Louis got into the shower, wondering how it was possible to get hard again so quickly. But then considering how Harry looked, standing there with his wet body and hard dick, he would be surprised if he hadn't.

Eh, who was he to complain.

Just as he was washing off the mess from the bathroom walls and his body, the lights went off.

What the actual fuck!?

"HARRY" he shouted sharply, thinking this was some sort of stupid payback prank his roommate was playing on him.

"Lou? What happened to the lights?" Harry's voice rang out, panicked and nervous.

Shit. It must not have been his fault then.

"I don't know Harry, I can't see anything for fucks sake and I'm all wet and soapy."

"Umm,  can I get you anything?"

Harry's voice seemed to have become a lot deeper and raspy all of a sudden.

"No that's fine I'll figure it out,  you just see if there are some candles or something."

 "Am scared of the dark Lou, it reminds me of bad things and.. nightmares." He said, voice quivering slightly.

Louis' heart shattered into a million pieces and all he wanted to do was wrap his arms around Harry and hold him together, not letting him fall apart,  not wanting to let any bad thoughts even remotely near him.

"I'm coming Haz, just give me a moment."

Louis fumbled around with the water, spitting expletives at no one in particular when he found the wrong handle and was drenched with cold water.

"Louis, are you okay?"

"I'm oka- OUCH FUCK"

"Louis!? Okay I'm coming in there, it's not like I can see anything, anyway."

Harry walked in and stumbled over something on the ground, promptly falling over.

"Harry watch it you idiot." Louis mumbled weakly from under him.

Harry felt around and his hands landed on a mop of wet hair.

"Shit, you're on the ground, I'm sorry!" Harry yelled as he tried to stand up but the floor was slick with soap and he fell back down, landing on Louis' stomach as the latter let out an "oof"

"I'm not being of much help am I?.." Harry trailed off as he slowly realised that Louis' naked body was fully pressed against him.

Scrambling wildly for the towel rack, he held on to it for support as he slowly got up, reaching out his hand towards Louis.

They both stood up and Louis reached for the towel, knocking Harry's jaw in the process.

"Oww!"

"Harry! I'm so sorry.." Louis gently ran his hand along the part of Harry's face that he had unknowingly hurt.

Once he had the towel tied firmly around his waist, they walked out of the shower, hand in hand, to avoid knocking into each other of course.

Louis walked into the kitchen, scrabbling around the drawers in search of candles, but as luck would have it, they were no where to be found.

"Bet we'll find them someday when we have absolutely no need for candles whatsoever." Harry muttered, annoyed and Louis agreed.

He had his arms around Harry, doing his best to make him feel safe and the younger lad soon relaxed under Louis' hold, his muscles becoming less tense and Louis was glad the dark could hide his fond, happy expression.

Just as they had settled down on the sofa, there was a knock on the door and Louis got up to answer it, cursing loudly.

Turned out, it was Liam, carrying a box of candles and matches.

"I'm really sorry about the whole blackout thing, it's never happened before, Dad has already contacted the electricity department, it'll be sorted soon." Liam said, sounding guilty and Louis felt bad for cursing around a minute ago.

"Hey.. it's not your fault okay? Thanks for the candles by the way, we were pretty unsuccessful in finding them..would you like to come in? We can all chill together.. unless you have something else to do of course."

"I'd be absolutely delighted to! I was getting a bit lonely all alone upstairs in the dark, to be honest." Liam said happily as Louis ushered him inside.

Harry and Liam lit the candles while Louis rang up Niall, asking him if he wanted to hang out to which Niall agreed provided there'd be food.

Half an hour later, both Niall and the pizza had arrived and the four of them spread out a rug on the floor with the candles in the middle and pulled out a wide variety of board games that Louis had piled up in his room.

Niall waited till he had a moment to speak to Louis alone. He pulled him aside where the others couldn't hear and then looked at him expectantly.

"So...?"

"Yes Niall I did some research and stuff.."

"And stuff?" Niall asked, not even making an effort to hide his smirk.

"I'm gay Niall, atleast I'm pretty sure about it." Louis said, his voice cracking a little.

"I love you mate, who cares if you like it up your bum? different hole but same thing after all." He said laughing as Louis stood there in shock with his mouth hanging open, at a complete loss of words.

Niall and Liam were constantly joking around with each other, getting along splendidly, considering that they had known each other since college.

Louis meanwhile couldn't take his eyes off Harry.

In the dark, Harry's face was only illuminated by the candle that lay by his side, his cheekbones even more prominent in the shadows and his green eyes glassy and beautiful.

Louis rested his head on Harry's shoulder and Harry softly smiled, bringing his hand around Louis' waist to pull him closer.

Niall and Liam meanwhile were openly staring at them, nudging each other and shooting each other knowing looks as though they knew something Louis and Harry didn't.

Everyone decided to crash at their apartment that night, Liam and Niall taking Louis' bedroom and Louis and Harry curled up against each other, in Harry's bedroom, breaths mingling together and hearts beating at the same pace.

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Author's Note

This chapter was pretty light and fluffy, I hope you guys liked it!

Also guys, I have a 2 day family function thingy to attend( basically I won't be at home) so I won't be able to update tomorrow and day after,  I hope you understand but I'll try and make it up to you guys with double updates :)

Happy reading xx