In Front Of A Camera

• chapter ten •

He was as ready as he'd ever be...

Harry was the last model to hit the stage and he was the one that everyone had been waiting for. Ever since his recent photo shoot and interview people in the industry were starting to know his name and he was slowly working his way up the modeling food chain.

Harry strutted out, walking the best way he knew how. He didn't even look at the people watching him. He was so in the moment, that is, until he saw who was at the end of the stage.

The runway was T shaped, the end narrowing down so the models could stop and pose in their outfits. Louis was in front of the stage with his camera equipment, having to snap pictures of all of the models.

Harry noticed he was there and the events from the night before all came back to his thoughts. He hadn't had a single second to think about his feelings all day and seeing Louis' face just brought it all back. However he didn't let it show on the outside, but he was just anxious about everything. He liked Louis a lot.

He just stopped at the end of the stage, posed, and made eye contact with Louis long enough for a picture. Then he turned, walking the opposite the direction to get off stage, just like all the models had rehearsed what felt like a million times.

This was only his first show of the day and the madness had just begun.

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Harry stumbled back to the hotel around midnight that night. He'd had runway after runway, then they wanted all the models to go to an after party to celebrate and get the model's names out there to all the fashion people that had been in the show.

When he walked into the hotel room he had a little bag of chicken nuggets he'd gotten from the after party. That was one of the only things he'd eaten that whole day.

Louis was laying in bed uploading all the pictures he'd gotten onto his laptop and he smiled when Harry came in. "Hey love" he said, even though Harry looked exhausted he still found him so gorgeous.

"Hey" Harry mumbled, going and plopping down on the bed. He had sweats on, but a full face of makeup on his face still. He couldn't be bothered to take it off right now. "Long day huh?" Louis asked him, closing his laptop to look over at him.

Harry nodded, shoving the last chicken nugget in his mouth and sighing. "I've never worked so hard in my life" Harry mumbled, taking his hair out of the messy bun it was in and let it all fluff out on the pillow.

"Yeah I bet...let me go get a makeup wipe so I can get all that stuff off your face. Can't be good for your skin to have it on your face while you sleep" Louis told him, getting up and going to their bathroom.

Harry smiled to himself, thinking about how sweet Louis was. Liam would never do something like that for him...

Liam.

Fuck.

Harry quickly grabbed his phone, Liam had been leaving message after message, call after call, all day and Harry was so busy that he couldn't answer them. So he dialed his number and held the phone to his ear, biting his lip with anxiety.

"What the fuck Harry! I've tried to get to you all day! You haven't answered anything!" Liam yelled into the phone and Harry took breaths, trying to stay calm.

"I know...I'm sorry love, I just had been working all day. This is the first time I've had my phone. It's been in my bag all day" Harry said quickly, trying to explain himself.

"Well I need you to call me more! I have to keep track of you! I don't want you getting into some stupid shit! Like the bitch you are!" Liam yelled at him, making a pit drop in Harry's stomach. If Liam had any idea what was going on with Louis and Harry at this very moment, he might just kill him.

"Okay. I'll do that..." Harry told him, ripping skin off his lips with his teeth nervously as he laid in Louis' bed.

Liam hung up the phone without any other word. Harry set his phone down just as Louis came back into the room with the makeup wipes Harry had in his bag.

"Found em" Louis smiled as he came over to Harry who was frowning. "Wait...what's wrong?" Louis asked, suddenly getting sad because he saw Harry was looking down.

"I just got off the phone with Liam...and it just reminded me that I wanted to talk about...well...us" Harry mumbled, sounding so tired and honestly upset. He didn't plan on telling Liam at all about him and Louis, he just didn't think he could break things off with him either.

"Yeah...probably a good idea" Louis said, sitting down next to him on the bed as he got a wipe out and started gently wiping the makeup off of Harry's face. He looked down at him with so much care in his eyes, it honestly made Harry's heart just melt.

"I want us to be a thing...I hope you feel the same way. I didn't know if you just wanted it to be the one night thing or not. But I want there to be an us" Harry told him, having to shut his eyes as Louis wiped the makeup off of them.

"God I totally feel the same way. I've had a crush on you the second I laid eyes on you...you're fucking gorgeous" Louis said, making Harry blush and grin. "But what about Liam?"

Harry's smile faded, hating to even hear the name at this point. "In my eyes...it's over between him and me, but I still wanna keep us a secret for now. Just until I find a way to break things off..." Harry said quietly, opening his eyes to meet Louis' again whenever the makeup was off his eyes.

Louis nodded, setting the wipes down since all the makeup was off Harry's face. "I think that's totally understandable" he agreed as he tucked some of Harry's hair behind his ear.

Harry grinned at him, "that means no more love bites on my neck." Harry joked as he reached over and poked Louis' belly while giggling. Louis blushed and smiled, suddenly getting all shy as Harry said that.

"I'm genuinely sorry, I got carried away last night. You're just like...I dunno" Louis rambled until Harry pulled him down by the shirt to kiss his lips.

"It's fine it's fine. I'm not gonna say I hated it. Hell...if I wasn't so exhausted I'd already have my clothes off at this point" Harry laughed when they pulled away, making Louis laugh as well.

"Well I'm glad. Cuz I thought you were actually mad at me" Louis chuckled as he got under the covers with Harry and pulled him close. It kind of shocked Harry, he actually loved to cuddle but Liam never let him.

"Woah...you're cuddly...I like that" Harry smiled as they were getting comfortable under the blankets. "Good, are you a little spoon or a big spoon? Cuz that's essential" Louis asked with another chuckle.

"Little spoon definitely." Harry decided while rubbing up and down Louis' arm.

"Perfect...cuz I'm a big spoon." Louis told him as he rearranged so that was the way they were laying. He wrapped his arms around Harry protectively, putting his leg up on him as well. Harry curled up into him and had his face buried in Louis' chest. Louis was nice and warm, he was always cold so it was very comforting.

"You smell amazing by the way" Harry mumbled, sounding all sleepy as Louis turned the lamp off. Louis chuckled slightly, not expecting that but he thought it was cute. "Thanks love...night night" Louis told him, rubbing up and down Harry's boney back.

He couldn't help but think about how skinny Harry was as he fell asleep. He could just about feel every bone in his body.

Harry needed to gain weight.

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