Underneath It All {l.s}

XXIII

As far as Harry's concerned, August had been bittersweet.

Summer was supposed to be the time of the year when you should be at the beach. Soaking up the sun while taking a dip in the sea. Or taking many trips as possible to create lasting memories with your closest friends.

But unfortunately, Harry's holiday so far has been nothing any sort of that. Yeah, Harry got to spend time with his mates whenever he got to see them and caught up with his life back home. Hell, Harry even got to see Gemma too, and she's always busy with her own life.

However, if Harry could change one thing... just one very small thing it'd be his time with Louis.

Yes, Harry already came to terms with the fact he just had to accept it and support Louis. Harry had been understanding since they've talked about it and Louis reassured their relationship.

It still doesn't mean Harry misses Louis because he does. Harry loves his boy's company. Whenever he'd swoop in to steal him away for the night to just being there. Harry just missed all those good times Louis was around.

Of course, they texted whenever Louis could sneakily answer him back when he wasn't busy. Called Harry when he was on break and even FaceTimed him before bed. All that was great and to just hear his guy's voice was enough to make him feel content.

The thing is though... their texts have been a bit far and in between now. Not that it was on purpose though, Louis had taken on another project and just had been so swamped. Even on his free time, he hadn't even had time to come see Jay and the girls last weekend.

And now it was a Wednesday, a week and a half before the wedding.

Which Louis had told Harry he'd be up this weekend most definitely. Mentioning that he'd come see Harry Friday and then go home. As Harry and Louis had plans for next weekend. And that's including Thursday too as Louis wanted Harry to come down early and Niall would be there so Harry wouldn't be alone while everyone was at work.

So obviously, Harry couldn't wait.

But, Harry still had about two days and he had things to get done, like order a desk organizer online. You know so he was prepared well in advance before uni started and because maybe a little more organization would be better.

Like at the moment, he was scrolling through a few pages, making a small list of potential candidates and even wrote down the price points. Harry also may have looked into a dry-erase calendar. Yeah, not exactly the most exciting thing to be doing in the afternoon, but it needed to be done.

Harry tapped the end of his pen against the notepad beside the keyboard, reading the description of an organizer. Well, that was until Harry's attention had been diverted by his phone buzzing against the desk. Wondering who it could possibly be, Harry quickly checked.

The corners of Harry's lips slid upward when he saw a text from Louis, not even wasting a breath to see what this was about.

'Louis: Swamped as fuck gotta work through lunch. Tonight 'm yours, promise!'

Harry heaved a sigh, not exactly what the thing he was expecting, but at least it's good news regarding tonight. Even though a small part of Harry felt kind of disappointed, but what could he do? Louis' got a demanding career field and needed to get stuff done in order to get places.

Of course though, Harry knows what it's like to be insanely busy to the point there's no time for pleasure. It is what it is.

Harry typed Louis back a quick response that it was okay before he pulled his eyes away from his phone and focused back at the task at hand. He started to scroll down the page until there was knock against his door before it creaked open.