Crazy in love

7-Fool's gold

Three weeks had past and Louis had got a hang of his new job. He might have developed a small crush on Harry. He had admitted that to himself. He wasn't ready to face the fact that it might be more than a small crush and that it had been going on from the beginning.

Relationships between patients and workers were strictly forbidden, as they should be. The ones that came up with that rule had obviously never met Harry. Louis knew he couldn't act on it. He wasn't stupid. It was wrong in every way possible.

But he couldn't help that his stomach turned into butterflies every time he laid eyes on the beautiful man. Of course, he never breathed a sound about it. Harry could never know how he made him feel. He was pretty sure Harry felt the same way. You just had to take one good look at how his eyes lid up with a sparkle and his lips turned into a breathtaking smile as soon as their eyes met. But Harry kept quiet as well. It was for the best. They could never be together.

It was finally Friday and he had the weekend off. He was gonna use it to try and clear his head.
He hurried to work and was greeted by a smiling Eleanor. She had started to flirt with him in an obvious way but he just shrugged it off. She was wasting her time.

He bumped into Mr. Horan in the locker room.
"Louis! Glad I ran into you. Are you busy tomorrow?" Niall grinned at him.

"Not really." Louis replied. If watching funny cat videos on Youtube didn't count.

"Great! How about that beer?" Niall asked excitedly.

"Yeah, I'm in." Louis agreed.

"Good, I'll ask Liam to join us as well." Niall continued.

Liam? Oh! Dr. Payne. This could be an interesting evening. "Fine with me."

They exchanged numbers and Louis hurried to get changed.

He felt guilty for rushing through his first three patients, knowing the reason was a certain green-eyed man who he was eager to see. He poked his head inside Zayn's door.
"Hi, last day here huh?"

"Yep! Back to reality." Zayn grinned.
"Hey, I need a favor. We need to cheer Harry up today."

Louis's heart dropped in an instant.
"Why? What's wrong?" He asked with a worried frown. Harry had more of his so-called episodes and they scared Louis. It was a reminder that Harry was ill.

Zayn rolled his eyes.
"Relax, he's just feeling a bit down. His mum called yesterday telling him that she can't come and visit him tomorrow as she had promised."

Louis felt sorry for him. Harry must be really sad. He talked about his family a lot. They meant the world to him.
"Oh, poor Harry. So how are we gonna cheer him up?"

"You just have to show your face." Zayn winked. "I'll take care of the rest."

Louis blushed and mumbled an "Okay."

He ran over to Harry's door and knocked on it. He didn't wait for an answer before he opened it and looked inside. Harry was laying in bed looking miserable.
"Oh, Harry. I heard about your mum not coming. I'm sorry." Louis said and walked up to the bed.

Harry sat up and shrugged his shoulders.
"It's okay. No big deal."

Louis sat down on the bed next to Harry.
"It's okay to be disappointed and to feel sad, you know."

Harry snorted.
"For you maybe but not for me. Then I'm over-emotional with severe abandonment issues and a fuck up at relationships with other people." Harry bit his lip and looked down at his hands with glossy eyes.

"No Baby, It's just the two of us here. I wouldn't think of you in that way. It's okay to feel sad. I would miss me mum as well. Come here." Louis opened his arms and hoped that Harry hadn't noticed that he had called him baby. Major slip up!