Since Friday night, Harry and Louis didn't hang out. Louis studied non-stop and Harry's sister dropped by for a surprise visit. However, Harry and Louis did text a lot, and that made both of them happy. Louis was amused by how excited Harry was to see his sister. He was a bit jealous, though, because he wished his sisters could drop by for a visit.
Even though they texted during the weekend, they were thrilled that it was finally Monday and they could see each other again. Harry woke Louis up with various phone calls, and told Louis to go out for breakfast with him. When they arrived, they shared their first hug. Louis loved how Harry's body felt; not in a creepy way, but he felt warm and cuddly. Harry thought the same too; Louis felt comforting and just really nice.
"So did you have a good weekend?" Harry asked after they sat down and got their breakfast.
Louis sighed, "Lots of studying, but I may be ready to take on the actors now!"
"Good! I have faith in you!"
They both chuckled. "You had a nice time with Gemma, yeah?"
"Definitely! We watched movies and talked and I showed her some of my dance, it was so fun!"
"I'm so jealous of you, Styles. It still feels weird not seeing them every day."
"I understand," Harry nodded, "That's how it was for me, especially because I didn't live with anyone at first. I called home every day, actually."
Louis simply smiled at the lovely guy sitting across from him; he was fascinating and gorgeous. Louis definitely couldn't wait to hang out with him tonight.
Harry figured today would just drag on because he had something to look forward to tonight. However he was amused when he got to first period because he could talk to Zayn. Like always, Harry started doing their work, and Zayn started talking.
"Y'know, you never told me about hanging out with that Louis kid," Zayn stated.
"Well, if you weren't always balls deep in Liam, we'd have time to talk outside of school," Harry teased with a laugh.
"Oh shut up you prat! And besides, sometimes he's balls deep in me-"
"Woah, woah, I didn't need to know that, I was just kidding!" Harry interrupted, hiding his face in his hands.
Zayn smiled smugly. "Anyway, how did it go with Louis?"
"Good. Really good, actually. He's so fascinating, Zayn. And we hung out again on Friday night, had dinner," Harry started to stare like he was in his own little Louis world, "We had breakfast this morning and we're going to the concert tonight. I'm so excited."
Zayn stared at Harry in disbelief. He didn't even know if Harry was paying attention anymore. "Harry Styles, do you have a crush?"
Harry rolled his eyes, and snorted, "You're really funny, Zayn."
"I'm not fucking joking! I don't know when you're going to learn that it's okay to have a boyfriend again."
Harry shook his head and insisted, "We're just friends." He wasn't going to have the 'the other guys were stupid, you can find a nice guy, you're allowed to have a boyfriend, Harry' conversation again, especially not now.
School was definitely going slower than Harry wanted it to. And he could get Zayn's dumb voice out of his brain. A crush? On Louis? Really? Harry hated when Zayn was right.
Once free period finally arrived, Harry and Louis both went to their separate theaters to practice. Louis wasn't completely nervous anymore, but he felt his stomach drop when he saw Zayn walking towards him.
"Hey, Louis, right?"
Louis nodded wordlessly.
"I'm Zayn. Just figured I'd introduce myself, since we're in the play together and, uh, you're getting close with Styles, huh?"
Louis nodded again, "Yeah I guess. He told you about me?" Louis didn't want to sound too excited about that, but, Harry talked about him?!
"Said you guys have been hanging out, yeah. Haven't seen him this happy about someone in a while, he's usually just practicing."
"Oh. Yeah, I know, I hope I'm not taking him away from that."
"Nah. Actually, I think you guys should hang out more." Zayn was always meddling in on Harry's life somehow. Harry usually hated it even though Zayn's just trying to help.
Louis smiled; hearing Zayn say that was like a blessing. Of course Louis wanted to hang out with Harry more, so hearing one of Harry's best friends say that? That just made it more do-able.
When school ended there was only an hour until the concert. The actors weren't allowed to go back to their theater for after school practice because that's where the musicians were going, so Louis went to the dance theater and there was Harry, up on stage doing what he does best. He didn't notice Louis which made Louis think of when he first started coming here. Louis had never really thought of talking to this beautiful, talented dancer, so when Harry noticed him that day, behind his nervousness was happiness; Louis didn't have to talk first, because Harry did.
Louis had grown to love the song Harry danced to. It was almost like it was 'their song' even though that's a couples thing, and they're just friends. Louis thought he was being silly and cheesy now. Harry probably didn't even like him in that way. Louis wishes he could get rid of this crush, it's ridiculous. But Harry is far too lovely to get rid of.
After forty five minutes, Harry finished practicing. Louis was amused while watching Harry, because he fell a couple of times which made Louis giggle and it reminded him that Harry isn't perfect (though he is really close).
Harry was surprised when he hopped off stage and saw Louis sitting there. "How long've you been here, Lou?" Lou. Again with the nickname that gave Louis butterflies.
"Please don't think I'm creepy," Louis bit his lip nervously, "But, basically the whole time you were practicing."
Harry blushed (fucking blushed!) "Great, so you saw all my imperfections."
"Still looked perfect to me," Louis admitted and then wanted to face-palm because that sounded so flirty!
"Well," Harry smiled, "I was going to text you when I finished so we could meet up at the concert but since you're here, just let me get dressed and then we'll walk over, kay?"
"Yep, sounds good."
Harry grabbed his bag and stripped himself of his tights and shirt. Louis tried so hard not to stare. Harry was just so fit! He had nice abs and a long torso, looked quite good in just his underwear. Too quickly, Harry dressed himself and he and Louis walked down to the other theater.
There weren't too many musicians; first a guitar player, then two piano players, a group of girls who just sung, and lastly, Niall.
Niall never practiced at home, so it was a surprise to him, and also Harry when Niall started playing that song.
Louis and Harry looked at each other with excited expressions on their faces. They quietly sung along, watching Niall. Harry kept glancing down at he and Louis' hands. They were almost touching. Should he do it? Hold Louis' hand? Would that be crazy, or terrible? Zayn's voiced popped up in his head again. It's okay to have a boyfriend again.
So, fuck it, Harry thought, yolo. He took Louis' hand. Louis smiled down at their fingers intertwining. Harry thought Louis' hands felt soft. They were warm, but not too warm. Just perfect, actually.
Sadly, their hands broke apart shortly after so they could clap for Niall.
They waited for Niall at his car to tell him how well he did. Louis was freezing out there and Harry offered Louis his jacket, which gave Louis more butterflies. Why was Harry being so cute? Did he have a crush, too?
After talking to Niall, Harry and Louis decided to go to dinner and then go back to Harry's place to watch movies.
Harry never liked to think too much about one thing but all night he couldn't help but think of how things were with Louis. Did Louis like him? He let Harry hold his hand, so does that mean yes? Or was he just being nice?
Harry didn't know the answers to these questions, but he knew something was different when he woke up Tuesday morning. He had never fallen asleep cuddled up with someone who was just a friend.