Summary : Harry tries hitting on a guy , the guy gives him a phone number . The phone number belongs to Louis . Harry realizes he was set up , but can't stop talking to Louis .

Kind of like that movie I don't remember the name of , but this time they know they were set up .

Also , heads up : It's a long one .

Enjoy x

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Harry eyed the guy who walked into the coffee shop ; he was really attractive , spoke with a soft accent . When the guy waited for his coffee to be ready , Harry decided to approach him .

"Hi ."

The guy turned to face him and smiled , "Hey ."

"I uh , I haven't seen you before . Are you new around here ?"

"Actually , not really . I live on the north side of the city so I don't get to come down south much ." The guy said .

Harry nodded , "I understand . I'm Harry , by the way ." He held his hand out for the guy to shake , the guy took his hand , "Manuel ."

"Well , Manuel , how about I show you around a little ? Maybe give me your number ?"

Manuel smiled , "I'm a bit busy but sure , you can have my number ."

Harry quickly took a pen out of his pocket , grabbing a napkin from the nearest table . Manuel scribbled a number down on the napkin and handed it to Harry , taking his coffee from the counter and sending Harry one last smile before leaving the shop .

Harry smiled to himself in victory .

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The next day , around the evening , Harry gathered up the courage to call the number Manuel gave him . He dialled it and brought it to his ear , biting on his thumb .

"Hello ?"

"Manuel , hi . It's - It's Harry , from the coffee shop . I was wonde -"

"I'm sorry , but he gave you the wrong number ."

Harry froze for a few seconds . Now that he noticed , the voice who answered was higher than Manuel's . "I'm sorry , what ?"

"Manuel gave you the wrong number . Sorry ."

"Oh . Oh , I'm sorry , I - I'm sorry ."

"It's alright , not your fault ." The guy on the other line said . "Not the first time anyway ."

"What do you mean ? Like , what do you mean not the first time ?"

"He , uh , he gives my number to any guy who hits on him . Like , he sets them up and you're not the first one who called my number ."

"So you know that Manuel guy ?"

"Yeah , he's a real arsehole . A player ." The guy sighed , "About a year ago he asked for my number , and I thought he wanted something to do with me . But he's just using my number as an excuse ."

"Oh , that's bullshit . I'm sorry he's doing that ."

The guy chuckled , "It's alright , not your fault . You're all good ."

Harry smiled softly , despite what the guy just told him . "I'm , I'm Harry , by the way ."

"Hi , Harry . I'm Louis ."

It made Harry smile wider ; Louis was such a perfect name for that soft voice .

"Well , I hope I didn't interrupt anything when I called ."

"Oh no , you didn't . It's fine ."

"Good . I uh , I'm sorry again ."

"Stop saying sorry , it's not your fault what so ever ."

"But still . You sound really nice and what he did isn't acceptable ."

"Yeah , I mean , it's not really nice getting three phone calls a week ."

"Why don't you just change your number ?"

"Can't really afford that ."

Harry bit his lower lip and hummed . "How old are you ?"

"Twenty two . You ?"

"Twenty seven ." Harry said , "And as an apology I'm willing to help you get a new number ."

"You don't need to , really , I'll be fine ."

"Hundred percent ?"

"Hundred percent ."

"Alright . But know the offer is still up if you still want to ."

"Okay . Thank you ."

"'Course . I won't bug you anymore , then , so have a good night ."

"You don't bug me . You're nice ."

Harry smiled , "Good to hear . I'll , uh , talk to you soon , then ?"

"Sure . Have a good night ."

"You too , Louis ."

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It was a few days later , that Harry called Louis again .

"Oh , Harry . You called ."

"'Course I did . Wanted to check up on you . You doing good ?"

"Yeah , I'm good . You ?"

"I'm good too . Got any phone calls since we talked ?"

"Uh , y-yeah , actually . Got one phone call . The guy was pissed ."

Harry chuckled softly , "Sorry about it ."

"Stop saying that you're sorry because it really isn't your fault ."

"I still feel sorry . Couldn't ever imagine someone doing such thing ."

"Don't feel sorry . Some people just - just aren't nice , that's all ."

Harry smiled softly . "So tell me about yourself ."

"Oh - uh . Wh-what do you want to know ?"

"Whatever you feel like telling me ."

"Uhm . Okay . I'm twenty two , live on my own , work two jobs . Love chocolate . I'm pretty basic ."

"What's your last name ?"

"Oh , no , you won't be getting that , it's way too easy to find someone on social media these days so you're only getting my first name until I'm sure about you . Now tell me about yourself ."

Harry laughed a little . "Alright . I'm Harry Styles , I'm twenty seven , I'm second in hand CEO of Styles Muse Records , taking after my father . And I like nail polish ."

Louis was silent on the other side of the phone .

"Louis ? You still there ?"

"Y-yeah . Is it - are you really Harry of Styles Muse Records ?"

"Yeah , no jokes ." Harry chuckled , "You know the company ?"

"I-I , yeah , I know . It's just - I saw you on the papers a few times ."

"Yeah , I'm not really famous though ."

"You're known in town , so yeah ."

"So you live in this city aswell ?"

"Yeah , but I live up north ."

"Oh , alright . North side of the city is beautiful ."

"Yeah , lots of green trees , and flowers ."

"What's your favourite flower ?"

"I really love sunflowers , and tulips . Want to get them tattooed but I can't afford a tattoo ."

"I'm willing to give you your first tattoo , a good friend of mine is a tattoo artist ."

"I'll think about it ." Louis laughed softly , making Harry smile wider .

"I'm sorry but I need to get back to work , but it was really nice talking to you again ."

"It was nice talking to you , too ."

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A week later , Harry tried calling Louis twice , but Louis didn't pick up . He couldn't help but be a little worried . Later that day , around ten p.m , his phone rang . He picked it up and smiled when he saw Louis' number .

"Hi , Louis ."

"Hi , I'm so sorry I didn't pick up . Was working a double shift today and I just got home ."

"It's alright , don't worry . Just wanted to talk , that's all ."

"Yeah , okay uh ... so how was your day ?"

"Been okay . We signed one of my best friends today , he's going big ."

"What's his name ?"

"Niall Horan , remember that name ."

"I will ."

"How was your day ?"

"Long . Just long and uneventful ."

"I can practically hear your tiredness , why don't you go to sleep ?"

"I-I .. I just - wanted to talk to you ."

Harry grinned , "Yeah ?"

"Yeah . Your voice is comforting ."

"Good to hear ." 

"I just .. I like raspy voices . And , and yours is raspy ."

"You're really cute ."

"How do you know ?"

"Because I can tell . Let's play a game ; I'm going to guess things about you , and , well you don't have to say yes or no , or correct me , just let me assume , okay ?"

"Go for it ."

"Alright , I think you have brown hair with light brown eyes . You're short , about 5"6 , maybe 5"5 ."

"Oi ! I -"

"Shh , let me finish . As I said , you're short , you have a small waist , and you're a cuddler ."

Harry couldn't help but grin and laugh heartedly when Louis made no comment from the other line .

"Does that mean I was right ?"

"No comment ."

"Oh , come on , just a hint !"

"Alright , here's your hint : I'm actually 5"9 ."

"You know , the fact that you chose to comment on your height out of everything else I said , only gives away that you're short ."

"Just wait , you'll see I'm not short ."

"Looking forward to it ."

"And as much as I love talking to you , I need to get some sleep , I have another double shift tomorrow ."

"Will you survive without my raspy voice ?"

"I'm sure I will . Don't flatter yourself ."

Harry chuckled , "If you say so . You're welcome to call me in the middle of the night if you miss it too much ."

"Now you're just being cocky ."

"I know , I'm kidding . Have a good night , Lou ."

"You too ."

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It happened again a few days later . Harry called , but Louis didn't answer . He didn't answer his calls throughout the whole day . At one a.m Harry recieved a text message from him .

Im sorry I didnt answer , was busy at work

It wasnt something important , right ? Just to talk like always ?

Harry sat up in bed and picked his phone up , quickly replying .

Its okay , Im just worried . Is everything alright ?

It took a few minutes for Louis to answer , but eventually he did .

Yeah , everythings okay

Harry called his number , though after one ring it went straight to voicemail . He frowned and tried calling again , but again it went to voicemail after two rings . He opened the text messages to send Louis a text but Louis beat him to it .

Im sorry but I cant have a phone call right now

Is everything okay ? Im worried

Dont be , im fine promise

I dont believe you

Harry munched on his lower lip as he waited for Louis to reply , which he didn't , even after ten minutes .

Im sorry Harry but Im just going to go to sleep , okay ? we'll talk tomorrow

No , please answer my call

Harry called again , after the fifth ring Louis picked up , but said nothing .

"Louis ? Please tell me you're okay . I'm worried ." Harry said , getting up from his bed and walking out to the balcony .

"I'm f-fine ."

"You don't sound fine . What's wrong ?" Harry said , frowning deeper when Louis sniffled .

"Don't want to talk ."

"Please , Lou , I can't stand knowing you're sad . What made you sad ? Who is it ? Should I come down and kick their arse ?" Harry tried lightening the mood .

"N-no . Just - just tired . Really t-tired ."

"Why don't you take a day off ? Two days off ? Don't over stress youself ."

"Can't . Can't do that . Need the money ."

"I'll give you the money , just take a break ."

"No , absolutely n-not ."

"You know that if I wanted to I could find you in ten minutes , right ? I know people everywhere . But I'm not doing that because I respect you and that you want to stay private . But I swear to god , if you don't take a break to collect yourself I will find you ."

Harry heard shuffles on the other end of the call , and bit his lower lip harshly when he heard Louis' soft sobs in the background .

"Please don't cry , you'll make me cry too . Please ."

"God damnit , Harry , why do you care so much ?"

Harry knew Louis wasn't trying to be mean , but it actually hurt to hear that .

"What do you mean ? Of course I care ."

"But why ? No one else does . Why you ? Why a rich and successful you would care about lowlife and broke me ?"

"Money does not define you as a person ." Harry shook his head , "You're a good person , Louis . You're nice , you're easy to talk to . I may not know what you look like , or know much about you , but I know you're a good person and I believe in treating people with kindness ."

He heard Louis sobbing on the other side of the call , making his own throat tighten .

"You're too nice . How are you so nice ? My heart can't take it ."

"I believe in it ."

"You're too perfect . You're inhuman . You're an alien ."

Harry chuckled a bit , "Get some sleep now , we'll talk tomorrow ."

"Okay . A-and , Harry ?"

"Yeah ?"

"Thank you . Like , really thank you . I've never known a person like you before ."

"Have a good night , Lou . I'm always here if you need me ."

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The day after Harry recieved a text message from Louis , around noon .

Hey , just wanted to apologize for last night . Didnt mean to attack you or involve you in my breakdown

Its all good , I promise , as long as youre okay

Ive had better days , thats for sure . But im good , you really raised me up

Good . I just worry about you

You dont need to , honest

Im really fine

If anythings wrong you can always call me , I promise im always free for you

Thank you , it means way more than you think

I'll call later today , will that be good ?

Yeah , of course

Gonna lull you to sleep with my raspy voice ;)

I shouldve never told you that

Harry laughed to himself and placed his phone down on his desk , grinning down at his papers .

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It's been almost two months since Louis and Harry started talking . Harry couldn't get the boy out of his head , and Louis couldn't get enough of Harry's raspy voice and stupid jokes .

"Just ask him if he would like to meet you ." Niall nudged Harry's shoulder , Harry ran his fingers through his hair , "I wish it were that easy ."

"I fucking is , mate , he lives barely an hour away !"

"I know , it's not that . It's just , I don't want to scare him away . I only know his first name , and of course multiple more little things about him but that's it . It's scary ."

"You know that if he were a psycho everybody around the city would've talked about him , right ?"

"Yeah , thought about it too . I also thought about just going to the north of the city and ask people ."

"Nah , wouldn't work . Ask to see him , you frog !"

"Fine , fine . You're really fucking pushy , you know that ?"

"You'll thank me later ." Niall poked his dimple and walked out of his office .

Harry sighed and rubbed his temples before picking his phone up , calling Louis .

"Hi Harry ."

"Hi Lou . I uh - ... I - how are you ?"

"I'm good , are you ? You sound nervous ."

"Yeah I'm good . I just - I was wondering .. Uh , you - would y- ... would you like to meet up ?"

There was silence on the other side of the call .

"Lou ?"

"I-I'm here . I - do you really want it ?"

"You have no idea . Been wanting to for a while ."

"I'm n-not sure ."

"About meeting ?"

"Y-yeah . What if - what if you get d-disappointed , when you realize I'm n-not what you thought I was ?"

"Don't say that ."

"I'm serious . I'm a weirdo , you wouldn't want to be seen with me ."

"Bullshit . I really want to meet you ."

"I just don't want you to get your hopes up ."

"Stop thinking so lowly about yourself . Will you ? Will you meet up with me ?"

"I - yeah . Yeah , I will ."

Harry let out a breath and smiled , "Good . How does Saturday afternoon sound ?"

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Saturday afternoon rolled by quicker than expected . Harry was nervous , really nervous . He and Louis have been talking for two months and finally were meeting . He was glad it didn't take them longer to meet up or Harry would have lost his mind of curiosity .

They agreed to meet at a small coffee shop at five p.m . Harry got there a few minutes earlier and waited by the entrace , his heart hammering in his chest .

Hey , just got to the coffee shop . Are you on your way ?

Yeah , almost there

One more block

Alright

Harry pinched his bottom lip between his thumb and finger as he looked around , trying to find anyone who would look like they were Louis .

Soon enough Louis texted him .

Im here 

Harry took a deep breath and looked around , before typing a reply

Where are you ? Can you see me ?

Yeah I see you

Harry almost desperately looked around before calling Louis' phone .

"H-hey ."

"Hi , where are you ? You see me , right ?"

"Yeah , I-I see you . I'm just nervous ."

"Come on , Lou . I don't bite . I do tickle , but I don't bite ."

"Wow , very relaxing ." Louis giggled , making Harry smile .

"Just come over here so I can hug you ."

"Turn around ."

Harry's heart skipped a beat , he slowly turned around and was met with the most beautiful , small boy he's laid eyes on .

Louis bit his lower lip and pulled the phone away from his ear , Harry felt paralyzed . Louis was just beautiful .

"Hi ." Harry said , a grin spreading on his lips .

"Hi ." Louis said back , cheeks red with blush .

"Come here ." Harry walked closer and wrapped his arms around Louis' shoulders and back , Louis wrapped his arms around Harry as much as he could with Harry being so broad and tall .

Harry chuckled , "You lied to me ."

Louis pulled back a bit to raise his eyebrows at him . "I'm sorry ?"

"You're tiny , Lou ."

Louis rolled his eyes and tried pulling out of the hug but Harry brought him closer , "You're much smaller than I thought ! I mean , Niall is 5"9 and there's no way you're 5"9 aswell , you're like 5"5 , or 5"6 ." He placed his chin ontop of Louis' head , "It's cute , though ."

"If you're going to keep bullying me I'm calling the police on you ."

Harry laughed and pulled back to grin down at him , "I'm kidding . I'm really happy to meet you . You're beautiful ." He grinned when Louis blushed deeper and took his hand , taking him into the coffee shop .

"What do you want to drink ?" Harry asked as the two stood in line , Louis shook his head , "Don't want anything ."

"Why not ?" Harry asked .

"I shouldn't spend money if I want to pay my bills and rent ."

"Who said you were paying ?"

Louis shook his head , "You're not paying for me ."

"I am , I initiated this meetup so I'm paying . I don't care what you say , so you might aswell tell me what would you like to drink or I'll tickle it out of you ." Harry said , wrapping one arm around Louis' waist , the other clawed against his side .

Louis shook his head and tried getting out of Harry's grip . "No , I don't want you to pay , I'm serious ." He started giggling when he felt Harry's hand crawling up his side .

"You don't sound so serious ." Harry chuckled , Louis bit his lower lip to stop himself from laughing , "Stop tickling !"

"Okay , okay ." Harry stopped but kept his arms around Louis , "Now seriously , what do you want to drink ?"

Louis bit his lower lip and looked around helplessly , giggling once again when Harry tickled him again .

"Hot chocolate ! H-hot chocolate , just stop ." Louis almost fell to the floor , he was really ticklish .

"Anything to eat ?" Harry asked , trying to wiggle his fingers into Louis' ribs , but Louis kept blocking him .

"N-no , just hot chocolate ." Louis giggled heartedly , "I'm serious !"

"No you aren't ." Harry shook his head but took his fingers off his ribs , instead wrapping his arm tightly around him as he told the cashier their order , adding two chocolate chip cookies to their drinks .

"I said I didn't want anything else ." Louis tried protecting , Harry raised his eyebrow at him , "Excuse me ?"

Louis laughed a bit and blushed , looking down to his feet . Harry brought him closer , "Stop worrying , I could buy you a yacht if I wanted ."

"Stop showing off being rich ." Louis rolled his eyes playfully , Harry smiled into his hair , "I'm just joking . But really , paying for a cookie isn't a big deal ."

Soon they got their drinks and cookies and went to sit in a booth in the back .

Harry couldn't take his eyes off Louis , the smaller boy was just mesmerising . He was slowly falling deeper for the boy .

"Now will you tell me more about you ?" Harry asked and took a sip from his latte , Louis smiled down at the table . "My full name is Louis William Tomlinson . I work at two restaurants . Uh , that's it I guess ?"

"Why do you have to work two jobs ? What about your parents ? Any family members ?" Harry asked , not missing the way Louis' shoulders tensed . "You don't have to tell me , you know ."

"No it's - it's fine . I have nothing to hide ." Louis shook his head . "I moved out as soon as I could because I'm gay and my parents are homophobic , been living on my own for three years now . So I work two jobs to pay rent and bills , and have a bit extra money for food and phone bills ."

Harry bit his lower lip . "I want to help you ."

Louis shook his head but was stopped by Harry . "I'm serious . You're tiring yourself out ."

"I'm fine ."

"You're exhausted , I can see that . You need a break ."

"I cannot afford a break , I need to work because I need the money ."

"Don't worry about the money , worry about your health ." Harry grabbed his hand from across the table , "You'll collapse one day ."

"Can't . Need to work ." Louis shook his head , Harry got up from his seat and sat himself right next to Louis  .

"Listen to me ." Harry cupped his cheek , his other hand still holding Louis' smaller one . "Quit one of your jobs and come live with me ."

Louis' heart skipped a beat as his cheeks turned bright red , he shook his head , "I can't ."

"Why not ?"

"Don't want to feel like I'm intruding ."

"You wouldn't intrude , I'd like to have you around . It won't be lonely and I'll have amazing company ."

"This is too much to ask for , I can't do this ."

"Yes you can . Move in with me . Please ?" Harry asked ; he wanted Louis to have a rest , a break from working so hard . He also really wanted to kiss him .

Louis bit his lower lip , "Can I think about it ?"

"Of course ." Harry nodded , leaning in to kiss his cheek , "I truly care about you ." He said softly , making Louis blush deeper .  Harry only smiled softly and reached for one of the chocolate chip cookies , breaking it in half and handing Louis one half , taking the other one for himself .

Louis looked down at the half cookie and hesitated , but gave in and took it and bit on it , making Harry smile .

"Tell me more about you ."

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Two hours later the two left the coffee shop with wide smiles on their faces , Harry kept his arm wrapped around Louis as he walked him to his car . Louis almost rolled his eyes because of course Harry would drive a large black Jeep .

Harry opened the passenger's door and let out small chuckles as he grabbed Louis' tiny waist and hoisted him up into the seat , making Louis cross his arms over his chest , "Dork ."

Harry pinched his cheek and moved away from Louis' hand smacking his arm , closing the car door and going to the driver's side .

Harry handed Louis his phone , "Put your address in so I'll drop you off ." Louis took his phone with a small pout , that didn't go unnoticed by Harry , who smiled , "Why the pouty face ?"

"Was - was having fun with you ." Louis said quietly , Harry's smile grew even wider . He reached over and took Louis' small hand into his larger one , caressing the back of his hand with his thumb . "I was having fun too , I want us to meet again ."

Louis squeezed his fingers around Harry's hand , smiling at his light blue nail polish .

"How about - how about I properly take you out ?" Harry asked , "Like , take you on a date ."

Louis' heart skipped a beat , Harry stopped at a red light and turned to face him .

"I - I - you're out of my league ." Louis mumbled and bit on his lower lip , Harry shook his head and squeezed Louis' hand , "Don't say that , because it's complete bullshit . I like you , I like being around you . Will you go out with me ?"

Louis' heart was racing in his chest , Harry started driving when the light turned green with his hand still tightly holding Louis' much smaller hand .

They reached Louis' apartment complex , Harry exited the car with him . Louis melted into Harry's chest as Harry hugged him , embracing him in such a warm way that made him want to stay in his arms forever .

"Don't overthink it ." Harry kissed his temple , Louis nodded against his shoulder . "Just nervous ."

Harry pulled back just a bit to look down at Louis , his arms still around the smaller boy . He smiled down at him , "Let me see you smile before I go ."

Louis rolled his eyes at his cheesiness but still smiled , whining when Harry started tickling him . "Don't you roll your eyes at me , mister ."

Louis laughed and tried pushing Harry's hands away , "No , not again ." Harry only laughed along , cackling when Louis' legs almost gave in . He wrapped his arms fully around Louis' waist and held him up , leaning down and pressing their lips together .

Louis felt his insides fluttering , like he was hit by lightening . He cupped Harry's cheeks and stood up on his tippy toes , giggling against Harry's lips when Harry lifted him off his feet playfully .

They just stood there kissing for a few minutes , mostly because none of them wanted to pull away . Once they really (like , reallyyyy) needed air they pulled back , Harry kept his nose pressed to Louis' nose while they smiled at each other .

"I can't stop kissing you ." Harry shook his head and pressed his lips to Louis' again , making Louis laugh . He giggled heartedly when Harry kissed his cheek , down his jaw and to his neck playfully , pushing him away when he got ticklish .

Harry grinned down at him and pecked his lips quickly , "Get some well needed rest , alright ? I'll talk to you tomorrow morning ."

Louis nodded with a smile , they kissed once more before pulling away . Harry smiled watching Louis , before turning to his car .

"Harry ."

Harry turned around , Louis smiled softly from the top of the stairs to his building entrace , "I'd love to go out with you ."

Harry grinned , he was about to run up the stairs and kiss Louis again , but Louis turned on his heels and walked into the building .

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Hope you liked it x

~Author