Soft Spot

8

Harry's POV:

"You're fucking fired. All of you." I yell, not an ounce of a joke in my voice

The three boys immediately make their way over to me the second they hear my voice coming through the door.

"H, we are sorry man. We thought he already knew." Zayn apologies.

"Why the fuck would he already know? I had zero intention of bringing him into that part of my life." I seethe.

It's clear that Louis was scared, terrified if anything. And what is worse is that it's me he is scared of.

I don't know why that hurts so bad but I never want him to be even the slightest bit afraid of me. I want to be the one to protect him, not the one he thinks he needs protecting from.

"We really weren't thinking boss, we're sorry. How did he take it?" Niall asks, slight worry in his voice.

"Obviously like shit, he's scared, he's scared of me." I scoff honestly in disbelief as I walk into the room trying to walk off some steam.

They follow behind me.

"He called it off?" Maverick asks.

"Practically. He said he needs to think about it. But I already fucking know what that means. I lost him." I say nothing but the sound of anger in my voice.

"No, you haven't. He clearly cares somewhat about you or he wouldn't have said he would think about it at all. But put a little faith in and fight for him." Zayn says seriously.

As if there was a chance I wasn't already going to fight for him.

It's silent in the room for a few moments.

"We aren't actually fired right?" Niall asks hesitantly.

I roll my eyes.

"Of course not, but ever pull a stunt like that again and consider yourselves jobless," I state at my dumb friends.

I don't like just sitting here right now while Lou is at home. I know his brothers are obviously there watching him but a can't help the want I have serging through my body at the thought of him.

I need to bring my mind to other places.

"Get ready, we have to get some work done tonight. And let Chris Stone off with a warning for now. I refuse to scare Louis any worse and killing his classmate may just frighten him a bit." I say, sarcasm in my voice at the end.

"Yes boss," they state before vanishing to go get ready.

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Louis's POV:

By the next morning, I was still deep in thought. I decided against telling the boys about Harry last night. I will, eventually, just honestly I was just more than drained from everything and just want to get in bed.

They already were breathing down my neck about how the date went but I just kept it short and sweet with them but I plan to tell them today.

I got myself dressed and ready for school before heading downstairs to face the music.

"Morning kiddo," Liam says,

He is dressed in his scrubs, and Edward is dressed in his typical work clothes as well.

Liam is plating up breakfast around the table.

"Morning," I say sitting down at the table.

They both seem to asses me with their eyes a bit making me squirm a bit. They knew something was off last night, I think they just decided against saying anything.