The press conference

Chapter 19: Welcome to the final show

Fuck this.

Harry had had enough. 10 years, 10 fucking years. It had been too long.

"We're live right?", asked Harry to make sure because he was about to do something that he thought he would never ever get to do.

He was about to be just himself.

"Hello, my name is Harry Edward Styles, for those who don't know me. I'm one fifth of One Direction, so is Louis next to me. Excuse me, Louis William Tomlinson, for those who don't know him. We just ended our five year Hiatus and I have to admit the last five years have been the darkest of my life, without a doubt. After being in a band like One Direction it feels surreal to lead a somewhat normal life again, going from playing stadiums to running errands, sleeping in without having anything to do, I didn't know how to deal with it. So it's obvious that I am over the moon that the band is back together, even though I wasn't at first to be honest", he heard Louis chuckle next to him. He didn't want to look at Louis though, he was too afraid that he would actually change his mind and would not go through with it.

"As you can imagine I missed the stage, our fans, the high that comes with writing a new song and exploring the whole world but that's all superficial compared to the thing that I missed more than anything, that I missed more than I could ever put into words."

Harry let out a breath.

"Louis here next to me is what I could only describe as a beautiful soul, he is kind, he is caring, he is funny, he is beautiful and above all he radiates happiness. When he enters the room, it lights up and when he leaves, he leaves behind darkness. I was 16 years old when I met Louis for the first time.We met and I felt things I had never felt in my life before. I didn't know what it was, I was scared, I didn't want to tell anyone. But he made everything so easy, he made falling in love with him easy. I knew that he was scared as well but my happiness was always his first priority and I don't know if any of you ever experienced anything like that, but for me that is what contentment feels like. Right from the start, everyone told us that we would never last, that our love would never last, that we were too young. And when you hear the same thing over and over and over again, trust me, you start to believe it too, even though you know that it is not true. But Louis was there, every day, to remind me how much he loved me. Everyone around us saw it, our friends, our families, even our fans picked up on it. But even though everyone could tell how happy we were, they were still against it, still wanted to suppress the one thing that made us happy. They started taking more drastic measures, each week brought a new obstacle and the obstacles kept getting higher and higher and we were so, so tired of climbing. After five years they still hadn't broken us but we were fragile. They knew that it would only take one more push and our glasshouse would break. Has no one ever wondered why we went on Hiatus out of the sudden? Nothing was ever optional for us, everything we ever did was decided by other people. Never us.Even this reunion, they tell to jump and we have no choice but to ask how high. That is how this business works and I can feel how it once again slowly starts to break me, us. Yes, there is an us. Louis and me. Me and Louis. I have loved him since we were 16 and 18 years old and for ten years I was forced to hide that, forced to hide who I really was. I love him, I am in love with him. Everything about him. And there is nothing that anyone could ever do to stop me from doing just that. I hope that answers your question whether we're in any kind of romantic relationship", said Harry and sat back down.

What followed was dead silent.