"You two are the absolute cutest couple in the entire world," Eloise squeals, snapping a picture of the two curled up on the couch, limbs intertwined, Louis' head on Harry's chest and Harry's hand resting on the small of Louis' back.
"Not a couple, Eloise," Harry says with a roll of his eyes. Louis bites his lip and looks up at Harry.
"B-but we could be."
"Yes! Say yes, Harry! Oh my God, I'm going to cry. I ship it, I ship it so hard! Houis for life." The two blush profusely at Eloise's comment, Louis hiding his face in Harry's shirt.
"Uh-"
Harry doesn't know what to do. Isn't he technically dating Jo? But Louis makes his whole body feel as if it's on fire with a simple touch. Louis makes him want to hold him and never let him go, ever. Louis makes Harry want to kiss him over and over and over, until he has the taste of his lips memorized.
But Harry's not gay. He's not, period, end of story. And if he needs to date Jo to prove that to not only the others around him, but himself as well, then so be it.
"I think that we should just stay friends for a bit, yeah? I mean, we don't even know if we can get along while we're together," he says, running his fingers through Louis' hair.
Louis' face falls slightly. He pushes his glasses farther up the bridge of his nose, turning away from Harry's gaze so that he can't see the hurt expression on his face. Eloise glares at her friend, crossing her arms.
"Okay," Louis whispers. He climbs off of Harry, who makes grabby hands at him, pouting. "I'm just gonna go to the bathroom real quick."
After Louis locks himself in the bathroom, probably to calm down, Eloise storms right over to Harry. "If he asks you again before he leaves, you better say yes, or so help me God."
"I'm dating Jo," he says quietly.
"Yeah, okay, that is not acceptable. Now, when he comes back out, let's go get dinner or something. I'm sure he's starving," Eloise replies, grabbing her purse from the bedside table and slipping her phone inside it. "And don't say her name around me, or him, ever. Got it?"
Harry nods meekly as the toilet flushes and Louis emerges, heading to the sink to wash his hands. He jumps when Harry comes up behind him, laying his head on Louis' and smiling.
"We're going to go out to dinner when you're finished. Is that alright?"
"Yeah, 'course. Where are we going?"
Harry shrugs, plopping back down on the couch to lace up his sneakers. Louis runs over seconds later, jumping into the air and landing on his back in Harry's lap. His legs hang off the side of the couch, his torso on Harry. And then he giggles. He actually giggles and Harry thinks he just might die from the cuteness of it all.
The two just stare at each other for a few seconds until Harry begins to lean closer to Louis' face, causing Louis to stop breathing because he thinks Harry is going to finally kiss him.
He doesn't.
Instead, Harry boops Louis' nose with his own, causing Louis to crinkle it up like a bunny rabbit. Then Louis accidentally gives him butterfly kisses with those beautiful long eyelashes of his, his blue eyes twinkling brighter than any star Harry has ever seen.
Eloise, meanwhile, is biting down on her knuckles furiously to keep her squeals from coming out. Her phone is back out of her purse again while she records the whole thing. Could the two get any cuter?
-//-
"I hope you two realize that I am going to be taking a truckload of pictures of you," Eloise says, handing her menu to the waiter.
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Soulmate Search // larry
Fanfiction"Sometimes you have to go to extreme measures for love and if I have to search the world for mine, don't think that I won't do it." Ever since Harry was small he's been dreaming about his future, or more specifically, his spouse. He has always wonde...
