27. rainbow paradise

                                    

                                          
"You really want to do this?" Zayn asks, dropping his head on Louis' shoulder and looking at his laptop too. 
"Yep" Louis clicks his tongue, scrolling down. 
He's looking at rings, yes. 
And he needs to do so online, because he can't possibly be seen doing the same in a public shop. 
"Do you even know the size of his finger?" 
Louis stops scrolling, a smirk forming on his lips as he glances down at Zayn, who buries his face in his hands as the realisation crosses his features. "Forget I asked" 
Louis lets out a short laugh and resumes his online shopping. 
 "Seriously though, you're not just doing this for the competition, are you?" 
"No, god" Louis shakes his head with furrowed brows, letting out a sigh, "I thought about this before this competition started" 
"Good" Zayn mumbles, playing with the edge of the blanket. "So you're a hundred percent serious? Asking the king of England to marry you?"
 "Yes" Louis chews on the inside of his cheek because all of these rings are so ugly. "I'm sure" Then a few seconds later, he closes his laptop in frustration because he can't find one he likes, or one that would fit to Harry. 
All of those rings he saw would be absolutely unworthy of him wearing it, not even close to matching his breathtaking beauty, it would be more of shame if Harry wore them. Harry needs a one of a kind ring, something so utterly pretty, a shiny diamond with sunlight captured in the stone, to reflect everything that makes him so special. Louis leans back against the couch and closes his eyes, his heart beating faster as he just thinks about it. 
 "Do you think he would say yes?" 
 "Yeah" Zayn shrugs, leaning his head on his hand and turning to look at Louis. "To be honest, I was surprised he didn't propose to you when he rented the fucking Eiffel Tower on New Years" 
Louis slowly starts to smile at the ceiling as he thinks back to that. A few days after Louis' birthday, they left the holiday castle and went back to London, because Harry had some meetings there. 
Louis stayed at Buckingham for one more week before Harry kidnapped him again, taking him to Paris. They were dressed in all black, protected by guards so hidden and so skilful as they sneaked into the Eiffel Tower almost unseen even though there were hundreds of people around it. 
They were all alone, Harry opened a bottle of champagne for them and they watched the fireworks, kissing on midnight with all those people on the ground around the tower. All they saw was sparkles and fireworks, all Louis saw was the man he wants to marry. 
He'd definitely watched too many romcoms with Harry during the lockdown because as soon as Harry told him what they would do, his heart started going in overdrive, already thinking about a hundred different scenarios before they even entered the elevator. But nothing happened, they just kissed and hugged and drank champagne and watched the lights of the city and the fireworks.
"That was really extra" Louis hums, getting up with Zayn to walk into the kitchen for a cuppa. 
Liam and Niall decided they would just take some of Louis' money and go on a nice holiday in Australia together, and Cecilia is visiting her family in Sweden so it's just Zayn and Louis now. Zayn's and Cecilia's one year anniversary is coming up and they're currently planning to announce their relationship to Cecilia's family. 
"It would have been the perfect opportunity to propose" Zayn says as Louis flicks the kettle on. "Fucking Eiffel Tower" 
"It would have been" Louis nods, taking out two cups from the cabinets. "For the next thing I need something that's better than that"