AU where Harry truly believes in Destiny and Louis just happens to cross his path at the right moment. Featuring a world with the size of a stamp, Liam as the best friend ever, Niall as a social butterfly who knows everyone and Zayn who always knows...
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Louis stares insistently at the door after knocking on it. His heart is pounding in his chest, a nice soundtrack to his thoughts which have been focused on Harry since he first had the CD in his hands. Harry, Harry, Harry. Louis is wondering what Harry will say, how he will look at him when Louis tells him he finally opened his eyes. That he's finally seen the light, as Niall said when they were at the stadium. The memory makes him smile. 'Haz is on love bite strike until someone sees the light' , their friend said, and now he remembers Niall was staring at him while saying those words. God, Louis is such an idiot. He can't cope with himself being blind when his friends kept constantly throwing little clues straight at his face. Again, Louis is such an idiot. Was such an idiot, he mentally corrects himself, because now everything is clear and he plans to end Harry's love bite strike as soon as he will let him.
That is, if he can get through that damned door. Several minutes pass before someone finally opens it, someone who's definitely not Harry.
Louis should have expected that: he used to knock on that door almost five days a week – god, when was the last time he put his feet on that landing? – and it has been opened by Niall pretty much every time.
He tries his best not to smile in a creepy way, but he has to admit it's quite impossible since Louis' mood at the moment is something he's never felt before. He feels happy and scared and weird at the same time, too bad he can't contain all the shit that is running through his mind right now. Good shit, obviously.
Shit . Is this life even real? But he thinks now he's allowed to smile again, he really is. Smiling is cool. Smiling is happiness. And it tastes like Harry Styles.
A giant smile appears on Niall's face the exact moment he sees who's at the door. Is he just happy to see him or did he notice there's something different in Louis? Probably Louis' face tells him everything because Niall's smile broadens every moment. And, if it were a normal day, Louis is sure he would make a comment about the way Niall opened the door – just in his pants and hugging a huge bowl of cereal – but now, given the circumstances, Louis really can't afford to waste precious time. He already wasted months, fuck, just the thought of it makes him want to vomit.
"Tommo!" Niall cheers, wildly grabbing a handful of cereals and then violently putting them in his mouth. "Are you okay, mate?" He adds, not caring that he's speaking with his mouth full of food.
Uhm. Well. No? Yeah, yeah, of course yeah, he's pretty okay, actually. More than okay. He's totally awesome. He just– he just needs some fresh air, breathing and stuff. As if he weren't still outside the door surrounded by fresh air. Truth is he just needs Harry .
Niall is starting to throw worried glances at Louis. And, honestly, when Niall looks at someone like that it's a big deal, that's one sure thing he learnt pretty well about Niall throughout the year. Louis can't decide whether the face that Niall is seeing is pure joy, or fear, or if it's a weird grin that makes him look like Sloth from The Goonies.
