The next day:
Louis had woken up about an hour ago and it was now 10:45am. He was currently sat in the hotel restaurant with Liam, Niall and Zayn having a breakfast that consisted of pancakes, bacon and maple syrup.
“Have we got anything planned today?” Louis asked the lads before stuffing his face with another mouthful of bacon.
“Not sure, guess we just have to wait for management to let us know where to be and what to do, so unless any of you have had a call then we have the day for ourselves” Liam shrugged.
The rest of them shook their heads no as they hadn’t been called as of yet.
“Fancy going shopping today then? Haven’t had a chance to update my wardrobe for about a month so I’m in need of a shopping spree” Zayn asked, clearly excited at the thought of new clothes.
“Yeah sure, we’ll have to let our bodyguards know though, you know how bloody hectic it can get while out and about in a busy city” Louis accepted.
“Course. I will ring them now and go get ready, meet here in about half an hour?” Zayn replied.
“Wow. Half an hour Zayn, used to take you half a day to even get your hair sorted” Louis sarcastically stated.
Zayn just rolled his eyes and waved them off before leaving for his room once again.
Shortly after Zayn’s leave they all departed to get ready, agreeing to meet up just as Zayn had said.
When Louis arrived at his room he decided to wear a black band tee with black skinny jeans and a beanie, paired with his vans and a pair of sunglasses as he knew paps would surely be out and about in la.
He decided not to do anything with his hair as it would just be covered by the beanie anyway, so he grabbed his wallet and phone before heading out the door once again.
On his way to reception he decided to check his Twitter and noticed management had been dropping hints of the reunion on the one direction twitter account. Already? Really? Typical, Louis thought. It had only been three days and they were already hyping the fans up, only to make them wait about another month for the tour to kick off.
He had numerous tweets linked to him asking if it were true and a few had even noticed which hotel he was currently staying in. His fans may as well be the FBI at this point. He didn’t even have his location on!
He shook his head before pocketing his phone and looked up to greet the lads again. However his smile fell when Harry was stood there waiting with them.
“Took you long enough” Harry said, irritating Louis even more.
“And your here because?” Louis retorted, crossing his arms and pulling the best bitch face he could muster.
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but I’m part of the band too, if your so bothered don’t come, it’s your choice” he stated matter of factly.
Louis huffed out a quick fine before pushing the hotel door open and quickly walking out, the lads following behind him.
However this was a bad move on his part because as soon as he stepped out he was greeted by multiply fans screaming in his face and flashes going off.
He was pulled back by the neck of his shirt roughly and dragged back inside the hotel just before he was mauled by the fans. He turned to see Harry was the one that had pulled him back in.
“Uhh, thanks, for that, I guess” he muttered.
Harry didn’t reply and instead rolled his eyes before turning back around and calling someone on his phone.
A second later body guards had marched over to them, Louis realised Harry must have called them.
“What happened?” Paul, their body guard asked, relieved to see they were ok, he would be fired if anything had happened to them.
“Louis here almost got himself mauled by the fans, Harry had to drag him back inside” Niall told him, gaining a nod in reply.
“Cheers Harry, Simon would have had my head if anything happened to him” Paul thanked. He then turned to Louis.
“You, however, what were you thinking walking out there, did you not notice the screaming girls?” He sternly said, pointing in Louis’s face.
“No- I just, i was distracted ok?” He stuttered out, he wasn’t even sure why he was so nervous to be honest, Paul was just…intimidating when up close.
“Well don’t be, that could have ended badly” he replied, not amused what so ever.
Louis just nodded and looked down at his shoes, feeling utterly stupid, how could he just walk out there, he should know the risks by now, he thought sadly.
Zayn came over and patted him on the back, taking Louis’ attention back to the real world. He squeezed his shoulder in a reassuring way which made Louis feel significantly better about his mistake.
“Right, we will clear the way and only come out when we give the clear okay?” Paul told them.
They knew not to disagree with him so they nodded and watched as he made his way out the door, shouting at the fans to make way for them.
Louis did feel bad for them, he knew they probably only wanted a photo or signature, and how could he blame them when it was all over Twitter that they were at this hotel, anyone in the area would show up after seeing it.
Once it was clear to go, they made their way outside one by one, into they eyes of the public for the first time as a band after the hiatus.
Many questions were screamed at each of them but only one stood out to Louis.
“Harry are you back with Kendall Jenner?!” One fan screamed, causing louis’ head to shoot up, confused.
Harry didn’t reply to the question, causing Louis to wonder if it were true or not as he hadn’t even heard of the rumour since he didn’t go anywhere near news of Harry for the past 4 years.
Louis frowned and got into the car waiting for them, he was sat next to Niall and Zayn while Harry was sat upfront and Liam was in the far back.
“Your with Kendall again?” Zayn asked Harry, Louis mentally thanked him, now he could get answers without having to ask himself.
“Not exactly” is all he replied, great, so much for getting answers.
“What does that even mean?” Liam asked.
“It means what it means, I took her out, paps caught us, assumed we were dating again and then the whole world was speculating. Nothing new for me” he explained.
Although Harry had no emotion written on his face the lads could see how much this bothered him. He was always the one who was made out as a player in the band. The ‘womaniser’ as they called it, when really he had only loved one person before in his life. And that person was a man, that person was Louis.
The lads felt sorry for him, they knew how much it affected Harry but no matter what they said they couldn’t comfort him on the matter, so with that they all dropped the subject and sat in silence for the rest of the ride.
Louis was conflicted though. On one hand he felt bad for how Harry was portrayed by the media, on the other hand, after witnessing Harry last night with them girls, maybe he was only adding to the problem, there for it was his fault. Saying that, he knew that wasn’t the real harry, only an act. But still, Louis didn’t know what to think any more.
When they arrived at the city centre they all got out and were surrounded by their body guards, directing them to the shops they wished to go in.
The shopping trip was actually all right… until they got to the Gucci store.
This was of course by Harrys request. As they have to stick together that meant going into every shop each of them wanted to go in.
At first Louis had no objection going into the expensive shop, seeming as he wanted to buy a new Gucci hoodie himself. However half an hour later they were still stood in that very same shop, waiting whist Harry tried on at least 10 different Gucci suits all tailored to fit him perfectly.
Apparently Harry has called the shop in advance to get the suits ready, knowing he would be visiting whilst in LA. Louis had only just found out that Harry knew the head of designers at Gucci personally as he had previously appeared in a Gucci campaign two years ago, which Louis still needed to take a look at as he was intrigued to say the least.
Why does anyone even need that many suits? Louis thought begrudgingly. While waiting Louis decided to look at some suits himself, may as well when he clearly wasn’t getting out of this store anytime soon.
Only one of them caught his eye. It was slim fitted and entirely black. It had some Gucci detailing at the cuffs and bottoms of the trousers that gave it a nice touch. He really liked it. But he didn’t think he could pull it off.
His mind drifted off to his feminine figure again, thinking about how his ass would look too big in the fitted pants, about how his tummy might show, how it wouldn’t fit his personality. He had so many insecurities holding him back from even trying the suit on, he didn’t want to make a fool of himself.
“Try it on” someone whispered into Louis ear, startling him out of his thoughts.
He quickly spun around only to see Harry stood there wearing a black suit with white pinstripes patterned all over it, completed with a white tank top with the words “treat people with kindness” embroider into the fabric.
Louis will admit. It looked hot. Like, really hot, it took a second for him to get his shit together and speak.
“No, it wouldn’t suit me” is all he managed to get out, looking down in embarrassment.
“You like it don’t you?” Harry asked, tilting Louis’ face up to meet his own.
“I- I uh- yeh, I guess” Louis replies, struggling to get the words out with Harry being this close.
“Then try it on, you’ll never know until you see yourself in it” is all he said back before turning and heading over to the worker to discuss payment plans and any more details he wanted added onto his suits.
Louis hesitated for a minute before grabbing the suit and heading to the changing rooms.
On his way he got stopped by Niall.
“Mate that would look sick on you, could wear it to award shows n shit” Niall said over enthusiastically.
“Yeh I could, if I’m even buying it, it probably won’t suit me anyway” he said with a frown.
“Don’t put yourself down, your gonna look amazing wearing that” he reassured, gaining a smile from Louis.
Once he had changed into the suit he looked at himself in the mirror, picking out all his flaws. He was just about to take it off and leave it sitting there but was stopped by Niall shouting him out of the dressing room.
“Loueh! Get your ass out here and show me how you look!” He exclaimed.
Louis groaned but walked out into the main room slowly. He didn’t dare look up at the lads, terrified of their reactions, he was sure they would just laugh and tell him he looked ridiculous.
When he heard nothing he looked up, seeing all four of the lads looking shocked, mouths hanging open in awe.
“I think you just turned me gay” Niall said.
There was a moment of silence before they all burst out laughing.
Once they had calmed down Louis tugged at the sleeves of his suit and waited for the verdict.
“You seriously need to buy that, it looks so good on you Lou, there’s no way your leaving it here. If you don’t buy it I will buy it for you wether you like it or not” Liam said.
“I don’t know, don’t you think it’s too tight, my figure just doesn’t suit it” he replied.
The boys all frowned, they knew how insecure Louis could get at times but they could never reassure him enough for him to feel good about himself. The only person that could make him realise his beauty was Harry. So that’s why when Louis looked away they nudged the tall man with an expectant look in their eyes.
He seemed reluctant at first, not wanting to compliment the man that had caused him so much pain, but he finally gave up his act just for a second. He didn’t like the idea of Louis being insecure more than he didn’t like the idea of being kind to the man. So that’s why he huffed and finally spoke up.
“You look great Lou, you should buy it” he said, and looked Louis in the eyes before walking away to pay for his suits.
Louis was shocked. He knew him and Harry weren’t on good terms at the moment so for the man to compliment him on how he looked was a massive improvement.
What was it with the mood swing though? One minute he was hating his guts and making out with multiple girls just to spite him and the next he was telling him he looked great. Was he bipolar or something?
He left the negative thoughts behind and decided to purchase the suit, it may come in handy for events in the future anyway so he may as well.
That day Harry ended up walking out of Gucci with 11 huge bags which were a struggle for the body guards to carry back to the car and Louis was left more confused than ever.
Author notes:
Heyyy guys! I’m getting there slowly with the reads going up which is great and I hope your enjoying the story so far.
This chapter is a little longer than usual but I just got a bit carried away when writing it haha.
Q: what do you think about Harrys mood swings? Does he still like Louis?
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