Summary : Harry's heart stops for a few seconds , and Louis thinks it's the end .

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Louis smiled as Harry pulled out the bar stool for him to sit , he thanked him and sat down , Liam on his other side and Zayn next to Liam .

Harry sat next to Louis and leaned closer to his ear , "What do you want to order ?"

"Let's start with shots . Then I'll have something light , don't really feel like drinking tonight ." Louis said back over the loud music .

Harry ordered four shots for them all , Louis held his glass up and clinked it with Harry's , Liam's and then Zayn's glasses . They drank their shots , Louis giggled as he put his glass down , "I'll never get used to this taste ."

Harry put his arm on the back of Louis' chair , "Fries too ?"

"Of course ." Louis smiled , "Love fries too much to say no ."

Harry ordered their drinks along with a plate of fries , his arm moving to rest around Louis' waist when Louis shuffled closer to him .

"Are you drinking tonight ?" Louis asked , Harry shook his head , "Not much . Just the usual ."

"I've never seen you drunk before , you know ." Louis smiled a bit , "Been wondering what it would be like ."

"I never get drunk . I can't put myself in a place where I have no control over my actions . I need to be focused one hundred percent , especially out in public like tonight ." Harry explained .

"I've been wondering for a while what kind of drunk you are . Was hoping you're a cuddly and cute drunk ." Louis squished his cheeks a bit , Harry smiled and leaned in to kiss him , "I guess we'll have to keep on wondering ."

"What if we got drunk together at home ? Just us two . One night ." Louis asked , "Will you think about it ?"

Harry's nose scrunched a bit at the sight of Louis' small pout . "I'll think about it ." He let Louis kiss him quickly , leaning forward for another kiss when Louis pulled back .

Their drinks and plate of fries were placed on the counter in front of them while they were busy kissing , Louis pushed Harry back a bit and grabbed his drink .

"Eat , baby ." Harry brought the fries closer , then grabbed his own drink . He lifted the glass up to his lips and drank quickly , then leaned in to kiss Louis' temple , "I'm going to talk to Victor , I'll be back in a minute ." He drank a bit more and stood up from his seat .

Harry took only a few steps to where Victor stood , before something felt odd . He stopped in his spot , his vision slowly became blurry as he tried locking eyes with Victor . His body temperature spiked up quickly and he felt hot all over , he managed to grab his radio out of his pocket , "All units - lock the place down ."

And with that he passed out on the floor .

Louis turned around when he heard a thud , his heart dropped in his chest when he saw that it was Harry . Victor and another guard were at Harry's side quickly , Louis jumped out of his seat and hurried over , kneeling down next to Harry , "H-Harry ?" He grabbed his cheeks .

Liam wrapped his arms around Louis and pulled him away while Zayn kneeled down at Louis' spot to check Harry over .

"What -- let me go ! Liam !" Louis struggled , Liam kept him away , "Let Zayn check him over . Calm down ."

Zayn looked up at Victor , "We need to get him to the hospital - right now . Before it's too late ."

Victor ordered the guards to bring the stretcher , the rest of the guards kept the place on lockdown so no one could leave before investigating what happened .

Harry was placed on the stretcher and taken out of the pub , Liam took Louis to his Range Rover and drove with him behind the medical vehicle .

Louis' heart felt like it was beating out of his chest , he breathed in and out to stop himself from crying , "Liam what happened ? What j-just happened ?"

"To be honest , I'm not sure myself ." Liam shook his head , "But Zayn said to get to the hospital quickly , so I'm hoping he knows enough and knows what to do ."

Louis sniffled and grabbed his phone , he tried calling Zayn but Zayn wasn't answering . 

"Ugh -- pick up already ." Louis kept on calling until Zayn answered his fourth call .

"Lou I can't talk right now . Did something happen ?"

"Just tell me what happened to Harry ."

"He was poisoned , most possibly . Something pretty strong . I just took his blood to test it , to get the right antidote for him ."

Louis covered his face crying , he heard Zayn saying something about having to hang up before the call ended .

Liam rubbed his leg to comfort him , "He'll be okay Lou ."

They reached the hospital , Louis jumped out of the car before Liam even switched it off , and ran over to where the medical team , along with Zayn and Harry's guards , pulled Harry on the stretcher out of the vehicle and into the emergency room .

Louis stood off to the side and let the medical team control the situation , Liam joined him and told Victor to go back to the pub to meet up with the investigators and start collecting information about what happened .

Harry was connected to random machines , his button up was opened as he was examined .

Liam gave Louis' shoulder a gentle squeeze , "He's going to be okay --"

He was cut off by the heartbeat machine - the room filled with a long beep of a flat line , and Louis felt like the blood was drained from his body completely .

Tears were running down his cheeks continuously and he didn't bother wiping them away , he felt too weak to hold himself standing as he felt himself crumbling to the floor .

Liam wrapped his arms around him quickly to keep him from falling to his knees , he lifted him up in his arms , "This isn't over . This isn't over ." 

Louis could barely hear the calls around the room , only managed to get a glimpse of Harry receiving shock waves to his ribcage to get his heartbeat going again .

His chest was too tight for him to breathe , he couldn't breathe and his head was spinning painfully . He couldn't take his eyes off of Harry , watching as he was given yet another shock wave .

After what felt like hours , the beeping finally returned , signaling that Harry's heart was beating again .

"We've got him . Stabilize him , get him ready for cleaning ." Zayn said , then turned to Liam and Louis . "Please go to the waiting room ."

Liam nodded once before lifting Louis up and taking him out of the emergency room to the hallway . He put Louis down on his feet though didn't let go of him , he kept him in a tight hug , "He's alive Lou , he's alive and he'll be okay ."

Louis nodded in understatement for Liam to know he heard him , yet the tight pain in his chest didn't go away . Liam rubbed Louis' back , "Want me to call Niall ? Have him come over here to keep you company ?"

"I-It's late ." Louis said quietly ad he sniffled .

"He texted me asking what happened , said the rumour spread like fire . He's awake and I'm sure he'd be more than willing to come over here for you ." Liam assured him , "I just need to go help with the investigation , and I don't want you to be on your own ." He gave him a squeeze , "Let's go to the waiting room and I'll have someone get Niall ."

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Three hours later , Louis was laying on the sofa in the waiting room , his head was on Niall's lap as the two waited for the medical team to finish taking care of Harry .

He was more relaxed but couldn't fall asleep ; all he cared about was that Harry was alive . Hearing the long beeping sound of a flat line was one of the scariest things he went through .

When Niall came over , he didn't say anything and only cuddled with Louis as he cried , let him cry all he wanted until he was out of tears . Louis then spilled out all that weighed down on his heart , how one moment Harry was fine and the next he was on the floor , getting the news that he was poisoned , and the few moments that Harry technically died in the emergency room .

Louis was exhausted though couldn't close his eyes and sleep ; not before he saw Harry with his eyes open .

The waiting room's door opened , Louis jumped up from the couch and ran over to Zayn , who held his arms open for him .

Zayn hugged Louis into his chest , "He's okay , he's alive and okay . We put him to sleep to clean his stomach out and clean his blood of the poison , he's in recovery room and being monitored ." Zayn went straight to the point , he knew how restless Louis must've been and didn't beat around the bush with the information .

Louis nodded against his shoulder , "Wh-When can I see him ?"

"Soon , I promise you . We're close to cleaning up his blood completely and the antidote is working just perfectly , he was brought here just in time ." Zayn squeezed him .

"Zayn - he d-died on that table ." Louis pulled back , "How can you say that ?"

"We were able to save him - he's alive . We brought him back and that's all that matters . If he was brought in any second later we might have not had the machine ready for him . Every second matters and we were lucky ."

Louis swallowed thickly but nodded . Zayn brought him back in and hugged him again , "I'll go check on him and come get you when he's ready ."

"Thanks ." Louis nodded , they pulled back from the hug and Zayn left the room .

Louis returned to the sofa and silently laid down again with his head on Niall's lap , Niall smiled and carded his fingers through his hair , "You heard Doctor Malik , your lover boy is all good ."

"It was so scary , Ni ."

"Yeah . But let's be honest , Lou , Harry would one hundred percent come back from the dead for you , you do realise that ?"

Louis chuckled softly , Niall poked his cheek , "There's that smile ."

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Louis walked into the recovery room Harry was in , he was laying on the bed hooked up to different machines , he looked too relaxed for someone who died for a few seconds only hours ago .

He sat next to Harry and held his hand , bringing his fingers to the pulse point on his wrist . He pressed his fingers in to feel the beating of his heart , letting out a soft sigh of relief .

His throat was tight and eyes glossy , huffing out a small sob as he gripped Harry's hand tighter with both his small hands .

He stood up from the chair and moved closer to Harry , he tucked the blanket around him to make sure he was warm and comfortable , before slipping in next to his to cuddle up against him .

Harry stirred awake about an hour later ; he felt a warm weight on his side , and quiet footsteps walking around.

He slowly opened his eyes , it took him a bit to come to his senses and realise that Zayn was in the room .

Zayn smiled at him , "Was wondering when you'd wake up ."

Harry looked down to his side , his arm curling around Louis to hold him closer . He looked back up at Zayn , who already started talking before Harry could ask .

"You were poisoned , H . Given something strong . It was a poison that stops the heart long enough until the body dies . It's a rare one , but not too rare - we have the antidote ."

Harry's face hardened , arm tightening around Louis .

"Liam and Victor are taking care of the investigation , I wish I knew what's going on there to update you ." Zayn crossed his arms over his chest .

Harry looked down to Louis , who was still asleep with his head on Harry's chest .

"He was in the room when you had a flat line ." Zayn said quietly . "You died for a bit , and he watched ."

Harry brought Louis even closer to him , gripping as close as he could with one arm .

Zayn patted Harry's shoulder gently , "I'll leave you two , call me for anything ." And with that he left the room .

Louis stirred awake , though quickly collected himself and sat up , locking eyes with Harry . He let out a sigh of relief and let himself fall back down on his chest , as gently as he could .

Harry caught him with both arms and held him tightly , "I'm okay baby . I'm here , I'm okay . I'm not going anywhere , never leaving you ."

Louis nodded as tears filled his eyes again , he sniffled and shuffled up a bit to rest his head in Harry's neck . "I w-was so scared ." He managed to whisper .

"I'll always come back for you . Even from the dead ." Harry let a faint smile spread on his lips , his arms holding Louis tighter . He didn't have the heart to tell Louis that it wasn't the first time he died and that it happened twice before , so he kept quiet and only held Louis to his chest .

Louis took his time to calm down again and mold into Harry's warm cuddle , he sat up a bit to look at Harry , who gave him a small smile , "Are you just going to stare at me , or are you going to kiss me ?"

"Stop joking around ." Louis shook his head , yet still leaned down and kissed Harry softly .

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