you're cold and I burn (on hold)

turn him on, whatever.” Louis’ sentence is rushed because he knows Niall’s freaking out on the
other side of the line, “He admitted to everything.”
“You pinned him <strong>and</strong> he admitted to it just like that? That easily?”
“I mean you didn’t see him, he was a mess, I’ve never seen anyone so ready to be fucked.” Louis
regrets the last word as soon as it leaves his lips, <strong>and</strong> he hears Niall cursing far from the speaker
as he slams his palm against his forehead.
“What the fuck, Louis! It went that far?” His tone is so full of shock that Louis’ surprised he can
even speak, “Just the other day you were getting shunned for calling him ‘beautiful’ <strong>and</strong> now
you’re basically about to fuck him? Am I missing something here?”
“It was only a kiss.”
“What kind of kiss?”
The silence is all Niall needs to freak out again, “Louis, fuck!”
“I had to get it out of him somehow! He’s so stubborn he wouldn’t have admitted to it any other
way.” Louis defends, h<strong>and</strong>s raised even though Niall can’t see him.
“Don’t pretend like you did this only for the sake of the truth, you liked it. And it was bound to
happen, eventually, if I’m being honest.” Niall’s shrug is obvious even from over the phone.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“You’ve been into him, Louis, I can read you like a book. You’re too interested, too invested, it
was only a matter of time before things got physical between you two. The tension was almost
unbearable.” Louis’ lips purse at the words, because was it really that obvious? Honestly?
“We’re not like, a couple or anything, it was just a kiss.”
“That’s very confusing.”
“I know, <strong>and</strong> like, I did it so Harry would know he could be himself around me, like to know that
was okay. I had to get to him somehow. But I wouldn’t be against having that with him, all the
time, like I enjoyed it.” Louis sighs, gripping the bridge of his nose <strong>and</strong> squeezing, “I don’t know
what I’m saying.”
“You like him, you liked being with him that way, <strong>and</strong> you’d like to continue it. What’s so difficult
about that?” Niall questions, like it’s as simple as day.
“I guess I just don’t know where Harry st<strong>and</strong>s with all this. I don’t want to tell myself things are
different between us, then him not feel the same way, y’know? It was so sudden <strong>and</strong> unplanned,
<strong>and</strong> it took him by surprise. He was obviously into it, but is he into the thought of sex or into me?”
Louis can feel himself rambling, but Niall is silent, listening to every words <strong>and</strong> taking it all in.
“I think you’ll just have to see where this goes, you can’t sit here <strong>and</strong> worry yourself, you can
only be sure of what this whole thing does for you. Maybe this kind of brings you closer to him,
but you need to get t’know the real him, maybe that’s what had to happen in order for that to be a
possibility.”
“So this wasn’t a mistake, kissing him like that?”
“I don’t think so. I think it opened a door for you to walk through to get to know him better. If he