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Harry and Louis step out of the hotel into a hot busy street of Rome. It is indeed hot and Harry is worried Louis is going burn and melt in his all-black outfit. It's also almost lunchtime, which means the weather is not about to calm down anytime soon.

"Are you sure about the outfit? I don't want you to melt here," Harry asks worriedly. Louis rolls his eyes and shakes his head in frustration.

"Shut up, Harry. I told you I don't feel hot. I could wear a motherfucking coat right now and not feeling hot whatsoever. Just stop the stupid question and get this over with," he says and takes out his phone to check any texts.

"Don't be grumpy. I am going to show you just a few things here," Harry also rolls his eyes at Louis' childish behaviour and starts to walk the way to the Colosseum. Louis walks next to him quietly, looking around. He didn't really think he would walk the streets of this city for such a reason as sightseeing. This trip was purely just for fun and drinks. It is weird to get to see the city from this point of view. He never did this with any of the cities he visited before.

Now is Louis just wondering. What if he was actually sightseeing every city he ever visited? What if he just started to look at everything differently?

Oh my God, what if Gigi is right? Louis thinks.

Gigi always tried to knock some sense into Louis. Always. She really hates Louis' personality and his behaviour. Always having fun and drinking was just not Gigi's thing. She was for every fun, but not for Louis' kind of fun. She hated drinking every night and seeing Louis with so many women. And then, Louis was just always making fun of her. It just made Gigi hate Louis even more.

But now what if she is right? What if there are more than just sleepless nights with lots of women and alcohol? What if instead of parties he would just start to be more... serious? Doing his job, visiting places and actually soak them in, see the things, learn something... What if he finally became an adult?

No. Definitely no.

The streets are pretty. It makes Louis feel the summer in the air and history in the walls. He can hear Italian all around him and smell lots of food, pizza and pasta served on the plates when they walk past the restaurants.

"Harry, I already saw the Colosseum," Louis whines when he sees Harry heading towards the big historical building.

"Yes, but not from the inside! C'mon Louis," Harry pouts when he looks at Louis. He can see his bored expression.

"I could just google it up."

"You are no fun! Seriously, we should have just stayed at yours, I hate your attitude," Harry frowns and his arms slightly sink. He really loves this city and he wanted to show Louis how beautiful it is. But it's no point when Louis is not sharing the same enthusiasm. It will only make Harry sad and frustrated the whole day if he is spending it with a grumpy, uninterested man.

"I am sorry. Now show me the Colosseum, yay!" Louis sarcastically says, trying to sound happier about the fact they are going to spend their time in the queues and on the sun. The fact that Louis can't feel hot doesn't mean he can't get sunburnt, too. In reality, Louis is the most British person with this. He gets sunburnt very quickly and his skin gets all red and painful.

"You are a dick. I don't want to show you anything anymore. Let's go back to the hotel."

"Oh God, Harry! You got me out already, don't be so problematic and stubborn now. Show me the building, please," Louis is about to stroke Harry's cheek to make him all bubbly and cute again, but he realises he is in public. He quickly lowers his hand back to his body and looks around to see if anyone is watching them. Harry of course notices and sighs.