Chasing the Clouds
Four
It was 2am when Harry, who was sleeping peacefully, was shook awake. Niall was whisper-screaming, “Harry, you have to wake up! Harry, guess who I hung out with tonight!”
Harry groaned and covered his head with his blanket, but Niall pulled it back down, “Harry! This is important!”
Harry opened his eyes enough to see the digital clock on the table next to him reading 2:04am. He sighed, annoyed and sat up, rubbing his eyes to clearly see the excited blond boy. “It’s the middle of the goddamn night, Niall, what’s so important that you can’t wait til the morning?!”
“Guess who I hung out with tonight!” Niall repeated.
“Liam? That’s who you said you were hanging out with.”
“Yes, but Liam brought someone with him!”
“Niall, it’s two in the freaking morning, not guessing game time.”
Niall rolled his eyes, “Zayn Malik!”
Harry’s eyes widened, “No.”
Niall nodded.
“No, you’re not serious, are you? Zayn, like from Louis’ videos?!”
Niall nodded again.
“Did he say anything about Louis? Was he nice?”
“He was really nice, and he didn’t say much about Louis. Said he was sick. I asked him for you if Louis’ in a relationship. He said no, but thinks he has a crush on a viewer.” Niall winked.
Harry lay back down with a sigh; he knew where Niall was going with this. “Goodnight, Niall.”
“Harry!”
“It’s not me. I’m tired, go to bed.”
“I just wanna say-“
“No!”
“You should message him!” Niall sighed loudly; he hated how stubborn Harry could be. Harry just ignored him, shut his eyes and tried to go back to sleep. Niall was being ridiculous; Louis tweeting and following Harry meant absolutely nothing! He tweets and follows a lot of fans, so what would be so special about Harry?
Louis woke up feeling better, which made him happy. He wasn’t happy, however, about the fact that he woke up to Zayn’s obnoxiously loud alarm clock. Louis groaned when he got out of bed and shuffled over to Zayn’s bedroom, shutting off the alarm clock and yelling, “Wake up, Malik!”
Zayn, who was face down in the pillow, shook his head, “Too early.”
“You have class.”
Zayn responded with a sigh and Louis left the room to scour the kitchen for breakfast and make tea. After making himself a bowl of cereal, he checked on Zayn who was up and getting dressed; Louis mothers him way too much; without Louis, Zayn would probably be lost.
Louis gathered his breakfast and sat on the couch, opening his laptop. Though he didn’t want to admit it, he was really hoping Harry had tweeted him again.
Louis scrolled through his mentions but nothing from Harry. He hesitated before typing in Harry’s name to look on his page. All of this made Louis feel so weird; hoping for a tweet from Harry, looking on his page… Maybe Zayn was right (which Louis of course hated).
“Whatcha lookin at?!” Zayn plopped down on the couch next to Louis and began putting on his shoes.
“Nothing,” Louis mutters, immediately clicking on ‘home’ to go back to his timeline.
Zayn smirks, “That was Harry’s page, wasn’t it?”
“Shut up.”
“You know you can’t lie to me, Tommo. I know you more than anyone.” Louis knew that was true. He and Zayn had been friends for years; they share secrets, come to each other for advice, and, most of the time, have loads of fun together. So Zayn could definitely tell when Louis liked someone.
“Don’t you have class or something?” Louis asked in an annoyed tone.
Zayn just chuckled at him, “Yeah, I’m going,” Zayn got up and put on his jacket, shuffling over to the door. Before he left, he told Louis, “One last thing: try to talk to him.”
Louis sighed, eating a spoonful of cereal. He began to think: wouldn’t it be strange if a YouTuber you like just started talking to you? Louis couldn’t just strike up a conversation with him, that’s not how it works. However, it would be nice to be nice to have more friends. Sometimes, Louis wished he hadn’t dropped out of uni, because maybe he’d be less lonely.
Louis began to think of a way he could talk to Harry without it being sketchy. After scrolling through his timeline for a while, and finishing his breakfast, he had thought of an idea and typed out a tweet.
@Louis_Tomlinson: Doing a liveshow, come have a chat with me? younow.com/louistomlinson
Louis thought that maybe Harry would join if he did a live show, and he would talk to him that way. Also, it’s been ages since he had a live show so it was time.
Louis logged on and watched as people joined the chat; Harry not appearing.
After a few hundred people joined the room, Louis began talking. Said about how he was sick yesterday, but feeling better today, answered some questions, talked about being woken up by Zayn’s loud alarm.
“I love Zayn to death, but, just between us, he can be a bad flatmate,” Louis chuckled.
Louis watched the chat filled with people responding or asking questions. That’s when he saw Harry’s name appear.
Harry S.: I know what you mean, my dormmate can be a pain in the arse, too.
Louis laughed at that, “Glad to know someone can relate, Harry!”
Harry was only half paying attention when he heard Louis say his name; Harry was multitasking, working on homework and listening to Louis’ live show, but as soon as Louis said that, Harry opened up the tab and smiled bigger than he did when he saw that Louis tweeted him.
“So guys, I’m gonna have to get off soon. Lets have a quick Q and A!”
Harry’s hands hovered the keyboard while he thought of a question and listened to Louis answer others.
Harry S.: Totally lame question, but what’s your favorite band?
Harry watched as Louis smiled, the crinkles appearing by his eyes, “That is not a lame question, Harry! I love music. Did you guys know I actually play piano? I was thinking of maybe putting up some videos sometime. Anyway, my favorite band… Well, it’s a tie between The Fray and The Script.” Harry’s breath hitched. Piano, The Fray and The Script? Flawless; absolutely perfect.
“Well, loves, I had a great time! Gonna go assume Netflix position. Bye!”
As soon as Louis signed off, Harry signed on to Twitter. Though Harry hated Niall’s idea of messaging Louis, he knew now that he had to.
Direct to: Louis_Tomlinson: I had such a fun time on YouNow. Your music taste is perfect, by the way, and I hope you upload piano videos! .xx
Harry groaned and covered his head with his blanket, but Niall pulled it back down, “Harry! This is important!”
Harry opened his eyes enough to see the digital clock on the table next to him reading 2:04am. He sighed, annoyed and sat up, rubbing his eyes to clearly see the excited blond boy. “It’s the middle of the goddamn night, Niall, what’s so important that you can’t wait til the morning?!”
“Guess who I hung out with tonight!” Niall repeated.
“Liam? That’s who you said you were hanging out with.”
“Yes, but Liam brought someone with him!”
“Niall, it’s two in the freaking morning, not guessing game time.”
Niall rolled his eyes, “Zayn Malik!”
Harry’s eyes widened, “No.”
Niall nodded.
“No, you’re not serious, are you? Zayn, like from Louis’ videos?!”
Niall nodded again.
“Did he say anything about Louis? Was he nice?”
“He was really nice, and he didn’t say much about Louis. Said he was sick. I asked him for you if Louis’ in a relationship. He said no, but thinks he has a crush on a viewer.” Niall winked.
Harry lay back down with a sigh; he knew where Niall was going with this. “Goodnight, Niall.”
“Harry!”
“It’s not me. I’m tired, go to bed.”
“I just wanna say-“
“No!”
“You should message him!” Niall sighed loudly; he hated how stubborn Harry could be. Harry just ignored him, shut his eyes and tried to go back to sleep. Niall was being ridiculous; Louis tweeting and following Harry meant absolutely nothing! He tweets and follows a lot of fans, so what would be so special about Harry?
Louis woke up feeling better, which made him happy. He wasn’t happy, however, about the fact that he woke up to Zayn’s obnoxiously loud alarm clock. Louis groaned when he got out of bed and shuffled over to Zayn’s bedroom, shutting off the alarm clock and yelling, “Wake up, Malik!”
Zayn, who was face down in the pillow, shook his head, “Too early.”
“You have class.”
Zayn responded with a sigh and Louis left the room to scour the kitchen for breakfast and make tea. After making himself a bowl of cereal, he checked on Zayn who was up and getting dressed; Louis mothers him way too much; without Louis, Zayn would probably be lost.
Louis gathered his breakfast and sat on the couch, opening his laptop. Though he didn’t want to admit it, he was really hoping Harry had tweeted him again.
Louis scrolled through his mentions but nothing from Harry. He hesitated before typing in Harry’s name to look on his page. All of this made Louis feel so weird; hoping for a tweet from Harry, looking on his page… Maybe Zayn was right (which Louis of course hated).
“Whatcha lookin at?!” Zayn plopped down on the couch next to Louis and began putting on his shoes.
“Nothing,” Louis mutters, immediately clicking on ‘home’ to go back to his timeline.
Zayn smirks, “That was Harry’s page, wasn’t it?”
“Shut up.”
“You know you can’t lie to me, Tommo. I know you more than anyone.” Louis knew that was true. He and Zayn had been friends for years; they share secrets, come to each other for advice, and, most of the time, have loads of fun together. So Zayn could definitely tell when Louis liked someone.
“Don’t you have class or something?” Louis asked in an annoyed tone.
Zayn just chuckled at him, “Yeah, I’m going,” Zayn got up and put on his jacket, shuffling over to the door. Before he left, he told Louis, “One last thing: try to talk to him.”
Louis sighed, eating a spoonful of cereal. He began to think: wouldn’t it be strange if a YouTuber you like just started talking to you? Louis couldn’t just strike up a conversation with him, that’s not how it works. However, it would be nice to be nice to have more friends. Sometimes, Louis wished he hadn’t dropped out of uni, because maybe he’d be less lonely.
Louis began to think of a way he could talk to Harry without it being sketchy. After scrolling through his timeline for a while, and finishing his breakfast, he had thought of an idea and typed out a tweet.
@Louis_Tomlinson: Doing a liveshow, come have a chat with me? younow.com/louistomlinson
Louis thought that maybe Harry would join if he did a live show, and he would talk to him that way. Also, it’s been ages since he had a live show so it was time.
Louis logged on and watched as people joined the chat; Harry not appearing.
After a few hundred people joined the room, Louis began talking. Said about how he was sick yesterday, but feeling better today, answered some questions, talked about being woken up by Zayn’s loud alarm.
“I love Zayn to death, but, just between us, he can be a bad flatmate,” Louis chuckled.
Louis watched the chat filled with people responding or asking questions. That’s when he saw Harry’s name appear.
Harry S.: I know what you mean, my dormmate can be a pain in the arse, too.
Louis laughed at that, “Glad to know someone can relate, Harry!”
Harry was only half paying attention when he heard Louis say his name; Harry was multitasking, working on homework and listening to Louis’ live show, but as soon as Louis said that, Harry opened up the tab and smiled bigger than he did when he saw that Louis tweeted him.
“So guys, I’m gonna have to get off soon. Lets have a quick Q and A!”
Harry’s hands hovered the keyboard while he thought of a question and listened to Louis answer others.
Harry S.: Totally lame question, but what’s your favorite band?
Harry watched as Louis smiled, the crinkles appearing by his eyes, “That is not a lame question, Harry! I love music. Did you guys know I actually play piano? I was thinking of maybe putting up some videos sometime. Anyway, my favorite band… Well, it’s a tie between The Fray and The Script.” Harry’s breath hitched. Piano, The Fray and The Script? Flawless; absolutely perfect.
“Well, loves, I had a great time! Gonna go assume Netflix position. Bye!”
As soon as Louis signed off, Harry signed on to Twitter. Though Harry hated Niall’s idea of messaging Louis, he knew now that he had to.
Direct to: Louis_Tomlinson: I had such a fun time on YouNow. Your music taste is perfect, by the way, and I hope you upload piano videos! .xx
I'm just starting this book rn but it seems amazing. :)
9/23/14