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Leave Me On Read
Louis rolled his eyes and slipped the phone into his pocket at a knock on the drama club door. This was possibly his greatest and worst idea yet. Hopefully this way he could keep the wolf out of trouble and retain the rest of his appendages for at least a few more years. That was the only reason why he'd badgered the wolf into taking his old phone. Of course.
Maybe it'd even turn out to be fun too.
Legosi
A smile broke across Louis' face and he was glad he was at home and not in a place where the club—or god forbid Haru—could see it. The icepack resting on his ankle had made half his leg numb but somehow he'd managed to ignore it. Legosi leaving seemed to bring the cold back full-force. Louis quietly cursed and slid the ice off his leg before he stumbled over to the bathroom. He couldn't put any weight on the right side of his body and so he used the furniture to lean on as he ventured out for pain killers.
Maybe he had lied a bit about the severity of his injury and the fact that it was actually quite severe. Legosi didn't have to know everything. Besides, he was the one who was supposed to look after the wolf, not the other way around.
Legosi 🐺
Louis scrolled through the conversation again and did his best not to let the abrupt ending bother him. Maybe Legosi really did have deliveries that had to be attended to that very second. Or maybe he just didn't like the picture. Louis pushed the thought away and tossed the phone onto the couch next to him, looking back at the textbooks in front of him. It was hard to concentrate when all he could think of was what face Legosi made when he saw the picture. He would mark this up as being Haru's fault.
Louis looked away from the texts and raised an eyebrow at Haru who didn't even try to pretend to act like she was looking elsewhere.
"What?" Louis asked finally, breaking the silence grudgingly and with audible disdain.
"Don't you think you text him too much?" Haru asked, staring over her mug of tea at his phone.
"I think he'd die if I texted any less."
"Haha."
"I'm being serious."
Haru gave him a look that said you're being dramatic and Louis shot one back that said I'm the leader of the drama club so it would make a world of sense if I was but also I'm not. The message seemed to go through because Haru gave a long-suffering sigh and stirred the tea with her pinky.
"Look, I don't want to get in the middle of whatever the two of you have going on but," she cut him off with a hand when he tried to interject, "but we haven't had sex in a month now and so you should tell me if you're trying to make something happen here with Legosi because otherwise I might just take him. I have needs and at the moment they are dire."
Louis pressed his lips together and stared into his cup. He wasn't really sure what was going on between him and Legosi but it definitely hadn't even come close to being romantic. At best, one could possibly label it "cute." Maybe it was pointless to wait for Legosi to make the first move. Maybe it was stupid of him to get his hopes up when he hadn't even admitted what he was hoping for to himself.
"Give me another week," Louis said, trying to sound more certain than he felt. Haru gave him an impish smile and put her feet on the table, "alright, but how about you let me join the two of you sometimes?"
Louis shot her an unamused look and didn't bother to respond.
The sky was pitch black by the time he left the drama practice room and crept back into the dorms. Louis wasn't sure what day it was, just that he was exhausted and his feet hurt from standing all day and directing, picking out costumes, running lines, and painting stage sets. As soon as his head hit the pillow he felt his mind drift into the comfortable nothingness of sleep. Even as tired as he was, he still couldn't help but wonder what Legosi was doing. Was he looking up at his ceiling, remembering the dorms? Was he happy with his new place and life? Away from the school. Away from him.
Louis swallowed and turned in the bed. Legosi had texted him a few times the past couple of days but Louis never had time to respond and when he did he didn't even have the energy to be who he wanted for the wolf.
Louis closed his eyes and promised himself that he'd be better tomorrow.