The Colour Of Sound /LARRY/

7 - I (want to) love you

When they came into the centre of London, Louis immediately hopped out of the bus. His heart was pounding in his chest. He was so excited! Niall smiled. He wanted to do anything that made Louis' heart happy. He deserved it. Such a shame that Harry dude had to come with them, though. It made Niall think the teachers did it on purpose. Niall noticed the smirk that played around Harry's lips. For some reason it made Niall feel nauseous. Harry was planning something, but Niall couldn't lay his finger on it. His eyes narrowed, but he quickly was pulled out of the river of thoughts in his head by an excited little boy.

"Niall! Niall! Loooook!" 

Niall smiled. Louis literally looked like a little child who saw something completely normal but was excited anyway. He would never comment on it though. He had heard about the Tomlinsons. Apparently they didn't have lots of money and could never go anywhere. Niall felt responsible to give Louis the best day of his life. 

"What is it Lou?"

Louis pointed somewhere. "Look! I see the ferriswheel!" 

Louis was right. Indeed you could see the famous ferriswheel of London from afar. Niall thought for a while. Maybe... Maybe...

"Oh c'mon Tomlinslob. It's a stupid ferriswheel. Nothing special about it" someone behind them said. Niall could just hear him roll his eyes. 

"Well actually it is quite special Styles. And if you can't accept that someone is excited, go stand there between those trashcans where you belong" Niall spat. 

Louis was too excited to even hear Harry and Niall argue. He opened his little bag again and took the map. He wondered if he could keep it when they got home. He wanted to show mummy every place he saw. He looked closer at the map and saw they were quite close to the Big Ben. 

"Ni! The Big Ben is really close! Can we go there?" 

Niall nodded. "Good idea! But maybe there are a lot of kids who went there already..."

Finally Harry came with a good suggestion. "Maybe we can go there and take the bus from there to Westminster Abbey?" 

"That's actually a pretty good idea, Styles" Niall smiled, trying to be polite to Harry. "What do you say Louis?"

Niall frowned when he saw Louis' face fall. "Hey what's wrong buddy?"

Louis whispered in his ear. "Mummy and I don't have money for the bus..."

Niall's heart broke. "Well it's my treat. C'mon Tommo!" He cheered happily so Louis wouldn't feel awkward, but it didn't work. Louis felt terrible. He didn't want to be dependent on other people and their money. 

"O-Okay... But you can say where we'll be going next" Louis tried to compromise. 

"We got a deal!"

"Okay... I love you Nini..."

"I love you more, Tommo!"

Niall pulled Louis with him happily, Harry following grumpily. Louis gave the directions and soon they got to the square of the Big Ben tower. Harry sighed. He tried to get Louis' attention and to make him happy by saying they could go somewhere pretty and impressive, but it didn't work and it was completely against his standards. He was supposed to make Louis' day miserable. Why did he chose to help them and not work against them? His feelings got to his head too much. He had to work harder to shut them out. He had a little plan in the back of his head, but he couldn't bring himself to doing what he thought of when he saw Louis' sad face. It was like the whole world stopped and the sun ran out of energy to shine. Luckily Niall was with them and knew how to cheer Louis up. Wait was Harry thinking? Louis shouldn't be cheered up. Harry sighed, thinking emotions should be banned out of the world together with Louis.

"Are you okay Harry?" Louis asked. He looked at Harry curiously. What was up with him? At first Harry looked so nice, but now he seemed mean and struggling with something. "Do you wanna take a picture with us?" Louis motioned to Niall's iPhone. 

Harry shook his head but gave in when he heard Louis' bitter sweet 'pretty please with a cherry on top?'. Louis' eyes lit up like the sky after a heavy storm. "C'mon then!" He laid his arms around Niall's and Harry's shoulder and squealed as he saw Harry smile in the camera, falling in love with his dimples. 

"I'll give you the picture tomorrow" Niall smiled. "Then you can finally show mummy how handsome I am."

Harry couldn't help but snort. Louis giggled. "Yeah yeah you're a sexy Irish boy. Now c'mon!" He took his sketch book and drew the Big Ben Tower and its square. Niall watched Louis sketching and smiled when he saw Louis measuring the distance with his thumb in the air. Cute. "You're quite good at this Louis!"

Louis blushed. Harry thought his cheeks were the prettiest when he blushed- STOP IT HARRY. "Thank you Nini. I love drawing. It makes me drown in my own fantasy." Harry smiled a little when he heard that and Niall couldn't fond more. "Look! There are little information leaflets!" Louis ran off to the information standard and took three of every leaflet. "I mean... We gotta have information on this building if we decide to make it!"

Niall smiled and opened his bag for Louis to put the leaflets in it. Harry couldn't help but feel happy. What was going on with him? They sat there for a while. Niall insisted on eating a bit. So they did. Louis and Niall had the time of their lives looking at everyone who crossed the square. Harry sat their grumpily. He just wanted to get on with it. "Let's go!" he snapped. 

"Oh right! We need to go to the busstop in time!" Niall smiled and got his things, holding Louis' hand as he walked to the busstop. He knew that if it was crowded somewhere, it was dangerous for Louis to walk around by himself. Because there was a lot of noise, he could easily miss the sound of a car and get ran over. Niall didn't want that to happen and he secretly had promised the teachers to keep an eye on Louis since Niall knew a little bit of London already and was Louis' best friend. Louis didn't seem to mind. He seemed to be the cuddly and clingy type. Niall found it sweet. They walked to the busstop and after five minutes the bus to Westminster Abbey arrived. Niall paid for the tickets and they got in. Louis claimed the seat at the window, Niall sat next to him and Harry had to stand. It only took them five minutes but Louis had the time of his life looking at the buildings and people on the streets. He giggled at a flower man who had to run after a paper with an order on it and he smiled as a little girl waved at the bus. He waved back and smiled wider when the little girl pointed at him and jumped up and down. Niall looked at the map and didn't pay much attention to the view. He looked for a way to get to the park from the Abbey. He knew Louis would love that park. 

"Oi guys we have to get out now" Harry reminded them and they quickly got up. "I heard there was a free tour now in the building."

"Really?" Louis squealed. "Can we go there pretty please?"

Niall smiled. "Well that was the plan."

And so they went into the building. Harry collected the leaflets and even bought Louis a book about the history of the Abbey because he felt bad about his behavior. "Wow Harry! You didn't have to do that.." Louis blushed as he took it. 

"Consider it a needed thing for our project and nothing more, okay?" Harry groaned. This was a bad idea. 

Louis smiled. "Okay." It meant that much to him that he didn't dare to open it yet. He was afraid that the book would get dirty and he didn't want that. He went to hug Harry but Harry took a step back. "C'mon now Louis. It's just a book..."

"It's not. It's a gift. Thank you Hazza!"

Harry sighed. "C'mon guys, the tour starts..."

He wanted to hug Louis, but his mind fought against it. He couldn't lose his reputation. But he wanted Louis. He wanted to love him.