//past//

❝ L O U I S ❞

"as your birthday is next week and we won't be meeting till new years. let's do something today?" niall, excitedly, suggested after the school was over.

"yes lou, please!" gigi grinned. she was back from her trip to america. louis smiled at the thought. it was actually a nice idea. they haven't hung out properly for a long time.

"sure. you can invite zayn, too. if he's fine." he quickly added. he knew zayn would be happy to join them. him and zayn have made decent friends in a span of one week. the boy was actually very chatty and a little dolt, just needed good company.

"oh, he would love to!" gigi chimed happily. "i'm so happy you and him made good friends." louis smiled, as gigi called her boyfriend.

"how's faye, ni? haven't seen her in a while." faye was older than niall, in university. they were neighbors and childhood friends.

"amazing as always." the boy laughed. "she'll be here tomorrow. we are going to celebrate our christmas in ireland with her family and then we are going to paris for new years!" he rambled excitedly.

"so cute."

"what's so cute'?"

they smiled at zayn and greeted him with a 'hi'.

"no greetings with the names today?" niall joked. however, zayn seemed to take it seriously and frowned. "well, i hope we are friends now?"

" 'course we are!" niall brought him in a headlock. the boy was always friendly, made friends with anyone in a snap. louis wished to be like that but his body seemed to a problem for everyone.

all of them were hungry and decided that their first stop will be some diner zayn suggested.

"it's his favorite. we even had our first date here." the blonde girl informed shyly. louis found zayn and gigi very cute together. almost everyone did. high school sweethearts.

"fuck, i miss faye now. please stop being so cute!" niall sighed softly.

even him and faye were cute. they have been dating for five years. every time louis looked at them he wished for something like that. but his friends got anyone very easily. each one of them were beautiful, model-like, unlike louis. he was just fat and ugly.

"what would you like to have lou?" niall nudged his shoulder, getting him out of his sad thoughts.

"um... chicken salad and coke." louis muttered shyly to the waitress who was taking their order. how long has he been in his own world? he noticed how beautiful she was. well, everyone around him is beautiful. however, louis couldn't seem to take his eyes off her. she was absolutely gorgeous with her dark blue eyes and golden hair. what made her extremely beautiful was her smile. she appeared to catch louis' gaze and smiled softly at him and then left.

"you okay there, bud?" niall teased, making the other two laugh.

"no." louis muttered absentmindedly. and when everyone laughed he blushed. "i mean- i... she's cute." he murmured.

"you've got a crush!" gigi teased, surpassing a little giggle. "it's so great that you are bisexual. you can check out girls with us guys and boys with thes girls!" zayn chuckled.

"no, shut up! and she wouldn't be interested in someone like me." it was sad, but true. the girl was absolutely gorgeous and would look ridiculous with someone as hideous as him. people would make fun of her to even spend time with louis.

"not everyone's like our classmates, louis. they are assholes. i swear you are amazing the way you are!" gigi smiled reassuringly at him. "maybe ask her for her number?" niall butted in.

"i don't know..." he looked down in his lap.

"don't want to pressurise you in anything. love, you do you." gigi murmured softly, patting his hand in a friendly way. louis responded with a nod. and when the waitress came back with their orders, louis sneakily looked at her. she was beautiful, giggled a little when gigi thanked her. he tried to look at her name tag, but she left as she set their orders on the table.

the time went by, it was such a great evening with his friends. but then, louis was halfway through his food when he remembered about harry. he looked at the time and gasped. it was almost time for their study session. fuck, how can he forget about harry?

"zayn?"

"hm?"

"could you please give me your phone? i want to message harry that we can't study today."  his friends grimaced at the mentioned name.

"sure. you don't have his number?"

louis shook his head. he remembered the reason and his heart sank. "he um- he didn't want to exchange numbers with me."

"bastard!"... "louis why do you even put up with him? why did you even volunteer to help him?" the irish boy fumed.

louis took zayn's phone and searched for harry's name. "i didn't volunteer. ms twinkle assigned me. i cannot say no to a teacher." he typed the message quickly, apologized and then signed it off with his name and gave the phone back to zayn. "thank you."

"eh,"

"whatever. he's not worth it."

louis wanted to tell them how harry has changed. how harry called him his friend. how harry makes lovely food for him and his sisters. how he played with them. how sweet harry actually is. but it would be against harry's wishes.

so louis kept quiet. harry and his loveliness can be his secret for a while. when it was time to leave the waitress came back again to clean their table and give the bill. zayn's phone rang and he excused himself.

"it's my treat." louis exclaimed. gigi and niall had excused themselves for washroom, leaving louis all alone to cope up with the people around him. now, there was no one to mess up with him, but louis, jn general, felt anxious with so many people around him. as he kept the money in the bill book, the gorgeous waitress came back to collect it. she gave him a warm smile and louis went red. he wanted to slap himself for being such an unsocial fool.

"my name's calla."

and why wouldn't she be pretty? she was as beautiful as the wedding lilies. louis smiled at the thought. he doesn't even have to assign her a flower. she was already one.

"louis."

"i'll be bac-

"keep the change." he got up, a little afraid she might be disgusted by his weight. but the girl kept smiling. "i hope you have a good day."

"i hope the same for you, louis."

and when she left, louis couldn't help but smile. this was such a win-win situation. he got her name and even got to talk to her.

"happy birthday!" and when his friends came back with a cute little cake, his smile only got bigger.

"i love you guys!"

meanwhile;

harry chewed on his bottom lip, looking at the message with sad eyes. the message really bothered him for some reason. how irresponsible louis to go out and have with his friends when he should be teaching him!

'i'm sorry. couldn't do our session today. i'm out with my friends. louis.'

louis was out with his friends. what bothered him the most was that even zayn was his friend now. louis should've been spending time with him instead of those losers.

grumpily, he threw his phone on his bed and rolled his eyes. 'why fret over a fat boy's fake friendship? anyway, it is all a charade. i'm better off without him.'

but was he really?

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❝ How'd you get to shine so bright, girl
How'd you get to look like that? ❞
— Cody Simpson

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03/04/2021

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💃🏻 : 'fancy going ballroom dancing ?'

🕺🏻 : 'i say we should old chap..away to it now??'

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[a/n : i'm sure y'all are aware N has been tested positive for covid 19. so, yeah, from now on i'll be updating the books for a while.]

excuse my mistakes. i hope you liked the chapter x