Secret embraces || harry lewis

9

nine

Thinking my alarm would wake me up, I was more than confused when I heard my doorbell ring. With all the power I had, I got up, wrapping my robe around my body and walking out to the front door. ''Who's this?'' I spoke through the intercom. ''Harry. I uh, got your packages as well.'' I smiled a little, buzzing him up and walking to the kitchen.

I didn't have a hangover, which made me glad. I took a glance at my phone to see the time. 6:34. Whilst taking out my coconut water, I heard the front door open and a loud groan. ''What the hell did you order?'' I laughed and walked around the corner with a glass in my hand. ''Just some gaming set up.'' He furrowed his eyebrows before putting down two big packages stacked onto each other. I couldn't help but stare at his arms for a second before shaking my head. ''What are you doing here anyway?'' I took a sip, leaning against the wall. ''Well, two things. First I thought I'd pick you up for the meeting.'' I smiled. ''And, uhm, well, uh, have you, well have you been on social media today?'' I shook my head, laughing a little. ''It's not even 7 in the morning. I just woke up.'' He nodded, closing the front door with his foot whilst taking out his phone. After some seconds he handed it to me.

It's a picture of Cal and I on stage at the bar from last night. We were only inches apart, the microphone between us. I rolled my eyes. ''For fucks sake.'' Turning around, I walked back inside the kitchen, downing the last sip of my drink before placing the glass inside the sink. ''How did they even take this?'' Harry shrugged. ''You can't go anywhere without being noticed now.'' I groaned a little, going through my hair. ''What now? Do I have to make a fucking statement?'' Harry laughed. ''No, but, well, I just wanted to let you know that, uhm, well you know, that the picture is out there.'' I furrowed my eyebrows. ''Why?''

He shrugged again. ''I don't know. It's just, well, you're not used to the attention I'm guessing so, I just, well, I don't want you to feel alone with it.'' A smile creeped onto my face. ''Aw, Harry. You don't have to worry about me. Trust me, I've had worse picture of me surfaced.'' He smiled a little, looking at the packages behind us. ''I could, you know, help with this.'' It sounded more like a question, but I nodded. ''Sure, thank you.'' I tried taking one of them, but failed miserably. ''Go on, I'll take them.'' I smiled thankfully and walked inside of my room, holding the door open for him. He carried each one on its own, it was probably easier this was. ''Where to?'' I pointed to the left wall which was still empty.

''Hey, I'll go change and help you after that, ok?'' I walked up to my closet whilst Harry carried the second box inside. ''Yeah, sure.'' He was already on the floor, opening the first box whilst I grabbed fresh clothing out of my closet. Not wanting to disturb him, I just quickly stepping into the bathroom and changing. Suddenly, a scream made me go back outside, just to see Harry leaning against my bed. "What happened?"

Crutching down to him, I moved his hand away from his feet. "Bloody thing fell on my foot." I couldn't help but laugh a little. "Don't laugh, this is your fault." I opened my mouth in shock. "Excuse me? You offered to help me." He shrugged, rubbing over the feet one last time before leaning his head on the bed. "How about we do this after the shoot. We could, I don't know, order food and build everthing up, I could, well, I don't know, help you set it up?" I smiled, crawling up next and sitting next to him. "That would be nice, thank you Harry." Turning my head to the side, I saw him already looking at me. He quickly moved his head back, staring at the ceiling.

"So you and Cal?" I furrowed my eyebrows and chuckled. "Oh yeah, of course." I said ironically to which he laughed. "No, I'm not really looking for something right now." Harry hummed as respond. "You?" I could hear him take in a deep breath. "Haven't really been ready for a long time." I scooted closer to him and smiled a little. "Yeah, I've seen some of the videos." Again, both of us turned our heads to the side, smiling at each other. The silence was nice. It didn't feel like either of us needed to explain anything to the other one. "Well, we should get going, right?" I suddenly said to which he nodded.