Wanderlust ~ larry mpreg au

VII

Louis' alarm went off at 6 in the morning on his first day of work.

He lingered in bed for a few seconds, but then he quickly got up, because as sleepy as he was, he didn't want to be late on his first day, that would just set him off for a terrible start.

So he headed straight to the bathroom, knowing that a shower would wake him up properly. But when he tried to open the door, he realized it was locked, which was weird because he knew Liam didn't wake up so early to go to work, and Harry had just come back, and he wasn't flying again in a few more days.

But they could just have gotten up to take a wee, and just as Louis had decided to wait, the door of the bathroom opened, and out came Dominic.

Great! Just the person he wanted to start his day seeing.

"Oh, sorry, I was just taking a quick wee" Dominic apologized when he saw him.

"It's fine" Louis mumbled.

"Why are you up so early?" Dominic asked.

"I have to be at work at 7" Louis answered.

"Oof, that's really early" Dominic commented "But good luck on your first day"

"Thanks" Louis replied, but he didn't have the energy to fake a smile.

He watched Dominic as he walked to Harry's room, and when he opened the door, he caught a glimpse of Harry laying down on his bed on his tummy, the covers only reaching his waist, his back bare.

But as fast as Dominic opened the door, he closed it, making Louis sigh in disappointment as he went into the bathroom to take a shower.

Last night, after seeing Harry with his boyfriend for the first time, and realizing how jealous he was of him, he had come to the conclusion that he had a proper crush on Harry, and he had no idea how he was going to get over it, but he knew he had to.

But apparently that wouldn't happen any time soon, because by the time Louis had showered and gotten dressed, the imagine of Harry half naked on his bed was still in his head, and he loved it and hated it at the same time.

Louis grabbed a couple of granola bars from the kitchen to be able to eat on the tube on his way to work as breakfast, and he was off, the cold of a December morning freezing his cheeks the second he stepped out of the building. And that cold couldn't help but make him think that if things had gone as planned, he would have been in Australia still, where it was almost summer now.

It was 5 minutes before 7 when he arrived at the diner, which he was pleased about, except by the fact that it was closed, and for a second Louis doubted if he had heard Delilah wrong when she said he had to be there at 7.

He looked around the street, and that's when he spotted Niall approaching him, one of his arms busy as he carried 5 or so of what seemed like pie cardboard boxes held together by a string, and his other hand busy holding a little boy's hand.

"Good morning" Niall smiled at him when he reached him.

"Hey, do you need help?" Louis asked.

"Sure, thanks" Niall said and gave the boxes to Louis "Now where are the keys?".

Niall took out a set of keys from his pocket, and started unlocking the different locks of the door, while he still held the little boy's hand, who was wearing mittens.