“Y’know,” Louis exhales with a sigh, turning to not blow smoke in Harry’s face. “I was looking forward to this all day. And like, not just because Zayn was so excited to introduce me to his boy, but because it was supposed to be a friends thing, a whole like, blending of the inner circles. I thought it would be a good chance to make some new friends in New York, friends outside of people from work, you know? It’s so hard trying to make friends, real friends, in your 30s, you know? At our age, everyone pretty much has all their friends it feels like.”
Harry doesn’t reply, sensing that Louis isn’t really expecting him to anyway. Louis takes another drag off his cigarette, flicking the ash away as he breathes out.
“It fucking sucks,” Louis continues. “And I know I’m being fucking selfish making this about me, but I’m bummed out that this night is not going to turn out the way I wanted it to.”
“It still could,” Harry says tentatively.
“It could!” Harry protests. “There are three people inside who are or could be your friends. And we could...we could be friends. We were friends once, weren’t we?”
“We were never friends, Harry.”
Mine Would Be You by crinkle-eyed-boo (115K, Explicit)
Art by @foullovehideout