Thin Walls - Larry Stylinson
Summary: Louis moves into a flat while he’s at university, his next-door neighbour, Harry, who he’s never seen is rather loud at night. Louis confronts him about said noise and the two start to chat through the rather thin wall between their bedrooms. Will they ever meet, and if they do… what could ensue for the both of them?
Pairing: Harry/Louis… side of Liam/Niall
Warnings: may contain a little bit of swearing and that’s all for now, I think.
A/N: I hope you like it, leave a comment and tell me if i could improve on anything
Chapter Three
When Louis awoke in the morning everything was silent, in that sort of way creepy, even more so when he remembered just exactly what was loose in the flat with him. He checked his phone to see what time it was only to realise it was lunchtime and he had slept in much to long. He decided that he didn’t care because he was finally feeling like himself again. Which too many a person was probably a bad thing.
Knowing he would regret it in the long run he picked up his phone and dialled Nialls number once again, listening to the dial tone. He wondered what he would be made to do in returns for Niall coming over to dispose of the beast that could not continue living with him rent-free.
‘What is it Lou, I’m so happy about your fish but-‘
‘It died’
‘What? Already?’ Niall asked laughing, Louis rolled his eyes and couldn’t help a small smile appear on his face because it was just like him to own a fish for a day and somehow kill it off.
‘Yeah, last night’ He sighed ‘Listen I need a favour’ he winced; Niall wouldn’t let it slide when he found out about his fear of spiders, that was for sure.
‘What for?’ Niall asked
‘There is this spider, and its about the same size as my foot, only I’m not too fond of spiders and well… could you come and take care of it?’ Louis asked hoping that Niall would take pity on him.
‘Is there no one else you could ask to, err deal with it?’ Niall asked as a crunch sounded on the other side of the phone. Louis wasn’t surprised; Niall eating was as natural as Niall breathing.
‘I’m not exactly swarming with friends Niall’ Louis said to him rolling his eyes as he walked to the door of his bedroom tracing a stripe along his wall as he did. He really did like stripes.
‘Fine, I’ll be over in ten’ Niall sighed and with a final crunch Niall hung up. Louis sighed and placed his phone on the side as he walked into his living room keeping an eye on the ground. At home he always had his mother to deal with such things. He’d have been a little embarrassed to admit to people that as he was cowering on top of his desk, his mum had been on her hands and knees searching for a small eight-legged creature.
Louis got into his Kitchen releasing a breath and grabbing two bowls knowing that as soon as Niall got in, he’d be in the kitchen with in a heart beat riding the cupboards. He poured two bowls of cereal and as he dug his spoon in the doorbell rang he shoved the mouthful in and walked to the door keeping his eye out for the beast. He opened the door and Niall rushed in towards the kitchen. Louis closed his front door and followed Niall into his rather messy kitchen. Louis always found it difficult to believe just how messy his kitchen could get from making frozen pizzas and cereal. Niall was sat at the breakfast bar with his bowl of cereal
‘So how big is this that we’re dealing with?’ He asked. Louis hesitated before putting his hands out to roughly how big the spider had been, Niall gulped
‘Really, that big?’ Louis was confused to hear how hesitant Niall sounded. He always made out that he was this hard nut that was afraid of nothing. Louis just nodded,
‘Shall we?’ He asked getting a plastic tub down from the cupboard using the technique his mother had used many a time. Niall just nodded as they walked into the living room.
‘Where did you last see it?’ Niall asked as Louis watched him looking around on the floor ‘Louis, your place is disgusting!’ He winced
Louis only nodded, as he looked around, old magazines and newspapers scattered the ground. A random used teabag was sat in the middle of the floor and even one of his stripy t-shirts was thrown over the couch.
‘And I cleaned yesterday’ Louis wined causing Niall to laugh and pick up a few newspapers off the floor. ‘Oh, and there was more than one’ Louis added as an after thought
‘Well I’m not surprised with all this – ahh’ Niall screamed and jumped back as one of the spiders ran from under the magazine towards the wall
‘Ew ew ew, get it!’ Louis screamed jumping onto his sofa throwing the plastic tub at Niall and it hit him bouncing off to the floor hitting a jumper of Louis causing another spider to run near Niall
‘Oh my god’ Niall shouted as he jumped up next to Louis ‘You really weren’t joking they’re massive’ Niall said clinging on to Louis. The two boys stood still watching the spiders. Louis could feel himself shaking over how both spiders with their hair black legs and their bulging eyes appeared to be watching him. Taunting him.
‘Get them Niall’ He begged
‘Oh, no no’ Niall shook his head ‘Do you see their eyes?’ He said, Louis nodded of course he saw their eyes. The same ones that would be causing nightmares that night he was sure.
‘Sometimes I wonder why I moved out’ He groaned as one of the spiders scuttled off to the wall and started going up it, Both boys screamed. In any other situation Louis would have been embarrassed to have created such a feminine noise. But given the fact that one of the two spiders was on the wall and hastily moving in their direction he had little time to contemplate this.
‘Throw a shoe at it’ Louis shouted trying to push Niall closer to it
‘Why me! You do it, it’s your flat!’ Niall groaned trying to push Louis at it
‘I called you hear to deal with it’ Louis said, looking on the floor for the other one that had quiet literally vanished
‘It’s gone, where did it go? Oh my god Niall, they’re bloody ninja now too’ Louis said, Niall looked to the ground and back at Louis before they both squealed and held tightly to each other
‘I don’t want to die’ Niall groaned ‘Not this way anyway, but it’s been great knowing you Louis. Thank you for the cereal’ He said
‘And I you’ Louis groaned. He looked at the spider on the wall, which was now still. The two boys were keeping their gaze on the spider, which began moving again. The two boys screamed again.
They were interrupted by a knock on the door, Louis an Niall stopped screaming and turned to look at it. Louis was not expecting anyone, he was sure of that so the other person was what he assumed an angry neighbour coming to complain about the noise they were making’
‘Hello?’ Louis asked pulling Niall to stand on the coffee table
‘Err, hi. I’ve come with a message and some help’ a gentle voice called out
‘The door is open’ Louis replied, usually he wouldn’t let total strangers into his flat, but dire situations called for drastic action and if it was the threat of being raped by a total stranger, well he always had Niall to help him fend them off.
The door opened and a boy around his and Nialls age entered looking around at the apartment, His eyes took everything in and then caught site of the spider on the wall, that like the two boys on the coffee table was frozen in place
‘Harry said that no matter how amusing it was to wake up to you two screaming the place down, for me to come and help. Err, He said he’d have come and helped but he’d not be any use’ He said, Louis looked at him more carefully. This boy knew Harry, yet he didn’t look like the sort to hang out with what he’d imagined Harry to be like. Although he had already proved to himself not to judge a book by its cover especially when it came down to Harry.
‘Err, hi’ Louis said nervously, he never was great in front of strangers ‘I’m Louis’
‘Liam, I live two stories up’ He said pointing to the ceiling ‘One of Harry’s friends, I gather you know him’ Liam smiled
‘We’ve talked’ Louis shrugged his eyes drifting to the spider on the wall. Liam smiled and walked over to it an cupping his hands around it, Louis gagged and Niall made an odd choking noise. Louis couldn’t see how anyone could touch something as alien as that. He watched as Liam took the spider over to the window and opened it letting the spider go onto the window ledge.
‘There is at least two more’ Louis said eying around the room. Liam nodded and began looking under magazines, picking up clothes and checking them before folding them and putting them in a pile on the couch. Louis smiled at the organisation of this boy and watching as he picked up another newspaper putting it on the pile he was making when a spider ran out from under the couch causing both of the boys to scream from the coffee table and Liam to roll his eyes and pick up the spider placing it where he’d placed the last one.
When everywhere was checked and two more spiders had been banished outside, Liam stood facing them in what Louis was impressed to see a much cleaner flat than before. Louis smiled gratefully
‘Thanks, Liam’ He sighed. Liam smiled and looked at Niall who was now acting cool and collected like none of that had happened and was in fact now eating a mars bar.
‘Thank you’ Niall said ‘My names Niall’ He said holding his hand out. Louis hoped it wasn’t sticky like it often was. He hated touching stuff after Niall because it would end up becoming almost like super glue. Liam shook it and smiled. Louis looked around
‘Would you like a cup of tea for your time or anything?’ He asked trying to sound hospitable, Liam smiled and shook his head
‘It’s fine honestly. I’m glad I could help. I said I’d go over Harrys so I suppose I’ll be going now. It was nice meeting you Louis’ He said with a smile and turned to Niall ‘you too’ he smiled
‘It was nice meeting you too’ Louis confirmed as Liam walked out and closed the door with a click.
‘Right you’re going to go and get changed and then we’re going to go to the gym and pretend we weren’t just screaming like little girls’ Niall said seriously. And who was Louis to deny this. So he nodded and walked into his bedroom pulling his pyjamas off and glancing at his fish tank. He really needed to do something with the fish before it started to grow mouldy
‘Hey Liam’ Louis was startled with Harrys voice but pulled on his trousers all the same
‘Hey’ Liams voice rang out
‘What does he look like?’ He heard Harry ask as he put his shirt over his head not meaning to listen in. The walls were just extremely thin.
‘Brown hair, blue eyes kind of feminine looking’ Liam replied
‘Hey, I take offence to that’ Louis called out. He heard Harry laugh and Liam mumble an apology.
‘Stop eavesdropping’ Harry said with amusement laced in his words
‘I would if I could, I was only trying to get changed in peace’ He laughed and walked out of his bedroom closing the door as he went, meeting Niall in his now spider free living room.