Frame of Hearts - l.s.

Chapter Thirty Three

Kinda short chapter but a lot happens. x

He shoves Louis down the stairs. He tumbles down to halfway, wincing at his shoulder feeling everything but okay. He sees Phil growling at the top of the stairs, get downstairs and help your mother with the washing.

A simple query would have been just as effective; the abuse just made him more dominant, Louis guesses. He trudges down the stairs, hiding the pain which throbs at his joints and meets his mother outside to take the basket of washing off her hanging the clothes himself.

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hows ur day been? xx

do you want to guess? x

Fuck, Harry doesn't want to hear horrible things again. He's end up cornering himself away from Gemma. It's a risk he needs to take, just to make sure Louis is okay.

tell me everything xxx

He's hoping Louis is actually okay and nothing is really happening at home. It's only day one away from him and to know that Louis is probably trying to cope with shit alone daunts Harry. He'll stop eating for the week, he'll probably cry himself to sleep, maybe Louis might end up self harming or worse--

No, he can't think about that. 

It takes a while for him to respond and Harry thinks it's maybe because he's fallen asleep, or maybe he's being hit. Now, Harry expects something from Phil instead, but in comes a huge paragraph in three different messages; all about today.

i woke up and stuff and the first thing that happens is mum shouts for me to make breakfast but i didn't hear her so phil pulled me from bed by my hair. i went to school and i think zayn and liam were looking for me but

i didn't go to them. i stayed in our spot under the tree and i ate lunch. i promise you i ate lunch. then i drove home and phil pushed me down the stairs and told me to help mum with the washing

so i did and i cooked dinner but then he threw it away and i was left hungry. im on lockdown now in my room and phil says if i try to message anyone i'll be thrown out for the night with the dog. xx

Harry blinks and replies back hurriedly. 

get off the phone then lou !!!! xxx

i'm fine h. theyre asleep xx

Harry rolls his eyes at that. He always says he's fine but then he's fucking not. It always ends bad. Louis doesn't fucking listen to him and that's probably why half of the things that happen always happen.

i don't want you to get hurt lou. pls dont do this xxx

i said im fine. x

But instead of texting back to coax him to stay on his phone, Harry doesn't reply and turns off his phone. He sets it down on his hotel bed and walks out of his room and meets Gemma on the couch to watch some late night television.

Louis is left clueless and wonders if Harry's just suddenly forgotten about him.

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It's three days later when Gemma catches Harry crying in the bedroom. And she knew immediately what it was about.

She sat beside him, an arm around his shoulders and cuddling him in. Harry didn't refrain from her and nuzzled his forehead in close, sobbing softly to his sister. She coos, hoping he'd stop and maybe they could go out for a nice dinner at the restaurant, a few hundred metres from their hotel. Harry doesn't.