Harry's POV

BABY!

She calls him baby.

What does she call me.
Mr. Styles. To the most Bradley Cooper, baby is nowhere near in the vicinity. She calls him baby.
She dare not touch my hand in public, even when we're alone, or when her family's around and she always makes a fuss about it when I hold her hand while crossing the road, or while rehearsing. She gets vexed every time I try to touch her. Bee's knees I feel like an arse over tit in this dog's dinner, while she's running around hand in hand with that wonky plonker, calling him Baby.

"Naomi , how close are they eh?"

"Very." Naomi replied.

"But why do you ask?" She inquired. "No..Uh... I ju....Uhmm." I stuttered.

"Harry, they are very close very very close."

"What?"

But she never mentioned about him. I mean ever. We are pretty close, me and Natalie, she knows everything about me I tell her everything, then why would she hide this from me, is there some plot to this or was it a load of town. Naomi seemed pretty serious and I know she would never ever lie about Nat.

"She never ment..."

Naomi interrupted, "What, didn't mention about him? Who mentions about her future husband to her school friends?"

"Future what?" My world was shattered .Oh my giddy aunt, was this the reason she always kept running away from my advances, why didn't she tell it to me face to face.
I was not in a state to think or process anything what Naomi had just said when she continued looking at me with her arms folded.
"Okay, since you are the closest friend she has, and I don't think she would mind if I tell this to you now."

"Naomi, don't test my patience, I'm bloody loosing it already. What is it?"

"Okay come here. See the place from we come from back in India our parents decide, whom we're supposed to marry. Peter's and Raichand's were family friends for generations. So our grandfathers decided to turn this friendship into relationship."

"Wait they decided to marry each other? Homosexuality was legal in India back then?"
I was a bit relieved, until she chose to burst my bubble.
"NO! They decided they'll get these two kids married."

"But why not get their own kids married, instead of their grandkids?"

"To rectify their mistake of not marrying their own kids."

"But how's that possible? You weren't born and brought up in India correct?"

"Ya! Like I told you it was decided even before they were born!"

"And... and she was okay with it? How could she agree to marry a guy she didn't know at all?"

"Excuse me, they were best friends since childhood and they were fine when they got engaged at 10."

"10 ! What? Dude they were kids."

"Dude my parents weren't! Okay as you know everything now, I request you to act normal."

"Niall ...... How are you this normal?" I was shocked at the way how he didn't react at all.
This was wrong.

"I know this man."

"What?"

"Yeah. I thought she'd tell you herself."

I was discombobulated, grief-stricken she didn't tell me anything not a thing at all. She was already intertwined in this dodgy shamble, why did she then make me feel like a nutter running behind her every hour every minute.
I felt like fish out of water. Everything we had between us, was all fake, it was a hoax, everything, our everything was a myth, a sham.

"You fine bruh!" Niall grabbed me by the shoulder. I clinged on to the railing almost falling down. Niall held on to me, not letting me fall.

"Yeah." I said, hiding my pain , wiping my tears, ignoring the fact that I had been lied to.

"We have performance to attend. Hmm. Come, lets go."

"Yeah."

I didn't want to spoil anything. After all, it was a big day for the Peter's.

Natalie's POV

I had met Ranbir, after 3 long years, we've been best friends since the day we were born.
After dancing to Dilli Wali girlfriend (Girlfriend from Delhi.) on everyone's request I got down the stage holding his hand .
Naomi was passing by rushing to the direction of the DJ. "Hey," I pulled her hand. "Where's Harry?"

"Harr-."

"Who is Harry? The curly haired fella.... who seemed pretty pissed off when you walked here with me, practically ignoring about his existence..?" Ranbir interrupted.

"Yeah." Naomi said .

"I didn't ignore him." I tried to justify myself. I didn't mean to ignore him, but I had to steer clear of him, or else bhai would make another scenario out of it. Hell I was unsure if I would be able to control myself, when I am with him.

"I met him after a long time." I pointed out to Ranbir.
"You did ignore him Natalie, you made him upset." Naomi stated .

But I didn't want to. He is the closest friend I had.
After years of separation, Ranbir and I grew apart, we surely do share things but not everything like I do with Harry. Harry is everything, he is my everything.
I had to find him to make him understand, what was going on. I didn't want my feelings to ruin our friendship, but what if we could be more than friends. But the repercussions would be devastating, what if he is just straight forward and what I feel is love is just an infatuation. God I need to find Harry.

"Okay but I saw him. He was with you Naomi?" I asked in a hurry.

"Yes ma'am he was. But.."

"But what?" I didn't let her complete i was so eager to know where he was.

"He asked me to translate few lines of the song and after I did. He left." She stated.

"What lines?" I inquired, by this time i understood something terribly went wrong.

"Naam tera hi likhaya maine wedding card pe.... and... tu hi day lage mujhe meri night lage, mujhe future mera tere sang bright lage."

"WHAT?" I don't know why I panicked. But I did and all I cared about is Harry.

"Where'd he go?" I asked ready to run to him and clear every misunderstanding he had.

"How did he walk off, he doesn't always walk off." I continued. For I knew Harry he never leaves.

"Taylor called him." Naomi said.

Realising what she just said, amd also understanding what I went through in that span of time. She continued.

"Oh shit." She paused , "Run." She declared.

I did. Run. Almost pulling up my skirt upto my knee.
I kept on running until I saw Niall, "Where's he?" "Here." He was standing in front of the door of the room Harry was in so I pushed him.
I opened the door of the room he pointed in, "Harry?"
"You lied." We said together pointing at each other.
"I lied, no you lied." We did the same .

"I dont understand Nat, you never uttered about this baby friend of yours, all throughout the year, and now he suddenly comes up and turns out to be your best friend." He said looking down towards me.

"What about you Harry? You said you'd never talk to her. But look , you are?" I looked him straight in the eye.

"You mean you didnt lie?" he said harshly.

"I didnt tell you about him, i didnt give you wrong information I just didnt tell you anything."

"Hiding the truth is lying." He grumbled pinning me against the wall, anger dripping from his eyes.

"Okay if you had hidden it for so long, you could've kept it hidden. Why did you tell it.Why now ? Huh? Why now? At least you could've waited for me till I said...." 

"said what?" I cried still pinned on the wall, locked by his burly arms on either side of my face. I tried to breakaway, but he wouldn't let me. I tried to rebel out of his embrace, but he pushed his body against mine, minimizing the breach between us.

"said what Harry?" I shouted  in frustration, of not being able to rift out.

"that I LOVE YOU Darn it." He grabbed my face in his hefty palms. I dont remember what happened next.

Harry's POV

She fainted.