And the next one. Some boys times before the drama starts.

Oh, and I have original songs lyrics in my stories because they are in my books, so bare with me.

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Saturday afternoon, Harry was in his kitchen getting the pizzas ready for their boys' night with Louis. They had just put them in the oven and were now preparing the snacks. Harry took out the different bowls from high up in the kitchen cabinet because Louis couldn't reach it. But you didn't hear that from him. Louis was massive, okay?

"Only the crisps and the flips or also the onion rings, Haz?" titled Louis his head aside in question and Harry had to supress his grin at Louis' cuteness.

"Well, it depends. If one of us wants to kiss someone today he should stay away from the onion rings. The rest can shamelessly eat them and stink" replied Harry with a grin.

"Makes sense" cleared Louis his throat and Harry frowned a bit at his sudden nervousness. "So, which group do you belong to tonight?".

"Obviously the second one. Highly unlikely that I will kiss Jake tonight. Unless he pops up out of nowhere" chuckled Harry at his own funniness.

"You could still kiss Louis, dearest brother" leaned Harry's sister Gemma in the doorframe, watching them.

"Oh yeah, how could I forget about that?! Thanks for reminding me" slapped Harry his own forehead jokingly.

"I really don't know. You should never forget your one and only true love" snickered Gemma cheerfully.

"I'm so sorry, Lou. Don't know how I could forget you for a second. Please, forgive me and don't get a divorce" begged Harry his best friend dramatically.

"No worries. Would never do that" retorted Louis tensely.

"Uh, marriage crisis. I should leave you with that, but don't forget about the pizzas. Don't wanna come back and the house is burnt down" threw Gemma them a weird look.

"Louis didn't even touch anything apart from the counter" propped Harry his arms up on his hips.

"That's good to hear. Well, I'm off" made Gemma a funny hand movement.

"Yes, get lost but not pregnant or I have to have a word with Jordan" called Harry after her.

"Stop trying to be funny" shouted Gemma over to him before she left the house.

"I am funny, right Lou?" turned Harry around to him.

"Of course, you are" smiled Louis warmly at him but something about his smile was off. Harry could clearly see it in Louis' eyes.

"Lou, are you alright?" walked Harry closer to him.

"Sure" said Louis curtly.

"I know you better than I know myself and know you since I can remember. I know when you're lying to me, Lou. What is it?" put Harry his hands gently on Louis' shoulders.

"Nothing. It's um ..." was Louis wrestling for his words and Harry was shocked by that fact alone. Louis always knew what to say. He was never speechless.

"Is this about Gem's horrible joke?" examined Harry Louis' face closely and in his eyes, Harry could see the answer Louis wouldn't give him. "You know she was only joking, Love. She is always doing that and normally, you jump on it more than I do. What's the matter?".

Seeing Louis looking so distressed made Harry nervous. Gemma has joked about Louis and Harry being married since they have been little kids because they have always been closer than all of their other friends. Normally, Louis would make a huge scene and dramatically pretend the two of them were deeply in love because the thought alone was the funniest thing in the world. Harry and Louis were the best of friends and could only laugh about people thinking they're dating. So, his reaction confused Harry a lot.

"I know. I've always jumped on it and loved to joke about it, mostly to annoy Gem. But um ... she hasn't done that in a while and things are different now" avoided Louis any form of eye contact.

"Different? What do you mean?" knitted Harry his eyebrows together.

"Haz, I um ... it's just ..." croaked Louis out and looked painfully conflicted.

Slowly, Harry seemed to understand what Louis was trying to say. His mind was working and it connected the dots. Now everything made sense. "You like someone, don't ya?".

"Um yeah" nodded Louis and never looked so insecure.

"Who is it? Why do I not know about that?" asked Harry impatiently but then something clicked in his brain.

"You know, I wanted to ...".

"It's Za ...".

"I smell pizza" interrupted Niall's loud voice their conversation and made Harry realise he almost forgot to take the pizzas out of the oven and he didn't even hear the doorbell ring.

"Hey lads, what were you doing? Was surprised you didn't open the door" walked Liam into the kitchen.

"Just making everything ready" answered Harry absent-mindedly.

"Tommy, my precious angel" approached Zayn directly Louis and pulled him into a hug. Harry was surprised Louis didn't punch him for that weird petname.

"Javy, you sugar doll. Missed you" chuckled Louis into Zayn's neck.

"Why am I a doll?" looked Zayn amusedly at him.

"For the same reason I am an angel" countered Louis.

"That makes no fucking sense" laughed Zayn joyfully.

"It doesn't have to. Just take it, Javy Baby" ruffled Louis Zayn's hair and to Harry's great surprise, Zayn didn't shy away from the touch like with everyone else.

"Whatever you want, Tommy" smiled Zayn dopey at him.

Javy and Tommy. That's something Harry never liked and couldn't understand. Why couldn't they call each other Tommo and Z like the rest of their friends? Why did they have to have cute nicknames for each other like they were special? Harry has always been the only one with a different nickname for Louis and vice versa. Well, until Zayn came along and something about that fact alone wasn't sitting right with Harry.

"H? You're there?" waved Sean his hand in front of Harry's face again.

"Sorry, was a bit distracted" shook Harry his head to come out of his thoughts.

"I noticed. Because you didn't hear a word I said I'm gonna ask you again. You need any help?" repeated Sean his question.

"You could bring the snacks and drinks into the living room. Lou and I take over the pizza when he is done with Zayn" told Harry him neutrally.

"Did you say snacks?" piped Niall in excitedly.

"Yeah. Can you take them into the living room? Without eating everything" gave Harry his food-obsessed friend a stern look.

"I'm innocent" claimed Niall directly.

"Sure. Like last weekend. I take care of this" pushed Liam him aside gently and took the snacks.

"I help you with that" took Sean the glasses.

"Zayn, can you take the drinks while we get the pizza ready?" addressed Harry Zayn now, who was whispering with Louis in a corner.

"Sure thing" gave Zayn him a thumbs up, patted Louis on the shoulder tenderly and then took the beers before he left the kitchen.

Wordlessly, Louis started to cut the pizzas into pieces. Harry felt some tension in the air and didn't know where it came from. Before he could say anything, his mother came into the kitchen.

"I'm off now as well. You have my number and know where I am if anything happens" reminded Harry's mother them.

"We know, Anne. My Mum was talking about nothing else for the last two days. She is overly excited for this and even made sure the girls are all out of the house and that's something" let Louis her know with a beaming smile.

"This just shows how important this is for us. We wanted to visit that show for a while now. Where are your sisters tonight though?" Anne wanted to know.

"With friends" said Louis simply.

"The easiest way. Anyway, leave the house unharmed and only call me when it's an emergency. Otherwise, have fun" hugged Anne firstly Harry and then Louis.

"Enjoy your night, Mum" pecked Harry her check.

"I will".

With that, she left the kitchen and a second later, they heard the front door slam shut. Harry helped Louis with the pizza plates and could feel his excitement for the night coming back.

"Your mum managed to get all four girls out of the house at the same night? That never happened before" marvelled Harry impressed.

"I have no idea how she did that. One was always at home for some reason. I'm glad she is able to enjoy herself tonight" smiled Louis at the thought of his mother.

"Just like us".

Together they walked into the living room to their friends and put the pizzas down. Immediately, Niall started stuffing his into his mouth and made his friends laugh at him. While eating they watched some funny videos on the internet, which made it a lot harder to keep the food where it belonged. Afterwards they cleared the table and got ready for part two of the night. Suddenly a cell phone was blowing off.

"Uh, girlfriend alert" tittered Sean mockingly.

"One second" took Niall his phone and answered the call. "Hi, Maya".

"How much you wanna bet this is a booty call?" cackled Zayn like a pre-teen.

"Or maybe she just wanted to say hi. Not everyone is as sexual as you" hissed Harry at him.

"Chill" held Zayn his hands up in defence.

"Don't tell me to chill" gritted Harry his teeth together.

"Haz, calm down. He was only kidding" stepped Louis in.

"Typical for you to come to his aid" huffed Harry.

"Guys, be quiet. Niall can't hear anything when you argue this loudly" shushed Liam them and threw Harry a disapproving look.

Grumbling to himself, Harry crossed his arms over his chest and pouted. He really couldn't stand Zayn. He just didn't like him. He was more Louis' friend than Harry's. Well, and the other three boys liked him but Harry didn't. It was comparable with Louis' disliking into Sean, just that Harry had a good reason and Louis didn't. Sean was a nice guy while Zayn was just an annoying always moody brat, who was sticking to Louis' ass. A sexual idiot being cocky 24/7 and Harry wasn't having any of it.

"Of course. Yeah, tomorrow then. Love ya" ended Niall the call.

"And?" wiggled Zayn his eyebrows at him.

"She wanted me to come over but I told her today is a lads' night. She understood and we meet up tomorrow" summed Niall up shortly.

"Told ya it was a booty call" grinned Zayn satisfied and Louis just slapped him with a laugh.

"I mean, can you blame her? Look at me" stuck Niall his nose into the air arrogantly.

"No need. I wanna keep my pizza in" sassed Louis skilfully.

"Uh" made Liam like a child.

"So, and now no more talking about girlfriends or boyfriends or any crushes. It's forbidden" ordered Sean jokingly.

"Don't have one, so no problem there" commented Louis freely and Harry was wondering why he was lying.

"Me neither, Tommy" nudged Zayn him slightly.

"Hold on! What about Max?" grew Niall's eyes big.

"We broke up" answered Zayn curtly.

"When? Why? Did you plan on telling us?" exploded Niall with questions.

"Few days ago. It wasn't working anymore because we wanted different things and yeah, of course" went Zayn down Niall's list of questions.

"Different things in which way?" checked Liam softly.

"It's complicated. It's our last year and we realised we won't be able to find a way to stay together and our feelings weren't the same anymore. It was mutual so no one got hurt" reported Zayn way too emotionlessly if you asked Harry.

"I'm sorry, Z".

"You could have told us" pouted Niall fakely.

"You know he would have told you on Monday. He just needed some time to get over it by himself" supported Louis his friend.

"You knew?" realised Niall automatically.

"Maybe" grinned Louis sheepishly.

"What else. I'm not even surprised. Zayn likes you more than us" snorted Niall unaffected.

"That's not true. My Tommy is just special" stated Zayn and pulled Louis into his side.

"Special yeah?" cocked Niall an eyebrow at them.

"Yes. As special as your talent to devour any kind of food in mere seconds" dropped Zayn the subject.

"I'm a huge pro" bragged Niall.

"Whatever let's you sleep at night" winked Louis at him.

"Moving on. No more girl or boyfriends. Only fun. Who's in for some karaoke?" clapped Liam into his hands.

Immediately, all of them cheered in anticipation. For two years they had a tradition going on. Saturday was their lads' night and they would always eat pizza and do some karaoke game on the tv. Ever since they had never missed one day. Sometimes one of them was missing because they were sick and at the beginning, Sean hasn't been part of this but it got never cancelled. It was their thing.

Liam and Harry got the tv ready and then started the game. Niall and Sean were the first to give their best with an Elias Butler song. Niall was obsessed with this singer and Sean just loved to tease Niall with it. Next in line were Liam and Harry with Who You Are by Rafael Farris. They sang loudly and hopped around to the beat of this amazing song. Their friends cheered them on and in the end, they fell down on the couch, laughing heavily.

When the laughter had died down a bit, Louis and Zayn stepped forward and chose the song Addicted to You. It was a Collab of some artists Harry didn't know. The fact that the two of them were singing together now and a song like this after all of those weird conversations made Harry feel weird. Something was suspicious about them.

"Now I know why they say love makes blind. With his ways he makes me lose my mind. But when we're lying here all entwined I really can't leave him behind" sang Louis smoothly in that angelic voice Harry loved.

"He wants things I really can't give and hates the way that I live. It's an endless back and forth but there is no one I want more on this earth" continued Zayn and changed she into he for some odd reason.

"We always talk past each other and there is so much shit to uncover. You really want me with you tonight and I'm already losing my fight. The drug that I need is the time that we spend and I know you will always be more than just a friend. No matter how many times we call it an end. My friends say I should leave ya but I can't cause I'm addicted to you" chorused Louis and Zayn together, the lyrics pissing Harry off.

"Oh, I wanna know, wanna know why we met so long ago. Why are we putting on a show? Why can't we let go?" heard Harry them sing and realised he had missed half of the song but wasn't really sad about this when he spotted 'Zouis' being face to face, singing to each other. Urgh, who gave them this stupid ship name?!

"Maybe you're addicted to each other but I'm addicted to you, Zouis. I love you" exclaimed Niall tipsily and oh yeah, Niall had given them the name. Of course.

"Should we tell Maya about this?" fake-whispered Louis over to Zayn.

"Good idea, Tommy" giggled Zayn.

"You mentioned a girlfriend. Now you have to sing the next song as well and I choose with whom" pointed Sean with his finger at Louis, who only rolled his eyes at him, which made Harry frown deeply.

"You gonna tell me any time this year or ...?" niggled Louis sassily.

"Patience, Tommo" shook Sean his head and Harry could feel the storm coming.

"It's Louis" corrected Louis him in a strong voice.

"Fine. Louis. Don't be so impatient. I'm gonna tell you your duet partner now" Sean didn't back down.

"Sh" held Zayn Louis back, who looked like he wanted to do something stupid to Sean. Harry really felt the need to ask Louis again why he hated Sean so much.

"You're gonna tell us before I fall asleep?" slapped Niall him playfully.

"Your partner is gonna be Harry and you're gonna sing Closer to You" announced Sean finally.

"Okay, let's go" rejoiced Liam drunkenly.

Louis and Harry took the mics and shared a look that said everything that needed to be said. They would rock this thing. No one could do it like them. No one had their bond.

They pressed play and started to sing. Harry really liked this song but the lyrics distracted him. In his mind he wandered off to Jake. The song fitted his feelings perfectly. Jake seemed to be untouchable but he wanted to touch him, wanted to be closer to him, wanted to feel him. Wanted to feel those hands on his body, wanted to feel those lips on his own and around his ...

"I wanna get even closer to you" finished Louis the song and Harry snapped back into reality, looking down at Louis being barely an inch away from him. How did they get so close to each other and why was Louis looking at him like this?

"Damn, this was something else" wolf-whistled Niall.

"I'm not gonna sing after this performance, that's for sure" marked Liam impressed.

"Huh?" blinked Harry confused.

"Where have you been with your thoughts, Mister? With Jake?" wiggled Sean his eyebrows knowingly at him.

"Um, maybe" blushed Harry deeply and coughed embarrassed.

"Told ya" grinned Sean brightly.

"And you just used Louis to be your Jake?" asked Zayn in a weird voice.

"Louis might not be Jake but imaginary Jake still turned our baby on" snickered Liam and yes, he was way too drunk.

Harry looked down on himself and realised he had a slight boner and Louis was backing away from him. What had Harry done to get a boner and make Louis look this distraught? Harry really didn't wanna know.

"How about we take a break and you get rid of this thing?" smirked Sean at him.

"Shut up, you sparkly princess. Babies don't wank to their dreamy fantasies" slurred Liam weirdly.

"It's official. No more alcohol for Daddy Lima" decided Sean seeing his friend like this.

"No, please" whined Liam.

"What's gotten into him? Since when is he so ...yeah, I don't know how to call it. You know what I mean" wondered Zayn confused while he took a hold of Louis' wrist and dragged him to his side.

"No idea. We should ask him when he is sober again. I really wanna know why our Mr. Responsible is drunk off his mind" mused Niall almost worried.

While Niall and Sean were taking care of Liam, Zayn dragged Louis out of the room and Harry really wanted to know why and where they were going but he had to take care of something more important than his strange-acting best friend and that weirdo.

Quickly, Harry went up into the bathroom and locked the door. For a second, he thought about taking a quick cold shower but that would be no use and he knew it. He was so needy for Jake and it should be embarrassing but for Harry, it wasn't. Jake was hot and Harry was lonely. No more reasons needed.

Slight sexual content warning ;)

In anticipation, Harry stripped out of his sweatpants and boxers, freeing his half-hard dick. He wrapped a hand around his waiting dick and started to stroke slowly up and down. He felt heat overcoming his body and sped up his movements and mixed them up with some palming. Smearing the pre-cum over his dick, Harry thought about Jake. He imagined how his hands would feel around his dick and how Jake would push him down on the bed or against the wall and would take control over him. With his finger Harry teased his hole while he pictured Jake down on his knees in front of him with his lips wrapped around his cock.

That image in his head made Harry come into his hand and he bit down on his bottom lip to keep any kind of sounds in. He jerked himself through his orgasm and then sat down on the toilet to steady his breathing. With a fast beating heart, Harry washed his hands and cleaned his dick before putting his boxers and sweats back on. He splashed water into his face to get the red colour out of his face and then unlocked the door and went back downstairs to his waiting friends.

He was met with the picture of Niallhappily eating crisps while being on his phone. Sean was laughing at somethingdrunk Liam had said and Zayn and Louis were sitting on an armchair together andwere talking to each other. When Louis spotted Harry, he smiled brightly at himand in this moment, Harry felt like the rest of the night could only turn outto be amazing. 

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Just lads being lads and acting weird ...

Why does Louis hate Sean and why are he and Zayn always whispering?

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