Love Competition (The X Factor Larry Stylinson)

Sleep

After a few odd glaces from twenty-year-olds and a near-scolding from an elder man, Harry eventually pulled himself off of the floor. He wasn't sure what time it was, or what he was in general, or what was going on, but he knew that he had to get home. Niall would know what to do. He slowly walked out of the mall and to his car, and then slowly drove back to the house.

When he walked into his room, four boys were piled in there.

"Finally," Zayn rolled his eyes sarcastically.

Harry looked around in shock - what was going on? He glanced over at Louis, and he just shrugged.

"Zayn called a meeting, and we had to wait for you," Explained Niall.

Harry nodded and sat down next to Liam and Zayn, leaving Niall over with Louis. "What's up?"

Zayn jumped up and stood by the window. "Okay, so, as you all know I've been dating Perrie, right?"

"What? Oh my god, no, that's crazy!" Said Louis.

"You're one to talk," Thought Harry.

Zayn sighed. "Listen. I probably should've asked you guys first, but I'm telling you guys now so I guess it kind of counts, but-"

"Get on with it," Booed Liam.

Zayn sighed again. "I invited her over tonight."

All of the other boys immediately knew what he meant, except for Liam. "Oh, cool. What time?"

"Well, I was planning on sneaking her in at around eleven."

"Sneaking her in?"

"Because girls aren't allowed in here, remember?"

"Oh, yeah, that's a dumb rule. It's not like-" Liam's eyes widened. Harry nodded. He understood now.

"You sick bastard," Moaned Liam.

"You realize what he means now?" Asked Louis.

"Sadly I do," Liam sighed. "You're gross, you know that, Zayn?"

Zayn couldn't take this seriously. He just kept on giggling. "I'm sorry, man, I-"

"It's my room too!" He yelled into a pillow.

"You can stay with me!" Niall suggested.

Liam perked up. "Okay. You can do the dirty in our shared room if I can stay with Niall."

"What about me?" Asked Harry nervously. He already knew the answer. The boys didn't know any better. They were gonna out him and Louis into a room.

And that's exactly what they did.

Niall seemed to realize what this meant once the meeting was over. "I'm so sorry, man," He started as Harry was gathering up his important things from his side of the room that he would be abandoning for fifteen hours or so. "Liam should just go with Louis. They're friends."

"No, he seemed pretty excited about spending time with you. Don't worry."

"Okay," Niall agreed. Harry couldn't help but grin. Niall didn't even know the full events that went down today and he was still protecting him nonetheless. Niall was amazing.

He said his goodbyes and walked into Louis' room, plopping his stuff onto the bed. Then, he spent the whole evening avoiding that room and bed. He spent most of the night watching TV in the living room and at rehearsals. He would've kept it that way all night if he hadn't had to go to sleep at some point. At 11pm, he went back to Louis.

When he pushed open the door, Louis was at his dresser, picking out plaid blue pyjama pants for himself and a fresh pair of boxers. Harry avoided eye contact with him as he stormed out of the room and took off for a shower.