The Great Pretender

Louis watched with amused eyes as both, Niall and Zayn, froze in their spots.

"W-What?" Niall stuttered in shock before Zayn could. Louis shrugged innocently.

"I was counting on Niall doing exactly what he did."

"How the fuck could you do that?" Zayn screamed and the fury he felt in his entire body had completely overshadowed the fear he felt for his best friend. They both know what Niall does to the men he's interested in and the fact that Louis knew what was going to happen and let it makes him absolutely sick.

Louis glared at him harshly, lighting up a cigarette.

"Why the fuck do you care so much? You've never cared about the other people I've left alone with him. Why is Harry any different?" Louis questioned through gritted teeth. He didn't like being questioned, especially when it came to what he was doing with Harry.

"Because Harry isn't consenting to any of this shit! He was a sweet, innocent kid whose entire life you took away because you were being selfish. Because you 'love' him," Zayn growled tauntingly. "You took everything from him and now, you leave him with a sadist who raped and tortured him for days and for what? What the hell was your reason to hurt him like that? Why were you counting on him doing that?" Zayn interrogated angrily, walking up to Louis who was doing nothing to hide his irritation. Louis took a drag of his cigarette to calm himself down before he did something he'd regret.

Louis was so irritated that he just wanted to shut Zayn up. So, he told them the truth.

"He finally asked me to stay." Zayn and Niall both look at Louis as he smiled softly, like what he just said was everything he ever wanted.

"W-What?" Zayn stuttered out, his brown eyes watching the man beam happiness. Louis looked at him with shining eyes.

"He finally asked me to stay with him. I figured that if he feared someone more than he feared me, he would want me to stay by his side. I left him with Niall so he'd realize that he loved me and needed me to protect him." Louis smirked, watching in pure and utter amusement when Zayn's face falls completely. He looked over at Niall who even looked shocked at the revelation. "He was starting to let his guard down around me and I could see he was feeling something more positive towards me. All I did was allow Niall to give him a little push."

"W-What?" It was like Zayn never even truly knew what Louis was capable of. He knew how cruel and evil this man could be, but he never thought he'd do something like this to Harry.

"I was getting irritated that he kept pushing me away and getting upset after I touched him. I tried being nice to him, I tried scaring him, I tried isolating him, I tried to force him. I tried everything I could think of to make him need me but nothing I did work. So I let Niall have him, so he'd want me to stay with him always and protect him. Now, he cries whenever I leave the room, so thank you, Niall." Niall was just as shocked as Zayn was. He was pissed at Louis so he wanted to play with his favorite thing, he did it just to piss him off. But the fact that he was betting on Niall doing it the whole time made him completely sick. 

"Fuck you, I'm going to go see Harry," Zayn spit out, all of his hatred coming out in those few words. Louis walked out after Zayn, stopping at the top of the stairs.

"Zayn—" Louis called after him, a smug smile playing at his lips, "—if you want to keep your hand, I suggest that Harry doesn't find any of this out from you, okay?" Zayn turned around and glared harshly only turning away because he needed to see Harry. While they talked, Niall continued to stare at Louis in complete astonishment, his mind flying all over the place.

Harry wasn't here on his own. Louis took him and forced him to stay locked up. Louis has him trapped, he didn't want to be here. He raped and torture such an innocent person just to get back at Louis. A person who he thought loved this monster back which was the only reason he was okay with what he did.

But now he wants to let Harry hurt him as much as he wanted until he could forgive him. He'd do anything to make it up to him but there's no making up for what he's done.

"H-How could you do that?" Niall asked shocked, surprising both Louis. "How could you be so fucked up to leave him here with me knowing that I wanted to hurt him? That I wanted to hurt you? You've never forced someone to be with you so why him? I can't believe I did that to him when he wasn't even here by his own choice!" Niall sneered, completely disgusted with himself.

"Since when do you care whether they're here on their own free will or not?" Louis watched as Niall looked down towards the floor, avoiding his gaze.

"Well, I..." His face had fallen and a blush appeared on his cheeks, confirming what Louis already suspected.

"Don't tell me you fell for him," Louis laughed, taking a step towards Niall. "So five days is all it takes to fall for his charm?" Niall frowned as Louis smirked, walking towards him. "I can't say I'm surprised, but first Zayn and now you? I need to keep Harry on a tighter leash so someone doesn't try to snatch him away from me." Niall backed up slowly, coming to a halt when he was right at the edge of the stairs. He looked at Louis with wide eyes, wondering if he would really do it.

"How could you even keep him on a tighter leash? You're already strangling him."

"I'll strangle him until he accepts that he needs me to live. I'll watch him struggle to breathe until he understands that I'm his air, his lifeline, his everything." Louis smiled before bringing his hand up to Niall's chest.

"Your job is done, thank you for being so fucking predictable. I have no use for you anymore so this is goodbye."

"Louis, no—" Louis ignored him and pushed him down the stairs, watching him tumble and hearing a few bones crack at the force. By the time Niall made it to the bottom of the second flight, he was still conscious. "Well, now that just won't do." Louis hummed, skipping down the stairs. "Do me a favor—" He kicked Niall harshly down the rest of the flights. He smirked as he saw the blood pooling on the floor and that bruises were already beginning to form. "—and just die."

He may have needed Niall to touch Harry for his plan to work, but he still touched him and that pissed Louis off.

"If you wake up, I suggest you stay quiet until you can leave without me noticing."

******

"How could he do this to you?" Zayn whispered, looking down at Harry's sleeping figure. He didn't know whether he was talking about Niall or Louis, but probably both. He brushed a strand of hair away from Harry's face, and he sighed.

"I'm so fucking sorry," Zayn whispered, pressing a kiss to Harry's forehead. "I wish I could just take you home and get you away from him, but I can't. And for that I'm sorry." Harry shifted around but didn't wake up. Zayn looked down at him in desperation.

"Please, don't give in to him. I'm begging you. Fight him until you die."