Young & Beautiful

Louis actually laughs at that.
“True. But that’s only because I have a way with words.”
Flirting. Oops.
“You have a way with a lot of things, if I remember correctly,” Romeo smirks and his eyes briefly
flash over Louis.
“Which you probably don’t, to be fair,” Louis says, unaffected.
And Romeo laughs again, moving closer to Louis and settling a hand gently on his back.
“And he’s funny, too!” he comments to nobody, smile very…purposeful. Blinding. A little
annoying.
Not as beautiful as others’.
Louis nods, wondering how much longer the race is going to last.
“I’ve got a very large list of admirable attributes. Shall we go through them all?”
“Absolutely,” Romeo replies, voice just a notch lower, and Louis turns to look at him as he
crowds still closer, their bodies bumping together and the look in this guy’s eyes screaming
something far too intimate for what Louis feels.
He’s about to take a step back, maybe excuse himself, when suddenly:
“Louis?”
And Louis whips around like lightning at that voice, to see Harry, parasol hanging limply at his
side, face etched in…well. Horror, one could say. His face is contorted, his eyebrows pushed
together, his lips open and beginning to twist. The daffodil still sits in his hair, mockingly bright
and soft.
“Harry,” he greets, relieved.
But also…confused.
Because Harry is still staring at him like that and he might know why, maybe, but…that wouldn’t
make sense.
Harry’s eyes flick between Louis and Romeo before settling back on Louis. And then a childish,
adamant glare takes over his face.
“I need to talk to you,” he says, glaring at Louis. His breath seems to have picked up, his chest
rising and falling harshly. “Come on,” Harry says, taking hold of Louis’ hand and tugging. “Come
on.”
Shocked, Louis lets himself be dragged away, waving farewell to a glum Romeo over his
shoulder.
“Where are we going?” Louis asks, startled. “Is the race even over?”
“It’s just a boat race,” Harry snaps, scowling and stalking towards the gardens. “I don’t want—I
want to leave. Can we please leave?”