this and fix this as soon as possible, Harry exited the toilet and approached their table.

Walk slower, you don't want anyone to notice anything is wrong you idiot.

He slowed down his pace and placed a friendly smile on his face, trying to come up with a way to get Louis alone. "Hey guys.." He trailed off, sliding into the booth. They greeted him and continued talking. Louis wasn't in the conversation.

How was he going to get Louis alone?

He could offer Louis a ride home, unless Josh was driving him home.

He also had to drive Nathan home but that wasn't too big of a problem.

He would have to figure something out, it shouldn't be that hard. Nathan was giving Harry a 'let's get out of here' look but Harry pretended to not understand, he needed time.

He didn't even notice their food had arrived until Louis had let out a moan. The moan wasn't loud but it had certainly caught Harry's attention- in areas it shouldn't have. He certainly felt creepy watching Louis chew and lick his lips but frankly, he didn't care. Louis looked too good.

Nathan and Josh kept the conversation going, although Harry could sense Nathan wanting to leave. Harry added a few comments here and there, Louis remained remotely quiet. Harry could sense how awkward it was and he was sure Louis felt it too- but Nathan and Josh didn't really seem to take notice. Harry was grateful for that.

Every time Louis and Harry made eye contact, Louis would look away and Harry would mentally sigh.

"Well, we should get going.." Nathan trailed off and Harry froze.

Shit. Think of something quick.

"How did you guys get here?" Harry asked.

"I drove us." Josh replied.

Okay, I can work with that.

"Louis' house is on my way so I could drop him off if that would make it easier for you." Harry said to Josh. Louis' head snapped up at the mention of his name. He shot Harry an angry-confused look since they both knew Louis' house wasn't on the way but thankfully, he didn't say anything.