Who Wooed Who?

Wait, Is This A Déjà vu!?

It's been a year since Louis joined the school. He is the PE coach of senior high. It's his first time as a senior coach. Lately, he had to be in the ground almost every day. Training sessions are rough but couple more weeks then their final match hits. Louis loves spending time with the kids. He loves them as much he loves football. After training he reached home in the evening. He was a bit stressed and tired but he had plans.

Purchasing the ring went smooth, it also made things easier. He stopped freaking out about the proposal anymore but he still had his worries so he decided to talk them out. He freshened himself and took the car to pick up Niall. They both planned to go to 'The Clappers Bar'. Louis goes there whatever mood he is in, joyful or stressed, he will always feel better.

"Couple beers over here, please" Niall called out to the Bartender.

The boys talked about the football matches of the season. It was a good conversation maintainer between these two.

"Fook off mate, everybody knows Donny Rovers are the best."

"Ok, I am stopping before you start calling me a bitch" teased Niall.

They both laughed. A good laugh and some booze are what Louis wants now. After some sips of the bitter liquid Louis spoke nervously, "I want to tell you something mate and I also need your help with it"

Niall blinked like he just had a déjà vu. 'Well that's creepy' he thought.

"I am- " started Louis.

"-going to ask Harry to marry you!...?" finished Niall not able to contain his excitement.

Louis eyes widens in surprise.

"Wait, did I say that already? Louis questioned in confusion. "Or am I that drunk I don't remember saying it for the first time?" he added still being confused.

"HAHA gotcha mate. It was just a lucky guess. Wow! I am getting good at them" laughed Niall trying to cover up his mess. 'Fuck' he mentally cursed himself. 'Harry would kill me if I spoil it for him' he thought. "I won't lie, I was pretty expecting it" continued Niall to make his blabber look like an honest guess.

Louis laughed nervously, it was quite a shock to him when Niall guessed his exact words but he didn't take it as a big deal 'cause they were dating for like 6 years now and people tend to expect this especially Niall. He just hoped he was not this obvious to Harry too. Spoiling the surprise for Harry was one of his biggest worries. He had to plan everything out without his boyfriend getting a clue.

"Yeah mate I am going to ask Harry to marry me and not just because it rhymes" laughed Louis at his own joke.

"Hey.], you stole my joke" laughed Niall along with Louis.

Louis pulled out a small velvet box out of his pocket. Niall took in a big gasp even before Louis revealed the shiny band. He keenly waited to see the ring, he almost let out a shriek when he saw the fascinating ring with a small green stone siting magnificently on its inside. He was getting exuberant and would probably be jumping up and down if they weren't out.

"I want you to take to ring to the restaurant before our date, mate" said Louis.

"Oh!" replied Niall shocked by the request.

"No particular reason, I just felt this will go smooth" replied Louis for Niall's unasked question.

Louis didn't want to take chances for anything going wrong so he thought of asking Zayn to taking the ring to the restaurant. Later he was worried what if Liam finds out accidently. He knew Liam is not that stupid to blabber to Harry but his overthinking made him ask Niall to do it.

Niall gave a nod and safely placed the box inside his pocket.

Niall congratulated his best friend and they hugged each other. He ordered tequila shots for celebrating the wonderful news.

"To the best couple" raised Niall, "Don't let Zayn or Liam hear it" he added laughing.

"To us" laughed Louis.

They let the hot drink flush down their throats and laughed in union.

"Like I said, I really need your help mate. I am sure I am going to propose but I have no idea about it. I am terrified that it won't be perfect and I really want it to be perfect" brooded Louis.

This really bothered Louis too much, he knows how much this means to Harry and he wants it to be as magnificent as Harry can imagine. That's the least he can do for his loving boyfriend.

Meanwhile Niall was hiding his smile to himself. At first, he was taken aback when Louis confirmed his doubt about him proposing but thinking about it he had many ideas running in his head right now. 'This is awesome' he thought. If he plans out everything then he can present his best friends a very memorable day. For now, all he has to do is make each other think that they are the one proposing. And if everything goes fine, he can make them both propose at the same time and there wouldn't be anything more beautiful than that. Niall was very delighted that they both came to him and felt so happy about his little plan. He made it look like he was taking his time to think and finally replied.

"Take him to a romantic dinner, Harry would love that."

"That would be nice we can spend some quality time too" agreed Louis thinking. "Maybe I can ask the waiter to drop the ring into the drink" he continued.

"Wow" replied Niall.

"Harry would love an astonishing restaurant." cheered Louis. "I can buy him his favourite dish and... Damn" he stopped in mid-sentence.

Niall didn't reply anything. He was still caught on the fact how the two mirrored each other.

Louis continued, "I can't decide the food. Harry likes Mexican, Chinese and Italian". He finished and looked at Niall for a response.

Niall thought for a moment and asked what Louis' favorite is, knowing it is Italian.

"Italian" replied Louis.

"Then take him there" said Niall without thinking.

"But-"

"It's a special day for you too mate, don't you think you guys should celebrate it with something common?" questioned Niall.

Louis didn't reply but his face showed that he agrees with Niall.

Niall cherished with happiness. He could see his plan already working.

Louis eyes sparked with joy. He imagined how it would be if he pops the question when Harry notices the shining ring in his drink. 'It would be perfect' he thought. It's simple but perfect and that's exactly how he wants it to be. Also, he have the feeling Harry would totally love this.

"Oh my god! Is Louis Tomlinson blushing?" teased Niall.

"No, I am not" Louis snapped back.

"Look at you all pink and cute" laughed Niall.

Louis gave a friendly punch on Niall's shoulders but later joined him laughing. Louis was thankful for Niall being a great support. He almost figured everything, all he has to do is take Harry on the date and ask to marry him. But that's the tricky situation, how is he going to bring it up to Harry? He doesn't want to be obvious. He got sunk into his thoughts till Niall called his name.

"Louis"

"Yeah?"

"Just give Harry a hint that you want to have dinner in the restaurant some day and wait for him to pick a date. So that he won't get any doubt" suggested Niall. "I can see you are really tensed up by that" added Niall with a warm smile.

'I can do that, I am not going to rush into proposing so there is still plenty of time to plan and be subtle bringing it up' he thought. This relieved him from the stress he had few minutes ago. The smile reappeared on his face and he replied, "That's really a great idea" "How are you even single mate?" asked Louis

"By ignoring this" laughed Niall showing the bartender's number on his tissue.

Louis laughed with Niall and then both the lads decided to leave. Louis dropped Niall and drove home.