"Can he just fall off a cliff? Why wasn't he gone any longer?" groaned Harry and fell face-first onto Louis' bed. 

"Has this by any chance something to do with the upcoming Chemistry test?" smirked Louis knowingly up at Harry. He was still sitting cross-legged on the floor. 

"Oh, how would you come up with that strange idea?!" rolled Harry his eyes and sat up. 

"Don't know. Maybe 'cause we're studying for it?!" threw Louis him a look. 

"Did you have to ruin my flow?" glared Harry at him but couldn't stop a tiny smile. 

"That's my life mission. Ruining the Styles' flow" shook Louis his head and focused back on his Chemistry book. 

"Huh, really? And you couldn't think of a better way of ruining me?" said Harry in a deep voice and rested his chin on his hands, looking directly at Louis. 

Louis tried really hard to keep his focus on his book instead of Harry but it was damn difficult. He knew what Harry was implying with his words. He wasn't that innocent. But he also knew that Harry was just messing with him and it was all just a friendly and really weird joke to him. Harry wasn't into him and definitely didn't wanted Louis to ruin him in a sexual way. It was just a joke between friends. Although Louis couldn't deny that he felt the effect of Harry's words in his pants. 

"I can think of many different ways but right now it's studying. So stop whining and move your ass down here. Your book is missing you" replied Louis in his most neutral voice and didn't even look up at Harry. It was probably his worst comeback ever but right now it was the best he could do. 

"You're no fun" groaned Harry dramatically and threw a pillow at Louis. "C'mon, it's a Friday evening. We could do better things than this crap". 

"What do you have in mind?" asked Louis as he closed his book and finally looked up at Harry. That was definitely a big mistake. He looked freaking adorable and Louis couldn't stop staring at him. Thankfully Harry didn' notice that. 

"Not sure. What would you like to do? What do you normally do?" replied Harry interested. 

This was one of those moments Louis realized again how different their lives were and how boring he was. For a second he thought about lying to Harry and making something up, something cool, but he was the worst liar in the world and friends just don't lie to each other. 

"Nothing really. Just watch movies or read or whatever" answered Louis honestly and tried to make it sound less lonely but he failed. "What do you normally do?" added Louis awkwardly. 

"Partying, drinking, having sex, more drinking. Maybe more sex later on. But yeah, a lot of drinking" shrugged Harry unbothered. 

Hearing that answer so bluntly coming from Harry hit Louis hard even though he knew about that. He knew what kind of person Harry was and he didn't judge him for it. It was just hard for him. Now he had to try to get the picture of Harry with some random chick or guy out of his head. He felt sick. 

"Then you should probably leave now and get ready. Don't want you being too late" cleared Louis his throat and played with his fingers nervously. So much to self-control. 

"Do you have popcorn downstairs?" asked Harry unexpectedly. 

"Yeah but why?" wondered Louis but didn't get an answer. Harry just jumped up from the bed and almost sprinted out of the room. Perplexed Louis stood up too and followed Harry downstairs. 

He found Harry in the kitchen, looking through some cupboards. When he had found the popcorn he let out a noise of triumph and put it into the microwave. Excitedly he stared at it and Louis couldn't help himself from staring at Harry. That was such an unfamiliar sight. 

"What are you doing, Haz?" walked Louis over to him. 

"I'm making popcorn" stated Harry the obvious.

"No, the microwave is doing it, but that's not what I meant" corrected Louis him sassily. 

"Why are you always so sassy?" groaned Harry like a child. 

"Why are you always so annoying?" countered Louis.  

"You're unbelievable" huffed Harry cutely. 

"So I've heard" grinned Louis smugly. 

"To your information, I'm making popcorn because we are gonna watch a movie or something" informed Harry him as he leaned against the counter. 

"But what about...?". 

"I need a change in my life and I think I should start with more than just my behavior towards you. As long as I don't know for sure what I want I'll stay lowkey. No party's, no random hook-ups, no drinking. Stuff like that" interrupted Harry him.

"That's radical" stated Louis surprised.  

"It's for the best" was Harry sure. 

"You sure about that?" tilted Louis his head aside. 

"Why shouldn't I be?" frowned Harry confused. 

"I understand why you're doing all this and I'm here to support through this but is changing everything about you so drastically really the best way to do it? You sure you aren't asking too much of yourself?" approached Louis him worriedly. Of course, he'd love the idea of Harry becoming less of a fuckboy but the reason was too selfish. This wasn't who Harry is. 

"I don't know what else to do if I'm honest with you. I don't know what I'm thinking or feeling right now so I want to keep everyone away from me who could affect me badly and bring out my bad side again. This includes all of those party people" reasoned Harry his actions. 

"If you're sure than I'm sure" smiled Louis openly at him and got lost in Harry's eyes. 

"I'm sure. I'm gonna be okay as long as you're with me" smiled Harry back at him. Louis just blinked shocked at him and Harry's facial expression changed within a second. "You and the boys. You all. As my friends. Yeah" added Harry weirdly. 

"Of course. Makes sense" nodded Louis and felt the disappointment deep inside his heart. 

Both of them awkwardly scratched their necks and stared at the floor. Louis felt like the air around was getting thicker and he wasn't able to breathe anymore. With a lump in his throat, he raised his head and looked at Harry who had looked up at the same time. They locked eyes for a few seconds and just looked at each other. For Louis time was frozen. They were so close but still so far away. 

The beeping of the microwave startled both boys and brought them back to reality. Harry walked over to it and took the popcorn out. He filled it into a bowl while Louis grabbed two glasses and the coke. Without a word, they walked back upstairs and sat down on Louis' bed. 

"What do you wanna watch, Harry?" asked Louis when he found his voice again. 

"Not sure. Maybe something... Oh, wait. What about that show you talked with the guys about? The one you wanted me to watch so badly" remembered Harry suddenly out of nowhere. 

"Shadowhunters?" checked Louis. 

"Yeah, that one. It's on Netflix, right?" grabbed Harry for the remote control. Louis just nodded dumbfoundedly.

"Sure you wanna watch it?" asked Louis as Harry started the first episode. 

"You talk about it all the time and I never have a clue. Sure I want to. Sounds great" leaned Harry back against the headboard and grabbed for the popcorn. Louis mustered Harry for a few seconds and suddenly knew why he wanted to watch it in the first place. He felt left out. Now Louis felt bad. 

"Who's that? He is hot. Wouldn't mind if he'd be my Daddy" commented Harry on the show when he saw Alec. 

"Harold! You can't say that. Poor innocent Alec" slapped Louis Harry's arm. He didn't need that mental picture.  

"Innocent huh?" cocked Harry an eyebrow at him. Louis swallowed hard. "You mean like really purely innocent or more like your kind of innocent?".

"My kind of innocent? What's that supposed to mean?" huffed Louis offended. 

"Don't look at me like that. I didn't mess around with Zayn" winked Harry at him. 

"We did not mess around with each other" clarified Louis. 

"But you guys kissed when I remember correctly" pointed Harry out. 

"Well yeah, but we didn't....". 

"Who says you didn't go any further, huh? Can't blame you though. Zayn is a God" cut Harry him off. Louis didn't know what to say. Something about the way Harry had said that felt weird. Something was off. 

"Oh, she's fine as hell too" spotted Harry Clary on the screen. 

For a while, they just watched the show with Harry commenting on everything, trying to get information out of Louis, but he stayed strong for the most part. Nothing is worse than spoilers. When they reached episode four Louis got nervous for some reason. Completely irrationally he was scared of Harry's reaction to Alec and Magnus. Sometimes he shouldn't be allowed to use his brain. Overthinking was a thing. 

When Alec and Magnus met officially for the first time Louis watched Harry instead of the screen. He saw some emotion flicker through his eyes but they were gone as fast as they came. Still, Louis couldn't stop watching Harry. Only as Magnus called Alec Pretty Boy his attention was back at the screen. Those words brought back some really strange memories. 

"You're okay, Lou?" asked Harry and lay his hand onto Louis' shoulder. 

"What? Oh, yeah. I'm good" answered Louis absentmindedly. 

"Awww, did that Pretty Boy comment made you flustered? You want Magnus to call you that?" coed Harry at him mockingly. 

"Not exactly" snorted Louis. "More like the last time I heard those words I ended up dry-humping my best friend not long after".

"You what?" exclaimed Harry. Louis flinched at that tone and mentally slapped himself. He didn't plan on saying that out loud. Fuck, damn it. 

"Um". The sound of his phone saved Louis from an awkward answer. Quickly he felt for it and looked at the message. It was from Zayn. 

"You're blushing. Is it Zayn? Do you have a crush on him?" leaned Harry over him and snatched the phone out of Louis' hand. 

"Hey, give it back" screamed Louis and jumped on Harry. 

"Naww, he just texted to say he misses you and Liam is driving him crazy. That's cute" snorted Harry sarcastically, letting Louis take his phone back. 

"Shut up. That's none of your business" glared Louis at him. 

"Oh but it is. They're both my friends and I wanna know if someone gets their heart broken. So you and Zayn, huh? Is that a secret code for a booty call? Does Liam doesn't please him enough? Does he...". 

"Can you stop it, Harry? What is your problem? You asked Zayn to fuck you so just leave it alone. He just texted for fuck's sake. We're friends. How many times am I supposed to say it until you believe me?" exploded Louis annoyed. 

"Friends that dry hump each other. Yeah sure" crossed Harry his arms over his chest. 

"Harry, that was just... Nevermind. Why do you even care so much? You're the last one who should judge us" replied Louis. He was so close to telling Harry why things actually happened between him and Zayn but this would probably just ruin everything. 

"I..".

"Can we just keep watching the show in peace or do you wanna go back to studying? You could also go home if Zayn and I are so disgusting to you. Your choice" interrupted Louis him again. There was no reason for a fight. 

"Oh God, please no more studying. I'm begging you" pleaded Harry dramatically. 

"Fine, you wimp. Start the episode" shook Louis his head and leaned back against the headboard while texting Zayn back. 

"Still texting Loverboy?" smirked Harry but the sassiness wasn't reaching his eyes. 

"I just told him about a possible weekend plan" put Louis his phone aside. 

"What weekend plan? Do I wanna know?" grimaced Harry playfully. 

"You're disgusting" slapped Louis Harry's arm with a grin.

"So I've been told"grinned Harry proudly. 

"Anyway, with all that school stress going on and after our trip to the lake house I was thinking about going to the nearby waterpark with you guys over the weekend. You know, just chilling and having fun before the test and that trip with Mr.Matthews. It was just an idea" explained Louis to him. He really wanted to spend more time with Harry away from everything to find out who he really was. 

"I think that's an amazing idea, Lou. I'd love to do that" beamed Harry happily at him. Well, he definitely hadn't expected that reaction. 

"Really?" checked Louis overwhelmed. 

"Really. It's gonna be so much fun. Just us five". 

"Great. Then it's settled. I guess this means we should stop after this episode and go to bed afterwards" replied Louis overly happy. Now he was excited. 

"Sounds like a plan". 

But like all great plans, it came differently. They ended up watching three more episodes and just fell asleep on the bed at some point with a smile on their faces. The weekend was going to be great. 

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Look who is back. I'm sorry it took me so long but as some of you might already know I'm quite busy at the moment. Life is busy. Tomorrow I'm starting my new job and for that, I had things to do and I wanted to enjoy my last free time for a while with a vacation in the sun. That meant no writing. I'm gonna finish this story and my Mako one for sure but it will take a while to update for me from now on because work-life has me now. I'm sorry guys. 

Anyways, Question of the Chapter: Why is Harry reacting the way he is to certain things? How's the trip gonna turn out?

I love you guys, I hope you're still with me <3 <3 <3