Icarus Rose [TRANSLATION]

Chapter Six

"Four hundred ninety five... Four hundred ninety six... Four hundred ninety seven... Four hundred ninety eight... No... No, this can't be right." Niall murmured, with a list on his hand, checking it again "I'm gonna count again, I probably missed a number or something."

The blond alpha counted the boxes again, because according to the list he was given there should be five hundred boxes of merchandise, but there were two boxes still missing.

"Uh! This can't be real " he kept thinking on what to do until a brilliant idea came to his mind." Curly! " he called with a loud voice, Harry appeared instantly.

"Is everything alright, Sir?" he asked.

"Yes. Can you count these boxes for me? Please." Asked the blue-eyed.

"I'm sorry to ask but, wasn't that what you were doing?"

"You are right, my dearest Curly, but somehow I am missing some boxes. And we have already spoken about you calling me 'Sir', it makes me feel like an ancient man and I'm barely in my late twenties."

"Sorry." Harry apologised. "I'll count the boxes immediately."

He started counting all the boxes in the basement, thinking about what he could have done to deserve being punished that way, making him count five hundred boxes by himself.

"There are four hundred and ninety eight boxes, Sir. Everything alright with that?" Niall let out a loud sigh, looking with disapproval at the list he held in his hands.

"Can you go and tell Louis that there are two boxes missing? He's probably out of his mind trying to get the maths to add and failing gloriously. Something is happening here."

Harry nodded and left the room fastly, standing in front of mister Tomlinson's office in less than a couple minutes. He tried to regulate his breath, and once he did, he knocked three times the door hearing a 'come in' from the inside.

"Mister Tomlinson." Harry started, but as soon as he saw the man sitting behind the desk, looking like he had lost his mind. He knew that there was something wrong. "Is everything alright?"

"No, Harry. The maths don't add up. I am getting lower numbers than what we should have in the house. I am doing something wrong and I have no idea what that is."

"That is exactly why I am here, Sir." he said, Louis looked at him curiously. "Mister Horan was counting inventory and sent me to tell you that there are two boxes missing. That's probably the reason why the maths aren't adding."

"Interesting." he said as he stood up "Follow me, we are going to Zayn's office, Niall is probably already there."

Harry nodded nervously, waiting for his boss to go out of the room first, he touched his hair, but as soon as Louis walked past him he messed it up again.

"Tie your hair up, please." He said seriously, waiting for Harry to do it.

The curly-haired guy took a hair tie, and tied his hair in a bun, leaving a single strap of hair free. Louis smiled and accommodated the hair behind his ear.

"Perfect." He nodded and started walking, Harry following closely behind.

Once they got to Zayn's office, they walked in without knocking. In there, as Louis predicted, was Zayn sitting on his chair, Niall by his side and Liam behind them.

"Zayn, there is a problem." Louis started, and Niall nodded.

"There are two boxes missing in the basement, they had ten bottles, which added a litter in total. If I'm not wrong, Louis' numbers will confirm what I am saying" The Irish alpha said.