Soft Side

Chapter twenty-four

Harry lay beside me, his eyes staring into mine with a gentle and tired smile on his lips as my fingers ran up and down his toned abdomen. An occasional hum left his lips as his eyes slowly blinked, tiredness lacing over his features as he gives a sleepy smile. Times like this reminded me of why I was with him, and why he was so different to the ladies man that he was perceived to be in the media. He was realistically a gentle and simply wonderfully beautiful man.

A groan left his lips, rolling over to retrieve his phone from the bedside table after it had vibrated. "It's management" he grumbles, rubbing his eyes with his knuckles on his left hand. His rings sat on the desk in front of the bed in the hotel room, leaving his fingers bare. A rare sight for him. "They want us there early for some meeting or some shit" he grumbles, sleepily smirking as I slap his chest at the curse word that left his lips.

"I'm gonna take a shower then" I mumble, sliding out of the bed in absolutely nothing. Harry groaned, begging me to stay in bed and continue to cuddle with him. A huff leaving his lips when I disagree, being replaced with a soft chuckle left his lips as I walked into the bathroom, his fingers tapping on his phone as he replied to the message, letting them know we would be there. His large feet padded across the carpet once they had swung from the bed, heading into the bathroom to save water and shower with me. His large hands helped to gently wash my hair and tenderly wash my body. No sexual feelings being shared but simply love and tenderness radiating from both of us.

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Harry's hand was holding onto mine as we walked into the waiting area backstage at the interview, every single one of the boys on their phones, not acknowledging that we had walked through the door. I wondered if they knew each other were there to be honest. I flopped beside Liam, questioning him on what everybody head doing. Before he could answer, management walked in, looking far from impressed.

"So before this interview happens, we need to clear some things up and make sure that you aren't asked any questions you do not want to be asked" Gareth nods. Gareth was the main man from the boys management team. "First port of cool, Niall, you'll probably be asked about that little stunt you pulled yesterday in the interview. We know everybody's emotions have been running extremely high during this tour and we've had some relationship complications, but we would really appreciate if you could fix any disagreements and little squabbles you guys have now" he continues, sitting on the table in front of us as the boys look confused. "Because as you know pl all of our jobs revolve around this band. If there is no band, there's no job for anybody. We cannot have people thinking there's something going on between you all and that there's trouble, especially with this new album coming" he finishes.

Niall speaks up, asking what they mean about the interview. Harry agreed, not knowing what went on.

Gareth sighs as he rubs his hands over his face. "It was your comment Niall, about Harry and Soph and this whole ring scenario" he says softly as Louis holds his hand up.

"I did see some hashtag on twitter about Niall and Harry but I thought nothing of it" Louis states, opening up one of the articles on his phone and handing it to Gareth. Gareth sighs, his face instantly looking panicked about what they were going to do next to resolve all of this.

"We haven't finished talking about this, I'll tell them not to bring it up though" Gareth sighs, walking out of the room.

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The boys sat in the interview, sat on stools in front of the interviewer. They had been asked the usual questions about what their favourite tour memories were, what the best food they had eaten in a new country was and what they'd awe themselves doing in the next year. That's when the interviewer reached behind, grabbing a piece of paper and looking at Harry.