You Make Me Strong

Endearment

"Alright lads, that will do for today. You can all head to the showers now, Horan and Payne come help me pack these balls up," Louis orders to his team, everyone sighing in relief and running to the locker rooms and Liam and Niall walking over to Louis with a smirk.

"Horan and Payne?" Niall says with a laugh, Louis flipping him off.

"Piss off, I can't give you two special treatment, alright? And I was serious when I said can you help me pack up, there's fucking balls all over the place," Louis moans, grabbing the big sack and throwing some footballs in there.

Niall laughs (or more like cackles) loudly and helps him pick up the balls as Liam starts packing some cones up.

"Jesus that was a tough practice tonight. Sometimes I swear it feels like we're just getting worse," Liam sighs, clicking his back.

"Right? I feel like it will be all my fault if we don't do well this year, and I really don't wanna let you lot down," Louis admits, "but I know it felt like a long practice but we are improving and soon it will start showing, we just need to make sure everyone is focused on the game."

They finish packing up the kit, throwing it into a locker room haphazardly and locking the door before heading to the showers just as Louis' phone pings several times.

"Wow, someone's popular! Whose pants are you trying to work your way through now?" Niall says jokingly.

Louis ignores him and pulls out his phone, looking shocked to see its from Harry Styles.

From @harrystyles:

sorry about running off at the party, people like you don't normally talk to people like me.

From @harrystyles: 

And sorry about whatever I said when we were dancing, I was really really drunk.

From @harrystyles:

and sorry about Zayn, he's a bit overprotective sometimes

From @harrystyles:

I feel like I'm annoying you know tho

From @harrystyles:

So I'll go

From @harrystyles:

p.s I'm not cute, like at all. 

From @harrystyles:

you are really hot tho

From @harrystyles:

okay byeeeee

Louis smiles fondly at his phone, getting wolf whistles from his two mates.

"Alright, you two knock it off. Go ahead an take a shower, I'll join you in a second, I just need to check on someone," Louis says, eyes glued to his phone he he types out a response.

"Mmhm, so you can text some tall fit twink more like. See you in a bit Lou!" Niall teases, running off with Liam to the showers.

Louis doesn't even pay them attention as he works out what to say back to Harry.

As cute as the message is, he's also slightly concerned for the boy's safety. He could just be at home getting drunk, but Louis just wanted the piece of mind that he was okay and not in danger.

And that kinda scared Louis cause he never normally cared that much about the guys he was interested in, but there was something special about Harry.

He was more than someone Louis just wanted as a quick fuck with no strings attached.

He wanted all the strings that came with Harry, and that kinda scared him.