the strawberry dress | harry styles

6: crying on the phone

i sat in my bedroom crying my eyes out, hoping no one would hear. but someone did - my door opened and there was shouting - telling me i was useless and i was messing up my life. then the door slammed shut. i sat at the end of my bed and cried harder but right on cue, harry texted me.

harry; I burnt my tongue on the tea you recommended me...

usually i replied to his texts straight away - today was different though. i ignored it and carried on sobbing my heart out. Then my phone started ringing and i was panicking. what do i do? if i picked up he would hear me crying. if i didn't he would get worried...he was always checking in whenever i was inactive but i never let loose.

no. harry doesn't care.
yes he does. why would he call?
no he doesn't. who would?
HES CALLING YOU. HE CARES.

i slid accept and held the phone up to my ear.
"maya? you there?" his sweet voice spoke.
"hi" i said quietly. i was still sobbing but i managed to make it seem less obvious.
"is everything okay?" he asked.
"uh how are you?" i tried changing the subject.
"im fune. what about you?" fuck. he was good.
"im fine" it was so obvious i'd been crying.
"i hope you are. i just...had a feeling something had happened and i wanted to check on you. sorry if that sounds weird or i'm being weird-"
"harry, you aren't being weird...im surprised you even noticed. not many people do" i sniffled.
"have you been crying?" he asked.

shit.

"uh...a bit" i admit.
"are you okay? whats happened?"
"just...had an argument with someone"
"what about?"
"uh...i dont really want to talk about it"
"that's okay. that's totally fine. but if you need to talk...im here" he said kindly.
i sniffled. "uh thank you" i replied awkwardly.
"happy to help. now stop crying, you're too pretty to cry"

i giggled. "oh piss off!"
"love, you know i'm joking! cry it out, it helps. and i'm glad you picked up"
"me too" i admitted. "it's okay though"
"hey.whatever's made you upset, it'll all be okay soon. i promise you and if you ever need anything,,im here"
"thanks harry. right back at you"
"thanks darling, i appreciate that""

darling.

"so...how was the tea?" i asked.
"well...my tongue really hurts now"
"did you have sugar?"
"that...that doesn't make it less hot!"
"no genius, it helps a burnt tongue"